Chapter 119 The Cracks in the Donglin Party Deepen
"Brother! No!"
Wang Hongyu's eyes were panicked, and he turned around with a horrified expression while running for his life.
"Brother! No!"
A tall war horse chased him closely.
Zhou Dunji was on horseback with an extremely serious expression, waving a whip in his hand to whip his third brother, urging the horse to hit him.
"Charge towards the war horse!"
"ah!"
Wang Hongyu tried his best to dodge, but his leg was still rubbed, adding another bruise.
Seeing the third brother looking disgraced and embarrassed, the eldest brother glared angrily: "Don't hide!"
How is it possible to collide with a galloping war horse with your physical body!
"Charge towards the war horse!"
The elder brother kept shouting from behind.
Wang Hongyu stretched his legs as hard as he could, dodging left and right to avoid the galloping horse. However, Zhou Dunji refused to let go. When he turned the corner, he chased Wang Hongyu and ran into him.
"Charge towards the war horse!!!"
"Drink!"
It's dark outside.
But there were bursts of exclamations from the camp.
Holding his still restless chest, Wang Hongyu sat up in a cold sweat.
"Having another nightmare..."
This is the third time. The first time is the same as this time... The eldest brother chases on a war horse, telling himself not to escape, and rushes towards the war horse...
The second time I dreamed of a general holding a broadsword whose face he couldn't see clearly, waving the broadsword and chasing and slashing me, shouting "Don't run away, rush towards the broadsword!"...
This third time it’s Big Brother again.
"Charge towards the war horse!"
Ask yourself, am I now able to face the oncoming cavalry in the spear phalanx without changing my expression?
But what if the formation is messed up?
If Jian Nu rushes forward to fight melee, and a large group of cavalry rushes from the side, will you have the courage to fight?
You must have!
Wang Hongyu cheered up, and besides practicing arrow defense, he also began to lead everyone to train on the courage to face the cavalry.
This time, everyone did not carry any weapons or wear armor, and arranged in a loose formation.
Then a line is drawn 5 steps ahead of the team.
"The cavalry will only charge here, and I will be the first one. No one is allowed to move in the face of the charge!"
Returning to the team, he waved to the well-trained heavy cavalry.
Although there were only 90 heavy cavalry in the first sentry group, they charged forward unstoppably.
Just think about it, wouldn't it be scary if a ox charged towards you?
If you've seen it too much, I'm afraid you won't be afraid at all.
How about 90 cows gathering together, speeding up, and rushing towards you in a dense manner?
At this time, the heavy cavalry were much more powerful than the oxen, and they were arranged densely on the wall. They started with small steps, then started to trot, and then entered the acceleration stage.
What he saw in front of him was not a single cavalry at all, but a dense mass of cavalry, showing off their might and advanced weapons, shouting and charging towards him.
Even if he slowed down after approaching 20 steps, the momentum was so fierce that some people were still so frightened that they involuntarily stepped back.
Even though most of his subordinates were veterans, nearly half of them moved.
Finally, the heavy cavalry, whose riding skills were already superb, stopped exactly 5 steps away from the formation.
Wang Hongyu gritted his teeth, dug his nails into his flesh, and insisted on standing at the first position without moving.
"Those in the first row who are not moving eat meat! Those who are not moving in the back row are drinking soup! Those who are moving are all watching!"
Roaringly announcing rewards and punishments.
The soldiers who were not moving in the first row roared and picked up the beef bones and started to chew on them. Those in the back row drank the beef soup happily.
"We are all men. If others can stand still, so can I!"
"I've been drinking soup for a few days, and I want to stand in the first row!"
"I try my best, I grit my teeth and close my eyes, but I still want to drink the soup!"
The people in the back row and those who moved were so stimulated that they all took blood shots to muster up their courage.
A few days later, everyone under Wang Hongyu's command, except for the auxiliary troops, dared to face the cavalry.
The Southern Army and various ministries also carried out this kind of training, and some of the Ming Army became stronger day by day.
Of course, there are also some who are quite complacent with themselves and are actually simply unable to fight.
In Shenyang City.
He Shixian was very satisfied with the additional 15,000 Mongolian soldiers.
They are proficient in bow and horse, and are mainly light-armed and good at riding and shooting, which complements their elite heavy-armored servants.
The general manager has given him a secret message stating that a general offensive will be launched in May.
This time I can finally take revenge on Jian Nu.
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Inside Liaoyang City.
Yuan Yingtai once again reported to the court and stated his plan for a large-scale attack.
Not surprisingly, the imperial court headed by Dong Lin fully supported it.
The little money I saved during the Wanli period was all used.
Spending so much money belongs to the treasury and the royal family, not to the Donglin Party itself. After winning the battle, Yuan Yingtai will definitely be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and other Donglin officials are also lined up to take charge of military power in various places.
Zhao Nanxing became the censor of Zuodu and began to fire artillery against dissidents.
Even if Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, is honest and obedient, he cannot stay.
There was also Han Jun, the governor of Baoding, who held military power south of the capital.
He is obviously a scholar, but he wants to be friends with the eunuch, and not only brings shame to the scholar, but also dares to suppress Yang Lian, the backbone of Donglin...
Must be replaced!
Zhao Nanxing, with the cooperation of Wang Wenyan and Yang Lian, launched an offensive and fired artillery everywhere.
However, when it came to proposing the appointment of officials to take over, unexpected resistance was encountered.
Zou Yuanbiao, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, wrote a letter stating that Han Jun, the governor of Baoding, worked hard without complaint and that no problems were found in the assessment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
He has been providing troops and supplies to the capital and the front line for a long time, with almost no mistakes. At this time, the front line is fighting again, and the position of governor of Baoding must not be changed lightly.
This is the first time that the Donglin Party started to fight in the court.
Zhao Nanxing became angry because he felt that Zou Yuanbiao had been promoted, but he in turn was trying to undermine him.
Zou Yuanbiao argued hard and argued against Han Jun's dismissal based on the facts, and in private he remained on friendly terms with Zhao Nanxing.
This makes Zhao Nanxing lose his grace.
When Yang Lian, Wang Wenyan and others saw this, although they sided with Zhao Nanxing in their hearts, they remained friendly to both parties on the surface and advised them to temporarily put aside their different opinions.
Of course Zou Yuanbiao accepted it. Zhao Nanxing had to swallow his anger in order to deal with the chief assistant Fang Congzhe and let Donglin grab a higher position. He would settle the score later.
Because this involves a conflict between personnel and military power.
Even if they were one of the Three Big Three in Donglin, they would still be fighting to the death!
...
February of the first year of Tianqi.
Wang Hongyu calculated the time carefully and remembered that the bloody battle of Hunhe was in March 1621, which meant that next month would be the decisive battle with Nurhachi.
Qin Ling and Lao Tan in Guangning, under their own promotion, increased their efforts to spy on intelligence.
The second brother Zhang Shenwu also completed the army expansion in Guangning.
He has 240 servants, 1,000 veterans of the Sichuan Army, and more than 1,000 recruits, mainly refugees from Kaiyuan. After a period of training, the combined combat strength is close to the main force of the Southern Army.
The Hunhe Bastion on the front line was basically completed. Under Wang Hongyu's deliberate promotion, enough supplies were stored for the Confederate army for a month, as well as enough gunpowder, arrows and other items for ten days of continuous high-intensity fighting.
All gunpowder is packaged in separate packages, which avoids the significant weakening of the stratified power during storage.