Chapter 151 The First Formation of the Scholar Camp
Xu Yingwei stood in the queue and looked at Chongzhen with admiring eyes.
Yes, Xu Yingwei's feelings towards Chongzhen can only be described as worship, even a kind of fanatical worship. In his opinion, Chongzhen is simply an unprecedented sage.
Since ancient times, has any emperor been able to share joys and sorrows with his soldiers like Chongzhen?
In the past few months, Chongzhen and His Highness Prince Ding had lived and ate with their Prince Qin and his disciples. Prince Qin and his disciples ate rice soaked in water, and the emperor also ate rice soaked in water.
The scholars marched barefoot, and the emperor also marched barefoot.
The scholars recited the new book on performance every night, and the emperor and his son also recited the new book on performance, even more diligently.
According to Yi Ding, during the Xuzhou battlefield, the emperor even followed them on the battlefield. If such an emperor cannot be called a saint king, who else is worthy of being called a saint king?
Not only have I seen such an emperor, I have never heard of it.
I saw Chongzhen walking back and forth in front of the phalanx of scholars. Just as he was about to lecture, a group of post soldiers suddenly rushed over.
Wu Baotan, who was guarding Chongzhen, immediately came forward with a dozen cavalry soldiers and exchanged a few words. Wu Baotan led the cavalry soldiers to Chongzhen and handed him the newspaper.
After Chongzhen read the Tang newspaper, his face immediately became solemn.
At that time, Xu Yingwei was only less than ten steps away from Chongzhen in a straight line.
So you can clearly see that Chongzhen's face suddenly became serious.
Xu Yingwei immediately paused in his heart, something happened, and it seemed to be a big deal!
What happened next quickly verified Xu Yingwei's guess. Chongzhen first confessed a few words to Zheng Sen, then sent someone to call Hu Guozhu, and then left directly with Hu Guozhu and Yi Ding.
Immediately, Zheng Sen summoned 63 scholar leaders and held a short meeting.
After the meeting ended, each scholar leader immediately brought back the Qin Wang scholars from their respective groups.
Zheng Sen also took Wu Yingji, Mao Xiang, and Xu Yingwei back to his group's camp.
"We have everything, hurry up and pack your bags!" As soon as he returned to the camp, Zheng Sen gave the order, "Gather after a stick of incense!"
After saying that, Zheng Sen immediately took out a stick of incense from his leather bag, lit it, and stuck it on the ground. Then he went back to pack his luggage, which mainly consisted of felt cloth, blankets, and dry food bags.
Then there is the tent shared by ten people, which needs to be tidied up together.
After the tent is folded, a special donkey is responsible for carrying it.
Taking the opportunity to bundle the tent, Xu Yingwei asked Zheng Sen in a low voice: "Brother Damu, what happened?"
Maoxiang, Wu Yingji and other scholars next to them also pricked up their ears. They were also curious about what happened? Why did the Holy One leave directly with eight hundred Yiding?
Zheng Sen did not hide anything and said: "A group of thieves rushed into Anqing Prefecture from Huguang and are besieging Taihu County! The Taihu County magistrate sent a report to Nanjing for help. After receiving the report, the Holy Spirit rushed directly with the Yiding for reinforcements.
However, there are many bandit soldiers, it is said that there are at least 20,000 people, so our scholar battalion must quickly follow up to support!"
"More than 20,000 thieves!" Maoxiang, Wu Yingji and other scholars suddenly looked stern.
Xu Yingwei said anxiously: "Then we have to follow quickly. There are only 800 barbarians around the Holy Master now. If we are surrounded by thieves, we will be in big trouble!"
The time for a stick of incense will soon come.
One hundred and two scholars have all assembled.
Ten tents, iron pots and other utensils were also tied to the donkey's back.
"Let's go!" Zheng Sen waved his hand, and Prince Qin began to march towards Taihu County.
The road from Qianshan County to Taihu County was mostly mountainous and difficult to navigate. However, after more than one month and nearly two months of hard training, the Qinwang scholars had already adapted to it, so they marched very quickly.
Even though he is now wearing cotton armor and holding a musket or a spear in his hand, he carries more than ten kilograms more weight than when he was training with bare hands, but his marching speed has not slowed down at all, and is even faster.
The reason is very simple: the scholars were worried that Chongzhen was in danger.
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It is about one hundred miles from Qianshan County to Taihu County.
Chongzhen marched hastily with eight hundred Yiding, and arrived at Taihu County in one and a half hours.
By this time, Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan had already led 20,000 people to surround Taihu County.
In order to make the play as realistic as possible, Chongzhen did not tell the truth to the officials and people of Anqing Mansion. Therefore, the magistrate of Taihu County really thought that it was a bandit who had invaded the territory, so he quickly mobilized the villagers to guard the four gates, and then attacked Feng
Governor-General Yang and Nanjing simultaneously sent out an express delivery to ask for help, but the express delivery to Nanjing was intercepted by Chongzhen.
Chongzhen and the Eight Hundred Yiding did not appear directly outside Taihu County.
Still about ten miles away from Taihu County, Chongzhen stopped and sent Wang Chengen to summon Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan to the imperial court.
"I, Zuo Menggeng, bow to your Majesty!"
"I Jin Shenghuan bows to your Majesty!"
Although they were wearing armor, Zuo Menggeng and Jin Shenghuan still insisted on paying homage.
It can be seen that the ancient generals' "kneeling down and worshiping because of their armor" was an excuse and a stage show.
Chongzhen sat on a rock by the side of the road, accepted the two people's worship, and then said: "Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zuo Menggeng and Jin Shenghuan stood up to worship again, and then stood in front of Chongzhen one after another, not daring to breathe.
Although Zuo Liangyu has the same disloyal heart as in history to support the army and stand on his own, Chongzhen in this time and space is still alive, and has a series of "knowing soldiers", "enlightenment on Meishan" and "issued an imperial edict to fight against the captives"
With the aura surrounding her, Zuo Liangyu was extremely frightened, not to mention Zuo Menggeng and Jin Shenghuan.
Jin Shenghuan panicked because of the precedents of Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo.
Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo were both gangsters, and both committed many evil deeds.
Like them, Jin Shenghuan was born into a gang of thieves and also committed many evil deeds.
Therefore, Jin Shenghuan was really afraid that Chongzhen would throw him away if he disagreed with him.
Jin Shenghuan really didn't want to take this trip, but Zuo Liangyu insisted on letting him come.
Chongzhen looked at Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan with faint eyes for a full quarter of an hour. Just when Zuo Menggen and Jin Shenghuan were about to collapse mentally, Chongzhen finally spoke again.
"Thank you for your hard work, you two." Chongzhen said lightly.
"But you have to work harder to perform with me again."
Zuo Menggeng and Jin Shenghuan quickly raised their hands and said, "Please give me your instructions."
Chongzhen said: "The Shizi camp will arrive soon. You will bring your 20,000 troops to fight against it. You are not allowed to use bows and arrows, but you can use firecrackers, waist knives, spears and other weapons."
"Ah?" Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan said with bitter expressions on their faces, "Really?"
"Yes, it's a real fight!" Chongzhen said solemnly, "The two armies should first set up their formations and fight openly and openly. If they get close to the soldiers' camp, they are allowed to kill!"
The first battle for a new recruit is crucial.
It's like piercing the window paper, as long as it is pierced, it will grow.
But until it is revealed, a new recruit will always be a new recruit.
In the first battle of the Shizi camp, Chongzhen did not want to face Jiannu.
Because the cost of fighting slaves in the first battle was too high.
Therefore, it is most ideal to deal with Zuo Liangyu's army pretending to be "thief soldiers".
But the soldiers' battalion cannot see the flaw, so the restrictions on Zuo Liangyu's army must be lifted. Otherwise, Zuo Liangyu's army's restrained performance on the battlefield can easily be seen through by the soldiers on the opposite side.
But Zuo Mengeng still had concerns and said, "But the people on the other side are all scholars."
Chongzhen said solemnly: "They are scholars and soldiers. You only treat them as soldiers. What's more, even though there are 20,000 of you, the Shizi Camp only has more than 6,000 people, but you may not be able to approach the Shizi Camp."
In front of you."
These words infuriated Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan. Who are they looking down on? How can we lose to the more than 6,000 soldiers from the Scholar Camp with an army of 20,000? How about fun?
At that moment, Jin Shenghuan said: "Your Majesty, you promise not to punish me?"
"I guarantee that I will not be punished." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "As long as you have the ability, you can kill all the Shiziying, but if you suffer a loss at the hands of the Shiziying, don't complain to me!"
"Promise not to complain." Jin Shenghuan also lost his temper.
At the same time, I felt so cruel that I had to give Shizi Ying something powerful to try.
After returning to the army, Zuo Mengeng was still a little worried and asked Jin Shenghuan: "Brother Huchen, are you really going to kill him?"
"Real killing!" Jin Shenghuan said with a face, "Master, do you still dare to resist and disobey the decree? This is an imperial decree."
"That's right." Zuo Mengeng's expression turned cold and he said with a snort, "Since the Holy One has asked us not to leave any room, then we will do as he wishes and give these scholars some color."
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Three hours later, Shiziying finally arrived outside Taihu City.
It took Shiziying only three hours to cover the more than one hundred miles of mountain road. This speed was already extremely powerful.
However, as soon as they arrived at the battlefield, the Shizi camp received extremely disturbing news. The Yi Ding failed to rescue the siege. Only a hundred remaining soldiers were left to protect the Lord and entered the county. Moreover, the county was about to be unable to hold.
"Master Wu, why is this happening?" Zheng Sen asked.
"Don't mention it, we left too quickly and were ambushed by bandits."
Wu Batan sighed and said with a dark face: "Fortunately, Your Majesty, everything is fine. As long as your battalion of soldiers can defeat the traitors before dark today, it won't be a big problem. But if you can't defeat the traitors before dark, it will be troublesome."
It’s very serious, the bandits will definitely launch a strong attack on the county town tonight, and Taihu County town will probably not be able to defend it by then.”
"Don't worry, Sir Wu, our scholar camp will launch an attack on the traitors right now!"
Zheng Sen responded, and then shouted loudly: "Trumpeter, assembly call!"
The swan sound of "Oh oh oh" rose into the sky, and Prince Qin immediately began to form a formation.
Soon, small square formations were arranged one after another, and then extended to the left and right depending on the mountain.
In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 6,000 Qinwang scholars once again formed a long snake formation that was nearly 500 steps wide.
After setting up the formation, Zheng Chenggong used the sword in his hand to lead forward, the marching drums sounded, and the sixty-four small square formations formed by more than six thousand Qinwang scholars began to march forward at the same time.
At this time, the bandit soldiers on the opposite side saw the formation formed by Prince Qin.
Immediately, the bandit soldiers also formed a wider and thicker horizontal formation in tit-for-tat fashion.
