"Your Majesty, Yang Zhan finally drove Zhang thief to northern Sichuan. He saw that Zhang thief was about to be defeated, but he didn't expect that something like this would happen. Yuan Tao and Wu Dading deserve to die." Xu Yingwei said solemnly, "
However, I am more worried that if the two thieves Yuan Wu and Zhang thieves collude, the situation in Sichuan will be very difficult."
Chongzhen also regretted in his heart. He should have intervened earlier if he had known.
Originally, the situation in Sichuan was really good. Although Yang Zhan's troops were small, they were overwhelmed by Zhang Xianzhong's army of hundreds of thousands. After the defeat at Pengshankou, Zhang Xianzhong even considered abandoning Chengdu and moving to northern Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong
The territory also quickly shrunk to a few prefectures in northern Sichuan.
But at this juncture, Yang Zhan died.
And it was two years earlier than in history.
This time Chongzhen was really caught off guard and was not prepared at all.
But now that Yang Zhan died, his tribe fell into the hands of the two warlords Yuan Tao and Wu Dading. If these two guys dared to kill Yang Zhan at this time, they would naturally not take the Ming Dynasty court seriously.
Therefore, it is wishful thinking to give these two people promotions and expect them to continue to suppress Zhang Xianzhong.
If the imperial court becomes desperate, these two rebels Wu Dading and Yuan Tao may actually join forces with Zhang Xianzhong. In short, in their eyes, they only have territorial troops, and the word loyalty does not exist at all.
After a pause, Xu Yingwei continued: "In addition, I also have a letter from Marquis Zhongzhen."
"Letter from Marquis Zhongzhen?" Chongzhen reacted immediately, "Qin Liangyu wants to conquer Sichuan?"
"Yes." Xu Yingwei nodded and said, "Marquis Zhongzhen said that as long as he is given 40,000 native soldiers from western Hunan and Hubei plus sufficient food and pay, he can sweep Sichuan for the Holy One and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's thieves."
Speaking of this, Xu Yingwei took out another letter and handed it to Chongzhen.
After reading the letter, Chongzhen couldn't help but hesitate a little, was he sure or not?
There is no doubt about Qin Liangyu's loyalty. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Ling Xuanfu Division almost shed his last drop of blood. All the chieftains in the Ming Dynasty rebelled, and Qin Liangyu will never rebel.
But Qin Liangyu's ability to lead troops in combat must be questioned.
Because Qin Liangyu's experience of leading troops alone in several battles was not pretty.
Although this has a lot to do with the constraints of civil servants, it is also true that they failed.
But apart from Qin Liangyu, there seems to be no more suitable candidate.
Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan, Yang Weizhi and others are certainly capable of doing so, but eagerly transferring them to Huguang may not convince the 100,000 native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei. Qin Liangyu has no such concerns.
Of course, it is also possible for Chongzhen to go there in person, but Xuzhou is obviously more important.
Moreover, Chongzhen could also guess Qin Liangyu's hidden intention, which was to pave the way for Li Xiangjun.
Unsurprisingly, if Qin Liangyu really accomplished something in this expedition to the Sichuan River, she would definitely give the main credit to Li Xiangjun, thereby truly completing the inheritance between their master and apprentice.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen finally made up his mind to give it a try.
Anyway, with Qin Liangyu's ability and the fighting power of the native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei, a big defeat is impossible.
At that moment, Chongzhen turned around and told Wang Chengen: "Wang Daban, write a reply to Marquis Zhongzhen in my name, saying that there are 40,000 native soldiers missing. Since we want to fight, we will send out 100,000 native soldiers."
"Let Wang Euzhi lead 150,000 new troops to coordinate with the loyal Marquis Fachuan."
"The food and salary required for cutting rivers will be allocated from the official treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the standard."
"Let Li Jiaozheng, the censor of flood control, recruit civilian men and Huguang caravans to transport grain, fodder and military supplies to the great army.
After a pause, he continued: "Send an urgent message to Yunnan Admiral Yang Weizhi, asking him to lead 50,000 troops from Dongchuan Prefecture and Sichuan Xingdu Division to the north to support Qin Liangyu from the flank."
This is Chongzhen's logic. In the past, if the troops were insufficient, then that would be fine.
Since there is no shortage of troops now, let's use the number of troops to directly crush you.
Don't you, Zhang Xianzhong, claim to have 200,000 troops? I will mobilize a real army of 300,000 to conquer you. As for the two thieves Wu Dading and Yuan Tao, they are just incidental.
"Old slave accepts the order." Wang Chengen turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait a moment." Chongzhen stopped Wang Chengen and then ordered, "Let Hu Guozhu summon the cavalry battalion, and then send people to Lime Mountain to recall King Ding."
"The old slave accepts the order."
Wang Chengen then turned around and left.
Xu Yingwei said solemnly: "Your Majesty, are you going to Xuzhou?"
"I must go." Chongzhen also had a serious look on his face, "Jiannu has always been our number one enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Every battle with Jiannu is very important. We should not take it lightly."
"My dear, I would like to be taught." Xu Yingwei bowed deeply to Chongzhen.
Then he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going back to camp and getting ready."
"Go ahead and tell Yan Yingyuan that I won't let you go."
"Please take care of me, Your Majesty, I take my leave." Xu Yingwei bowed his head again and turned to leave.
After seeing off Xu Yingwei, Chongzhen greeted Fang Yizhi again and left alone.
When Chongzhen arrived at the cavalry camp outside Jinchuan Gate, Hu Guozhu had already summoned ten thousand cavalry.
Yes, the strength of the cavalry battalion has been expanded from 3,000 to 10,000. The war horses were the ones traded from Pseudo-Shun. Chongzhen selected 7,000 of them and gave them all to the cavalry battalion.
The seven thousand cavalry were selected from the 270,000 new troops.
The officers and men of the new army were simple, had no fear of the slaves, and dared to fight.
As for equestrian skills, they can be trained through hard training the day after tomorrow.
Even if you can't train to the level of Mongolian cavalry, it doesn't matter, because this is dragoon cavalry.
The so-called dragoons are infantrymen on horseback. They ride on their horses when marching and dismount to fight on foot when fighting. Of course, they can also fight on horseback.
In the past few months, Hu Guozhu, in addition to going to the Imperial Academy to do battle, has been training these seven thousand cavalry outside Jinchuan Gate.
Seeing Chongzhen approaching, Hu Guozhu quickly drew out his saber and raised it, then shouted at the top of his lungs: "All the cavalry battalions are here, salute your Majesty!"
Accompanied by Hu Guozhu’s long howl,
Three thousand old battalions and seven thousand new troops all drew out their sabers and raised them upright in front of their chests.
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It looks like that.
Soon, Chongzhen came to the cavalry formation with eight hundred Yiding.
"Hu Guozhu, how is the training of the cavalry battalion?" Chongzhen asked.
"Returning to the Holy Land, marching in formation, charging, turning around, etc. are no longer a problem."
After a pause, Hu Guozhu continued: "However, the equestrian technique of slashing and stabbing is not very interesting, and the horseback shooting has not started yet. These new recruits are really too stupid, and they are really slow to learn."
"Well, you can't hold Mongolians to their standards."
Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "The Mongols are a people who live on horseback, and they are just a group of farmers. You can't expect them to learn horseback shooting and equestrian slashing in a short time. What's more, the main battle method of the cavalry in the future will not be the same.
Then there are the mounted archery and equestrian stabbing. I want to equip the Ming Dynasty’s cavalry with flintlock muskets.”
"Flintlock gun?" Hu Guozhu's eyes immediately lit up.
"Your Majesty, in fact, flintlock guns can also be used on horseback."
"Of course I know that flintlock guns can also be used on horseback." Chongzhen said.
"This time when you go to Xuzhou, you have to figure out how to use a flintlock gun on horseback."
"Do you want to go to Xuzhou?" Hu Guozhu became even more excited when he heard this. This guy was only in his early twenties this year, and he was at a vigorous age. What he yearned for most was to charge into battle on the battlefield.
Looking at Hu Guozhu who was eager to try, Chongzhen was also a little moved.
Otherwise, just appoint Hu Guozhu as the admiral of the cavalry battalion?
After spending more than two years together day and night, Chongzhen also had a good understanding of Hu Guozhu.
Apart from his Mongolian ancestry, this boy has no trace of the grassland nationality in his body.
In addition, Hu Guozhu admired Yangming's philosophy of mind very highly. Chongzhen heard him discussing the philosophy of mind with scholars more than once, and he was filled with indignation when talking about those Taoist teachers.
Chongzhen believed that this was definitely not a disguise.
No matter how advanced the disguise is, it will never be so good.
Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen thought of the all-encompassing nature of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty, too many famous foreign generals emerged, including Li Guangbi, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, Pugu Huai'en, Shi Siming and of course An Lushan. Most of the foreign famous generals were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and more importantly
However, these generals would hardly mention their lineage, but would only admit that they were military ministers of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Chongzhen also wanted to see Hu Guozhu's inner identity.
Chongzhen first chatted a lot about Mongolia with Hu Guozhu.
Finally, Chongzhen said to Hu Guozhu without any warning: "If the Ming Dynasty conquers the desert in the future, it will have to drive away all the Mongols living on the grasslands."
"Kick them all away?" Hu Guozhu asked without hesitation, "Would it be too wasteful? Your Majesty, why don't we let them learn Chinese culture and assimilate them, so that in a few decades they will all be Ming people?
When I came to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to form cavalry, I had the best source of cavalry."
Chongzhen smiled. It can be seen from the temptation just now,
Hu Guozhu no longer regards himself as a Mongolian in his heart.
Otherwise, his first reaction just now wouldn't have been so wasteful.
Chongzhen smiled and joked again: "You are a descendant of the Golden Family."
"What kind of golden family?" Hu Guozhu said disdainfully, "They are just a group of barbarians."
Hu Guozhu's contempt for the barbarians was almost undisguised in his words. I really don't know what kind of reaction Hu Xinshui would have when he heard these words? Is he heartbroken? Or is he regretful?
But this is understandable, after all, Hu Guozhu has never lived on the grassland.
Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Have you never thought about restoring the glory of the Golden Family?"
Hu Guozhu said suddenly: "The nomadic people only have a barbaric culture, how can they have any glory?"
At that moment, Chongzhen stopped trying and said with a serious face: "Hu Guozhu, I will leave these 10,000 cavalry to your command. From now on, you will be the admiral of the cavalry battalion."
