As military orders were issued one after another, the huge war organization of Hangzhou City Marshal's Mansion began to operate.
Even the people outside Hangzhou have noticed that the current atmosphere is a bit solemn.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
The ground shook slightly, and a trembling sound was heard.
In Hangzhou City, many people in the city rushed outside the city and looked toward the plains in the distance.
There, teams of soldiers were lined up neatly, a large black mass, divided into dozens of large and small square formations, and there was silence without a trace of noise.
Except for the 50,000 horses left behind to guard the city of Hangzhou, 150,000 soldiers gathered together without a sound.
Looking carefully, in the frontmost military formations, these soldiers were all wearing black armor, holding black spears more than ten feet long, standing silently, and ordinary people looked at it as if they were facing the deep darkness.
The boundless sea makes people feel suffocated!
Behind the pikemen are shield soldiers who are also wearing battle armor, with long swords hanging on their waists and shields in their hands.
After the shield soldiers, there is the firearms camp.
Artillery pieces were lined up on the chariot. At first glance, there were hundreds of artillery pieces, large and small. The dark hole looked like the gaze from the Lord of Hell, making people feel panicked just by looking at it.
Behind the artillery phalanx, there are gun soldiers wearing black battle armor, hats and helmets, and carrying flintlock guns on their shoulders. They all raise their heads and chests, with a rather arrogant attitude.
It's no wonder they are so arrogant. Among the infantrymen of the Hangzhou Army, the selection of fire rifle soldiers is the most difficult and the requirements are the most stringent. Of course, the treatment is also the highest.
On the outermost side are two cavalry phalanxes, each with 5,000 troops, spears, crossbows, armor, and almost everything that can be equipped. These are the true sons of the Hangzhou army.
When the people saw this overwhelming military formation that was like a vast ocean, they were immediately shocked.
"This is our Hangzhou Army? Everyone says that the Mongolian Tatars are powerful, but I feel that they are far behind when compared with us!"
"You're not talking nonsense. I heard Li Banxian from the east of the city say that the commander-in-chief is a star in the sky who came down to earth just to save us people!"
"The commander-in-chief has descended from the stars, so aren't these soldiers and horses the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals?"
"Hey, if that kid in my family works harder, he might be able to share military land and eat military rations now!"
"Don't worry, the war has started now. If we want to dominate the world in the future, we will definitely need a large number of soldiers. Maybe it will be our turn in the next conscription!"
"I heard that the banditry in Anhui and Jiangxi is very serious. Those bandits say they are rebels, but they are no worse than the Tatars. The people have no way to survive. This time the commander-in-chief sends troops, he is probably going to deal with them!"
In the crowd of people, Song Xuan rode a war horse, followed by a group of martial arts masters under his command, and came to the school grounds. Looking at the densely packed elite army, he said to Lao Liu: "Let's do it!"
Lao Liu accepted the order. He opened the military register and loudly read out the list of generals who would accompany the army on this expedition. Then, the generals whose names were called came up to the stage one by one to receive orders and reported the arrival of the sergeants in their units.
Finally, Lao Liu reported to Song Xuan: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the soldiers for this expedition include 10,000 cavalry, 80,000 pikemen, 30,000 sword and shield soldiers, 30,000 fire and gun soldiers, and 5,000 artillery battalions.
There were more than 155,000 soldiers in total.
In addition, there are more than 20,000 auxiliary troops, baggage troops, etc., totaling 180,000 people, all of them have arrived!"
Song Xuan nodded, looking at the elite army wrapped in iron armor and helmets, and at the simple but excited faces on the school field, he pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed to the sky!
"I, the Hangzhou Army——"
The next moment, thunderous shouts resounded through the sky, shaking the sky and overwhelming the earth.
Nearly two hundred thousand soldiers shouted in unison, each and every one of them extremely excited.
Going on an expedition, killing enemies, and achieving military exploits are almost every good man's lifelong pursuit in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
The people are simple, but they are not stupid. Who doesn’t have a strong conscience?
In their view, it is only a matter of time before they treat the common people as human beings and have countless commanders under their command to conquer the world!
If you follow the commander-in-chief and you can achieve military success and make your wife a wife, your descendants will be able to enjoy the blessings!
Looking at the 180,000 troops with high morale,
Song Xuan said in a deep voice with satisfaction: "Everyone, please go out with me and kill the Tatars!"
"Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars!"
The flags were flying, and amid the shouts of killing idiots, the 180,000-strong army slowly set off in front of the fanatical eyes of countless people. Like a long iron-clad dragon with no end in sight, it kicked up waves of dust and headed towards the north and south.
go.
At this time, shouts were heard one after another in the city of Hangzhou.
"Son, if you see the Tatars, kill them fiercely. Don't embarrass our old Zhang family!"
"Ms. sir, my son and I are waiting for you to return after your meritorious service!"
"Dad, you agreed to give me a military medal as a gift. You can't ignore what you said!"
Jinling, later known as Nanjing, was renamed Jiqing under Kublai Khan.
Of course, this name doesn’t sound good, but people are still accustomed to calling it Jinling.
As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it is no exaggeration to say that it has outstanding people and places.
The city is surrounded by Purple Mountain on the north and south sides, and in front is the canal and the Yangtze River as a barrier. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. The terrain is so good that even Liu Bowen said after seeing it that there were dragon veins gathering together, which was the foundation of the empire!
In order to fight against Zhang Wuji's Ming army, Yuan Ting mobilized most of the defenders from Jiangsu Province, but even so, there are still about 70,000 to 80,000 defenders in Jinling City.
Although they are not elites, relying on the strength of the terrain and the city, it would be difficult for an ordinary rebel army to break through this city, even if they numbered more than 100 or 200,000.
Wu Da, the general of the Jinling garrison, also thought so.
On this day, as usual, he stood on the top of Jinling City, looking at the Purple Mountain in the distance and the peacefully flowing Grand Canal.
This is the land of his Yuan Dynasty, the prosperous world inherited by their Mongolian ancestors.
As a descendant of Mongolia, he was born to enjoy happiness!
Although, he has also heard that bandits are everywhere in the world, and there are even hundreds of thousands of rebels in the North.
But, so what, they are just a bunch of two-legged sheep. In front of my Great Yuan Iron Cavalry, any resistance force will be trampled into dust!
Like other Mongolian nobles, he believed strongly in military power and believed that as long as the military was strong enough, any resistance would be of no concern.
As for whether the people can survive, they never care!
However, on this day, the situation seemed a little unusual.
Because he sent out early to explore the surrounding situation, but none of the scouts came back!