Chapter 475: As soon as the army arrives, the chickens and dogs!
In this era, Wubao is indeed quite easy to defend but difficult to attack, and can withstand at least five times more enemy troops.
However, this also depends on who the opposing attacker is...
When the Fifth Army Battalion, which was marching rapidly, received intelligence and learned that in addition to making noise and coercing the people, these wealthy families had also built forts in various places, the leading generals couldn't help laughing.
"What the hell? These country rich people actually build something like a fort?"
"Do they think that today's Ming army will be like those barbarians outside the Great Wall, and Nawu Fort is helpless?"
One of the generals couldn't help but laugh, and said to everyone while riding on his horse:
"The powerful landowners in these places really treat our three battalions as the officers and soldiers of those guards!"
The military system of the Ming Dynasty was rather strange, divided into three major camps: the frontier army, the garrison, and the Beijing army.
The combat effectiveness of the frontier army has always been ranked first.
As Zhu Gaojie led his troops to fight in recent years, Liaodong and Mobei had been almost pacified, and there was almost no fighting anymore. Therefore, the size of the border army was also slightly reduced, and many elites were transferred to the three major camps of the Beijing Army.
In addition, Zhu Gaojie had previously integrated Yue Fei's personality, strictly adapted and trained the three major battalions of the Beijing Army, and used various new types of ordnance. Today, the strength of the three major battalions has already ranked first, and no one in the world can compare with it.
enemy!
As for the health center, it’s really just for viewing...
Zhu Gaojie has always had a headache about the guard station. Let’s not mention the matter of eating empty pay and drinking soldiers’ blood for the time being. Even if he only maintains the scale of the Ming Dynasty’s guard station, he will consume countless money, food and materials from the court every year!
Not to mention the combat effectiveness of these guardsmen, which can only be used to bluff people at ordinary times. If they really go to the battlefield, it will be basically useless, and may even have the opposite effect.
After all, on weekdays, the soldiers in these guard stations are not well-fed, clothed, and poorly equipped. They are usually sent by thousands or hundreds of households in the local guard station to work, or to engage in lawless activities...
Therefore, Zhu Gaojie had long wanted to rectify the garrison, reduce its size, streamline its troops and streamline its administration.
Let’s not mention this matter for now, but the soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army looked down upon the soldiers of the guards everywhere.
After hearing the words of this general, everyone laughed, and their words were filled with all kinds of contempt for these so-called wealthy families.
For today's army, only Zhu Gaojie, their new emperor Hongxi, is the most loved and respected!
In the eyes of the soldiers, the so-called powerful and aristocratic families with centuries-old heritage are just bumpkins who don't understand current affairs!
"Okay," after everyone stopped laughing, the battalion officer leading the team, who was also a serious guerrilla general, suddenly looked solemn and said in a deep voice:
"Since these people dare to rebel, they have probably made preparations in advance. We must not be careless or let His Majesty down."
"In addition, judging from the intelligence obtained, almost all of these aristocratic families in the four provinces of Beizhili are engaged in rebellion, and the momentum of joining forces is quite large. In some places, not to mention county towns, even prefectures are under siege.
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He looked around and told his subordinates:
"This shows what?"
"It shows that these people are completely crazy now!"
"In this battle, His Majesty also told me that I should deal decisively and resolutely. I must not let this rebellion burn like wildfire. I must use the power of thunder and use any means to defeat all these rebellions as soon as possible.
Press to death!"
"Do you all understand?"
Everyone immediately responded with emotion:
"I understand everything!"
"Very good," the guerrilla general nodded with satisfaction and continued:
"Our Fifth Army Camp is responsible for pacifying Shanxi and Henan Prefectures, while Fengzi Camp is responsible for Baoding and Shandong Prefectures. You all give me a shout-out, but don't let me embarrass myself in front of Madman Zhang!"
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When it comes to marching and fighting, how can civilian officials be the opponents of generals?
In addition, the Cui family launched the attack quickly and fiercely, knocking down all the nearby guard posts. Almost within a few days, a huge and chaotic wave was set off in the entire Shanxi Mansion.
The common people were confused and were being coerced by it one after another. Although the soldiers of the guard station had some fighting ability, how could they be the opponents of the wealthy family who had been secretly planning for a long time?
Even if there were generals who resisted vigorously, such as some of the thousands of households, they were assassinated by dead soldiers sent by the Cui family early, causing the entire guard station to be completely paralyzed.
Therefore, in the current situation in Shanxi, the Cui family, as a century-old family, firmly controlled the only elite team at hand, suppressed everyone else, and began to try to conquer the city.
"Hmph," the head of the Cui family had just ordered people to kill several people who were unwilling to cooperate with him. There were still pungent blood stains on the ground, so he gave the order again:
"Let people continue to shoot arrows into Taiyuan City to send a message and tell those people that if they don't open the city and surrender, then I will never forgive them and will kill their entire family!"
"Also, where are the scouts sent out? Why haven't anyone reported back yet?"
"Where are the imperial troops now?"
Due to the extremely fast speed of the rebellion, and the fact that the guardsmen were easily defeated by him, the current head of the Cui family has become extremely ambitious.
In his eyes, he has been able to gather these tens of thousands of people, including the elite soldiers of the Cui family, and he can sweep the entire Shanxi Province in a blink of an eye, echoing the other places. Isn't it true that Wang Tu's hegemony is right in front of him?
Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a poor monk begging for food, but my Cui family is a wealthy family that has been passed down for thousands of years!
Just when his ambitions were growing stronger and stronger, a servant suddenly burst in from outside the door with a panic-stricken look on his face:
"No, that's not good, sir!"
The head of the Cui family was almost furious. He kicked him in anger with a ferocious look on his face:
"asshole!"
"What do you mean, Master, something is wrong! Can you speak?"
The servant bit him hard and almost lost his breath from the pain. He shed tears and started crying:
"Master! The officers and soldiers are coming. Run!"
"If we don't wait until they get here, it will be too late!"
What?
The head of the Cui family was immediately shocked, with a look of disbelief on his face. He was not a country bumpkin. He had read several books on the art of war in his early years, so he sent many people as scouts early to inquire about information.
Why is it that now that the officers and soldiers are almost killing him, there are still no scouts to report back?
Little did he know that in the eyes of the extremely elite soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp, with his few men, horses, and skills, he was nothing more than a country dog!