Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 421 Finding a Marquis
There are precedents of Zhu Dadian's collapse of Huguang and Gaodou's defeat again. Wen'an's strategy of Sichuan, Shaanxi and five provinces must not follow the old path again.

The emperor has repeatedly emphasized that forbearance is the country, unite as one, and unite the front.

But it also has a bottom line.

"I won't send you off as a father, you should be more careful along the way."

In the Fenghuang Mountain camp, in the tent of the manager Wen Anzhi, Wen Anzhi said in a calm voice with his back to the three sons who came to say goodbye, holding the roster in his hand.

Wen Fengji's three brothers are all well-known, and one of them is a juror and two scholars. After being appointed by Emperor Enyin, he stayed with Wen Anzhi to help with military affairs. From Yunyang to Pianyuan, and now to Sichuan, they have accumulated some experience. , but it is not easy to go to Chaotianguan this time.

Although Zhang Xianzhong hasn't publicly raised the anti-flag, but the anti-intention has already appeared. They have to pass through their occupied area, and they may be attacked at any time, let alone pass through the territory of the Yaohuang Shisan family, which is a cannibalism son.

"My son is not filial, he can no longer serve his father, and be worshiped by his sons!"

The three Fengji brothers kowtowed goodbye to their father.

Wen Anzhi never turned his head. He waited for the sound of his sons' footsteps to go away before he turned around slowly, but tears streamed down his face.

"Son, loyalty and filial piety can't be both. When the country is in trouble, father can only let you rush to the forefront." He also knew that this time was difficult, but the Shaanxi-Gansu camp had to be set up, Zhang Dapeng needed reinforcements, Liu Jinzhong had to respond, everything had to be done. Only reliable people can go.

Relying only on those military leaders, it will still be a mess.

Tang Zhenbang also came to bid farewell. This sturdy chieftain is brave and confident, "Please rest assured, Mr. Ge, the general will be able to reach Chaotianguan in the end."

"Well, during the reign of Chongzhen, the world was in turmoil, Huguang was in turmoil, and only your water was the most stable. This pavilion is very clear about your ability, this trip, please.

When you arrive at Chaotianguan, assist Zhang Dapeng well. Although he is low in rank, he represents a saint, and he is also loyal and capable. Liu Jinzhong is trustworthy, but you have to be careful, explain the situation to him well, and let them retreat first. Jiezhou reorganized the battalion, and then waited for the imperial court's order to fight again. "

"The general understands." Tang Zhenbang knew very well that in terms of ability, reputation, and rank, Zhang Dapeng, a new guard, could not be the admiral of the Shaanxi-Gansu camp, but as Wen Anzhi said, he was the emperor's confidant The man from Nanjing was the camp officer of the original Sichuan-Shaanxi camp. He represented the emperor and the central government.

And no matter how good Tang Zhenbang can fight, he is just a native official.No matter how brave Liu Jinzhong is, he is just a new subordinate general, and others, such as He Hongqi, are all from Xiying.

Therefore, since the imperial battalion is to be established, Zhang Dapeng must be promoted as the leader. This is also an expedient measure, after all, he is there now.

After Tang Zhenbang left, Wen Anzhi pondered for a long time.

He reached an agreement with Qin Liangyu to let Zhang Shipeng take over as the new admiral of the Sichuan-Guizhou camp, and to withdraw all the former officers, leaving behind soldiers, weapons, money and food, in order to completely change the status quo.

And this change may mean civil unrest.

This requires a lot of courage. The foreign enemy is in front of him, but now he has to deal with the inside first, but he finally decided that the inside must be settled first when fighting against the outside, otherwise even if Zhang Xianzhong and the Tatars are both defeated, the remaining ones will be defeated. Still able to sweep the Ming army.

Even if the Ming army in Chuanzhong continued like this, sooner or later there would still be internal strife.

Even if they don't attack each other, if things go on like this, Sichuan will continue to rot, the population will drop sharply, the fields will be barren, then there will be a great famine, and then the chieftains will rebel. This is an inevitable thing.

In the previous reorganization by order, although a large framework was drawn up, it was still the same in fact. Even after most of the military leaders were promoted, they recruited more brazenly.

The so-called economic system of the imperial court, the so-called food and payment are all from the food platform, and the governors and sub-inspectors are responsible for the economic strategy, etc., which are still empty words.

The military leaders are all busy dividing up the territory.

Zeng Ying occupied Shunqing Mansion, Qin Liangyu occupied Chongqing, Wang Xiang occupied Zunyi, Yang Zhan occupied Jiading, etc., all regarded these places as their own taboos.

He had just inspected the troops of the big camp in Phoenix Mountain. There were many soldiers and horses, but their equipment was in disarray. Even now, their battalion system is still the same. There are thousands of battalions, and there are also hundreds of battalions. Anyway, they go about their own business.

Not only that, the entire camp was in chaos and there was no discipline at all.

After Wen Anzhi obtained the full support of Qin Liangyu, the largest army leader in central Sichuan, he decided to make a move now, hoping that it would be possible in time.

Otherwise, he would be the next Zhu Dadian and Gao Doushu.

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Zhang Shipeng invited Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu to the imperial camp to announce the military order, read out the transfer order in front of thousands of generals of the imperial camp, and transferred all the officers from the original ministries.

Then he announced the appointment list of chief officers and adjutants at all levels of the two associations, five bids, ten battalions and forty posts. The chief adjutants were all officers transferred from the imperial camp.

A team-level officer, and a non-commissioned officer in Shiwu, he announced that he would be selected, appointed and dismissed from various ministries.

The first thing in the army is to reorganize.

The [-] native soldiers from chieftains such as Shizhou and Shizhu, the former officers and soldiers from Zunyi and other places in Chongqing, and a small number of imperial battalion soldiers transferred from Jiangnan, no matter which department they originally came from, they are now unified and reorganized.

According to the method of forming an army in the imperial camp, each person is selected according to his ability. Those who are strong and good at shooting are archers; Spearmen, some are firearms.

In strict accordance with the establishment of the imperial battalion, 500 people are the first battle battalion, with [-] auxiliary battalions.

As the admiral, Zhang Shipeng personally led a battalion for bid promotion, and deputy admiral Zhu Wanhua also led a battalion for bid promotion. The remaining eight battalions were divided into left and right associations.

Each battalion is basically a flower weaving, that is, a mixed battalion of various weapons.

After appointing the officers of the standard battalions, Zhang Shipeng and Zhu Wanhua asked the officers of each battalion to choose their own sentry officers, and then asked the sentry officers to choose the team leader from the sergeants of the team. long.

"All soldiers must obey the military orders unconditionally!"

After completing the formation of soldiers and the appointment of officers, the distribution of equipment and training began. The deputy admiral Zhu Wanhua proposed direct actual combat training and led the team to encircle and suppress the yellow bandits and small groups of bandits in Shunqing Prefecture.

This deputy admiral is the son of Zhu Dadian, the governor of Huguang. He has a chivalrous style and outstanding martial arts. military.

But afterwards, the magistrate said that Zhu Wanhua's name was in Xudu's roster, and that Zhu Dadian committed his son to be a thief, so both Zhu Dadian and Zhu Wanhua were imprisoned.

Hongguang fled, Hangzhou surrendered, Zhu Dadian summoned his hometown to fight the Qing Dynasty bravely, and Zhu Wanhua was a pioneer.Fang Guoan broke into Jinhua and attacked the city by asking for payment. Zhu Wanhua also stood on the top of the city in iron armor and repelled Fang Guoan's army several times.

The sons of the two Ge elders had served as bodyguards by the emperor's side and participated in the Northern Expedition, so they were very familiar with the style of fighting in the imperial camp. The imperial camp was not built by training, but by fighting.

Before they entered Shu, the camp had not been able to open up the situation. In the final analysis, the soldiers in the camp were transferred from various ministries. Not only soldiers but also officers at all levels were transferred, and many generals were even installed behind them. The orders of the imperial camp officers are not smooth. Their orders are to be issued through those officers, but these officers hold soldiers in their hands, and they are obedient to them.

These people clumped together, which gave them a headache too.

Now Wen'an's Qin Liangyu gave full support and transferred all the officers away, and the two immediately disrupted all the soldiers, preventing them from having a chance to join each other again.

"Admiral Zhu is right. I don't have time to practice slowly. Send Yebushou out to find out information, and then attack."

This imperial battalion now needs to be equipped with equipment, soldiers and soldiers, and the equipment is the best. Basically, each person has a piece of armor, which is the most luxurious in the whole of Sichuan.

But if you can't fight, then everything is for nothing.

Wen Anzhi's adjustment this time was also under a lot of pressure. Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang, etc. had great opinions. After all, the [-] pieces of armor that were allocated to the imperial camp were all squeezed out from various ministries.

Zeng Ying's soldiers don't have a high rate of wearing armor, especially after they have expanded their troops aggressively, they are even more lacking in armor.

All eyes are on this imperial battalion, and it depends on whether they, the sons and brothers from the south of the Yangtze River, can do it.

The imperial camp stays out all night to spy on the intelligence of the yellow thieves.

Soon, a lot of useful information was obtained, and several strongholds of bandits were detected. Because the Ming army entered Phoenix Mountain, many bandits nearby were scared away, but they didn't run too far.

"Assemble the troops!"

The rallying call sounded.

The [-] soldiers of the battalion shouted the chant and quickly assembled. Since Zhang Shipeng took over the battalion, he pulled the battalion to the foot of the Phoenix Camp and set up camp. It was an independent battalion without interference.

When all the ministries on the mountain heard the sound, they all looked down the mountain to see the excitement.

Under the leadership of the officers, the battalion assembled quickly.

As soon as they were pulled out and lined up, the soldiers of the ten battalions looked down from the mountain, as if they were ten pieces of tofu.

suddenly,

The thunder exploded, and the purple lightning flashed rapidly.

The wind was blowing, and the rain was pouring.

Admiral Zhang Shipeng and Deputy Admiral Zhu Wanhua were still standing on the general platform, motionless.

Next to them, the supervising army, the counseling army, the assistant general, and the standard guerrilla were also standing in the rain like clay sculptures with their swords.

At the front of the ten battalions were the garrison officers and battalion officers of each battalion. These officers from the south of the Yangtze River also stood in iron armor in the rainstorm without moving.

Although many of the five thousand soldiers wanted to avoid the rain, the officers did not move, and they dared not move.

Although it's only been a few days since reorganization and training, the most important thing in the imperial camp is military discipline and military orders. Everyone has to keep an eye on their superiors and obey their orders.

The soldiers stared at the non-commissioned officer, the non-commissioned officer stood against the team chief, the team chief stared at the whistle chief, the whistle chief stared at the battalion officer, and the battalion officer stared at the general flag.

On the mountain, the spectators had already dispersed.

Wen Anzhi didn't know when, he walked out of the big tent, held up an umbrella and looked at the camp soldiers under the rain curtain at the foot of the mountain.

They seemed to be frozen, motionless, making people think that they were a group of stone and ice sculptures.

Qin Liangyu, who is over 70 years old, also came.

The rain keeps falling.

The disbandment of the military order has not been handed down, and the five thousand soldiers in the camp have been standing in the rain.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water under the mountain was getting deeper and deeper, and it soon covered the calf, but they still remained motionless.

At this time, the generals on the mountain who were going to shelter from the rain couldn't help but come out to watch after hearing about it, and more and more people came out to watch.

At the beginning, some people laughed and called these people really stupid.

But gradually these voices disappeared.

The mountain became silent, and there was only the sound of rain in the sky.

After more than half an hour, the rain stopped, the dark clouds cleared, and the golden light shone down. The [-] imperial soldiers who were drenched were still standing there, and the team was neat.

Wen Anzhi looked up to the sky and laughed.

"As expected of the children of Jiangdong, it is said that the east of Zhejiang has produced elite soldiers. These officers of the imperial battalion really have the demeanor of the Qi family's army back then. Well, with this military appearance, why worry about not being able to fight in the camp?"

Qin Liangyu had personally fought side by side with the Qi family's army back then. Now that he saw the drowned soldiers and horses down the mountain, he also thought of the iron army with a strong military discipline.

"Looks like we made the right bet."

At this time, a horn sounded from the foot of the mountain, and the soldiers and horses moved.

Instead of disbanding and returning to the camp, he directly issued an order to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Just like this, they were all wet, holding the flag, and set off with their knives and guns.

"When everyone is united, the mountains can be shaken.

But loyalty and righteousness are full of anger.

The Lord will kiss me better than parents.

If you violate the military law, you will not be free.

The order is clear, the letter of reward and punishment.

Go to the water and fire, dare to stay late!

Report to the emperor Xi, and rescue the head of Guizhou.

Kill all the Japanese slaves and find a prince..."

A "Song of Triumph" composed by Qi Jiguang himself resounded passionately from the foot of the mountain, resounding through the sky, and the soldiers and horses raised their chests and marched forward passionately!
(End of this chapter)