Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 433 Cavalry Admiral
"My lord, Yang Zhan managed to drive Zhang thief to the north of Sichuan with great difficulty. He saw that Zhang thief was about to be defeated, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen. Yuan Tao and Wu Dading really deserve to die." Xu Yingwei said solemnly, " It's just that I'm more worried that the two thieves Yuan Wu and Zhang are colluding, and the situation in Sichuan will be very difficult."

Chongzhen is also regretful in his heart, he should have intervened earlier if he knew about it.

Originally, the situation in Sichuan was really good. Although Yang Zhan’s troops were small, Zhang Xianzhong’s 10,000+ army could not resist. The territory also quickly shrank to several 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 he was not prepared at all.

But now that Yang Zhan died, his followers fell into the hands of two warlords, Yuan Tao and Wu Dading. These two guys dared to kill Yang Zhan at this time, so naturally they would not take the Ming court seriously.

Therefore, it is wishful thinking to add officials to the two and expect them to continue to suppress Zhang Xianzhong.

If the imperial court was in a hurry, Wu Dading and Yuan Tao, the two rebellious guys, might actually join forces with Zhang Xianzhong instead. In short, in their eyes, they only saw the territory and the army, and the word loyalty did not exist at all.

After a pause, Xu Yingwei continued: "In addition, I have a letter from Marquis Zhongzhen."

"A 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 [-] Hunan and Hubei native soldiers plus enough food and salary, he can wipe out Sichuan for the Holy Majesty and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's thieves."

Speaking of this, Xu Yingwei took out a letter and handed it to Chongzhen.

After reading the letter, Chongzhen couldn't help hesitating a little, must it be inaccurate?

Qin Liangyu's loyalty is unquestionable. For the sake of Daming, Shi Jie Xuanfusi almost shed the last drop of blood. All chieftains in Daming have rebelled, and Qin Liangyu will never rebel.

But Qin Liangyu's ability to command troops must be questioned.

Because Qin Liangyu's experience of leading troops alone in several battles is not pretty.

Although this has a lot to do with the constraints of civil servants, it is also a fact that they lost.

But apart from Qin Liangyu, there seemed to be no more suitable candidate.

Du Yinxi, Jin Xuan, or Yang Weizhi must have good abilities, but transferring them to Huguang in a hurry may not convince the [-] local soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei. Qin Liangyu has no such concerns.

Of course, it is also possible for Chongzhen to go in person, but Xuzhou is obviously more important.

Moreover, Chongzhen can also guess Qin Liangyu's hidden thoughts, which is to pave the way for Li Xiangjun.

Not surprisingly, if Qin Liangyu really made meritorious service in this expedition against Sichuan, she would definitely attribute the main credit to Li Xiangjun, so as to truly complete the inheritance between their master and apprentice.

Thinking of this level, Chongzhen finally made up his mind to give it a try.

Anyway, with Qin Liangyu's ability and the combat effectiveness of the local soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei, it is impossible to be defeated in a big defeat.

Immediately Chongzhen turned around and told Wang Chengen: "Wang Daban, you wrote a letter to Hou Zhongzhen in my name, saying that [-] native soldiers are missing, and since there is a fight, [-] native soldiers should be dispatched."

"Let Wang Fuzhi lead a new army of 15 to join forces with the loyal Hou Chuan."

"The food and salaries required for the Chuan cutting will be allocated from the official warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs according to the standard."

"Let Li Jiao, the censor of flood control, recruit civilian husbands and Huguang caravans to transfer food and supplies to the army.

After a short pause, he continued, "Send another urgent message to the governor of Yunnan, Yang Weizhi, and ask him to lead an army of [-] troops from Dongchuan Prefecture and Sichuan Xingdusi to go northward and support Qin Liangyu from the flank."

This is the logic of Chongzhen, and it was fine if there were insufficient troops in the past.

Since there is no shortage of troops now, I will crush you directly with the number of troops.

Don't you Zhang Xianzhong claim to have 20 troops?I will send 30 real troops to conquer you. As for the two thieves Wu Dading and Yuan Tao, it is just incidental.

"The old slave leads the order." Wang Chengen turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute first." Chongzhen stopped Wang Chengen and then ordered, "Let Hu Guozhu summon the cavalry battalion, and then send someone to Shihui Mountain to call back King Ding."

"The old slave leads the order."

Only then did Wang Chengen turn around and leave.

Xu Yingwei said solemnly: "Your Majesty is going to Xuzhou?"

"I must go." Chongzhen also had a serious face, "Jiannu has always been the number one enemy of my Daming, and every battle with Jiannu is very important, and we must not take it lightly."

"Minister, I would like to be taught." Xu Yingwei bowed deeply to Chongzhen.

Then he stood up and said, "My lord, I'm going back to the camp to prepare."

"Go ahead and tell Yan Yingyuan again, and I won't let you guys go."

"Your Majesty, please take care, and I will leave." Xu Yingwei bowed again, turned and left.

After seeing off Xu Yingwei, Chongzhen greeted Fang Yizhi again, and left on his own.

When Chongzhen came to the camp of the cavalry battalion outside Jinchuan Gate, Hu Guozhu had already summoned [-] cavalry.

Yes, the strength of the cavalry battalion has been expanded from [-] to [-]. The horses were traded from Puppet Shun. Chongzhen selected [-] of them and gave them all to the cavalry battalion.

The 27 cavalry were selected from the [-] new troops.

The officers and men of the new army are simple and unafraid of Jiannu, and they dare to fight.

As for equestrianism, it can be trained through hard training the day after tomorrow.

It doesn't matter if you can't train the level of Mongolian cavalry, because this is dragoon cavalry.

The so-called dragoons are infantry on horseback. When marching, they ride on horseback. When fighting, they dismount and fight on foot. Of course, they can also fight on horseback.

In recent months, Hu Guozhu has been training the [-] cavalry outside the Jinchuan Gate besides going to Guozijian Dianmao.

Seeing Chongzhen approaching, Hu Guozhu quickly drew out his saber and raised it, and then shouted loudly: "All the cavalry battalions are here, salute to the Holy One!"

Accompanied by Hu Guozhu's long howl,

Three thousand old battalions and seven thousand new troops drew out their sabers in unison and held them upright in front of their chests.

Looking around, I saw [-] cavalry lined up neatly, without any noise, only the occasional snorting of war horses, and a large area of ​​gleaming sabers, which looked quite similar.

Soon, Chongzhen brought eight hundred barbarians to the front of the cavalry formation.

"Hu Guozhu, how is the cavalry battalion training going?" Chongzhen asked.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, there is no problem with marching in formation, charging, and turning around."

After a short pause, Hu Guozhu went on to say: "However, equestrian chopping and stabbing are almost interesting, and riding and shooting have not yet started to practice. These recruits are really too stupid, and they are really slow to learn."

"Hey, you can't use the standards of the Mongols to demand them."

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 riding and shooting and equestrian chopping in a short time. Then there are horse shooting and equestrian chopping, I want to equip the Ming cavalry with flintlock guns."

"Flintlock?" Hu Guozhu's eyes lit up immediately.

"My lord, 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.

"When you go to Xuzhou this time, you have to figure out how to use flintlock guns on horseback."

"Are you going to Xuzhou?" Hu Guozhu was even more excited when he heard the words. This guy is only in his early 20s this year, and he is still young. What he yearns for most is to charge on the battlefield.

Seeing 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 getting along day and night for more than two years, Chongzhen also has a sufficient understanding of Hu Guozhu.

Except for the Mongolian blood, this kid has no trace of grassland ethnicity in his body.

Moreover, Hu Guozhu admired Yangming's philosophy of mind very much. Chongzhen heard him discussing mind with scholars more than once, and when he talked about those masters of Taoism, he was filled with righteous indignation.

Chongzhen believed that this was definitely not a disguise.

No matter how advanced the camouflage is, it is absolutely impossible to camouflage so well.

Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen thought of the all-encompassing Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, too many famous generals of different races emerged, such as Li Guangbi, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, Pugu Huai'en, Shi Siming, and of course An Lushan. Most of the famous generals of foreign races were loyal to Datang, and more importantly, Yes, these generals hardly mentioned their bloodlines, but only admitted that they were military officials of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Chongzhen also wanted to see Hu Guozhu's inner identity.

Chongzhen first talked to Hu Guozhu a lot about Mongolia.

Finally, Chongzhen said to Hu Guozhu without any warning: "If the Ming Dynasty conquers the desert in the future, all the Mongols living on the grassland must be driven away."

"Get rid of them all?" Hu Guozhu asked without hesitation, "Will it be too wasteful? Your Majesty, or let them learn Han culture and assimilate them, so that they will all be Ming people in a few decades. When you come to the Ming Dynasty and want to form cavalry, you will have the best source of cavalry."

Chongzhen laughed, as 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 would not have been too wasteful.

Chongzhen joked again with a smile: "You are a descendant of the Jin family."

"What kind of golden family?" Hu Guozhu said contemptuously, "It's just a group of barbarians."

Hu Guozhu's contempt for the barbarians was almost undisguised. I really don't know what kind of reaction Hu Xinshui will have when he hears these words?Heartbroken?Or regret it?

But this is also understandable, Hu Guozhu has never lived in the grassland after all.

Chongzhen asked again with a smile: "Haven't you thought about restoring the glory of the Jin family?"

Hu Guozhu said with a smile: "The nomads only have barbaric culture, so how can there be any glory?"

At the moment Chongzhen stopped probing, and said with a serious face: "Hu Guozhu, I will give you the command of these ten thousand cavalry soldiers. From now on, you will be the admiral of the cavalry battalion."

(End of this chapter)