The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 352 New Army
In the south of Kaifeng city, where the Ming army camp is located, drums and trumpets are heard incessantly on the school grounds.

It's past noon, and the sun is getting brighter.

It's May, and the weather is gradually getting hotter and no longer as cool as it was at the beginning.

It feels fine in a cool place and you won't sweat and feel uncomfortable, but if you stand directly under the scorching sun, you will feel unbearably hot soon.

However, after nearly a month of training, these minor problems were not a problem for these newly recruited soldiers.

It was almost lunch time, and the training on the school field had basically stopped. However, the soldiers on the school field still maintained a strict military formation.

On the general platform, Chen Wang stood with his sword in hand, overlooking the soldiers training below.

Behind them, Hu Zhiyi and Zhao Huailiang stood side by side.

The affairs of Luoyang Mansion have come to an end.

Most of the bandits have been cleared away.

The Henan camp has its own camp establishment, but now that Chen Wang is the chief military officer, everything will naturally follow his regulations.

Chen Wang looked at the relatively neat formation of soldiers on the school field, and felt quite satisfied in his heart.

The changes in the expression on Chen Yongfu's face were all caught in Chen Wang's eyes.

The battlefield in the cold weapon age was bloody and cruel.

At this time, there were more than 15,000 soldiers on the school field, divided into seven major formations according to their respective camps and towns, and each major formation was divided into three small formations according to their respective units, for a total of 21 The array is displayed on the school grounds.

It's just that the flag in the team is not a big flag standing high, but a back flag carried on the back.

To win over someone and just give them benefits is definitely not going to work.

The biggest reason is that today is different from the past.

Many times, you also need to show your value and strength.

"Without battle formation, it will be difficult to build a strong army."

When the troops were training in Hanzhong, he personally presided over the training, but most of the training officers who came down to the bureau flag were ordinary soldiers in the original army.

Chen Yongfu nodded in agreement, recalling his embarrassing performance when he first went into battle.

He would never believe that man's lies.

Today's military structure of the Hanzhong Army is that one battalion is composed of three divisions, namely the left, middle and right divisions, and there are seven battalions in total with 21 divisions.

Chen Wang's eyes moved slightly, what he was waiting for was Chen Yongfu's agreement.

"General Chen is right."

There were only some minor matters left to deal with. After Hu Zhiyi left some people behind, he led the soldiers from Luoyang Mansion to Kaifeng and completed the rendezvous with Chen Wang.

How could such a momentum and momentum come from a new recruit who had just been trained for a month?
But facts speak louder than words. The well-organized and powerful army in front of us was indeed just formed in April.

At a glance, it is an ocean composed of countless flags.

Counting the flags of various flags, bureaus, and divisions, there are more than 2,000 flags and flags on the school grounds.

If, without his knowledge, someone told him that the army in front of him was a group of new recruits who had just been trained for just a month, and that all the people were just ordinary civilians before.

On the spacious school ground, all the soldiers and horses of the seventh battalion were included.

The bloody scene was enough to make anyone tremble.

Any army that has not experienced the baptism of war can hardly be called a real army.

They are proficient in training and memorize the drills, so training is naturally more effective with less effort.

Fifteen thousand people are one thousand five hundred flags.

There are ten people in a team, and each team has a flag.

But now the training officers who go down to the banners of each bureau are all military judges at all levels within the Hanzhong Army.

"For the time being, it only has its form, but no spirit."

The scorching sun was dazzling, and all the soldiers held their heads high and their chests high, without squinting.

However, training is still training after all, and there is no bloodshed in battle. After all, this new army has not yet reached the qualified standard.

Chen Yongfu stood aside, looking at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but admire.

When he was in Hanzhong, it took him two or three months to train the guards to such a momentum.

"It's better to be famous than to meet him. General Ping Thief is really good at training his troops. Only today will the general be able to understand the meaning of the four words 'excellent form and meaning'."

"really……"

Looking down from the general platform, I felt a chilling air coming towards me.

The reason why Chen Wang asked Chen Yongfu to observe military training was to further win over Chen Yongfu.

"Those soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp also look mighty and majestic during the military parade, but everyone knows how they are when they go into battle."

It has only been a month since the camp was established.

The shuo wind blows head on, countless flags move in response, and the sound of hunting flags can be heard endlessly.

The battalion has a battalion flag, the department has a department flag, the division, the bureau, and the flag also have flags, and the team also has flags.

"It's just training, no matter how much you practice, it's just superficial. In the end, you still have to go into battle and see blood."

"Now the Ten Thousand People's Army has entered Guide Mansion to besiege Shangqiu, and is in a stalemate with the troops from Baoding, Shandong, and Nanzhili."

It has been more than a month since Li Yan led his troops to leave Kaifeng.

Li Yan led his troops all the way eastward. Although he lost a lot of elite troops outside Kaifeng City, he was still unstoppable.

The civil unrest in Henan was mainly concentrated in Kaifeng, Luoyang, and the most severely affected places north of the Yellow River.

Although Guide Prefecture also suffered from famine, the impact was not serious. Because it was close to South Zhili, it also received a lot of assistance, so the civil uprising never became serious.

Therefore, there were not many soldiers and horses in Guide Mansion. Li Yan led the Wanmin Army to move into Guide Mansion, which was naturally overwhelming.

Qixian, Suiyang, Ningling, Yucheng, and Xiayi were successively captured by the Wanmin Army. Shangqiu, the capital city of Guide Prefecture, has been completely isolated and turned into an isolated city and is under heavy siege.

"The campaign is not urgent for the time being. Shangqiu City is strong and there are enough troops and horses to hold on for a while."

"Furthermore, Governor Yang has already led his troops to Guide. When Governor Yang arrives and leads his troops, the siege of Shangqiu will be solved."

The Governor Yang mentioned by Chen Wang was naturally not Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang is still in charge of the invasion and suppression affairs in Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai took to Sichuan like a duck to water and jumped out of the encirclement of officers and soldiers several times.

Although the officers and soldiers have achieved many victories, they have been unable to expand.

Governor Yang here refers to Yang Wenyue, who is now the governor of Baoding.

Sun Chuanting was imprisoned for some reason, and his replacement was Yang Wenyue.

Yang Wenyue was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Baoding, Shandong and Hebei military affairs.

Therefore, when it was received that the Wan Min Army was advancing eastward and might enter southern Zhili or Shandong, the Ministry of War sent a message and asked Yang Wenyue to lead troops south to assist and suppress the Wan Min Army.

Yang Wenyue ordered Shandong Commander-in-Chief Liu Zeqing and Denglai Commander-in-Chief Yang Yufan to lead troops to defend the enemy on the border.

Then he sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to Baoding and Hebei towns and personally led them to Guide Mansion. After the South Zhili side learned that Li Yanbing had entered Guide Mansion, Lu Jiude, who was presiding over the campaign in Ying and Huoshan Mountains, sent Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan to lead the Yongwei Battalion northward and stationed in Xuzhou to guard against the eastward advance of the Wanmin Army.

Now the defensive Ming army gathered in the area connecting Shandong, Nanzhili and Guide Prefecture has reached 30,000, not counting the guardsmen rushing to help from various places.

Moreover, the strength of the Ming army is still increasing.

"On the Wanminjun side, we just need to be prepared to prevent them from suddenly turning back to the west."

"So our top priority is to organize and train the new army first and restore the combat effectiveness of each town."

Chen Yongfu frowned slightly and nodded. The current situation was indeed as Chen Wang said.

The situation is stronger than the people. Now the remaining soldiers and horses in Henan are restrained in various places and unable to move.

"The Ten Thousand People's Army has a strong fighting force. Although these new soldiers have fighting ability, if they are allowed to go into battle rashly, they will only become a burden, not a help."

"I remember that there are still many small groups of bandits in Huaiqing and Weihui."

"Most of the bandits in these places have not yet matured. They have average fighting power and do not know the battle formations. They only rely on blood and bravery. Even the guards are stronger than them. They are perfect for training troops."

Chen Wang's eyes moved slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he said.

"It is indeed appropriate to use these rogue bandits to train troops, but the threat of the Ten Thousand People's Army is still there, and I cannot leave Kaifeng for the time being..."

Chen Yongfu couldn't hear the implication of Chen Wang's words, so he bowed and followed Chen Wang's words to ask for orders.

"I have carried out campaigns in the Yangwu area before, and I am quite familiar with Huaiqing and Weihui. If General Pingtai trusts me and I am willing to lead troops northward, I will definitely wipe out the thieves in Huaiqing and Weihui and return. "

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"Zongzhen, are you giving him the military power now?"

On the general stage, Hu Zhiyi frowned slightly, looking at Chen Yongfu's retreating back with some confusion.

Zhao Huailiang was also puzzled. After all, Chen Yongfu was the commander-in-chief of Henan.

Most of the newly appointed battalion generals of the newly established Henan Seventh Battalion were selected from the original camp towns in Henan, and one of them was even a Qian general under Chen Yongfu.

Letting Chen Yongfu lead troops to Wei Hui and Huaiqing to quell the rebellion, didn't this allow Chen Yongfu to establish his prestige and let Chen Yongfu control this army?
The current Chen Yongfu is far from being one of their own.

"Chen Yongfu cannot take away military power."

Chen Wang withdrew his gaze from Chen Yongfu, and then placed his gaze on the school grounds that had become empty again. He did not look back at Hu Zhiyi and Zhao Huailiang.

The power that Chongzhen gave him this time was so great that he even had to decide on the selection of camp generals.

Of course, it was still an appointment from the Ministry of War.

In addition to the official edict at the beginning, Chen Wang actually received a secret edict, a secret edict from the palace.

In the secret edict, Chen Wang was given the right to secretly report, which meant that his memorial could go directly to Heaven for listening and be transmitted directly to Chongzhen's official documents, without going through the cabinet and the court.

In the secret decree, Chongzhen not only handed over the decision-making power of the new camp general to Chen Wang, but also told some more in-depth things.

Chongzhen's general plan was therefore known to Chen Wang.

The information conveyed in the secret decree also answered all the doubts in Chen Wang's heart.

Chongzhen has always been a controversial emperor in history.

He was indeed diligent in his duties, but some of the things he did not only failed to alleviate the crisis of the Ming Dynasty, but also intensified the outbreak of conflicts and accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen wanted to solve the problem in Liaodong, so he came up with many ways.

Until the end, which is now.

Chongzhen was completely in a state of emergency and sought medical treatment.

At the beginning, before the situation worsened, Chongzhen was still rational.

After Chongzhen realized that he had been deceived by the civil servant group and lost a lot of control over the government, he also made some compensatory measures.

Later, when the situation became more and more turbulent, he also knew how to rectify the elite camp and rectify the nine sides, hoping to take the general power into his own hands.

However, the civil servant group is powerful, and the issues in Beijing are complicated.

In the end, the only thing left was that the Yongwei camp could still fight after tens of thousands of trainings, and the problem of Jiubian was still not solved.

The holes in Liao Town are getting bigger and bigger.

Chongzhen also became more and more anxious.

In fact, Chongzhen knew in his heart that he was drinking poison to quench his thirst by increasing the training rate.

But at this time, Chongzhen had almost no hope.

When the country's situation was deteriorating, Chongzhen chose to seize the life-saving straw offered by Yang Sichang.

But this time, Chongzhen handed over the authority for military training and rectification, just to secretly control the military power.

Through the clues in the secret decree, Chen Wang had already surmised Chongzhen's thoughts.

Therefore, Chen Wang is now even more confident in his actions.

Chen Yongfu could not take away military power no matter what.

All camp generals have been selected by Chen Wang and exchanged in advance.

The training methods of the new army are exactly the same as those of the previous Hanzhong Army.

Complaints meetings and military judges have been established in the seventh battalion of the New Army.

Basically, the military chiefs and military judges were directly transferred from Chen Wang to the Hanzhong Army.

It is almost impossible for Chen Yongfu to interfere and influence the New Army.

Chen Wang did not tell Hu Zhiyi these things.

"The reason why I sent Chen Yongfu is very simple."

Chen Wang turned his gaze to the north, looking towards Kaifeng City outside the camp.

"If Chen Yongfu is smart enough, he should know how to choose."

Sending Chen Yongfu to lead troops to quell the rebellion was actually a test.

If Chen Yongfu is honest and obedient, then he can consider recruiting Chen Yongfu as one of his own.

But if Chen Yongfu has his own ideas, he is too smart.

Then Chen Yongfu has no value in staying.

"These are all trivial matters. What is the harvest in Luoyang Mansion? This is the big thing that should be considered now."

Chen Wang sat down again, sitting in the shadow under his canopy.

Hu Zhiyi no longer struggled with Chen Yongfu's affairs. He trusted Chen Wang unconditionally. If Chen Wang said there was no problem, then there would be no problems.

Hearing Chen Wang ask about Luoyang Mansion, Hu Zhiyi also had a smile on his face.

"As expected by the general town, Li Yan led his troops out of Luoyang to attack Kaifeng. Not all the seizures in Luoyang Mansion could be brought with the army, and many of them were transported into the mountains and forests."

"Li Yan did a good job of keeping the secret. He didn't find many insiders. So far, he has only found three gold hiding places of the Wanmin Army. However, the Wanmin Army left in a hurry and left many traces. It only takes time to find the follow-up The hidden gem is not a problem.”

(End of this chapter)