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While the soldiers were in doubt, Zhu Chongyang continued speaking - he knew that he had to convince his soldiers to go together today, otherwise, even if he became a bandit, he could only be a small follower and could not be a mountain king.

"Most of us grew up in the Jiahua era, so we should know that life has become more difficult over the years. Why?"

"It's because there are corrupt officials in the Great Chu who extort the people and enrich themselves at the expense of the public, and the Taoist emperor levies heavy taxes for the sake of cultivating immortality, not caring about our lives."

"Over the past decade or so, the people of Shaanxi, Hebei, and Henan have raised the banner of rebellion to overthrow the Chu State. Even though the Chu State sent out border troops to suppress them, they still rose up again and again!"

"I heard that the bandits have come from the sea again, occupying most of Shandong and north of the Yangtze River, and have even bombarded Nanjing for half a month!"

"Now, the Great Chu court is actually going to dispatch our Gansu border troops to fight against the bandits. This shows that the Great Chu court is weak internally and has reached the point where it can no longer care about the safety of the border provinces!"

Zhu Chongyang first gave a brief account of the world situation as he understood it, and then moved on to more practical matters.

"I, Zhu Chongyang, accidentally killed my superior today, but my servants accused me of treason. Even if I surrender and explain myself to the higher-ups, I will surely die."

"All of you brothers are my soldiers. The march to Henan is already difficult, and we may miss the deadline."

"Now that this has happened, life will be even more difficult if we stay in the army. Even if we go to Henan and fight against those bandits, I'm afraid we will die."

"Since you are all in danger of death, why not join us in rebelling against the Great Chu? From now on, you will no longer be oppressed by those corrupt officials and filthy superiors, and fight for wealth and honor for your family?"

After Zhu Chongyang finished speaking, several of his trusted subordinates who had previously fought with him against General Ma Qian's servants immediately expressed their opinions one after another.

"Brother Zhu is right. We are all in danger of death anyway, so we might as well rebel against the damn imperial court!"

"I don't want to be a soldier of the Great Chu anymore. Since Brother Zhu is taking the lead, I will follow suit!"

"I think the Chu Kingdom is not going to last long. If I join Brother Zhu in the rebellion, I might be able to gain wealth and honor in the future. At the very least, it's better than being bullied by a nasty superior in the frontier army."

"···"

After hearing what these people said, and imagining the possible situations they might encounter if they continued to stay in the Liangzhou camp, the remaining twenty or so soldiers were immediately moved and followed suit to express their opinions.

"Brother Zhu treats us well, I will follow him!"

"Fighting for the imperial court means death, it's better to follow Brother Zhu!"

"Just do whatever Brother Zhu says!"

"···"

For a time, all the soldiers of the small flag were willing to follow Zhu Chongyang in rebellion.

Zhu Chongyang then led everyone to quickly deal with the bodies of General Ma Qian and several servants, and then fled to a nearby mountain.

Because the roads were too muddy after the heavy rain, coupled with the resentment of the soldiers and the discipline problems themselves, the general flags and small flags of the Liangzhou Camp were far apart.

This means that the army is marching within the territory of Da Chu. If it is marching in enemy territory, or if there are enemies nearby, the Liangzhou camp can be easily defeated.

That is why, when the people above realized something was wrong and discovered that General Ma Qian and Zhu Chongyang and others had disappeared, they could no longer find any trace of Zhu Chongyang and others.

In the end, they could only define Zhu Chongyang and his small flag as deserters, and define Ma Qianzong as missing...

This time, the Great Chu court planned to mobilize 100,000 border troops from various border provinces to engage in a decisive battle with the Hui army.

At least half of the troops in the border provinces were withdrawn, or even more.

There are many cases like the one in Liangzhouying, Gansu.

The most common case was that soldiers ran away along the way, the second most common case was when the journey was delayed again and again for various reasons, and the last most common case was when they mutinied or killed their superiors in rebellion.

It can be said that the Chu court's large-scale mobilization of border troops has brought out all the problems of the Chu border troops. For a time, it has made the chaos in the provinces of Chu even worse! ···
Time flies and it is September in the golden autumn.

Although there are many disasters in various parts of Da Chu today, especially many wars, people still need to eat, so various places are still in the busy rhythm of autumn harvest.

Yingchuan City.

This place was the seat of the Yingzhou Prefecture of the Great Chu State. Since it was captured by the Hui army several months ago, it has become a large military camp.

Because Liu Sheng also planned to attack Runing Prefecture after the autumn harvest, three brigades of the Imperial Guard, three brigades of the Shandong Garrison Army, and three brigades of the Jiangbei Garrison Army gathered here.

There are a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Speaking of which, after conquering Jiangbei, Liu Sheng not only had 100,000 garrison troops trained in Jiangbei, but also drew elite troops from the Shandong garrison to add a regiment of troops to each of the Royal Guards, namely the Shengjie Guard, the Huben Guard, and the Xiaoqi Guard.

Today, the guards of these three regiments are stationed in the three prefectures of Dengzhou, Qingzhou and Yangzhou respectively, and together with the garrisons left in the local areas, they are sufficient to ensure the stability of the rear of the Hui army.

In the temporary palace of Yingchuan (Yingzhou government office), Liu Sheng was convening a group of generals for a military meeting.

In addition to the brigade-level generals of the Royal Guards and the Security Army, Crown Prince Liu Yu was also allowed to attend the meeting.

"According to the news from Xun Fengwei, the Great Chu court has mobilized a total of 100,000 border troops from Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Liaodong, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan to gather in Henan, intending to fight a decisive battle with our army in Runing Prefecture."

Liu Sheng sat in the commander's seat, still pointing a laser pen at a military map.

Arrows were used above to mark the border troops of the Great Chu rushing to Henan from all over the Great Chu.

"According to the military system of the Great Chu border troops, the border troops stationed in each border province are mostly in the camp system, so the border troops are also called camp troops."

"It is divided into large camps and small camps. The large camp is led by a lieutenant general and usually has more than 5,000 people; the small camp is led by a guerrilla or garrison commander and usually has about 3,000 people."

"In addition, there are generals and deputy generals who lead multiple large and small camps. Generally speaking, a general leads at least 10,000 people, and at most 20,000 to 30,000 people."

"However, according to Xun Fengwei's information, the phenomenon of the border troops of Da Chu eating empty salaries is also quite serious now."

"So, nominally, there are 100,000 Great Chu border troops gathering in Henan this time, but in reality, there are only 70,000 or 80,000 at most, or even less."

"Even if we add some local troops from the Great Chu, it is estimated that the Chu army that will eventually gather in Henan will only be a few hundred thousand, which may not be much more than our army."

After listening to Liu Sheng's explanation, the generals looked more relaxed.

Liu Yu, who was listening, was thinking: This speech by the emperor is called "strategically despising the enemy", right? It is to help the generals establish a psychological advantage?

In fact, the generals of the Hui army already had a great psychological advantage over the Chu army - this was due to the overwhelming superiority in equipment and troop quality, as well as the many great victories in previous attacks on Shandong, Jiangbei, and Nanjing.

But this time it was going to be a decisive battle with Da Chu, and Da Chu had nominally mobilized 100,000 border troops, so the generals of the Hui army inevitably felt a little unsure.

Now I am full of confidence.

So, after despising the enemy strategically, should your father next talk about how to take the enemy seriously tactically?
Liu Yu combined the military knowledge he had learned with what he had seen and heard, and constantly enriched himself.

Liu Sheng added: "This battle is a matter of life and death for Great Chu. If nothing unexpected happens, Emperor Jiahua will most likely send a minister who is familiar with military affairs to lead the army. After all, Great Chu is similar to Great Ming, and both have the tradition of using civil officials to command the army."

"According to the information from Xun Fengwei, among the current ministers of the Great Chu, only Gao Sheng is familiar with military affairs, so he is most likely to be the commander-in-chief of this battle."

"Of course, the Minister of War of the Great Chu, Chen Wan, is also well versed in military affairs and has a higher prestige in the Chu army. It is possible that he will serve as the commander-in-chief of this battle as the Grand Marshal."

"So, let's first learn about the life stories of Gao Sheng and Chen Wan, and analyze their personalities and military leadership styles..." (End of this chapter)