Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

As the winners of the martial arts competition, Ji Jike and others have been training in the Warrior Camp for half a year.

During this period of more than half a year, they not only trained like soldiers, but also received martial arts instruction. Those who were illiterate learned to read and those who were literate learned how to be an officer.

During this period, people were constantly eliminated, such as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and others. They said they were transferred due to missions, but in fact they were not adapted to the training of the Warrior Battalion and were transferred out early.

Yang Yufan, who had completed the training and was recognized by the emperor, was directly appointed as the lieutenant general and acting brigade commander, in charge of the Fourth Brigade of Dongjiang Town.

This appointment made the soldiers of the Warrior Battalion very excited.

The position of brigade commander is now equivalent to deputy general, and can be said to be a senior general. Yang Yufan took up this position at a young age. As long as he performs well on the battlefield in the future, he will definitely become one of the leaders of the Ming army.

His future inspired many soldiers of the Warrior Battalion, and when the Warrior Battalion went to various garrisons to recruit soldiers, they were warmly welcomed.

Over the past six months, the Warriors Camp has recruited a thousand martial arts masters, all of whom were selected through competitions.

Most of these people were hereditary officials of the guards, and like Yang Yufan, they had practiced martial arts from childhood. They had hereditary positions granted by the court, and they did not care about the martial arts competition.

But after Yang Yufan emerged through the martial arts competition and was quickly promoted to brigade general based on his past achievements, they immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to get the emperor's attention.

Therefore, when the Warrior Camp was recruiting martial arts masters, the ambitious guards all signed up. Even some guerrilla generals requested to join the Warrior Camp for training.

Because of this, the Warriors Camp is now full of talented people. And the equipment is also very sophisticated. Everyone is equipped with a horse, armor, bow and arrow, and a spring-wheeled musket made by the Armory.

The training was also very strict. They had to learn the skills of infantry, cavalry, archers, musketeers, pikemen, and even how to fire cannons.

(Ayuxi holding a spear to defeat the bandits, painted by Lang Shining in the Qing Dynasty, the weapons he is equipped with are spears, bows and arrows, muskets, and armor)
It can be said that every soldier in the Warrior Battalion can be called a generalist, and the best ones are even trained as special forces soldiers.

These people were organized into a separate team, which is now the reconnaissance brigade of the Warrior Battalion.

Hu Dawei is the captain of the reconnaissance team. He relies on his sense of smell honed when he lived on the grasslands, and he is very sensitive to danger. He is also bold and careful, and can often discover enemies that ordinary people cannot detect.

In addition, he was a skilled martial artist and was one of the top eight horsemen in the martial arts tournament. Even though he was born in a different race, he convinced many soldiers and successfully became the captain of the reconnaissance brigade.

After receiving the emperor's order to send troops, the reconnaissance battalion was sent out first as the vanguard of the Warrior Battalion.

The order Hu Dawei received was to scout the enemy situation and prepare for the Warrior Battalion's attack.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the members of the reconnaissance brigade could not be fully assembled at once. Hu Dawei gathered about a hundred people, divided them into three teams and led them out personally.

Hu Dawei galloped all the way and quickly left the city with the military order.

Seeing him running towards the princes' palaces without caring about anything, Ai Wannian, the captain of the guards who accompanied him, said:

"General Hu, there are rioters in the capital, which is very unusual."

"I'm worried there might be an ambush on the road. Please be careful."

Hu Dawei was running wildly and didn't hear clearly for a while. It was not until Ai Wannian shouted loudly several times that he gave an order to Ai Wannian:
"You lead a team to follow behind, and the others continue to follow!"

Leading the other two teams, they continued to rush forward.

Ai Wannian delayed for a moment, then saw him running far away, and could only sigh, leading a team of people behind him.

As a military student, he can serve as a guard in the reconnaissance battalion, which shows that he has good abilities.

From his perspective, the occurrence of riots in the capital was extremely unusual.

Maybe someone has set up an ambush against their imperial camp—

As the emperor's most loyal troops, if anyone wants to rebel, they will be the first target.

Therefore, Ai Wannian was quite nervous about this expedition. After Hu Dawei left, he kept looking around to see if there were any ambushing enemies around.

Hu Dawei still didn't care. He felt no danger and ran away with two teams of more than sixty people.

This reckless behavior would definitely be criticized during training, but it happened to save Tsinghua University at this time.

When he arrived at the area, the guards, teachers and students in Tsinghua University were already discussing whether to abandon the Outer Garden and move to the Inner Garden.

After all, there were too many places to guard in the outer garden, and they could no longer hold out under the life-and-death siege of those believers.

It was at this time that Hu Dawei arrived with his troops and ended their dispute.

"Reinforcements are coming!"

"Look, reinforcements from the capital are coming!"

Pointing at the smoke rising in the distance, Gu Yanwu shouted loudly.

After hearing his shout, the guards in the garden also cheered loudly, and no one mentioned abandoning the outer garden anymore.

If the outer garden was abandoned, it would obviously be destroyed by the mob. As guards, even if they had made contributions in protecting the inner garden, they could not escape responsibility.

Now that reinforcements have arrived, if they can just hold on for this period, they will be able to make a great contribution.

Morale quickly rose and enemies who tried to climb up were shot and killed.

At this moment, the Christians and bandits outside who were besieging Tsinghua University were already somewhat desperate.

They never imagined that a royal villa would be so difficult to capture.

They didn't expect that the troops from the capital would be dispatched so quickly, without even an hour left for them.

It can be said that the moment Hu Dawei and his troops appeared, the morale of these people collapsed.

The bandits and rioters who had previously fled secretly were now fleeing openly.

Gu Yanwu saw this scene from a high place and immediately shouted:
"General, charge here!"

He waved the flag and pointed in a direction, and asked the soldiers and classmates around him to shout loudly.

Perhaps their shouting was heard by Hu Dawei, and Hu Dawei actually rushed forward with more than sixty scouts.

He was seen leading the way, waving a spear in his hand. There was almost no opponent who could match him. He was invincible.

Gu Yanwu stood on the arrow tower and saw this scene. He was fascinated for a moment and fully realized the power of a brave general on the battlefield.

If it weren't for Hu Dawei, these sixty-odd people could only be considered elite troops. They might not even dare to charge forward when facing so many rioters.

But under the leadership of the brave general Hu Dawei, they seemed like an invincible army. With only sixty people, they had an invincible momentum.

Compared with the Tsinghua Garden guards who did not listen to his advice and were unwilling to send troops to defeat the bandits, Gu Yanwu truly realized the importance of leading generals.

Not only did he have this idea, but the students of the Normal School who saw this scene also changed their views on military generals.

At this time, they truly realized why the emperor valued military generals and continued to elevate their status after ascending the throne. It was really because military generals played a huge role on the battlefield, and if they wanted to pacify the Jianlu, they had to make use of them.

It can be said that Hu Dawei successfully justified the reputation of military generals with his bravery and established the concept of brave generals in people's minds.

However, he became the captain of the reconnaissance brigade not only because of his bravery. His sense of smell on the battlefield can be said to be innate.

In the process of leading more than sixty scouts to charge, Hu Dawei's abilities were fully utilized.

Gu Yanwu on the arrow tower was amazed.

Every time he wanted to instruct Hu Dawei to charge in a certain direction, he found that Hu Dawei had already rushed over.

This ability to avoid the strong and attack the weak points of the enemy on the battlefield made everyone who saw it feel that the Ming Dynasty had produced a new brave general who would surely shine on a larger battlefield.

However, even the most valiant generals would eventually run out of strength. Hu Dawei charged for a while and although he managed to disperse the rioters, he was also somewhat exhausted and had to stop.

When he counted the number of men, he found that he had lost three men. It was unknown whether they had fallen behind or died in battle.

Just when they were about to take a break before charging again, a group of people led by Ai Wannian finally arrived.

After carefully exploring the surroundings, Ai Wannian finally confirmed that there was no ambush around. After noticing that Hu Dawei and the rioters had started killing, he rode over at full speed.

With this reinforcement, Hu Dawei laughed and said:
"Brothers, is there anyone willing to charge?"

Everyone shouted that they were willing, and Hu Dawei immediately ordered the team led by Ai Wannian to follow him, and the others followed behind them and continued to attack the rioters who wanted to gather on the battlefield.

The remnants of the White Lotus Sect, Luo Sect, and Hongyang Sect originally wanted to gather believers to surround Hu Dawei after seeing that he was exhausted, but they didn't expect that there was a group of people behind Hu Dawei, and after getting reinforcements, they continued to kill them.

They were so angry that they started cursing, but they had no choice but to abandon their believers and flee with their confidants.

It can be said that their action this time has completely failed.

Even the main force of the Warrior Battalion did not arrive, but only three teams of the reconnaissance brigade defeated them.
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Zhu Youjian, who received the news in the capital, felt both amused and sad when he learned that Hu Dawei had led a hundred men to completely defeat the rioters:

It was a relief that he had attached so much importance to it before that he not only mobilized the Warrior Battalion, but also the Patrol Battalion and the Beijing Battalion.

Even the capital city has been ordered to be under martial law to prevent possible unrest.

Now it seems that this is a complete overkill, the enemy is too weak:

"what is this?"

"Am I making a big deal out of nothing?"

"Or was it because I suppressed the rioters too quickly and the enemy in the dark didn't show up?"

Zhu Youjian did not think that this group of rioters appeared naturally. He felt that there must be something fishy about it, otherwise the bandits who escaped last year and the remnants of other religious sects such as the White Lotus Sect, Luo Sect, and Hongyang Sect would not have joined together.

Therefore, his previous actions were correct. No matter how cautious he was in dealing with the rioters in the capital, he could not be too cautious.

Of course, we can relax now. Zhu Youjian ordered:
"The Warrior Battalion will continue to move out to protect the palaces of the various princes and the Grand Secretaries, and have the guards count the losses."

"The new troops of the Patrol Battalion arrested the rioters and found out their places of origin and marching routes."

"I need to find out who instigated them to cause chaos and who cooperated with them along the way."

"The Shenji Battalion of the Beijing Camp is preparing to hold a grand review in the west of Beijing."

Zhu Youjian had decided beforehand to hold a grand military parade in the capital.

But at that time, what I thought was that after the soldiers from the southwest entered the capital, a grand review would be held at Chengtian Gate.

The sudden turmoil in the capital now made him feel that he could hold the event in advance and use the soldiers in the capital to deter the enemies in the dark.

And after thinking about the soldiers in the southwest, Zhu Youjian had another idea in his mind:
That is, is this civil unrest related to the fact that the meritorious soldiers from the southwest are about to enter Beijing?
After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that when the meritorious soldiers from the southwest come to Beijing, they will definitely support the emperor who rewards them.

The position of the new emperor Zhu Youjian will be extremely stable after the meritorious soldiers from the southwest arrive in Beijing and the prince is born.

If those who have secret ideas do not act now, they will soon lose the opportunity to act.

That's why they launched this riot regardless of the consequences.

What no one expected was that those religious remnants and bandits were so incompetent that they were completely defeated by a mere 100 scouts sent by the Brave Guard Battalion.

So much so that the incident looked like a farce, and even caused some people to doubt:

"Did Your Majesty take the initiative to instigate this turmoil in order to impose martial law in the capital and completely centralize power?"

This thought came to Yuan Keli's mind, because in his opinion this incident was too trivial.

Moreover, the emperor's benefits from the chaos were truly huge.

Not only did he let people know that he had a strong army under his command, he also successfully issued a martial law order and took over all power.

According to the provisions of the martial law order, if war breaks out, martial law can last for one year. During this period, the emperor can hold all the power and issue edicts directly.

At this time, Yuan Keli was wondering whether the emperor deliberately promoted this rebellion because he wanted to seize power?
However, the process was somewhat different, because the emperor did not look like he knew about it in advance, and it was not like the emperor to allow Tsinghua University to be attacked.

As a minister, he knew how stingy the current emperor was. He would never allow the Tsinghua Garden to be destroyed by bandits and rioters.

Moreover, the emperor attached great importance to the students of the Normal School in Tsinghua Park, believing that the Ming Dynasty needed to rely on them to cultivate talents.

He estimated that the emperor would rather have his palace destroyed than have Tsinghua University suffer any loss.

It is impossible to instigate unrest and encourage rioters to besiege Tsinghua University.

“So who was the one who pushed for this turmoil?”

"What's the purpose?"

This was the doubt that Yuan Keli had, and it also puzzled many people in Beijing.

They don't know how this incident happened or what its purpose is.
If it was aimed at the emperor, then there must be a backup plan in the inner city, but due to the patrols of the Beijing Camp, it has not been discovered yet.

If the looting was aimed at the palaces of the kings and the university town, it would not make sense, because robbing the rich would bring in more profits.

It's not like the royal palace, which has regulations and is built like a small city. It also has guards inside, so it's difficult to attack easily.

As for the teachers and students in the university town, no one would rob them unless they were heartless.

What's more, most students don't have much money, so it's far less profitable than robbing wealthy families.

So many people are wondering why these people started this riot? (End of this chapter)