Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The news of the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society and the killing of troops from the mob brigade to Guide Mansion, Guide Mansion City only knew about half a day later than Qi County Magistrate.

After knowing the news, the governor of Guide Mansion panicked.Because, in the current Guide Mansion, Commander Zhao of Guide Guard can take away more than half of the troops in Guide Mansion.Therefore, the Fu Zun of Guide Mansion immediately sent someone to ask Commander Zhao to bring the more than 500 soldiers led by him back to the Fucheng as quickly as possible.

Needless to say, that old man Zhao Ming may not be very good at fighting, but he is really good at everything when he is an official.When he launched the operation of "cutting off the heads of the robbers", he took out almost all the military officers in Guidewei.

After arriving at the ruined temple, the old man Zhao Ming divided the ruined temple into areas, and let the military officers and officials be responsible for each, extorting and extorting in the area, and everyone made a fortune together.

However, the old man Zhao Ming suddenly received the news that the Governor of Guide Mansion sent someone to convey the news that the rioters were going to attack Guide Mansion.In a panic, the old man Zhao Ming didn't have time to gather the scattered troops in the countryside, so he only brought two to three hundred people around him and rushed back to Defu City.But on the return journey, some people fell behind.In the end, the old man Zhao Ming returned to Guidefu City with only more than 300 people.

But what good can so few people do?The old man Zhao Ming hurried back to Fucheng this time, but most of the Guidewei military officers scattered in the countryside did not bring back.Therefore, it was impossible to gather the soldiers near Guide City.

Don't look at the old man Zhao Ming as the commander of Gui Dewei, who has five thousand households under his command.However, most of these thousands of households have their own defense zones.For example, Wu Shigong's Thousand Households Office will defend the county seat of Qi County Magistrate.

But now, when the people are in chaos, the soldiers of the Qianhusuo will definitely not abandon their hometown and not defend it, but leave their hometown and go to Guidefu City to defend.In the final analysis, the current situation is that everyone cleans the door for himself.

Fortunately, at this time in the city of Guide Mansion, the nearby officials and gentry also retreated into the city of Guide Mansion.Together with the Governor of Guide Mansion, they elected the most respected and the highest official Hou Xun before he became an official, as the leader of the city guard.

Then Hou Xun also knows some military affairs, and he does have two brushes in handling affairs.Under his arrangement, the defense of Guide City finally started in an orderly manner.

The measures Hou Xun took were basically the same as those taken by Wu Shigong.It is nothing more than extracting the young men of the gentry, gathering food and medicinal materials, stabilizing people's hearts, and so on.

However, when Hou Xun sent someone to fetch gunpowder from Gui Dewei's arsenal, he found that the gunpowder arsenal was already empty.This made Hou Xun's face green with anger.

The old man Zhao Ming must have denied it in every possible way. He told Hou Xun that it was Wu Shigong, the agent of Qianhu, who took away all the gunpowder.I don't know what Wu Shigong wants these gunpowder to be used for.

Hou Xun and the old man Zhao Ming are from the same township, so they don't see each other when they look up.So even if he knew that old man Zhao Ming was bragging, he couldn't do anything to old man Zhao Ming.However, Hou Xun finally seized the opportunity, and he decided: After the rebellion subsides, he and Wu Shigong will settle a new and old account together.

But at the beginning, Guide Mansion was not particularly worried.Because, in front of the riot brigade, there is still the county magistrate Qi blocking it.Moreover, judging from the news sent back by the spies, the county seat of magistrate Qi is still intact and has not fallen.

In addition, the Fu Zun of Guide Mansion had already sent someone to Kaifeng City to appeal to the governor of Henan.The governor of Henan also agreed to send reinforcements to Guide Mansion as soon as possible.

However, those rioters bypassed the county seat of Qi County Magistrate, and headed towards Guide City to kill them.This made Guide Mansion tense up and down.But at this time, there was also good news that the reinforcements sent by the governor of Henan were about to arrive.

The reinforcements sent by the governor of Henan this time consisted of more than 500 people, led by Father-in-law Xiao Yueya, the supervisor of the Henan army.

Although Eunuch Xiao's name is a bit effeminate and he is a father-in-law, he really wants to show his manly side.

Originally, there was no need for Eunuch Xiao, the Henan Supervising Army, to fight the chaos this time.But Eunuch Xiao is particularly eager to make meritorious service on the battlefield.Therefore, I specially went to the governor of Henan Province to ask for a job.Of course, the governor of Henan also satisfied Eunuch Xiao's wish and gave him face.

In fact, Eunuch Xiao has his own ideas.Eunuch Xiao knew that now that Emperor Chongzhen came to power, the statement of the emperor and courtiers was not only aimed at the ministers, but also aimed at them eunuchs.

Among the eunuchs, there are many who understand culture and government affairs, but very few understand military affairs, so eunuchs who understand military affairs are particularly popular.Just look at the situation where Gao Qi's potential Tianqi and the current Chongzhen dynasties are both at home.

And Eunuch Xiao also wanted to gain a reputation for being knowledgeable about military affairs.In that case, Eunuch Xiao would not only be able to keep his current position, but he might even be promoted to a higher position in Yumajian.

In addition, Eunuch Xiao also found out.The rebellion of the people this time was just some people in the countryside, and they had not received any military training at all.As long as his own army arrives, it won't be the fierce sun Baixue, who will wipe them all out in one fell swoop.In this case, wouldn't the credit be at your fingertips?

What made Eunuch Xiao even more reassuring was that when he led the reinforcements to set off, Jiang Guerrilla, the highest-ranking military attache who accompanied him, blew the whistle.Najiang Guerrilla raised the force value of the reinforcements infinitely, and directly reduced the force value of the rioters to a negative number.And this Eunuch Xiao actually believed all of this.

However, Eunuch Xiao cannot be completely blamed for this, because Jiang Guerrilla's appearance is very tangible.He was tall and muscular.Riding a white horse, wearing a silver armor, holding a spear.Without makeup, you can go directly to the stage to play Zhao Zilong.

However, Eunuch Xiao didn't lose his head completely. His marching route of the support army was between the county town of Qi County Magistrate and the city of Guide, and came in the direction of oblique insertion.Because he also knew: as long as the county seat of Qi County Magistrate is not lost, then the support army will be safe when they march.

But what I didn't expect was that when the reinforcements were still half a day away from Guidefu City, the spies suddenly reported that they found a large group of troops from the Holy Spirit Society in the northwest of their marching route.

After receiving the spy's report, Eunuch Xiao hesitated a little, but Guerrilla Jiang patted his chest and spoke boldly, which made Eunuch Xiao immediately make up his mind.He ordered reinforcements to immediately attack the Holy Spirit rioters.

Najiang Guerrilla flicked his spear, slapped the white horse, and rushed out first.Just like a copycat version of Changbanpo Zhao Zilong.And those reinforcements rushed out behind Jiang Guerzilla in a panic.

At this time, the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society also found reinforcements.The morale of the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society was already very low after they failed to attack the county magistrate of Qi, and Master Mou also discovered this situation.Even he felt that his leadership was a little shaken.

After discovering the reinforcements, Master Namu suddenly became a bachelor.Wearing Tang Monk's clothes, he immediately rushed to the front of the team.Seeing that Master Mou was desperate, the senior brothers of the guardian team rushed out together.Then, all the rioters rushed out following them in a panic.

When the two teams were about to encounter each other, the soldiers on the side of the reinforcements, seeing the large number of these rioters and their aggressiveness, they all involuntarily slowed down.

Although these soldiers had received military training, their military pay was severely withheld by the military officers, and at most they could only get [-]% of their pay.Since the military salary is not enough, why bother to work hard?

As a result, some soldiers began to turn around and run away.Seeing one's companions fleeing, the escape was quickly contagious, like an avalanche, without much effort, the entire support army began to scatter in all directions.

The Holy Spirit will overwhelm the entire support army with an overwhelming advantage.More than 700 soldiers in the reinforcements were killed, and the rest fled back to Kaifeng.Jiang Guerrilla's whereabouts are unknown.Eunuch Xiao fled into Guidefu City with more than 100 people around him.

But after this battle, the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society were all wiped out, and their morale suddenly rose to the peak.They organized their team and charged towards Guide City with high spirits.

From this chaotic battle, we can actually see the following problems:

The first problem is: the problem of military reconnaissance.

The rioters of the Holy Spirit Society can be said to have no military literacy from top to bottom. It is understandable that they did not send spies to investigate.

However, Eunuch Xiao and Jiang Guerrilla led soldiers from the Ming Dynasty.In today's words, it is a regular field army.But with such an army, the distance that the spies can investigate is very short.The spies found out when the Holy Spirit's rioters were about five miles away from their own army.

It should be said that these spies did not play the role of military reconnaissance at all.They are at best the vanguard of the army.

After the military spies are sent out, they actually have two functions.In addition to reconnaissance, it also has the function of strangling the opponent's spies.Because of this in army battles, it is very important.Therefore, this point will be described in detail later.

The second problem is: when the army is fighting, the deployment of the troops.

From ancient times to the present, any army, from the marching state to the combat state, must deploy its own troops.

In fact, for any military commander, there are only three points that reflect his military command ability:

1) deployment of troops prior to battle;

2) When fighting, concentrate your forces and firepower to attack the enemy's weak points and key points;

3) After the battle is over, if the two warring parties are in a state of stalemate, or even in a state of defeat, how to retreat your own troops as complete as possible and in an organized manner.Regarding this point, it is also the most test of the command ability of the military commander.This is a famous saying of Napoleon: A good commander depends not on how he wins a battle, but how he cleans up the mess after losing a battle.

And let's look at this chaos.Forget about Eunuch Xiao, he has not received any military education.But Jiang Guerrilla was still a senior military officer of the Ming Dynasty.

When they were about to fight against the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society, they didn't deploy their troops at all, and let the troops rush up in such a mess.And the chaotic people of the Holy Spirit Society also rushed over in such a mess.This is simply not a war, but a gang fight.

Since it is a group fight, it is not surprising that the side with the most people and the brave side win the big victory.In other words, Eunuch Xiao and Jiang Guerrilla did not use their regular field army of the Ming Dynasty as an army at all.

The third problem is: the selection of generals in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, military officers were basically hereditary.Only a handful were promoted from enlisted men and junior officers.Those military officers on the Nine Sides, because of their family heritage and the fact that they have been fighting with alien races outside the pass, their military literacy is still higher.

However, the promotion of military officers in the interior of the Ming Dynasty was basically determined by civil officials.As for the criteria for those civil servants to select military officers, leaving aside the issue of flattery and bribery, the civil servants mainly look at whether the military officer is sturdy and handsome, whether his personal bravery is strong, and whether he can fight three or five with one.The military command level of the military attache was not considered at all.

However, these civil servants cannot be blamed for this.Regarding this point, it is a common-sense mistake made by many ordinary people.If you don't believe it, just look at the many time-travel novels on Starting Point.

After the protagonist travels through, he happens to meet a strong man who just killed a tiger.As a result, the protagonist's tiger body shook, and the strong man immediately clung to him like a little daughter-in-law.After that, the strong man became an important general beside the protagonist.

But they don't know that personal bravery and command level are completely different things.Of course, there are also those generals who cultivate both internally and externally.For example, Yue Fei, he is the champion of martial arts.But such generals are completely rare.

And looking at the performance of that Jiang guerrilla, we already know how bad the military command level of the military officers in the Ming Dynasty, especially those in the interior, was.

After analyzing this chaotic battle, let's take a look at the situation in Guidefu City.

When Eunuch Xiao fled into Guide Mansion City with more than 100 people around him, everyone in Guide Mansion City immediately panicked.At this time, they couldn't care about anything.It doesn't matter whether you go to the doctor in an emergency or grab a straw for life, anyway, they sent messengers for help to all the places that can be contacted.And that little official from Guide Mansion came to ask for help from Wu Shigong, a thousand households.