The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 138 Five Armies Parade
After the North Korean special envoy and Qian Qianyi left, Zhu Cihong did indeed begin to assemble an army.

With an order, the central army, the front army, the rear army, and the left army started to move.

This time Zhu Cihong also wanted to take the opportunity to test how fast the army was gathering and moving.

As the saying goes, marching and fighting, marching first and fighting behind, it can be seen that marching is more important than fighting.

In a real war, it only takes a moment on the battlefield, but the dispatching and preparation of soldiers and horses, and the daily marching and camping are all extremely complicated and rigorous tasks.

Zhu Cihong arrived in Tongzhou early with [-] Yulin soldiers and [-] Mongolian cavalry from Lan Duoer.

Thanks to the deal with the Tumed Department, each army has now trained [-] cavalry, and the [-] Mongolian cavalry has also been temporarily assigned to the Imperial Forest Army under the command of Lan Duoer.

The governors of the various armies probably knew that His Majesty wanted to test the training of the various armies this time, so they all cheered up. As soon as they received the order, they quickly assembled the army and prepared to march towards Tongzhou.

Of course, the fastest was Zhou Yuji's rear army, which took advantage of the distance. It only took four days from the assembly to the camping in the north of Tongzhou.

The second is the Chinese army. Although the Chinese army is stationed in the Changping area far away, the army is already in a state of assembly and standby.

Even without Hong Niangzi, the great governor, and [-] main soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers, it only took six days to arrive in Tongzhou and set up camp.

Furthermore, the former army of Wu Sangui in the south also only sent out for seven days, 2 main and auxiliary soldiers, more than [-] mules, horses and war horses, and thousands of carts came to Tongzhou.

The slowest was the British Duke's Zuo Army, who was the second closest to Tongzhou, but was the last to arrive. It took eight days.

Each army went to the village alone, and Zhu Cihong saw all the performance of each army. He was actually very satisfied with the nearly 30 troops who were assembled in only ten days. Such a speed is already very rare.

"The performance of the central army, the front army, and the rear army is generally not bad this time. Although they were a little flustered at the beginning of the assembly, they adjusted in time and managed to be chaotic and orderly.

But Zuo Qian's performance was too unbearable. It took five days just to assemble the army, and many generals were not in the army, but in the capital.

What's more serious is that in the sixty miles from Sanhe to Tongzhou, in order to hurry up and arrive within a day, they even ignored the order of the march, and when they finally arrived, they completely let go of the sheep. March and fight?

In this way, if they were ambushed midway, or were attacked by enemy cavalry, wouldn't the whole army collapse immediately, and the blood of the killed would flow like a river? "

"Your Majesty is incompetent, please punish me!"

The British Duke came out with a face of shame, and knelt down to plead guilty, and all the generals of the left army also came out and knelt down, almost all with their heads down.

The other generals of the three armies gloated with complacency on their faces.

"Slow down, I can accept it, but chaos is absolutely unacceptable, what matters in marching is stability.

Especially for an army of tens of thousands, the more people there are, the more stable it is. If you don't even know this basic common sense, how can you command an army?
This is the first time and the last time that you will be able to act like a real battle. Whoever dares to be a joke in the future will be handled in accordance with military law. Get up! "

Zhu Cihong waved his hand with a straight face.

He naturally understood that the British Duke and the others dared to rush for time and make such a fuss because they thought it was just a skill, not a real enemy attack to fight.

"Follow His Majesty's teachings!"

All the generals answered in unison, obviously they did not expect that His Majesty would attach so much importance to parade.

"This parade will be divided into three major events, namely the assembly of the army, the march of the army and the comprehensive strength of the army.

The first two items will be carried out completely in accordance with actual combat, and the last item will randomly select 2000 people from each army for various assessments.

The army assembly of the first item, because the right army has not been completed, is tentatively designated as No.1 middle army, No.2 rear army, No.3 front army, and No.4 left army.

The next thing is the second item, the march of the army. Each army will carry two months' food from Tongzhou to Shanhaiguan. Front Army, Left Army.

This march not only depends on who takes the shortest time to reach Shanhaiguan, but also depends on the order of the march, as well as the defense of the camp, night duty and some emergencies. "

Zhu Cihong scanned the generals and said slowly.

Although it is costly and tedious to do so, and there are still many risks, but only in this way can the army always maintain a high level of vigilance.

The Red Lady was not there, and the Chinese army was temporarily headed by General Lei Ben. As soon as they returned to the camp, 7 people went to work, loading the two months' food needed by the army from the pier into the carts.

These grains were all transported from Jiangnan after the new year, and they were hoarded in Tongzhou for a full 300 million shi.

The next day, the Chinese army marched towards Shanhaiguan in strict accordance with the tradition of making meals at the third watch, setting up camp at the fifth watch, and cavalry going first.

Two days later came the rear army, then the front army, and the left army. Each army consisted of [-] cavalry, [-] main soldiers, and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The same was true for mules, horses and carts.

This kind of army stretched for hundreds of miles, and those who didn't know it really thought that Zhu Cihong was going to conquer the Northeast to build slaves.

The civil servants in the capital who don't know the truth really think so.

In the beginning, each army kept a distance of one hundred miles, a two-day journey, but within two days the gap came out.

The Chinese army took the lead and marched [-] miles a day. Under Landuoer's [-] Mongolian cavalry raid, they were able to detect it early, and then quickly lined up to meet the enemy.

At night, facing the sneak attack of [-] imperial forest troops with torches, they can also gather to meet the enemy at the first time, without giving the slightest opportunity, and all soldiers can remain calm.

But the coping capabilities of the other three armies are much worse.

Although the front army and the rear army could maintain a marching speed of fifty miles a day, when the sound of the enemy's cavalry came, there was still confusion, and it was impossible to quickly gather to meet the enemy.

However, due to the rush of time, the team stretched too long, so that the head and tail could not look at each other, especially the last supply auxiliary soldiers, who almost scattered and fled.

This made Wu Sangui and Zhou Yuji half dead with anger, they naturally understood that there could be no enemy cavalry, but His Majesty let the five thousand Mongolian cavalry be testing.

But there are always guarding guards around, recording their every word and deed, so they dare not reveal it in advance.

In the night attack at night, the two performed well. Because they could prepare, the army responded quickly and did not cause any major disturbances.

After all, for the sake of safety, the Imperial Forest Army only waved their flags and shouted in the distance with torches, and Lan Duoer's cavalry also only passed by the army, so that the soldiers could watch the cavalry attack from a distance.

The worst performer was the Zuo Army commanded by the nobles. Facing the cavalry attack, they were really herding sheep. Many soldiers dropped their weapons and ran towards the high ground, or drilled into the woods. Even some officers of the nobles panicked. A group, and the night attack at night almost caused a roar.

This made Zhu Cilang so angry that the seven orifices produced smoke.

The British Duke also almost vomited blood out of breath.

Among the armies, only the left army suffered casualties.

(End of this chapter)