A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 330 Breaking the Heavenly King

The fourteenth year of Wuxing was not an easy year for Ming Dynasty.

In the Chongzhen year of the original time and space, Zhu Youjian was forced to face frequent and unprecedented natural disasters and extreme weather. This even became one of the triggers for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Now, the person responsible for all this has changed. Became the Wuxing Emperor.

The direct impact of this terrible natural disaster was a large number of refugees and social disorder.

In the past few years, relying on sufficient treasury and rising national power, the Ming Dynasty was able to promptly rescue and rebuild disaster-stricken areas, quickly stabilize the common people, and suppress small-scale rebellions.

Therefore, even though there were constant natural disasters at that time, people were still able to survive hard.

But now, the state treasury can no longer support it.

After the death of Yan Chenhao, the court was completely purged. Huang Kezuan, the second assistant to the cabinet, resigned, and Zhou Yanru took the position of first assistant. The second assistant was Ni Wenhuan, who had been promoted directly from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Qian Longxi was forced to take the subordinate position. head.

The level of governance of these few people is far from their level of party struggle, and the state affairs have not improved much.

And, just like Zhang Juzheng, with the death of this man who could suppress corrupt officials all over the world, many officials' true nature was suddenly exposed, and they even intensified their efforts, and there was a strong tendency to get back what they had not been able to get in the past few years.

There are more and more uprisings in the country. Disaster-stricken victims, flood control migrant workers, and ordinary people suffering from labor have swarmed into the country. Among them, the largest number of rebels is in the northwest area.

At this time, this place in Guanzhong was no longer prosperous. It was the hardest-hit area, and officials were doing evil, and eventually the largest uprising broke out.

A farmer named Wang Er took on Fang Guozhen's role and took the lead in killing officials in Chengcheng in the twelfth year of Wuxing's reign, kicking off the uprising.

After that, Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin, King Huntian and others successively raised armies, and soon they merged into one under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army. They elected Wang Er as the leader of the alliance, which was the thirty-sixth battalion.

The thirty-sixth battalion had a total strength of more than 100,000. Under the leadership of Wang Er, they entered Shanxi from Shaanxi and conquered Xiangning, Shilou, Jishan and other cities. In ten months, almost all of southern Shanxi was lost, and the rebel army was powerful. After seeing this scene, the people in the world who couldn't survive also followed suit.

By the fifteenth year of Wuxing's reign, the entire land from the northwest to the Central Plains was covered with war smoke.

The collapse of order is accelerating.

Compared with other regions, Jiangnan seems to be much more stable.

There is only one rebel army here.

Breaking the Heavenly King.

As Jiangnan's number one and only big bandit, his every move attracts Jiangnan's attention.

And the more than a thousand men under him defeated the southern soldiers several times in a row, becoming invincible.

After all, they also had no military training and a group of desperadoes who had nothing left. They were definitely more capable than the Southern soldiers who had not fought for a long time. They had the upper hand in the fight between novices.

However, they may be able to defeat the Ming army in field battles, but when it comes to siege battles, they will be helpless. After all, Potian King had no actual combat experience, so he just went all out to attack the city. As a result, he lost hundreds of people in several rounds and was unable to board the city at all.

There was no way to plunder the big city, so they could only plunder the towns without city wall protection. After some looting, King Potian and his men all made a fortune.

I didn’t expect this money to come so quickly! As soon as the wave went on, King Potian's eyes turned red.

So he looted all the way north, and his troops continued to expand during this period. After coming down from several prefectures and counties, his troops had expanded to more than 5,000 people. They were so powerful that no one dared to compete with them.

By this time, they had arrived near the family's ruling area, and with a clear goal, they were heading straight for them. After all, King Potian has heard about the wealth in these places. Now he naturally comes with the mentality of getting rich suddenly. He has even planned that if the place is prosperous enough, he will use this as the basis for his plans. Jiangsu and Zhejiang compete for world hegemony.

Yan Ling immediately ordered the clan soldiers to gather together and fight head-on. This was also the first battle since the clan soldiers from two thousand households formed an army. Yan Ling also planned to let them see blood. This rogue bandit was a good training target.

The first field battle broke out between the two sides south of Shaoxing Prefecture.

The clan soldiers formed a "line up to be shot" formation, while the rogue bandits had no formation at all. After giving the order from Potian King, they rushed towards the clan soldiers.

More than five thousand people ran wildly together, which was quite powerful. They shouted randomly and waved the broken knives and guns in their hands, which really shocked the new recruits.

The clan soldiers had never seen this battle before. Although they were well-trained, it was their first time on the battlefield after all. Many of their hands holding muskets were trembling slightly and sweat was flowing down their faces.

The two Qianhu officers were transferred from the Luzon Army. They had participated in the battle to conquer the southern continent in their early years and had rich combat experience. At this time, they unsheathed their long swords and shouted loudly:

"Don't panic, the enemy is just a mob, nothing to worry about!"

"No one is allowed to shoot in advance. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

As they got closer, scattered bows and arrows were already being fired. They were obviously equipment sent to them by the defeated Ming army, but their accuracy was not very good and they were flying everywhere.

A few shot into the military formation, but they couldn't penetrate the armor of the clan soldiers. Seeing this, they couldn't help but relax a little.

Seeing that he was close enough, Qian Huguan suddenly swung the long knife in his hand and shouted loudly:

"put!"

A neat roar sounded, and the battlefield was suddenly filled with smoke. The thousands of figures at the front of the huge crowd suddenly froze, and then suddenly fell to the ground.

The sound of gunfire shocked the bandits, and the blood made them tremble.

Thousands of people were killed in one fell swoop. In the original siege, their casualties were only a few hundred people! In just one breath, thousands of people died?

What a killing machine this is!

In just one round, this notorious bandit collapsed and fled in all directions.

The clan soldiers on the opposite side were even a little unbelievable.

This, this is a win?

At this time, Qianhuguan had already issued the order to pursue him.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides was not proportional at all, so the battle ended quickly. King Potian escaped by chance, but all his troops were wiped out.

A total of more than 1,200 enemies were killed and more than 3,000 were captured. The clan soldiers were almost unharmed. This was undoubtedly a great victory.

After some screening, it was found that among the more than 3,000 people, there were more than 300 old bandits. These were all irrepentable, and Yan Ling directly ordered them to be killed.

The rest were sent to work as coolies in the mines. They did not know how many families were destroyed, and even the new ones deserved their punishment.

The heads of the dead bandits were cut off.

A total of one thousand five hundred levels.

(End of this chapter)