I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 395 Soldiers and Horses Gathering
Chief Secretary of Guizhou, Guiyang City.

Guiyang was founded in the Yuan Dynasty. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, three divisions were set up here to take charge of Guizhou. The chiefs of the An clan in Shuixi and the Song clan in Shuidong were moved into Guizhou City, and the An clan was ordered to control the west of the water and the Song clan to control the east.

From this, the An family and the Song family became one of the most important chieftains in Guizhou, but now this situation is about to be broken, and the situation in Guizhou as a whole has become increasingly turbulent.

This atmosphere became more and more profound when Hong Chengchou entered Guiyang.

As soon as Hong Chengchou entered the territory of Guiyang, soldiers and horses immediately came to meet him. At first, Hong Chengchou was very surprised. Many of these soldiers were holding white spears and did not look like officers and soldiers. Only after contacting him did he realize that the stone pillars actually came from Chongqing Prefecture. Shizhu Xuan comforted Qin Liangyu's troops.

"May I ask if the person in front of you is Qin Yiming, the nephew of Qin Xuanwei?"

Hong Chengchou was a thoughtful man and knew that Qin Liangyu's family had outstanding military exploits and were deeply trusted by the emperor and the court.From now on, I would be responsible for the supply of food and grass, so I would have to deal with them frequently, and we immediately started to get acquainted with them.

Qin Yiming looked to be only in his 20s. After the Yongning battle, he had been promoted to a staff general. After his cousin Qin Minping was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Yongning and took away [-] white soldiers, he followed Qin Liangyu and took charge of the remaining four soldiers. More than a thousand soldiers with white poles.

Today, he was ordered by Qin Liangyu to come to meet Hong Chengchou. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou was so polite to him, which made him immediately feel good about the civil servant in front of him.

"I don't dare to take it. The last general is indeed Qin Yiming. Before I came, Qin Xuan's comfort envoy specially told me that there are many thieves now and I must protect the safety of Councilor Hong. Now that I see you are fine, I am relieved. Please hurry up. Set off."

Qin Yiming's words made Hong Chengchou confused. He was very safe along the way and didn't see any thieves at all.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's doubts, Qin Yiming asked his men to quickly escort the grain and grass to set off, while patiently explaining.

"What the Councilor doesn't know is that now that the Shuixi An clan saw the imperial army gathering, instead of repenting and not handing over An Bangyan and others, they secretly contacted their chieftains and the Shuidong Song clan to plot a rebellion together.

The Shuixi'an clan and the Shuidong Song clan are both in the western border of Guizhou and near Guiyang. You entered from the northwest of Guizhou. You were fine when you came in, but it was a bit dangerous once you entered Guiyang, so I was sent to escort you specially. "

"Why is there something strange happening in the Shuidong Song family?"

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard this. He also knew about the situation of the chieftains in Guizhou before he came. He knew that there were originally four most powerful chieftains in Guizhou.

They are the Sizhou Tian family, the Bozhou Yang family, the Shuixian family, and the Shuidong Song family. These four are deeply rooted in Guizhou and their influence cannot be underestimated.

However, among them, the Sizhou Tian family was wiped out in the early years of Yongle, and the Bozhou Yang family rebelled during the Shenzong Dynasty and was also wiped out. Now there are only two big families, the Shuixi'an family and the Shuidong Song family.

If both of them want to rebel, it will be difficult for the court to deal with them. In particular, although the Song family in Shuidong is small, their Kaiyang and Wudang places are very close to Guiyang, so they may not be able to deal with them at that time.

"Yes, I was very submissive to the court before, but now I am even more disobedient to orders. Today, envoys from Shuixi and Shuidong have arrived in Guiyang. It seems that they are going to make a final struggle."

Hong Chengchou nodded silently after hearing this, and he also reacted from his surprise.I thought to myself that the rebellion of the two biggest chieftains in Guizhou was both a bad thing and a good thing.

The bad thing is that the combined power of the two is very large, and it is very troublesome for the court to deal with it. However, as long as they are wiped out, the Guizhou chieftains will no longer have any intention of resisting the court. When the time comes, it will be easy to change the country and return to the country, abolish the division and establish the county. .

Under the escort of Qin Yiming, Hong Chengchou arrived safely outside Guiyang City soon. At this time, Guiyang City had become a large military camp, and people with various accents were mixed in, making it difficult for Hong Chengchou to distinguish for a while.

Fortunately, Qin Yiming had been in Guiyang for a while. Seeing Hong Chengchou's confusion, he led the commanding troops to escort the military supplies to the military camp, and began to patiently explain to Hong Chengchou.

"What the Councilor doesn't know is that there are nearly 2 troops stationed in Guiyang City, including 4000 Guizhou soldiers led by Guizhou General Yang Yumao, 6000 imperial Zhenwu troops, [-] Shizhu soldiers, and the remaining Guizhou chieftains. [-] soldiers."

As soon as Hong Chengchou entered the camp in the east of the city, he saw that the camp was heavily fortified, surrounded by wooden fences, and sentry posts every hundred feet.He followed the others into the camp, listened to Qin Yiming's explanation, and looked around the military camp.

You can see the camp area on the left, each with different camps to distinguish the sentinel camps; and the school field on the right, there are now generals leading soldiers to train, or practice bird cannon or artillery practice, "bang bang bang" birds The sound of gunshots echoed in my ears from time to time.

"This must be the Zhenwu Army from the Beijing camp. I have long heard that it has strict discipline. Before coming here, it had suppressed rebellions in Hebei. It had outstanding achievements and strong combat power. Now it turns out that it is so."

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh when he saw the "Zhenwu" flag erected in the middle of the military camp.

He used to serve in the Southern Zhili Military Department and was also a person who knew the military, but he saw that the spirit of the Zhenwu Army was different from others.

"It's true. I've heard before that the military strength of Beijing Camp has been greatly increased after His Majesty reorganized it. I didn't believe it at first. I thought that after about a year of restructuring, how could it be so powerful? It wasn't until I saw it with my own eyes that I realized that I was wrong. .

After chatting with the generals of the Zhenwu Army, I learned that the soldiers here were trained in Tongzhou for more than two years by the current Minister of War, Xu Guangqi, before joining the Beijing camp. Therefore, the military discipline is very good. Many of the generals were personally trained by His Majesty. Yes, I was lucky enough to see Tianyan, who is very proficient in firearms. "

As Qin Yiming spoke, he looked at the soldiers Zhenwu who were practicing artillery. Hong Chengchou looked closely and saw more than ten people practicing a type of artillery that he had never practiced before.

"This must be the rumored Krupp Cannon. I heard that it is very powerful, with a range of up to two miles. It shows great power in Liaodong. It is a powerful weapon in both field battles and city sieges."

Hong Chengchou had long known about this kind of artillery from the Ming Dynasty Daily, and today he finally saw it with his own eyes.

"Indeed, Governor Zhu originally thought that Guizhou was mountainous and that the Shuixi'an clan was defending the stronghold, making it difficult to attack. But this time the Zhenwu Army brought more than [-] Krupp cannons of various models. With the help of this magical weapon, our army no longer has to work hard to attack the village.

Therefore, Governor Zhu did not want to delay, and now only gave Shuixi and Shuidong Chieftains a last chance.If they still don't surrender, they will gather a large army and march straight to the west of the river. "

Not only did Hong Chengchou think the Krug Cannon was powerful, but Qin Yiming also felt the same. He had seen the power of the Krug Cannon a long time ago, and his eyes showed his envy of the Zhenwu Army.

(End of this chapter)