Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

The hopes of the court and the emperor turned into a series of wills, and they flew to Huguang.

Now the court has no other thoughts, except for transferring troops from Xuanda Jiliao, only the elite of Zhang Shouren can be relied on.

With the strength of more than [-] men in Liu Zeqing's army, [-] people were lost in two battles, and more than half of them were elite cavalry of the Chinese army. This defeat was inexplicable and embarrassing to Liu Zeqing, but it was a serious warning to the court!

From Daming Mansion to Baoding Mansion, where can we gather [-] elite soldiers?

There are tens of thousands of soldiers from Baoding to Tianjin, but the word "elite" is far from the word "elite", and the area to be defended is very large. What is fatal is the continuous drought in the past two years. From last summer to now, there has been no rain for a year. The disasters in various places have reached such a level. [

Without a large group of rogues coming in, the place can still be suppressed. If tens of thousands or even more rogues enter the North Zhili area, what kind of consequences will be caused, which makes people shudder!

In this way, even if troops were transferred from Xuanda Jiliao, they would only be able to stabilize the area around the capital and go south to suppress the bandits, which would be too risky.

Only Zhang Shouren's army is strong enough and really elite, so it is very safe to use it to suppress the bandits.

At this time, the imperial court did not know that Zhang Shouren still had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Denglai area. Even the new army was ten times more capable of fighting than ordinary officers and soldiers. Judging from normal time and financial and material resources, Zhang Shouren had only more than 2000 soldiers when he arrived in the capital. After more than a year, the imperial court did not pay him much. Raising six or seven thousand soldiers is already a remarkable achievement. People in the court have long discussed it, and they don't know how Zhang Shouren did it.

Ji Liaoxuan mostly invested a lot of money to raise soldiers. It is not bad for a commander-in-chief to command thousands of elite soldiers. Many commanders reported [-] soldiers, but in fact there are more than [-] soldiers. His direct subordinates, like Wu Xiang, had tens of thousands of soldiers, but only three thousand were admitted in front of the emperor. Not to mention the abolishment of the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations, the difficulty of raising soldiers was also very clear to the whole court.

Fortunately, although these big bosses in the capital were puzzled, they did not have any direct sources of information. The two prefectures of Denglai had already become Zhang Shouren's territory, and it was very difficult to obtain credible first-hand information. Careful investigation also gave Fushan sufficient room for development.

Such a situation is possible in the late Ming Dynasty. The wars in various places caused many loopholes in the original system. If it had been in the Wanli Tianqi year, Zhang Shouren would have been dismissed long ago.

"Finally we can leave Huguang!"

Zhang Shouren also let out a sigh of relief after receiving successive orders to deploy troops from the DPRK and China, and the Ministry of War gave a clear route and time limit.

After the new year, the war in Huguang opened a new scene, but he had already made up his mind not to act as the vanguard and executioner of the peasant army.

For his own future, for the future of Fushan, he killed Zhang Xianzhong, he had a clear conscience.There is no sense of guilt for killing thousands of rebel soldiers.

But for the sake of the imperial court, it is definitely not his wish to continue to kill these people who were forced to rebel!

Many of the peasant army are slackers who like to work hard, or frontier soldiers who gather and flee, or are originally poles, thieves, thieves and robbers, but more of them are peasants suffering from hunger and cold. No matter how bad it is, they will not choose to rebel against this practice.

Chinese peasants are also super strong in endurance, and they will never abandon their families and embark on the road of rebellion until the last moment.

Even after the rebellion, the burning, killing and looting gradually lost their rustic nature, and it was not the peasants who started it. The main responsibility still had to be the imperial court, the emperor and officials.

The battalions and teams had been notified many days ago, and they had already made preparations. After the urgent order from the Ministry of War, they set up camps from around Gucheng and gathered in the center around Taiping Town.

Of course the merchants around the town are the happiest, but they also understand that this is just the last excitement, after this rich and military discipline leaves, where will they see the general who loves the people and caress the people like a child?

Many gentry and officials in Gucheng, as well as ordinary people, have been going to Xiangyang to petition and write letters to the court, asking the court to keep Zhang Shouren, to call Dengzhou soldiers to town Huguang for a long time, and even to leave Zhang Shouren as Huguang general soldier.

This kind of thing is nothing more than an expression of meaning. Even the most ignorant people know that there is a major incident in Shandong, and it is necessary for General Zhang to lead his troops back to wipe out the bandits. The officers and soldiers of the towns could not be suppressed. Only in this way could it be possible to keep Zhang Shouren and Dengzhou soldiers. [

However, the price of such a stay in France is too high...

Around March [-]th, the Fushan Army had been reorganized, and the vanguard had already set off, mainly the supplies and the engineering battalion. They set off for two days. In addition to establishing supply points and barracks in the Xinye area, they would also send out many troops. Leading soldiers, follow the road ahead, survey detailed maps, and draw maps of rivers and mountains along the way. At this time, it is convenient for the troops to march, and to book camping sites and marching speeds. At the same time, prepare soybeans, grain and grass in advance of the local government... This march It was the imperial court's urgent transfer, so Fushan would not be polite to the imperial court in terms of food and grass supplies, and he could replenish as much as he could.

As for the things surveyed and mapped along the way, after returning to Fushan in the future, it will naturally be the first-hand information of the sand table made by the staff office. No matter how far you go and how much you make, it will be very useful in the future.

"This time our army's return route should be Xinye, Dengzhou, Neixiang, Nanyang, Jiaxian, Zhuxian Town... This way, the distance is about 22 miles. Now it is March [-], and the Ministry of War has a deadline It is necessary to rush to Linqing Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture before July [-]th, our army certainly does not need such a long time, it is expected to return at an average speed of [-] miles per day, and arrive at the city of Linqing Prefecture within [-] days."

"The engineering soldiers have sent someone back to deliver a letter. Xinye has already selected a camping spot and informed the local officials to prepare our food supplies. Because of the strict order of the court, they dare not neglect."

"I heard that Nanyang Mansion is particularly miserable. What I saw along the way was shocking."

"Are we going to let go all the way again?"

"If this is the case, it is better to go to Xiangyang first, put the boat to Wuchang, Jiujiang, and then to Nanzhi, cross the shore from Guazhou, and then go along the canal, all the way to Linqing, so that the time will not be delayed too much, and the delay will be about ten days at most. , it is still very early before the time limit of the Ministry of War.”

"I can't do it by boat. I haven't fished in Fushan before, because I got dizzy on the boat..."

"Hey, thanks to the fact that you are still a member of our Fushan Qianhu Institute, you are afraid of taking a boat."

"It's not just me. There are quite a few people from Gaomi in Pingdu Prefecture in our team, as well as people from Henan. They have never been on a boat in their life, so we have to think about it first."

Dozens of lieutenants and generals were all in Zhang Shouren's festival hall, and they talked very lively. In this meeting, the military discussion is not considered a military meeting, but Luo Guoguang from the warehouse logistics department and Jiang Min from the staff office , as well as various departments such as logistics engineers and other departments notified the marching plan to the field battalions, and at the same time notified the departure time of each battalion, and delineated the camping area in Xinye and other places... These things have always been the responsibility of the logistics departments. For leaks, self-examination will be carried out from top to bottom. Naturally, the department's sponsor will be responsible for any mistakes made by which department, so this pre-event briefing meeting is also inevitable.

For this kind of matter, it is enough for the people below to discuss on their own. Zhang Shouren opened and read the letters, looked at the official documents, and only said when he heard who was full of nonsense, so that the meeting could be brought on the right track.

Not to mention thorns like Sun Liangdong, Huang Er, Su Wannian, Qian Wenlu, and even Zhang Shiqiang, Jiang Min and Luo Guoqi couldn't arrange them or order them directly, so Zhang Shouren had to sit here.

Of course, if the military order is issued directly, these military leaders can only obey it awe-inspiringly. The military order is like a mountain, and no one can resist it. The effect of the military order is much better.

"My lord, the Wanjian army is here."

"Oh?"

Zhang Shouren raised his head buried in the official letter, with a hint of surprise in his eyes... This Wanji seems to be holding an official position in Dali Temple, and Yang Sichang is a military supervisor sent by the imperial court. Chongzhen still respects and treats Yang Sichang I believe that no eunuchs were sent to supervise the army. Liu Jiyuan and Lu Jiude were monitoring the towns of Fengyang and Jingying, and there was no direct power conflict with Yang Sichang. Therefore, Wanji has a lot of power. It has not yet been revealed that Zhang Shouren has only asked about Huguang affairs in the past few months, and Yang Sichang will certainly not just sit and wait for him, and mobilize Xing'an Town, Sanbian Qin soldiers, Henan Zhen soldiers, Jingying soldiers, Huguang Town, and Sichuan soldiers. The veteran general Zhang Ling and other troops also mobilized one after another. Judging from the current trend, it is necessary for both sides to work together to wipe out some of the remnants of the Western Camp with less than 1 people, and the rest to wipe out the Fifth Gezuo Battalion in the Ying and Huoshan areas. And Luo Rucai and other camps.

The action was huge, mobilizing a lot of food, grass and soldiers. There were more than a dozen generals at the general level alone. General, but the qualifications are far less than that of a tiger, so the army is still obeying orders. The 20 troops have begun to be mobilized to various important places. When the army arrives at the corresponding position and the food and grass are sufficient, a series of battles can be launched acted.

Yang Sichang's power became more powerful, because his status changed, so the generals respected and feared him more, while Wan Ji, as the supervisor of the army, went back and forth, his position was not high but he was powerful, and many local officials and generals respected him very much. Be polite, Zhang Shouren didn't want to neglect him, and ordered: "Please come here and see him right away."

After giving the order, he said to Zhang Shifu, "Shifu go and meet him."

Zhang Shifu nodded slightly, and immediately got up, the generals moved to other rooms to discuss because of something here, the room was chaotic and disorderly, but it was very lively. [