The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 294 Yang Yinglong Retreats to Bozhou

The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp has arrived.

The sun set in the west around 5 p.m. that afternoon.

Not long after the shouting and screaming in front of Fotu Pass subsided, a thunderous sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out from the north bank of the Jialing River.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100,000 cavalrymen spread out on the opposite bank like an endless black line.

The earth-shaking that day was truly terrifying.

If there had not been the barrier of the Jialing River, more than 100,000 cavalrymen would have rushed forward, and the Bozhou army of less than 100,000 would have been slaughtered in less than a night.

It is true that the Bozhou Army is invincible in mountain warfare, but the problem is that there is a basin between Liangshan and Chongqing City. How can they deal with cavalry in such terrain?

On the city wall of Fotu Pass, Yang Yinglong held up a telescope and looked at the endless cavalry on the other side of the Jialing River, a look of horror on his face.

Fortunately, he did not rebel. If he had rebelled, the best outcome would have been to hide in the mountains and forests for the rest of his life and linger.

The cavalry of the Beijing Camp were so well-equipped and their numbers were so terrifying that they had no chance of winning on flat ground.

When Wanli saw Yang Yinglong put down the telescope, he said sternly, "General Yang, you can go back tomorrow."

Yes, he should go back.

The drama of the Battle of Fotu Pass can no longer be performed.

If he doesn't run away when so many cavalry are coming to attack him, then he must have a problem with his brain. Once the cavalry builds a pontoon bridge to cross the river, the tens of thousands of troops under his command will be helpless.

Their acting has to be in accordance with common sense. There are more flat lands than mountains in Chongqing City, so they cannot deal with the cavalry. According to common sense, he should quickly run back to Bozhou and use the dense mountains there to defend.

Yang Yinglong asked carefully, "Your Majesty, what should I do after I return?"

Well, that’s a good question.

Wanli nodded slightly, then gave detailed instructions: "When you return, just organize the army and prepare for war. Recruit all the young and strong men that can be recruited from Bozhou and train them well.

As for the traitors under your command, you don't have to worry about them. Kedong will naturally take the secret guards to deal with them one by one. Just recruit and train the troops and pretend to be ready to defend Bozhou to the death."

Well, I can still recruit a lot of young and strong men, but the problem is that I don’t have that many weapons.

Yang Yinglong said carefully, "Your Majesty, you should have seen that I can't even gather all the weapons for these tens of thousands of troops. Some of them are armed with tree spears. If we recruit more young and strong men, they can only use tree spears. Such young and strong men will not have much fighting power on the battlefield."

It seems that Xu Wenbi and Zhang Zhen knew that they could not sell wrought iron to these chieftains.

Wanli said without hesitation, "Cold weapons are easy to deal with. Just give me the number you want. What I mean is, what kind of weapons do you think the Bozhou Army should be equipped with to fully unleash its combat power?"

This one.

Yang Yinglong said carefully, "The best weapon for fighting in the mountains is the spear. If everyone can have a machete, that would be even better. If we can also equip them with bows and arrows, we will have the most complete equipment."

These are all trivial matters.

Wanli said without hesitation: "You tell me the quantity, and I will give you the quantity."

Is there such a good thing?

Yang Yinglong said excitedly, "If I could have 50,000 spears, 80,000 machetes, 10,000 longbows, and 100,000 arrows, I could train a 100,000-man troop to wipe out the chieftains of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan."

You are bragging a bit.

You can't defeat the white-pole soldiers, I plan to equip them with muskets!

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Okay, tell the emperor-in-law the designs of the spear and the machete, and I'll have someone secretly send them to you in about twenty days."

So many weapons can be made in just twenty days. Isn’t that too fast?

Yang Yinglong bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Now that I've given you this weapon, you have to do the work.

Wanli said solemnly: "I will equip you with all the weapons. Can you destroy the Shuixi Xuanwei Division?"

Of course you can.

The Shuixi Xuanwei Division only had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and weapons, and they were not even in complete order.

Those are all military merits. With the military merits of these 50,000 or 60,000 people, I can be promoted to the Duke.

Yang Yinglong nodded eagerly and said, "No problem."

That should be about it. Bozhou Xuanweisi and Shuixi Xuanweisi are the two most powerful chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. As long as Bozhou Xuanweisi can destroy Shuixi Xuanweisi, the rest will not be a match for Shizhu Xuanweisi.

Wanli thought about it carefully and asked again: "When will you be ready?"

Well, when troops are assembled, they have to practice. Those who have never been to the battlefield cannot just pick up their weapons and go in. Otherwise, they will just fight randomly.

Yang Yinglong said cautiously, "If Your Majesty is anxious to wipe out the Shuixi Xuanwei Division, I can dispatch troops in a month and a half. If Your Majesty is not anxious, then it would be best to wait two months."

Why am I in such a hurry?
Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Alright, you should train well. The Shenjiying will need at least three more food carts to be transported here. It will be just right for the troops to be dispatched in two months."

what?
It seems that there are thousands of grain carts from the Shenjiying Camp, and they need to be transported at least three times. How many grain carts are there?

Upon hearing this, Yang Yinglong was stunned for a moment before nodding repeatedly and saying, "Okay, I will definitely be ready within two months."

Wanli thought about it carefully, and then said solemnly: "You must remember that the garrison troops and the troops assembled for battle are not the same system. From now on, you can manage the garrison troops of the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Provincial Commandery, but the troops assembled for battle are under the command of the General Zhendong. Even if you lead the troops in battle yourself, you must obey the General Zhendong."

Uh, you want me to listen to a little girl?
Okay, she is your eldest niece after all.

Yang Yinglong bowed repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Wanli nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, go back and make preparations quickly. You must leave the basin east of Zhongliang Mountain before dawn tomorrow.

I don't care if you run at night or in the early morning, you all have to run away before dawn. Even if you're acting, you have to act realistically, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Yinglong quickly bowed and said, "I understand. I will take my leave."

After saying this, he ran down the mountain, mounted his warhorse and returned to the camp.

Qin Liangyu watched his receding figure and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, will he listen to me?"

She was only sixteen years old at the moment, and she could barely gather thirty thousand white-pole soldiers.

Yang Yinglong was already famous in the southwest before she was born, and the Bozhou Army was going to be expanded to 100,000 this time.

How could such a big boss listen to her?

Wanli smiled slightly and said, "If he dares not to listen to you, we will kill him."

Are you kidding?
Qin Liangyu said solemnly, "Your Majesty, if he didn't have the equipment of a hundred thousand men, we might still be able to defeat him. But once he has the equipment of a hundred thousand men, it will be very difficult to defeat him."

What are his equipment?
Wanli still smiled faintly and said, "It's okay. I will equip you with muskets. How many muskets do you think the White Spear Soldiers need to defeat the 100,000 Bozhou troops?"

You're also going to give me a rifle?
Today's muskets are very different from the old ones. They can load ammunition so quickly that the infantry rushing towards them are seeking their deaths.

The Bozhou Army is basically composed of infantry. If the White Spear Soldiers can be equipped with muskets, destroying the Bozhou Army will not be a problem.

To be honest, she didn't understand why the Emperor was so good to her.

Qin Liangyu thought about it carefully, then said cautiously, "The Bozhou army has 100,000 soldiers. We should be able to hit one of them with two bullets. I think we need at least 10,000 muskets to win against the Bozhou army."

Upon hearing this, Wanli nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, I'll have them send over 10,000 muskets. These few days, have your soldiers learn how to use muskets from the soldiers of the Shenji Camp."

In fact, these muskets were prepared for naval officers and soldiers.

However, the navy is still under development, and it is not known how long it will take to be put into battle. It will not have much impact whether it is equipped with more or fewer muskets.

The White Spear Soldiers are different.

Since he has come this time, he must solve the problem in the southwest. The White Spear Soldiers are the key to his dealing with the chieftains in the southwest.

He wanted to make the White Spear Soldiers famous in one battle and intimidate the entire southwest.

As for Yang Yinglong, this guy is not his relative after all, so he will definitely not equip the Bozhou Army vigorously. It would be good enough if he could equip them with cold weapons.

However, this guy is a good actor.

When the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp arrived, the Bozhou army was frightened and retreated in panic.

The next morning, the camp that originally stretched for more than ten miles in front of Fotu Pass disappeared.

Yang Yinglong was really running for his life, leading the Bozhou army and running all the way. In three days, they ran back to the south of Hejiang River and dismantled the pontoon bridge. In six days, they ran back to the heart of Bozhou.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Yinglong recruited young and strong men on a large scale, and showed his determination to defend Bozhou to the death.

This guy acted so convincingly that the three great families of Puzhou thought their evil plan had succeeded.

If the young emperor led the Beijing army to attack Bozhou, there would definitely be heavy casualties.

(End of this chapter)