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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 292: Four Provinces Aid Shaanxi

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    In the summer of 1629, the second year of Chongzhen, after the bandit leader Zijin Liang and his tens of thousands of peasant troops were defeated by Hong Chengchou's new army and crowned Zijin Liang, the situation of the peasant troops in the Shaanxi-Gansu land was like a raging bear market.  Generally, it takes a sharp turn.

    During this period after Big Brother died, the peasant army in the Shaanxi-Gansu area felt leaderless. Whenever the official army was defeated one after another, troops who were not the new army were able to win the battle.  For a time, the peasant army was harvested by the official army and countless heads were harvested - these heads all had a future and money.

    At this time, the rebel Gao Yingxiang stood up and waved the banner of Chuang Wang. His son-in-law Li Zicheng also waved the banner of Chuang General and followed Gao Yingxiang closely.  Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and other rogue bandits swarmed in. For a time, the peasant army gathered more than 200,000 troops and was known as the Thirty-sixth Battalion. Under the leadership of the old rogue camps of various ministries, they defeated the official army several times. This slightly stabilized the rogue bandits' determination to continue the rebellion.

    Because the rebel army was so powerful, the new army of Hong Chengchou Department in Shaanxi Province immediately requested reinforcements from the imperial court when they defended Tongguan.

    Prioritizing matters, these bandits killed countless court officials and relatives of the emperor when they caused chaos in Shaanxi and Gansu. The most important thing was that the local rich and landowners who were captured in the county were also killed - and these were the Shaanxi  The families and tribesmen of Gan court officials.  The so-called common enemy, these officials who were not killed at home were also frightened when they saw the reports of the Shaanxi incident.  The matter of Hong Chengchou's request for reinforcements to enter Shaanxi to fight was quickly concluded.

    The imperial court immediately ordered more than 20,000 new troops from the four northern provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, and Shandong to assist the Shaanxi war and cooperate with Hong Chengchou's New Army and the peasant army in a fight to the death.

    This measure is called the battle of the Ming Dynasty¡¯s Zhongxing in Australian history books. This battle also established the status of the new army in the Ming Dynasty and brought opportunities for the replacement of the old and new armies of the Ming Dynasty.

    But in fact, the battle outside Tongguan was fought with the blood and tears of the peasant army.  The hungry people who had just joined the bandits for a short time were driven towards the new army's position with swords by the men from the old camp. They were beaten several times by the elite firearms of the new army and then retreated. A group of hungry people who fled first were hacked and killed by the old camp of the bandits.  After that, he continued to push forward and was beaten by the officers and soldiers' new firearms.

    After barely charging twice, there was already a river of blood in front of the officers and soldiers, and corpses were everywhere. And so far, no rogue bandit had been able to rush into the distance to fight the officers and soldiers - such a one-sided massacre really did not attract the hungry people among the rogue bandits to continue charging.  With such courage, even if the old camp men and horses of the rogue tribes kept beheading people, it would be useless in the end.

    Instead, the constant bloody suppression by the old camp of rogue bandits finally aroused resistance. The first unlucky one was Li Zicheng, who kept waving a big knife on his horse to drive the hungry people forward. Ever since the father-in-law took up the banner of Chuangwang, the rebellion has now become his own business.  , as the half son of Chuang King, Li Zicheng is naturally the most popular one.

    I don¡¯t know which starving civilian was stabbed by Li Zicheng but did not die, but instead aroused his ferocity, and even mustered up Yu Yong to chop down Li Zicheng¡¯s horse with a knife.  Chuang General Li Zicheng was knocked to the ground by his war horse. A group of nearby hungry people who were already angry rushed forward and chopped Chuang General Li Zicheng and his soldiers into pulp, and began to snatch the armor of Li Zicheng and the soldiers of the old camp.

    The riot quickly spread, and within a short period of time the hungry people brandished knives at the former rulers, the old bandits.  The slogan that just now was shouting "Kill the officers and soldiers, so happy." became "Beat Li Zicheng to death, kill Gao Xiuying."  This group of hungry people joined the peasant army as cannon fodder with the spirit of living one day at a time. To them, it is not against anyone to oppose anyone. The enemy is the one in front of them. As for the officers and soldiers further away, they have to prove it with their flesh and blood.  It's not something you can rush through.

    Seeing the civil strife among the rebels, the new army generals all burst into laughter. They immediately shot the cavalry to cut off the rebels' retreat, and then the new armies surrounded the rebels.  In this battle, except for a few hungry people who offered the head of the rebel leader, all the others were killed.  Countless gold, silver, money and food taken from the thirty-sixth battalion also belonged to the officers and soldiers.  Once upon a time, the vigorous peasant uprisings in Shaanxi and Gansu were completely wiped out in just over 500 days.

    The new armies from all walks of life have not yet entered Beijing and won victory, and the study room is filled with memorials from all over the country asking the court to disband the old army and train the new army.

    As long as their eyes are not blind, their ears are not deaf, and their brains are not cramped, officials from all walks of life can also see the benefits of this new army - with such a new army, at least the chances of the refugees in the province to cause trouble will be greatly reduced.  His life was stable, and his own property was accordingly protected - look at the cities that were captured in the Shaanxi-Gansu area, all the wealthy officials in the city were killed, and the big landlords in the countryside were immediately attacked and destroyed.  The whole house is full of slaughter. It is said that when a rabbit dies and a fox is sad, he knows autumn when he sees a leaf.

    Chongzhen was a little dizzy when he saw so many memorials calling for the dismantling of the old army and the training of new armies. In short, in these memorials, these old armies consumed a lot of money and were weak in combat effectiveness, and even worse in the field. If there was only one new army in each province, why be afraid?  Rebel against the Tatars.  As for the dismantled old army, it will be easy to deal with it.Taizu set up the military household system in 1989 to train millions of soldiers for the country without wasting a penny. This system lasted for more than a hundred years before it began to deteriorate.  What we need to do now is to eliminate the rot in the old army and keep the best, and the remaining ones can be incorporated into the military households of the guard station for cultivation.

    That¡¯s really what happened, but not everyone shares this opinion.

    For example, the governor Yuan Chonghuan, who received more than 5 million yuan in salary every year, these memorials are simply against Yuan Chonghuan.  Although more than 5 million Liao salaries are collected from the common people every year, they enrich a large number of civil and military officials in Liaodong. Although the Tatars have killed more and more people in recent years, this also proves the necessity of the existence of himself and others.  If these Liao wages are used to organize and train new armies in various places, then I and the Ningyuan officials under my tent will eat and drink whatever they want.

    Now that everyone is accustomed to a life of fine clothing and fine food, everyone can't accept it when people are suddenly asked to eat glutinous rice.

    So Yuan Chonghuan preached in a roundabout way that only he, Yuan Chonghuan, could resist the Jin Dynasty and restore Liao Dynasty. Without him, Yuan Chonghuan, Liaodong would collapse.  He also vaguely hinted in the memorial to the court that if the Liao pay in Liaodong was cut off, Ningyuan soldiers would no longer be responsible for the important task of defending the land against the Jin.

    "It's just these small tricks that can't stop the imperial court's determination to train the new army. The only people who benefit from the extra Liao salary are a small group of officials in Liaodong and a group of worms in the Ministry of Household Affairs.  The establishment of this new army is a guarantee for the security of various places. Natural disasters have continued in recent years. If they are not protected, there will be rebel bandits and bandits in other places. These old-style armies that cannot defend the city are more than enough to disturb the people. In a real fight, there will be nothing but white poles.  Except for a few outliers such as soldiers, the others are just scum.

    Now the Houjin Eight Banners, who are preparing to go south by detour from Mongolia, have become the only straw that Yuan Chonghuan can grasp.  In countless dreams, Yuan Chonghuan shouted with tears to the elite soldiers of the Houjin Eight Banners: "For our common interests, you must win when you go south."

    It's just that this time the Mongolian Eight Banners' entry into the Pass was doomed to be unfortunate. The 130,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners were led by the Fan family and other descendants of the eight major merchants in Shanxi. After crossing the Great Wall and entering the Pass, they unexpectedly encountered new troops from five provinces who had returned to Beijing to report their victory and be rewarded.  .

    The Hou Jin Tatars and the Mongolian Tatars did not know the details of this new army and only thought it was a nearby garrison.  Tens of thousands of garrison soldiers without chariot formations are just a piece of cake against the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. The cavalry rushing into the formation can let these tens of thousands of people herd sheep.

    As for the firearms equipped by the opponent, it doesn¡¯t matter. The Eight Banners also has firearms. Of course, the firearms used on horses are handguns. They are not used to meet the enemy, but are used to lure the enemy into firing.  The fire gun takes a long time to reload. After the virtual gun lures the enemy once, it can overwhelm the Ming army's camp after the Ming army completes the second reload.

    Under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, the new armies of the five provinces formed a circular defense outside Yanqing - there was no way, there were too many cavalry on the other side, and it was easy to be surrounded from all sides.

    It's just that this time the Eight Banners elite soldiers hit a snag when they were luring the enemy with false guns more than a hundred steps away. The muskets from both sides rang out at the same time.  .

    However, Dorgon, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, said well-informed: "Youdao Rumi gun is the most poisonous, it can penetrate armor at 150 steps. Could it be that the Ming army is equipped with this Rumi gun."

    Huang Taiji said: "I can't control that much. The Ming Army's firearms are the slowest to reload. Hauge, hurry up and let the minions below rush forward."

    "You scum, Emperor Ama, just watch." Hauge, who had just turned twenty this year and was in the prime of his youth, rushed forward with the flag slaves below.

    It's just that the muskets used by the New Army are still suspected of being slower to load than the new semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles, but compared with the previous matchlock guns, the rate of fire is undoubtedly a historic improvement. Now after several shootings by the New Army of the five provinces,  It has been able to reach a rate of fire of four or five rounds per minute. In addition, the New Army has always implemented three-stage shooting, which means more than a dozen volleys per minute.

    I saw the continuous sound of muskets and artillery firing from the opposite side, and the charging cavalry were knocked to the ground one by one. The Houjin Eight Banner banner owners behind were okay, but the faces of the Mongolian Eight Banner princes were already a little ugly¡ª¡ª  In addition to the Eight Banners slaves, those at the front are the subordinates of these Mongolian princes. It is natural for these Mongolians to rob, but it is difficult to let them fight hard. They are also bandits, and they are Hehou Jin Eight Banners.  The flag men also cherished their lives.

    But after a while, Huang Taiji, the later gold master, didn't look good. Hauge rushed too hastily and his white-armored soldiers were hit by a shot from a red barbarian steel cannon. Even though Hauge was dead,  The three-layer heavy armor was said to be invulnerable, but it could not stop the power of artillery. On the spot, both men and horses were beaten into sieves and carried back by the remaining slaves.  Although these slaves took back the body of Prince Su, they still had no hope of living. However, if they could take back the body of their master, they would not offend the family afterwards.

    Amidst the snickering of Dorgon Azige and others, the eyes of Huang Taiji, the leader of the Later Jin Dynasty, were about to burst. Hauge, Huang Taiji¡¯s eldest son and his designated successor, looked at his opponent.The five-pole sun and moon flag in front shouted loudly: "I will not destroy this official, and I will not be a human being. Come on, bring my white camel." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better updated.  Faster!)
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