Chapter 9: The Prince's Might
Guyuan, since ancient times, is an important frontier town, known as Dayuan, Gaoping, Xiaoguan, Yuanzhou, referred to as "Gu", located in the south of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in later generations, is the sub-central city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, located in the northwest edge of China's Loess Plateau. One of the nine sides, the place where the Ming soldiers are stationed and the place where the soldiers must fight.
Four years ago, the people of Guyuan withered, and the people were panicked, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince's victory outside Guyuan City, Guyuan would inevitably be even more withered.
A big victory, shocked Xiaoxiao, condensed the hearts of the army and the people, so that Guyuan can be stabilized, for three years, the trilateral governor Qin Hong stationed in Guyuan, he found that Guyuan City is small, the people are poor, the army is thin, and the traders are not there. He expanded the city, recruited merchants, changed the original system into a state, and personally led troops to garrison here.
In Guyuan for three years, more than 14,000 border forts were built, and more than 6,400 miles of walls and moats were built, making Guyuan an important border town, safe and sound, and the people were satisfied. Qin Hong also created a kind of chariot by himself, named "Quansheng Vehicle", which was promoted throughout the army, so that although Guyuan was harassed by fire, there was no big defeat, or a small victory, if it wasn't for Qin Hong's age, such a feat would have been transferred to the center long ago.
In fact, even if the imperial court came to appoint an order, Qin Hong would not leave, and the reason was very simple, because of an agreement three years ago, an agreement with His Royal Highness the Prince.
In the past three years, Qin Hong has cleaned up the armament and widened the city wall, so that today, three years have passed, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down.
When the news reached Guyuan City, Guyuan was filled with excitement and excitement, that big victory has remained in the hearts of the people of Guyuan, and that young figure has been on the immortal tablet of many people. After three years of fermentation and praise, the battle three years ago has become a yearning in people's hearts, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also become an undefeated general in the hearts of Guyuan people.
Three years ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led 5,000 people, and this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought an army of 150,000 people, what a huge battle will it be?
The Guyuan soldiers were excited, this battle was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, follow His Royal Highness the Prince, receive meritorious service rewards, and be promoted to make a fortune.
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not yet arrived, but the entire Guyuan City is permeated with the exciting atmosphere before the war, at the gate of Guyuan City, Qin Hong is wearing an old official uniform standing in place, and beside him are officials of all sizes on the three sides, all the civil and official martial arts halls have arrived, and after glancing at the generals next to him, Qin Hong smiled and said: "The military heart is available, and the people's heart is available!" ”
Guyuan Zhizhou Liao Fan, who was standing beside Qin Hong, said with a smile: "Yes! This is all the credit of Lord Qin, in the past three years, Lord Qin has worked tirelessly to manage Guyuan, which is why there is today's scene of Guyuan. ”
Guyuan is the state of Hongzhi's fifteenth year of promotion, Liao Fan is the first governor of Guyuan, young, ambitious, and wants to improve, Qin Hong is very optimistic about him. Listening to Liao Fan's words, Qin Hong said with a smile: "This is just the duty of the official, as an official, you must be worthy of Your Majesty's trust, and you must be worthy of the people of Lishu." ”
"The official is not young now, and he doesn't know how many years he has to live, this time he has completed the agreement with His Royal Highness the Prince, and the official can go back to live for the rest of his life."
This Liao Fan knows that Qin Hong will be eighty years old soon, and he is still working for the country in the northwest and fighting for the country, how can Liao Fan not admire? The northwest is bitterly cold, at such an old age, for the country's borders, Qin Hong is not dark. Liao Fan said with a smile: "I have long heard of the agreement between the Lord and His Royal Highness the Prince, but I don't know the details. ”
"I wanted to ask before, but I didn't dare to ask, now that the adults have mentioned it, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also arrived, I wonder if the adults can tell me?"
Looking at Liao Fan's gossipy look, Qin Hong said with a smile: "What can't be said about this, after the Battle of Guyuan three years ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince originally wanted to mobilize people and horses from the northwest to search for sets, but at that time, the people of Guyuan were uneven, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and the people's livelihood was withering, how could they fight?" The official went to advise His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling, he also knows that Guyuan is indeed unable to support a big war, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to the official, three years later, three years later, he will clean up the fire sieve in the northwest."
At that time, the official said to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that in the past three years, the official has operated Guyuan in the northwest, widened the city, trained people, and welcomed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince three years later. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he would go back to train the army, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came with 5,000 people, and the 5,000 men and horses are still fresh in the memory of the officials, and they are really the best elite in the world, and they are very brave. ”
"The official of that battle was watching from the top of the city, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took 5,000 people out of the city, it can be said that the momentum was like a bamboo, and he went all the way to cover up, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was in front of him, and there was no one under him."
As he spoke, Qin Hong smiled a little embarrassedly, waved his hand and said, "Old, old, I always like to think about the past." ”
Liao Fan hurriedly said: "It is the honor of the lower officials to hear the teachings of the adults, and I only hate that the lower officials were not there at that time, otherwise I will definitely have a glimpse of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Listening to Liao Fan's words, Qin Hong immediately smiled and said, "You must be able to see this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he was going back to Beijing to train his troops, and he would come from anew three years later. In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also arrived. This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought 50,000 cavalry, ten times more than in three years, and this time he will definitely be able to teach the fire sieve a lesson. ”
Although Zhu Houzhao claimed to be 150,000 this time, Qin Hong and Liao Fan both knew that there were only 50,000 soldiers in fact, and the remaining 30,000 were auxiliary soldiers, and a total of 80,000 came.
But in the eyes of Qin Hong and Liao Fan, these 50,000 people are enough, because they are all cavalry, 50,000 cavalry, that is 50,000 well-equipped cavalry. You must know that three years ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was able to almost wipe out 10,000 people from the fire sieve, and the 50,000 people who came this time can be beaten by the fire sieve?
There are many people who think like this, but Zhu Houzhao will not do this, 5,000 out of these 50,000 people will definitely be able to beat the 5,000 people three years ago.
It's not so much the gap in training and personnel, but the gap in equipment, what kind of equipment were 5,000 people three years ago? It was all old equipment of the Ming army, although it was also very good, but the score was compared to whom. The current Ming army is equipped with all brand-new equipment, and steel alone is not the same, this is all steel from the steel plant.
The weapons used, which are all stamped in one piece, although not as good as the forging of famous generals, but mass production, the overall quality of stamping is much higher.
Counting the armor, five years ago, only Zhu Houzhao wore plate armor, and it was made by craftsmen, but now? The plate armor of all colors is all plate armor stamped in one piece, and the defense power has been greatly improved, how can such 5,000 people not beat the previous 5,000 people?
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