In the early days of the peasant uprising, it was indeed very easy to capture a small * county seat, because there would be no officers and soldiers stationed in the ordinary * county town, the peasant uprising had a certain sudden surname, before the officers and soldiers had time to react, the peasants could easily capture a * county seat, some of the rebels at this time will burn their brains, thinking that they are so powerful that they can occupy the county seat and claim the king, for example, the Nanjiang Righteous Army in April of the first year of Chongzhen, after occupying Anyuan * County, actually called the emperor and founded the country...... This is authentic looking for death.

Zhu Yuanzhang will not burn out his brain, and there is no one in this world who knows the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty better than him! He was the founder of this era and the founder of the army of the Ming Dynasty, and he clearly understood that the army of the Ming Dynasty was very powerful. Although after hundreds of years, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's army has been declining, it is still not to be underestimated.

Some people in later generations were deceived by some books of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, thinking that the army of the Ming Dynasty was a waste and vulnerable. Especially by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had been completely decayed and unusable, this idea is one-sided, we can look at some practical examples.

In 1352, the Ming army defeated Zhang Shicheng's army of 600,000 at Poyang Lake. In 1367, the Ming army made a northern expedition to the Mongol Yuan and overthrew the Mongol cavalry that swept across Eurasia in only 10 months. The Ming army captured Taiyuan, and the Yuan general 40,000 cavalry obediently surrendered. In June of the second year of Hongwu, the Ming army pursued the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and captured more than 10,000 Yuan Dynasty officials such as the prime minister, forcing the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to flee like a dog. In the twentieth year of Hongwu, the Ming army crossed the Great Wall, galloped lightly on snowy nights, and defeated the Yuan army in the fishing sea of Mongolia, which made Mongolia collapse from then on.

These are the things that the Ming army did in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, how, very strong, right?

Let's take a look at the battle fought by the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty: during the Apocalypse at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Si* Sichuan Yongning Da Tusi Xuan Chongming rebelled, raised 100,000 rebels, and made trouble in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, at this time the main force of the Ming army was in the northeast against the Manchus. The Ming army, led by the female general Qin Liangyu, drove out the rebels with 4,000 men and recaptured the two important towns of Chengdu and Yucheng. Guiyang was besieged by 100,000 rebels, the defenders in the city plus the militia totaled only 7,000 people, and actually defended the city for ten months under the attack of 100,000 enemy troops.

In addition, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army fought many naval battles with Western colonists, such as the Battle of Liaoluo Bay with the Netherlands, the Battle of Luliang with the Daimyo of the Water Turtle, the Battle of Penghu with the Netherlands, the Battle of the Nine Mountains and Oceans with the Portuguese and the Pirates, the Battle of the Xiaohuangjiang River with the South of Vietnam, and the Battle of Xiamen with the Qing Dynasty...... These naval battles were won without exception!

Righteousness Ming Dynasty!

Don't look at their defeat to the Manchu Qing because of natural disasters [***] and multi-front battles, but in fact, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, a group of resistance forces led by the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty still insisted on fighting for thirty-eight years before being extinguished by the Manchus, and it was the country in the world that still insisted on resisting the invaders for the longest time after the collapse of the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not underestimate this terrifying empire, so after capturing the * county town and obtaining a strategic goal of marking the surname, the first thing he has to do is to "escape"!

"Folks! Listen to me! Zhu Yuanzhang opened his throat and shouted: "Let's kill Gu Huaxiu, capture the * county seat, and snatch the autumn fu that was collected, although we are doing a good job now, but we have also angered the imperial court, and soon, the imperial court will send troops to encircle and suppress us......"

"We're not afraid of officers and soldiers......"

"We have many people and are powerful, and we will defeat the officers and soldiers......"

"Haha, I know, the three hundred households in Baishui, all the troops add up to more than a hundred, what are we afraid of him doing?"

The people were really a little burned out of their brains, and their faces were full of pride, as if the white water was already in their hands. Zheng Yanfu's righteous army was like this at the beginning, burning out his brain, but he was pushed by the officers and soldiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang sank his face and said seriously: "Fellow villagers, I hope you will listen to me carefully, the officers and soldiers are not as weak as you think. The three hundred households in Baishui are nothing, in Xi'an Prefecture, there are dozens of thousands of households of officers and soldiers, there are tens of thousands of troops, well-equipped, and they also have strong bows, hard crossbows, cannons, and firearms. ”

"What? There are tens of thousands of troops in Xi'an? The people were frightened.

"That's right! Million! Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "Do you still remember Zheng Yanfu's murder and rebellion last year?" He took hundreds of brothers to hide on the cliff of Dongzi, and as a result, the officers and soldiers sent a thousand households to defeat Zheng Yanfu, and all his brothers were killed by the officers and soldiers, and he was also burned to black coals......"

Last year, in the countryside, after tea and dinner, the people talked about Zheng Yanfu and the officers and soldiers fighting the most, and it can be said that this matter is known to everyone in Baishui and Chengcheng. Most of the people's positions are on Zheng Yanfu's side, and when they heard that he was destroyed, I don't know how many people regretted it.

Although these people have not read books and have little knowledge, but what happens around them will be used for reference, when they think of this, many people's faces change color, and the fanaticism of having just seized the city is like being poured a basin of cold water by Zhu Yuanzhang, and they immediately shrank down.

"Huh? I don't want to be like Zheng Yanfu ......"

"What should I do?"

"Brother Zhu, you have to think of a good way!"

Once people's emotions begin to waver, they will grasp a life-saving straw by their side, and people at such times are the most obedient.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the people had been frightened by him, so he smiled slightly and said seriously: "Let's escape!" Flee to a place where the officers and soldiers cannot find it. His hand pointed to the north, the north is a vast mountain, even the sky and the earth, there is no end in sight, it is Huanglong Mountain: "I used to herd cattle in Huanglong Mountain, and found a few natural caves, which are very suitable for us to hide in." ”

"But...... You can't hide in the mountains without food! "The people shouted, they rebelled because they didn't have anything to eat, if they ran into the mountains and still didn't eat, then what's the point of running away? It's better to die in battle.

"Rest assured, everyone!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Earlier, when I helped the Ma family buy grain, I secretly transported a lot of grain to these caves and hid it, and now we are going to get it." This food is enough for us to live in the mountains for more than half a year, and if we hide in the mountains for more than half a year, the government will forget about us, and we can come out to find food again. ”

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's grain was stored in three places, and some of it was stored in Fenglei Village, and it was distributed to the villagers nearby. Another five thousand taels of silver to buy grain was in the cellar of the Ma family, and he did not move. There is also a part of the grain bought with the money stolen from the shirt family, which was sent to Huanglong Mountain by Zheng Yanfu early in the morning and stored in the cave, and now Zheng Yanfu takes a small number of brothers to guard the grain in the mountain.

Use these grains as bait to lure the people to the mountains, first avoid the eyes of the government, and then train them well for more than half a year, after more than half a year, the food in their hands is eaten, and these villagers have also received basic military training for more than half a year, and when they come out of the mountains again, the combat effectiveness will be completely different.

Zhu Yuanzhang is different from other rogues, most of the rogues in the late Ming Dynasty did not know the important surnames of training soldiers, they fought wherever they went, and kept wandering all day and night, such as Li Zicheng, who wandered for 14 years...... A group of rabbles under his hands, in the end, it was still a rabble, but from hundreds of rabbles to millions of rabble, and finally encountered the elite Manchurian iron cavalry, which was beaten to ashes by others in a battle at Shanhaiguan, and then never organized a decent battle.

Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was completely different, he got a group of soldiers, and his first idea was to train them, and before they had changed from homeless people to soldiers, he would never let them come into direct contact with officers and soldiers, let alone let them wander around with him, and they would not even have time for training.

The people were really moved by Zhu Yuanzhang's grain storage...... If there is food to eat hidden in the cave, why do they have to stay in the county town to compete with the upcoming officers and soldiers? This is a path that no normal person would choose!

Some immediately cried out: "Great! Brother Zhu, you are so smart that you actually stored grain in the mountains in advance. ”

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go to Huanglong Mountain! ”

The people cheered happily.

Zhu Yuanzhang whispered to Wang Er: "You take the villagers to Huanglong Mountain, Zheng Yanfu has already found a good place and will pick up in the mountains, you just take the villagers to the mountains, I will take a small number of brothers back to the Ma family compound and transport the grain stored in the Ma family compound." ”

Wang Er nodded: "I can do this little thing well." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook Wang Er's hand and said seriously: "Second brother Wang...... Along the way, if there are folks who want to join the team, there is no need to stop them, just follow through, even if the light path changes its mind and wants to join us, it must be accepted hard. At the beginning of the uprising, our team must not give people the impression that they can't tolerate people, because this will hinder the absorption of other rebels in the future...... Don't worry, even if it's a black sheep, I'm sure I'll subdue him. ”

Wang Er nodded seriously: "Brother Zhu, I listen to you." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and said to the villagers: "Listen to me, I still have some small things to deal with, and then come, everyone will follow Zhu Bugling first, and he will take you to the place where the grain is hidden in Huanglong Mountain!" ”

"Good! No problem! The villagers laughed loudly.

Wang Er led the team to set off, and more than a thousand people followed him, marching towards Huanglong Mountain in a chaotic manner. Hearing that there was food in the mountains, many people who were watching also joined in and followed the procession.

Zhu Yuanzhang left his most henchmen behind, turned his head and returned in the direction of the Ma family's compound.