Chapter XXVI
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In July of the fifth year of Chongzhen (1632), Kong Youde gathered a crowd to rebel in Laizhou in the name of making trouble, and the imperial court immediately ordered Zhu Dadian to patrol Shandong and save Laizhou. Zhu Dadian led tens of thousands of troops and the strong brigade of Guanzhong to arrive in Dezhou, killed the traitor Chen Shi, and the rear soldiers were divided into three routes, Jin Guoqi led the troops to enter Changping from the middle road, Chen Hongfan, the general soldier, led the troops from the south road, and the general Wang Zhifu and others entered from the north road. All the armies brought three days of grain to Shahe, Kong Youde faced the battle, was defeated, and on the 20th, the siege of Laizhou City began to be lifted, and Kong Youde was forced to lead the remnants to surrender to Houjin.
The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty have just finished the smoke of gunfire, but another upcoming war is quietly brewing. In mid-August, the weather in Shanxi was good, and a sudden heavy rain alleviated the continuous drought for most of the year, and countless tenants and farmers were cheering the timely heavy rain, and they took out farm tools and treasured seeds from their homes to sow hope for the next year.
But the farmers were satisfied, and some were not. On August 16, a small hill outside Daning City welcomed three groups of people, named Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xianzhong.
"King Chuang, you are talking, should we immediately attack Shanxi, I heard that the situation in Shanxi is not very good now, it has not rained for more than half a year, I think the current people must be looking forward to our righteous army to rescue them, right?"
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, long and thin and slightly yellowish, one foot six inches, the whole person was a mixture of rudeness and cunning feeling, his name is Zhang Xianzhong, born in Dingbian County, Shaanxi Province, Haotan Township, Liuqu Village (formerly known as Liushujian Fort), he don't look at his rough appearance and was born in a butcher, but Zhang Xianzhong is not illiterate and illiterate, he once studied as a teenager, and later abandoned his literature from Wujia to join the army in Yansui Town, but later was expelled from the army because of the violation of military regulations, and then he has been wandering in the people. In the three years of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, who had been wandering in Shaanxi, saw that there were people around him constantly shouting slogans to rebel, and Zhang Xianzhong, who was an opportunist in his heart, also gathered hundreds of brothers who could talk about it to start a vigorous rebellion, and also called himself the "Eight Kings". Because he had read a little bit of books when he was a child, and had received military training, he was resourceful, resolute and brave, and soon showed his command ability, and his men and horses expanded from hundreds to tens of thousands, and he became a well-known rebel leader in Shaanxi.
The reason why Zhang Xianzhong said this was because a border army of more than 1,000 people suddenly opened in Daning City yesterday afternoon, and several leaders of the peasant army expressed great vigilance against this sudden army.
Zhang Xianzhong's words made Gao Yingxiang, who was in his forties with a long beard, hesitate very much, he turned his gaze to Luo Rucai, nicknamed "Cao Cao", for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Brother Luo, what do you mean, should we fight or not fight in these Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, and Shouyang prefectures?" ”
Since Luo Rucai is nicknamed "Cao Cao", he is naturally very good at strategy, which is also the reason why Gao Yingxiang values him. Now hearing Gao Yingxiang ask himself, Luo Rucai smiled slightly and said: "King Chuang, have you forgotten that hesitation is a taboo for soldiers." Didn't we come to Shanxi to find a way to live for tens of thousands of brothers, and now that you're here, why are you hesitating? ”
"But now that Daning has more than a thousand more troops from the Xuanzhen Mansion, wouldn't we have to collide with them head-on if we want to attack hard? Almost all of your Cao Cao's people are hungry people, so naturally they won't feel distressed, and if you lose the battle, you Cao Cao can pat your ass and leave, but Lao Tzu's people and horses are all elites who fight with a knife and a gun, can we be the same? Zhang Xianzhong was very dissatisfied with Luo Rucai's arrogance, so he couldn't help but sarcastically say a few words.
When Luo Rucai heard this, he immediately became angry: "Hey...... Okay, you Zhang Xianzhong, you've only put down your pig-killing knife for a few days, and you really think of yourself as the eight kings? Luo Rucai was angry even if he had a big belly, and pushed back his words fiercely, "I sue you Zhang Xianzhong, you want to leave Lao Tzu and won't stop you, but everything in Shanxi is not your share, do you understand?" ”
"Fart, I want Lao Tzu to give up Shanxi, no way!" As soon as Zhang Xianzhong heard that he was going to give up the interests of Shanxi, how could he bear it, and immediately stood up with a red face and prepared to turn his face with Luo Rucai.
"Enough! What a noise! Sit down for Lao Tzu! At this time, Yan Yingxiang, who had not spoken, slapped a young uncle next to him, only to hear a "click", and this thick uncle was slapped into two ends by Gao Yingxiang's palm, which frightened Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to stop their mouths. Although they are also powerful figures from Shaanxi, they are not half a star worse than Gao Yingxiang, since the death of the leader of the 36th Battalion, he has become the de facto leader of the 36th Battalion.
Yan Yingxiang glanced at Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai and said coldly; "If any of you don't dare to do it, say it as soon as possible, my surname Gao will never force anyone. But if you stay and don't do a good job, then don't blame me for not having a brotherhood! Now I will order, in the name of King Chuang, that the whole army should have a full meal tonight, and that tomorrow morning the whole army will begin to attack the city. ”
"Yes!"
Soon the voices of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai came.
On August 18, the fifth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, led Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's three-way peasant army, a total of 780,000 people, to attack Daning City......
Daning is about 300 kilometers away from Wulizhai, which is just a telephone call for modern times, but for the current time and space, this distance is the entire distance of most peasants' lives in their lifetime. Under such conditions, the closed line of news can be imagined, so Yue Yang is ignorant of things that are hundreds of miles away.
After dawn today, Yue Yang, who was dressed in military uniform, stood on the earthen platform of the school yard with his hands behind his back as usual, looking at the motionless figures of the hundreds of soldiers in armor in front of him, and nodded with great satisfaction in his heart.
Two months is not a long time, but for Yue Yang, it is the most important period in his life. In the past two months, Yue Yang has almost soaked in the barracks whether it is food and lodging, and what everyone can't understand is Yue Yang's method of training. During these two months, Yue Yang didn't practice anything else with these recruits, and spent most of his time letting them line up and kick in front of each other, and the rest of the time allowed them to practice spearmanship and swordsmanship.
Yue Yang, who is deeply influenced by the modern army, believes that the most important thing for an army is discipline, and once an army has strict discipline, then it will not be far from winning a hundred battles. On the contrary, a weakly disciplined army, even if it occasionally wins one or two battles, will eventually be fleeting.
"Young master, the brothers have been practicing for a morning, do you want them to take a breath and rest?" Shunbao, who was also dressed in military uniform, said to Yue Yang in a low voice.
The August sun hung high in the air, unscrupulously swaying its heat. The Gothic plate armor that Yue Yang got from modern society looks majestic after putting it on, but the weight and body consumption that the soldiers have to bear is also amazing, plus the heavy swords and shields in the hands of the soldiers, the gravity that a soldier has to bear has reached more than forty catties, this weight is very scary, if any brother does not believe it, he can carry a forty pound backpack and stand in the sun for a few hours to try.
"If you can't stand it, you can go down on your own, but don't say it's my person from now on!" Yue Yang said coldly without looking back.
Shunbao stuck out his tongue and stopped talking, if he was really driven away by the young master, his son Yue Laifu would have to break his legs.
After Yue Yang reprimanded Shunbao, he continued to look intently at the soldiers who were still motionless on the school ground, and nodded secretly with satisfaction in his heart. These soldiers were trained by his own hands, and it was indeed a matter of pride for him to be able to train a group of peasants who had just laid down their hoes into forbidden soldiers in two months. However, the process was not very harmonious, and during these two months, Yue Yang's only punishment for those soldiers who did not understand orders well or made mistakes was through the wooden sticks in their hands.
Yes, it's sticks. When the soldiers were training, Hu Laosan would take more than a dozen family members to constantly reprimand the recruits, but anyone who was distracted, talking, and not moving properly during training would immediately be beaten with a stick without saying a word, and the recruits would scream. In view of Hu Laosan's ferocity, the recruits gave Hu Laosan a nickname called Hu Yanwang.
However, the rigorous training has also brought fruitful results, after two months of training, although the actual combat effectiveness of these recruits is not yet known, but for the training and discipline of the queue is definitely one of the best in Daming
Yue Yang looked up at the sky, and then nodded: "Well, it's okay, it's time for confrontation training next!" ”
"Now I order, all of them, stand upright!"
"Boom ......"
There was a neat sound, and more than 400 soldiers raised their right feet and stomped heavily on the ground, making a heavy noise.
"Now listen to me, everyone is ready to ......"
"Young master, at the request of the state government, Daning City has been captured by the Liukou!"
Just as Yueyang was about to give the order, a family member hurriedly ran over and whispered a shocking news in Yueyang's ear......
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