Chapter 60: The Great Army Sets Out
With the issuance of military orders one after another, the huge war institution of the Hangzhou City Marshal's Mansion began to operate.
Even the people outside Hangzhou have noticed the current atmosphere and are a little dignified.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……
The earth shook slightly, and a tremor was heard.
In the city of Hangzhou, many people in the city rushed to the outside of the city and looked at the flat land in the distance.
There, groups of soldiers were neatly arranged, and the black pressure pressed a large area, divided into dozens of phalanxes, large and small, and there was no noise in silence.
In addition to the 50,000 horses who stayed in Hangzhou City, 150,000 soldiers gathered together without a sound.
Look carefully, the front of the several military formations, these soldiers are all wearing black iron armor, holding black spears more than a foot long, standing silently in place, ordinary people look at it, as if facing the deep dark and boundless sea, people feel suffocated!
Behind the pikemen were shieldmen who were also dressed in battle armor, with long knives hanging from their waists and holding shields in their hands.
After the shield soldiers, there is the firearms battalion.
A statue of artillery was lined up on the chariot, and at first glance, there were hundreds of large and small cannons, and the swarthy hole seemed to be from the gaze of Lord Yama, which made people feel panicked at a glance.
Behind the artillery phalanx, there were musketeers dressed in black armor, wearing hats and helmets, and carrying flintlock muskets on their shoulders.
It is no wonder that they are so arrogant, among the infantry of the Hangzhou Army, the selection of firecrackers is the most difficult, the requirements are the strictest, and of course, the treatment is also the highest.
On the outermost side, there are two cavalry phalanxes, each with 5,000 men and horses, spears, bows and crossbows, and battle armor, but almost everything that can be equipped is equipped, which is the son of the Hangzhou army.
When the people saw this overwhelming military formation, they were shocked.
"This is our Hangzhou Army? It is said that Mongolian tartars are powerful, but I feel that compared with us, it is far behind! ”
"You're not talking nonsense. I heard Li Banxian in the east of the city say that Dashuai is the star in the sky, just to save our people! ”
"The marshal is descended from the stars, so aren't these soldiers and horses heavenly soldiers and generals?"
"Alas, if that kid in my family is more competitive, maybe he can also follow the military field and eat military rations now!"
"Don't worry, the war will start now, and a large number of troops will definitely be needed to dominate the world in the future, maybe the next conscription will be our turn!"
"I heard that the bandits in Anhui and Jiangxi are very bad, and those thieves say that they are righteous soldiers, but they are no worse than Tartars, and the people have no way to live. This time, the marshal sent troops, probably to clean them up! ”
In the crowd of onlookers, Song Xuan rode a war horse, followed by a group of martial arts masters, came to the school field, looked at the dense elite army, and said to the old six: "Let's order!" ”
The sixth man answered the order, he opened the military register, read out the list of generals who went with the army this time, and then, the generals who were named came to the stage one by one to receive the order, and reported to the sergeants in their own department.
In the end, Lao Liu reported to Song Xuanyu: "Returning to the commander, this time the soldiers on the expedition have 10,000 cavalry, 80,000 pikemen, 30,000 sword and shield soldiers, 30,000 fire soldiers, and 5,000 artillery battalions, a total of more than 155,000 soldiers.
In addition, there are more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and baggage soldiers, with a total of 180,000 people, all of whom have arrived! ”
Song Xuan nodded, looking at the elite army wrapped in iron armor helmets, looking at the simple and excited faces on the school field, he drew the sword at his waist and pointed to the sky!
"My Hangzhou Army-"
The next moment, a thunderous shout resounded in the sky, shaking the sky and covering the sky.
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty! ”
Nearly 200,000 soldiers shouted in unison, and they were all excited to the extreme.
Going to war, killing the enemy, and making military merits, this is almost the lifelong pursuit of every good man in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
The common people are simple, but they are not stupid, who doesn't have a rod scale in their hearts?
In their opinion, it is only a matter of time before they treat the common people as human beings, and they have countless elite soldiers and powerful generals to win the world!
Follow the commander, if you can make military achievements and seal your wife and son, future generations and grandchildren can follow and enjoy happiness!
Looking at the 180,000 troops with a rainbow of morale,
Song Xuan said in a deep voice with satisfaction: "Gentlemen, go out with Ben Shuai and kill the Tartars!" ”
"Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars! ”
The banner was rolling, and in the shouts of killing nerds, the 180,000 army, under the fanatical gaze of hundreds of people, slowly pulled out, like an ironclad dragon with no end in sight, raising bursts of dust and heading towards the north and south roads.
At this time, in the city of Hangzhou, shouts came and went.
"Son, when I saw the Tartars killing hard, don't embarrass our old Zhang family!"
"Xianggong, my son and I are waiting for you to return from meritorious service!"
"Daddy, if you say you're going to give me a military medal, you can't count what you say!"
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Jinling, that is, Nanjing in later generations, was renamed Jiqing during the time of Kublai Khan.
Of course, this name is not good, and the people are still used to calling it Jinling.
As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an outstanding person.
The north and south sides of the city are surrounded by the Purple Mountain, and in front of it is the canal and the Yangtze River as a barrier, the advance can be attacked and retreated, the terrain is so good, even Liu Bowen said that there is a dragon vein convergence after seeing it, which is the foundation of the emperor's industry!
In order to fight against Zhang Wuji's Ming army, the Yuan court transferred most of the defenders from the Jiangsu border, but even so, there are still about 70,000 or 80,000 defenders in Jinling City.
Although it is not an elite, but relying on the power of the terrain and the city, the average rebel army, even if there are more than ten or two hundred thousand, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through this city.
Wu Da, the general of the Jinling garrison, also thinks so.
On this day, as usual, he stood on the head of Jinling City, looking at the Purple Mountain in the distance and the calmly flowing Grand Canal.
This is the country of his Great Yuan Dynasty, and it is the prosperous world that their Mongolian ancestors fought down.
And as a descendant of Mongolia, he was born to be happy!
Although, he had also heard that if there were bandits everywhere today, there were even hundreds of thousands of thieves on the Northland side.
But, so what, a group of two-legged sheep, in front of my Dayuan Iron Horse, any resistance will be trampled into powder!
Like the other Mongol nobles, he believed in military force and believed that any resistance was not a cause for fear as long as the military was strong enough.
As for whether the people can survive or not, they never care!
It's just that on this day, the situation seems to be somewhat unusual.
Because the scouts he sent out early to investigate the situation around him didn't come back!