Daming Military Empire

Chapter 245
How many soldiers and horses there were in the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty? Even historians are not sure about this. The more popular saying is that there are 72 families and 72 battalions. It is the big bandits, there are at least thousands of troops, and as for the small bandits, there are probably hundreds of them.

The so-called forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. Naturally, with so many leaders of the rebel army, it is impossible to be monolithic.

For example, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong belong to the kind of die-hard ones. There is no way. They originally rebelled because they committed crimes and couldn’t get along. They have only one way, and that is to die hard to the end.Of course, the imperial court may also let the past go, this possibility is not impossible, but it is more likely that when recruiting security, it said to let the past go, and when the situation stabilizes, it will overthrow you. Only fools would do such a pure gamble. .

Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai are the ones who are determined. They really wanted to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but they died after thinking about it.

There are many people who are not firm in their will. The characteristic of this kind of people is that there is a grass on top of the wall, and the wind blows on both sides. When the court is powerful, they will surrender to the court. When the rebel army is in power, they will immediately rise up again. It is clear whether they want to rebel or surrender, because they don't have a clue in their hearts.

If you want to be an official with bandits, some people here may not understand. A thief is a thief, and an official is an official. You say that rebelling against thieves is for the purpose of becoming an official. Isn’t it a bit too unreliable.This statement is a bit unreliable, but some people are even more unreliable, and the most unreliable is Song Jiang. No one can figure out why he surrendered to the court, even Liangshan's brothers can't figure it out. The experts studied it carefully and found out that this guy just wanted to be an official!
There were also such people in the peasant uprising army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the representatives of which were Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing. Maybe they were not well-known in history, but they were quite famous at that time. They were all members of the thirteen giant bandits , and the names can scare people to death. Liu Guoneng's nickname is "Crossing the Sky", and Li Wanqing's nickname is "Shooting the Sky".

It is impossible to tell whether this will is firm and reliable or not without going through a few tests. At least Luo Rucai does not know that the leaders of the rebel army who followed him to Fengyang will be very unreliable. Now the little emperor personally He led an army of 20 to encircle and suppress, and he had to discuss countermeasures, so he called all the leaders together, let everyone talk about it, and see what to do.

Why use "engage" instead of "escape"?As I said before, the rebels are not very afraid of the encirclement and suppression by the Ming army. They can't beat them, but they can run. With the Ming army around for a few laps, they might be able to take Fengyang away. At least Luo Ru is like that Thought.

He didn't know that many people sitting here didn't think of going with him.

People like Ma Shouying, the old Huihui from the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, He Yilong in Geliyan, He Jin, the king of Zuojin, and others were thinking, what are you afraid of? , At worst, he will be deported back to his hometown, and he will watch it again when he goes back, and retaliate if he has a chance.

Chuangtatian Liu Guoneng and Shetatian Li Wanqing have even considered whether they should secretly send people to surrender to the court. They are more concerned about how big an official they will be after surrendering!
Of course, no matter whether you want to surrender or become an official, you have to show off your muscles first, that is, prove your ability in front of the officers and soldiers. nothing.

Although everyone has their own ghosts, at least the goal is the same, that is to run first, so the meeting Luo Rucai convened this time was relatively successful. Everyone agreed that the little emperor's tactics of scattered encirclement are not a big deal, as long as Focus on attacking all the way, and everyone will be able to escape the encirclement.

Is it really as they think?That is of course impossible. If they went to Zhu Cijiong's camp to take a look, they probably wouldn't think so.

The appearance of Zhu Cijiong's current camp is not much different from that of the past. There are still large troops stationed on the outside, and then there is a circle of Jinyiwei and Dongchang master guards, and then there are eunuchs and maids who accompany them. Baiping's super tent.

However, if you take a closer look, you will find that there are dozens of thin lines of colorful camouflage that gather from all directions into the super large tent in the middle. Well, this camouflage color is not painted on purpose, mainly because of the rubber. The coloring of the insulating layer is still immature. I originally wanted to make it black, but the various pigments could not be fully integrated into the rubber particles, so it became a colorful camouflage color. Put it there, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see a thread on the ground.When Zhu Cijiong saw the effect, he simply made a decision, and that's it. Anyway, it's not for sale, as long as it's practical for his own use, it's fine.

Of course, this line is not the key, the key lies in the super big tent. This imperial tent was originally decorated with incomparable luxury, like a palace, but now it has been changed beyond recognition by Zhu Cijiong.

He ordered people to divide the imperial tent into two sides. On one side was a telegraph machine. Dozens of correspondents sat on a table densely packed, receiving and sending telegrams non-stop, and went to Zhu Cijiong to report the latest situation from time to time; One side is not luxuriously furnished, only half of it is used as a bedroom, and the other half is a large round table. On the table are sand molds around Fengyang Mansion, and it is densely filled with small pieces representing the positions of various Ming armies. flag.

Now the Ming armies from all walks of life have entered the territory of Fengyang Mansion, and the nearest road is less than a hundred miles away from the camp of the rebel army. The rebel army may launch a surprise attack at any time, so Zhu Cijiong ordered all the Ming armies to set up camp on the spot and move forward alternately. , Prepare for a defensive counterattack.

He is standing by the round table now, pointing on the sand model with a baton, adjusting the positions of the various Ming troops, and trying to arrange the encirclement circle as tightly as possible, while Shi Kefa and Qin Gongming on the other side follow Zhu Cijiong's instructions I pulled up the flag from the position and inserted it. I was very busy, and there were even correspondents and messengers running around behind me. If it wasn't for Cao Huachun who was standing by the side, he was still serving as an eunuch. There are gleaming generals and stars, and it is completely a command room for modern warfare. It doesn't look like it is in the Ming Dynasty!
At this time, a correspondent suddenly ran in with a piece of telegram decoding paper, held the decoding paper in front of Zhu Cijiong, and bowed his head to salute: "Report to the emperor, the first army of the Dingliao army, the third division, the first The regiment found a large group of rebels heading towards their camp."

Zhu Cijiong also changed this regiment battalion according to the habits of modern people, mainly for the convenience of commanding. As for the position, he did not change it. Equivalent to the leader.

He took the telegram, looked at it hastily, and immediately asked loudly: "Qin Gongming, the location of the [-] regiment."

Qin Gongming hurriedly lay down on the sand model and searched carefully among the small blue flags. The red ones belonged to the Second Legion of the Imperial Guard, and Shi Kefa was in charge. He didn't have to look at them at all, which saved half the time. Soon he found a small flag with the words Dingliao [-] written on it.

A battle of encirclement and suppression started like this, can the rebel army still escape as before?Let's see the breakdown next time.

(End of this chapter)