You don't have to be able to ride a horse to be called a cavalry, and you don't have to be highly skilled in martial arts to be a good soldier.

In fact, this rebel army composed of knights and folk volunteers cannot be relied on as the core, but the rebels themselves do not think so. They just looked around and saw that the team was so large, and they became so heroic that they felt that nothing could stop them from escorting the Little Heavenly Master.

Beijing.

They elected Shi Jingyan as their representative, and he had a dialogue with Zhang Zhixiang.

Shi Jingyan rode up to Zhang Zhixiang and the others, dismounted, and saluted with clasped fists: "Little Heavenly Master, just take the boat safely and go north. I will ride the horse to follow, and I will definitely protect you all the way."

"No, we don't want to take a boat, we want to cross the river."

"Crossing the river? This..."

Shi Jingyan still didn't understand why Zhang Zhixiang didn't take the waterway. Moreover, there was no bridge to cross the river, and they didn't know how to build a pontoon bridge. What should they do?

Just when Shi Jingyan was worried and embarrassed, Wang Yuanzhi took out a whistle.

As soon as the whistle sounded, someone sent a signal bomb into the sky, and then you could see many cargo ships moving neatly on the pier. There were actually hundreds of them!

"Cross the river."

Wang Yuanzhi's ordinary words made Zhang Zhixiang feel great power. Is this... money power?

The shocking money-making ability is not just that.

Only when he saw the boxes of armor, muskets, chariot parts, and the neighing war horses in the cabins of those big yellow ships worth three thousand materials, did he deeply understand the strength of these wealthy merchants.

How strong.

"Is it really okay to let them wear standard armor?"

If it is defined as a rebellion, Nanjing can send out all the troops without any worries, right? Zhang Zhixiang feels that there are some problems with the system of these armors.

"Our family thinks it's okay."

A sharp voice sounded, and Cui Wen came to the cabin. He took out a token and said: "Now you are the generals of the Warrior Battalion under the supervision of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and you are ordered to escort Deng Wengu to Beijing."

It has only been a few days since the incident in Nanjing. It has been rushed for eight hundred miles, and the news has probably just been sent to the capital.

It was naturally impossible for Jiajing to issue the decree. This should be Cui Wen's exclusive power. Although the old eunuch was demoted to a commoner, since he holds the old Xichang Department in his hands, he is inextricably related to the Royal Horse Supervisor and has orders in his hands.

The cards and talismans are not surprising.

With a legitimate name, things will naturally be easier to handle.

It was not just their 1,100 direct descendants who were redressed. The equipment Wang Yuanzhi prepared had a lot of redundancy. When he was crossing the Yangtze River to sort out his troops and assemble tanks, he sent a batch of military supplies to the Jianghu rebels.

These knights and knights don't like fire guns, but they have a special liking for armor, and they all change their costumes happily.

There were some things Wang Yuanzhi didn't want to say in public, so he called Shi Jingyan aside and said: "This trip to the north is very difficult and dangerous. It's not that I don't believe in Jianghu righteous men, but there are so many people that it's really hard to distinguish them."

"In this march, the two armies are at odds with each other. What do you think of Master Shi?"

Shi Jingyan understood. Wang Yuanzhi was afraid that there were spies among the rebels. If they were marching together, it would be a trivial matter for spies to leak information. If there was poisoning or arson, it would be a big problem.

He is not someone who only acts based on emotion. He knows very well that it is absolutely possible that the rebels will be mixed and include spies.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shouyi. This is the escort duty. The difference is just following the ship or following the convoy." Seeing Shi Jingyan agree to the promise, Wang Yuanzhi patted him on the shoulder gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work, Master Shi."

After that, Shi Jingyan will pass on the message, which will naturally be easier for the knights to accept, and there will be no grudges.

It was not until sunset that the outfit was finally completed.

The Cherokee people had lost the ability to speak and did not know how to communicate. They could not help much and could only do some simple physical labor. In fact, the servants of the Duke of Wei were not very skilled. On the contrary, the guards of the Wang family seemed to have gone through countless

The drill was average, whether it was assembling chariots or marching the army, it was very skillful and organized.

With these six hundred guards as the core, their team is like a regular army.

With a large number of sidecars carrying baggage, the army moved forward at a not slow pace, and there were enough mules and horses in the army to provide livestock power.

When night falls, torches are lit, and the motorcade moves forward, which looks particularly spectacular.

Xu Ding's 300 servants were organized into cavalry. Wang Yuanzhi originally prepared 300 horses, all of which were given to Xu Ding. The Wang family's guards were all used as infantry to maintain the organization of this army.

Rather, it would be more convenient to direct.

Xu Ding showed the ability of a mature general. He gave full play to the role of cavalry. Two hundred of the three hundred cavalry were dispersed and used as scouts.

To dare to use troops like this in the dark is already extraordinary.

If the cavalry is not well-trained, and the cavalry disperses like this to do horse reconnaissance, it does not matter how well the intelligence is collected, whether they will get lost, and whether they can come back are two questions.

Yu Dayou and Xu Ding rode side by side and asked: "All of these servants under my brother have been on the battlefield?"

"In the twelfth year of Zhengde's reign, there was a great victory in Yingzhou. All of our sons and daughters had fought in Mongolia with Emperor Wu. When we fought against the border troubles in Jingping, we retreated, and our skills have not become rusty over the years." Xu Ding said proudly.

Although the "Records of Wuzong" records that both sides invested 100,000 soldiers and horses in the decisive battle, and the battle lasted from morning to night. Then history books recorded that 52 people of the Ming army died and 16 heads of the Mongolian army were captured. It was obviously a great victory but it was played up as a great victory.

Defeated, saying that Wu Zong was bragging.

But whatever the facts are, anyone with a bit of logic can see that there is something wrong with the history books.

It was also because of this reason that Xu Ding and others retired from the army. Those civil servants were really bullying people. When Wu Zong died, they felt cold and retreated from the border. They were taken in by the Duke of Wei, and they served for the Duke of Wei.

Of course, they were ordinary soldiers, and Xu Ding himself was a son of the Duke of Wei.

"I have heard about the great victory of Yingzhou, but the historical records are really disappointing. I don't know what the specific situation was like?" Yu Dayou was obviously very interested in that battle.

Xu Ding was silent for a while and said: "The historical records are correct, but they are hateful."

"The little Mongolian prince has been attacking Yingzhou for several days, and the city is about to be defeated. Your Majesty planned the strategy, and our reinforcements were like magic soldiers descending from the sky, forcing the little prince to fight with us."

"After a day of fierce fighting, our army lost 52 people and seriously injured 563 people."

"Very few, right?"

"But that was when our troops were arrayed to greet us, and the Mongolian troops were harassed by cavalry and fire. However, the soldiers who were hit by arrows would be rescued on the spot. Unless they were directly shot in vital parts, they would not be killed."

"The fighting was still very fierce, and more than 6,000 of our troops were slightly injured."

"Of course, our army is not just a turtle to be beaten."

"The artillery and muskets were fired for a whole day, and countless rounds of bullets and shells were fired. The Mongolian army suffered at least tens of thousands of casualties. However, because our army is infantry, we need to rely on tanks and battle formations, and we cannot pursue blindly."

"So if the Mongolian army wants to recover the body, we can only watch. After all, the Mongolian army has not collapsed and cannot chase after it."

"Fight till the end."

"The Mongolian army suffered heavy losses and retreated to the south of the desert. In the same year, the young Mongolian prince died of depression. From then on, the various Mongolian ministries were once again in pieces, and there was no longer a threat to the border."

"And indeed there were only 16 heads of Mongolian soldiers collected by our army in that battle."

"Those civil servants clearly know that the records of our military's meritorious service are no longer based on heads. They are only based on battles. Completion of combat missions will have corresponding merits. Most of the damage caused by fire blunderbuss is not fatal at the time, but they only record how many heads we have captured.

, it’s really ridiculous…”

Xu Ding was filled with anger, and Yu Dayou also sighed.

But then he smiled happily, picked up the spear and waved it around, saying: "Full of anger, I finally commented on the battlefield, brother, let's see how those civil servants plan our battle in the future!"

"Hahaha, it's true. Let's see how they plan the outcome and casualties of this battle!"

Just when their pride bursts out.

There are twenty-two guards in Nanjing City, Beiyuan, and Nanjing. In fact, the new ten guards in Yongle are just empty shells, and their strength is basically among the original twelve guards.

The Jin Yiwei is responsible for intelligence, and the Banner Guard is responsible for the guard of honor. The main combat troops are Jinwu, Yulin, Fujun, Huben and other ten guards.

The Jinwu Guards are responsible for guarding the imperial city, so naturally they will not move.

At this moment in Beiyuan, Wang Zhuo mobilized the Yulin left guard and Yulin right guard. They had changed out of their original military uniforms and put on variegated uniforms with unknown markings, although they were somewhat tattered.

Under nightfall, 20,000 troops left the city, and the boat master dispatched them to cross the river...

From now on, there will be an extra bandit army in Southern Zhili to rebel.

at the same time.

In the entire Southern Zhili region, the army of guards in Huai'an, Fengyang, Yangzhou, and Luzhou began to take action. They had received orders from the Ministry of War to annihilate the rebel bandit army with a total of more than 30,000 troops...

It is self-evident who the goals of both sides are.

(ps: In the battle reports from the Ming army, the number of heads is far less than the actual results. Only when chasing, there will be more heads. This has a great relationship with the fighting method of the Ming army. For example, Chenghua Liting,

Four to five hundred strongholds were destroyed, leader Dong Shan was killed, and more than a thousand were beheaded. In fact, the number of Jurchen households in Jianzhou was 2,300 in the seventh year of Zhengtong. In the Chenghua period, including slaves, there should be about 20,000 to 30,000 Jurchens.
Chapter completed!