With fast horses and light riding, it only took Chen Wang seven days to rush back from Sanyuan in Xi'an Prefecture to Mian County in Hanzhong Prefecture.
By the time we returned to Mian County, it was already mid-December.
"Liu Bandits" records that the most violent areas where the civil uprising broke out in Hanzhong Prefecture were in Feng County, Chaiguan, Liuba, and Baocheng. This is why they finally gathered in the east of Baocheng County.
Most of this line is on Baoxie Road, and Chen Wang also passed Baoxie Road when he returned from Xi'an Mansion.
In order to prevent accidents from happening, Chen Wang brought more than 400 riders with him from Mioxian County to Xi'an Prefecture this time. The more than 400 riders all had two horses. They galloped all the way and did not stay on the Baoxie Road for long.
When passing through Baoxie Road twice, the difference between the first time and the next time is extremely huge.
When I went to Xi'an Mansion to resume my life, I just heard that there were more and more bandits and the roads were becoming more and more uneven.
Many wealthy families, as well as some merchants who came and went, were robbed, and officers and soldiers were dispatching troops to suppress them.
But at that time, there were still many merchants and passers-by on the official road.
However, when I returned to Hanzhong Mansion, I didn't see many merchants along the way. The only caravans I saw were extremely large in size, and the total number of escorts exceeded a hundred people.
The checkpoints and counties along the road were filled with young men and soldiers guarding the city. Most of their faces were wary, and their eyes revealed panic.
The suppression campaign by the officers and soldiers of Hanzhong Prefecture also reached a deadlock. To be precise, they were at a disadvantage.
After the Black Killing Tiger Zhang Yuan coerced a large number of civilian troops in the surrounding area and continued to expand, he highlighted Xixiang and swept all the way towards Hanzhong Fucheng.
The officers and soldiers of Hanzhong Prefecture were caught off guard, so they turned to guard Buckwheat Mountain and hurriedly set up a camp at the foot of Buckwheat Mountain.
Zhang Yuan made a decisive decision and personally led the attack while the officers and soldiers of Hanzhong Prefecture were unstable and their morale was uncertain.
Hanzhong's troops were defeated and retreated all the way to Chenggu County before the situation was stabilized.
When the news reached Nanzheng, Chen Wang happened to be passing by Nanzheng at that time. When he heard the news, his mood became much more stable.
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The records in history books are sometimes ambiguous. People compile books and records are also people, so naturally there will be errors.
There are many records in "History of the Ming Dynasty" that conflict with historical materials of the same period and are also unreasonable. Therefore, when researching and verifying, it is necessary to make calculations based on multiple historical materials and actual conditions.
If the record is wrong, then he may really be transferred to Xi'an Mansion.
Hong Chengchou was a man of high status, held great power, and had a deep mind. Being a general under his hands was like walking on thin ice.
He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu held heavy troops, and neither of them were easy people to get along with.
But when they were under Hong Chengchou, they didn't dare to disobey orders, and they were all cautious for fear of making mistakes.
Even like Cao Wenzhao, who was the commander-in-chief of a town, he had to bow his head in front of Hong Chengchou.
Although Hong Chengchou's moral character was not upright, his ability was doubted by his mother. In history, he had great achievements both when he was in the Ming Dynasty and after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
Because of this, Chen Wang did not want to become a general under Hong Chengchou's nose.
Leading the troops under Hong Chengchou's eyes, every move will be watched by him, and he will know what he wants to do, without any autonomy at all.
Chen Wang now has no ability to resist Hong Chengchou.
However, Chen Wang also has advantages that Hong Chengchou does not have.
Hong Chengchou could choose to use his power directly to transfer him to Xi'an Mansion without knowing the inside story.
However, Hong Chengchou did not have the ability to predict the unknown. He did not know and could not predict what great changes would happen to Hanzhong Mansion in the next ten days or so.
Hanzhong Prefecture, south of Mioxian County, and Dingjunshan Camp.
This is where Chen Wang's troops are stationed. The bandit rebellion in Ningqiang Prefecture has been calmed down, but the camp has not been moved for the time being.
At this time, in the Chinese military tent, Chen Gong was sitting on the right, Hu Zhiyi was sitting on the left, followed by Tang Shiping and Zhao Huailiang, and the other military academies, all wearing robes and belts, were sitting on both sides of the tent. .
All the generals in the tent were sitting upright on their chairs, with their backs straight and their eyes not squinting.
The air in the tent was silent. No one spoke or moved. It was as if everything was frozen. It was not an exaggeration to say that you could hear a needle drop in the tent.
"Hui————————"
First, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats exploded in everyone's ears. An extremely high-pitched horse neighing sound broke the silence in the tent.
All the military schools turned their heads to look at the tent door.
At this time, uniform shouts sounded outside the tent.
"Welcome the general back to camp!"
Following the shouts outside the tent, the curtains of the Chinese army's tent were also opened to both sides at the same time, revealing the outside view.
The next moment, Chen Wang held the riding whip in one hand and the Yanling knife at his waist with the other hand and stepped into the tent.
Without ordering or shouting, all the military academies in the big tent, including Chen Gong and Hu Zhiyi, all bowed down in unison.
"Welcome the general back to camp!"
There are no fathers and sons in the military camp, and there are no relatives under military orders.
The hierarchy in the army is very strict. With a wave of the flag, thousands of troops are mobilized. How can there be room for other personal affairs?
You can call them whatever you want during the day, but when you go to the battlefield or get promoted in the military, there are only superiors and subordinates, but no feelings of brothers and relatives.
Chen Wang stepped into the tent and walked all the way to the first seat before stopping.
Hu Zhili led a group of personal guards and followed him from outside the tent into the Chinese military tent.
After the guards entered the tent, they all consciously stood on the edge of the tent and were on alert.
Hu Zhili, on the other hand, followed Chen Wang all the way to the first seat with his sword in hand. He did not sit down, but stood directly under the steps of the first seat with his sword in hand.
After a long journey, Chen Wang rode his war horse into the camp and went straight from the camp gate to the position of the Chinese army. He did not go back to his tent to rest, but sent someone to pass on the tent promotion in advance.
Chen Wang did not rush to sit down before standing at the front seat. Instead, he first looked around at the military schools kneeling on the ground in the tent, and then his eyes fell on Hu Zhiyi.
After he became a guerrilla in Chunhua, he asked Hu Zhiyi to go to Liaodong to recruit people among the Chen and Hu clans. They were said to be servants, but they were actually officers.
It turned out that when he took office in Chunhua, the Liao cavalry left by Zhang Waijia relied on the servants sent to him by Cao Wenzhao. Naturally, these parts could not be borrowed for a long time, and they had been returned at this time.
However, Cao Wenzhao finally left him more than ten servants who were originally subordinate to him, and those ten people were all from the Chen and Hu families.
Cao Wenzhao asked each servant what they thought. Those who were willing to continue to follow him could stay in the army, and those who wanted to help Chen Wang could leave.
More than ten people finally chose to leave Cao Wenzhao and come back.
Among them was Chen Ming, who had sent a message to Cao Wenzhao last time.
Hu Zhiyi brought nearly fifty people from Liaodong this time, which is already nearly half of the young and strong men of the Chen and Hu clans.
Originally, although the Chen and Hu clans were not considered a wealthy family, they were quite influential in the countryside. However, after the war in Guangning, things went from bad to worse. Most of the men joined the army and many died in the battle. Today, the population is no longer as prosperous as it used to be.
Adding the two together, including Hu Zhili, Hu Zhiyi and Chen Gong, there are a total of seventy-two people from the Chen and Hu clans, all of whom hold important positions in the military.
Father and son go into battle, brothers fight tigers, nepotism is the norm in this era.
Chen Wang didn't think he had such great charisma now. He could make everyone under his command die-hardly loyal with just a shake of his body.
But he knows one thing very well. In this era, if someone in the clan reaches a high position or has outstanding intelligence, the clan will definitely support him without sparing any effort.
It is not unheard of in this era for a person to achieve enlightenment, a chicken or a dog ascend to heaven.
The reason why the Chen family was able to occupy a place in Guangning, Liaodong was because there was a guerrilla among the Chen family.
Then the Chen family and the Hu family each had a juren, and this was how they reached their current scale.
Now that he has become a guerrilla, he will naturally get the full support of the Chen and Hu clans.
Now Chen Wang can trust everyone in the tent. Except for Zhao Huailiang and Tang Shiping, all the military academies in the tent are his blood relatives and naturally stand with him.
The convenient transportation and information interaction in the information age have made people gradually become indifferent and have become indifferent to blood.
But in the Ming Dynasty, even those who came from the same place would have very close relations and help each other in the officialdom, let alone the same clan and the same clan.
Zhao Huailiang and Tang Shiping had no background, and their ability to rise to the top and reach their current official positions depended on him. It can be said that they were firmly tied to the same chariot with him.
"Return to your seat."
Chen Wang withdrew his gaze and sat back in the first seat.
After hearing Chen Wang's order, all the military academies in the tent responded to the order and then stood up and sat down again.
Chen Wang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes swept over everyone.
Hu Zhiyi came back relatively early, and had already arrived at Hanzhong Mansion while Chen Wang was still suppressing the rebellion.
Chen Wang wasted his time and did not rush to kill Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan, but instead trained his troops first.
Let a group of relatives lead their own troops, starting from the flag general, and then gradually rising up and becoming familiar with various affairs.
Today's Liao Cavalry, that is, four of the 100 generals in the First Cavalry Department are from the Chen and Hu clans.
Of the seven infantry divisions, only two of them were Qianzong, headed by Tang Shiping and Zhao Huailiang. The rest were also from the Chen and Hu clans.
Chen Gong was appointed as the Qian Commander of the First Cavalry Department, and Hu Zhiyi was appointed as the Qian Commander of the First Infantry Department.
Tang Shiping was appointed as the General Manager of the Second Infantry Department, Chen Ming was appointed as the General Manager of the Third Infantry Department, and Zhao Huailiang was appointed as the General Manager of the Fourth Infantry Department.
Commander Qian of the 5th, 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions were all from the Chen and Hu clans.
Chen Wang's eyes wandered around everyone. After more than two months of rigorous training, all of them looked like qualified officers on the surface.
The army under his command has experienced several baptisms of war and is transforming into a real army.
However, Chen Wang knew very well that what he needed was not an elite force similar to that of this era.
If he was to accomplish what he wanted, he needed a force that was different from this era - a new army.
An army like the Qi Family Army could even surpass them...
"From now on..."
Chen Wang looked at the people in the tent.
The military system of Zhenwuying in the Ming Dynasty was quite chaotic, and every general would change and adjust it.
But chaos also has its advantages. The organization can be changed without reporting. In other words, as a battalion general, he actually has the ability to change the military system.
"There will be a supervisory office in the camp, under my direct leadership, and supervisors will be set up in each department, department, and bureau to be responsible for the promotion of military law."
Under the steps, Hu Zhili took a step forward.
Then Chen Wang's voice sounded in everyone's ears at the right time.
"The first supervisor of the Supervision Office will be Hu Zhili."
