In April of the 25th year of Jiajing's reign, the counties along the border were ordered to select soldiers, 500 from large counties, 300 from middle counties, and 200 from small counties, specifically to protect the city.
In the 23rd year of Wanli, Geng Suilong, a minister of the Ministry of Finance, asked the people to restore the old system. There were 200 people in Dazhou County, 150 people in the next, and 100 people in the small ones.
Nowadays, with the unrest in various places, the scale of the militia is also constantly expanding.
Nowadays, there are more militias in the turbulent areas in the interior than there were along the border during the Jiajing period. The militiamen in some large counties in turbulent areas can even reach 700 or 800 people. There are also 400 or 500 people in the middle counties, and there are also 200 or 300 people in the small counties.
These militiamen farmed in their spare time, fought in wartime, and had daily training. They were actually very similar to the Guards.
But unlike the guards, they are all civilians, and most of them are children of good families.
With the idea of protecting their homeland and family, their fighting will is much stronger than that of the Guards.
"The power to mobilize militia and strong men belongs to the chief officials of the state and county."
Zhou Yumao resisted the urge to ask questions and suppressed the doubts in his heart.
Now Chen Wang is the Hanzhong Staff General, his direct superior, and he will serve under Chen Wang for a long time in the future.
Zhou Yumao knew very well that he shouldn't ask more about things that Shangguan didn't explain.
"The two cities have a population of about 100,000 people, and the number of young and strong people among them is quite large. If we recruit people and strong people to help defend the city, it should not be a problem to temporarily recruit tens of thousands of people."
Although Zhou Yumao didn't know the specific population of the two cities, he had been a Hanzhong guerrilla for nearly two years, and he had some understanding of Xing'an and Xunyang.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the nobles were noble and the military was light. As a camp general, under normal circumstances, he only had the power to command troops and not to mobilize troops.
As a guerrilla in Hanzhong, Zhou Yumao was able to mobilize the guards and militia in Hanzhong because he received the power delegated by Hong Chengchou.
However, the power was limited to the deployment of troops, and the actual management power of the guards and militia did not belong to Zhou Yumao.
Chen Wang raised his eyebrows slightly, he had indeed forgotten this matter.
"In the first month of the first month, the intruders broke through Mi County in Kaifeng, Dengzhou in Henan, and Ruzhou in the south. Luyang was defeated last month, and most of the rogue bandits have crossed the border and invaded Nanyang in a large scale."
"News from the east,
Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong have already met in Nanyang Mansion. "
Chen Wang continued without moving his gaze from Zhou Yumao.
"Hundreds of thousands of rogue tribesmen camped together in Nanyang to search for horses and report back. The rogue flags filled the field. The end of the camp could not be seen for hundreds of miles, and it was countless."
Zhou Yumao looked solemn, his figure swayed slightly, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
South of Nanyang Prefecture is Xiangyang Prefecture, and once you enter Xiangyang Prefecture, there are only two ways to go.
One goes south, one goes west, and none of the roads to the east is open.
Xiangyang Prefecture is bordered by Xunyang Prefecture to the west and De'an Prefecture to the east. However, it is blocked by steep mountains in the middle. It is undoubtedly a fantasy for the army to march across.
To go south, Xiangyang City must be captured.
But is Xiangyang City a city that can easily fall?
In the past, when the Mongols invaded south, they besieged Xiangyang with heavy troops, but it was difficult to advance.
It was not until five years later that Xiangyang suffered from no reinforcements and no food and grass. The defender finally chose to leave the city and surrender, and Xiangyang City finally fell.
It was impossible to go east, the road to the south was cut off, and it was even more impossible to go north.
The north is the direction from which the rogues came, and there must be a large number of pursuers behind them.
Then there is actually only one route left for the rogue bandits to advance - to the west.
From Nanyang Prefecture, Xiangyang Prefecture to Xunyang Prefecture, and then continue westward, their destination is Hanzhong Prefecture, and they want to return to Shaanxi again!
Zhou Yumao's expression changed, and he was extremely ugly. When he sat down again, he almost fell to the ground because he couldn't sit still.
All the generals sitting in the hall were all Commander Qian. Everyone saw Zhou Yumao's embarrassment, but no one laughed at Zhou Yumao, because this incident weighed on everyone's hearts like a mountain.
"You are familiar with Hanzhong as you go around guerrillas to guard Hanzhong. It is up to you to contact Xunyang and Xing'an about recruiting people to defend the city."
Chen Wang thought for a moment and decided to leave this matter to Zhou Yumao.
Zhou Yumao had been in Hanzhong Prefecture as a guerrilla for a long time, and had been campaigning in the east for more than half a year. He was already familiar with the chief officials of Xing'an and other prefectures and counties.
Since the original relationship is still harmonious, there is no need to make too many changes.
After conveying the military order, Chen Wang briefly distributed the defense issues and dismissed the meeting.
Zhou Yumao contacted the chief officials of Xing'an and Xunyang cities about the minzhuang militia, and at the same time led the troops to move the camp to temporarily guard Xunyang.
Chen Wang doesn't want to have too many or too close interactions with the chief officials of these places for the time being.
If the relationship is good, those local officials will not bring him much benefit, but may cause bad suspicions.
If the relationship is not good and the chief officials of those places are offended, then the impeachment memorial will be submitted. Although it will not have any real impact, it is inevitable that he will be punished for it.
Now Chen Wang just wanted to avoid attracting Hong Chengchou's attention as much as possible and let Hong Chengchou's eyes turn elsewhere temporarily.
When he was following Cao Wenzhao, the army was short of food and asked surrounding counties for supplies. Instead of providing supplies, the local chief official ordered an artillery attack, otherwise Cao Wenzhao would lead the army closer.
And he is not willing to stoop to do those thankless things.
Along the way, all the prefectures and counties that Chen Wang and his troops passed through uniformly closed their doors and refused to enter.
Even reasonable requests like spending money to buy some vegetable food were rejected several times.
Although Chen Wang knew that these things could not all be blamed on the civil servants in these places, after all, many local armies had deteriorated military discipline after the late Ming Dynasty.
It is said in many places that thieves pass by like a comb and soldiers pass by like a grate.
The so-called comb is a comb. The teeth of the comb are slightly wider and are used to comb and organize the hair.
The grate is a combing tool specially used to remove lice from the hair. It has dense teeth.
The thief passes through like a comb, and the soldier passes through like a grate. This means that when thieves and bandits plunder the people, it is like combing through them with a comb, and there will still be survivors and remnants afterward.
The officers and soldiers plundering the people are like using bamboo grates to pass through them, and then they rob them all. The officers and soldiers harm the people more than thieves.
but……
Can all this be blamed on those officers and soldiers?
In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, both the host and guest officers and soldiers in Yun Town had no pay to eat. At the same time, Shaanxi Fulian's state affairs were also in urgent need of no pay.
Anqing's garrison, suffering from the undermining of generals and officers, became disloyal. In the end, in the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, the bandits invaded, and they dispersed without even engaging the bandits.
If the imperial court did not default on military pay, if the generals did not exploit and exploit, if they were not oppressed, how could they turn into evil spirits step by step?
Most of the ordinary soldiers have no clothes to cover their bodies, no food to eat, and poverty.
They are not domineering, they are not cruel, and they do not destroy humanity. They are also human beings, struggling desperately like other people on the poverty line and trying desperately to survive.
Domineering are the servants with high salaries, the cruel generals who are bent on climbing the ranks, and the corrupt and corrupt worms in the court who are dehumanizing!
Chen Wang looked gloomy. The biggest reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was its huge financial problems.
The reason why the army has no combat effectiveness and is unable to completely annihilate the rebellion is also due to financial problems.
Although later generations referred to the rogue bandits in the late Ming Dynasty as the peasant army, in fact most of their backbone were rebellious Ming troops.
Today is already the ninth day of February in the ninth year of Chongzhen. It will be February 10th this year, which is one day later.
Due to a long-term lack of pay, the officers and soldiers of Ningxia mutinied, and hungry soldiers gathered to besiege the government offices.
Wang Ji, the governor of Ningxia and the censor of Youqiandu, was unable to pay his troops and the hungry soldiers had no money to pay, so he made a noise and killed them.
It was not until Ding Qirui, the deputy envoy of military preparedness, led his troops to suppress the rebellion, and captured the seven leaders, who were immediately beheaded, that the mutiny was put under control.
Hong Chengchou felt that a high-ranking official had been killed and the situation was serious, so he rushed to Guyuan, Ningxia to deal with it personally.
Li Zicheng and other troops regained their momentum and took the opportunity to attack Yulin and Suide areas in northern Shaanxi.
The first half of the ninth year of Chongzhen was a rather sluggish year for the Ming army. Although several large-scale battles were won, it failed to weaken the military strength of the rogue bandits. The rogue bandits blossomed in many directions and moved around, but became more and more fierce.
Chen Wang's eyes were complicated, and history had changed under his influence.
Cao Wenzhao, who should have died in the battle, did not die. Instead, he was an unknown and outstanding figure, but he led more than 2,000 elite cavalry troops to become the camp officer of Hong Chengchou's standard barracks.
The losses originally suffered by Gao Jie's men in the Battle of Sanyuan were replenished later, and because of this, some things happened that should not have happened.
After Li Zicheng ascended the troops and moved camp, Hong Chengchou gathered 20,000 officers and soldiers behind him to pursue them desperately.
Li Zicheng and Hun Tianxing traveled from Chengcheng through Hancheng, Ayang, Yichuan and Luochuan.
Passing through ~zhou and Yan'an, passing through Yansui Town, passing through Huan County of Qingyang Prefecture, then passing through Qingyang Fucheng, and heading westward into the Guyuan territory of Pingliang Prefecture.
The parts of Guo Tianxing and Man Gypsophila pass from Zhenning and Heshui to the east and enter the Gaoling and Sanyuan areas of Shaanxi.
Hong Chengchou was worried that the provincial capital Xi'an would be lost, so he was forced to divide his troops to pursue and suppress them.
Hong Chengchou personally led the army to pursue the three tribes of Tianxing, Mantianxing and Huntianxing.
At the same time, Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong were ordered to lead their troops to continue pursuing Li Zicheng.
Chaos began to arise from here. Chen Wang remembered clearly that in the original time and space, Hun Tianxing acted together with Li Zicheng, while Guotianxing Hui Dengxiang only acted with Man Gypsophila.
Guo Tianxing Hui Dengxiang and Li Zicheng should be relatively close, but I don't know why they are so different now.
Chen Wang suddenly felt a bright light flash in his mind. He recalled one thing. Shortly after the Battle of Qiutou Town, Prime Minister Hui Deng and Li Zicheng acted separately. At that time, the line of history had already changed.
I'm afraid there was some dispute between Prime Minister Hui Deng and Li Zicheng, which created a gap.
After more than half a year of hard work, Chen Wang is no longer the student who has a vague understanding of the war situation. He has begun to gradually adapt to his identity.
Hong Chengchou led the pursuit all the way and overtook Tianxing Huidengxiang and Man's Gypsophila and Huntianxing in the central county.
Prime Minister Hui Deng had previously fought three consecutive battles with Hong Chengchou, and lost three times. He did not dare to turn around to fight, so he directly chose to cut off his tail to survive, and led his elite cavalry army to flee.
Hui Dengxiang headed west, and this time he tried to find Li Zicheng to join him.
However, Hong Chengchou foresaw it in advance and ordered Zuo Guangxian and Liu Shaozong, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, to attack Hui Dengxiang in Qianyanchi.
Zuo Guangxian and Liu Shaozong, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, were ordered by Hong Chengchou to set up a triple siege to block the way.
Hong Chengchou personally led the pacesetter battalion as the rear responder, with Gao Jie as the vanguard.
Bigger changes started as a result.
Prime Minister Hui Deng led his troops into a tight siege. The troops were panicked and difficult to restrain.
Gao Jie saw the chaos in Prime Minister Hui Deng's army from a distance, and ordered his soldiers and horses to take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy. Then he seized the opportunity and personally led the armored cavalry into the rebel army's formation, killing all the stars in the sky.
Hun Tianxing tried to maintain the military formation, but was scattered by the defeated troops, and his life and death were unknown.
Seeing the situation, Hong Chengchou ordered the drums to be beaten and marched forward. Liu Shaozong and Zuo Guangxian led the troops to attack together.
Besieged on all sides, with no way to go to heaven or no door to the earth, Hui Deng was so frightened that he dismounted his horse and knelt down, bowing his head and holding a sword in his hand to beg for surrender.
In the original time and space, after being surrounded, Hui Dengxiang and Man Tianxing accepted the persuasion to surrender.
Then Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, placed tens of thousands of his troops in Yan'an. Then the Ningxia mutiny broke out, and Prime Minister Hui Deng and Mantianxing surrendered and rebelled again.
But now Hun Tianxing and Man Gypsophila, who were not supposed to die, died in the dry salt pond.
The soldiers and horses under Prime Minister Huiden suffered heavy casualties, and it seemed that only a few thousand were left. Chen Wang did not know where exactly they were placed.
The outbreak of mutiny in Ningxia is inevitable, and tomorrow is the day when Ningxia Governor Wang Jishen will die.
At that time, Hong Chengchou will probably go to Ningxia Town to appease the local soldiers.
But whether Prime Minister Hui Teng will surrender again and rebel again like history is still unknown.
Prime Minister Huiden's troops have now suffered heavy losses, including Mantianxing and Guotianxing...
The situation in Shaanxi has gradually deviated from the original historical line.
Chen Wang stood up slowly. The main hall of the Xing'an City Guards Office was now empty.
After the meeting was dissolved, everyone went to handle their respective duties.
The door of the hall was closed tightly, and a group of personal guards were guarding outside the hall. Chen Wang was the only one left in the hall.
Chen Wang looked around the empty surroundings and looked up at the map on the table.
In March, uu Kanshu Gao Yingxiang will lead the army and Zhang Xianzhong into Hanzhong Mansion and return to Shaanxi.
The records in the book do not clearly state whether Gao Yingxiang captured Xing'an and Xunyang.
It's just that after Gao Yingxiang led his troops such as Chuang Taotian and Scorpion Block to fight with Zhang Xianzhong in March, he went to Xing'an via Xiangyang Prefecture and Xunyang Prefecture, and invaded Shiquan and Hanyin respectively.
If hundreds of thousands of people swarm in, forcibly attack the city, and besiege it day and night, and if there are not enough troops to defend the city, Xing'an and Xunyang will probably be difficult to defend.
Although Zhang Xianzhong did not follow Gao Yingxiang, when Gao Yingxiang defeated Heishuiyu, Chuang Taotian and Scorpion Block were not there either. They were still active in Xunyang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion at that time.
Now a difficult problem was placed in front of Chen Wang, and it was the military order that Hong Chengchou sent a few days ago that caused this problem.
The rogues gathered in crowds, and it was difficult for only two battalions of soldiers to resist them. Hong Chengchou did not ask him to hold on to the road and block Gao Yingxiang from Hanzhong Mansion.
The military order issued by Hong Chengchou was concise and concise, with only one very simple request - Hanzhong's defense should give top priority to the safety of King Rui.
