Chapter 1692 Renzijuan Give it a try

Faced with such a situation, He Huchen was completely speechless. He suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and asked in a deep voice: "Commander, how many troops are there when the Xuanfu army comes from the east? Who is the general who leads the army? What is its composition? The time may arrive,…”

The series of questions made King Zhonghui feel irritated and helpless. He was just trying to catch a duck. He had been tired all night and was dying of exhaustion. Now this subordinate was still asking questions. How could he know these things?

Interrupting He Huchen's words impatiently, King Zhonghui waved his hand and said: "Huchen, I just came back from Tiewan Mountain. To tell you the truth, everyone is in a mess now, and no one knows what will happen next." What happened? This is the result of the discussion between Gu and a few people. As a precaution, as for the situation in Xuanfu Town, you can send scouts to find out by yourself, or you can find out through the Xuanfu Army stationed in Gonghua City. You can ask Gu now. , I don’t know anything,…”

Seeing the puzzled and angry eyes of his subordinates, King Zhonghui also knew that this was indeed a bit embarrassing for the other party. How could a general fight such a battle? Moreover, the other party was also a border army in Xuanfu Town, which was also part of the Zhou Army. It was unheard of for an unfounded rebellion to happen. If King Zhonghui hadn't said so, He Huchen would have thought it was a big joke.

"Huchen, I know that you are also confused now, but who would have expected such a thing to happen?" King Zhonghui pondered for a moment, "You lead the army to Gonghua City first and make all preparations. Maybe during this time There will be news and orders delivered. What I want to tell you is to prepare for war..."

He Huchen had no choice but to take the order. The other party was his immediate superior. Disobeying orders was a serious crime and could be dealt with directly by military law. However, he had never encountered such a battle before.

"Commander, my subordinates are going to bring the entire unit with them. I would like to ask the commander to consider how to deal with the follow-up supply of supplies." Knowing that it would be useless to say more, He Huchen could only grit his teeth and obey the order.

As soon as he returned to his barracks, He Huchen issued an order to mobilize the entire battalion immediately.

In addition to the 3,000 gunmen battalion, he also allocated 2,000 people to him. Following Feng Ziying's suggestion, he formed a spear team of 1,500 people, and the remaining 500 people formed an artillery team to use tiger squatting cannons. Lord.

 Because the spear corps and artillery corps were established not long ago, the spear corps is better. After all, they are all selected from the original soldiers with a certain foundation, while the artillery corps' situation is more complicated.

Although the Tiger Crouching Cannon has been used in the Zhou army for a long time, the scale is not large, and professional gunners are the core of each department in the army. It is very difficult to recruit people. He Huchen took great pains and could only scrape together some of them as a basis. Basic construction of the artillery team.

Feng Ziying introduced the basic patterns of the Spanish hollow square formation, Morris horizontal formation and line formation in detail to both He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji, and also introduced the advantages and disadvantages of these formations.

As for how to choose and conduct training, Feng Ziying could only let He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji decide on their own. After all, although he had some understanding of this as a fan of the puppet army in his previous life, it was nothing more than words on paper on various military fan forums. He didn't even know how to achieve the best results through training, and he didn't dare to give random instructions.

However, the Spanish hollow square formation, Morris horizontal formation and line formation can be passed down and leave such a great reputation in history. Naturally, they have their advantages. How to perfectly integrate muskets, spears, and tiger crouching cannons, that can only It depends on the general's ability.

 For He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji, as well as earlier Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu, Feng Ziying's guidance was already quite amazing.

For them, the use of fire cannons in the past was more of a auxiliary role, but they have no experience in using fire cannons in arrays to shoot forward and fight on a large scale. They can get such guidance and inform the advantages and disadvantages in advance, and then have some experience. Targeted training can avoid many detours.

This is an empirical statement that Europeans have verified with countless blood and fire corpses from the 16th century to the 17th century during the Thirty Years' War. The benefits are too great to be counted.

In addition to these, Feng Ziying also suggested that He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji should establish a set of mobilization and marching models that are different from the original traditional ones based on the special characteristics of the Fire Gun Battalion in order to complete the assembly and dispatch as quickly as possible. This is also the key to combat effectiveness. A manifestation.

 He Huchen, Yang Zhaoji and others also particularly agree on this point.

In the past, it would take at least a day for their troops to prepare to complete the mobilization, but now it only takes half a day to assemble in place. Of course, this is only a temporary assembly and the logistics support cannot be completed. Fortunately, Gonghua City is an important supply location in the west of Beijing. In addition to gunpowder, gunpowder, and projectiles, there should be no shortage of other items such as food and grass.

Just when He Huchen and other troops began to mobilize and prepare to set off, the palace of Prince Yizhong in the capital city was also brightly lit.

"Your Majesty, we can't stay here any longer. Except for Ye Xianggao and Li Sancai, Fang Congzhe, Qi Yongtai, and Li Tingji have all left the city and rushed to Tiewang Mountain." Wang Zinian warned earnestly: "Soon it will be They will make a decision. No matter what the investigation by Long Jinwei is, they will determine that you, the prince, are the most suspicious. For them, this is the safest way..."

"Can't we wait a little longer?" Prince Yi Zhong said angrily: "As long as Niu Jizong's army is pressing down, no one will dare to do anything detrimental to Gu. Even if they temporarily put Gu under house arrest, so what? Do they dare to do anything bad to Gu? ? Prince Cheng is still in Tiewang Mountain, and he still has a few sons, what are you afraid of?"

Wang Zinian sighed, "But what if Fang Congzhe, Qi Yongtai and the others decided on the matter of establishing the crown prince and supervising the country directly in Tiewang Mountain?"

Prince Yi Zhong's face changed, "How dare they?! How dare Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai decide on such a big matter? This is trespassing. Without the agreement of the clan members or the handwriting of the fourth child, this is tantamount to conspiracy." !”

Wang Zinian was full of slander. At this time, it would be too ridiculous to say that others were complicit in rebellion. But now he was too lazy to refute this Dong Weng's poor language, "Your Majesty, no one dares to do so. I estimate that Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai have already made plans. Once they announce the appointment of the crown prince and the superintendent of the country at the Tiewangshan Palace, they can take all measures to solve the problem, including temporarily placing you and Prince Cheng under house arrest, while Niu Gong's declaration The Xuanfu army will also face an embarrassing situation, having lost its righteousness. No one can guarantee whether the Xuanfu army can carry out the orders and prohibitions as Niu Gong said..."

"Didn't Niu Jizong promise Gu?" Prince Yi Zhong said loudly: "Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. Gu has been transferred from the prince to him for so many years and given him so much support. Could it be that he can't even control a Xuanfu town?" live?"

“Your Majesty, I didn’t say that, otherwise Zhang Chengyin wouldn’t have secretly plotted to stab us in the back.” Wang Zinian also sighed.

No one expected that Zhang Chengyin, who had always been regarded as an absolute confidant, was quietly incited to rebel, and was used by the court to prepare a fatal blow to his side at the critical moment. If Niu Jizong hadn't found out and planned the trick earlier, I'm afraid this would have happened People will become prisoners and ghosts.

Since the emperor and others have known about it for a long time, it means that the court has been prepared for it.

This Chengyin was a trump card for a counter-attack, but now that Niu Jizong had eradicated it in advance, it can be said that no one could stop the Xuanfu army.

Even though You Shigong of Ji Town was also preparing for the response, they had planned everything based on Zhang Chengyin's counterattack. Naturally, they would be caught off guard at that time. From this point of view, the prince's confidence was quite low. Can't say it's too big.

But Wang Zinian was still a little uneasy because everything seemed to be going too smoothly.

You Shigong was dragged to the front line of Pinggu and Shunyi, Zhang Chengyin was captured, and Emperor Yonglong was not dead but was unconscious. This was simply better than death.

 Because this prevents the court from immediately introducing a successor, King Shou, King Fu, King Li and King Lu will inevitably compete fiercely for this position, and civil strife is what our side is most happy to see.

When the time comes, like the wind flowing on water, everything will be ready and things will fall into place. As long as the situation in the capital city is controlled, those civil servants will no longer be able to fight to the death for the Zhang family's own affairs.

"Didn't Zhang Chengyin be captured by us?" Prince Yi Zhong's tone became more and more determined, and while thinking, he said: "Don't worry too much, I am sure that the cabinet members are still in a state of confusion and uncertainty. The idea, especially Zhang Chi, Zhang Qi, and Zhang Ji, are all very busy. I guess they are also feeling a little dissatisfied, so I think maybe we can take another look. If the fourth child still can't wake up tomorrow, I can Go to Ye Xianggao and Li Sancai and propose that Gu come to supervise the country. If Gu is hiding now, it means that Gu himself is short of breath and has a guilty conscience. Then what big position do he want to seek? How can he still confidently supervise the country and govern the country? "

I have to say that Prince Yitada's remarks do make some sense. Now that the emperor is unconscious, Prince Yitada just offered to supervise the country to help tide over this most dangerous period. Aren't the Chahar people harassing him outside the border wall? Hasn’t the Boshu Rebellion not been settled yet? Isn’t Jiangnan still clamoring for tax cuts? How about you let me come to supervise the country and give it a try?

Wang Zinian was also a little moved in his heart, "But what if Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai decided to have King Shou or King Lu as the crown prince and supervise the country while they were staying in Tiewangshan Palace?"

"Then I'm not afraid. My father is still here. I can ask my father to make a decision. I don't believe that Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai can still disobey my father's attitude under such circumstances." Prince Yi Zhong said. He drooped and became a little ferocious, "In ten years, look at what the fourth man has done to this great country. This should have been a lonely one, but mine!"

Wang Zinian still refused to give up, "If the emperor wakes up..."

"Then Gu will make a desperate move and let the Xuanfu army win the capital in this battle. If they can't win, they will go south to Nanjing. I don't believe how they can survive without the support of Jiangnan water transport!" Prince Yi Zhong's face became more and more ferocious, "It's Gu. , no one can take it away, and whatever you eat will be vomited out!"

 (End of this chapter)