The Ming Dynasty's official army and the rebel army had a confrontation before the decisive battle in Guanzhong. The head commander of the Ming army was Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi who was born in the 44th year of Wanli. Although Hong Chengchou was from Fujian, he served as an official in Shaanxi during the Tianqi year and was very familiar with the customs and customs of Shaanxi. Since the governor of the Shaanxi bandit suppression, he has fought with the Shaanxi bandit army dozens of times. During this period, he defeated more and won less, which showed Hong Chengchou's uncompromising momentum. This time, the Ming Dynasty's official army blocked the rebel army's road to Guanzhong east in Fengxiang Prefecture. There was also a plan to wipe out the entire rebel army. The Governor Hong Chengchou's confidence in wiped out the rebel army also came from the Lu Xiang ascendant Tianxiong Camp, which came from reinforcements from southern Shaanxi.

In recent years, the Shaanxi government army was repeatedly defeated by the rebel army, and the main reason was that there was a cavalry unit that could quickly attack the cavalry. Today, Hong Chengchou had a team of people who could quickly attack the cavalry. Hong Chengchou, who was confident in victory, stood on the command chariot and sent the first wave of attacking troops. Accompanied by the sound of horn cannons, the three infantry phalanxes on the left wing of the Ming army began to slowly move westward. This attacking army was five thousand infantry led by Shaanxi general He Renlong. He Renlong, who was walking among the three pioneering military formations, was on a tall jujube horse, wearing bright light armor and holding a mace in his hand, and more than 200 cavalry guards with complete armor surrounded him. During the attack, the Ming army infantry had to stop every 100 steps, and the purpose was to keep the entire army intact.

The experience of fighting with the bandits of the Break Army made He Renlong familiar with the weaknesses of the Break Army. The area he was trying to attack was the seemingly powerful right wing of the Break Army. He Renlong's ears were filled with the dull footsteps and nervous sounds of kicking when his soldiers were marching. He Renlong, who was eight feet tall and full of flesh-bearded faces, shouted and cursed on the horse's back: "Listen, you cowards! After fighting the bandits today, I'll relax for you. The thief's women will play casually. The money you snatch will be paid to you, the hungry wolf. But if anyone dares to escape on the battlefield, don't blame Grandpa for not recognizing the mace in his hand!"

He Renlong's morale-boosting words received a fanatical response from his soldiers. The cheers like a tsunami indicate that everyone can rob the bandits of money today. Even if He Renlong's morale was very successful, the Ming army would have to cut over the tide's army with one knife and one knife to obtain it. However, welcoming the Ming army is not a refugee who only knows how to get the sword, but an army with weapons of resistance in their hands. The tide-boosting army was the first to shoot at the Ming army with artillery in front of the military formation. Dozens of live ammunitions were not high in heads and several artillery shells drove the Ming army into bloody alleys. Looking at the right wing formation of the Chuang army, He Renlong ordered the army to fight in an orderly manner regardless of the military formation.

At the same time, 20,000 cavalrymen of the Tianxiong camp of the Ming army began to move north under the personal leadership of Lu Xiangsheng. The Tianxiong camp led by Lu Xiangsheng adopted the common large inclined attack tactics of attack by the Slave Army. He wanted to attack the left wing formation of the Breaking Army as much as possible, and used high-speed cavalry to tear the left wing defense line of the Breaking Army, and then attack the main formation of the Breaking Army from the flank. For a moment, the sound of artillery and shouts of killing were shocked, and the dust rolled up by the cavalry army filled the entire battlefield, and the swords and guns were in full swing with the wailings before death. Hundreds of thousands of people fought for survival, and the Breaking Army used their lives to fight for the opportunity to survive. The official army fought for the women of military meritorious service. Both sides had their own intentions. They all wanted to put the other party to death in the shortest time...

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The decisive battle between the rebel army and the official army in Shaanxi was in full swing. Hundreds of thousands of black-armored armies were confronting each other on the Eserge grassland in the north thousands of miles away. This was a pre-war military exercise by the head coach of the Pou Nu Army Zhang Ping'an. In order to fight the decisive battle with the Ross coalition in the next year, the head coach of the Pou Nu Army Zhang Ping'an spent a lot of money to conduct two targeted military exercises. In the Pou Nu Army, Liu Chong's Huohu Camp and the mountain troops of the Yixing Camp in the Pou Nu Army Zuo Eryamen played the Ross coalition, fighting against the Northern Group Army led by Chen Zheng, deputy commander of the Pou Nu Army. Zhang Ping'an, the head coach of the Pou Nu Army who was watching the battle on the Mount Eserge, was wrapped in a bear-skin cloak and looked at the various military formations passing by the mountain. He felt a burst of irritability in his heart.

The weather in the north was extremely cold. In this 20-day military exercise, the Pou Nu Army lost nearly 30,000 horses due to frostbite, and more than 2,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were frostbite. In the Wututzu Grassland battlefield selected by Zhang Ping'an, the climatic conditions there were more severe than the Esrege Grassland. If the Pou Nu Army could not overcome the problem of frostbite, the Pou Nu Army would not be able to fight there all year round. If Zhang Ping'an could tolerate the loss of war horses, the fire guns of the various camps could not be fired in the severe cold. In this military exercise, Liu Chong's army, Zuo Erya army and the artillery team Yang Meimei army defeated Chen Zheng's northern army several times, and even the Central Army led by Gu Xin had not won once, which made Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the first army, obviously lack confidence in the next battle.

In recent years, Zhang Ping'an went to Wututa to patrol the battlefield five times, and it can be said that he knows the terrain there. Now Zhang Ping'an needs to solve the arrogance of the Pou Nu Army. In his opinion, Liu Chong and Zuo Erya have unique tactics in the military exercises and have successfully suppressed the arrogance of the senior generals of the Pou Nu Army. Yang Wei's unit also had many problems in this military exercise. Yang Meimei used the method of pre-installing *firing air bullets before the war to successfully solve the problem of artillery preheating. Liu Chong and Zuo Erya's musket soldiers also adopted the same method to successfully release the lead guns in the cold. This is this inconspicuous trick, which allows them to gain the upper hand in the military exercises again and again. For this reason, Zhang Ping'an awarded Yang Meimei the second-class gold medal after the early military exercises, commending Yang Meimei's contribution to the Pou Nu Army's innovative tactics.

On the Esrege Mountain, I saw the flank of the central group army led by Chief of Staff Gu Xin, who was once again broken through by the Left Erya army. In addition, he issued a military order and ordered the suspension of my military exercises. At this moment, Zhang Ping'an saw Zhang Shangwu, who was following his son like a little adult, and couldn't help but sigh again. It was indeed a very troublesome thing to have a big family business. Zhang Shangwu was almost a copy of Zhang Ping'an in the Ponu Army. This kid didn't like to sit steadily in the school in Ponu City and Ping'an City. As a result, when he arrived in Ponu Army, this kid not only took the initiative to read and read the General Staff himself, but also spent two hours a day to write war examples. Zhang Shangwu liked to go to various battle camps to pass on military newspapers, and then learn common sense of combat from the staff there.

From Zhang Ping'an's heart, he had already determined that Zhang Shangwu was the best successor. However, the civil officials headed by Yang Lian, the governor of the Legal Affairs Office of the Lifans, and Zhou Jiamo, the general manager of the Lifans Office, have always been united by Zhang Ping'an's other son, Zhang Shangde, and held high the Confucian tradition of passing on the throne and establishing the legitimate banner to suppress Zhang Shangwu's position in the Possess Army. Although Zhang Ping'an was very unhappy about this, he could not immediately express his opinion on singing a stage play with Yang Lian and the Confucian scholars. Confucian culture has been infecting every pore of the Han people for thousands of years. The distinction between filial piety and legitimate illegitimate illusion is the essence of traditional culture. If Zhang Ping'an wants to rule the area controlled by the Possess Army smoothly, he dare not cross the bottom line of Confucian tradition.

Over the years, Zhang Ping'an's later soul has been fully integrated into the Ming Dynasty. The stronger the Po Nu Army, the wider the area it controls, and his inner ambitions have also expanded. Zhang Tong, the chief manager of the Conquering Yixing Camp, has harmed most of the island of Japan. The death of 16,000 Mongolian cavalry was exchanged for 300,000 Japanese slaves. Most of the money for the Po Nu Army's military exercise came from the auction of Japanese slaves. After the military exercise was stopped, Zhang Ping'an returned to Shuai Chan for dinner. Tonight, Zhang Ping'an brought a pot of beef and roasted potatoes with a special chef Ma Wu. The rice was transported to Chameng rice on the front line of the Esrege grassland military exercise.

Zhang Ping'an, who was in a bad mood, immediately became energetic when he saw these two things. When Zhang Shangwu added a big bowl of rice to him, he couldn't wait to taste Ma Wu's craftsmanship. After eating a few bites, Zhang Ping'an nodded and praised: "Lao Ma's craftsmanship is good, not bad! Not bad! You can finally get out of the army over the years!"

While Zhang Ping'an said, he picked up food for his son Zhang Shangwu's bowl. He told Zhang Shangwu: "Boy, you should eat this potato as a staple food. The grain production in the north is getting lower and lower. Potatoes are highly drought-resistant and cold-resistant. In the future, we will have to eat it to survive if we lack food in the Ponucheng area in the future!"

Zhang Shangwu, who was extremely naughty in the past, became very sensible after being punished by Zhang Ping'an in Ping'an City. After hearing his father's sigh, he did not speak much. He digged the rice with big mouthfuls and picked up the rice that fell on the small dining table from time to time and stuffed it into his mouth. Zhang Ping'an doesn't like drinking, so he eats very fast. Just as Zhang Ping'an ate the residue in his mouth with bean sprout soup, the door of the tent opened and a cold wind swept Qu Guozheng in. Qu Guozheng brought the eight hundred-li military newspaper he had just received. After stuffing the soup in the bowl, Zhang Ping'an got up and patted Zhang Shangwu who was still eating, meaning that he would continue to eat. Then he took the urgent report from Qu Guozheng and sat in the desk and the backrest chair to take a closer look.

Soon, Zhang Ping'an glanced at Ma Wu who was cleaning the dining table with his eyes. The sensible Zhang Shangwu hurriedly cleaned the residue on the table with a rag on Ma Wu's Day, and then walked out of the Saobao with Ma Wu. As soon as Zhang Shangwu went out, he heard the voice of his father floating behind him: "Go and find Gu Xin for me!"

Soon, Chief of Staff Gu Xin came from the foot of the mountain. As soon as he entered the tent, Zhang Shangwu served Gu Xin supper. When Zhang Shangwu went out again, Zhang Ping'an was also proud of Zhang Shangwu's son. Looking at the tent curtain that was still shaking, his eyes were filled with relief: "Shangwu is like me, and he knows how to learn from others. I only let him call you a little white face. He is so small that he can consider that you haven't had dinner yet. With this, this kid will definitely be a talented person in everything in the future! Go back and talk to Chen Zheng, and say that he plans to marry him. I plan to let the fifth girl of Chen Zheng's family marry Zhang Shangwu. You write a letter to Wang Qinghe, and let the fifth girl of Chen Zheng's family go to the general's mansion next month, and let this girl lead the general's mansion for the month."

Zhang Ping'an's words seem peaceful and have a rich connotation. Boss Zhang speaks and does things arbitrarily. He has no chance to give the deputy general Chen Zheng any chance to shirk. Zhang Ping'an does this to stir up Chen Zheng's complex dispute between legitimate and illegitimate in the general's mansion. In Gu Xin's view, the already extremely complex internal struggles in the general's mansion, with Zhang Ping'an's order, once again bringing greater variables to Zhang Ping'an's eldest son Zhang Shangde's takeover. (To be continued)
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