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Chapter 303 The Son of Heaven goes on an expedition

When Lu Xiangsheng led the rebel general Wang Kaiyuan to take his head and take his head, the Tianxiong Army established a victory. The Qin King's rebels made almost no resistance, either surrendering or fleeing.

An hour later, Lu Xiangsheng returned triumphantly and was welcomed by all the people of Weinan. After all, the rebels of the King of Qin came all the way, and many people of Weinan fled into the city. The evil caused by the rebels of Qin was well known to everyone.

When 30,000 rebels of Qin King came to attack Weinan City, the entire Weinan City, from the county magistrate Chu Nan to the people, had almost no hope for the Tianxiong Army, and they all thought that Weinan was about to fall, and everyone was ready to surrender and even be looted by the rebels of Qin King.

But they never expected that happiness would come so suddenly. The Tianxiong Army defeated 30,000 Qin King rebels with just three thousand people, and under the eyes of the people of Weinan, a miracle of war that has been famous for all ages.

In the county yamen, when Chu Nansheng saw Lu Xiangsheng, he no longer had the coldness and hatred he had before, and his face showed a look of surprise and admiration.

Originally, Chu Nansheng, as a literati, always scoffed at military generals. Even those powerful generals in history that have been famous for all ages, such as Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao, Guan Yu, Chang Yuchun, etc., Chu Nansheng thought that it was an exaggerated word from historians. No matter how powerful a person is, how can he be able to defeat thousands of troops?

But when he witnessed Lu Xiangsheng's unparalleled journey, and there was no enemy under his gun, he realized how powerful the powerful generals in history were.

Therefore, when he saw Lu Xiangsheng, Chu Nansheng's attitude was very low. If it weren't for the difference between civil and military affairs, he would almost have kneeled down for Lu Xiangsheng.

Chu Nansheng said with admiration, "Mr. Lu, you are so amazing. Even if Xiang Yu is resurrected, Kaiping King [Chang Yuchun] is the case now, that's it!"

Although Lu Xiangsheng was very arrogant before going to the battle and looked like he didn't take everyone seriously, after winning, he was very modest. Faced with Chu Nansheng's flattery, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "The magistrate of Chu County is too honorable, but Wang Kaiyuan is too useless. This official just met a dead mouse when he was blind."

Lu Xiangsheng's modesty made the officials' favorable impression of him, and everyone scrambled to praise Lu Xiangsheng's invincible courage.

After a while, everyone calmed down their inner surprise. Only Lu Xiangsheng said to Chu Nansheng, "Mr. Chu County, this time, not only killed 5,000 rebels, including Wang Kaiyuan, but also surrendered 12,000 rebels.

The Chu County Magistrate also asked the Chu County Magistrate to arrange personnel to interrogate them carefully. If he had committed major evil deeds to the people of Weinan, he could be beheaded and displayed to the public to comfort the victims of Weinan.

If the crime is not serious, please give it to me to use. After all, the Tianxiong Army only has 4,000 troops, and the Qin King’s rebels still have 70,000 troops. If you want to completely defeat the Qin King’s rebels, you still need to surrender the troops.”

This time, the Tianxiong Army won a great victory with few enemies. Lu Xiangsheng finally tested the true strength of the Qin King's rebels. Although the Qin King swept through most of the Guanzhong Plain in a short time, his soldiers were just farmers who had just put down their hoes a few days ago, and they were just a few scumbags in combat.

Lu Xiangsheng believed that since the three thousand Tianxiong army was enough to defeat 30,000 Qin King rebels, it was not impossible for Tianxiong army to defeat 70,000 Qin King rebels.

Of course, it is not realistic for the Tianxiong Army to expand to 7,000 people in a short period of time, but it is still very useful to use 12,000 surrendered troops as auxiliary troops and launch a full-army charge against the enemy during a battle to boost momentum.

Chu Nansheng and others were stunned when they heard this, thinking that you, Lu Xiangsheng, are too bold. It is not enough to break 30,000 with 30,000. They actually want to continue their efforts and defeat the remaining 70,000 rebels of the King of Qin?

But then I thought about it, if Lu Xiangsheng really quelled the Qin King's rebellion with his own strength, not only would Lu Xiangsheng and Tianxiong Army win great merits, but even civil officials who only know how to shake flags and shout, they would still be able to achieve great merits!

Thinking about Liu Bang's great title of civil and military officials in the early Han Dynasty, the military general who conquered Liu Bang's cities and territory was only evaluated by merely meritorious people. Xiao He, who transported food, grass and soldiers to Liu Bang's army, was rated as the first meritorious person by Liu Bang.

Although Chu Nansheng thought he was incomparable to Xiao He, what he did was the same as Xiao He, and he was all delivering food and soldiers to the army, and his contribution was also great!

Thinking of this, Chu Nansheng no longer questioned whether Lu Xiangsheng was overestimating his abilities. After all, in his opinion, since Lu Xiangsheng could defeat 30,000 Qin King rebels with 30,000 troops, wouldn’t it be natural for Lu Xiangsheng to have more than 10,000 men under him, defeating 70,000 Qin King rebels?

Therefore, Chu Nansheng bowed and said, "Your Highness dare not obey orders!"

...

On the other side, Zhu Youjian in the capital did not know that Lu Xiangsheng had an amazing record of overcoming 30,000 Qin King's rebels with 30,000 yuan, but even if he knew, it would not be too surprised.

In fact, Chongzhen had never been worried about the rebellion of the Qin King in Shaanxi. Think about who are in charge of Shaanxi now? Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng were all one of the most outstanding generals in the late Ming Dynasty. Even Yang Sichang, the most inferior strategy of "four straights and six corners, ten sides of the net" proposed by the strategy of "four sides of the world" could force hundreds of thousands of refugee troops in Shaanxi to a situation where there was no way to heaven and no way to the earth.

Not to mention that Chongzhen also sent two thousand cavalry of the brave guard camp and three thousand new army into Shaanxi to Shaanxi. With so many elite soldiers and generals, Chongzhen was very sure that the King of Qin could not make a big mistake no matter what. Even if he took a step forward in Shaanxi, he would never be able to do it!

What Chongzhen was worried about was that Datong border town could not support him until he came to the Imperial Guard, so he was captured by Lin Danhan.

With Datong defeated, the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry faced the North China Plain with a flat horse. Lin Danhan could give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, so this battle would be too difficult to fight, and Chongzhen might have the possibility of a gutter capsized.

What is even more worrying is that if this war falls into a protracted situation, then according to historical inertia, if the Liaoxi General Group still launches the Ningyuan mutiny in July as usual, it will definitely be a huge blow to the Ming Dynasty. With Huang Taiji's scheming and ingenious plot, he will definitely take advantage of the situation. Under the attack on three sides, it will be very dangerous.

Therefore, even though the civil and military officials in the court were all opposed, Chongzhen still stubbornly embarked on the journey of the imperial commander.

However, the etiquette of the emperor's warriors far exceeded Chongzhen's expectations. Before going to war, various rituals such as ancestor worship, temple worship, and flag worship were held.

Although Chongzhen was anxious, the so-called major affairs of the country were in sacrifices and military affairs. In the face of the advice of the ministers, Chongzhen had no good idea. He had to let the Ministry of Rites make trouble and wasted a whole day. It was not until May 23 that he officially embarked on the expedition.

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On the field of the Beidaying University Camp, when the sun just rose, the 70,000 Beijing camp troops had already assembled.

The 70,000 troops that followed the emperor to fight, the Yongweiying, Wuweiying, Longxiaoying and Hubenying, which were known as the four aces, were dispatched.

Of course, there were originally six thousand cavalry in Yongwei Camp, but Zhang Chaozhong took three thousand away from Jiangnan, and Cao Wenzhao supported Shaanxi and took two thousand away. There were only more than a thousand left who could take Chongzhen by his side.

However, the Wuwei Camp, Longxiao Camp and Huben Camp, which had been trained by Fan Jingwen and Li Banghua for more than three months, were all filled with people, plus a thousand cavalry of the Yongwei Camp, a total of 40,000 people.

The other 30,000 troops were selected from various departments of the Beijing Camp, and the least known ones were 6,500 soldiers of the Shenji Camp rebuilt by Zhu Youjian.

The Shenji Camp was also famous and made countless contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

Shenji Camp is one of the three major camps in the Ming Dynasty Imperial Guards. It is a special force specializing in firearms. It set a precedent for firearm troops in the world and led the Spanish musketeers by a century.

During the Chengzu period, the Shenji Camp played a major role in the process of Zhu Di's five strife in Mobei and Zhang Fu's toes, and was one of the main ace forces of the Ming Dynasty.

However, a Tumu Fort Incident wiped out the elite troops of the once famous Shenji Camp, and only Shenji Camp survived. Even if it was reorganized later, its combat power was no longer the same as before.

Moreover, after the Tumu Fort change, the Ming Dynasty's national power declined from prosperity and its national strength was no longer the same as before. The army could no longer support the elite troops of Shenji Camp, which consumed a lot of money, and Shenji Camp was useless.

It was not until Chongzhen ascended the throne that he secretly rebuilt the Shenji Camp and spent more than three million taels of funds to develop various muskets and cannons, but now it is finally coming in handy.

The total troops of Shenji Battalion totaled 6,500, including 4,000 musketeers, 1,000 cavalrymen, 500 artillerymen, and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers who specialize in logistics.

Early in the morning, Zhu Youjian abandoned the luxurious emperor's car and stood alone in front of the 70,000 army. Looking at the solemn and silent Ming soldiers in front of him, Zhu Youjian felt a sense of accomplishment. After nearly a year of traveling, he finally had the troops that were loyal and brave enough to be used in his hands, and it was not in vain that he had worked hard day and night for the past year.

Of course, Zhu Youjian knew better that the army in front of him did not really believe him. The reason why they were willing to follow him to support Datong and fight in the frontier without asking the reason was because he was just a son today.

However, seeing so many soldiers standing quietly in front of him, countless pairs of eyes were staring at him, as if with his order, the 70,000 troops could go through fire and water for him, Zhu Youjian's heart was still surging, wanting to say something to this army.

But what should I say? Zhu Youjian seemed to have thousands of words to say in his heart, such as the righteousness of the country, defending the country, making achievements, etc.

However, he sat on the horse and pondered for a while, and finally he only said, "Go!"

"Boom!"

With Chongzhen's voice below zero, the 70,000 troops, which were originally as quiet as chickens, finally started to move.

Of course, it would not be so easy to go to the expedition of such a large army of 70,000. Chongzhen stood on the podium and accepted the coming military formations to pay attention to him.

One by one, a few excited soldiers passed by Zhu Youjian. They looked at Zhu Youjian, who was so powerful that he was on the stage, and they shouted with conscience, "Long live my emperor!"

After each team shouted, Zhu Youjian would wave to them and say "Long live the Ming Dynasty", which was a bit like a military parade in the national conditions of later generations.

Half an hour later, all 70,000 troops walked out of the Beidaying. Chongzhen led this army to advance towards the distant journey!

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A "clang" sound suddenly came from the residence of the Qin King in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and an extremely exquisite Jingdezhen bottle fell into pieces. Only the Qin King Zhu Cunshu was so angry that he cursed, "Wang Kaiyuan! You waste, you dare to miss me a big deal! I am really blind. Why did you let a waste lead the army? The entire 30,000 troops were wiped out by three thousand soldiers. It is simply the biggest shame in the world!"

In the hall, more than a dozen civil and military officials of the Qin King's Mansion standing on both sides were all lowering their heads, not daring to look at the angry Qin King to avoid causing trouble.

Before Wang Kaiyuan's defeat in Weinan, the Qin Wang army was in a good situation. Since the rise of the army a few days ago, they attacked everywhere and quickly occupied the most brilliant Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi. Many imperial officials even surrendered and gathered an army of 100,000 in a short period of time.

The Qin King sent Wang Kaiyuan to attack Weinan, and his purpose was not to just take down a small county town like Weinan, but to open up a passage to cross the Yellow River in the east and open up the way for the entire army.

As for the four thousand heavenly army stationed in Weinan, the Qin King's Mansion did not care at all. He only thought that when the King Kaiyuan army arrived, Lu Xiangsheng would either surrender or die, and there would be no third possibility.

It’s a pity that their ideas are indecent, but Wang Kaiyuan, who was sent by the King of Qin, messed up such a simple errand.

The entire 30,000 army was ten times that of the Tianxiong Army, but it was raided through the three armies by a surprise attack. The army commander Wang Kaiyuan was even more embarrassingly dismissed by Lu Xiangsheng, and the formation was cut into the crowd of thousands of troops, becoming a huge laughing stock.

In addition to the 17,000 rebels of the Qin King, who were eliminated and captured by the Tianxiong Army, there were only more than 3,000 people who fled back to Xi'an, and there were also 10,000 people who were afraid of taking responsibility for failure and went straight up the mountain to become bandits.

It was these more than 3,000 defeated troops who fled back to Xi'an. The King of Qin received the exact news of his defeat two days after the Battle of Weinan.

The King of Qin was completely unexpected about this defeat, so he was so angry that he erupted like a volcano.

Hearing the escaped soldiers telling in detail the defeat in the battle of Weinan, the King of Qin wanted to kill Weinan, dig out the body of Wang Kaiyuan who had been buried and whip it into meat to dissolve his hatred.

If it was defeated by Lu Xiangsheng on the battlefield, then the King of Qin would not be so popular, but Wang Kaiyuan clearly had an absolute advantage.

As long as he followed the steps and honestly crushed all the way according to the predecessors' military strategy, Lu Xiangsheng had no chance at all, but Wang Kaiyuan, the waste, did not do so.

Entering Weinan County means that the army has entered the enemy-occupied area. Even if the enemy is weak, they should be treated with caution. However, Wang Kaiyuan allowed the soldiers to burn, kill and loot all the way, and did not even send one scout who released the news, so he was attacked by Lu Xiangsheng, causing the entire army to fall into a passive position.

Even so, it would be fine. After all, Wang Kaiyuan has an army of 30,000. As long as he calmly responds to the battle, sets up defenses at all levels, and constantly consumes Lu Xiangsheng's troops, it is still very likely that he will turn defeat into victory.

But Wang Kaiyuan made a big mistake again. Not only did he not adopt the correct opinion of the personal commander, he whipped the personal commander and rushed forward to fight Lu Xiangsheng alone, but he failed to hold on for a single round and was knocked down by Lu Xiangsheng and killed in front of the troops, causing the entire army to collapse.

"It's so embarrassing, it's so shameful. Why did I use such a waste?" King Qin roared and roared, and was so angry.

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