I'm really not the carpenter emperor

This time, I don't know how many people came!

Hou Ye only knew that this time the court was serious, once the Northwest Camp was dispatched, the whole incident would change completely.

You know, even when Lin Danhan entered the bandits and besieged Datong City, the Northwest Camp did not mobilize because it was unnecessary!

And now, the Northwest Camp is heading south.

This also means that Zhenxiwei is not making a fuss about wages, nor is it simply bombing the camp, but a complete rebellion!

There is no turning back on this road!

Obviously, the emperor wanted to use a crushing victory to declare the imperial court's strong rule over the local area, and he was also using actions to prove his determination to reform the guard.

The imperial court has the Northwest Camp in Shanshan and Shaanxi, and the Denglai Navy in Shandong. Jifu is full of brave Beijing troops who followed the emperor himself.

In Jinling, the emperor took back the military power in Nanxun's hands during a southern tour, restructured Nanjing, abolished six ministries and merged various courts, and established the Jiangnan Camp.

The governor of Jiangnan Daying was born in the emperor's direct lineage of Yongwei Camp, Huang Degong.

Until now, the local civil and military people know how big a game Zhu Youxiao played for this reform of the guard!

It's very simple, if you don't have full confidence, Zhu Youxiao will not do it.

"Hurry up and send someone to look for Vice General Yang! You can't stay here anymore, call your subordinates, follow me out of the city, and run south!" Hou Ye's reaction was quick, and he immediately decided to leave.

The Northwest camp is already an elite frontier army, and the leader is the well-known Ma Shilong. No matter what, staying here can only wait for death.

It is impossible to wait for death, but Xiangnan still has a chance!

Although most of the troops in Jiubian, Jifu, and even Shandong are directly controlled by the emperor, the south is still a piece of stagnant water!

Can't beat the Northwest Camp, can't beat the frontier army, can't they beat those soldiers and horses of the guard who are nothing like themselves?

What's more, most of the current guards are still on the sidelines, and few of them are willing to die for the court. This is life!

Everyone knows this truth, not to mention that it has been clearly stated in the imperial decree.

This time in the matter of Zhenxiwei, the generals are from top to bottom, but anyone who has soldiers in his hands and participates in the rebellion, regardless of his rank, will not show any affection and will not leave anyone alive.

In short, clean up Zhenxiwei completely, and rebuild it!

Chapter 638 What's the Use of Keeping You

It is always the simplest and most effective way to capture the thief first.

The life of each soldier in the Northwest Camp is very precious, and Ma Shilong would not change the soldiers given to ten guards, so he chose to go to Hequ first instead of going straight to Zhenxi Weicheng.

Ma Shilong was not a politician, but a general who commanded troops in battle. He couldn't figure out what the purpose of Zhu Youxiao's edict was, he only knew that he should follow through.

If he could capture and kill the highest-ranking general in Zhenxiwei in one fell swoop, he would be able to stop Youyou's mouth inside and outside the court and prove his ability.

Ma Shilong has been brooding over the defeat of the Liaodong War to this day, and he will definitely do a good job in the matter of Zhenxiwei this time.

One afternoon, a group of officers and soldiers wearing helmets and armor and fully armed came slowly outside Hequ City, with a clear banner.

As soon as Ma Shilong raised his hand, the whole team stopped in batches, and the army moved in an orderly manner, with clear distinctions, just like a few people.

Because it was marching inland, the Northwest Army marched using the standard three-stage style of the Ming Army.

That is to say, the outposts are Xiaoqi equipped with hand guns, and the middle section is dominated by Suifa bird gunmen and supply battalions, all of which are vulnerable long-range and logistical troops.

As the backbone, the infantry in iron armor is in charge of the rear. They are equipped with sufficient gunpowder and march mightily in the vast plains.

Looking around, the scale of the Northwest Army's southward march is probably around 2.

Hequ County is a military town at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

According to the content of the garrison army stationed in the city in the second year of Tianqi, there should be more than [-] people.

Because the current situation in Zhenxiwei is unclear and the enemy is unclear, Ma Shilong dare not enter the city at will, so he has to treat all the towns in Zhenxiwei as enemy troops.

He signaled to stop advancing, turned his head and asked the lieutenant:

"How is the message blocked?"

The lieutenant general was named Hu Dawei, he was handsome and powerful, with a full beard.

He was born in the Yulin Army. He started as a small soldier, brave and strategic. He has been in the army for several years. He fought with Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng successively.

Like Hu Dawei, there are quite a lot of generals in the army because of their meritorious service, from the 47th year of Wanli to the present five years of Tianqi.

"Returning to the governor, the news cannot be completely sealed, but the general has tried his best to let Zhenxi Weinei know the news of our army going south later."

After hearing what Hu Dawei said, Ma Shilong nodded and waved his hand:

"Look for the highland artillery!"

……

The battle to "attack" Hequ went very smoothly. The Northwest Army took down this so-called military town in the north of Shanxi with zero casualties.

In fact, it is a battle, which is more like a one-sided crush.

The Northwest Army first bombarded the city gates with heavy artillery, and the cavalry equipped with new hand guns rushed in from each city gate, and then the infantry entered the city to clean up the battlefield.

After fighting normally, it was done in one go, just like those martial arts performances that have been performed countless times in the past.

The troops stationed in the guard station, who had not plowed and fought for a long time, had hardly reacted, and Hequ County was already full of infantry soldiers from the Northwest Army.

Of course, many people may not have expected that the imperial court would come here first.

When Hu Dawei rushed into the city with his personal guards, Shan Shi Jianshang, the commander in chief of Hequ, was still sleeping soundly in the commander's mansion, until the sound of killing in the city suddenly woke up.

At this time, Ma Shilong stood on the white stone slab in the commander's mansion, quietly looking at the Hequ general soldier who was bound and kneeling on the ground, and more than [-] famous family members, and said coldly:

"Shan Shijian, you are guilty!"

Shan Shijian kowtowed like pounding garlic, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency, you will be wronged!"

"This is all my lieutenant general Yang Wang did without authorization. The last general didn't know anything about it, let alone concealed it."

"I also ask the governor to give the last general a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

Hearing this, Ma Shilong sneered:

"Look at how you brought these soldiers from Hequ County to serve a crime? As the commander-in-chief, the lieutenant general doesn't know anything about what he's doing, and the corpse is a vegetarian, ignoring the military affairs."

"Look through the army book, pick a few random charges, it's not enough to kill you ten times! What's the use of keeping a useless general like you who eats soldiers' blood?"

"Someone-"

A soldier of the Supervision Battalion came out and said loudly:

"exist!"

"Pull it down, cut it!" Ma Shilong squinted his eyes, looked around at the panicked guards, signaled the battalions of the Northwest Army to control the situation, and raised his voice:

"Those who put down their weapons will not be killed!"

Then he turned his head to look at the servants who stared at them, "As for you people, it's a disaster to keep them, so they'll be cut down together!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen burly sergeants from the supervising battalion immediately went up to divide these arrogant servants into several rows, pressed them to the ground in batches and beheaded them.

Seeing this scene, the guards looked at each other, a little shaken.

"The system of guards has long-standing disadvantages. It is difficult for military households to farm, and it is also difficult not to farm! Today, His Majesty knows your sufferings, and he is arbitrary and determined to rectify!"

"You don't have to be cannon fodder for these thieves!"

Ma Shilong continued: "As long as you lay down your weapons and stop causing trouble, I will keep you safe and sound. When the imperial court reorganizes the guards, you will have a new life!"

While the boss was talking, Hu Dawei secretly held his hand on the handle of the knife.

Genius knows what these guards think in their hearts. It is always good to be prepared for everything. Now that the Northwest Army has entered the city, it is natural that they have the ability to suppress rebellion anytime and anywhere.

But soon, his hanging heart gradually relaxed.

Most of the soldiers in the guards were hard-working people, and they were the targets of being squeezed. With a click, the stench in the air told them that what happened here was over.

"Chuck..."

Following the sound of the first spear being thrown on the ground, there were more and more such sounds, gradually converging into a symphony.

All the guardsmen in the city gave up their resistance. Their resistance was meaningless in this great change of the century.

As Ma Shilong said, he can only become cannon fodder.

Ma Shilong felt relieved. At this moment, a sergeant from the Supervising Biao Battalion rushed over, and he immediately clasped his fists and said, "To the governor, Yang Wang took at least a dozen people and ran away from the south gate in disguise!"

"Governor, tell me to lead the Xiaoqi Battalion to chase him!" Hu Dawei immediately stepped out, "It's a good time to try the hand guns newly issued by the Military Weapons Division!"

Ma Shilong was right when he thought about it. The three-eyed handgun modified by the Ordnance Department can be fired three times at once.

It's just that there hasn't been time to practice in actual combat. Compared with Shan Shijian who was shot while lying down, Yang Wang, the deputy commander of Hequ, is the wolf's ambition and one of the culprits this time.

Run, he can't run away, just to try out the pistol.

……

Yang Wang stormed out from the south gate, wearing a rough coat he snatched from a house, with blood on it, but he couldn't care less now.

The imperial court deliberately blocked the news of the suppression of the rebellion. By the time he knew, the Northwest Army had already arrived at the gate of the city, and the marching speed was astonishing.

Without even having time to mobilize his subordinates, Yang Wang could only flee with a dozen of his most trusted servants.

I just thought I was going to escape, but I didn't want to, but there were rumbles from behind.

Looking back, Yang Wang almost lost his soul. Smoke and dust rose up behind him, and banners fluttered against the wind, making a sound of hunting.

Under the banner, there are more than a thousand brave frontier cavalry.

The cavalry of the Northwest Army were high-quality Mongolian horses exchanged for tea and horses at the border. They had far better range and strength than the inland horses that Yang Wang sat on. No matter how desperately they ran, they found that the distance between the two sides was getting closer.

The cavalry of the Northwest Army who came after us was led by a brave general, holding a modified three-eyed blunderbuss, pointing straight ahead, shouting: "Don't run away, you traitor, you grandpa tiger is here!"

"Even if you chase him to the ends of the earth, Grandpa Tiger will definitely kill you!"

Chapter 639 Dongchang's Case Handling Method

"put--!"

When the two sides approached for about a hundred steps, Hu Dawei pointed at the rebellious cavalry in front of him with a pistol, and shouted loudly.

As soon as the words fell to the ground, the rest of the Northwest Army cavalry also raised their guns one after another, aiming at the dozen or so rebel cavalry.

After a series of explosions, more than a dozen cavalry cavalry who had not had time to resist, including Hequ Deputy Commander Yang Wang, died in front of the black muzzles of thousands of pistols.

Each of them was beaten into a sieve, and their death was miserable, and the iron armor they wore was also completely damaged, and there was no way to pick them up and use them.

As a veteran in the army, Hu Dawei has long been used to such scenes.

There was no disturbance in his heart, and he rode his horse up to Yang Wang's corpse, realizing that there were still two rounds left from the pistol, so he lifted it up and pointed it at the corpse again.

"Bang, bang!"

Two loud noises were especially deafening in the vast plain at this moment.

The two lead bullets at close range beat Yang Wang beyond recognition, even half of his head was lost, and he fell to the ground with red and white spots all over the floor.

The deputy general stepped forward and asked: "General, how can I claim credit for the damage to the imperial court?"

"Invite credit?" Hu Dawei sneered, put away the pistol, and looked at the lieutenant general:

"This kind of person uses his own selfish desires to make the whole city miserable. I fear that the world will not be chaotic. I kill him because he deserves to die."

"Using his head to ask for credit from the imperial court will only get my hands dirty!"

After saying that, he spat on Yang Wang's scorched head, as a way to vent his anger on the people who died in the rebellion.

Hu Dawei didn't covet these military exploits, he just took one step at a time, from a frontier soldier to his current position.

What he wants is real combat exploits.

After saying these words, Hu Dawei no longer missed this place, carefully put down the pistol, pulled up the rein, turned around and said:

"The thief leader is dead, return to the city!"

The lieutenant was shocked, and hurriedly followed.

……

Emperor Tianqi's determination to rectify the guard station's army station surprised everyone in the world.

After the Northwest camp went south, the results were remarkable. The Zhenxiwei's rebellious army had no resistance at all. After recapturing Hequ, Ma Shilong immediately led the Northwest Army to march towards the Weicheng.