In 1629, in the summer of the second year of Chongzhen, after the bandit leader Zi Jinliang and his tens of thousands of peasant troops were defeated by Hong Chengchou's new army, the situation of the peasant army in Shaanxi and Gansu took a sharp turn for the worse like a wild bear market.

During this period when the eldest brother died, the peasant army in Shaanxi and Gansu had a feeling of being headless. Whenever the official army was defeated one after another, the troops that were not new army could win battles. For a time, the peasant army was harvested by the official army. These heads were all about future and money.

At this time, the rebel Gao Yingxiang stood up and took the banner of the King of Chuang. His son-in-law Li Zicheng also took the banner of the general of Chuang and followed Gao Yingxiang closely. Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits flocked to him. For a time, the peasant army gathered more than 200,000 people and claimed to be the 36th battalion. Under the leadership of the old camps of various troops, they defeated the official army several times, which slightly stabilized the bandits' determination to continue rebelling.

Because the bandit army was in great force, the new army troops in Hong Chengchou, Shaanxi, immediately asked the court for reinforcements when they were few when they were defending Tongguan.

The matter was prioritized. These bandits killed countless court officials and royal relatives during the chaos in Shaanxi and Gansu. The most important thing was that all the local wealthy and landlords were killed cleanly - and these were the families and tribesmen of the Shaanxi and Gansu court officials. As the saying goes, the officials who were not killed in the family were frightened when they saw the news of the Shaanxi chaos. The matter of Hong Chengchou's request for reinforcements to enter Shaanxi was soon concluded.

The court immediately ordered more than 20,000 new troops built in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and northern Shandong provinces to assist in the war in Shaanxi, and cooperated with the new troops of Hong Chengchou's troops and the peasant army to fight to the death.

This measure is called the battle of the Ming Dynasty's revival in the Australian history books. This battle also established the position of the new army in the Ming Dynasty and also brought opportunities for the replacement of the new and old army in the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, the battle outside Tongguan was composed of the blood and tears of the peasant army. The hungry people who had just joined the bandits for not long were driven by the old camp with swords and rushed to the position of the new army. They were shot for several rounds by the elite firearms of the new army and then retreated. They were killed by the old camps of various bandits who had fled first, and then continued to drive them up and be beaten by the new firearms of the official army.

After barely rushing twice, the front of the official army was already filled with blood flowing into rivers and corpses, and so far no bandit could rush to the distance between the official army. Such one-sided massacre really did not arouse the courage of the hungry people to continue charging. Even the old camps of the bandits' troops kept chopping and killing people's heads was useless.

On the contrary, the bloody pressure of the bandit camp finally aroused resistance. The first one was Li Zicheng, who kept waving big blades to drive away the hungry people. Since this father-in-law took the banner of the King of Chuang, the rebellion cause has now become his own business. As the half-time general of the King of Chuang, Li Zicheng is naturally the most popular one.

I don't know which hungry man was injured by Li Zicheng and was not dead, but instead aroused his fierceness. He even plucked up Yu Yong to cut Li Zicheng's horse with a knife. Chuang led Li Zicheng to the ground by a war horse. A group of hungry men nearby rushed up to chop Li Zicheng and his personal soldiers into meat paste, and began to steal the armor of Li Zicheng and the old camp's personal soldiers.

The riot spread quickly, and the hungry people waved their swords at the former ruler, the old bandits in a short time. The slogan that was shouting "Kill the officers and soldiers, so happy." It turned into "Kill Li Zicheng, Gao Xiuying." These hungry people joined the peasant army as cannon fodder with the spirit of living one day. For them, who is against them is not against them? The enemy is in front of them. As for the official army farther away, they proved that they could not rush through with their flesh and blood.

Seeing the civil strife of the rebels, the main generals of the new soldiers laughed and immediately patted the cavalry to cut off the thieves' retreat, and then the new troops surrounded the rebels. In this battle, except for a few hungry people who offered the heads of the rebels, the rest were killed. The countless gold, silver, money and food collected from the old camp of the thirty-sixth battalion were also owned by the official army. Once upon a time, the vigorous peasant uprising in Shaanxi and Gansu was completely wiped out in just over 500 days.

The new army from all walks of life had not yet entered Beijing and won victory. The memorials of various places asking the court to abolish the old army and train the new army were filled with memorials.

As long as the eyes are not blind, ears are not deaf, brains are not cramped, all officials from all walks of life have also seen the benefits of this new army. With such a new army, at least the chances of refugees in the province are greatly reduced, the officials are doing steadily, and their own industries are protected accordingly. Seeing that all the cities captured in Shaanxi and Gansu are all killed in the city, the rich and wealthy landlords in the country were even broken and slaughtered at the first time, it is said that the rabbit dies and foxes know autumn when they see a leaf.

Chongzhen was a little dizzy when he saw so many memorials asking for the abolition of the old army and the training of the new army. In short, these memorials cost a lot of money and weak combat power in the field, and the field was even weaker. If there were new troops in each province, why not fear the rebels and Tartars? As for the abolition of the old army, it was easy to deal with. Taizu set up a military household system to train millions of troops for the country without abandoning a single piece of paper. This system lasted for more than a hundred years before it began to be corrupt. What is now done is to eliminate corruption in the old army, and the remaining ones can be incorporated into the military households of the garrison.

This is really the case, but not everyone has this opinion.

For example, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor who bought more than 5 million Liao salary every year, did these memorials simply go against Yuan Chonghuan? Although more than 5 million Liao salary is taken from the people every year, it has enriched a large number of civil and military officials in Liaodong. Although the Tatars have killed more and more in recent years, this also confirms the necessity of their existence. Use these Liao salary to train new troops from all over the world, so that they and the Ningyuan officials under their tent can eat and drink whatever they eat.

Now everyone is used to the life of being rich and frugal, and suddenly people are asked to eat braised vegetables, which is not acceptable.

So Yuan Chonghuan's propaganda was only for Yuan Chonghuan to resist Jin and restore Liao, and without him, Yuan Chonghuan, the sky would collapse in Liaodong. He also hinted in the memorial to the court that if the Liao pay in Liaodong was cut off, Ningyuan's soldiers would not be responsible for the important task of resisting Jin and defending territory.

However, these small measures cannot stop the court from reorganizing the new army. The only benefit of sending Liao funds to the additional Liao Dynasty was a small group of officials and a group of borers in the Ministry of Revenue. The establishment of this new army is a guarantee of safety in various places. In recent years, natural disasters have continued, and there will be thieves and bandits in other places. These old-style troops that cannot defend the city can disturb the people. In fact, they are not only a few different types such as the White Rod Soldier, but others are just scumbags.

Now the Eight Banners of the Later Jin, who are preparing to detour south in Mongolia, have become the only straw that Yuan Chonghuan can catch. In countless dreams, Yuan Chonghuan shouted to the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin, "For our common interests, you must win when you go south."

However, this time the process of entering the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Manchus was doomed to be unfortunate. After the 130,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners passed the Great Wall and entered the Pass under the leadership of the children of the Fan family and other Shanxi merchants, they actually met the new army that returned to Beijing to report the victory and received rewards.

The Later Jin Tartars and Mongolian Tartars did not know the background of the new army, and only thought they were nearby garrisons. Tens of thousands of guards without chariot formations were just a dish against more than 100,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. The cavalry could make these tens of thousands of people herd sheep by rushing into the formation.

As for the firearms equipped by the opponent, what is this? The Eight Banners also have firearms. Of course, the firearms used immediately are all hand guns, which are not for the enemy, but for the virtual gun to lure the enemy to fire. The firearms are loaded for a long time. After the virtual gun lures the enemy once, they can destroy the Ming army's camp after the Ming army completes the second loading.

Under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, the new army of the five provinces formed a round formation defense outside Yanqing - there was no way, there were too many cavalry on the other side, so it was easy to surround them from all directions.

However, this time, the Eight Banners elite soldiers hit a nail when they used virtual guns to lure the enemy more than a hundred steps away. The muskets of both sides rang out at the same time. The Ming army had no reaction. Instead, the Eight Banners elite soldiers who lure the enemy with virtual guns fell down and fell down.

However, Dorgon, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, said with great knowledge: "The Lumi gun is the most poisonous, and it can penetrate armor by 150 steps. Could it be that the Ming army is equipped with this Lumi gun."

Huang Taiji said, "I can't care about so much. Ming munitions are loading the slowest. Haoge, hurry up and let the servants below rush up."

"Slag, please look at it." Haoge, who just turned 20 this year and was in his youth and energetic spirit, rushed up with the flag slaves below.

However, the muskets used by the new army are still suspected of slower loading than the new rifle with semi-automatic and fully automatic, but compared with the previous comb-rope guns, it is undoubtedly a historic improvement. Now, after the new army in the five provinces has been able to reach a rate of four or five rounds per minute after several films. In addition, the new army has been conducting three-stage shooting, which is more than a dozen volleys in this minute.

The sound of muskets and cannons on the opposite side was continuously fired, and the cavalry charged were knocked to the ground one by one. The lords of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin behind were fine, but the princes of the Mongolian Eight Banners were already a little unfair. The ones who rushed in the front were the subordinates of these Mongolian princes. It was naturally a good player to let these Mongolians rob, and it would be difficult to make them fight to the death. They were also robbers, and they cherished their lives just like the lords of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin.

After a while, the face of the Later Jin master Huang Taiji was not good-looking. Haoge rushed too quickly and his white-armored soldiers were hit by a shotgun of a red cannon. Even though Haoge was carrying three layers of heavy armor, he could not stop the power of the cannon. He was beaten into a sieve with his horse and was carried back by the remaining slaves. Although these slaves snatched Prince Su's body, they still couldn't live. However, being able to steal the master's body would not be punished or his family afterwards.
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