Although Shen Zhiyuan has 40,000 or 50,000 troops in his hands, except for the new army of firearms, the rest is Dolgon's two yellow flags, and he may temporarily obey Shen Zhiyuan's orders, but it is definitely not one heart.

After a long time, if Shen Zhiyuan has the heart to stand on his own, these two flags will definitely part ways with him and stand on Dolbo's side.

Wu Zheng felt much more comfortable in his heart, patted Qian Qiaogong's shoulder and said, "For the first time, I think you are quite good at ...... Let's chat, let's wait for the Qing court mission to arrive again...... Think about what else you need to ask the Tartars, and when it comes time to negotiate, ask them for it. ”

Qian Qiaogong looked at Wu Zheng with a strange face, dare to be affectionate, take what you want?

Wu Zheng didn't care about Qian Qiaogong's strange face, and said with a grin: "There's nothing strange about it, from Yangzhou to Xuzhou, the total number of captives is five or six thousand, right?" At this time, there were still more than 10,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou Mansion who were divided and surrounded by the First Army, and it was impossible for the Qing court to go back in vain, and it was redeemed! ”

Qian Qiaogong couldn't hold back a "poof" laugh and said, "But what if the Qing court refuses to give it?" ”

Wu Zhengyi said solemnly: "Then there is no need to talk about it, the two major ports, military workshops, and railway repairs are short of labor, which happens to be cheaper than Mo Lao, saving him a lot of money." ”

"Then it's done, just ask for more war horses." Qian Qiaogong is very honest.

Wu Zheng said angrily: "You're really welcome...... Is that something that can be exchanged, it's okay if the number is small, and if there is more, there must be none, the Tartars are not stupid, give you war horses, and then turn around and fight them? ”

Qian Qiaogong said with some disappointment: "It would be nice if I could get my more than 1,000 lancers back from Shen Zhiyuan." ”

"Don't think it's useless." Wu Zheng waved his hand vigorously, as if to drive away these annoying things.

Qian Qiaogong's emotional intelligence was okay at this time, and said: "Then ask His Royal Highness King Wu to give a name to the newly built cavalry battalion." ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, who said that the righteous man was not careful, isn't the person in front of him an example of 20,000? It's called striking while the iron is hot!

In fact, Wu Zheng has not yet reached the point of immediately forming a cavalry battalion, he just likes cavalry.

Sometimes liking doesn't mean possessing or getting, does it?

But Qian Qiaogong was so "pressing step by step", Wu Zheng said helplessly: "Since ancient times, the Central Plains Dynasty has had elite cavalry in the Han, Tang and Ming dynasties, but the Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty is like a river and the spring water has passed away. ”

Qian Qiaogong smiled, "I don't care about the name, it's all up to the prince." ”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Unlike the Dolgon heavy armored cavalry, what we want to form is a spear cavalry, although the Guanning Iron Cavalry no longer exists, but its three-eyed iron gun can be used as a reference for us, first round of shooting, and then pick up the iron gun as a hammer...... Let Chen Shoujie's military workshop build you a batch of improved special riding guns. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Qian Qiaogong was uncontrollably excited this time.

Wu Zheng also gradually invested, "The spear cavalry does not take heavy armor as an advantage, but defeats the enemy with speed and firepower...... Then call it the Wind Thunder Ride. ”

"Wind and Thunder Ride?" Qian Qiaogong repeated it a few times, raised his head and said, "Okay, good name, according to the meaning of the prince, it is called Wind and Thunder Ride!" ”

……。

One thing Wu Zheng said was right.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty had a glorious scene.

It was formed by Sun Chengzong and led by Yuan Chonghuan, and its last leader was naturally the big traitor Wu Sangui who "rushed to the crown and became angry".

But in fact, there is a fallacy in this, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is actually stained with the light of the predecessor Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

Many well-known achievements were actually fought by the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, not the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

For example, during the Wanli period, the 6,000 Liaodong iron cavalry led by Li Chengliang and Li Rusong father and son broke out of the country, and swept more than 40,000 Japanese troops in the battle of Bihuguan, playing the military prestige and national prestige, so that the Japanese army could not slow down for more than ten years.

And the Guanning Iron Cavalry, in fact, inherited part of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

Why did it be adapted, it has to be attributed to Zhu Di's unscrupulous descendant Zhu Qizhen, after he was lost in Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty never recovered the glory of the original "Three Battalions of the Beijing Division".

The three major battalions of the Beijing Division formed by Zhu Di, namely the Shenji Battalion, the 3,000 Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion, were the most elite field troops in the world at that time.

The Shenji Battalion is a professional firecracker unit, and it is also the world's first pure firearm unit.

The 3,000 battalions were actually Mongolian iron cavalry mercenaries, and Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingyan", with insufficient troops, and promised the land of the original Daningwei to Wuliang Ha Sanwei, that is, Duoyan Sanwei, for this iron cavalry. Speaking of which, it was also Zhu Di's own death, and the cause he planted by himself bore an unpalatable fruit, this Wuliang Ha Sanwei was the predecessor of the Horqin Department of the Manchurian and Mongolian alliances to attack the Ming Dynasty.

The Fifth Army Battalion is also a joint combat unit of infantry, cavalry, and firearms formed by the Ming people.

Therefore, although Wu Zheng said that the three-eyed fire gun of Guanning Tieqi is correct, it is not entirely true.

Because only the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the predecessor of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, was equipped with a three-eyed firecracker.

And the Guanning Iron Cavalry is only equipped with some, most of which are inherited from the Guanning Iron Cavalry, because when the Guanning Iron Cavalry was formed, the Ming Dynasty had declined, and when there were internal and external troubles, it was impossible to afford expensive three-eyed firearms and logistics.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry is only composed of some displaced people outside the Guan, and it can never be compared with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry at that time, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was formed in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, and its soldiers were recruited from the children of good families in the people, and in terms of loyalty and discipline alone, it was far stronger than the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

But the Guanning Iron Cavalry also has a good record, such as crying Huang Taiji in the Battle of Ningjin, yes, it was really crying, no coincidence, and then in the Battle of the Four Cities cried Huang Taiji for the second time, so the Guanning Iron Cavalry was recognized by later generations, after all, the real elite must be outside to resist strong enemies, not civil war.

There is another point, Wu Zheng is obviously wrong, the Guanning Iron Cavalry is not exhausted at this time, and the remnants are being led by the big traitor Wu Sangui to attack the northwest. Speaking of origins, in fact, at this time, the cavalry of Zu Dabi's department, which had surrendered to Wu Zheng, was also partly related to the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

After Chongzhen took Yuan Chonghuan to prison on the charge of collaborating with the enemy, the Guanning Iron Cavalry outside the city of Shuntianfu was forced to retreat to Guanwai.

Sun Chengzong wrote a letter to Zu Dashou in the name of Yuan Chonghuan, and Zu Dashou took the Guanning Iron Horse to enter the King of Guanqin again.

At the same time, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was divided into three, part of which was under the command of Zu Dashou himself, part of which was under the command of Wu Sangui, and some of which were transferred to Guannei with Ma Ke and Zhou Yuji to suppress Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army.

And Zu Dabi is the younger brother of Zu Dashou, has been serving under his command, at this time led the Han army to the south of Huai'an, the blue banner of the army, part of the cavalry, part of the original Guanning iron cavalry, but the number is not much, most of the soldiers were re-recruited later.