You can't change the outline of a mountain, you can't change the trajectory of a bird, you can't change the speed of a river, so it's enough to just look at it and discover its beauty.

- Krishnamurti (the greatest spiritual teacher of the twentieth century)

The White Banner, with 17,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, was besieged in Belfort by Quintus's army, while the White Banner, with 15,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, was besieged in Pomerian Dams by Ranocchia.

At this time, it had only been half a month since the two white flags left the county town of Langxiang, and Urgudai, who was still in the county town of Langxiang, did not know that his two allies had been trapped in the county town where their respective armies were stationed, and Shulhaqi and Dolgon and others had no way of knowing.

In stark contrast to the rapid advance of the two armies of Quintus and Ranocchia, there was a counterattack army with a slow marching speed, led by Bai Feng himself, with two royal legions and the Spartan army as the main force, supplemented by four standing legions and two special legions.

The two special regiments in the battle sequence of the counterattack army, specifically Donald's cavalry regiment and Cabitus's pikemen, and the pro-guard corps led by Luculus, Wink, Goto Kiji, and Aggis each led a combat unit are not counted in the counterattack army.

Also not counted in the counterattack army is the death battalion commanded by Butcher Lister and the thug Fury, and the death battalion with only 8,000 soldiers is not so much a unique special force under Bai Feng's command, but rather a cannon fodder that Bai Feng uses to consume the enemy's elite.

It's just that the death defense battalion is stronger than the ordinary cannon fodder troops, and the will to fight is also firmer; Bai Feng, who is holding a big stick, while giving the death defense battalion a high-pressure rule, will also give them a generous reward that the soldiers of the death defense battalion can't imagine.

Two Royal Legions, Spartan Legions, Four Standing Legions, and Two Special Legions, the strength of these nine legions is 230,000, and if you add the pro-guard and the death battalion, the total strength of the extremely strong counterattack army will be as high as 290,000!

The new Eight Banners army stationed in the core area of Langxiang Province were the Yellow Banner of Shulhaqi and the Red Banner of Murhaqi, and the Red Banner of Urgudai, which remained in the county town of Langxiang for unknown reasons, and this strong Three Banners had 60,000 cavalry and 15,000 insantry.

Before Dolgon and others did not lead their troops southward and the new Eight Banners were not formed, the cavalry of the two banners of Shulhaqi and Murhaqi was the strongest existence in the old Eight Banners after the Yellow Banner.

The Yellow Flag and the Red Flag, which did not suffer heavy losses and did not blindly expand the size of the army, were the only two flags in the new Eight Banners that still maintained their original combat strength; under the same number, the Yellow Flag and the Red Flag without the expansion of the army were definitely stronger than the Yellow Banner after the expansion.

Of course, the number of cavalry under the Zhenghuang Banner was as high as 60,000, which was enough to make the Yellow Banner and the Zhenghuang Banner, which were only 20,000 cavalry, fearful; in view of the current situation of the New Eight Banners, Bai Feng decided to adopt the method of luring the enemy to attack and draw out the New Eight Banners garrison in Langxiang County.

The decisive battlefield chosen by White Peak has always been the D'Orville Gorge in Longchham, and the world knows that the D'Orville Gorge is a canyon with steep cliffs on both sides, but is this really the case?

Far from being an ordinary canyon, flanked by steep cliffs and cliffs, the D'Orville Gorge is just one of two major features, and the other distinguishing feature of the D'Orville Gorge is its unusually wide access road.

The distance between the cliffs on both sides of the D'Orville Gorge, which is only more than 1,000 meters long, is as long as 100 meters! The distance of more than 100 meters means that the cavalry of the New Eight Banners can use their incomparably sharp charging clusters to directly attack the infantry clusters under the command of Bai Feng who intend to block the canyon.

Neither the two royal legions, which were strong in combat, nor the four standing legions that had just been newly established, could not resist the onslaught of tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Eight Banners head-on in the overly spaced D'Orville Gorge; if they were forced, the result would be a fiasco!

Although the excessive spacing is the side of the D'Orville Gorge that is not conducive to the defense of the infantry army under Bai Feng's command, if there is no too large spacing in the D'Orville Gorge, will the New Eight Banners' banner owners Baylor still lead their troops to the D'Orville Gorge?

The terrain of the canyon is the most unsuitable place for cavalry battles, and Shuerhaqi, Urgudai and others will not fail to understand this; Shuerhaqi, Urgudai and others will inevitably find a way to choose the plain area for counterattack after learning that Baifeng's army has entered the territory of Langxiang County.

It was precisely because Bai Feng wanted to lead the Yellow Flag, the Positive Red Flag, and the Red Flag stationed in Langxiang County to the D'Orville Gorge, so he deliberately slowed down the marching speed, so that all the troops gathered in the three banners of Langxiang County City, and had enough time to understand the dynamics of his army.

Bai Feng, who was riding his horse slowly, was originally discussing the use of cavalry with General Donald, but was interrupted by Maxi who was galloping over with a sword: "General, General Quintus has sent someone to deliver a battle report, and he has successfully led the army to surround the white flag in Belfort County!"

"Okay!" Bai Feng, who had a smile on his face, immediately instructed Maxi: "Maxi, you immediately send someone to convey the military order to General Quintus, so that he does not need to rush to attack the county town of Belfort, but only besiege the white flag in the city." ”

"No!"

Without waiting for Maxi to turn the horse's head and leave, Darnell, the shield-wielding attendant who had always been inseparable from Maxi, galloped over with a happy face and reported to Bai Feng: "General, General Ranocchia sent someone to deliver a battle report, and he has successfully completed the task!"

What Ranocchia's successful completion of the mission represents is naturally self-evident, and Bai Feng, who smiled even more, added to Maxi who had not yet left: "Send another person to General Ranocchia and convey to him the same order as General Quintus." ”

"No!"

After Maxi and Darnell went down, Donald congratulated Bai Feng with a smile: "Bai Feng, the first step of the slave extermination plan has been successfully completed, and in the future, as long as Shulhazy and Murhazy are not cowards, our follow-up plan will definitely go equally well!"

"Teacher, how can it be as easy as you say!" Bai Feng, who shook his head with a wry smile, said helplessly: "The key to the slave extermination plan is the third and fourth steps, and the first two steps are just the prelude;

"That's just as well. Donald, who did not deny Bai Feng's statement, asked Bai Feng with curiosity: "Bai Feng, why did you name this battle plan 'Slave Extermination Plan'? To be honest, this name really doesn't sound very good. ”

"Well...... this" Bai Feng, who smiled mysteriously, immediately shook the reins lightly, and replied while accelerating: "Secret!"

How could Bai Feng tell Donald that the reason why he named the battle plan of sending troops to annihilate the New Eight Banners and regain Langxiang Province as the 'slave extermination plan' that others could not understand was purely because he himself hated Jiannu in his heart;

If there were no smoke within the Ming Dynasty, if there was no struggle for power and profit among the Donglin Party members, and if there was no Emperor Chongzhen's eyes and masters, how could the Manchu Qing Dynasty take advantage of it? Regardless of the fact that the eyes and hands are low, Bai Feng still admired Emperor Chongzhen very much.

As the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty (don't count the Southern Ming Dynasty), Zhu Youzhen really fulfilled the ancestral motto of the Ming royal family's 'The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies';