Zhou Lianggong's face was contemplative, and he said after half a sound: "This Min Yuanqi is full of confidence!" To be honest, I heard that more than 10,000 Shandong soldiers went to Yunti Pass, so I wondered, why didn't Min Yuanqi quickly destroy the salt pond, didn't let others spy on the secret of the salt pond, and then took the soldiers of the military camp, took the money and food with them, and fled quickly? With the marching speed of Liu Zeqing's troops, Min Yuanqi went south from the beach and seaside, and made a detour to Yancheng into Taizhou. Is this person really capable, or is he a foolish villager who is reluctant to belong? ”

"It's not the latter." Zhou Liangmin said in a deep voice: "I have met Min Yuanqi a few times, and I have talked about it deeply, and his views are not good, and he has never looked at money and food. If he is greedy for money, I am afraid that he will not have the pattern of inheritance in front of him. How much you earn, how much you use, all of them are used to strengthen the army and build the foundation of the workshop, this is a character with great ambitions, and it cannot be regarded by ordinary soldiers and villagers. Behold, he refused to go, because he really had faith in the war. ”

"He's afraid he's treating a serious soldier as a bandit, right?"

"Not really." Zhou Liangmin handed the letter to Zhou Lianggong and said with a smile: "Didn't he write it in the letter?" Liu's soldiers and horses, the combat power of miscellaneous soldiers is not much stronger than that of bandits, and the so-called elite soldiers, that is, bandits who are slightly better, are slightly inferior to the miscellaneous soldiers of Liukou. Only the elite of the inner Ding can barely be regarded as a strong loss, but compared to the elite of my Daming Liao Town, the old battalion soldiers, it is still inferior. Its department is much stronger than the Caojiang Battalion, the Jiangnan Battalion, and the Nanjing Jing Battalion, because the latter is only a person in the market, not even a soldier, not even a bandit, the bandits have been on the battlefield and have seen blood, those soldiers, nominally my Ming Forbidden Army, the elite battalion soldiers, but also a group of rabble in the name of soldiers...... Big brother, judging from his words, he is really a clear and understanding person, not an arrogant and ignorant person. ”

"There is some truth in what he said." Zhou Lianggong looked at the letter, put it down and thought about it: "My brothers and sisters have recruited people, but they are really much stronger than the so-called division of the economic system, we have also seen the Shandong town soldiers, the people are like wolves and tigers, and the Dongyu is afraid of them like tigers, tens of thousands of Shandong town soldiers, in the face of hundreds of Dongyu did not dare to fight, Liu Zeqing in the last time the East invaded the Kou, dodged and was afraid that it was thousands of miles away. These so-called soldiers and horses are really not necessarily strong enough to protect their own industries and local people who are close to their families and friends. ”

"What's more, it's a trained local people!" Zhou Liangmin's eyes jumped, and his expression was also a little excited: "I think we gathered thousands of people in Weixian County and defended it in the face of the siege of the Eastern Captives." It seems that Min Yuanqi also had such an idea, relying on the Qianhu City and the Bei Wa Tu City over there, holding on to the fortified city, clearing the wilderness, consuming the enemy's morale, and taking the opportunity to raid and win a complete victory. With my understanding of the Shandong Zhenbing, it may not be that there is no opportunity to take advantage of. Eldest brother, you have never seen the training of the banner army in Yunti Pass, I have seen many soldiers and horses in my life, and I am afraid that there are not many people in the world who can train so hard. ”

"You've mentioned this to me many times." Zhou Lianggong pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "I immediately opposed Liu Zeqing's march to Yunti Pass in the name of Huaiyang Dao, and at the same time wrote to the imperial court, and then wrote a private letter to Ma Yaocao and Shi Daolin and others, explaining my position and Min Yuanqi's hardships. Of course, if they can't win, these big men will not offend a strong vassal like Liu Zeqing because of a small military attache of the guard. If he can really resist the army of more than 10,000 people, then it is just as he himself said, the soldiers and horses of Yunti Pass can confirm their own value, and the court is afraid that it has its own considerations, and it will not tolerate that Liu to continue to act recklessly. ”

Zhou Liangmin nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "This is a big change in the situation in Jiangbei...... Gao Jie has always been unruly, and the court is afraid that he can't believe it, that is, the Shi Pavilion Department appeases him for the sake of the overall situation, and even takes care of Gao Jie's family. Huang Chuangzi is loyal, but he is also arrogant and domineering, and he is not good at moderation. Huama Liu and Caozhou Liu are a pair of scourges, but the soldiers are strong and strong, and the court has to succumb to solicit them and hold back. If Min Yuanqi can defeat Liu Zeqing's army, the princes of the imperial court will definitely be dazzled, and I am afraid that they will deliberately support it in the future. After all, there is such a person in Jiangbei and there is no such person, it is completely different, and when the imperial court arranges defenses, there are many more chess pieces and tricks available. ”

"There are still not enough troops." Zhou Lianggong sighed: "If you want those big people to be able to add up their blue eyes, it is impossible to say that there are no twenty or thirty thousand people." ”

"His more than 3,000 soldiers, but all of them are equipped and trained according to Neiding, and more than 3,000 Neiding are only stronger than 30,000 battalion soldiers."

"We've seen it, and we know it in our hearts, so we think so." Zhou Lianggong shook his head and said: "You asked Brother Wei and those big people to write a letter saying that the more than 3,000 battalions of Min are all compared to the family, and people are afraid that they will not laugh out their teeth." If you really write like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my brother to win the trust of others from now on. ”

Zhou Liangmin was also silent for a while...... He saw with his own eyes how the flag army was trained at Yunti Pass, those hard training every day, including the rules of eating, sitting and lying, the edified flag army's behavior, sitting and lying were like axes and knives, as cold and steep as mountains and rocks, which made people feel a sense of respect.

In this actual combat drill, the fire gun hit with a bang, and people lined up under the fire gun less than half an arm's length away, and if they were not careful, they would be directly hit in the head by the fire gun.

This kind of training is infinitely close to actual combat, and there are 100, 200, and 300 miles of arduous trekking, which tempers the endurance of the banner army and the ability of group coordination.

These trainings were all seen by Zhou Liangmin in Yunti Pass, and some of them were not well understood at the time, such as sitting and lying down and eating to report and queue, and the clothes and robes should be neat and new, and the prisoners were confined at least and whipped at the worst, which seemed to be much stricter than the camp rules of the Ming army.

According to Min Yuanqi's explanation, the long-distance march round trip is similar to actual combat drills, exercising endurance and perseverance, as well as the ability of generals to lead troops, and testing many abilities such as marching in formation, camping, recovering physical fitness, and guarding against surprise attacks.

The strictness of the rules in peacetime makes the soldiers have the consciousness of becoming soldiers.

The purpose of the robes and boots is to give the soldiers a sense of honor, no matter what other places, the soldiers of Yuntiguan must always regard themselves as soldiers who defend their homes and defend the country, and have their own pride and a sense of honor of the group.

Plus those frightening physical training and combat equipment, arrays and other training.

In the opinion of Zhou Liangmin, an official gentry who participated in the fight against the Eastern Capture and was successful, the soldiers trained in this way, coupled with the fact that they fought against the enemy in their hometown, would definitely burst out with combat power far above the guest soldiers, and even not inferior to the elite soldiers of the generals.

What is worse is the equipment, the skills and experience of fighting, the experience of the generals in commanding battles, and so on.

These things are not absolutely irreparable.

At least in Zhou Liangmin's opinion, the battle in front of him is really as Min Yuanqi said, with more wins and fewer losses.

Once he wins, he will definitely be much more sensational than the last time the Weisuo Army slashed the thousand-level bandit head in the Cloud Ladder Pass.

From the seventeenth year of this dynasty to Chongzhen, there was constant turmoil and chaos, and the war was not stopped, and the wars of thousands of beheadings abounded.

From tens of thousands of people at the beginning, the rogue gathered hundreds of thousands of people later, and as a result, under the advance of superior officers and soldiers, all the rogue bandits were annihilated one after another, and in the end only tens of thousands of people were surrounded in the carriage gorge.

Where did all those rogues go? With the help of change, the civil and military generals who are in battle are all like iron stones, and the soldiers need first-level combat exploits, and the fate of those rogues can be known regardless of whether they are asked.

There are also countless bandits, ringing horses, pirates, and the invasion of the eastern......

Liaodong once ushered in the massacre of the Eastern Captives, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse reduced his meals and retreated from his pleasures, and he was saddened.

In the Chongzhen period, the chaos in the world, the people were killed and injured in the chaos, and the Son of Heaven was reduced every day, and he could not make up for the heavy losses of the people.

beheaded thousands of people for a while, mainly ordinary bandits, and in the eyes of the bigwigs in Nanjing, it is really not worth mentioning.

If it weren't for the fact that there were no soldiers here in Huaiyang Road, to be honest, Zhou Lianggong might not have looked down on Min Yuanqi, if not, I am afraid that Min Yuanqi's current guerrilla general and garrison, and the official position of governor of Jiadu may not be able to get it in his hands with his military exploits.

In fact, when Min Qiande went to Nanjing to carry out activities, the final bottom line was to join forces with the Zhu family to conspire for Min Yuanqi to have a guard commander or guard commander Tongzhi, and add Yunti Pass to garrison, which is already a pretty good result.

After this battle, Min Yuanqi still does not want to lose his righteous name, if the court changes hands and sells him, for Liu Zeqing to regard Yuntiguan as an outcast, then Min Yuanqi can only endure the pain of abandoning the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in the end, it was a threat, for Zhou Lianggong, the coastal defense road, and the big man of Nanming at this time, they did not know that Dongyu was the biggest threat at this time, and Dolgon and others had already defeated Li Zicheng at Shanhaiguan and pursued Beijing.

Re-mourning for Chongzhen, burial, Yun Baiguan crying, in these things that do not cost money, he is much more beautiful than Li Zicheng.

But after capturing the three little children of the crown prince, the king of Ding, and the king of Yong, he was immediately beheaded in secret, leaving no hidden danger.

King Qin, King Jin and other kings were imprisoned, and after more than half a year, Emperor Hongguang, King Lu and other kings were sentenced to punishment, and even Ling Chi was executed.

From the summer to the winter of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, for more than half a year, the Qing army fought with the Shun army in Beizhili, Henan, and Shanxi.

Li Zicheng retreated alternately, and had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Qing army in Hebei, Henan, and Shanxi.

However, the size of the Shun army at this time was very large, and the surrender of the Ming Dynasty plus the local armed forces, as well as the strength of the Shun army's headquarters, were not small, and they also brought great casualties to the Qing army.

Li Zicheng continued to shrink his forces, intending to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army in Shaanxi, and use the Tongguan natural danger to block the Qing army. But the Shun army retreated one after another, the old battalion soldiers suffered heavy losses, and the Ming army's undefeated Liukou could not win against the Qing army, and it did not even attract all the main forces of the Qing army.

That is also next year's thing, at least at this moment, although the Southern Ming monarchs and ministers know that the Qing army has entered the customs, but because the Qing army has withdrawn from the customs five times during the Chongzhen period, it gives people a strong illusion, and many people think that the Qing army will probably still be like the previous times, and withdraw again after the Ming Dynasty plundered wealth and gained benefits.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Southern Ming monarchs, the Liukou is still the biggest threat, and the Dongyu is only second, and they can use peace talks to solve this external trouble.

Min Yuanqi's threat is afraid that it can hit the seven inches of Nanming Junchen.

Of course, that's the worst outcome, and at least at this stage it's something you can't say explicitly, and you can only hit it on the side.

Min Yuanqi handed this matter over to Zhou Lianggong, an officialdom, which was quite a wise choice.