"What?" Haoge was stunned when he heard this, "Dagunling, Huangfu Mountain, Shigu Mountain, that's in ......"

Ao Bai on the side put down the "Analects" at this time and reminded Haoge: "Lord Wang, Dagunling, Huangfu Mountain, and Shigu Mountain are all at the junction of Fengyang Mansion and Chuzhou. ”

"Chuzhou? That's from the southeastern land route......" Hauge was a little stunned, "Are these Nikans stupid or are they cheating?" ”

Ao Bai couldn't answer, so he asked the three Niu Lu chapters, "How many of them are there?" Have you ever been captive? ”

Na Niu Lu Zhangjing replied: "There are quite a few cavalry in Nikan, there are five or six hundred at the Big Spear Ridge, more than seven hundred at the Huangfu Mountain, at least six hundred people on the Shigu Mountain, and two or three hundred infantry to follow...... Moreover, they are sturdy in armor, well-armed, and not bad at their skills, so they are not very easy to deal with.

There are few of us, and we are sleepy, so after a trial, we have not fought hard. ”

"Strong armor? Is it true that everyone is a long-legged scale? Ao Bai interjected.

"It's not a long body armor, it's a whole piece of iron armor, and our heavy arrows can't shoot it!"

Another Niu Lu added: "On the contrary, several of our people were injured by their short guns, and several war horses were killed......

"What?" Hauge raised his eyebrows, "It's a wound and a dead horse?" What do you eat? ”

"Lord Wang," Niu Lu hurriedly explained, "those Nikan cavalry are not the same as before...... Skilled in arching horses, brave in battle, and able to shoot on horseback. ”

"Yes, yes! Those Nikan cavalry were very imposing, and they were not at all timid. ”

"There are still many people...... And the infantry followed! ”

These three Niu Lu are all in their early forties, and they are all old Manchurian warriors with a lot of experience. How strong or weak the opponent is, they will know by trying their hands...... The reason why I didn't touch it hard is because I really wasn't sure.

What they encountered was not the original Ming army like tofu scum, but the model cavalry of the new army that had been trained hard for seven or eight months!

Of course, the hard training of model cavalry is not the standard of "997", so a training person can stand it, and the horse can't stand it! It's fun to turn around and turn the cavalry into infantry.

Although there is no hard training like "997", the intensity of the training has also reached the standard of the Wu family's "Yiding Assault Cavalry", and it is Wu Sanfu, a cavalry expert, who personally grasps their training, so you can imagine what the level is.

Zhu Cihong also carried out a layoff in his two cavalry regiments, not the last one, but a group of "Han generals" who were very good-looking and not very good in martial arts were sent to serve as grassroots officers of the infantry. At the same time, he filled in the old Dashun battalion soldiers dug up by Li Yan and Red Lady.

In addition, Zhu Cihong also replaced all of them with spliced plate armor - the spliced plate armor is much lighter than the long body armor and cloth iron armor, which can reduce the burden on the cavalry and war horses, and the defensive ability is slightly stronger than the long body armor and cloth iron armor.

After some rigorous training and entry and exit, coupled with solid plate armor protection, the combat effectiveness of the two model cavalry regiments has certainly increased by several steps.

In addition, there are some model cavalry regiments of the cavalry to buy short guns or bird guns at their own expense - the cavalry uses a revolver musket, which is called a self-generated fire gun in the Ming Dynasty, and it is in Bi Maokang's "Illustrated Description of Weapons", and there are some good craftsmen in Foshan who can produce in small quantities, but the technology is not very good, the quality is very problematic, and the output is too small, so it can not be equipped in large quantities. However, Zhu Cihong still asked Zheng Zhilong to pay some tribute and distribute it to the light cavalry. Not to kill how many scouts of the Eight Banners, but to create a psychological shadow on them.

Therefore, in the contact battles of Dagunling, Huangfuling and Shigu Mountain, the cavalry of Zhenglanqi encountered some light cavalry of the Ming army who were fighting with firearms on horseback, and suffered a small loss.

The Ming army won only a small victory, and it was achieved with a numerical advantage and infantry support. But Hauge was still very dissatisfied, glaring at the beads of his eyes and asking, "Skilled in bow horses?" Brave fight? Are you still talking about Nikan? ”

A Niu Lu Zhangjing hurriedly said: "This, this...... Lord, we didn't suffer a big loss! ”

"No big loss...... Hauge shouted, blowing his beard, "that's all you guys are doing?" ”

"Lord Wang, minions, minions really tried their best......"

"Yes, my lord, those Nikan cavalry are really powerful!"

"Lord, the minion ......"

Ao Bai saw Haoge's face pale, and hurriedly waved his hand to drive people away: "You three get out!" Don't make the prince angry here! ”

After driving people away, Ao Bai came back and said to Haoge: "Lord Wang, although these minions are a little timid, they can be regarded as finding out the enemy's situation!" ”

"Got it?" Hauge glared, "Find out what a fart!" ”

"Lord Wang," Ao Bai said, "it is the main force of the Ming army coming from the direction of Chuzhou!" ”

"How do you know?" Hauge asked.

"There are so many elite cavalry to open the way, it must be the main force!" Ao Bai said, "According to the situation known from careful investigation, there are not many cavalry at hand of the little prince of Nanban, that is, three or five thousand...... The three bulls of the positive blue flag have encountered more than a thousand! The minions figured out that they were clearing the way for the army! ”

Hauge squinted: "Coming by land?" ”

Ao Bai nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, it seems that the little prince of the Southern Barbarians is only good at governing the army, and he is not good at commanding battles...... He's throwing himself into the net! ”

"Aobai, how do you want to fight?" Hauge asked.

Ao Bai thought for a while and said, "The slave suggested that the troops should be divided into two roads first, and continue to besiege Fengyang all the way...... Break Fengyang City with Hongyi cannons!

After going all the way to the flank of the southern army, cutting off its way back, forcing it to return to the army, and then covering it with cavalry, it should be possible to win a complete victory. If the southern army does not go this way, then try to entangle and delay, and wait for Fengyang City to be broken, and the two roads will be combined to attack! ”

"Can you break Fengyang City?" Hauge asked thoughtfully.

"Yes!" Ao Bai nodded affirmatively, "The minions have already checked clearly, Fengyang City is not strong, and it will definitely be able to break the city in three or five days." Leaving Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Bai Guangen, let Shuo Zhan supervise the battle, and give them seven days is enough.

The minions and the prince together led 12,000 Eight Banner soldiers and 6,000 clothed minions to the south, and they could definitely defeat the southern barbarian soldiers and horses going north! ”

......

At the same time, Zhu Cihong's army was wading through the pond. The pond water is located in the north of Chuzhou, in the territory of the old county and Dingyuan county of Fengyang Province. The water level is not deep, and there are many places to wade.

After passing the pond, you can walk a short distance to enter the county seat of Dingyuan, which is a fortress-based stronghold, stationed a new army of Zhuwei and a number of temporarily assembled militia groups.

As long as Zhu Cihong's army enters Dingyuan County, he doesn't have to worry about being attacked by the Qing army that suddenly moves south!

Now that he had waded through the pond, he was immediately on a high ground on the shore, watching the infantry of the brigade wading in the water with their baggage and artillery.

Wu Sanfu and Li Yan followed him one left and one right, Wu Sanfu was the nominal model army commander, but in fact Zhu Cihong's deputy general, and Li Yan continued to serve as Zhu Cihong's military advisor. This military operation to the north was actually commanded by Wu Sanfu, Li Yan, and the foreign general Shi Ruien.

The three horsemen galloped from the direction of Dingyuan City in front, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at Zhu Cihong's three armies under the command of the commander, and were stopped by Zhu Cihong's guards. By the way, after reading the token, he ran to Zhu Cihong as soon as he was elected, and then got off his horse and knelt down on one knee and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Dingyuan Garrison Qi Yuanfu has a report to arrive." ”

Qi Yuanfu is Qi Jin's second son, the elder brother of Qi Yuanbi, who served as a battalion commander in Zhu Cihong's model army, and he has always been a military attache in the Zhongdu Division. was promoted by Zhu Chunchen and became the guard of his hometown Dingyuan.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Wu Sanfu, Wu Sanfu stepped forward to take the chapter, unfolded it, and laughed: "Chitose Lord, the Tartars are besieging Fengyang Mansion City...... can besiege Chengguo Gong inside! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Cheng Guogong is going to glorify his ancestors this time...... His family has not been able to fight for many generations, and he didn't expect to have such a descendant. ”