"These Nikannan barbarian cavalry are also wearing horse coats under their armor, and they are exactly the same as the Qing cavalry when they change their cotton armor!"

Azig, the king of Wuyingjun, who was fiddling with the iron and steel saber captured by Lord Toruń, couldn't help but put down his beloved saber in the exclamation of everyone, and walked over to look at the corpse.

In fact, it is not a horse jacket, it should be a variant of the cardigan. As the military uniform of the South China Army, it is natural to choose a style that can be accepted by various nationalities, and is easy to wear and move. As a result, this kind of placket, breasted, and narrow-sleeved clothing has naturally become a military uniform style.

Moreover, this style is also in the same vein as the popular armor in the Ming army, even in the eyes of everyone, it will not be considered as an unauthorized change in the style of military uniforms.

Amid everyone's exclamations, Azig was quietly dragged aside by a henchman.

"Ahsan, the son of Abudai, has returned. Say there's an urgent military situation to report to you! ”

Ahsan, a member of the Fucha clan, is also a Niu Lu Zhangjing under Azig, commanding more than 200 soldiers, and has captured a lot of money in this raid, and Azig is planning to promote him to his official position when he returns.

"Zhengbai's minion Fucha Ahan asks for peace to the prince!"

In the back hall of the government, Niu Lu Zhang, who was under the white flag, said goodbye to the owner of the flag cleanly. After that, he went straight to the point and told Azig what he saw and heard truthfully.

"We really have a Qinwang soldier near us! And the combat power is strong! ”

Ahsan was the first Tartar officer to have a direct encounter with the cavalry of the Southern Central Army, not on the battlefield.

In the vicinity of Shengfang Town on the bank of the Yongding River, Ashan's headquarters and more than 100 cavalry of the South Central Army who were pursuing a remnant of the Red Banner encountered unexpectedly.

The cavalry of the Nanzhong Army was about to attack dozens of remnants of the Red Banner Army who were cowering in a village destroyed by the war. Ashan Zhangjing, who had made a detour from the other side of the village, bumped into each other, and both sides were a little at a loss for this sudden situation.

On one side are dozens of red flags that have been beaten in shock, and on the other side are more than 100 strong soldiers with fierce horsemen, Ashan Zhangjing is still very good at observing the enemy's situation, and the cavalry in front of him is different from any Ming cavalry he has ever seen. It was only a hundred steps away, but he was not panicked, just sorted out his horses, knives and guns, and prepared for battle. Thinking of the fragment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, these people were able to beat the red flag so badly, there must be a large group of people and horses in ambush nearby.

"Don't be underestimated!"

He turned around and told his men to be ready to meet the enemy. Ahsan Zhangjing stepped forward immediately.

On the other side, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Kingdom listened. A certain family is the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, His Majesty is the White Flag Niu Lu Zhangjing Ashan, please come out and answer! ”

The cavalry of the Nanzhong Army on the opposite side hesitated slightly, and a peach blossom horse galloped out of the ranks.

When the run was closer, Ahsan realized. The color of the horse itself is white. It's just the blood of an unknown number of people. It is only on the white background that it is speckled with red, as gorgeous as peach blossoms.

"A certain family is the president of the Southern Chinese Army of the Ming Dynasty, and Tang Chang, the scout captain under Li Dashuai, is also! But you want to talk to me?! ”

Undoubtedly. It was the more than 100 cavalry in front of him who drove the people with red flags to this deserted village and trembled. Ahsan made this judgment.

"You are the warriors of the Ming Kingdom! Be able to defeat my Qing Dynasty soldiers! Sure enough, it's good! ”

Half from the heart, half from the heart, half to stall for time, to observe the movement around you. Ah Shan gave a thumbs up and gestured to Tang Chang.

"I'm a Qing Dynasty athlete, the heaviest hero warrior, I don't know if your troops may fight again?!"

"What's so hard about that! Our army defeated you a few days ago with a red flag, so why are you afraid of this little soldier and horse! ”

"Good! Then we'll have a fight! However, it's getting late today, you and I are both cavalry, which is not conducive to fighting immediately, so why don't you rest for a night and fight again tomorrow?! ”

At this time, the hearts of both sides are described in a sentence after the break, that is, the two sides are afraid of the wolf with a hemp pole. Faced with this unheard-of opponent and the large group of men and horses that might be lying in ambush nearby, Ah Shan listened to the screams of the wounded soldiers with red flags from time to time from the village, and did not dare to rashly move with the other party. And Tang Chang is because he only has more than 100 cavalry, and he is running for more than 100 miles, and the horsepower has been consumed too much, and in the face of the Jiannu new force of Niu Lu on the opposite side, the odds of victory are not great.

As a result, Ah Shan's proposal to fight again tomorrow morning immediately got Tang Chang's response!

"It's good! Tonight, I will feed the horses, sharpen my swords and guns, recuperate my body, and let you know tomorrow morning how powerful my cavalry of the Nanzhong Army is! ”

"Tomorrow morning, let you understand the benefits of my Eight Banners Iron Horse of the Great Qing Dynasty!"

The two sides said some cruel words, and stopped at a distance of hundreds of paces outside the village.

Tang Chang suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his head, and made a move that made Eight Banners resentful for life.

A scout leader walked in the direction of Ahsan with two scouts carrying a few bottles and cans in their hands, shouting as they walked, "Brothers with white flags, don't panic, we are here to bring you wine and meat!" ”

There weren't many things, more than a dozen canned meat, three or five bottles of wine. In front of Ahshan Niu Lu Zhangjing, it was almost enough for him and a few to share with him.

"Our commander said that there is nothing to give when we meet in the army, only some wine and meat, which can barely be handled." The chief who sent the things replied to Ahsan neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The two scouts opened the can, and reached out to a white flag on the side to sign to the side, "Borrow a knife." ”

"What are you afraid of! Will people be bad for you?! Seeing that Nadeshi Ku was a little hesitant, Ah Shan scolded him, "We can't let the barbarians suppress our momentum!" In the latter sentence, he used Manchu.

The scout used a knife to pull out the cooked meat from the can, cut it into pieces, and looked curiously at this magical thin tin box meat cube Jiannu officer, these things themselves are cooked, can be eaten directly, can also be boiled in a pot or fried in oil, that taste better. Listening to the tone of his voice, it seems that he is not talking to the enemy of life and death, but exchanging cooking skills with his neighbors. Hearing this, a few of the people who had to divide the shku and the powerful people who came up around couldn't stop nodding and swallowing. The other scout pulled out a few flatbreads from his backpack, which were flour milled from the finest geranium wheat. Mixed with chopped shallots, fine ginger, salt and sesame oil, it was presumably the marching ration received at the time of departure, and each flatbread still had an enticing aroma.

"It's just some things to talk about when you are on the march, please try it for your leader, so that you can add some body and enjoy it when you fight tomorrow!"

The chief seemed to have tasted every food and drink carelessly, which made a few suspicious people of fraud reassured him.

"Good man! You're a Baturu! You and your chief, you are all Baturu! ”

Seeing that the three of them were still calm in their heavy troops, Ah Shan couldn't help but feel more and more that there must be a large Ming army nearby, otherwise they would not be so sure.

In the eyes of the remnants of the Red Banner in the village. The next scene is even more thought-provoking.

Niu Lu Zhangjing, Fende Pashiku and others with the white flag sat with the soldiers of the Nanzhong Army to drink and eat meat. Both sides drank wine from the same bottle and cut the meat with a knife. When the wine was half-drunk, a member of the division of the library gave a thumbs up to praise the other party's excellent armor, and the commander of the Nanzhong army actually took off the armor on his body and gave it to the division of the division. Happy to have that big mouth almost grinning to the back of his head. Hurriedly untied the saber under his side and gave it away.

After nightfall. Both sides pretended to rest calmly, and the soldiers and horses with white flags quietly sneaked into the village and picked up the dozens of defeated soldiers with red flags. Transferred to the direction of Xiongzhou, he was in the middle of the night at the third watch, the rank of the person, the war horse took off the luan bell, the four hooves were wrapped in rags and grass, and several officers on the way to withdraw also recalled the delicious canned meat provided by the South Central Army, looking at the direction of the South Central Army in the east, muttering to themselves.

"When you see this group of Nikans in the future, be sure to do a good job of searching their backpacks. There seems to be a lot of good stuff in it! ”

The half moon was in the air, and he watched with interest as the two teams that were still swearing during the day to explain that they had been fighting early quietly retreated.

Ah Shan and Tang Chang didn't expect that their meal of wine would cause a big psychological shadow to the red flag.

After these people returned to the Xiongzhou camp, they only mentioned a little about the fact that Zhengbai Qi saved their lives, but in their own camp, the main topic was that Zhengbai Qi and the Southern Barbarians drank wine and ate meat together, exchanging armor and weapons!

The rumors gradually began to spread from the red flag, from a few cans and a few flatbreads for a few people, a captain and a share of the jade to exchange armor and weapons, and gradually evolved. When the army withdrew to Shenyang, Niu Lu, who had become a Zhengbai Banner, ignored the friendly army, and talked with the Nanban, and the two armies mixed together to drink and eat meat, and the Nanban sent thousands of armor, swords, and guns to the Zhengbai Banner!

This is a later story, press not table.

"Go again! Be sure to check the details of this Ming army to this king! ”

No matter how much he gloated in his heart about the damage to the two Khalama with the red flag and one of Abatai's bulls, Azig, as the commander of the army, was responsible for this military operation to enter the pass.

"Ah Shan, this mission is done, I will protect you in front of the emperor and promote you to Jia Lazhangjing!"

July of the ninth year of Chongzhen. Outside the town of Hexiwu.

"Go back and tell your grandfather, send more lime! We've got this stuff to work for! ”

Huang Yishan faced Li Shoubei in Hexi Wu Town, as unceremoniously as if he was reprimanding his own son.

After the end of the war that day, after learning about the military situation, Shouhan gave him a piece of military merit and let him leave happily. Since then, the entire town of Hexi has changed its face to the Nanzhong Army. However, officials were still reluctant to let the Nanzhong army enter the city, on the grounds that the city was too small to accommodate a large army. In fact, I am still worried about the military discipline of the South Central Army, generally speaking, the discipline of the teams that can fight is not good, and of course, the discipline of the teams that cannot fight is also not good.

At present, dozens of villages in the vicinity have been turned into places used by the South Chinese Army to resettle refugees, and many villages have been looted by Jiannu and officials and soldiers, and have become a ruin. It is just right to house the refugees who were rescued from Jiannu.

Although reluctant to allow the army into the city, the local officials and the squires who fled into the city were happy to comply with the demands. An army that can kill thousands of Jiannu (including those clothed Ahba) in one battle and make such a great achievement, and have a good relationship with them, will not suffer!

Soon, the garrison escorted the convoy to deliver more than 100 limes. Along with it, there were dozens of pigs and sheep and more than 100 jars of wine. More than 20 drummers blew and beat and sent them to the front of the camp.

For the thoughts in the hearts of these people, Shouhan and his cadres can also guess seven or eight times out of ten, not only wanting to get a piece of the pie from the military exploits of the Nanzhong Army, but also afraid of being blackmailed by the army.

However, in the face of the squires and elders who came to the army with a large number of pigs, sheep, wine, meat and property from nearby cities and villages, Shouhan was still very concerned. Whenever these people came, Shouhan would personally receive them and comfort them.

Then, he arranged for someone to take them to visit the thousands of Jiannu heads, and the mountains of seized armor and material banners.

A large amount of lime was requested from Hexiwu. It is used to process these heads.

At the time of processing. He also deliberately let the fathers and squires who came to the labor army nearby to witness such a scene.

A group of soldiers of the Nanzhong Army, with the assistance of the people, covered their mouths with scarves on their mouths and carried axes in their hands, and beheaded the corpses one by one. From the countenance, teeth, and mouth of that head. Face shape, braids. The squires could confirm that these were genuine slaves without a doubt.

I saw those soldiers of the Nanzhong Army treating the corpses of Jiannu one by one like pigs and sheep, waving the sharp axes in their hands. The crumbs of meat flew in all directions, and blood splattered everywhere, so frightened that the squires could not help but cry and vomit from the ground.

"The country has such a strong army, and the court has such a good general, it is really the ancestors who are blessed, and the country is lucky!"

The old gentlemen's faces were pale with a little flush, and they tried their best to calm themselves, and the praise poured into the officers and men of the Nanzhong Army like a tide.

Cast it with peach and plum to repay it with Qiong Yao.

Shouhan held a banquet in the camp to entertain the elders from all over the country, and inadvertently revealed some good things during the banquet, such as cotton cloth with exquisite textiles comparable to Songjiang muslin, glass hydrangea lamps and other things.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Shouhan had to be a fortune boy again, and each squire sent two fine fine cloths and a glass hydrangea lamp. He also took out some jewels and other things from the seized property and gave them to the fathers and elders, and each of them gave another mule to walk on his behalf, which made the old gentlemen very thankful.

"Gentlemen don't have to be like this, the guards are in a hurry, and there is a war, if the gentlemen want to find these things to use in the future, they can go to Longsheng in the capital, where these items are sold."

After an interesting show off, Shouhan also counted the first level of military merit clearly.

A total of more than 6,000 heads were killed! Of course, there are more than 3,000 of them who are characters like Baoyi Ahha, and the rest are the heads of the two Jiala and one Niu Lu and the various soldiers and the strong, divided into Pashiku, Niu Lu Zhangjing, and Jiala Zhangjing! Driven by the public opinion created by Shouhan, the news of the great victory in Hexi spread rapidly on both sides of the canal and in the Gyeonggi area.

The first to arrive was the soldiers and horses of Jizhen.

Along the canal, Wang Desheng Qianzong, no, Wang Desheng guerrilla, currently leading the way, Jizhen General Zhang Shixian came to visit.

Then, Yutian Town and other ministries also sent envoys to visit.

"My lord, we should report directly to the capital. Otherwise, these ruffians will devour our credit. And if there are more soldiers and horses, we will not be able to show our merits! ”

After sending away the envoys of the officers and soldiers who had come to fight the autumn wind, several officers worriedly went to the Shouhan tent to discuss matters.

In just a few days, many names have appeared around the camp of the Nanzhong Army, such as Jizhen, Yutian Town, Xuanzhen, Xuanfu Town, and Datong Town, and the generals have ranged from general soldiers to guerrillas.

These Qiu Eight Masters are not effective in fighting, and their ability to sharpen their heads and find cheap everywhere is first-class.

Taking Zhang Shixian's general army as an example, in just five days, he came three times, and each time it was a very high-sounding reason, such as thanks, labor troops, and watching the appearance of your army. However, the number of people brought in was more and more each time, the first time they came, only brought hundreds of families under the leadership of Wang Desheng, after eating and drinking, each of them also got a reward of two silver dollars and some other canned dry food and the like, so the second time it skyrocketed to nearly 1,000 people, and the third time it reached more than 1,500 people! Almost all of his men and horses are going to the Nanzhong Army camp to join forces.

"My lord, it is also a huge expense to throw away these guys who have come to eat white food, and those refugees we have rescued from the hands of thieves and slaves. The subordinates calculated that according to the calculation of one pound of rations and three coins of oil and salt per person per day, these more than 20,000 people also need to spend more than 20,000 catties of grain and a lot of oil and salt every day! ”

An Jiahe, who managed the baggage, was very sad to report the accounts to everyone and Shouhan.

"Now our daily consumption is almost the usual consumption of three days!"

In addition to the consumption of the Nanzhong Army itself, there are more than 3,000 refugees rescued from Zhengbaiqi, these people because they participated in the war in Hexi, they enjoy a lower food than the auxiliary soldiers, but it is also a life where the staple food tube is enough every day, and there is meat and oil.

Nearly 1,000 people stayed in the camp every day to enjoy the sumptuous lunch and dinner of the South Central Army.

In addition to eating and drinking, the generals of the towns also have another purpose that is not easy to talk about.

Acquire the first rank of military merit!

"According to the reports of the sentry guards in various camps, these inland officers and soldiers privately bought from our soldiers those thieves and slaves, and the price of those who built slaves and real slaves was fifty taels, and the price of the Mongols was also thirty taels, and the heads of the white-armored soldiers were doubled, and the heads of officers at all levels were doubled on the basis of the white-armored soldiers. A flag was sold for ten taels, and a set of Jiannu's armor, swords, and guns was also priced at twenty taels! ”

If it weren't for the fear of the fighting power of the South China Army that could wipe out thousands of Jiannu in the first battle, these generals would have started to rob them a long time ago.

When Wang Desheng was about to encounter the Nanzhong Army, and made a big show of the strong combat effectiveness of the Nanban, his colleagues and commanders all scoffed at their words, and now there is an army that can destroy a Zhengbaiqi Niulu Jiannu in a battle?

However, when they saw those Wang Desheng who either secretly cut it down, or the military merit heads, banners, armor, swords and guns that the Nanzhong Army gave him, the generals of Jizhen believed that this Wang Desheng's luck was really good!

When the officers of Jizhen came to the camp of the Nanzhong Army in a hurry, what shocked them the most was not the equipment strength of the whole army in armor, not the adequate food treatment of each person every day, but the more than 6,000 Jiannu heads that were processed with lime and salt and hung on a wooden frame to dry! The Jiannu head with an extremely terrifying shape of a cracked mouth is extremely rare on weekdays, not to mention thousands?!

The thousands of heads hanging on wooden shelves and fluttering slightly in the wind are the best testimony of the strength of the South China Army!

As a result, the soldiers and horses of various families have made an attempt to buy the military merit head with silver money.

After listening to the complaints of his subordinates, Shouhan also took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer.

"I also have an offer here, you can take a look."

a set of armor is one hundred and fifty taels of silver, a long knife is fifteen taels of silver, and a spear head is twelve taels of silver; The big Buddha Lang machine is 800 taels of silver and a door, and ten rounds of medicine are given.

This was a contract signed between the commanders and lieutenants of each town and Shouhan to purchase all kinds of military equipment in Nanzhong, ranging from 3,500 to 7,800 sets.

"They think it's these weapons and armor that we rely on to win the war!"

Shouhan sneered. (To be continued......)