Most people just crave different levels of satisfaction, and you know, there is no one authority that can make you know yourself, and without self-knowledge, you can't get rid of ignorance and suffering.

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

Among the 100,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry of the 56 banners in the south, the only ones that can be called elite divisions are the Zhenghuang Banner under Dolgon, the Red Banner under Shulhaqi, and the Zhenghuang Banner under Murhaqi;

As for the 30,000 infantry of the Six Banners, which had been in existence for no more than two months, their combat effectiveness was almost negligible, and the reason why Dolgon and Shulhazy brought with them the slower infantry was because they needed them to serve as cannon fodder.

No one knows how many of the 300,000 Heavenly Dragon troops in the army of the Heavenly Dragons are the kind of special troops that are specially designed to deal with cavalry with red flags; if they really encounter large-scale special troops, the banner owners who have no supplementary soldiers, Beile, are reluctant to let their own cavalry under their command fight.

With Huang Taiji and his Rebuilt Eight Banners occupying the Jurchen stronghold of Mulhouse Province and Jianzhou, the new Eight Banners of Dolgon and Shulhaqi were not to be replenished from their original tribes, which meant that one of their cavalry would be one less dead.

If the 100,000 cavalry of the New Eight Banners lost a large number of cavalry in the battle against the Tianlong army, then even if they could win the victory against the Tianlong army, they would not be able to stop Huang Taiji's aggressiveness, which would also be an unsolvable dead end.

After some careful deliberation, the Red Banner under the command of Urgudai, who had no fighting spirit, was left in the stronghold of the new Eight Banners, Langxiang County, to ensure that no accidents would occur in Langxiang County, and on the other hand, to prevent Huang Taiji's sudden attack.

Among the southbound troops, the 30,000 infantry with the weakest combat effectiveness slowly walked in front of the cavalry, followed by the two blue banners of the two brothers Dudu and Nikan, and each banner had only 10,000 cavalry directly under the headquarters of Dudu and Nikan.

The 10,000 cavalry with the blue banner led by Azigebel, and the 10,000 cavalry with the blue banner, led by Duoduo Belle, were cruising on the two wings of the infantry of the Six Banners; if any infantry wanted to escape, they would immediately be punished with the most brutal punishment by the 20,000 cavalry!

Not all the young and strong dragons in Langxiang Province were willing to be the eagle dogs and lackeys of the Jurchen invaders; there were always some young men who were forcibly captured by the Eight Banners cavalry into the army, and escaping from time to time was one of their resistance efforts.

It is a pity that a two-legged infantry can outrun a four-legged war horse? Moreover, under the banner of the Eight Banners Infantry, they have not actually received even the most basic infantry training; the result of blindly fleeing is often to pay the price of their lives.

Every ten miles south of the march of the Eight Banners Infantry Army, which marched at an almost constant pace, dozens of infantrymen who tried to flee were nailed to the trunks of trees on both sides of the road by the cavalry that captured them, and allowed the vultures in the sky to eat their corpses at will.

There were 40,000 cavalrymen with two blue banners, supervising the advance of 30,000 infantry with six banners, and Dolgon and Shulhaqi in the rear did not need to worry about anything;

Dolgon and Shulhaqi, who rode side by side, in addition to talking about the situation of the Tianlong army along the way, inevitably talked about some Jianzhou Jurchen matters, for example, the death of Nurhachi and the ascension of Huang Taiji were the topics they talked about the most.

Chatting and chatting, out of curiosity, Shulhaqi asked the young and old Dolgon seriously: "Little Fourteen, if we can successfully annihilate the 300,000 army of the Celestial Dragons this time, what are your plans in the future, do you continue to go south, or go north to compete for the Khan throne?"

"Second uncle, I don't have the confidence that I can successfully annihilate the 300,000 army of the Celestial Dragons. To this, Dolgon replied with a wry smile: "Judging from the encounter between Urgudaibel and the Red Banner, the next eight or nine times out of ten will be a battle of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of yourself!"

"I don't see it that way. Shulhazy, who did not agree with Dolgon's pessimistic view, told Dolgon about his recent analysis: "After all, the 20,000-strong special force that faced the Red Banner has been almost completely wiped out by the Red Banner. ”

"Even if there are such troops in the Celestial Dragon Army, how high can their combat effectiveness be? We all know that in the past, the Draconians relied on strong cities and fortresses to resist cavalry attacks, and they definitely didn't have a long time to form this special force. ”

"This means that the scale of their special force cannot be very large, and it is even very likely that it will be formed with an experimental nature, otherwise, we only need the Celestial Dragons to form an army of 300,000, where is there still a chance for us to resist?"

Shulhazy's analysis did not make Dolgon feel at ease, but his words made Dolgon, who had always been puzzled, instantly understand one thing;

"Second uncle, I think the real reason why the Tianlong people did not form this kind of special force on a large scale is that nine times out of ten they don't know the value of this special force, but that their newly formed special force has unsolvable drawbacks!"

"What do you mean......" Shulhazy, who was a little clear, was surprised after a little thought: "The reason why the 300,000 troops of the Celestial Dragons did not take advantage of the victory to go north, but stayed in the D'Orville Gorge and did not move, is because their special troops must be there to fight?"

"That's good!" Dolgon nodded: "The special forces of the Celestial Dragons, what can really confront our Eight Banners cavalry head-on is their gun array, the more invincible the frontal gun array, the more vulnerable their wings and rear must be!"

Hearing Dolgon mention the two flanks and the rear of the gun array, Shulhaqi's eyes immediately lit up and said, "Urgudai also told me before that after his Red Banner defeated the flank of the Tianlong Special Army, he only paid the price of hundreds of cavalry killed, and easily defeated the other party. ”

"Second Uncle, let's turn around immediately!" Dolgon, who felt that he had grasped the fatal flaw of the Celestial Dragon Army, suggested to Shulhazy: "We bypass the D'Orville Gorge and attack them from the rear of the Celestial Dragon Army, and we will surely win a great victory!"

"No, Dolgon, we don't need to take a detour, for that would only startle the snake. The experienced Shulhaqi smiled confidently and said: "Let the two blue flags continue to advance with 30,000 infantry, and it is enough for our two yellow flags and the positive red flag to detour south." ”

"What a voice!" Dolgon, who understood in an instant, sighed convincingly: "It's still the second uncle!"

"Haha, how old is your kid, do you want to be better than the second uncle in everything?" Shuerhaqi, who was in a good mood, laughed and said solemnly to Dolgon: "Fourteen, if we can successfully annihilate the Tianlong army this time, the second uncle will definitely support you when we go back!"

"Second uncle, haven't you always disapproved of using force to unify our Jianzhou Jurchens, why do you still fully support me?"

"I don't agree with the use of force to unify our Jianzhou Jurchens, it doesn't mean that I don't want our Aixin Jueluo family to unify the Jianzhou Jurchens;