Liu Xingzuo's current official rank is quite long - the young master of the crown prince, the marquis of Dingbei, the commander of the Nuergandu Division and the general manager of the march of the Beishan Road.

After receiving the military order from the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army for 800 miles, he was a little incoherent with excitement: "Quick, that Xingxian, during the time when I led the troops to Tatar for my brother, Nuergandu Sike will be handed over to you."

Hurry up, order someone to invite Xia Ezhe, Wang Haojie, Meng Fanxing, and Liu Hang to see Bendu! ”

For the first time, Liu Xingxian objected to his eldest brother's opinion: "Big brother, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies said that it was right to transfer troops, but you are the chief of the march of the Beishan Road of the Commander of the Nuergan Metropolitan Division, and it is not appropriate to personally lead the troops to Tatar, right?" Otherwise, it's better for me, the younger brother, to do it for me! ”

Liu Xingzuo squinted his eyes and smiled: "The military order said that Nuergandu was ordered to send 100,000 elite horsemen to Tatar as soon as possible, but nothing else was said!"

Also, don't have the idea of taking troops to Tatar, I still want to go! ”

Liu Xingxian and the other brothers didn't speak, just quietly watched Liu Xingzuo himself there and was ecstatic.

After a long time, seeing that no one answered, Liu Xingzuo seemed to have just come back to his senses, and asked curiously: "What are you all still doing here?" ”

Liu Xingxian sneered: "Your shameless appearance makes me deeply admired!" ”

Liu Xingzuo said with a dark face: "What is a shameless appearance?" The Governor felt that the military orders of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies were like a mountain, and he personally led the troops over, is there any problem? ”

Liu Xingxian said: "No problem, this has nothing to do with shamelessness, I just said that you are too shameless." ”

Liu Xingzuo's tone was full of threats: "Don't think that if you are my own brother, I won't beat you with military law, what kind of crime is it to despise Shangguan, you also know!" ”

Liu Xingxian didn't take Liu Xingzuo's threat to heart at all, but sneered: "Hehe! ”

While several people were mocking each other, Xia Ezhe and others, who were not far from Liu Xingzuo's Nuergan Command Envoy, also rushed over.

Before the people came in, Xia Ezhe's hearty laughter came first: "Oh, Governor Liu summoned me to wait over, I don't know what to order?" ”

Liu Xingzuo sneered and said, "It's not good, can you Xiahou Ye come?" ”

Xia Ezhe, who had already walked into the lobby, arched his hand towards Liu Xingzuo and said with a smile: "I know that you Governor Liu is particular and righteous, there must be something good to call me here, right?" ”

Liu Xingzuo snorted and said with a smile: "The Governor's Office of the Five Armies ordered your subordinates to send 20,000 people to go to Tatar with them, as for these 20,000 people, they can be strong herdsmen who know how to ride horses and shoot arrows, and there are no regulations for the rest." ”

Xia Ezhe asked curiously, "Tatar? What's the matter? Don't you want to kill all those Tatar barbarians?

Zi said: Barbarians, beasts! Today's lurking and tomorrow's rebellion are all human-faced and beast-hearted, so it is difficult to be virtuous and easy to subdue.

A barbarian like this is good to be dead! Governor Liu rest assured, this time I, Lao Xia, personally brought 20,000 elite horsemen over, and I will definitely arrest those Tatar barbarians to repair the railway! ”

Liu Xingzuo looked at Xia Ezhe with a confused expression, thinking to himself which one had said these words? Lao Tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Han Feizi, it seems that they haven't said it, right?

Could it be the Lu Zi or Zhou Zi that His Majesty always said? Or did you make it up in the summer?

After being stunned for a long time, Liu Xingzuo said: "No, this time I went to Tatar not to fight, those Tatar barbarians have all surrendered!" ”

Xia Ezhe was also stunned: "Zi said, I will save my body three times a day." Could it be that those barbarians have realized their mistakes and changed their ways?

In this case, we still have to give them a chance, Zi said: There is no class in teaching. Since those barbarians have repented and surrendered, they can be allowed to build railroads to atone for their sins.

However, what are the governors of the five armies doing with us? ”

Liu Xingzuo couldn't help but stroke his forehead with his hand, and fell into a state of contemplation - how did a good barbarian become this virtue?

Liu Xingzuo, who couldn't figure it out, simply didn't think about it anymore, but said directly: "The military report of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies said that the barbarians surrendered 400,000 at one time, which made the Northern Expedition army a little insufficient.

Now not only us, but also the three customs and all parts of the customs have to send guards over to facilitate the escort of these barbarians into the customs to build the railway. ”

Xia Ezhe nodded and said: "That's how it should be, these barbarians work hard, so that they can wash away their sins as soon as possible, and how good it is to be an upright person." ”

Meng Fanxing, who had been acting as the background, couldn't help but be a little excited and said, "Your Excellency the Governor summoned me and others here, is he planning to transfer me and others to Tatar?" ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded and said, "Are you going voluntarily or not." After all, the situation on the Tatar side is different from that of Nurgandus and Liaodong, and the risk of you running there is much greater than it is now. ”

Meng Fanxing, Wang Haojie and Liu Hang glanced at each other and said with a smile: "What we do, which one is not tied to the waistband of his trousers, it is better to go back to farming and watch the baby as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "Then it's decided, you all prepare to prepare when you go back, set off tonight, travel on a light horse, bring weapons and necessary food and water, and the rest of the things can be thrown here temporarily." ”

Xia Ezhe, Meng Fanxing and others no longer had polite manners with Liu Xingzuo, and after saluting, they took their leave and went back to pack their equipment.

……

Moth Batur finally slowly reined in the reins of his horse and looked behind him.

The losses this time were too great, and the wives and children of these leaders were arranged in Hang Aishan, and there was enough distance from the battlefield to ensure safety.

However, a considerable part of the family members of the soldiers were lost in the capital, and it is estimated that there is no hope of returning.

After composing himself, Mothbatur looked at Balsborough and asked, "Now that the situation is like this, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Balsborot said: "Great Khan, I remember that there is a sentence in the Han book, which is called Bao shame and shame is a man.

A temporary defeat is not a big deal, let's regroup our troops and horses after we go back, and not fight the Ming army head-on, but just keep harassing them, which is enough to hit them hard! ”

Moth Batur nodded, agreeing with Balsborot's statement.

The two people he relied on the most were Balsborot and Batu Menck.

In the previous big battle with the Ming army, it was the strategy proposed by Batu Mengke to divide the two wings into heavy troops to guerrilla the Ming army.

But the result?

The strategy of dividing the left and right flanks to attack the Ming army with guerrilla attacks would have failed, but Batu Mengke, who commanded the army on the left, had already run away!

This is a naked betrayal of yourself!

However, Balsborought proposed that the two wings should not be divided too many troops, and then things did develop as Balsborough expected, and the fate of the two wings was really a bit miserable.

In the current situation, it is indeed as Balsborough said, and then gathering a large army to fight against the Ming army is purely to seek death.

It can be judged from the situation of the army on the right that the cavalry of the Ming army is not weak, and the road where the Ming emperor personally led the troops to pursue also confirmed this.

Although I don't know whether the dog emperor gave up the pursuit because of something bad, it will definitely not be good.

As for the army in the middle lane, there is really nothing to say, and the overwhelming artillery fire alone is enough to make people despair.

It is better to gather a large army and disperse to fight with the Ming army.

If the Ming army dispersed its forces, the threat of artillery would be minimized or even negligible.

If the Ming army does not disperse its forces, then it can bite them to the death, tearing a piece of flesh off them while they are not paying attention.

No matter how strong the Ming army is, can it be more familiar with this grassland than himself? Just dragging them can drag them to death!

And the Ming army is not like himself, there are tribes behind him, there are cattle and sheep, and there are mare's milk, in short, it is very simple to survive.

But what about the Ming army?

Everything in the Ming army has to rely on logistical supplies! Not just ammo, but food!

From the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the grassland, how much grain and grass will be consumed along the way? Did they drag it out?

Glancing at Balsborough with appreciation, Moth Batur smiled: "Then let's do it, let's go back and study the division of troops, keep attacking the Ming army, and don't fight with them!" ”

Balsborot bowed and said, "The Great Khan is wise! ”

The wise Moth Batur had run away with the only remaining 90,000 horses, and now he had to hurry back and find a way to replenish the food, grass and soldiers.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was still in the vicinity of the capital, was very painful.

In the more than 20 days of waiting for Liu Xingzuo and others to bring troops over, Emperor Chongzhen first experienced strong winds, and then heavy rains.

But when Liu Xingzuo rushed to the capital with more than 130,000 horses, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stopped worrying.

After ordering someone to roast the whole sheep, Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Aiqing has been in Nuergandusi for many years, are you still used to it?" ”

Liu Xingzuo arched his hand towards Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is in Nuergandusi, everything is fine, but the winter there will be colder, and the rest is nothing."

However, the soil there is so fertile that almost all of it can be oiled! ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile and said: "Liaodong and Nuergan have always had few people, and there is almost no consumption in terms of land power.

What about the people who went to Liaodong and Nuergandusi? Are they all used to it? ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "Back to Your Majesty, the people are still used to it, spring, summer and autumn are no different from my Ming Dynasty, only in winter, the people will return to their homes to nest in winter, and the fire will be hot every day."

In general, as long as you prepare more food at home in the winter, there is no problem if you don't go out. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled: "It's the same, with the fire kang, who wants to go out of the house and freeze?"

By the way, what about the edges? If there's anything new, tell me about it. ”

Liu Xingzuo pondered and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many new things or anything, but Your Majesty's palace has almost been built, and it is expected to be completed before the autumn of this year." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was in a mood now.

Your own palace, completely your own, is finally going to be completed?

According to the saying of what is dried to remove formaldehyde in later generations, my palace will be able to move in next summer?

This can be there!

But after thinking about it, this whole world is your own, what is a mere palace? It's nothing more than that in the summer, you can take your wife and children over to escape the heat.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen lost the interest of continuing to ask the palace, and instead turned the topic to Dolgon and Bumu Butai: "How are Dolgon and Bumu Butai?" Or rather, what happened to those Jiannu now? ”

Liu Xingzuo pondered and said: "Your Majesty, Dolgon has been elected as the new Great Khan, and now he is also known as the puppet emperor, and he is attacking the north with the remnants of Jiannu.

It's just that the Mao Nu in the north is not easy to get along with, the two sides have won and lost each other, and the damage is not light. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said: "It doesn't matter who is seriously injured or who is lightly injured, anyway, they are all barbarians, it's good to die, whatever." ”

Liu Xingzuo said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and now the remnants of the Dolgon Department have retreated back to the vicinity of the Wudi River.

According to Wechen's estimates, Dolgon's men are likely to launch another offensive against Maunu to the north before the end of autumn. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Go back and let people get in touch with Dolgon, I have a lot of swords and other equipment now, you can consider selling some to them."

Of course, it is impossible to give for nothing, and I think that exchanging a Mao slave for a sword is a very reasonable price. ”

Liu Xingzuo said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, now these Jiannu don't even have craftsmen who can make swords, and they can still rely on seizures to win and defeat with those Mao slaves, if these Jiannu get my Daming's sword?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "Let them win, let them win, it doesn't matter."

Ai Qing has been in Nuergandu Division for a long time, and a lot of new equipment has not been distributed yet, so it is normal not to know these things.

Let's put it this way, although my current soldiers are still equipped with swords, they are more still firecrackers and artillery, and the use of swords is not very great.

As for letting Jiannu get the sword, Aiqing doesn't have to worry about it.

How far is the effective distance of the sword? The distance of three feet is up to the sky, but the guns and artillery are not only a matter of three feet, but also three feet. ”

Liu Xingzuo sneered at this time: "It's Weichen who is confused, please forgive your majesty." ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "When I have time to go back, I will order the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Jinyi Guard to cooperate with you to do this." ”

The roasted golden whole sheep was brought up, and Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Don't talk about it, try the roasted whole sheep here first, it's really good." ”

It's just that the Jinyi Guard, who came in a hurry, broke Emperor Chongzhen's good mood.