Even if the "Red Banner Army" sends troops to Shaanxi, without 100,000 horses, I am afraid that it will not be able to ensure safety, and if it is to fight a war of annihilation, the number of men and horses will have to be doubled.

After all, the Liukou are known as one million, the Qing army is known as one hundred thousand, the Shaanxi is more than 2,000 miles away, and there are one or two hundred prefectures and counties.

Looking at the current situation, how could the "Red Banner Army" be able to draw so many men?

When Zheng Guochang arrived, Liu Zhilun talked about the current situation.

Zheng Guochang is ten years older than Liu Zhilun, and now he can't afford to ride a horse, so he came in a carriage, so he was two days late.

He was not keen on transferring the "Red Flag Army" into Shaanxi, and always believed that his son-in-law's first priority was to level Liao in five years, and only by successfully recovering Liaodong would he not lose his trust in the world.

Zheng Guochang said bluntly: "Lord Liu, the old man thinks that since Shaanxi has been lost, it should be temporarily stopped, anyway, there are thousands of miles of red land, and the Ming Dynasty has been tired for more than ten years."

There are not many good people there, the vast majority of them are crazy rogues, and the Ming army can defend northern Sichuan, Tongguan, and the Yellow River.

As long as the general of the conquest completes Pingliao, the Jiannu and Tartars in Shaanxi will become rootless, and even if they refuse to take the initiative to evacuate Shaanxi, they may have a conflict with the Liukou. ”

Liu Zhilun nodded and said: "What Elder Zheng Ge said hit the nail on the head, it is true that he can't mobilize the 'Red Banner Army' for an expedition, as long as he fights well in Liaodong and can annihilate a large number of Jiannu and Tartars, the situation in Shaanxi will be reversed." ”

Zheng Guochang sighed: "The Son of Heaven is actually sick and rushed to the doctor, the decision-making in the past few years is really chilling, I have come to this point, and the Son of Heaven knows people unknowingly!" ”

Liu Zhilun exhaled angrily: "First there is Yuan Chonghuan, and then there is Xiong Wencan, how many Ming warriors have been broken and sunk in the sand, and how many elites of the Ming army have been buried?" Now the only way to rely on the conquest of the great general. ”

Zheng Guochang took the opportunity to ask: "The contradiction between the Son of Heaven and the general is becoming more and more intense and difficult to reconcile, you and I have special identities, in case the Son of Heaven has any improper measures, where will Lord Liu go?" ”

Liu Zhilun was silent, he had heard and witnessed it in the past few days, and he knew very well that the situation in the areas controlled by the "Red Flag Army" was very good, and so many ordinary people were able to live and work in peace and contentment, and Huang Han made great contributions.

It is inevitable that such a great talent will not be dissolved in the imperial court and be suspicious by the Son of Heaven, but without the Huang Han in the Ming Dynasty, the already dangerous situation will completely collapse, and the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species are close at hand.

For the sake of the world, Liu Zhilun made a choice.

He breathed a sigh of relief for a long time and said, "This official knows very well that the general is a human being, and he must not do anything to the Son of Heaven. But if he loses his soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be difficult to die a good death. Therefore, this official understands what he has done, and he has to send an arrow! ”

Zheng Guochang listened to these words and said, "Lord Liu understands righteousness, and the old man is polite!" ”

Liu Zhilun hurriedly returned the salute and said: "I came to Shanhaiguan after leaving the Beijing Division, and then came here through the Liaoxi Corridor, and it was thousands of miles along the way.

What the official saw was full of vitality, what he saw was the prosperity of all kinds of waste, and the ability to recruit and capture the generals and raise the people and raise troops was unmatched, and he believed that the level of governing the country and the country should also be unprecedented. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Guochang was even more excited, he grabbed Liu Zhilun's hands and said sincerely:

"You and I don't want the years to go to waste, for the sake of the country's prosperity, in order to reduce bloodshed, we must work together to strive for a peaceful transition in our lifetime, and the story of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is not impossible."

Liu Zhilun said: "This official believes that the general can treat the Son of Heaven well, rest assured, this official will firmly stand on the position of the "Red Flag Army", this is the only choice, and it is also the only way. ”

With the support of the cabinet minister Liu Zhilun, Zheng Guochang was very relieved, and after he looked up to the sky and howled, he actually sang a song of Qingpingle Red Flag, and he had the pride and ambition of the old man to talk about the madness of youth.

That night, the two ministers were both drunk and fell into the yurt.

Soon, the news of the capture of the general and the "King of Hanjiang County" was reported to the whole army by Liu Zaiqi, Jiang Xin, Ruan Dacheng and other propaganda team commanders.

After learning the news, every battalion took the initiative to hold a celebration party, and the soldiers drank and sang very happily.

Huang Han gave an additional month's salary to all civilian and military generals and soldiers, miscellaneous servants, and all those who worked in the government-run factories and workshops of the "Red Banner Army".

Everything is a floating cloud, only the salary paid to the commander is the most real, and the military and civilians in the system are even more happy.

The owners of non-government-owned factories and workshops in the system also joined in after learning the news, and they also paid the workers an extra month's wages.

The military and civilians who had received a windfall income were happy to consume one after another, and the turnover of restaurants, tea shops, and various shops reached a new high, and the commercial prosperity was being manifested.

Liu Zhilun and Zheng Guochang stayed in the army for half a month, because it was rare to encounter Huang Han personally leading the "Red Banner Army" to fight against the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, and they wanted to witness a general battle in which more than 100,000 men and horses were dispatched by both sides.

The scouts had already detected the strength of the Qing army, and Huang Han was not worried about the defeat at all, thinking that there would be no danger in bringing the two elders to watch the battle, so they let them follow the Chinese army.

Who knew that when the "Red Banner Army" lined up head-on and prepared to fight with the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry that was about to arrive at the battlefield, they only eliminated dozens of Qing scouts, and the Qing army stopped fifty miles away, and they also formed a formation.

People are more and more proficient, even Jiannu is no exception, the Manchurian cavalry refused to come to the battlefield preset by the "Red Banner Army" to fight?

Today's "Red Flag Army" is not what it used to be, and the 50,000 horses here are all first-class battalions, including the reinforced battalions of Hanzi and Yang Danian.

Due to the successful completion of the task of cleaning and conquering 10,000 households in Ordos, and because of the acquisition of tens of thousands of war horses and a lot of cavalry, Yang Danian and Fang Liandong's A battalion has increased by one cavalry and has become a reinforced battalion.

At this time, Fang Liandong led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to build a city with a circumference of eight miles at the location of the winter camp of 10,000 households in Ordos, which was more than 200 miles away from the Biaotou Pass, and 11 small castles would be built when the city reached the Biaotou Pass more than 200 miles.

Once this is done, it will be much easier to control the entire Hetao grassland.

As long as they swore allegiance to the general, the conquered Mongol tribes would not be discriminated against, they would be able to enjoy fair trade, and the thirty young men of their tribe who served in the "Red Banner Army" would be paid.

Too many Mongolian cavalrymen who still received the treatment of miscellaneous servants and auxiliaries saw the Mongolian soldiers in the "Red Banner Army" and learned about their treatment and the living conditions of the family, and everyone longed for it.

With the pursuit, there will be motivation, and the more than 6,000 Mongolian auxiliaries who fought with the army this time were highly motivated, and more than half of the dozens of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry scouts were killed by them.