From February to May of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the front line in Liaodong was quiet, and the Ming army and the Houjin army were at peace.

The contest in the shadows was not idle, and in Ningyuanxi, the reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance of the "Red Banner Army" and the Houjin Army were in full swing.

On a towering tree, an observer of the "Red Banner Army" wearing a fishnet-like costume covered with leaves looked into the distance with a clairvoyant mirror, and several scouts below were on guard around him, and after a while, the observers on the tree gestured.

The scout who answered read it, and it was the observer who noticed several suspicious people quietly approaching the woods, three miles to the northeast.

Soon the news was quickly conveyed through sign language, and the scouts arranged nearby knew that there was an enemy sent to the door, and they were stealing fun one by one.

The "Red Banner Army" was the defending side, counter-reconnaissance within its own line of defense.

There is a pioneer in arranging the battlefield in advance, a clairvoyant mirror that can observe from a distance, a tacit understanding of conveying military information in flag and sign language, strict anti-reconnaissance regulations to guide operations, and an absolute numerical superiority.

Jiannu's sentinels crossed the defense areas of Jinzhou, Songshan, Tashan, Xingshan, Dasheng Fort, Dading Fort, Jinchang Fort, Shahe Fort and other defense areas garrisoned by the Guanning Army, and went deep into this place to basically send them to death.

The seven Jiannu thought that their whereabouts were secretive, and when they could predict that they were passing through a sparsely wooded meadow quickly, they were really seen by the Ming army observers on a large tree about four miles away using a clairvoyant mirror.

When the ignorant Jiannu quietly advanced for three or four miles, suddenly a net bounced on the ground, and a Jiannu was hung high in the air and swayed from side to side, while more than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired at close range, and the remaining six people almost didn't have time to make any tactical moves before they fell down and bled profusely.

In the end, the Jiannu who was captured alive couldn't stand the inhuman torture to extract a confession, and told everything he knew, and even confessed to stealing his sister-in-law.

Jiannu's spies climbed deep into the mountains and crossed the dense forests on foot and were unable to infiltrate the "Red Banner Army" deployment area.

It is a pity that dozens of Jiannu sentry cavalry just approached the actual control area of the "Red Banner Army" and encountered several times the cavalry interception, the front team and the squadron were immediately surrounded, and the rear team of more than a dozen horsemen saw that the situation was not good, and they were also shot by the Ming army's light cavalry musketeers for a round of shots, causing the four to fall off their horses.

The current "Red Banner Army" has light cavalry, this is because Huang Han found that if the cavalry musketeers use cold weapons to fight, the duel with the skilled Tartars and Jiannu is basically to death.

Therefore, they were not equipped with heavy armor, let them go into battle lightly, give better play to their riding advantages, form a fine style of fighting and running, and block the serpents and Tartar cavalry to win the time for the musketeers and light cavalry to reload and generate guns, which is the job of the cold weapon heavy cavalry.

The musketeers and light cavalry were not completely devoid of combat effectiveness, and now they all received sabers, and the sabers with steel gauntlets were three feet five inches long and weighed three pounds and eleven taels, similar to the standard sabers used by the British cavalry in World War I.

Light cavalry does not win by strength, and neither can their defenses, so it is necessary to make the most of the flexibility of light equipment to kill the enemy.

They didn't need to exert much effort to kill the enemy with their sabers on their backs, and as long as they swiped with their hands, the enemy who was slashed through their bodies would lose their lives.

Because they don't have armor, it's important to train them to swing their sabers to block oncoming arrows when galloping.

After the scout battle that took place within thirty miles of Ningyuan City, the Jin army did not get a bargain once, resulting in Jiannu not knowing anything about Ning Yuanxi.

For the sake of safety, Jiannu gave up sending men and horses to attack and harass, because they realized that the "Red Banner Army" was not easy to provoke, and it was impossible to retreat in Jinzhou like the Guanning Army and let the Dajin Army enter and leave freely.

The Jiannu also knew that in case they crossed Jinzhou, Tashan, Xingshan and other castles to attack Ningyuan and were beaten by the "Red Banner Army", it would not be easy to safely pass through Songshan, Dashengbao, Dadingbao and other Guanning military defense areas after losing the battle.

The Ming army beat the water dog, and everyone was happy to do it, because the head of the Houjin army was worth forty taels of silver, which soldier was not greedy?

The Nu Chief knew that if he wanted to go to Ningyuan again, he might have to launch a large-scale national war, and he might not be able to send three or two thousand men and horses, and the Red Gangster gradually discovered that the "Red Flag Army" was developing rapidly and its strength was getting stronger and stronger, and he felt a deep fear.

The traitors Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanme, Jiang Xin, Zhang Cunren, etc., who were familiar with the inside story of the Ming Dynasty, saw that their masters were worried about the rise of the "Red Flag Army", and they jumped out to come up with ideas during the court discussion.

Fan Wencheng admonished: "Great Khan, the minister is not secret, the Huang Han has become the target of the Ming Dynasty, he has just been robbed of the Marquis of Dongping, the crown prince and other lords by the Ming Emperor, which shows that this person has been isolated." ”

Ning Wan offered me a plan: "At this time, my Dajin Kingdom can send a messenger to send a letter to persuade him to surrender, no matter whether that Huang Han accepts the letter or not, it will attract countless suspicions. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "We have a multi-pronged approach, and then launch a detailed work lurking in the Jingshi of the Ming State to spread the rumor that Huang Han secretly contacted the Dajin State and was ready to accept the surrender of the prince given by the Great Khan, and I can't help but be secretly wary of the Emperor and the ministers of the Ming State. ”

The red gangsters are secretly arrogant, the traitors are really vicious, and everyone is good at conspiracies and tricks. Such rumors and troubles, even if Huang Han can't be killed, he will be suspicious and wary of the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom, which is really good.

The red guy said pretendically: "If that Huang Han can really be loyal to the Dajin Kingdom, I am really willing to give it to the king regardless of the previous suspicions." ”

Several traitors said in unison: "The Great Khan has a broad mind and ambitions in the world, but it is a pity that the yellow man has eyes and no beads to live up to the grace of the Great Khan." ”

The red evil said: "I have approved your Aiqing's plan, and I hope that you will work hard and strive for early success." ”

After the busy spring ploughing of the "Red Banner Army" system, there is no one to spare, because everyone is sweating in order to make life better, and the labor for the Ming Dynasty is different, a strong man will get six dollars of silver and five buckets of miscellaneous grains every month, and the food during the collective labor period is still free.

In addition, ditches, reservoirs, and irrigation wells are built so that their own and their neighbors' fields can be harvested in drought and flood, and can be able to resist general drought and floods.

The "Red Flag Army" system has achieved that the government has contributed money and grain, and the common people have contributed to jointly carry out the management of small watersheds and form an irrigation system.

When the scientific water supply and drainage system is put into use, the reservoir will provide water source for seedling protection in the dry season, and when the heavy rain is pouring down, the water can be discharged in time and the flooded seedlings can be saved.

Even if the money is insufficient, even if it is in debt for development, it is necessary to strengthen the transformation of basic farmland, and strive to ensure that the fertile land in the system can withstand a catastrophic disaster that occurs once in 30 years.