Li Zicheng looked at these two messages, thought for a moment, and then wrote back to Zhou Bin and Song Wen, asking them to rush to Lanzhou to take over the third battalion of Qin Danian and the fourth battalion of Li Ji.

Now that the war in Helan Mountain has ended, the court and the thieves are dead, and it is a good opportunity for the Heavenly Mandate Army to reorganize and train.

The third and fourth battalions have already expanded their troops, and they are also training on weekdays, but after all, they are on the front line, and it is impossible for the whole battalion to be in training, so this time they will be withdrawn to the rear, so that they will have enough time to complete the training of the whole battalion as soon as possible.

Liu Yunshui's first battalion, the task of defending the city is not heavy, mainly to assist Ma Youshui, and it is a cavalry, in addition to the training, but also to let the recruits train equestrianism, and the training time may be longer.

Li Guobu basically completed the drill training, and this time he went out to fight with the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry, first, to let the soldiers increase their actual combat experience, and on the other hand, it was also to test the results of the drill during this period.

Regarding the battle report jointly sent back by Wang Junzhuo, Gao Yigong, and Li Guo, Li Zicheng pondered for a long time, but he did not reply, he had a strange feeling that something would happen sooner or later in the Helan Mountain area.

After careful consideration, perhaps Wang Junzhuo's killing was too heavy, and the Watabu tribe was only temporarily obedient to the threat, and once the cavalry withdrew, they might have a rebellious heart.

From the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it has only been a month and a half now, including the itinerary on the road...... Wang Junzhuo's body is flowing with the blood of the Mongols, and when he sees women, children, cattle and sheep, how can he not be tempted?

The time for the real battle should not be more than a month, and the entire Wata Bu Sac will be surrendered, how to look at it makes people suspicious, if it weren't for Gao Yigong and Li Guo both signing the military newspaper, he really couldn't believe it!

If the Watabun tribe did not sincerely submit, once the army withdrew, wouldn't the Han officials who remained in the area be poisoned by them?

Li Zicheng thought about it and decided to send civilian officials, but the cavalry of the three divisions would not withdraw for the time being, and when the situation was truly stable, the three divisions would gradually withdraw.

Among the cavalry of the three divisions, except for the third battalion of Li Guobu, which is Han Chinese, the main ethnic groups of the tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry are all Mongols, and now they have just changed their names.

They are accustomed to grazing on the grassland, adapting to the cold climate of Helan Mountain, and have a large number of harvests in their hands, and they can live for a period of time directly in Xitao to raise cattle and sheep.

In the end, Li Zicheng sent a message to the three flying pigeons, temporarily stationed separately in Watabu Nang, and then returned to their original stations when the situation stabilized.

The remaining strong men of the Watab Sac Department are bounded by the central part of Helan Mountain, the tiger cavalry in the south, and the wolf cavalry in the north.

The population, property, and livestock that are not needed for the time being can be escorted back with a small number of cavalry, and the part that should be handed over to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion will also be escorted back with the army.

Li Zicheng was worried that the information would be lost halfway, so he transcribed another copy and handed it over to the new Helan prefect Ren Tongzhou, and when necessary, coordinated and supervised the three departments with his own warrant.

Only three days after Ren Tongzhou left Lanzhou, Li Zicheng received a message from Gao Yigong about flying pigeons, and he was taken aback.

He hurriedly unfolded the message, only a few tens of numbers, but it made him fall into the abyss: more than 10,000 Jurchen cavalry appeared east of Wolf Mountain, and the purpose was unknown!

What are the Jurchen cavalry doing in Wolf Mountain? Isn't the old camp of the Jurchens in Shenyang? The ...... of this long journey

More than 10,000 cavalry, not a small number, definitely has a clear purpose, "the Jurchen is not more than 10,000, more than 10,000 are invincible"!

Li Zicheng muttered softly, he couldn't figure out the intentions of the Jurchens for a while, Wang Anping's Han Qing Bureau, all the people were scattered in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and he was beyond the reach of the outside of the Guan, and it was impossible to know the motives of the Jurchens.

I can only rely on my own judgment.

Li Zicheng divides things into two sides, one side is good and the other side is bad.

Thinking about the good things first, will the Jurchens come to their aid? It is impossible, there is no contact between the two sides, and there is no mutual trust, it is impossible for the Jurchens to come to reinforce themselves for no reason, and besides, they do not need the assistance of the Jurchens.

Are the Jurchens going to join forces with themselves to deal with the Ming Dynasty?

Li Zicheng still denied it, even the imperial court knew nothing about himself, how could Huang Taiji know about himself? Huang Taiji's eyes were either staring at Shanhaiguan or at Jingshi, the remote Lanzhou and Xining, which were definitely not in his eyes, and it was impossible for the Jurchen spies to come to Lanzhou to investigate.

He then made several assumptions, but rejected them all.

I can only think about the worst!

Are the Jurchens going to attack themselves? According to the above inference, it is impossible for the Jurchens to know their existence at all, so how can they attack it? No way!

In the history of later generations, every time the Jurchens knocked on the customs, except for Shanhaiguan, that is, the area of Datong and Juyongguan, it was impossible to detour thousands of miles to Lanzhou, which would increase a lot of consumption.

Every time Huang Taiji knocks on the level, he never hides and hides, he plays Yangmou, using the strong combat effectiveness and fast mobility of the cavalry to crush the Ming army alive, and there is no need to make a detour at all!

The Jurchens have no grievances with themselves, and they don't even know about the existence of the Heavenly Mandate Army, so why did they come to Wolf Mountain? Is it just about expanding the land?

Since it is not for the Mandate of Heaven Army, will it be for the Mongols?

Li Zicheng's heart suddenly flashed a glimmer of light, yes, it is the Mongolians, it must be for the Mongolians!

Huang Taiji chased Lin Dan Khan for thousands of miles, expelled Lin Dan Khan from the fertile grasslands of southern Monan, and collected Lin Dan Khan's subordinates......

In the steppe war, the Jurchens led by Huang Taiji had an absolute advantage over Lin Dan Khan, "beating the water and falling into the water", "cutting the grass and eliminating the very", "forever deciding the disaster of Mongolia", and then concentrating on dealing with the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking about it like this, Li Zicheng's heart suddenly brightened that the Jurchens' westward expedition must be for the Mongols and for Lin Dan Khan.

Li Zicheng thought of the escape of Tashhai and Huluk Zhaisang, the commanders of the left and right wings of the Chahar Department, from the big grass beach, they must have taken refuge in the Jurchens, and told the Jurchens the location of Lin Dan Khan, and the guards of Badma Doni Kuruk, who escaped from the Yonggu City of Dacaotan last time, calculated the time, he must have told the Jurchens the news of Lin Dan Khan's death.

Lin Dan Khan is dead, and all his troops have returned to the Mandate of Heaven army, "serving God and becoming a Han citizen", Lin Dan Khan's enemy is his own enemy.

Even if it weren't for Lin Dan Khan, Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji were destined to become enemies, history has changed, and he must not be the losing side.

There are no spies from the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the pass, since Gao Yigong and they have discovered the Jurchens, the distance between the two sides must not be far, even if the tiger cavalry, wolf cavalry, and the cavalry of the second battalion can be gathered and twisted into a rope, it is less than the Jurchen cavalry.

Cavalry duels on the grassland, there is no tactic, it is a hard fight to the death, many people fight and few people, the brave wins the weak, three 8,000 cavalry, can it resist more than 10,000 Jurchen cavalry?

Li Zicheng shook his head, not to mention the combat effectiveness of the Mongol cavalry, it was no longer the opponent of the Jurchen cavalry, if Li Guo's two thousand cavalry faced off against the powerful Jurchen cavalry......

Regardless of the fact that it was getting late, he immediately summoned Liang Wencheng, Shen Dao, and Guo Shijun.

At this time, it was dinner time, Li Zicheng suddenly summoned, the three of them knew that the matter was urgent, Liang Wencheng was eating, hurriedly threw away the bowl, and trotted to see Li Zicheng.

After a while, the three of them gathered in Li Zicheng's study, outside the study, Li Zicheng's personal soldiers controlled the surroundings, and no idle people were allowed to approach.

Seeing the solemn atmosphere, the three of them didn't dare to speak much at all, but just saluted Li Zicheng, and then sat down under their heads according to the usual practice.

He Xiaomi served the tea, then lowered his head and stood behind Li Zicheng, as if everything that was going to happen in the study had nothing to do with him.

Li Zicheng threw out the message that surprised him, "Everyone, this is the message I just received, you can take a look first!" ”

Liang Wencheng took a look, frowned immediately, and didn't speak, but handed the information to the adjacent Shen Dao.

There was not much text on the message, Shen Dao glanced at it, was silent, and handed it to Guo Shijun.

The study was so quiet that only the sound of breathing remained, Li Zicheng felt that the atmosphere was too solemn, only 10,000 Jurchen cavalry, did it make everyone mess up? He said lightly: "You are the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Shen Dao glanced at Liang Wencheng and Guo Shijun, and said, "Metropolitan Governor, when the Jurchens come to Wolf Mountain, are they ...... at us?"

Guo Shijun coughed and said: "The tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry have arrived at Wolf Mountain, and the Jurchens will inevitably come into contact with us, it doesn't matter whether their cavalry is aimed at us or not, the key is our attitude towards the Jurchens......"

Li Zicheng nodded, "Shijun is right, contact between the two sides cannot be avoided, unless we retreat and return to the original starting point." ”

Liang Wencheng knew that with the current strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army, Li Zicheng would definitely not back down, before sending troops to Wolf Mountain and Helan Mountain, Li Zicheng must have calculated well, although the Jurchen cavalry came a little unexpectedly, but Li Zicheng must have considered the Mongolian cavalry in Monan, so he said: "Zicheng, once the two sides come into contact, for the sake of interests, war is inevitable, what is our chance of winning?" ”

"Wen Cheng is right," Li Zicheng also nodded, "At present, the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry in Helan Mountain, plus the cavalry of the second battalion of Shuangxi, are only 8,000 people, which is less than the Jurchens, and they are guest houses...... In terms of combat effectiveness, the Jurchens are stronger, so our winning rate should only be thirty percent! ”

Shen Dao gasped, "Grand Dudu, do we have to back down?" The land that was finally obtained, and the Watabh tribe was surrendered......"

"Concessions?" Li Zicheng sneered: "If the enemy's strength is too strong, we can make a strategic retreat," paused, and then said: "In the third year of Chongzhen and the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Jurchens knocked twice and killed how many Han people?" How many Han Chinese strong men and strong women were taken captive? How much looted? We just retreat, and we can't retreat in front of the Jurchens! ”

"The Governor ......"

Li Zicheng was aroused by his generous statement, which aroused national sentiment, "Since the Jurchens are here, we have to test and teach, how strong is their combat effectiveness!" ”

The three of them discussed, and also felt that Li Zicheng was reasonable, the Mandate of Heaven is the Governor's Mansion in the world, and sooner or later he will have to make a break with the Jurchens, today is just to see how strong the Jurchens are, why the Ming and Mongolian cavalry are their defeated generals......

"Everyone, I am ready to march in person, Zhou Bin's fifth battalion and Song Wen's sixth battalion are on their way to Lanzhou, I want to see how strong the Jurchen cavalry is in front of the Heavenly Mandate Army!"

"The Metropolitan Governor is the master of the whole army, and he must not be ...... in danger"

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to stop, "Don't say it, Wencheng, immediately prepare grain and grass, Shen Dao, prepare the source of troops, in case of replenishment, I will fly pigeons to pass the book, let Zhou Bin and Song Wen speed up the march, and rush to Lanzhou as soon as possible!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor...... Be careful! ”

"I know the danger of the battlefield, and it's not the first time I've led troops," Li Zicheng said: "Three, you are the people I trust the most, the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, and I'll hand it over to you for the time being!" ”