The Tatar iron cavalry foraged for food like wolves, but in just half a month, Zhu Houzhao was connected to countless military information about the defeat of the princes' armies and even the annihilation of the entire army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

All of a sudden, beacon fires lit everywhere north of the Yellow River.

Zhu Houzhao was so worried that his hair was almost gray, and he saw that this group of steppe wolves was about to cross the Yellow River and wreak havoc south, but he had no way at all.

"I envy the era when there were trains, even if it was a steam engine train!" Looking at the half-crescent moon sprinkled with cold moonlight above his head, listening to the snoring sound in his ears, Zhu Houzhao couldn't sleep.

The road of nearly 3,000 miles, even if you break your leg, you can't finish it in a month. Now Zhu Houzhao really admires those old Red Army who walked the world with a pair of straw sandals, 25,000 miles is really a road that people can't finish in a lifetime.

After resting for three days in a row, Zhu Houzhao has been a good meat and good meal to replenish the strength of this group of people in the past three days, but he really can't eat at all, in the end he is just an ordinary person, even if he is the emperor and has mastered tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he is still an ordinary person in his bones.

After a sleepless night, Zhu Houzhao realized that he had no available personnel under him, and he was so lonely that there was no one to speak to in a difficult time.

Staying up until ten in the morning, when the morning star had not yet set in the east, Zhu Houzhao walked out of the tent and woke up all the soldiers who were still sleeping with a long roar.

I can't get out of my chest, I have a big grievance in my chest!

"Whole army! The new barracks abandoned their baggage and marched lightly with all their equipment and ammunition. The grain was escorted by the Huizhou army, but it could only be three days behind, if the Huizhou army still did not escort the grain and grass after three days of the new military camp garrison, the general was cut first! ”

After issuing a series of orders, Zhu Houzhao transferred all the four-legged creatures in the whole army and transported all the gunpowder and firearms, barely enough for the new army of 10,000 to speed up slightly.

The Tatar wolf cavalry was completely dispersed after several contact battles had achieved invincible results, and several commanders took it upon themselves to disperse their cavalry into small teams, or 3,000 cavalry or 1,000 cavalry, which were infested everywhere, and the Ming officials who went to support the capital were terrified.

After concentrating a large number of horses, the new army led by Zhu Houzhao soon reached the south bank of the Yellow River and quickly completed the crossing. At this time, the area north of the Yellow River was completely boiled and sparsely boiled, with Tatar wolf riders everywhere, and more of the Ming official army that had indeed been completely killed.

Not long after crossing the Yellow River, Zhu Houzhao encountered a group of no less than 500 Ming troops rushing in the direction of the Yellow River crossing.

"Stop!" Zhu Houzhao rushed to the front of this group of people with a horse, and the general's armor made the group of people stop quickly.

"Where are you troops?"

"Back to my lord, we followed the defenders of Kaifeng Mansion into King Qin, but before we reached Shuntian Mansion, we were killed by Tatar wolf cavalry and crushed the army. Be careful, my lord, for there are Tatar barbarians chasing us behind! ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his whip irritably, and a helpless state of mind arose in his heart. He naturally knows the combat power of the guard's army, so he can't blame anything at all except anger, after all, daring to send troops to King Qin can already be regarded as having a patriotic heart.

"How many enemy forces are chasing you?"

"Back to my lord, there are more than 300 riders!" The officer who led the army did not know whether it was a thousand households or a hundred households.

The team of five or six hundred was chased and killed by three hundred people.

When the officer saw the more than 10,000 neatly equipped troops behind Zhu Houzhao, his heart calmed down a lot, and he continued: "My lord, the villain still has a military intelligence report!" ”

"Say!"

"This gang of barbarians is obviously chasing us with a safari mentality, otherwise it would have taken only two of us or six hundred men to completely disperse us and then slaughter us completely.

Therefore, the villain thought that there must be a large army of Tatar barbarians after him, otherwise it would not be possible for them to act so willfully! ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at this low-level officer of the Ming Dynasty who was hunted down in surprise, it was hard to imagine that he could still retain such a meticulous mind in such a desperate situation, and couldn't help asking, "What's your name?" ”

"The villain Yu Dayou, the Jinjiang people (now Quanzhou, Fujian)."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a while, and it was another name like thunder, and he sighed secretly, God really treats him well, and even such a fierce man was sent to him in advance.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao realized that although this young man who looked strong was actually a young baby face, he was completely overdeveloped: "How old are you this year?" ”

Yu Dayou suddenly became anxious: "My lord, if you let the villain do this matter in the future, the Tatar barbarians will catch up!" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "No problem, a little Tatar barbarian, no matter how much it is doubled, it is not a matter of worry!" ”

He turned to a New Army officer behind him and ordered: "You lead a battalion of recruits to meet the enemy, break through two miles in two quarters of an hour and build a position, this battle is the first battle since the training of our new army, I don't want to see a single casualty, can you do it?" ”

"Yes! I can't do Liu Dafu to see you! The officer was very confident in playing the ticket, and during these days, they had been training and playing with these new types of all-firearms and equipment, and they were extremely proficient after getting their hands on them.

"My lord, there are three hundred brothers who are proficient in riding and archery on the other side, and they can still be barbarians, don't you send such five or six hundred foot soldiers to deliver food?" Yu Dayou hurriedly admonished.

"Look at their weapons." Zhu Houzhao smiled.

Yu Dayou looked at it, shook his head and said: "It's still not good, even if everyone has a bird gun in their hands, it will only be two rounds of shooting and they will be rushed in front of the Tatar cavalry, and at that time there will only be a one-sided slaughter!" ”

"I'll see if you go with me."

Henan and Hebei are separated by the Yellow River, which often floods, so large alluvial plains have been formed on both banks. But in this vast and sparsely populated era, there were not so many people to reclaim this large area of fertile land, so it was overgrown with tall trees, and Zhu Houzhao was not worried that the 300 Tatar barbarians who rushed forward rashly saw the 10,000 troops stationed on the bank of the Yellow River hesitating.

After the two of them walked slowly, the six hundred soldiers of the new army had already built the most basic infantry position out of stones, mud and trees, and quietly disappeared in the forest.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao was quite satisfied, no matter what, the new army he trained already had the capital to dare to fight with the grassland iron cavalry.

Ever since gunpowder was turned into a long-range weapon of destruction, the cavalry was destined to disappear into the tide of history.

"Tartars of the steppe, come quickly!" Zhu Houzhao, who was watching the battle, roared loudly in his heart.