Outside the gate of the new palace of Qichun Garden, one of the three gardens of the Old Ming Dynasty, it is now completely under martial law. The official road outside the palace gate was full of gray-uniformed troops, all of whom carried foreign guns and bayonets on their shoulders, standing still in the hot July sun. In front of each team of infantry, there were officers with foreign swords, all of them were in high spirits, and their eyes were all in the direction of the palace gate.

Five gilded Western carriages drove out of the palace gate in turn, and in front of and behind the carriages, there was also a group of brightly clad guards cuirassiers, which attracted the envious eyes of the infantry.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, long live! Banzai! Hooray! ”

The infantry on both sides of the official road all shouted in unison. In one of the five gilded carriages, it was Zhu Jishi, the son of tomorrow. He was going to Chengde Summer Resort.

After being an emperor for a few years, he has long been accustomed to this kind of big scene, and Emperor Zhu sat in the carriage at this time, without even pulling up the curtains. He just concentrated on talking to a Ming army general with the rank of general across from him.

"Breaking the army, how comfortable has Sichuan been in the past few years? Can there still be war? ”

This general turned out to be Han Si Han Pojun, who first followed Zhu Jishi, and now he is the rank of army general, or the title of Duke of Guiguo, and he was still the governor of Sichuan before, which can be regarded as a high authority.

"How can you not fight?" Han Si smiled heartily, "Your Majesty, the last general in Sichuan has been in Sichuan for a few years, but I am looking forward to leading troops out of Qishan (Liupan Mountain) day and night." It's a pity that Hong Xiuquan and Yisu are both eggless guys, and they don't dare to offend the emperor's dragon power at all. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled, and Han Si couldn't get a fight, and he blamed his "Longwei" for being too scary. It's a pity that the way he opens his teeth and claws can only scare Hong Xiuquan and Yixi. The Russian tsar was not afraid at all.

He smiled faintly: "Since you can still fight." Now is your chance. To be the commander-in-chief of the Prairie Legion, do you want to do it? ”

As soon as he said this, Han Si's face burst into laughter. The Prairie Legion, it sounds like it's very powerful! After this battle, it should be possible to be crowned king, right?

"Your Majesty, this steppe legion ...... How many people are there? ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand! There were 3 mounted infantry corps, 3 light cavalry divisions, and a Mongol ranger group. Other than that. The 40,000 Japanese samurai I had hired were scattered and incorporated into it. ”

"Those who trained on the Horqin steppe?" Han Si's level, of course, is aware of some news, "How long have you been practicing?" Can such cavalry work? ”

"Cavalry? The time of cavalry is over! Breaking the army, this army I gave you is a horse march, but the battle is mainly on foot. ”

"Ride a horse and march, dismount and fight......" Han Si seemed to be a little surprised, and paused, "Your Majesty, is that guard cavalry for me?" ”

"Of course not, without the Guards Cavalry, what will I do to scare the Mongols?" Zhu Jishi said with a smile. "And those Arabian horses eat so well that the grass on the Mongolian plateau can't feed them."

"So...... Emperor. Where is the Steppe Legion going to be used? After listening to Zhu Jishi's words, Han Si already knew that the Dao Grassland Legion must be used for expeditions.

"Xinjiang, Central Asia, Kazakhstan and, possibly, Western Siberia. In short, far away. ”

Zhu Jishi hugged his arms, leaned up his neck and said with a smile, "Old Han, the 150,000 army will be handed over to you, now imagine that you are Genghis Khan and Batu, if they have such a steppe army and an opponent like the Russian Empire, how will they fight!" ”

Han Si frowned, and said in his heart where did he have such a ability! This battle sounds a bit clueless.

Zhu Jishi looked at Han Si who was frowning with a smile, it was still too easy for this Da Ming to get up. Both the Manchu and Taiping Heavenly Kingdoms were too weak, and the Ming army had never encountered a decent opponent, so they could not train truly powerful generals. This Han Si can be regarded as a general among the dwarfs, I hope that after this battle with Russia, the Ming army will have a few more generals!

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Just when Zhu Jishi took his guards and a few favorite concubines, important ministers, oh, and the French princess Mathilde left the Old Summer Palace to go to the summer resort in Chengde. More than 2,000 miles to the north, in Tengger City, the clarion call for the assembly of troops has sounded.

The trumpets were four long and one short, and they were to mobilize all the cavalry. Although the two corps stationed in Tengger City are both infantry corps, there are still six cavalry regiments belonging to the division and two cavalry regiments belonging to the army, and four of the cavalry regiments are scattered as scout cavalry to search for traces of the Eight Banners at the southern foot of Mount Kent and the area around the Orkhon River. This morning, a small group of cavalry brought back the news that a large group of Eight Banners Horse Team had crossed Mount Kent and headed south!

Luo Junqi immediately felt the seriousness of the matter, although he didn't know how many "Eight Banners of the Brigade" there were, but he couldn't let them run rampant in the Khalkha Mongolian steppe, right? He is not worried about the logistics line connecting Tengger City and Zhangjiakou, what can't 32 castles and 10,000 guards cavalry deal with? But the Khalkha Mongol Khans are now rebuilding, gathering the scattered herdsmen and re-establishing their own royal cities on the steppe, oh, now called the provincial capital. If at this time, which of the sweat tribes who had just recovered some vitality encountered these Eight Banner bandits, I was afraid that they would be slaughtered clean, right?

"Marshal, the Manchurians are here to plunder the livestock population! I think that's how they weakened the former Ming back then! Miao Peilin is familiar with history books, and naturally has studied several important reasons for the "Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty". In his opinion, the biggest reason is that the Manchu Qing Dynasty gained a large amount of population and wealth by entering the customs and looting several times, and at the same time, through massacres and robberies, the national strength of the former Ming Dynasty was seriously weakened!

"Lose your mother!" Luo Junqi cursed and immediately ordered the assembly of four cavalry regiments. He has been the commander of the Northeast Army for several years, and of course he knows the "bad deeds" of these Eight Banner soldiers, and the collective farms in the Northeast have not been attacked by them! A few of them were broken, and all of them were killed! Of course, it was more that the Eight Bannermen left a corpse in front of the collective farm, or that the Bannerman's walled city was broken by the retaliating Ming army......

"Luo Shuai, the grassland is such a boss, how can our four regiments of cavalry find traces of the Eight Banners Horse Team?" Li Wenmao, commander of the 15th Army, studied cavalry at the Ap Lei Chau Military Academy, and knew that the Dao horse team was very easy to maneuver in a wide range of open terrain.

"And the four cavalry regiments are too few, but more than 2,000 cavalry, in case of encountering the enemy's brigade, I am afraid that it will not be able to eat."

The establishment of cavalry regiments is on the small side, generally without battalion level, and directly under the jurisdiction of six to eight companies, each cavalry company is 90 cavalry. Moreover, the number of cavalry units attached to the infantry is even smaller, and now the four cavalry regiments in Tengger City are only more than 2,000 people, and the horses are enough, there are nearly 100,000 horses, but most of them are pack horses.

"What then?" Luo Junqi asked rhetorically, "Are you just watching the Eight Banners scattering wild on the Mongolian steppe?" Now the emperor can lead the Mongol Great Khan! ”

Li Wenmao's expression was a little heavy, the Mongolian steppe was too open, and it was summer again, it was the easiest time to get food, and it was too easy for the thousands of Eight Banners horse team to hide their tracks. They simply can't be found with 2000 cavalry, unless they come out on their own. However, with 2,000 light cavalry, even if the Eight Banners Horse Team came up, it might not be able to move.

"Why don't you attack the Buying and Selling City!" Li Wenmao said suddenly, "This Eight Banners horse team that rushed to the Mongolian steppe must have come from the trading city, and it must be elite. In this way, the troops of the city will definitely be weaker, which is conducive to our siege. ”

"But we only have 2 armies in our hands, and we have to leave at least one division to guard Tengger City." Luo Junqi frowned and said, "And Tengger City has not been fully completed, in case it ......"

Li Wenmao laughed: "Luo Shuai, let's be too careful this time, we have 2 European-style infantry troops in our hands!" Still afraid of Yixin's Eight Banners? Anyway, I have confidence in the officers and men of the 15th Army, one division is more than enough to defend Tengger City, even if Muravyov takes out his 10,000 Maozi soldiers, he can defend it! I'm afraid he won't be willing to give up, he still has a whole East Siberia to defend! ”

Luo Junqi nodded: "That's right, not only do we have a bunch of jars and jars, but Lao Maozi also has them!" The order was given, the Fourth Army was all dispatched, the Fifteenth Army left one division to defend the city, and the rest were all dispatched!

We're going to buy and sell now!! (To be continued......)