Morgeng stood up abruptly and looked around.

The night has not yet completely receded, and although the east has revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, it still looks a little gloomy when looking into the distance. Mo Ergeng vaguely felt that Fang had just heard something, but he was sure that he hadn't fallen asleep during the night, so the sound might have been blown by the wind breaking a tree branch.

According to the will of Tiancong Khan before this expedition - no, now it should be called the will of His Majesty the Emperor, all the looting gains, those who shoot and those who stay behind must have a share, so it is also a good thing to be able to sleep here, so as not to go to the wind and dust.

If it were his younger brother Sitku, I'm afraid he would feel that he had lost the opportunity to make a contribution. Young people are like that, they always feel that they can do anything, and they were the same more than ten years ago.

"Morgeng, blow the horn and let them all get up!"

He heard the order of Zalan Zhangjing behind him, Mo Ergeng grabbed the horns of the ox and blew out a whining sound, and after a while, the people living in the village came out one after another, and under the orders of various Niu Lu Ezhen and Dadan Zhangjing, they began to form a team.

Since the establishment of the Eight Banners system of Nurhachi, these Manchurians have been soldiers for the people and out of the country, and they have to perform the skills of riding and archery and fighting every time, so everyone is brave. Even if you are out on an expedition, as long as you are stationed and resting, you will have to perform. Compared with them, on the contrary, the Ming army's current performance is in vain, and the Ming army is not only inferior to the Eight Banners in terms of individual combat effectiveness, but also far inferior to the Eight Banners in terms of the combat effectiveness of the team that the original farming nation is best at.

Looking at those Jianyu riding and lining up quite formally, Yu Guozhen, who was lurking, was slightly awe-inspiring in his heart. Although Huang Taiji was already furious at the fall of the Eight Banners at this time, on the whole, the Eight Banners still maintained their traditions.

Thinking that less than forty years later, in the rebellion of the three feudatories, this army was already useless, and had to rely on the green battalion, Yu Guozhen's heart was even more vigilant. The lesson of the rise and fall must be remembered, although the new Xianghuwei is now disciplined, but as the territory under his control increases and the number of people increases, there will come a time when he can't fully take care of it.

Therefore, it is necessary to draw up a restraint system in advance, and the training and employment of troops must have a direct bearing on the promotion of officers, and a perfect system of rules and regulations, coupled with the corresponding appraisal and restraint mechanism, should be able to control the decline in combat effectiveness to a certain extent.

Thinking of this, Yu Guozhen made a retreat gesture towards everyone.

After moving away from this village, he said in a deep voice: "Huo Yan, you really found the big fish, Jiannu actually left all the cannons here!" ”

"I really don't know what it means to build a slave, there are cannons that don't need to be used, but they are all piled up here." Huo Yan was affirmed by Yu Guozhen and was also very excited.

"Presumably to speed up the march, they didn't even use cannons in Kebaodi and Dingxing." Yu Guozhen pondered for a while: "It's just that there are thousands of prisoners in the village, and it is extremely difficult to attack, so you have to think of another way." ”

"Touch it in the night and burn it down." Tian Boguang said.

"I think it's better to keep an eye on it, Jianyu will definitely not use the cannons, when the Jianyu attack the city, the cannons will definitely be mobilized and come out of the heavily guarded village, and there may be a chance at that time."

"If Jianyu mobilizes artillery, he will inevitably send many sergeants to escort him, how can he give us a chance?" Tian Boguang shook his head and said: "Attack at night and leave with one blow, this is the best way." ”

What both of them said made sense, and Yu Guozhen hesitated for a while. In the case that it is impossible to find a squad to build a captive to attack, attacking the opponent's artillery team can indeed greatly damage the enemy. But if he had to pay extremely heavy casualties, it would never have been possible.

After discussing for a while, both sides presented their own reasons, but neither could convince anyone. Yu Guozhen also hesitated in his heart, and at this moment, he heard a voice sound.

"Actually...... Why do you have to fight Jianlu's artillery team, why do you have to fight Jianguo at this time? ”

It was Ji Yan who spoke, his current position was equivalent to Huo Yan, and this time he went north, the head of the family guard with Yu Guozhen was the master, except for Qi Niu and Tian Boguang, Huo Yan and Ji Yan. In Yu Guozhen's mind, although these two people are not as mature as Tian Boguang and them, as long as they go through a second war or a second century, they can be promoted.

When he said this, Yu Guozhen was slightly stunned.

"What do you mean by that?" Tian Boguang and Huo Yan said in unison.

Ji Yan was suddenly a little embarrassed, and when he saw Yu Guozhen smiling at him, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Although we are here to protect the country and the people, we don't want to fold all our capital into it." Didn't the officials say at the beginning, let's fight if we can fight, and leave if we can't, and never fight for a moment. Since we don't have a chance to take advantage of it now, why do we have to do it now? ”

"So you mean to say that you don't care about these cannons?"

"It's just that this time we will bomb it, and Jianyu will not attack the city? If these cannons were so important, they wouldn't have been put here! ”

"But we have to fight the ......."

"If you want to fight, you have to fight, but you don't have to fight now, and you don't have to fight here. There are no opportunities here, we can look elsewhere for opportunities. ”

Yu Guozhen smiled dumbly, and found that he was really too persistent, and almost lost his heart, but fortunately, Ji Yan's words reminded him.

He shouldn't have been obsessed with temporary gains and losses, not only the cannon of Jiangu, but also the Jianyu itself who entered Gyeonggi!

His strength in the Beijing division is obviously insufficient, but Jianyu's troops are concentrated here, in this case, why do he use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths? Could it be that he really wants to show himself in front of Chongzhen and work hard for this self-righteous emperor?

Even if he saw that the people of Gyeonggi were suffering and couldn't bear it, he stepped forward at this time, and he could only save what he could save, but he couldn't stop the general trend. Now, he has only one choice, which is to retreat!

Retreat is not to escape, but to change the battlefield!

Thinking of this, his thinking suddenly broadened, why did he only think of looking for the main force of Jianyu to fight in Gyeonggi, the capture of Jianyu was to be sent to Liaodong, then there would inevitably be people left north of the Great Wall. And there are only a few openings out of the Great Wall, and the people who answer it will not be too many in order not to let the Ming court pay attention in advance!

"Let's go, go back to the Divine Horse Workshop!" As soon as he thought of this, Yu Guozhen immediately made a decision.

"Won't fight?" Tian Boguang and Huo Yan were both a little depressed.

"Of course you have to fight, but not here...... Let's go back and renegotiate. Yu Guozhen's eyes were blazing: "I want to look for Mr. Zhang, there are some things that must be dispatched by Mr. Zhang!" ”

Tian Boguang and Huo Yan glanced at each other, both feeling a little frustrated, the two of them argued for a while, but the result was that Ji Yan was cheaper.

At this time, they did not know that after this difficult choice, Yu Guozhen had made another breakthrough in the strategic layout, no longer confined to the part, and in the tactical design, there were often unexpected moves.

Zhang Chi followed Yu Guozhen to Gyeonggi this time, and he was really emotional.

He learned to ride a horse when he was under Shi Kefa's curtain, and he thought that he was also proficient in horsemanship, but after following Yu Guozhen and them for a while, he couldn't stand it anymore and could only stay on the bank of the canal. This time, seeing Yu Guozhen and them returning empty-handed, without any gain, he knew that the trip was not smooth: "Yu Gongzi returned with all his divisions, it was a great victory, and the enemy was outnumbered, so he should protect himself." ”

Yu Guozhen laughed: "Mr. Zhang, this time Yu has asked Mr. Zhang." ”

"Oh?"

"Mr. Zhang has been in the curtain for more than ten years, and I heard that friends are all over the government and the opposition, Yu wants to ask Mr. Zhang who is more familiar with the civil officials and military generals in Jizhen, I want to find a real power official who has the courage to do things and dares to fight with the Tartars, and can mobilize troops. I want to trouble Mr. Zhang to persuade him, and ask him to send troops to go out with me. ”

"What?" Zhang Chi was stunned when he heard this.

At this time, shouldn't he be looking for fighters in Gyeonggi, how could he think about getting out of the fortress?

"Gyeonggi is a big captive, although Azig is arrogant, but the march is quite cautious, my troops are weak, and there is no help, it is difficult to fight with it, so I want to go to the outside of the fortress." Yu Guozhen said: "Jianyu is used to cutting off the way back of my army's grain, this time we will cut off his way back!" ”

"This ...... What's going on? ”

Yu Guozhen thought that Zhang Chi was not good at military strategy, so he knew that he was a little anxious, and immediately explained: "Do you remember the Jiao Yubiao that was captured? ”

"Remember, remember." A hint of disgust appeared on Zhang Chi's face.

Not only did he remember, but he also knew that this Jiao Yubiao, this person and another person surnamed Shen Wenkui and Qingyuan were both from Shangyu, and like him, he was also a staff master, traveling around. It's just that these two traveled to Liaodong together, and Chongzhen was captured by the Qing soldiers in Zunhua in the second year, and since then they have served the Manchurians. Zhang Chi had previously learned from Luo Hui, a staff member of Wuwei Zhizhou, that Shen Wenkui was very valued by the Emperor Taiji, and the news obtained from Jiao Yubiao's mouth confirmed this, just this year, after Huang Taiji became emperor, he appointed Shen Wenkui as a bachelor of Hongwen Academy.

It's just that Jiao Yubiao really has no skills, and even the captive chief can't look down on him, and he can't be reused on the Tartar side, so he invited himself to be Azig's guide, but because the horse's fart was too disgusting, he was sent to Yibai by Azig.

"Jiao Yubiao once said that Jianlu went south this time, and every flag drew an official, and every Niu Lu drew a soldier, hidden under the Great Wall, ready to receive prisoners." Yu Guozhen said: "In this way, the number of prisoners who will be accepted will not be too much!" At this time, there were only more than 300 cattle records, of which there were only about 200 pure Manchurian cattle records, and each cow recorded one person, but only more than 300 people. Even if there is a slight discrepancy, it will not be able to deal with thousands of enemies!

Yu Guozhen had not thought in this direction before, because these people who responded were outside the Great Wall, and killing them would not improve the situation in Gyeonggi. But now that he has stepped out of the framework of the Gyeonggi battle and considered the entire battle situation, it will be different. These receivers must have had some way of keeping in touch with Azig's army, either as messengers or as internal annihilators, and if Azig learned that the receivers had been defeated and understood that his retreat was unsafe, his will to continue plundering in Gyeonggi would be shaken, and perhaps he would have withdrawn early.

Moreover, without the person who responded, Azig carried a large amount of looted property and people out of the customs, and his actions would be affected, so he gave the Ming army brigade a chance to pursue!

(To be continued)