Chapter 125: The Han Army has short legs

Although he felt that he had been deceived by Burhan, Liu Dingchen still appeared on time the next day in the first position on the left hand side of the Qinzheng Palace, which made a stone hanging in Burhan's heart fall to the ground. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is true that Liu Dingchen did not want to leave, but with a hero like Burhan, even without his help, he will definitely be able to win the Central Plains in the future, and in ten years, the Central Plains will be full of wars, and the world is so big that there is no place for him to stand. After thinking about it, it is better to stay by Burhan's side, not to mention being in a high position, but also for the sake of his own children, and he can also plan for the people of the world and persuade Burhan to kill less.

Therefore, he still went to court and was more active than before.

Although he stood on top of the court, he was still very worried in his heart, afraid that his identity as a Jinyi guard would affect his status, but he didn't expect that Burhan actually did nothing, and even the position of the cabinet leader of his internal guard mansion was still held by him. Wasn't Burhan afraid that he would share the information of the Hechiti tribe with the Ming court? But Burhan said, "If you want, then I have no secrets from you." ”

Just this sentence made him completely dispel this thought, and the posture of the lord of Burhan was even worse, which made him act more rigorously, and as for the Jinyi Guard, he also appropriately severed the connection. It's enough to be a disloyal and unrighteous person once, if he is a two-faced person again, then how can he still have the face to face the kings and ministers of the Hechi Ti Ministry?

For this reason, Liu Dingchen has recently stopped participating in the trivial affairs of the tribe, but has devoted himself to the work of the Inner Guard Mansion, because Burhan ordered that this year is very important for the Hechiti Department, and the intelligence collection of the surrounding forces should be strengthened, and the information should be summarized and reported every day. It's just that Burhan has been particularly busy recently, not only being responsible for the issuance and circulation of silver coins, but also paying attention to the process of recruiting the Han army.

Silver coins are a bit better, they are abundant, beautifully worked, and of good quality, and they are loved by business travelers, and as soon as they are issued, they are quickly circulated in the market. In particular, Burhan persuaded the merchant groups of Piwu and Alimu that the settlement of transactions must use silver coins minted by the Hechi Tibu to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Within a month, everyone from the nobles to the common people accepted the novelty of silver coins, and slowly became proud of the use of silver coins, which was indeed something that Burhan did not expect.

And it will be more troublesome to recruit the Han army. At first, those Han people were very unenthusiastic about joining the army, and in two months, they did not even recruit a thousand people, let alone the establishment of three battalions. Later, Burhan simply imposed a requirement that every adult male between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five of the people of the tribe of the Khedanti tribe must serve in the army for two years, during which time the family tax would be halved, failing which he would be deported. If they were expelled from such a good place, they would lose a fortune. As soon as the people were combined, they also joined the army one after another, and this matter was resolved.

Today, Liu Dingchen had an urgent matter, but he couldn't find Burhan, and when he inquired, he learned that Burhan had gone to inspect the Han military camp again.

The Wolf Cavalry garrison outside the riverside city. In the early years, in order to attack the sleeve department, the dragoon army was expanded into three battalions, and later the soldiers and horses of Sunang Taiji were incorporated and the tiger cavalry army was expanded into three battalions. Now there are two more battalions of the Han army that will be incorporated into the China Guards and the Wolf Cavalry respectively, not to mention that the strength of the Wolf Cavalry has increased greatly, and even the China Guards of Burhan's relatives have two battalions. Burhan also gave them a particularly domineering name, and the guards gave the name Xiao Cavalry Battalion, which was led by the former guard commander Saqibeli, and there were eight sage generals under the command of China. Now they are all grown up, and they have also withstood the test of war, becoming part of the new generation of generals of the Hechiti tribe. And the Han military camp was named Jianrui Battalion, which was led by the upstart Li Tongfan, and there were many new generals such as Gangster Tonga and Yile Te, and their strength should not be underestimated. The main purpose of coming here today is to observe General Guo Wei's military training method, so that Li Tongfan can study and study hard, as a guard pro-army, even the wolf cavalry army can't be compared, then it's a little too much, right?

As soon as he entered the barracks, he heard the sound of shouting and killing, and the entire Han military camp was divided into several phalanxes, and he was practicing slashing and slashing techniques.

Burhan raised his horsewhip and pointed at the Han army in front of him and asked, "They are only new recruits who have just been in service for three months, what do you think?" ”

Burhan originally asked Li Tongfan to come to study today, and every day he let the Han troops of the Jianrui battalion ride wooden donkeys and horses, which makes people anxious.

Li Tongfan said solemnly: "Great Khan! Although these soldiers have only been in service for three months and have not yet seen blood, they already have a faint momentum, and if they walk around the battlefield, this temperament will inevitably turn into murderous aura. ”

Although it is only a few sentences, it sums up the temperament of these soldiers very well. Burhan patted Guo Wei on the chest with his horsewhip again and said, "General Guo Wei is indeed worthy of being the best soldier in my Hechiti Division!" In just three months, the Han military camp has changed, Li Tongfan, you are far behind! ”

Burhan's praise of Guo Wei is also encouraging Li Tongfan, and Li Tongfan should be repeatedly, "General Guo Wei is the old superior of the humble general, and the humble general is ashamed of himself when it comes to training!" ”

Regarding the praise of the Great Khan, Guo Wei hurriedly said: Don't dare! Can't! Burhan liked his unarrogant and impetuous nature. This is why after Burhan succeeded to the throne, he desperately suppressed Kali and reused Guo Wei. Kali has a fiery temper and is easy to be proud, and can be a general but not a handsome.

This Li Tongfan is also a good seedling, originally wanted him to succeed Kali in the dragoon army, but later considering that he was young and senior, and Kali was not easy to arrange for a while, it was delayed. But now it seems that this little guy should really have more experience in the future, especially to study hard with General Guo Wei, so that he can take on a big responsibility.

Seeing that Li Tongfan was soft, Bourhan thought that he could really change his mind and train the Jianrui battalion soldiers well, but he didn't expect the kid to change his words and say, "But! General Guo Wei, the last general has a somewhat immature idea to discuss with the general. ”

"Oh?" Guo Wei was not the only one who was interested, Burhan also squinted his eyes and waited. Li Tongfan was a general who went out of his Han military camp, the two were quite familiar, and Guo Wei valued him very much, and he had named this person in front of Burhan several times, and now he challenged Guo Wei again, and the young man's aggressiveness should not be erased.

Guo Wei raised his hand and signaled, "Please!" "This simple action alone is quite Confucian.

Li Tongfan was naturally not polite, and said, "General! The last general watched you train the troops, obviously to use it in practice. Now there are three battalions of the wolf cavalry, two of which are cavalry, which are full of combat power but insufficient defense. The Han army of this battalion is divided into three types of arms, pikemen, sword and brand players, and crossbowmen. Obviously, the general wanted to make this battalion of Han troops a shield for the wolf cavalry army, so as to make up for the lack of defense of the wolf cavalry army. ”

After Li Tongfan finished speaking, Guo Wei nodded and said, "Not bad!" General Lee has good eyesight. Sweat! The advantage of the Han army is that it is proficient in battle formations, and the Mongolian cavalry is heroic, but the dismounted foot battle is not as good as the Han army. On this steppe, the cavalry of our Chiti division galloped, but this kind of infantry combat was also needed as a strategic defense. For example, resisting the enemy's assault on the main formation and buying time for the encirclement of the large army is widely used in most battles where fewer wins are more. ”

People from professional backgrounds are different, and Burhan knows very well that Guo Wei has been specially trained to deal with the war between the Hechiti and Tushetu Khans, and he is not comparable to other generals.

But Li Tongfan bluntly stated his current shortcomings: "Has the general ever thought that even if the Han army has amazing defense and is proficient in battle formations, once it can't keep up with the army, how can it deal with itself?" ”

Hiss! Guo Wei gasped, and only then did he realize that he had mispositioned. Just like in the war between the Ming army and the Mongols, they could only rely on the battle array of the city to repel the Mongol army, but they could not gather and annihilate it, and the slightest carelessness would wipe out the entire army. The reason for this is that on the one hand, the Ming army lacked cavalry, and on the other hand, the Ming infantry had short legs.

Burhan also had some feelings when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: It turns out that this kid also values the defensive ability of the Han people, and he thinks more long-term than Guo Wei, no wonder he hasn't moved at all for three months, just practicing basic skills such as horseback riding? The reason is here? Burhan was overjoyed, this general was not mistaken.

After Guo Wei's brief surprise, he immediately said to Burhan, "The minister wants to congratulate the Great Khan, and I have another general who can take charge of the army alone." Ha ha! ”

He said this not only for the Hechi Tibu but also for the Han community.

And Li Tongfan is not arrogant or impatient, this looks very much like Guo Wei, and he is worthy of being the first to come out of him. The accompanying generals were also happy for the wonderful debate between the two, they benefited a lot from this trip, although there was no Han military camp under their hands, but if they could cooperate well with the wolf cavalry, then it would be easier to grab combat merits in future wars, so this kind of battle mode is what they valued.

Just as Burhan and the others were about to leave the camp, dust was flying in the distance. Fast horses are absolutely not allowed to gallop in the barracks of the Hechiti Division, but when they saw the signs of the Inner Guard Mansion, the sentry posts along the way were allowed to pass in advance.

Burhan looked at it intently, the leader of the team was actually Liu Dingchen, and his whole butt couldn't stay on horseback for even a second because of the bumps, and the expression on his face after turning over and dismounting also attracted ridicule from everyone.

At this moment, Liu Dingchen's face was anxious, painful and uneasy, and Kali quipped: "Lord Zuo Xiang, what's wrong?" Could it be that the butt pier is blooming? Ha ha! Kali often joked about Liu Dingchen in this way, because he was thin and had no flesh on his buttocks, and every time he rode a horse was a torment.

And Liu Dingchen said before he could catch his breath: "I'm not joking with you. Then he took out a secret letter from his sleeve and said, "Great Khan! The Neiwei Mansion is in a hurry, and it is the hair from Liaodong that came over. ”

"Oh?" Burhan grabbed it, and after a quick reading, he took the lead in stepping on the war horse and said, "Let's go!" Deliberations in the Diligent Palace! After speaking, he galloped on the gallop with the guards, leaving only the ministers who were still smiling, and Liu Dingchen thought with a bitter gourd face: Hey! and again to sin.

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