The big man on the black horse is Monk Zhang, who was born as a thief, and the woman on the red horse is naturally the red lady.

The two horsemen swept in front of the cavalry formation like the wind, only to listen to the sound of instigation, Monk Zhang first released the arrow, the arrow wrapped in stone cloth and the arrow shot at the red lady with a terrible roar of lightning, the red lady urged the horse to fly, the graceful body on the horseback weirdly leaned back, can avoid the blunt arrow!

Monk Zhang secretly screamed that it was not good, and when he was about to pull the bow again, it was too late.

With a piercing scream, a blunt arrow had already shot at his chest, and the white lime cloth wrapped in the arrow expanded rapidly in Monk Zhang's eyes, too fast, he didn't have time to react at all, just listening to the servant's voice, this blunt arrow had already hit his breastplate.

A huge force came from his chest, and Monk Zhang's mountain-like body fell off the horse's back, landed on the grass and slid dozens of steps away, making an unkempt and gray-headed indigenous face, but he couldn't help but scream secretly in his heart, thinking that this delicate little lady was indeed powerful.

The red lady turned around and slowly paced to Monk Zhang's side, Monk Zhang quickly got up and said sincerely: "Red Shuai has superb riding skills, excellent archery skills, and is willing to bow down!" ”

The red lady looked indifferent, and suddenly raised the treasure carving bow in her hand.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The Henan cavalry who witnessed this scene roared at the same time, and the loud roar was about to shatter the sky.

In the crowd, Li Hu's eyes shrank suddenly, the prestige of the red lady in the Henan army is getting higher and higher, originally the soldiers of the Henan army obeyed her because she was Li Yan's widow, but now, the soldiers of the Henan army obeyed her because of her charm, Li Hu suddenly found that the red lady's ability to command and train the troops was still above Li Yan!

Li Hu felt despair from the depths of his soul, if he continued like this, he would forever lose the opportunity to become the commander of the Henan Army, and he would always lose the opportunity to hold the beauty!

Suddenly, Li Hu felt a pair of cold TV eyes fall on his face, and when he looked up urgently, he saw that the red lady's cold eyes were staring at him for a moment, the gaze was so cold that Li Hu almost screamed, but fortunately, the red lady quickly looked away.

More than a dozen female soldiers who were also wearing red suits galloped out of the cavalry, cut a beautiful semicircle in the wilderness, and finally gathered behind the red lady, the red lady nodded indifferently, and one of the female soldiers immediately raised a black flag in her hand, the autumn wind was fierce, and the black flag suddenly unfolded in the wind......

"Hah!"

"Drive!"

"Drink!"

In the shouts one after another, 40,000 Henan cavalry rode out at the same time, and in less than a moment, they gathered into a sea of cavalry, and the moving horse heads almost covered the green wilderness, and the red lady and more than a dozen personal soldiers behind him looked around, and the field of vision was in addition to cavalry or cavalry.

The cavalry gradually accelerated, and soon turned from trotting to galloping, and the sound of tidal hooves swept away in an instant, and even the ground beneath their feet began to tremble slightly.

A gust of wind blew, the stunning scarf on the red lady's head was scraped away, and the black hair was suddenly spread out, fluttering in the wind, the hair was black and bright, soft as silk, full of the softness of the female surname, but the eyes of the red lady were as cold as two pieces of ice, which made people tremble!

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Jining, Shandong General Army.

There is a large basin of half-baked braised pig's trotters on the huge case, as well as a jar of Shaoxing old wine, the scar face is feasting according to the case, the lady is singing a little song with the pipa in her arms, the red apricot is wearing a light veil, twisting the thin waist is dancing in the signing room, the scar face is with two wives, and it is said that the child is very moist.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, only the general soldier and above can carry his family members with the army, and the scarface with Jiao Niang and Hongxing stationed in Jining is also allowed by Wang Pu.

"Come, Hongxing, come over and drink a bowl together."

Scarface raised the wine bowl in his hand and beckoned to Hongxing.

Hongxing stepped on Miaoman's dance steps, like wearing a colorful butterfly and came to Scarface's side, and then twisted her ass and sat on Scarface's legs, her arms wrapped around Scarface's thick neck, and said in a flattering voice: "Master, the slave family wants you to feed." ”

"Okay, I'll feed you, hehe."

Scarface laughed, picked up the wine bowl and sent it to Hongxing's mouth.

"Hmm." Hongxing shook her head, blocked the wine bowl with her hand, and said coquettishly, "The slave family wants the master to feed it with his mouth." ”

"Good, good! Hahaha. Scarface was in a good mood and laughed, "You scratch your hooves, you just have a lot of tricks, and Lao Tzu likes it." ”

After that, Scarface took a big sip on the wine bowl, and then leaned in front of the red apricot's mouth, mouth-to-mouth, and smacked the red apricot's fragrant tongue after the wine was finished, and a pair of big hands touched the red apricot's body, and after a long time, Scarface smiled and asked Jiao Niang again: "Jiao Niang, do you also have a mouthful?" ”

"Phew." Jiao Niang took a bite of Scarface, and said angrily, "The slave family doesn't want it." ”

Just as he was laughing, the voice of the captain of the pro-soldier suddenly sounded outside the signing room: "Report!" ”

Scarface was stunned for a moment, and quickly patted Hongxing's buttocks, Hongxing Shi Shiran stood up and turned behind the screen with Jiao Niang, Scarface reached out and wiped his mouth, and said loudly: "Come in!" ”

At the door opened, the captain of the personal soldiers walked in proudly: "General, Nanjing Flying Pigeon Legend!" ”

"Huh?" Scarface's heart jumped, and Huo Ran got up, "Nanjing Flying Pigeon Biography?" Where is it? ”

The captain of the pro-soldier took out a small roll of paper from his pocket and solemnly handed it to Scarface, who took the paper roll and carefully unfolded it, and couldn't help but change his face after looking at it hurriedly: "His grandmother's, is Jiannu finally coming?" ”

"Jiannu?"

The captain of the pro-soldier also changed his face greatly.

"Go." Scarface touched his freshly shaved bald head and said loudly, "Immediately send out fast horses and summon Wang Huzi, Hai Mazi, and their men and horses!" Jiannu is coming, don't worry about cleaning up those dogs. ”

"Yes!"

The captain of the pro-soldier saluted Scarface and took the order.

Following Scarface stationed in Jining is a mixed battalion, two sentry musketeers, one sentry cavalry, and two sentry pikemen, because they are left behind, and do not need to attack, so they are not equipped with baggage soldiers, these 5,000 men and horses are all from Datong at the beginning, and they are veterans in the Central Army.

After the Central Army returned to Nanjing, Jiannu also withdrew to Yanjing, but Scarface was not idle, and he set his sights on the Han and Han lackeys in Shandong.

Taking advantage of the fact that Jiannu was busy cleaning up Jiang Jian and others and had no time to take care of the gap in Shandong, Scarface left a sentry pikeman to defend the city, and the rest of the two sentry cavalry and two sentry musketeers were all dispatched, and even Jinan City was defeated, and the Jinan prefect and a group of subordinate officials who surrendered to Jiannu were all lit with sky lanterns, and all the family properties of officials of all sizes were confiscated!

When the news spread, the prefects of Yanzhou, Dongchang, Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou were greatly frightened and went to the table to report to Dolgon, but at that time, Dolgon was busy suppressing the rebellion of Jiang Zhuo and others, where could he take care of the provinces in Shandong? Since then, the two prefectures of Yanzhou and Qingzhou have been broken one after another, and the Qingzhou prefect led the officials to surrender on the night of the city's break, but the result was still lit by Scarface!

When Wang Pu sent a flying pigeon to inform Scarface that Jiannu was about to go south, Wang Huzi and Hai Mazi were attacking Liaocheng with two sentinels, and Jiannu was not a joke when he went south, just with Wang Huzi and Hai Mazi's two sentinels, he was afraid that it would not be enough to even stuff Jiannu's teeth, Scarface did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered to shrink his troops to defend Jining, waiting for Wang Pu to lead the central army to come to reinforcements.

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Nanjing Imperial Palace, Wenhua Palace.

Sun Chuanting said: "Wang Pu, you don't have to worry about the food and salary this time, no matter how much food and how much money you want, my father will raise it for you." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Qian Qianyi echoed continuously, "What is in the treasury right now is silver. ”

Lu Daqi also said: "Grain is not a problem, if the grain stocks in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces are not enough, they can be transported from Liangguang." ”

"That's enough." Wang Pu hurriedly said, "The grain stocks in Zhejiang and Zhizhi provinces are enough. ”

Lu Daqi asked: "Master Hou, how many central troops do you plan to dispatch in this decisive battle?" ”

Wang Pu replied without hesitation: "Three musket battalions, three baggage battalions, one artillery battalion, and two battalions of the water division are nearly 40,000 people." ”

"Huh?" Lu Daqi lost his voice and said, "Isn't there an army of 120,000 in the Yanziji camp, why does Master Hou only bring such a small number of soldiers?" ”

"yes." Qian Qianyi said without worry, "This decisive battle is related to the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, Master Hou, is it a little less to bring only 40,000 horses?" ”

Sun Chuanting also said: "Son, my father knows that the musket battalion of the Central Army is powerful, but Jiannu is not good at stubble, you only take 40,000 people to fight against Jiannu and Mongolia's more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, is it too big?" If this is defeated, the Ming Dynasty may be doomed, and it is not a joke. ”

"Dad, two elders, don't worry." Wang Pu said solemnly, "Of course, there is a reason why I only brought 40,000 horses. ”

Indeed, Wang Pu only led 40,000 people to the expedition, which was by no means underestimating Jiannu, let alone arrogant, but a decision made after careful consideration!

Although the current Central Army has only three musket battalions, plus the first musket battalion stationed in Wuchang, there are only 20,000 people, and the rest are still cold weapon troops, but it is an indisputable fact that the Central Army has completely gotten rid of the cold weapon combat mode, since Wang Pu set up the musket battalion, every war is the musket battalion singing the leading role, the spear battalion and the baggage battalion playing a supporting role, and there are few opportunities to directly participate in the war.

In view of this, it is no longer necessary to go to the battlefield with a huge auxiliary army, and the three musket battalions are grouped together and lined up in a dense firing queue, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, it is enough to deal with hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry!

Because the musket team of the Central Army can be lined up in a dense firing queue, but the Mongolian cavalry cannot be arranged in the same dense cavalry formation, therefore, even if the Mongolian cavalry occupies an absolute superiority in strength, it cannot be brought into play, and the maximum number of troops that can be put into attack is one or two thousand cavalry each time!

Although Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is much more powerful than the Mongolian cavalry, the strength is limited after all, and there are only 20,000 cavalry at most. What's more, the Central Army also has an artillery battalion, and the firepower of today's artillery battalion has been greatly enhanced compared with the beginning of the year!

Jiannu really dared to fight a tough field battle with the central army, Wang Pu couldn't ask for it, so there was no need to engage in a roundabout side attack, and there was no need to make any horse plague, and he directly dealt a heavy blow to Jiannu from the frontal war, even if Jiannu did not destroy the whole army, his vitality should be greatly damaged, and when the time comes, it will be easy to recover Yanjing, and it is also possible to march into Liaodong.

Unless Dolgon is an idiot, Jiannu will never go head-to-head with the Central Army, and Jiannu's wisest strategy should be to use the super mobile cavalry to trap the Central Army in Jining City, and then try to cut off the canal channel to make Jining an isolated city, and then slowly consume the Central Army!

This is also Jiannu's consistent trick, when the original attack on Songshan and Jinzhou, Huang Taiji also did this, Dolgon's vision is still above Huang Taiji, of course, he knows that the era of Jiannu's invincibility in the field is gone, and the long-term siege has become the magic weapon that Jiannu relies on to defeat the enemy!

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Swallow Rock Camp, school field.

In the sound of hurried horses' hooves, more than a dozen fast horses rushed into the gate like a gallop, straight to the big school field, the wind and smoke were billowing, and the horses on horseback were Wang Pu and Lu Liu, and more than a dozen cavalry soldiers, the young lady who dressed as a man and Kou Baimen were also among them, as a security secretary, Kou Baimen of course had to be the same as the young girl, and followed Wang Pu every step of the way.

"Appeal ......"

Wang Pu slowly drank the war horse, and Tang Sheng, Huang Degong, Shi Lang and other generals on the school field had already run to meet him.

Tang Sheng ran and stood still, saluted Wang Pu with a loudspeaker, and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency the Governor, the second infantry battalion, the third infantry battalion, the tenth infantry battalion, the first baggage battalion, the sixth baggage battalion, the seventh baggage battalion, the artillery battalion, the first battalion of the naval division and the second battalion of the naval division have all assembled, please instruct!" ”

Wang Pu returned a military salute on horseback and said loudly: "Take a break!" ”

"Yes!" Tang Sheng responded violently, ran back to the front of the queue, opened his throat and shouted, "All of them...... At ease! ”

"Take a break!"

"Take a break!"

"Take a break!"

The squadron leaders who stood in front of the queue issued military orders one after another, and nearly 40,000 soldiers skimmed their feet at the same time to take a break.

Wang Pu's legs lightly grabbed the horse's belly, and the mount under his crotch shook off his four hooves and slowly moved forward, and when he was about to pass by the infantry queue of the Central Army, Tang Sheng kicked the ground with his right leg, and at the same time howled loudly: "Salute!" ”

"Horn!"

There was a loud sound of kicking the ground on the colonel's field, and the soles of 5,000 hard cowhide boots stepped on the hard bluestone slab ground at the same time, and the sound was terrifying, and more than 5,000 officers and men of the first battalion of the Central Army had raised their right hands in unison and rested on the brim of their hats to salute the supreme commander Wang Pu.

Wang Pu tilted his head slightly, staring straight at the neat and murderous soldiers of the battalion, and a trace of imperceptible coldness flashed from the depths of his eyes, what is the iron-blooded army? This is the Iron Blood! With this iron-blooded army, why worry about the immortality of Jiannu? Dolgon, you're dead!

(To be continued)