Zhou Huchen had only seen so many troops in front of Ningwu Pass, what was the scene of 400,000 people?

You can ignore nothing but the army.

He Tengjiao rode a war horse and ran over with great vigor, this gray-haired old man was very strong, and Zhou Zheng's face was very serious, seeing Zhou Huchen and Zhu Dadian, he began to shout while dismounting: "How far did Jiannu run out?" Zhu Yanzhi (Zhu Dadian's words), you lost too quickly! This is Zhou Xiaohu, right? ”

Zhu Dadian said with a dark face: "Jiannu has been on the run for six days, I am defeated quickly, are you running fast?" ”

The two imperial feuds seem to be very familiar, and the relationship must be good, as soon as they meet, they begin to expose each other's shortcomings, Zhou Huchen can't participate in this matter, he obediently clasped his fists and saluted: "The kid is Zhou Huchen, I have seen the boss." ”

Although he also served in Shanxi, Zhou Huchen really didn't know He Tengjiao, but today he has a good impression.

"Xiaohu is already the prince and the young guard, and he has also been named uncle, oh he will still be a colt in the future, the old man is lower than your official rank, and these false gifts will be forgotten in the future!" He Tengjiao seemed to be a cheerful person, he came over directly, and then asked, "Who is chasing Jiannu?" It's Huanghu Mountain, right? Did Xiaohu's cavalry catch up? ”

Zhou Huchen still behaved: "Jiannu is on the line from Chuzhou to Xuyi, and the army of Jingnan Hou is already chasing after him, and the general army of Liu Qiliu of our department has also led 10,000 cavalry to chase after him." ”

"How dare Jiannu take this route? It is the traitor who is leading the way, it must be the traitor who is leading the way for Jiannu, these scum with thousands of cuts! ”

He Tengjiao is also very familiar with this area, if he doesn't take a boat. The difficulty of this route is very great, Chuzhou to the west is full of mountains, after the pursuit of the army can not pass, and then there is the boundless swamp lake, the only path to the north is the area of Jinhu on the east side of Xuyi, if there is no traitor to lead the way, Jiannu will definitely be trapped in this Jiangnan water town.

looked at He Tengjiao, who was full of anger. Zhou Huchen was also a little helpless, it was indeed too unexpected for Jiannu to take this route, but now it has become like this, and there is no other way than to catch up. Zhou Huchen was very curious, he was very curious about how He Tengjiao led hundreds of thousands of troops to chase hundreds of miles out of hundreds of miles to solve the logistics supply. Therefore, Zhou Huchen asked directly:

"Boss, you are leading an army of 400,000, right? With so many troops, how can logistics and supplies keep up? ”

This is tantamount to being praised, He Tengjiao's face was full of pride, and he pointed to the boundless army behind him: "There is no shortage of food in our Huguang, and there is no shortage of people, just ask the soldiers to carry some food." What's more, there are still a lot of mules and horses, which is not easy! ”

If you are not a professional soldier, you are really not professional, and you will run with you if you can eat, such an army is still no different from Li Zicheng's army, it is still Li Zicheng's tradition, there are many people, except for a few elite troops, it is not surprising that the overall combat effectiveness is very poor.

Except for shaking his head in his heart. What can Zhou Huchen say? He can't say, "Boss, can such an army fight, and can it fight in combat?"

The distance is far away. The army behind He Tengjiao slowly stopped, and did not come to make peace.

In addition to pursuing the Qing army, He Tengjiao still has something to do, and if he doesn't do this, he can't stabilize the army's heart: "That's right, Xiaohu." There is one more thing to inform you, most of these generals under the old man are Li Zicheng's former subordinates who have a heart for the imperial court, and they fought against your army in Ningwu and Yanmen in the past. However, this is a thing of the past, and I hope Xiaohu doesn't mind, these generals are now absolutely loyal to the imperial court, and they can be regarded as officials and soldiers who have reformed their ways. ”

Zhou Huchen smiled, he knew what was going on, these defeated generals seemed to be very afraid of themselves, and they were already afraid of themselves, this was to make He Tengjiao intercede.

"What did the old man say, since these people have their hearts to the court, they must accept it, now is a good time for everyone to unite to deal with Jiannu, how dare Xiaohu ignore the overall situation! If he can recover the northern land and the northern capital in one go this time, Xiaohu is willing to make a great contribution to these soldiers who abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”

Zhou Huchen didn't mind, if Li Zicheng didn't die, he needed to guard against the defeat of these remnants, since Li Zicheng was dead, these former Dashun troops had lost their backbone. History still has the impression that the vast majority of these Dashun troops later became resolute anti-Qing liliang, and many of them were anti-Qing heroes who have been passed down from generation to generation.

Although these people have limited combat capabilities, they can definitely do it by waving their flags and shouting. In particular, Li Guo, Hao Shaoqi, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, Lin Yangsheng, Gao Yigong and other major generals, these people have a strong appeal in this army and are definitely worth using.

Zhou Huchen's attitude made He Tengjiao very satisfied, and he smiled: "Xiaohu is really a little tiger, open-minded, worthy of being a hero who is famous all over the world!" After praising Zhou Huchen, He Tengjiao continued comfortably: "The old man immediately asked his generals to come to visit, and then discuss the plan. ”

"Since they both work for the imperial court, why not welcome them!"

Since he wants to reconcile, Zhou Huchen must be thorough, there is no danger, this trick of buying people's hearts does not have to be used in vain, before leaving, Zhou Huchen also pulled Zhu Dadian, who was a little depressed.

Zhu Dadian reacted quickly, and he instantly understood what Zhou Huchen meant: "Go together, go together!" I will go to meet these generals who have abandoned darkness and turned to the light and are loyal to the imperial court. ”

Chuzhou.

Liu Qi, who had been racing all the way, had surpassed Huang Degong's infantry army, and soon joined Huang Degong's cavalry, and Jiannu's army had penetrated deep into Chuzhou at this time.

Jiannu's advance was very fast, and behind the large army was the cavalry, and Jiannu's cavalry scouts had been fighting with Huang Degong for several days. Huang Degong's cavalry was not much more than the cavalry led by Liu Qi, and Huang Degong's cavalry and Jiannu's combat effectiveness were too much worse.

Every time he approached, he would be beaten by Fat, the scouts were too dead to count, and after a confrontation between the cavalry, Huang Degong was almost desperate.

The arrival of Liu Qi undoubtedly brought hope to Huang Degong, he couldn't let go of Jiannu, he wanted to fight, and he wanted to use the battle to drag Jiannu. Although the road is not easy to walk, Chuzhou is theoretically only 200 miles away from Jinhu County, and there are almost no blocking troops in this 200 miles except for the pursuing troops, and there is no need to count on Nanjing, which is close at hand, and Shi Kefa and others in Yangzhou do not dare to move at all, and the troops there are too weak. And the general soldier Wang Deyong is active in the Jining area of Shandong, and he is equal to the whip commander. In fact, even if it was close at hand, Wang Deyong didn't dare to block it with all his might, Jiannu's army was too huge, and the combat effectiveness was not something that Wang De could deal with with with the "new soldiers" who had just looked like him, and there were too few veterans and weapons and equipment, so going up was tantamount to death.

In addition to the desperate pursuit of the infantry and cavalry, you can also hope for the navy, the navy can block the Jiannu crossing the river in the Huai River waterway near Jinhu County, if it can block the Jiannu army in the Huai River waterway, as long as a large number of foot soldiers keep up, it is not impossible to completely annihilate the Jiannu army. (To be continued......)