It was about to enter leap June, and Zhou Yuji arrived in Nanyang Mansion.

There is no need for Zhou Yuji to worry too much about military deployment, and when he enters the Chinese army tent prepared for him by Zhou Huchen, a huge sand table outlining the terrain near Nanyang Mansion is presented in front of him.

Soon, the staff Jian Chen, the supervising army Ye Yizhi, the chief military officers Mo Xiancheng and Liu Qi, the deputy generals Wu Yun, Yan Bingtai, Zhou Zirui, Guo Ziqing, the staff generals Zhou Qian, Wu Yunguan and Meng Yun and other generals gathered in the big tent.

It was another blocking battle, but this time the battle seemed to be more difficult, in addition to the fact that the terrain in the defensive area was relatively vast and complex, the Liliang of the Qing army of the Azig Department was stronger than Duoduo. The reason is very simple, this Qing army is mainly to deal with Li Zicheng, who has many generals and generals, and without a strong military liliang, how can Li Zicheng be defeated and unable to defeat the army. Azig has more than 40,000 troops under Wu Sangui and more than 10,000 Han troops in Shang Kexi, and Wu Sangui's troops are all Guanning troops in the traditional sense. In addition, Azig also recruited a large number of troops of the former Ming and Li Zicheng in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, plus more than 100,000 troops of Zuo Mengeng who surrendered, and these troops together actually exceeded 300,000.

In the written history, Azig led Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, to wait for more than 30,000 Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han troops. Li Zicheng, who was beaten by more than 30,000 people, couldn't find the north? This number of troops is actually a kind of historical deception, that is, the people who wrote history in order to demonstrate the combat capability of the Qing army, it is purely the nonsense of a blind man touching an elephant.

The Jianzhou army has a strict hierarchy, among which the tooth swing is the most special type of army, in addition to armor, and horse soldiers, these soldiers belong to the national establishment. In other words, the soldiers led by Azig are more than 30,000 people, and Wu Sangui's nearly 50,000 troops are not counted. In fact, this is not counting the cavalry of the Mongol tribes and a small number of Korean troops who followed the pass. Nor does it count a much larger group; The servant army of the Qing army was clothed in Aha.

Every general and serious soldier has his own slaves, this is the so-called Baoyi Aha, Jianzhou soldiers are rewarded for their military exploits, and then raise their own slaves, so the number of these Qing army with the army Baoyi Aha is actually not countable, I am afraid that it is more than twice as many as the army soldiers. And the combat effectiveness of these servant armies is definitely no worse than that of ordinary regular Ming armies, because these slaves can rely on their bravery to obtain the favor of their masters; Raise the flag. That is, not counting the newly surrendered army, Azig's army was actually no less than 100,000 men. Otherwise, Azig can fight Li Zicheng with more than 30,000 troops, and he is purely a cat star.

If it is said that the Jiannu army in the Wanli period was only a land in Liaodong that lacked armor, weapons, its own blacksmiths, no ability to make firearms, and no advanced art of war, the entire tribe was completely a bandit group. After decades, hundreds, if not thousands, of large and small battles, the entire Eighth Banner Army has become a rigorous and brutal army. Tyrannical and organized, indomitable, and full of a war machine hungry for victory.

The invincibility of the Jurchens is, of course, a myth, but. After decades of tempering, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army can indeed have their own dignity and pride in battle. Whether it is in terms of combat experience and the courage of soldiers to fight, this is not comparable to ordinary Ming troops. Li Zicheng is known as a million-strong army, in fact. Li Zicheng's real combatable army is about 200,000 troops, and in the confrontation with the Qing army, Li Zicheng does not have an absolute advantage in combatable forces. Soldiers are not expensive. The strict military system is the only way for the Qing army to gallop across the world.

There is no major problem with Zhou Huchen's military deployment, the question is, what if Azig's army returns north along the eastern foothills of Dabie Mountain?

Zhou Yuji knows very well that Huang Degong is not Azig's opponent in terms of combat ability and troops, and the soldiers in the Jiangnan area have limited combat ability, even if they add other armies, it is useless, these troops can wave their flags and shout, and they are not a level worse than the fierce Jiannu, unless they send a large number of troops to support Huang Degong. It is not advisable to divide the troops, it is equivalent to weakening one's own liliang. This is unrealistic, the defense line of Nanyang Mansion must not be abandoned, that is equivalent to letting Azig return to the north, this battle is equivalent to determining the general trend of the world, killing Azig is equivalent to knocking out the bone marrow of the Qing army, how could Zhou Yuji let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely fight Jiannu without the power to turn over.

Once Azig returns north along the eastern foothills of Dabie Mountain, the most Haode route is to enter Shucheng in the west of Lujiang. Then continue to the north, but continue to the north is the actual control area of Zhou Yuji, where there is water everywhere, the terrain is relatively complicated, the possibility of Jiannu taking this route is relatively low, if Azig takes the route along the river, he does not want to fight with Zhou Yuji, it is estimated that he will go straight to Fengyang Mansion or continue west to Henan. Although it is not as fast as returning directly to Nanyang and Beigui, it is also a good choice.

It is a little difficult to judge, but Zhou Yuji and the generals have no choice, the only choice is to hold Nanyang, and then wait and see what happens. Once the Azig Department returns to the north of the river, it can only run long distances to intercept, but the volley is undoubtedly the worst choice, because the relatively flat terrain of Luzhou Mansion is conducive to the play of the cavalry of the Jiannu Army, and the strength of the Zhou Yuji Army is not dominant, this volley is the worst choice. Fortunately, there are still Huang Degong and other imperial army in Luzhou Mansion and along the river, and they can help Zhou Yuji behind him.

The military deployment can only be like this, in fact, Nanjing means that Zhou Yuji first has to keep Luzhou and Fengyang to stabilize Nanjing, Zhou Yuji obviously saw through, and it is not realistic to expect the imperial court to make drastic moves. Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is seeking stability, and the imperial court is also seeking stability, although the officials of the DPRK and China are very fierce in shouting at the northern land of Shoufu, but it is not the same thing at all to implement it, and it is somewhat difficult to completely change the consistent style of the court and officials. Jiannu must not be released, that will be endless troubles, the court will not be able to come by himself, Zhou Yuji is not a person who lets the tiger return to the mountain.

At the end of the military discussion, Ye Yizhi and the generals returned to their own defense areas to take their own responsibilities, and only Zhou Yuji's father and son and his staff Jian Chen were left in the big tent.

As a personal staff, Jian Chen is his own person, congratulations on the dismissal, he knows that Zhou Huchen doesn't like to be this colt. What Jian Chen needs is to communicate with the proprietor and give the most advice to face various situations.

"It's just a matter of taking advantage of the situation, but the affairs of the court cannot be done repeatedly, the way of civil and military affairs lies in checks and balances, this is not the time of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu. The young marshal should be cautious in the future! ”

Jian Chen is kindly warning Zhou Huchen that the affairs of the court should not be easily touched unless it is absolutely necessary, this is not the civil and military era in the early Ming Dynasty, now it is the world of civil officials, and he needs to be moderate.

Zhou Huchen smiled but did not answer, these political things belong to him as a reward, a kind of reward that he has a foresight and foresight.

There is no need to discuss military matters, and after chatting for a few words, Jian Chen also left.

Zhou Yuji looked at this bold son, he couldn't cry or laugh, he was too good at taking advantage of the situation. is so talented, and he is victorious every day, this wise and demonic son is simply unmatched, and Zhou Yuji's heart to beat him up has long been gone.

"How do you know it's okay to kill Ruan Dacheng?" Zhou Yuji asked:

"What is Ruan Dacheng, in addition to appointing private individuals to engage in the miasma of the court, what can he do, what the court needs most now is our army to fight bravely, killing him can just make the court cleaner, and save him from pulling back behind him. What's the use of keeping him if he doesn't do anything? ”

Zhou Huchen's answer made sense, Ruan Dacheng really deserves to die, and keeping him can only add to the chaos, Zhou Yuji continued to ask: "How do you know that the matter of Lord Shoufu will be like this?" And let me help you do these dirty things. Don't you know what the consequences are if you fail? Isn't this court a mess? ”

Zhou Yuji is not suitable for intrigue, his ideal is to gallop the world and serve the country loyally, although this thing has been done, but this drama makes him very uncomfortable.

Zhou Huchen had a confident expression: "This is too simple. Without Ruan Dacheng, without a few towns of soldiers and horses, who does Ma Shiying rely on? It's not those officials in the DPRK and the central government, suppressing those officials under Ma Shiying, he dares to comply? Where does he dare to use force against us, and who dares to follow him to fight us? I want to find death without this! The only one who has the ability to fight us is Uncle Huang, but will Uncle Huang fight with us? ”

Of course Huang Degong won't fight with himself, he won't even do it right, Zhou Yuji still asked: "What's going on with Bixia?" Zhou Huchen's explanation was reasonable, but Zhou Yuji still didn't understand, and Emperor Zhu Youxiang Weishenme also adopted a tacit attitude towards Ma Shiying, who was besieged by everyone and had a meritorious contribution to him.

"This country belongs to Bixia, Bixia had no way to make the court become Ma Shiying's Yiyantang before, because those Donglin people didn't trust Bixia before, and politics had no eternal friends and no eternal enemies. What bixia needs is to stabilize the world, who is not on it, Ma Shiying can, Donglin people can too, although Donglin people like to blow big words, but the ability to rectify the world is definitely stronger than Ma Shiying, and it also represents Shilin, these bixia can't not know. As long as Donglin people maintain enough trust and respect for Bixia, who will be their own first assistant? What Bixia needs is not Yiyantang, aren't those officials who don't belong to Ma Shiying and Donglin all good now? This is a kind of balance of the imperial court, plus our military liliang Ma Shiying does not want to step down, is it possible? As long as you make a promise to him that he will not be guilty of the past, it is too simple for him to go home obediently to retire! ”

Zhou Huchen was a little embarrassed, it was not very glorious to have a ghost behind his back after all, not to mention, Ma Shiying had repeatedly helped himself.

"Forget about the past, don't talk about it." The explanation is detailed enough and reasonable, but Zhou Yuji is a little big, and the matter of intrigue is a little too complicated for him: "This time you must defeat Jiannu again, and then you go and marry the princess to me obediently, you are also a knighted person, you must always save face for the royal family, and you must remember to keep a low profile in the future, otherwise"

"It doesn't matter if you marry a princess, it doesn't matter what you look like! But I, a colt, must continue to lead troops to fight in the future, otherwise there is no need to talk about it! "Zhou Huchen is not a hundred and obedient, this must be conditional.

This is to go to the house again to uncover the tiles! Zhou Yuji was furious: "Bastard! It's up to the court to decide, you give me a good fight, and then go and marry the princess back."

"If you can't continue to lead the troops to fight, I don't want this princess to give it to whomever she wants!"

"Bastard, do you have a choice! If you want to lead the troops to fight, you will bring it, and if you don't let you bring it, you can go and be a colt for me with peace of mind! ”

"Why?"

"Just because I'm your son!"

Zhou Huchen is out of line, this father is too arrogant, there is no reason to talk about it, let's not reason with you, let's withdraw, don't wait for Zhou Yuji to take further action, Zhou Huchen turned around and ran.

"You give me back"

Zhou Yuji's voice was not small, but unfortunately, Zhou Huchen chose not to hear it. (To be continued......)