This time he led his troops to battle, and Zhao led the Shanhaiguan cavalry of the Ministry of Education to suffer great losses and great gains.

Won more than 1,000 heads, robbed Jiannu four or five thousand war horses, so he was rewarded by the imperial court, Zhao Shujiao was reported by the royal people, became a hero of the border army, and his cavalry also became a hero unit, known as the Guanhai Iron Cavalry, and Ningyuan's Cao Wenzhao cavalry was the two most powerful cavalry in the Ming Dynasty!

Because Shanhaiguan and Ning are far away, and they are both under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiliao, people are used to combine the two cavalry together, and call it Guanning Iron Cavalry!

While gaining a huge reputation, there were also huge benefits, Zhao Shujiao became the governor of the Liao general Zuodu, became a military general, reached the peak of the general, and his subordinate cavalry was also promoted and rewarded.

More than 4,000 war horses were snatched from Jiannu and distributed to his subordinate soldiers, each subordinate was divided into two, and Zhao Shujiao promised to help his subordinates sell the war horses for money. Through the relationship between the royal people, the god-level author next door, Lao Wang, sold 500 war horses to the Ming army of Yansui Town, who had just arrived in Beijing.

However, at this moment, Jiannu retreated, and the imperial court ordered Sun Chuanting to chase after him with his army. As a heroic army, the Shanhaiguan cavalry naturally had to pursue with the army.

Because Zhao led the Ministry of Education because they were all cavalry and had strong mobility, he was appointed by Sun Chuanting as a pioneer sentry cavalry, responsible for opening the way for the army and exploring the movements of the Jiannu army.

As a sentry horse, it is inevitable to fight with the Jiannu sentry horse, this task is very dangerous, but Zhao Shujiao can't shirk it, after all, there is no more suitable person in the whole army than him.

In the days since leaving Beijing, Zhao led the cavalry of the Ministry of Education to walk in front of the army, cruising around the Jiannu queue, and when the Jiannu cavalry was chasing, he hurriedly fled.

Relying on a large number of war horses under his hands, almost every soldier has two or three war horses, which can be transferred at any time, and the mobility is extremely high, and he will not fall behind in the rotation of the Jiannu sentry horse.

After a few days, there were less than ten cavalry casualties, and almost the same casualties were inflicted on the Jiannu sentinels.

There were not many casualties among the cavalry, but the war horses lost nearly a hundred, which made the owners of those war horses feel distressed, after all, they were their own horses, and each war horse could be exchanged for twenty or thirty taels of silver if it was sold, how could it not be distressed if it was lost?

Zhao Shujiao had to comfort his subordinates and tell them that if they lost their horses, they would be compensated first when the imperial court rewarded them.

Of course, the subordinates just complained casually, after all, they are all battle-hardened soldiers, and they naturally know that if they really sell these war horses, I am afraid that they will have already fallen behind in the chase with the Jiannu cavalry, and once they are caught up by the Jiannu cavalry, the loss will not be the horse, or their own lives!

Zhao Shujiao is seriously considering, should he sell these war horses again?

If the cavalry under his subordinates can maintain one person, two horses and three horses, such a powerful mobility, the combat power will be doubled out of thin air, and if it is one person and one horse, I am afraid it will return to the past.

It seems that he has to think of getting a sum of money to redeem the war horses from the soldiers, and in the future, he will have to ask for money and food from the court to raise the horses, or else he will eat empty wages in the name of expanding the army to support the cavalry......

Full of thoughts, Zhao led the cavalry back to the camp and went to see the superintendent Sun Chuanting to report the news of this trip and the division of the army!

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The barracks that stretch for more than ten miles are distributed on the field, with flags waving and people shouting and neighing, which looks very lively.

The camp looks noisy, but if you look closely, you will find that the camp is arranged in an orderly manner, with soldiers entering and exiting each way, a wooden camp wall in front of the camp, and arrow towers on both sides of the camp gate.

The reason why the camp is noisy is that there is not only one army, but several different armies.

When he set out from Beijing, Sun Chuanting only had Liaoxi soldiers in his hands, and later Huang Degong joined with Xuanfu soldiers, and then Mangui's Datong soldiers, Shandong and Henan Qinwang troops joined one after another, and just yesterday, He Renlongbu from Shanxi also rushed up with an army of seven or eight thousand.

Now, Sun Chuanting has more than 70,000 troops in his hands, which can be described as a strong army. In addition to the Praetorian Guards in Yansui Town, as well as Liu Ce's troops in Jizhou, most of the troops around Beijing were in the hands of Sun Chuanting.

However, there are more troops in hand, and there are many troubles, and how to coordinate has become a problem. The order of the queue during the march and the distribution of the position when camping should take into account the number of troops, combat strength and equipment. Make sure that if they are attacked by Jiannu, other armies can quickly support them. In addition, there is also the distribution of grain and grass, who is more and who is less, a lot of problems, which involve a lot of Sun Chuanting's energy.

These days, Sun Chuanting sleeps no more than two hours a day, which can be described as exhaustive, always afraid that something will go wrong and cause the army to lose.

Because he had to run in with various armies, Sun Chuanting did not dare to pursue too close, and kept a distance of twenty or thirty miles from Jiannu. This distance is very delicate, which ensures that Jiannu has enough time to react when attacking, and can calmly line up and defend. It can also ensure that once Jiannu retreats desperately, he can quickly catch up and chase and kill.

From the bottom of his heart, Sun Chuanting still hopes that Jiannu can not hold his breath and take the initiative to attack, so that the chances of winning by waiting for work are great. If he took the initiative to attack Jiannu, although there were many more troops than Jiannu, Sun Chuanting was not very sure!

"Inspector, General Zhengliao is back!" There are men who report it.

Sun Chuanting suddenly perked up: "Let him come in!" ”

Zhao led the sect into the tent in a stride, and after saluting with his fists, he began to report the military situation of the investigation: the Jiannu soldiers were divided into two routes, one of about 5,000 people, and went in the direction of Qian'an County, while the remaining main force remained more than 20 miles ahead, and there was no preparation for pulling out the camp and setting off.

"Qian'an is close to the side wall, and most of these thousands of Jiannu are going to attack the side wall and open up the way back to their lair." Sun Chuanting analyzed, "As for the remaining Jiannu, are you afraid that we will catch up and stop us, so you deliberately stay to block us?" ”

"The Overseer is right, that's probably the case." Zhao Shujiao agreed.

Sun Chuanting muttered: "Jiannu has a large number of war horses, and these thousands of Jiannu are extremely fast on horseback, so we just reacted and sent an army to pursue, and most of them were difficult to catch up and stop." Qian'an and Yongping did not have many troops, and it was difficult to resist the attack of Jiannu. ”

Sun Chuanting said, his eyes looked at Zhao Shujiao, Zhao Shujiao was shocked, and hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"Don't look at me, Supervisor, there are more than a thousand cavalry left under me, and even if you catch up, you won't be an opponent of five thousand Jiannu. Besides, as a pioneer this time, I fought with the Jiannu sentinel every day, and my subordinates suffered heavy losses, and those war horses were captured by the soldiers, which was considered their private property, but now they were all lost in the battle with Jiannu, and the brothers asked me if the court would make up for their losses, but I had nothing to say. ”

Zhao Shujiao looked at Sun Chuanting as he spoke, hoping that Sun Chuanting would understand his intentions and offer to compensate for the loss of the war horse.

"The armor and weapons you are equipped with are all provided by the imperial court, and the imperial court gives you sufficient money and food every month, and you have made meritorious contributions to the battle with Jiannu, and the imperial court has rewarded you with a promotion and silver, so the capture of your battle with Jiannu should naturally be handed over to the imperial court." Sun Chuanting said lightly.

"Considering that your losses since the war are really large, the imperial court did not let you hand over those war horses. Why, now that the war horse has been lost, do you still want the court to compensate you for the silver? ”

"Don't dare." Zhao Shujiao hurriedly said, feeling a little fever on his face. According to the rules, the army really needs to hand in the captures of the war, and the above will also be rewarded according to the merits of the war.

"Alright, so be it." Sun Chuanting said lightly, "Zhao Shujiao, you should have seen how important the mobility of the cavalry is now, and how to deal with those horses, you know in your own heart." ”

"As for pursuing the five thousand Jiannu cavalry, we can't do it with our strength at all, so let's deal with the main force of Jiannu left behind first." Sun Chuanting sighed.