The reason why Zhang Shize was transferred back to Yansui was to let him rectify the border army. In Zhu Youzhen's plan, the thorough rectification of the nine-sided army was the first priority, and it was also ranked above the attack on Jiannu to recover Shenyang.

After rectifying the nine sides, the military strength has become stronger, not to mention, the cleared military fields will make the cost of raising troops less. Now that the border army has become stronger, it will no longer be afraid of the threat from the grasslands, and it will be able to devote all its energy to carrying out reforms.

Zhang Shize's task was to rectify Yulinwei, but he did not have direct authority over Yulin, and had to act under the orders of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides.

When the Yulin soldiers went out of the border wall to attack the Black Mountain thieves, the Yansui army was ordered to go to Yulin to assist in the defense, and Zhang Shize led the army to Yulin. Unexpectedly, within a few days of arriving in Yulin, he got the news that the Yulin army was defeated.

Standing at the head of the side wall, looking at the defeated soldiers of Yulin who lost their armor and returned in embarrassment, Zhang Shize frowned.

Seven or eight thousand defeated soldiers, gray-headed, yellow-skinned, thin and tattered, looked so pitiful. Many of the routs faltered and crumbling, not knowing how they managed to make it back.

On the side wall, seeing this situation, the original Yulin soldiers were all embarrassed, and secretly glad that they were not taken out on the expedition.

"Lord Commander is back, open the side door quickly!" The rout came to the pass and shouted at the wall.

On the city wall, all the officers and soldiers looked at Zhang Shize, without his order, even the original Yulin soldiers did not dare to go down and open the door without permission.

"Open the door!" Zhang Shize said in a deep voice.

"I've seen the prince." Ma Gui walked up to the wall and saluted Zhang Shize with a fist. After entering the side wall, someone told him about the arrival of the Yansui army, and also knew the identity of the leader of the army, and hurriedly took his generals to the city to meet him. Although everyone is a general soldier, Zhang Shize is a British prince, and his status is too far apart.

"Mr. Ma fought a good battle." Zhang Shize looked at the team entering outside the side wall and said lightly.

"The general of the defeated army is really ashamed." Ma Gui's face turned red. Behind him, You Zhensong and other generals all showed anger on their faces.

"You should be ashamed that 10,000 troops went on the march, and the enemy didn't even recognize who it was, so they were defeated. Without killing a single enemy, and without even a moment's effort, even if you bring 10,000 pigs into battle, you won't be defeated so quickly. The more Zhang Shize said, the more mean he became.

"The prince can scold the last general, but don't humiliate the soldiers of the Yulin Army!" Ma Gui said angrily, he couldn't care about the other party's honorable identity.

"A little white face, relying on his family background to become a general soldier, what do you know how to fight?" You Zhensong scolded.

"What's wrong with the prince of the country, can you insult the border soldiers who were born and died, it's better to replace you with us!" Other Yulin generals also scolded.

Ma Gui is still afraid of Zhang Shize's status as a British prince, and for these generals, although the British government is noble, it is too far away, and it has no influence in the border army.

"How daring, dare to insult Ben Shuai in the next offense!" Zhang Shize was furious, "Come on, arrest all these generals of the defeated army!" ”

As soon as the words fell, dozens of Praetorian Guard soldiers rushed over, raising their guns at the same time, pointing at Ma Gui and other generals.

"Dare!"

"What a bold man!"

Ma Gui's generals were furious, and they pulled out their waist knives and pointed at the Praetorian Guard soldiers who surrounded them.

"Zhang Shizi, you are the chief soldier and I am also the chief soldier, I only came to visit the prestige of the ancestors of the British government, don't go too far." Ma Gui stared at Zhang Shize and sneered.

Zhang Shize smiled faintly: "It's up to you, it's not worth the anger of Ben Shuai." On the orders of the trilateral governor Sun Dushuai, the marshal took over the Yulin Guard, and strictly investigated the truth of the defeat of the Yulin army. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Shize took out a document from his arms and unfolded it in his hand.

Looking at the document stamped with the seal of the governor of the three sides, Ma Gui's body trembled.

"Someone came, got off their weapons, and all of them were put up for trial, and those who dared to resist were killed!" Zhang Shize said sharply.

"Yes!" The soldiers agreed in unison, forced Ma Gui and the others over, knocked out their weapons, and tied them on the ground.

A Qian general was unwilling to be caught, raised the knife in his hand and brandished it, trying to block the Praetorian Guard soldiers from approaching, and then with a "bang", the Praetorian Guard gunners on the opposite side opened fire directly, shooting him on the spot.

It's real! Looking at the corpses that fell to the ground, from Ma Gui to the ordinary soldiers on the city wall, everyone was stunned.

"Brother Yulinwei on the wall, listen to my orders and fight with them!" You Zhensong suddenly raised his arms and shouted.

In addition to the one hundred and ten Yansui soldiers on the side gate city wall, there are also hundreds of Yulin guards, and the number of people is much more than that of Yansui soldiers. In You Zhensong's view, no matter what kind of British prince he is, everyone rushed up, arrested him first, and then said, and made a mutiny to force the court to make concessions.

However, to the surprise of You Zhensong and the others, there was indeed a commotion on the city wall, and then there was no movement, and none of the hundreds of Yulin soldiers were willing to move.

"Didn't you hear the general's order, what are you still doing in a daze, waiting to be beaten?" You Zhensong scolded angrily.

Who knew that it was okay if he didn't scold, but as soon as the scolding came out, the Yulin soldiers on the city wall retreated one after another, farther away from them, and many soldiers even showed disgust on their faces.

These generals eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers on weekdays, and drive their military households as slaves, and the military households dare not speak out in anger on weekdays, and now they are unlucky, how can they stand up for them?

Although Zhang Shize is an outsider, he represents the imperial court, and these Yulin soldiers have no reason to oppose the imperial court for their greedy generals.

Zhang Shize waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard swarmed up and took down all these Yulin generals.

"This person tried to incite the soldiers to rebel, the crime is so heinous, there is no need to be tried, he was cut directly!" Zhang Shize pointed to You Zhensong and said.

The two soldiers dragged You Zhensong to the battlement, pressed his head out of the battlement, and slashed it down, blood shot out, and Dou Da's head rolled in the air and fell under the city.

A general said that he would cut it, and there was silence in the city and under the city, and no one dared to make the slightest move.

A group of generals were escorted off the city wall and imprisoned in the barracks, and Zhang Shize took over the entire Yulin Guard. Zhang Shize himself occupied the Yamen of the Yulin General Army, and assigned his subordinates to guard the grain depot and weapons depot.

Then Zhang Shize issued a military order to make up for the arrears of the military salaries of the Yulin guards, which immediately made all the Yulin military households happy, and those who were originally indignant about the arrest of Ma Gui and others also disappeared.

The money and grain in the Yulin warehouse were naturally not enough to make up for the salaries of all the Yulin soldiers, so Zhang Shize ordered to raid the homes of Ma Gui and other Yulin generals, and move out the money and grain embezzled by these generals for payment.

These generals occupied the military land, ate empty salaries and soldiers' blood, and each of them ate a lot of brains and intestines, and each of them had a lot of money. The silver copied from the house of the chief soldier and Ma Gui alone was 100,000 taels. 100,000 taels of silver is nothing in Jiangnan, but in the bitter cold land of the frontier, it is a huge fortune! I don't know what kind of means it took to accumulate such a huge fortune!

But now it has become evidence of Ma Gui's corruption, just by embezzling so much silver, he will not lose ten times to cut his head.

As for the other generals' families, they also copied thousands of taels to tens of thousands of taels of silver, which far exceeded their salaries, and most of them were obtained by exploiting and deducting soldiers.

Then there is the cleared military field, more than 200,000 mu of military land in Yulinwei, more than half of which has been carved up by these generals, and the granaries of these generals' homes are piled up, and the grain in their homes is more than in the grain depot in Yulin City. According to investigations, Ma Gui and other generals sold these grains to Jin merchants who came to the border areas in exchange for silver money and various luxury items to satisfy their poor and luxurious desires.

On the other hand, ordinary military households are hungry, and many old and weak military households freeze to death and starve to death every winter, and Zhang Shize can't bear to look at it directly.

A large amount of money and food was moved out of the homes of these generals and distributed to ordinary military households, and all military households were very grateful to Zhang Shize and called him Lord Qingtian.

Just as Zhang Shize was about to take the opportunity to announce the Qing Army, a spy suddenly came to report that tens of thousands of homeless thieves had been killed, and it was less than fifty miles away from Yulinwei.

At this moment, Zhang Shize has 7,000 Yansui guards around him, and there are more than 10,000 defenders in Yulin, but the Yulin soldiers have lost their generals and are in a state of no organization. According to the sentinel report, there were as many as 30,000 Montenegrin bandits attacking Yulin, and they were really outnumbered.

Someone suggested to Zhang Shize that Ma Gui and other Yulin generals should be released first, and let them lead the troops to make meritorious contributions to help resist the Montenegrin thieves, but they were repelled by Zhang Shize.

Some people also suggested that this battle should be based on guarding the border wall, although the border wall of Yulinwei is broken, but there are 7,000 Yansui elite soldiers, plus more than 10,000 Yulin soldiers to assist, there should be no problem in holding the side wall, and then ask for help from Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides of Datong, and wait until the arrival of Datong soldiers, and then fight to the death with the Black Mountain thieves.

This suggestion is undoubtedly very safe, according to this suggestion, there is no problem in holding Yulin, but it was still vetoed by Zhang Shize.

Zhang Shize ordered to leave the Yulin soldiers to guard the border wall, and he personally led 7,000 Yansui troops out of the border wall to meet the battle.

Since he was ordered to rectify the Yulin Guard, he had to fight a battle with the Black Mountain Thieves in a dignified manner and defeat them quickly, so as to improve the morale of the three armies and increase the prestige of the Praetorian Guards.

As for the 30,000 Black Mountain thieves, Zhang Shize, who has fought a big war with Jiannu, does not take it seriously.

Seven thousand Yansui soldiers lined up outside the side gate with their backs against the side wall, and in the front were five thousand firecrackers, divided into three divisions, occupying the main road of the river valley leading to the side gate and the hills on both sides, while the two thousand cavalry pressed the formation behind the formation, waiting for the order to attack at any time.

Half an hour later, dust rose in the distance, and it was rapidly approaching the side door.

"Report, marshal, the thieves are riding thousands of horses, and they are galloping towards our army, less than five miles away from our army." The sentry rode Pegasus to report.

Is this trying to scare the cavalry? Zhang Shize sneered. He already knew the defeat of Ma Gui and the other Yulin troops, and it was because he was raided by thousands of thieves and cavalry that he was so frightened that he fled.

However, it is really wishful thinking to rely on cavalry to break through to deal with the Yansui army! When I first went to King Qinwang in Beijing, in Jizhou, more than 10,000 Yansui troops experienced a real Mongolian cavalry raid, relying on close cooperation, they annihilated thousands of Mongolian light cavalry with bayonets, and the Black Mountain thieves, I'm afraid even the Mongols are inferior!

The Yansui army did not change its formation, nor did it arrange chariots to resist the enemy, and still lined up in a formation of fire gun arrays. The 3,000 firecrackers were divided into four rows, firmly blocking the more than a mile wide valley road leading to the side gate.

The other 2,000 firecrackers had already circled the hills on both sides and set up the same array.

A mile away, the 30,000 Montenegrin exiles stopped. Wang Jiayin led Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and others to gallop to a high post and observe the formation of the Ming army.

"This Ming army is really bold, it doesn't defend the city when it is defeated, but it dares to take the initiative to face the battle." Zhang Xianzhong said with a grin.

"Don't be careless, since the Ming army dares to go out of the city to line up, it must have something to rely on. Chuang general, you go to see, which Ming army and which general is that banner? Wang Jiayin commanded.

Li Hongji put his hand in front of his eyebrows and looked carefully for a moment, and said: "Look at the banner should be the Yansui Army, and the leader of the troops is Zhang Shize, the prince of the United Kingdom." ”

"The Prince of England?" Wang Jiayin frowned slightly, "What is this person's fighting skills?" ”

Li Hongji smiled slightly: "A pampered son, who grew up with the emperor since he was a child, and became the chief soldier of a town before the age of twenty, how capable can he be?" ”

"I think it's the same, there is a side wall to defend, but you have to go out of the city to fight us, I don't think it's because the sky is high and the earth is thick." Gao Yingxiang laughed.

"If you catch this bird, you may be able to exchange it for tens of thousands of taels of ransom." Zhang Xianzhong shouted.

"Big boss, if we can defeat the Yansui army, we can take advantage of the situation to return to our hometown in northern Shaanxi, and then gather the villagers and expand the army by tens of thousands There is no problem." Li Hongji said with a smile.

The leaders said a word to me, and said that the thousands of Ming troops on the opposite side were like chickens and dogs, and they were not blamed for their arrogance, but it was too easy to fight against the Ming army of the three roads before.

Other people are like this, and Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, is the same, and he didn't look at the Ming army in front of him.

"King Chuang, the eight kings, each of you will send 2,000 men and horses to the general, let him lead people to block the Ming army on the hills on both sides, and the other brothers will follow me to break through the Ming army formation in front of you and enter Yulin City!" Wang Jiayin pointed to the front and shouted.

"Yes!" The leaders replied loudly. Rushing into the side wall, you can take advantage of the situation, and no one wants to be left behind at this time. Therefore, the task of blocking the Ming army on both sides of the hill can only be handed over to Li Hongji, a new guy.

"Yes, don't worry, the Ming army on both sides will be handed over to me." Li Hongji did not shirk and agreed heartily.

Wang Jiayin took the lead in riding his horse and rushed down the hill, shouting and shouting that the thieves began to line up.

The Ming army on the opposite side was so thin that it only needed to use the old method to send cavalry to rush and break it, and then drive the defeated soldiers of the Ming army into the side gate.

As a big boss, Wang Jiayin naturally did not need to personally lead the army to charge into battle, so he handed over the task of defeating the Ming army to Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, and the two led the cavalry and were responsible for breaking through the Ming army array head-on. Wang Jiayin followed with his own army.

"Rush, kill into Yulin." Gao Yingxiang let out a loud shout and took the lead in galloping forward.

"Haha, Erlang, follow Lao Tzu to kill officers and soldiers!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed and followed closely behind Gao Yingxiang.

Three thousand thieves rode on the flat ground at the bottom of the valley and launched a fierce charge towards the Ming army array. In the eyes of these thieves, as long as they got closer, the Ming army in front would collapse, and the next thing was just to chase and kill.

However, to their surprise, from one mile to half a mile, and then to a distance of two hundred steps, the Ming army formation in front of them was still standing still, and there was no tendency to collapse at all.

"Kill!" Gao Yingxiang shouted frantically, urging the war horse to gallop. At this point, no matter whether the Ming army collapsed or not, it could only move forward, but with the thin queue of the Ming army, there was not even a chariot, and it could not stop the impact of the 3,000 cavalry at all.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye, there were only two hundred steps on both sides.

"Boom Boom"

Suddenly, there were cannon shots one after another, and dozens of shells broke through the air and landed in the cavalry ranks, turning many of the cavalrymen on their backs.

This level of artillery bombardment did not hurt much to the cavalry ranks, that is, the war horses were suddenly frightened when they heard the loud sound of cannons, and some of the war horses screamed and rushed out, knocking the thieves on horseback to the ground.

"Kill!" Gao Yingxiang shouted, riding his horse and rushing. As long as you can rush to the Ming army's formation, this battle will be won.

It was only a hundred steps away from the Ming army, and suddenly, hundreds of black dots flew out of the Ming army's military formation, landed in front of the thief cavalry array, and then exploded with a loud bang

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

The explosion sounded in one piece, continuously, and dozens of steps ahead, the flames of the explosion appeared one after another, and the stones flew sideways, and the dust flew as if the sky was falling apart.

In such a terrifying situation, not to mention people, even the Mongolian horse under the crotch did not dare to rush forward. Countless war horses stopped galloping, and the strong inertia threw out the thieves on horseback, and many war horses were frightened, jumping up and down, and the iron hooves stepped down violently, breaking the belly of the thieves who fell to the ground. The entire cavalry array was already in a panic.

These Mongolian war horses were not trained to shoot with guns and artillery at all, and the loud noise made most of them frightened and even frightened.

Most of the thieves tried their best to control the frightened horses, and they were in chaos, all of them were in chaos, and there was no way to charge into battle anymore.

Gao Yingxiang tried his best to appease the war horse under his crotch, looking at his chaotic subordinates, he was very desperate in his heart.

A hundred steps away, the thin array of the Ming army moved, and it was moving quickly towards the chaotic cavalry ranks, and Gao Yingxiang could clearly see the guns in the hands of the Ming soldiers, as well as the bright spurs on the barrels.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The sound of firecrackers rang out, and one after another the cavalry of the thief army was shot off their horses. Many thieves were frightened, desperately instigating their horses, running in the direction of the road, but in the direction of the road, it was the 30,000 infantry led by Wang Jiayin, who was attacked by their own cavalry, and Wang Jiayin's army was suddenly chaotic. After all, it was a rabble of thieves and soldiers, and they didn't know how to deal with such a situation.

Suddenly, the Ming army split in two, and the cavalry of the brigade rushed out of the gap and rushed towards the chaotic thief infantry.

Gao Yingxiang attached himself to the horse, running desperately, bypassing his own army formation along the side of the mountain.

It's over, Gao Yingxiang knows that Wang Jiayin is finished, and the 30,000 chaotic infantry can't withstand the impact of thousands of Ming cavalry.

Now, only by joining up with Li Hongji as soon as possible and escaping into the mountains with the remaining 2,000 men can it be possible to escape the pursuit of the Ming army.

ps: 5,000 words chapter.