In the distance, a healthy horse galloped at great speed, and in a blink of an eye, it was five zhang in front of Zhu Houzhao, but he saw a beautiful knight turn over and dismount, and knelt down firmly on one knee.

The knight's name is Bao Rige, a pure Mongol, seven or eight years ago the little prince conquered the steppe, Bao Rige's tribe migrated, and was finally captured by the border army, and after being escorted to Beijing, it didn't take long to become a cavalry of 3,000 battalions.

The 3,000 Battalion, the 5th Army Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the 26th Guard are the armies directly under the command of the emperor, that is, the so-called Praetorian Guard, but after the Tumubao, the emperors of the past dynasties did not have much interest in war, so the power of the foreign dynasty gradually eroded into the army, and the jurisdiction of the 26th of them was also included in the military department.

But the 3,000 battalions, the 5th army battalion and the Shenji battalion have never been out of the emperor's control, after all, these armies are the ultimate force to defend the capital and defend the imperial city, even if the emperor is stupid, it is impossible to give up the power to protect his own safety.

Therefore, Zhu Houwei was able to use Yongwangwei as the base and quickly reorganize the three battalions into the Shence Army, while the outer dynasty could only watch and not interfere, otherwise it would be overstepping.

The 3,000 battalion is a pure cavalry army formed by the Mongols and supplemented by the rest of the nationalities, and the number of people was only 3,000 at the beginning, so it was called the 3,000 battalion, but the actual number exceeded 10,000.

After Zhu Houwei reorganized the third battalion, many overage and wounded soldiers were discharged from the army and retired, and those who had young sons in the family were directly on top, and those who did not were directly classified as private households, including more than 4,000 cavalry of the 3,000 battalion.

If you really want to count it, the 3,000 battalions can be regarded as traitors to the Mongols, but often the most ridiculous thing is that traitors are sometimes the most loyal, because they betrayed their own people, and there is no way out.

There is no doubt about the loyalty of these people to the royal family!

After the establishment of the Shence Army, the 3,000 battalions were scattered and divided into five battalions, of which more than 2,000 became firearms soldiers, coupled with the skillful ability to control horses, these Mongolian men are not necessarily better than the veterans of Yongwangwei, but the ability to become musketeers on horses is only stronger than anyone else!

This time, Zhu Houzhao led the troops out of the customs and brought out those Mongolian soldiers who were quite familiar with the geography of the steppe, with only one purpose, so that these Mongolians could act as scouts to play the best camouflage effect, wearing Mongolian clothes and speaking the Mongolian language, who dared to say that they were not Mongolians!

The scout is the eye for the army, the larger the radiation range, the farther the target will be seen, Zhu Houzhao's strategy is very simple, that is, let nearly a hundred Mongolian cavalry divide into more than ten or twenty units, fan outward, determine the location of the Mongolian tribe, immediately rush to the front, quickly exterminate!

If it had been more than a month ago, Zhu Houzhao would have been extremely excited to see these scouts who had come back to report, because it meant that the scouts had found the target again, then he would naturally be able to leap on his horse and whip up and kill hard.

However, now that he had decided to return to his division, he was not too interested in exterminating the small tribes.

"Say."

In Chinese, which he is not fluent in, Bao Rige said, "Will ...... Checkmate! West...... One hundred and thirty miles to the south, it was found that ...... Discover ......"

Zhu Houzhao frowned.

"Ten...... More than a dozen large battalions, starting ...... At least 100,000 people! ”

It's like a thunderclap! Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly flashed with an undisguised bloodthirsty light, while Wei Xin was dumbfounded, and Shu Tianlu was also shocked.

The main force of the little prince!

The little prince, who had not even seen a shadow for three months, suddenly appeared in such a sudden state, and Zhu Houzhao felt that he was about to faint happily.

Although the desert has not yet been unified, but on the grassland can meet a large tribe with more than 100,000 people, at present, who else can there be except the Little Prince Department?

Of course, a tribe of more than 100,000 does not mean that there are more than 100,000 troops, although the grassland people are born warriors, but children, women and old people who are less than ten years old must not go to the battlefield, otherwise the combat power may not be much, but it will definitely drag themselves down.

There are more than 100,000 tribes, so there are about 30,000 soldiers who control the strings!

"General!" Shu Tianlu said in a deep voice: "It has been three months since our army left the customs, and in March, it has been thousands of miles on the grassland, it is definitely impossible to say that the little prince has not received the slightest news, so how can he be defenseless?" Now its headquarters is a hundred miles away, and our army now has only two thousand, if we attack it rashly......"

Zhu Houzhao was like being poured a scoop of cold water on his head.

He prides himself on being a famous general, but he is not a reckless man, 2,000 musketeers and cavalry attack the enemy camp with a garrison of 30,000, once the little prince calculates and sets up an ambush, I am afraid that his 2,000 soldiers and horses will be wiped out!

"Map!" Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on the map and thought, but Shu Tianlu didn't look at it, he already knew about the dozen or so maps on the grassland.

Now the headquarters of the little prince is located in Ulante, where there is the Majia River, it is obvious that the little prince's department is perched near the water, and their current location is Bayan Zhuoer.

The news of the scout's investigation is definitely not going to reach the front of the Little Prince's Department, so ......

Gotta take a detour!

Of course, the detour is not a problem, and in the past three months, regardless of whether it is intentional or unintentional, they have already run half of the grassland, and they have run more roads.

The problem now is that 2,000 troops are too thin!

There is no solution to this problem!

Unless at this time, Zhu Houzhao led his troops back to Guyuan Town, and then gathered his troops and horses to go out immediately.

But back to the solid plain thousands of miles, you still have to gather soldiers and horses, there are not so many cavalry, if you rely on foot soldiers, you will be dragged down by the baggage, and then come to find the bad luck of the little prince, it is difficult to accept the time spent on the road alone, not to mention that it is almost winter, if it snows again......

"How much ammo is left?"

"Plenty of ammo!" Wei Xin replied honestly, don't look at the extermination of many tribes in the past three months, but the actual ammunition consumed is less than thirty percent.

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought, and no one, including Shu Tianlu, bothered, because everyone knew very well that this master's thinking would determine the fate of these two thousand soldiers and horses, decide whether the biggest strategic goal of this exit can be achieved, and even affect the pattern of the grassland in the future!

But for Shu Tianlu, the only thing he cares about is Zhu Houzhao's safety, it can be said that as long as Zhu Houzhao is safe, then even if none of the two thousand soldiers and horses die, the Ming Dynasty will not be defeated.

But if Zhu Houzhao has a mistake, then everyone doesn't have to go back, it is better to simply fight on the grassland to the last soldier and shed the last drop of blood, maybe he can still enjoy the martyr's shrine.

"Ben is decided!" Zhu Houzhao licked the corners of his dry lips and said: "As the so-called opportunity cannot be lost, it will not come again, this time the purpose of leaving the customs is to overturn this thief, and it is okay if you can't find it before, now that the thief is in front of you, how can there be a reason to miss the opportunity!"

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