remembered that time when he swore to the death, he actually ordered Houjin, who was known as "the Jurchen is not more than 10,000 and is invincible", suffered heavy losses and returned home, and even the slave chieftain was indirectly killed by a cannonball.

Guan Ning was enthusiastic, firmly believing that even if Houjin Jiannu made a comeback under the whipping of the new Great Khan Huang Taiji, he would definitely taste defeat again.

Man Gui took a small group of cavalry and went to Chahar, Khalkha and other Mongolian tribes to buy war horses through the trail of Nurur Tiger Mountain.

As far as Chongzhen knows, Houjin, who has undergone a new round of power reshuffle at the beginning of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, will still attack the Guanning defense line head-on and fight the Ming Dynasty to the death, as a strategy to directly defeat the Ming.

Whether it is "conquering Korea in the east and cutting off its side aid" or "conquering Mongolia in the west and outflanking it in a roundabout way," and other clever strategic ideas are far from being produced.

North Korea is still a die-hard fan of the Ming Dynasty, although the land route has been cut off, but the sea route has the bridgehead of Phi Dao, and the escort of the Denglai Naval Division, and the vast sea area is still firmly controlled by the Ming Dynasty, so it is still unimpeded.

The loose Mongol tribes are also still watching, and under the rule of Lin Dan Khan, there are occasionally some thoughts of sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, or fishing in troubled waters.

Therefore, Chongzhen feels that the probability of Mangui's success is still very high.

Coupled with the help of spirits such as burning knives, the heroic Mongolian man is afraid that he will not be able to fall into it and extricate himself if he drinks this wine that is more powerful than mare's milk wine?

In addition to Mangui, the other two general soldiers of the Guanning Army, Zu Dashou was stationed in Jinzhou, and the deputy general soldier Zuo Fu Zhu Mei assisted him, which shows Yuan Chonghuan's attention to this emerging strong city and his high hopes.

Zhao led the troops to be stationed in Songshan and Xingshan, thinking that Zu Dashou would come to his aid.

The defense capabilities of Daxingbao, Tashan and other walled cities are being further strengthened.

In Chongzhen's eyes, there is no better form of the late Ming Dynasty than this time.

With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, such as the five hundred heavy cavalry under Yuan Chonghuan, there is no way to expand.

However, with a medium-sized armor, a firecracker, a strong crossbow, several short spears, a spear, and a horse, so many equipped Guanning cavalry were not a problem.

This is the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which has both a strong long-range shooting ability and the courage to fight in close combat without admitting it, even if it encounters the most elite white-armored iron cavalry in the Jiannu cavalry, it also has the strength of toughness.

After all, even the armor of the white-armored cavalry, even if it was crowned by the Jurchen shaman when the slave chieftain raised his army, the thirteen ancient armors that symbolized the glory of the Jurchen's strongest Baturu did not have the defensive ability to resist the powerful three-eyed bird.

Moreover, the combat thinking of emphasizing reality is more paranoid, paying attention to the sword going off the rails, and the guns are like dragons.

After a round of iron sand bullets was fired, the bulky bird gun was thrown away, after all, it was tantamount to a fool's dream to complete the tedious process of changing ammunition on a galloping horse, so as to make a second shot.

It is better to reduce the weight of the horses and knights as much as possible, and shoot them with a strong crossbow if they get closer, and throw them with a short spear if they are closer, then stab them with a spear, and finally engage them with a slashing sword.

When we meet on a narrow road, we will see who has more courage and who can hold on to the last moment.

War, especially fierce battles, is a tragic game that cannot be repeated or resurrected.

Only by not fearing life and death can we live to death and win the final victory.

He and Wu Sangui commanded 500 cavalry every day, either rushing and charging, or fighting against and killing, or fighting in chaos.

Although it is inevitable that several cavalrymen will be injured every day, under the increasingly systematic and meticulous military medical system of the Guanning Army, ordinary external injuries are not a problem at all.

Under such a high-intensity devil's training, the ability of each cavalry to fight alone, as well as the combat ability of each cavalry team, is becoming more and more exquisite.

With his calf-like physical fitness, every evening he would drag his tired and full body, return to the barracks to sleep with Zhou Ji and others in turn, and enjoy the relaxation of the big yellow dog "Hachi Hachi" shaking his head and tail.

But for some reason, Chongzhen feels that Zhou Ji, who has always been calm and cheerful, is always a little sad these days.

After getting up on this day, Chongzhen was stroking the second dog's head without the slightest sense of getting up as usual, and would only gently flick his tail to show his affection.

Seeing Zhou Ji, who was brushing his teeth with willow branches, his back was really a little melancholy, so he said with concern: "Aji, what's wrong with you these days?" Is it the intensive training of the artillery battalion that has been working too hard these days? ”

Zhou Ji turned to look at him, then turned back to clean his teeth, then turned around and said with a smile: "So many hard days have come, it's just training, how can it be hard."

It is the marshal who has ordered the artillery battalion to be officially renamed the Apocalypse Shengshi Shenwei Guanning Artillery Battalion, and it is divided into two, I was assigned to the Jiazi battalion, and I will soon open Jinzhou to help the ancestor general defend the city. ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "As expected, the big battle is imminent, and the marshal is seizing the time to arrange troops to avoid the embarrassment of rushing to meet the battle like last year."

Although the cavalry battalion is officially called the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it is divided into several branches, and Yuan Shuai himself and the major general troops are each commanding one, in order to fully adapt to the narrow and dangerous terrain of the Guanning defense line.

I also ended my status as a free man, but I was assigned to the Manchu generals.

Although General Man went to Mongolia to buy war horses, he instructed me and Wu Sangui to take other cavalry brothers to drill and train every day, no matter whether the weather is sunny or rainy, not a day will fall.

When General Zu saw that I was working so hard under the command of this foreign general soldier, he was still dissatisfied, and he didn't dare to complain about Yuan Shuai, so he sent me several letters, saying that I forgot my righteousness for profit, betrayed my lord for glory, and valued sex over friends......

General Man is neither profitable, nor master, nor sexual, nor does he know where General Zu, who has always been upright, learned these swearing words. ”

Zhou Ji said angrily: "It must be Wu Sangui's more and more shameless guy, who comes to eat and drink every night, and is a good hand at sowing discord, and he is really a villain."

When I went to Jinzhou, I was going to almost hook up with a Jiannu woman after the spy war, and when I was in the capital, I couldn't help but linger in Qinglou all the time, so I talked to General Zu. ”

Although Zhou Ji is only a sentry officer, with his merits and his role in the artillery battalion, it is not difficult to see Zu Dashou.

Chongzhen has never been a person who likes to stab in the back, even if he wants to stab, he has to be open-minded, and he goes with a sword from the front in a dignified manner, but after thinking about it, he feels that this may not be a bad thing.

At least let the upright Zu Dashou know more about his cheap nephew's character.

Although after each era has developed to a certain extent, cronyism has become the favorite and almost only choice of most people in power.

However, if in the future, the military power of the Guanning army will inevitably fall into the hands of this fierce general defending the city, and it can also be properly considered when distributing the Guanning iron cavalry.

After Zhou Ji finished brushing his teeth, he also squatted down and stroked Ergou's huge head, and was silent for a while before he said: "Ah Zhen, you said that Huang Taiji, who only inherited the Houjin Khan position last year, will really lead his troops to attack so quickly?" ”

Chongzhen nodded lightly and said: "All khanates with a tribal system as the main system are based on military merits in the early stage. If he didn't seize the time to make a meritorious contribution to the war, his throne would not be stable.

The slave chieftain created the Eight Banners system, out of the soldiers, into the people, although the population of the Houjin combat power to the extreme, but the eight kings to discuss the government, how can not the eight kings restrain each other, check and balance each other?

This point cannot be avoided even by Huang Taiji, who has already inherited the Khan position, but the Khan position is in his hands, and most of the initiative is in his hands. Unless the other seven kings unite, they will only be beaten passively.

The eight kings are arrogant and angular, and the slave chieftain can still balance or suppress when he is alive, but once he dies, if the eight kings get too close to each other, they will scratch each other, but they will not take advantage of the military politics of the Houjin.

Ah Shan knows this best, so he knows that he has no chance to sweat, so he just cheats to eat and drink, cheat money and sex. Huang Taiji understood it even more, so for the other Baylor brothers, he just pulled together and divided, and each broke down.

As the name suggests, the Manggutai people are straightforward in their lives, and they can't think of this.

Even if Amin had a slight understanding, he was only the son of Shulhaqi and the nephew of the slave chieftain, and if he wanted to get into the throne, the other six kings would not even rule out his own brother Zilharang, who would not agree.

After all, Dorgon was younger, but he had grown up after the funeral of his mother. Together with the half-brothers Azig and Dodor, both are Baylor.

Huang Taiji's matter was not done properly, although the biggest destabilizing factor was eradicated, it also made countless Eight Banner nobles sympathize with the three Dolgon brothers.

Therefore, it has become Huang Taiji's biggest constraint and the most difficult opponent to deal with. ”

These analyses from the perspective of later generations are easy to tell people, especially people like Wu Sangui who have lessons from the future.

But for Zhou Ji, Chongzhen knows almost everything, and he has endless words.

In particular, Zhou Ji is going to separate from Chongzhen and go to Jinzhou to help the ancestors defend the city.

Chongzhen wanted to broaden his horizons, deepen his cognition, enlighten his thinking, and hoped that he could gradually grow into a general who could take charge of himself, and it was best to surpass Wu Sangui steadily, or even replace him.

Although Wu Sangui was born in Jiangmen, Liaodong, he has a good background, and he is good at forming gangs and speculating in camps.

He himself was quite brave in battle, and was promoted to garrison general early, and was promoted to the rank of middle-level military general.

And Zhou Ji, who was born in Jinzhou Wei in eastern Liaodong, is just a big-headed soldier who is struggling to guard his homeland, even if he has such a great skill as guarding Juehua, he can only get the title of a low-level military attache like a sentry officer.

However, he was kind and loyal, hard working, and just by hearing and seeing, he mastered the artillery skills displayed by Chongzhen, and he was also studying cavalry warfare, infantry warfare, and chariot warfare.