"Report! Your Majesty, the sentinels of my Xishan battalion found that it was not ordinary border soldiers who came to Xishan, but Tartars, Jiannu Tartars! ”

Sun Yingyuan, who was transferred to the newly established Xishan Battalion as a staff general due to Zhang Gui's recommendation, just got off the horse at this time, bowed in front of Tianqi and Zhang Gui and others, and immediately hugged his fists and reported.

At the beginning, after Zhang Gui mentioned that Xishan would not be tolerated by the powerful bureaucrats, and Tianqi decided to put a battalion of soldiers and horses in Xishan, there was a Xishan battalion.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was divided into the guard system and the battalion system.

The battalion system is mainly organized into a battalion of soldiers and horses in the form of recruitment, which is stationed in various places.

The number of soldiers and horses in a battalion is usually not fixed, ranging from tens of thousands to one or two thousand, and the rank of the battalion commander is also uncertain, with some general soldiers leading a battalion, and some leading a battalion of generals, guerrillas, and garrisons.

The Xishan battalion only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, all of which are 3,000 young men selected by Zhang Gui from among the displaced people after he selected 800 young people from among the displaced people.

The 3,000 young men who were assigned to the Xishan Battalion were entrusted by Zhang Gui to Xiong Tingbi for training a year ago.

Xiong Tingbi trained in Liaodong for several years, and also brought the newly trained soldiers and horses to fight several victories with Jiannu.

It is precisely because of this that before Yuan Yingtai replaced Xiong Tingbi as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, Nurhachi repeatedly attacked Shenyang and Liaoyang without bargaining in Xiong Tingbi's hands.

It was only after Xiong Tingbi was later impeached and removed from office by the officials in the capital, and Yuan Yingtai took office and replaced Xiong Tingbi as the economic strategy of Liaodong, which led to the loss of Shenyang and Liaoyang.

It can be seen that Xiong Tingbi is good at training.

During the preparation of Xiong Tingbi's martial arts academy, his main job was to be entrusted by Zhang Gui to train the soldiers and horses of the Xishan battalion.

More than half a year ago, the trainees of the Martial Arts Academy officially began to receive training, and the Xishan Battalion was handed over to Sun Yingyuan, who continued to train, and by the way, he recruited and suppressed the nearby bandits to accumulate actual combat experience.

Today, the military strength in the entire Daming Xishan area, except for Zhang Gui's family team and the enlisted student corps of the Armed Forces Academy, is the Xishan Battalion.

The enlisted student corps of the Armed Forces Academy is an establishment composed of students and instructors of the Armed Forces Academy, with a total of more than 1,000 people.

However, the enlisted student corps is an elite from the cadets to the teachers, such as Xiong Tingbi, Ma Shilong, Shen Yourong, Lu Xiangsheng, Xia Yunyi, Huang Degong, etc.

And the aforementioned Xishan Battalion and Wubei Academy are the soldiers and horses in the Xishan area who are now directly loyal to the Apocalypse.

Zhang Gui's family team was naturally directly loyal to himself.

The soldiers and horses that controlled the capital and the Xiyuan Janissary were Zhou Yuji's forward battalion and Man Gui's Shenshu battalion.

Among them, Zhou Yuji's forward battalion was responsible for the defense of the entire Beijing division.

The forward battalion is a soldier and horse that Zhang Gui promoted Zhou Yuji after the apocalypse asked Zhang Gui to supervise the Jingying Rongzheng, and asked Zhou Yuji to reorganize the soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp, which is the only battalion of soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp that can be combated.

Man Gui was able to control the Shenshu Camp because he was recommended by Zhang Gui to be the deputy chief soldier of the Beijing Division, and he performed well in the incident of the Baiguan Fuque Xiyuan, and was trusted by the Apocalypse, and was directly promoted to the commander of the Shenshu Battalion, and his subordinates were also incorporated into the Shenshu Camp, so he is now equivalent to becoming the commander of the Janissaries of the Apocalypse.

After hearing that it was Jiannu who came to Xishan, Zhang Gui was nervous, and the first thing he thought of was how to use these soldiers and horses loyal to the emperor and his own family team to repel the invading enemy.

It's the same with Apocalypse.

The two looked at each other.

"I didn't expect them to be so bold, in order to eliminate Xishan, they directly invited the captives into the customs, and sure enough, as Qing said, only we can't think of it, there is no despicable thing they can't do!"

Immediately, the apocalypse said to Zhang Gui in a deep voice.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth! Your Majesty is a wise king, has already made preparations, in the area of the West Mountain, His Majesty's soldiers and horses plus the minister's family, a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses, and each of them is as strong as a tower, loyal and brave to fight, and the firearms and armor they hold are also of the highest quality, so it is no problem to hold it. ”

"It's just that Your Majesty should not be in danger, it is better to return to Beijing, the capital city is thick, the Shenshu Battalion and the Forward Battalion have more soldiers and horses, and it is easier to protect Your Majesty, it is better to leave it to Xiong Butang to command the enemy, Xiong Butang has commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Liaodong, and it is a rare commander of my Ming Dynasty!" His Majesty asked him to command the Xishan Battalion and the Martial Arts Academy in Xishan to enlist in the army to defend against the enemy, and there should be no problem. ”

Zhang Gui proposed at this time.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly agreed, although he didn't like Xiong Tingbi very much, but he also had to admit that Xiong Tingbi was still very reliable in commanding the war, so he said:

"The emperor, what Uncle Guo said is, let's hurry back to the palace, there is Xiongbu Hall here, it must be foolproof."

"The Song Dynasty people were in charge of the military to prevent the military from messing with the government, so they ordered the civil officials to take charge of the army, and now I have become a civilian official in charge of the army, but the civil officials are in charge of the army, and the civil officials are in charge of the law, and the prestige of the Son of Heaven is also lost!"

"How can we make the soldiers and horses protect the country and the country? It can only be held by the Son of Heaven himself! But how can the Son of Heaven be in charge of it alone? can only stand up to the army! How to Liwei? When Taizu and Chengzu personally led the troops to kill the enemy! ”

When Tianqi said this, he resolutely decided: "If I don't return to Beijing, I will be in Xishan, Zhang Gui will also stay here, coordinate and arrange everything, Wei Zhongxian, you go back, and strictly investigate the people who come while I am not there." ”

"Emperor, this ......"

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhang Gui in surprise.

Zhang Gui was also speechless, but he didn't stop the apocalypse, after all, it was impossible for him to stop an emperor's ambition to establish himself in the army, so he agreed: "Yes!" ”

Wei Zhongxian saw that Zhang Gui did not object, and he himself was not going to disobey the holy will, so he had to agree and leave Xishan.

"Although His Majesty has decided to personally command the enemy, this plan can still be attributed to the rest of the people, and the minister thinks that it is better to send Xiong Butang, Ma Dudu, and Shen General Soldiers to participate in the military aircraft together."

Zhang Gui proposed.

"Accurate!"

Tianqi nodded, and smiled at Zhang Gui again: "Call Lu Xiangsheng, Xia Yunyi, and that Sun Chuanting too!" I see that they are also very knowledgeable soldiers, and I don't know how you can make such good use of people, and after looking at them for half a year, many of the people in the Wubei Academy are very different from the scholars I saw in the court. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui smiled slightly, answered, and asked people to arrange it.

Here, Sun Yingyuan, in accordance with the will of the Apocalypse, continued to send sentry cavalry to investigate the situation of the attack on Jiannu.

"The elder of Jiannu, with the chariot to increase the armor infantry army for foot combat, among which the Ba Yala of each Niu Lu is the main soldier, the most brave! There are also those who bear the arrows, who are responsible for maintaining morale. According to the rules of Jiannu, those who are cowardly will be shot with red dots with headless arrows by those who bear the red arrows, and after the war, these people with red dots on their bodies will be killed for the crime of cowardice! And because of this, the soldiers and horses of Jiannu have become fearless of death! ”

Half an hour later, when Xiong Tingbi and others came to Tianqi, Tianqi listened very carefully to Xiong Tingbi's understanding of Jiannu's soldiers and horses.

"It's no wonder that Qing set up a training officer in the Martial Arts Academy Enlistment Corps and the Xishan Battalion to lead the troops to assault and preach loyalty to the country, and also set up a town officer to maintain military discipline, and even required the development of firearms to the point of breaking down, and dared to prepare for the future to fight against Jiannu, presumably recommended Xiong Aiqing to preside over the Martial Arts Academy for me, and also thought that he was the only handsome talent who was better than Jiannu at present?"

Apocalypse said with a smile to Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui said with a smile: "You can't hide everything from Your Majesty. ”

Tianqi patted Zhang Gui: "You, your mind is far away, so I didn't expect it, no wonder I rehearse Tartar plays in Xishan every day, and I have to set up the crime of traitor, and the people who work in several large factories in the Xishan Industrial Division and the Ordnance Division are afraid that they have long regarded Tartars as great enemies." ”

Zhang Gui nodded: "Almost, the minister's request is that even if he is a child, he must know who Nurhachi is." ”

"Very good! So popular and available! ”

Tianqi got up and said a word, and then asked Xiong Tingbi and the others: "Zhu Qing thinks, how to resist the enemy this time?" ”

"There are more than 1,500 Jiannu who came to attack, in Jiannu's own words, it is a Jiala, five Niu Lu, in the opinion of the minister, the Xishan battalion can be allowed to go out of Xishan Fort to meet the enemy, and the uncle Zhang Gui led the family under the command of Ding Ceying, and the enlisted student corps of the Wubei Academy stayed in Xishan with His Majesty to guard."

Xiong Tingbi said.

"No!"

Tianqi waved his hand and said: "I personally led the enlisted student corps of the Martial Arts Academy to meet the enemy head-on, Uncle Zhang Gui led the family Ding Ceying, and you Xiong Aiqing led the Xishan battalion to return to the rear of Jiannu. ”

"Your Majesty wants Jiannu to come and go?"

Xiong Tingbi asked.

Apocalypse nodded: "That's right! At the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can they come as soon as they say! ”

Xiong Tingbi hurriedly admonished: "Your Majesty, no, this is too risky, Your Majesty personally meets the enemy, once there is a mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"If Jiannu can sneak into the pass at will, and if he can escape if he is defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Apocalypse said a word, and said: "I have already realized it, there is no need to discuss it anymore!" ”

Tianqi said and took out a secret decree that had already been prepared to Xiong Tingbi: "I actually have a plan, I have prepared a holy decree to appoint you Xiong Aiqing as the governor of Beizhi, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces, and use the title of secretary of the military department to control all the soldiers and horses in these three provinces, once Jiannu is repelled by me personally, you can directly order the governors of each side to lead the border army to block the reinforcements outside the pass, and intercept the defeated and retreating Jiannu in the pass, if any of them don't do it, you can directly cut it, of course, in that case, they must not do it, otherwise they will obviously surrender to the enemy." ”

Zhang Gui and Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but glance at each other.

At the same time, Zhang Gui couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Apocalypse is the commander who strategizes!" ”

"Yes!"

Xiong Tingbi also immediately responded, he saw that the emperor had already had the intention of winning a decisive victory, so he did not admonish again, only after leaving the apocalypse, he secretly instructed Zhang Gui: "If the situation changes, please also ask Uncle Guo to directly ask your majesty to escape, other military ministers who escape from the battle may be executed, but Your Majesty will never kill Uncle Guo." ”

Zhang Gui smiled faintly, and then only nodded.