Liaodong, dozens of miles southeast of Shenyang.

Dozens of fast horses are galloping in the snow fields of the forest sea.

The momentum caused by it is like thousands of horses galloping through the dense forest.

Bumu Butai's fourth brother Manzhu Xili was also mixed in the Ming cavalry, in fact, not only Manzhu Xili, Bumu Butai's eldest brother Wu Keshan was also there.

As he was running, Manzhu Xili subconsciously stretched out his right hand to his waist.

In the next moment, a sharp gaze quickly glared from the side.

It was Wu Keshan who stopped the stupidity of Manzhu Xili with his eyes at the last moment.

"Disperse, split into two teams, and outflank left and right!" There was a shouting of the Ming army from the front.

Looking at this posture, it should be that the scout cavalry in front has already discovered some prey.

Before Wu Keshan could react, the brothers were separated by the Ming army.

Without Wu Keshan's suppression, Manzhu Xili's heart became ready to move again.

Looking at the young man galloping in front of him, Manzhu Xili stretched out his hand to his waist again.

With just one arrow, with just one arrow, he can shoot this great enemy, Zhu Cijiong, the king of the Ming Dynasty.

Manzhu Xili hated Zhu Cijiong deeply, hated Zhu Cijiong for destroying the Horqin Department, and made him, a relative of the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, a prisoner, not only forced to change his surname, but also followed him out hunting like a slave.

Zhu Cijiong is really deceiving people too much, Da Ming is really deceiving people too much, this is really unbearable.

However, several times he touched the gold-encrusted bow hanging from his waist, and he finally gave up, after all, he was not a very courageous Mongol.

Though they are the sons of Sugai,

But Manzhu Xili has long lost the martial arts of his ancestors.

"Phew!" Suddenly, a gunshot rang out ahead.

looked at it quickly, but it was Zhu Cijiong who rushed forward and fired a shot in the rush.

The dozens of cavalry soldiers who followed behind cheered like a tsunami, shaking the snow off the treetops.

Manzhu Xili quickly rushed to Zhu Cijiong's side, but saw a black blind man lying on his stomach in the snow, probably driven over by the scouts of the Ming army just now, and then fell under Zhu Cijiong's gun.

When he saw the size of the black bear, Manzhu Xili couldn't help but gasp.

This black bear is afraid that it must have five or six hundred pounds? I've never seen anything this big.

"Black blind." Zhu Cijiong turned over and dismounted, and kicked the black bear, "Peel off the skin, take it back and find a furrier to make a bear skin mattress, just to make a birthday gift for my father." ”

"I also put away the bear's paws and give them to my father, eldest brother and third brother to taste."

"As for the rest of the bear meat, everyone will divide it and have a full meal with wine."

After saying this, Zhu Cijiong turned his gaze to Manzhu Xili again: "Bo Man, your family lives in the Horqin Grassland, and you must know the best furrier on the grassland, so find one for Gu another day." ”

"Huh? Oh. It took a long time for Manzhu Xili to react.

"What, you're not used to it?" Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "This is not good, you have to get used to it as soon as possible, and adapt to the new identity as soon as possible, the surname Borzigit is too awkward, it is not conducive to writing, and it is not easy to be remembered, it is more appropriate to change it to a thin surname, Bo Man, don't you say?" ”

"Yes, yes, whatever the king says, it is what it is." How dare you say no.

As he spoke, Xu Wuniu galloped back from the dense forest in front of him, followed by several horses.

"Black Cow!" Zhu Cijiong asked happily, "Have you found a big insect in the forest ahead?" ”

"Never." Xu Wuniu said and took out a fire paint letter from his satchel, "King Ding, the urgent delivery from Dagukou." ”

"Dagu Express?" Zhu Cijiong's expression froze, he immediately took the letter, took out the dagger to cut the fire paint, and then took out the letter and read it quickly in ten lines, but his face showed excitement that could not be concealed.

Xia Wanchun next to him immediately asked expectantly: "King Ding, but you won the battle?" ”

Zhu Cijiong didn't say much, just waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go, go back to the city!" Black Cow, don't forget to take that black blind man back to the city, and give it to his father to make a bearskin mattress. ”

Before leaving, I didn't forget to make a bear skin mattress for my father.

……

Three days later, outside the north gate of Dengzhou City.

Hu Xinshui and hundreds of villagers are waiting eagerly.

Since Wang Jiayan, the governor of Shandong, took thousands of villagers and escorted a group of military supplies to the north, Shandong's military and political affairs fell on the shoulders of Hu Xinshui, the military governor of Shandong.

There are rumors that after the Northern Expedition, Wang Jiayan will be transferred back to Beijing.

After Wang Jiayan is promoted back to Beijing, Hu Xinshui will definitely be promoted to governor by half a level, and at that time, he will be regarded as a real party member, and he will be called a feudal official.

"Military Gate, the cavalry town has arrived!"

The townsfolk guarding the city suddenly shouted.

"Really?" Hu Xinshui hurriedly raised the binoculars.

With the help of the telescope, I could see more clearly, and I saw that there were indeed thousands of cavalry in the wilderness ahead, sweeping towards Dengzhou City.

Looking at the military uniforms and flags, it is the Ming cavalry.

Because only the Ming army's costume was red.

It's like a fire burning in the wilderness.

As you get closer, you can see it more clearly.

The bright red cotton armor, the one-piece cuirass, the iconic hat-shaped helmet, and the rifle on the cross-shoulder, the Mongol cavalry couldn't pretend even if they wanted to.

Six thousand cavalry soon came to the outside of Dengzhou.

The cavalry headed by him was Hu Guozhu, the acting head of the cavalry town.

Originally, there were more than 8,000 cavalry in the cavalry town, but this time only 6,000 cavalry came.

The cavalry must not all be transferred to Dengzhou, and a part must be left behind to serve as scout cavalry.

"Phew." Hu Guozhu gently drank the war horse, and saluted Hu Xinshui on the horseback, "Father." ”

"Okay." Hu Xinshui nodded happily, only to feel that his son was really much calmer than two years ago, it seems that the saint was right to transfer him to Guozi to teach riding skills, and Meiyu is to be carved to become a weapon.

"Son, this way south, didn't you meet the Mongolian cavalry on the way?"

"I met, and more than once, I also fought a few battles, and I won a little."

Shot about a hundred Mongolian cavalry, which was really only a slight gain for the cavalry town.

The main reason is that the effective range of the flintlock pistol is only 80 paces, and with the bumps on horseback, the hit rate is even lower, and the speed of the cavalry is fast, so it is difficult to expand the results.

But it doesn't matter, Chongzhen has already prepared sharp weapons for them.

The sharp weapon that Chongzhen prepared for the cavalry town was rifled guns, a full 8,000 Type 20 rifles.

Since the practical steam engine entered the Daming Arsenal, the production efficiency of firearms has been greatly improved, and the efficiency of rifling has also been improved, so the number of rifled guns has doubled than Chongzhen expected.

Chongzhen originally planned to equip two elite infantry brigades with these 8,000 rifled rifles.

However, the plan did not change quickly, because the Eight Banners Mongolia used the advantage of mobility to attack the Ming army's grain routes, Chongzhen gave the 8,000 rifled rifles to the cavalry, so that the cavalry could attack the Eight Banners Mongolia more efficiently.

In addition, Chongzhen also prepared a batch of special paper shell bullets for this batch of rifled rifles.

"Where's the Type 20 rifle?" Hu Guozhu was already a little impatient.

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it when King Ding arrives." Hu Xinshui said with a smile, "King Ding should be almost here." ”

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Hu Xinshui's words just fell, and the townspeople at the head of the city shouted again: "Military gate, there are cavalry coming on the ice of Beihai." ”

"It's coming, it's definitely the king of Ding."

Hu Xinshui raised the binoculars again, and saw a team of red cavalry coming on the ice.

Against the backdrop of the gray ice, the red cotton armor on the cavalry looked particularly bright.

Hu Xinshui couldn't help but tell Hu Guozhu: "Son, although you are the head of the cavalry town, and the king is only the deputy head town, you can't really regard yourself as the superior of the king." ”

"Father rest assured, the child knows how to get along with the king."

Hu Guozhu looked at the other Ming cavalry who came from afar, and said faintly: "In any case, the king is the king, the son is just a minister, the state has national laws, the army has military regulations, and the son will not mess up the etiquette between the monarch and the minister." ”

"It's good to know, it's good to know." Hu Xinshui was relieved that his son had really grown up.

Now, Hu Xinshui no longer has any illusions about the Golden Family.

Hu Xinshui felt that being able to meet a generous emperor like Chongzhen was a blessing for the people and a blessing for the courtiers, so staying in Daming to be a big official and a rich man was far better than being a great khan in the bitter cold land of Mobei in the past.

"Son, you have made a lot of contributions to the country, and when your father is old, the lintel of the glorious Hu family depends on you."

"Dad, don't worry." Hu Guozhu said, "One day, my son will also be a wolf." ”

……

Hu Guozhu is not the only one who has the ideal of sealing the wolf Juxu, Zhu Cijiong also wants to seal the wolf Juxu.

A few miles away, Zhu Cijiong asked Xia Wanchun: "Brother Duan, what is the ideal of life you want?" ”

"Life ideals?" Xia Wanchun said thoughtfully, "If it was five years ago, it would definitely be King Qin's quest for capture, but now that Jiannu is declining, the pseudo-shun is just a disease of mustard, and it is a matter of time before it is swept away, so King Qin's capture must no longer be used as an ideal in life, and he has to find a new ideal." ”

"Do you still need to find this? Lonely's ideal of life has never changed. ”

Zhu Cijiong stretched out his hand and pointed to the north, and then said domineeringly: "Lonely's ideal in life is to seal the wolf Juxu, lead my Daming Iron Cavalry to fight the difficult river, and hit the North Pole that Grandpa Cheng has never visited!" ”

"Then follow the path taken by the Mongols and hit the land of Taixi."

"My father said that there is a wider land from the Western Regions to the west."

"There are Dzungaria, Kazakhs, oh, what else is the Ottoman Empire."

"Further west there are the countries of Europa, and further north there is Tsarist Russia."

Speaking of this, he said loudly: "One day, I want these countries to submit to the imperial banner of the Ming Dynasty, respect Confucianism, learn the Chinese language, and speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty." ”

After a few words, Xia Wanchun's blood boiled.

At that moment, Xia Wanchun said enthusiastically: "Then my Xia Wanchun's life ideal is to follow King Ding and help King Ding realize this grand ideal of life." ”