In fact, in Zheng Chenggong's view, whether it is the silver of Haimao or Zhou Shixian's desire to take him to the play, it is the other party's test, and it is also his vote for joining the Horse Group.

And the reason why he has this opportunity is not because of anything else, but because he is Zheng Zhilong's son. So if he wants to get a higher position in the colt group, he has to take these two opportunities to perform well and show his strength.

At the same time, this is also Zheng Chenggong's investigation of Zhou Shixian, and he also has to represent the Zheng family to see what the strength of this horse is, whether it can overpower those military leaders, withstand the Tartars in the north, and control the overall situation.

To put it bluntly, now these local powerful factions are all human spirits, and they are all watching and speculating, but their vision is extremely limited, and they can neither understand the overall situation of the country, nor do they know the difference in strength between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Nanjing Imperial Court.

Therefore, Zhou Shixian can only get more support by constantly showing his muscles, and he is a horse in the court, and his name is justified. But without the support of strength, even the emperor is useless, and those who are watching will only take refuge in the strong, and eventually form a situation where the strong will become stronger.

And in the original history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which successively defeated Dashun, Nanming, and Daxi, was the strongest among them.

In such troubled times, the weak are not worthy of survival, and if they are still rich and oily, then they are jackals looking around and in danger.

It's just that Zheng Chenggong, who thought that he had a great opportunity to perform, came to the "Tianweizhong Military Camp" on the outskirts of Yangzhou City, but he was dumbfounded, and he knew for the first time that the army could still be like this.

"Battlefield observers?"

After Zheng Chenggong heard Zhou Shixian's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then took his eyes back from the red and white army.

"That's right, this concubine invited Chenggong to come this time, so I want to invite Chenggong to be a battlefield observer, and see if my Ming army can fight."

Zhou Shixian looked at the two thousand headquarters that had already lined up in front of him, and was in a good mood, and continued: "By the way, I will also help to investigate, what is the strength of this army of horses, and whether anyone on the battlefield has become a deserter and lost his courage. People in the army may take into account the brotherhood and comradeship, and it is inevitable that there will be protection, and success is an outsider, so there are not so many worries about doing things. ”

Although Zheng Chenggong was dissatisfied with Zhou Shixian for calling him successful, how could his name be changed indiscriminately?

But it's not good to be disobedient, after all, it means to succeed, and when this army attacked, the name was too big, so he had to respond. Otherwise, it will be against the entire expeditionary army.

"Oh, Master Pony."

After Zhou Shixian finished speaking, he immediately turned his head to look at the two thousand generals who had already lined up in formation, this is the soldiers and horses he is about to take north to Fengyang Mansion, and it is also the only two thousand headquarters in the whole army that is fully equipped. Of course, in the end, there may only be one or two of them, and the rest are just to show the momentum of the horses and prevent accidents.

Now the uniforms of more than 25,000 troops have been distributed, Nanzhili is the largest cotton-producing area in the Ming Dynasty except Shandong, the textile industry is very developed, and Zhou Shixian easily raised the cotton and linen cloth he needed. After putting on the military uniform, the army looked majestic and invincible under the uniform pace.

The silver-white chain mail of the soldiers and the red cotton armor of the musketeers were intertwined, and they were all over the school grounds of the barracks, and around them, dozens of sentry horses in black iron armor stood on both wings. All the soldiers wore bright helmets, and Zhou Shixian and Zheng Chenggong had red tassels and white tassels connected into a line in their eyes, as well as the black tassels on the side.

Where has Zheng Chenggong seen such an army, their Zheng family's sailors and crews are naturally scattered, and the soldiers are actually no different from the Ming army in the mainland, and there has never been such a purge of military appearance.

Zhou Shixian looked at the surprise on Zheng Chenggong's face at the beginning and the composure after the forced pretense, and was overjoyed, this is exactly what he wants to achieve, in fact, these two thousand headquarters are the two most elite soldiers and horses in the "Tianwei Middle Military Camp", half of them are veterans in the army, half are the most powerful and heroic, and have had many experience in fighting, and even dozens of them have been soldiers before, because they can't stand the exploitation of the officers, and they fled back.

Although these two thousand headquarters, like other soldiers and horses, have only been trained for two months, they have the previous foundation, and the high-frequency training has made them basically master more than five combat skills, not to mention that those veterans can already fight.

Of course, such soldiers and horses are still far from enough for the elite of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty, and the slightest unexpected combat power may be greatly reduced, but it is enough to deal with the miscellaneous soldiers of Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing and others, and it is even more enough to deter Zheng Chenggong.

Soon, the sound of the war drums and trumpets stopped, and a Chinese army horse dressed in black iron armor with several back flags on his back came to the front of the point platform, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said to Xue Lao Er with his hands and fists: "General Qiqi, the army has been assembled, please instruct the general!" ”

When Xue Lao Er heard this, he immediately turned to Zhou Shixian and asked, "Don Ma, the first and second thousand headquarters of the Tianwei Middle Military Camp have been assembled. ”

Zhou Shixian nodded, and after looking around, he turned his head back to look at Xue Lao Er and asked, "How is Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing over there, where are the rebels looting now?" ”

"Tianshui, Xuyi, Sizhou and Huai'an are all there, because there has been no one to restrain them in the past few months, and the magistrates are in cahoots with them, and now they have paid attention to those landlords, squires and wealthy businessmen who have no backing."

Xue Lao Er paused, and then continued: "According to the scout's investigation, these rebels began to assemble and leave the barracks yesterday, according to the usual experience, today and tomorrow should be the peak period of looting, let's set off now, tomorrow happens to be full of stolen goods, and they will be caught off guard."

Although it is said that there are many squires and wealthy businessmen who have a relationship with local officials, and there is a so-called same year, and the relationship can even reach the Nanjing court, not to mention how many of them are trapped in the capital, and more have no hard relationship, when they face the rebels, they are lambs to the slaughter. Moreover, even if there is a relationship, whether their relationship is strong enough or not is another matter.

"Have you figured out which ones exactly?" Zhou Shixian asked again.

Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were afraid of Zhou Shixian, and waited for him to leave for more than ten days before starting a new round of looting. In the original history, under the control of no one, they not only set up troops in their own jurisdiction, but also touched Yangzhou and other anointed places.

"The specific ones haven't been explored yet, but the regions to which they belong have been clarified, these state capitals are close to Yangzhou and Yingtianfu, and they are quite wealthy, and they may not be able to grab them all in one day." Xue Lao Er continued.

Zhou Shixian listened and nodded, since Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing have already started, then he must also act immediately, otherwise the two will be more presumptuous in the future, and the economy of Nanzhili will be more damaged, resulting in more displaced people.

"The whole army obeys the order, set off immediately, and protect the country and fight chaos!"