Cheng Shijie said calmly: "Then it's like you don't have to salute me now!"

Sun Yuanhua was speechless for a moment.

This is indeed the case. Cheng Shijie is already the governor of the left, so he should salute to the superior officer. But the question is, is the commander of the Dengzhou Guard still a third-rank military officer? He asked the Dengzhou Prefecture magistrate to salute a fourth-rank civil servant?

First ask Jin Yousheng if he dares to accept this gift.

However, Cheng Shijie was different, he really dared to take it.

While everyone was asking Gao Qiqian to drink, Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and said, "Master Futai, let's talk!"

"good!"

The two of them have the highest status now, so they have to say hello to Gao Qiqian.

Gao Qiqian took the opportunity to end the banquet.

Then the banquet dispersed, and the three of them went to Sun Yuanhua's study.

There was actually a huge map in the study room, on which were roughly drawn the patterns of dozens of cities, marked with Jinzhou Guard, Haizhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard, Shenyang Guard, etc. Cheng Shijie looked at it and found that the approximate locations were

The direction is good, but it's very blurry.

If you rely on such a map to fight, there will be almost no need to fight. The soldiers will be exhausted because many rivers and mountains are not shown.

Gao Qiqian sat on the main seat, looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "General Cheng, we have a few questions for you. Please answer them truthfully!"

"Father-in-law, please speak!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Gao Qiqian's posture. He came with the imperial edict and oral instructions from Emperor Chongzhen.

"What is the combat effectiveness of Ning Haijun now? If he met Jiannu in the wild, would he be able to defeat them?"

This question is a bit amateurish to ask.

Cheng Shijie did not care about these trivial matters, and bowed: "The Ning Navy has only been in the army for a short time. If we encounter Jian Nu, if we have the same number of people, we can barely remain undefeated. It's just that the Ning Navy lacks horses and cavalry, so if you

Victory is a small victory. Jiannu wants to run away, but Ning Haijun cannot catch up. If he loses, he must be defeated, and Ning Haijun cannot escape! If in the wild, Ning Haijun's entire army meets the troops of Jiannu's one banner, they can't remain unstoppable.

No matter how many defeats there are, I can’t guarantee it!”

Of course, there was an element of bragging in Cheng Shijie's words. Ning Haijun was stronger than the bandits and Kong Youde's rebels, but the problem was that Jiannu's combat effectiveness was still the real small power in Northeast Asia. If nothing else, it was their ability to withstand casualties.

, absolutely the best in the world.

Gao Qiqian was slightly disappointed, and then asked: "If Liaonan is restored, are you sure of it?"

This problem is even more stupid. Even with the superior equipment of the beautiful national army, there is no guarantee of victory against Ka Dazuo. Any accident is possible. Of course, the probability of this accident is very low and can almost be ignored.

"I can only guarantee that from me on down, all the officers and soldiers of Ning Navy will fight to the death."

At this time, Gao Qiqian stopped asking Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie's attitude was similar to what Emperor Chongzhen had guessed. He turned to look at Sun Yuanhua and said, "If the Ning Navy fights across the sea, how much rations can Denglai provide to the Ning Navy?"

This issue finally touched on something.

Sun Yuanhua had a bitter look on his face. Originally, Dengzhou had prepared 200,000 stones of grain and grass, but the problem was that these grains and grass had been taken away by Cheng Shijie. His Dengzhou warehouse was empty enough for rats to run away. If it were not for the support of the gentry in Dengzhou City,

After Sun Yuanhua lost 3,000 shi of grain, the governor's office ran out of food.

Sun Yuanhua did not dare to tell the truth. If he did, he would expose his own shortcomings. He thought for a while and said: "Dengzhou can provide 15,000 troops with military rations for a month of fighting!"

"It's a little less!"

"However, if I transfer food from Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture one month later, it will be enough to ensure that the army can continue to fight!"

"So good!"

Gao Qipian looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "When will Ning Haijun be able to send out troops?"

"The leading troops have already set off, and the follow-up troops are ready to set off tomorrow!"

Cheng Shijie had received a military report from Shen Mingyu that there were only a few hundred slave herders from Maodong in Jinzhou Acropolis. After a round of shelling, hundreds of herdsmen fled and they occupied the deserted Jinzhou City.

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Cheng Shijie thought that he must send troops as soon as possible, otherwise Huang Taiji would definitely know that the Ming army was attacking Jinzhou Acropolis. Although he judged that Huang Taiji was very weak at this time, the judgment was a judgment, which did not mean that it was a fact. He must lead all Ning Haijun's troops.

Top it up first.

"According to His Majesty's order, we have temporarily taken over the post of military supervisor of Ning Haijun. We will supervise the army in Dengzhou and wish General Cheng a triumphant return."

…

Penglai Water City, the school grounds outside the city.

Cheng Shijie, Gao Qiqian, and Sun Yuanhua reviewed Ning Haijun's soldiers. Ning Haijun's military flags fluttered in the wind. Ning Haijun's soldiers wore armor on their heads, held their heads high, and lined up in thirty rows. The sea breeze blew their black helmets, like a wave of

Groups of ink clouds danced wildly in the wind.

On the general stage, the handsome flag with the word "Cheng" flying in the air, the tiger bared its teeth and claws, as if it wanted to break the flag and tear the people in front of it into pieces. The thousands of troops and horses were silent, like a silent mountain peak, standing before them

It's hard not to let the hairs on your body stand up one by one in front of you!

Let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of Ning Haijun, but their appearance is indeed not comparable to that of other Ming armies.

However, Gao Qiqian frowned. Ning Haijun's equipment was really weird. There were more than 4,000 soldiers in the entire army, but there were only a few firecrackers. Ning Haijun's main equipment was actually

Lances and crossbows.

Although spears and crossbows are one of the best weapons to restrain cavalry, the Jiannu not only have light cavalry and red armored soldiers, but also white armored soldiers wearing three layers of iron armor. The three layers of armor on these white armored soldiers

, you can ignore the crossbow machine's shooting. Unless the white-armored soldier is within thirty steps in front of the crossbow machine.

In addition to these crossbows and spears, Ning Haijun also wore a dog-legged scimitar more than a foot long on his waist. This scimitar is sharp enough, but is it too short to be used for frontal fighting on the battlefield?

Too much?

Gao Qiqian looked at Cheng Shijie and sighed in his heart, Cheng Shijie still didn't understand Jian Nu, so how could he just use a crossbow? He was relieved when he thought that Cheng Shijie had never fought against Jian Nu.

What can I do if I don't feel relieved? Now the arrow is on the string and I have to take action.

The bells rang from the Cathedral in Dengzhou City, one after another, ringing throughout the city at twelve o'clock at noon.

"The auspicious time has come!"

"Dong dong..."

The sound of the war drums sounded as if the ground was shaking. Hundreds of buglers blew their horns at the same time. The gloomy and desolate trumpet sound resounded through the sky, bringing everyone to the battlefield where the setting sun was like blood.

Cheng Shijie ascended the commanding platform, and his bodyguards brought a sheep over. Cheng Shijie pulled out the Tang straight sword and slashed it down with one strike. The sheep's neck was cut off, and a blood arrow spurted out two meters away, dyeing it red.

raised the battle flag.

The soldiers lined up the sheep's heads in front of the general stand with great care, and then brought in a ram. Cheng Shijie stabbed him again, and the sheep's head fell to the ground. He cut off the necks of three sheep in a row, and the sheep's blood was splashed all over.

Get some generals.

Cheng Shijie handed the knife to the guard to wash it clean, wiped off the blood on his hand, looked around the three armies with bright eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone must know where we are going, right?"

"Kill the Jiannu! Kill the Jiannu!"

"That's right, kill Jiannu!!"

Cheng Shijie said loudly: "Soldiers, are you ready? Are you ready to make a fortune? I can tell you that the heads of slaves are much more valuable than those of bandits. The court rewards them with fifty taels of silver for each head.

Cut off Niu Lu's real head and get a promotion."

Upon hearing Cheng Shijie's words, Ning Haijun's eyes immediately glowed with green light, and some even cheered loudly.

"Ready!"

"Set off!"

Cheng Shijie waved his hand, and Ning Haijun's soldiers lined up and began to move forward slowly.

Cheng Shijie walked towards Sun Yuanhua and said, "Master Futai, I leave Ning Haijun's escape to you!"

"Cheng Shuai, don't worry!"

Cheng Shijie walked towards the dock in the distance.

As Ning Haijun moved, Gao Qiqian felt that Ning Haijun was different. He raised his legs neatly, set his feet neatly, and waved his arms neatly. No matter from which angle he looked at it, Ning Haijun's soldiers seemed to have been measured with a ruler.

Perhaps seeing Gao Qiqian's dissatisfaction with Ning Haijun, a eunuch lowered his voice and said: "Godfather, did a man named Cheng lead thousands of people to fight against Jiannu? He was lucky enough to win a few battles, so he

He couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. He thought that Jian Nu was the same as bandits and bandits, and he could come wherever he wanted! Hum, let a group of infantrymen who didn't even have a few muskets fight to the death with Jian Nu's cavalry?

It’s a shame he figured it out!”

Gao Qiqian sighed and said: "We don't know where he got the courage to lead such a group of soldiers... We have never seen any Ming army that is not equipped with firecrackers!"

Jiannu always liked to throw white-armored heavy infantry into the battlefield at the most critical moment, like a hammer, to break through the Ming army's defense, and then take advantage of the Ming army's defeat to cover up the enemy.

Of course, Gao Qiqian didn't know that Cheng Shijie had his own confidence. It had been proven by the practice of Kong Youde of the Dongjiang Army that in the face of thunderbolts, cavalry rushing into battle was a joke.

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