December in the fourth year of Chongzhen!

It was cold and cold, and it was the deep winter season. It was very lively on a flat ground outside Baishui City. Wang Er, who was like an iron tower, was riding a tall horse, running around the flat ground, practicing equestrianism. Not far behind him, Yingshanhong also rode a red horse, chasing her man with her horse's butt.

The young couple were running wildly while waving iron spears on the horse's back. Occasionally, when the horses intersected, they attacked each other with one move... This scene should have been very powerful and evil. Unfortunately, every time the two of them fought, their bodies would slightly lose balance. They could only sit back after being embarrassed for a while, which made the leaders watching around laugh.

Miao Mei was also among the leaders watching, shook her head and said, "I have been practicing for several months, but I still haven't achieved it!"

"There is nothing to do! Let the person who has been walking and fighting with big feet since he was a child suddenly ride a horse. If the horse reins are still held with both hands, it will be difficult to control the balance by holding the spear in both hands and relying on the strength of his legs to control the balance." Xu Renjie was wearing a mask and stood beside him as a marshal, and smiled and said, "Looking like this, Wang Erxiao and his wife still have to live in a row when they meet Cao Wenzhao!"

It turned out that since Miao Mei came back last time to describe Cao Wenzhao's power, Wang Er and his wife were quite dissatisfied and swore that they would definitely be able to practice horse fighting skills. As a result, the couple practiced for several months and were still so cowardly. It was difficult for them to sit firmly on the horse's back, let alone waving their spears.

At this time, a figure flashed on the sidelines. Zhu Yuanzhang rode a dark horse and also brought an iron spear and appeared on the racetrack. He shouted to Wang Er and Yingshanhong: "You two, come and fight me!"

"Ah? Brother Zhu... Why are you here?" The leaders were shocked. The old leader was fine, but the new leaders were confused. Because Zhu Yuanzhang's army expanded very quickly, many new leaders have joined recently. Most of these new leaders have never seen Zhu Yuanzhang take action. They thought he was just good at commanding and could not do anything martial arts at all. So when he saw him spitting his gun, he couldn't help but exclaim.

The old leaders couldn't help laughing and scolding: "What's wrong? Don't you know that Brother Zhu is both civil and military? Haha!"

"But then again, if you only fight, Brother Zhu seems to be no match for Brother Wang, right?"

The old leaders couldn't help but wonder. Although Brother Zhu's martial arts is good, he is still far from Wang Er, who is born with a monster-like appearance. Everyone knows this. Moreover, the monster Wang Er now has a female gorilla Yingshanhong assisted him. When the couple made all their efforts, the leaders in the village could only walk around. Today, Brother Zhu suddenly came to challenge Wang Er and Yingshanhong at the same time to avoid being a little arrogant.

Only Yang Hong was calm in the crowd and looked calm: "Ma Zhan is different from infantry warfare. Although Wang Er was powerful in infantry warfare, Ma Zhan may not be the opponent of Brother Zhu. Let's see."

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er rushed to the same place, and the three of them danced with iron spears. After a few rounds, they only heard a oh. Yingshanhong fell off the horse first, and then two rounds. Wang Er also screamed strangely and fell off the horse.

The leaders burst into laughter: "Sure enough, Brother Leng Feng can see it accurately!"

Wang Er, who fell off the horse, was not upset at all. He always obeyed Zhu Yuanzhang and took it for granted if he lost. After turning over and getting up, he quickly asked Zhu Yuanzhang for advice on the horse war.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't understand much. If his horse fighting ability was placed in the Liaodong border army, he would probably not be as good as a light cavalry. However, in his previous life, he watched the monster Chang Yuchun charge and storm. He still knew a lot of basic knowledge. So he told Wang Er some experience in controlling horses with his legs and applying skillfulness. After listening humbly, Wang Er quickly asked Yingshanhong to climb onto the horse's back together and continued to practice.

Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the middle of the leaders next to the racecourse and sighed: "It's still not possible... It will take at least several years for Wang and Er to truly master the key points of horse battle..." His expression was a little depressed, and he looked quite sad. The leaders didn't know why he suddenly became depressed.

Only Xu Renjie and Yang Hong reacted quickly, came over together, and whispered: "Is Brother Zhu worried about our cavalry issues?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang said without hesitation: "Although our troops have expanded very quickly, they are all infantry so far. If a powerful cavalry cannot be formed, they will not be able to become a great man."

"We don't have a large number of war horses, so it's normal that we can't form cavalry!" Yang Hong said seriously: "I don't think Brother Zhu has to be upset. Anyway, our enemies don't have many cavalry..."

The "enemy" he refers to, of course, the Ming Dynasty court.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "The enemy you see is only in front of you, and I see farther away... Without elite cavalry, you can't win the final enemy."

"That final enemy?" Yang Hong was puzzled.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not tell him that the Qing Dynasty was their real enemy. Speaking this at this time would only scare Yang Hong and others. It was not that it was a good idea to say it. He changed the topic: "When it comes to this... I am a little envious of Shen Yikui of the Western Rebel Army... His territory is close to Gansu, which is a good place to produce horses... There have always been a large number of horse thieves active, or if they are brought into the army, they can become a cavalry team after a little training."

"By the way, Leng Feng, how are your musket soldiers training?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually.

"It's okay..." Yang Hong nodded and said, "Under the leadership of the veteran named Jun Sanwu, they have practiced well. Now most people can visually measure the farthest fire distance, but they are not as accurate as Jun Sanwu... Unfortunately, we can't get gunpowder and bullets, and we can't let the soldiers practice live ammunition, just holding muskets and pretending to shoot... The musket soldiers trained in this way will not be much more skillful than the musket soldiers in the court."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and knew: "I will find a way to get gunpowder and bullets. You can let the gunmen practice it first... Spring is coming soon. In this spring, you can take these new gunmen to Pucheng to find the rich people to collect taxes, let them follow the spearmen and experience it, and cultivate their courage..."

In the past, when Zhu Yuanzhang's army was huddled in Huanglong Mountain, it collected taxes to the wealthy families in Baishui, Luochuan and Chengcheng. Now that their territory has been expanded, the scope of tax collection will naturally be expanded. Pucheng, south of Baishui and Heyang, northeast of Chengcheng, are all included in new target locations.

Yang Hong nodded and said, "If our tax collection scope continues to expand, we will have to face Hong Chengchou soon, right? He has no reason to sit idly by and watch us do this."

"Yeah!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "But... there is no need to worry too much. Shen Yikui is still holding on the west road. Hong Chengchou shouldn't be in charge of us until he falls."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, a fast horse suddenly ran over as if he was flying. The knight on the horse was a postman... not a postman from the court, but a postman from the postman built by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

The postman arrived in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, suddenly got out of his arms and handed over a letter: "Brother Zhu, the news of our spy in Xi'an has been sent back..."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the letter and read it while reposting the content of the letter to the leaders around him: "In September of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Shen Yikui occupied Ningsai... Not long after, civil strife broke out in the rebel army, and general Huang Youcai killed Shen Yikui and seized the military power..."

"What?" Yang Hong, Xu Renjie and others were shocked.

"In November, the rebel army of Tan Xiong's army led the army into Ansai twice. Governor Hong Chengchou finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent Deputy General Cao Wenzhao to lead troops to attack Huang Youcai's army in Ningsai. At the same time, Hong Chengchou himself led General Wang Chengen and Deputy General Li Bei to attack Tan Xiong's army in Ansai..."

Hearing this, the leaders were uproared: "The rebel army on the West Road has started a full war with the imperial court!"

"The West Road is a good person, beat up the imperial court's gang of sluts!"

"Blame Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao! Haha!"

"Should we send troops to respond?"

"Don't worry... Brother Zhu hasn't finished reading yet, you're so fucking..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the leaders and calmed them down. Then he continued to read: "Just as the rebels on the west road fought with the court, the new rebels emerged again... Last month, the three leaders of the Sage Red Flag, a city, Yiduoyun suddenly revolted, leading more than 3,000 rebels from Yuhechuan to attack Anding. The poor in the city hated the rich, and responded to it, and thus defeated Anding City..."

"Wow!" The leaders were overjoyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "But... the general of Ming Dynasty, Wang Chengen, first arrived at Ansai with a fast speed, used a trick to lure and kill Tan Xiong, defeat the Ansai rebel army, and then immediately rushed to attack Anding. The red flag of the Satu, a city, and a cloud were forced to abandon the city and flee."

"Ah!" The leaders were anxious: "How can this be done... Then the rebels on the West Road will be finished?"

"Don't be surprised, listen to me finish reading!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "At the same time, the rebel army of Huntian Monkey tribe emerged, captured Ganquan County, seized 18,000 taels of silver, and executed the magistrate Guo Yongtu. Zhang Yundeng, the soldiers in Hexi were also shot dead. Then, the rebel army captured Jiazhou again, and Guo Jingsong was killed. Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou hurriedly issued an edict to transfer Cao Wenzhao, and Zhang Quanchang's troops jointly suppressed... Now Huntian Monkey... is well... is being transferred..."

"Ah! This is really... one wave has not yet settled, another wave has risen!" The leaders were in a very high or low mood, happy, nervous, angry, and happy again... the ups and downs, I really don't know what it feels like.

Xu Renjie's eyes lit up: "Brother Zhu, now there is a chaos in Shaanxi. We should take this opportunity to quickly conquer cities and territories and occupy more territory..."...)
Chapter completed!