The positive reaction of Heiyunlong made Zhou Shixiong very happy, and he said with a smile, "Don't talk nonsense. You are a general with a rank and you are the general manager here. How can you live in Kunshan and the others!" Zhou Shixiong smiled, and the atmosphere in the big tent became live. Zuo Liangyu bowed and joked to Heiyunlong, "Mr. Hei, please give me a high hand and leave a way out for the young."

Zhou Shixiong no matter how many subordinates teased each other, he thought for a while and said, "Since Yunlong is willing, how about becoming a vanguard officer in the Supervisor Camp?" [bsp;   Hei Yunlong was overjoyed and knelt on one knee to salute, "Thank you for your appreciation, the Supervisor will not disappoint the adults."

The Black Cloud Dragon completely surrendered to Zhou Shixiong and was accepted by Zhou Shixiong, which made Sun Zushou unable to sit still. "The commander-in-chief, the Black General can be the vanguard, so the subordinates will be the deputy to the Black General."

Zhou Shixiong was very satisfied with Sun Zushou's performance. Even if Sun Zushou didn't speak, he would find an opportunity to win over him. Since Sun Zushou had spoken, Zhou Shixiong certainly would not refuse. "Why did Sun Youjun say this? If you are interested, I will leave the rear army of the Superbiao camp to you."

Two colleagues at the same level offered their sincerity to Zhou Shixiong. Man Gui knew that the situation was hopeless, so he stood up and bowed to Zhou Shixiong, "The Supervisor commander commander commander commander commander commander commander battalion, and the Supervisor battalion is the face of the Cavalry barracks. Of course, the best soldiers are required. Please ask the Supervisor to make a charter, and the last person will supervise and select them personally."

Zhou Shixiong looked at Man Gui with a calm expression, "General Man is determined. I am very comfortable with your more than 2,000 soldiers, so I want them." Zhou Shixiong had already thought about it. He tried not to fight with the masters and soldiers. There were 3,000 to 4,000 people on the team, and it was enough to use guerrilla tactics to deal with Jiannu. Zhou Shixiong knew his own business and was better to let him commit suicide than to command the army to fight. He had never been exposed to this knowledge, so how dare he do anything randomly.

As for small troops fighting, I had some foundation in Pingxiangzhou before, and now I am fighting on the inside, so I don’t have to worry about supplies. Zhou Shixiong is still confident in commanding a small troops.

Zhou Shixiong asked for Datong soldiers. Even if Man Gui was reluctant, he had to admit it. He took out the Datong military talisman with a bitter face. Zuo Liangyu stepped forward to take it over. Zhou Shixiong pointed at Heiyunlong, "Pioneer, I'll leave these people to you." He gave the two thousand five hundred elite soldiers to Heiyunlong. Zhou Shixiong used this move to completely cut the relationship between Man Gui and Heiyunlong.

After biting Man Gui's blood, Zhou Shixiong no longer stimulated him and took out a list and handed it to Fang Zhenghua. "Xiao Fang, give this list to the Ministry of War. I'm urgent to use the things on it." Fang Zhenghua took the list and saw that, "What a guy, Zhou Shixiong is going to hollow out the military weapons supervision of the Ministry of Works! One thousand new crossbows, fifty thousand crossbow arrows, and three thousand iron armor sets of three thousand Pub knives. To be honest, the number of these behind is not large, and Fang Zhenghua believes that adding zero can be done. The problem is the new crossbow. Pulley crossbows are not made in large quantities due to technical confidentiality. Fang Zhenghua cannot guarantee that the Ministry of Works can make up a thousand.

"Sir, there may not be so many pulley crossbows. Do you think it will be reduced?" Fang Zhenghua was not helping Emperor Chongzhen save money, but was afraid that the Ministry of Works would not be able to produce it and Emperor Chongzhen was embarrassed.

Zhou Shixiong shook his head, "If you don't have it, create it. The more you create it, the less difficult it is to defend the city. You won't miss this principle."

Of course, Fang Zhenghua understood, but understood it was one thing, and doing it was another thing. "The masters didn't know that it was useless for these master soldiers in the Jingying to take good things. The officials heard that the fall of Tongzhou was because these master soldiers took the lead in fleeing, which caused the entire army to retreat."

Fang Zhenghua had to give Zhou Shixiong a popular science and introduce in detail the components of the Jingying. The Jingying was divided into the five military camps, Shenshu camp and Shenji camp of the Emperor's personal army. These were formal Jingying institutions. There were also Banjuns. Banjuns refer to the guards in the four places of Daning, Zhongdu, Shandong and Henan, with a total number of 160,000. They had to enter Beijing regularly to rotate, so they were called Banjuns.

Zhou Shixiong finally understood why Liu Ning was so sensitive to the number of guards. It turned out that Henan soldiers would enter Beijing every few years, and Liu Ning would have to peel off even if he didn't die.

"Sir, in addition to the Shenshu camp being served by naturalized Meng people, the Five Military Camp is equivalent to the forbidden property of the nobles in the capital. Their sons and nephews went to the Five Military Camp to be named after the adults, and some poor relatives who came to Beijing to surrender were not easy to settle and filled in the Five Military Camp. In short, the Five Military Camp is the gilded land and garbage dumps of these nobles. The water here is too muddy and deep." Fang Zhenghua knew that Zhou Shixiong was a person who came from his own nature, for fear that he would make a fuss with the nobles in the Five Military Camp. Even if he got a bargain, his life would definitely be difficult for him to live in the future.

Zhou Shixiong had been alert to the nobles in the capital, and he cared about Fang Zhenghua's advice, "I understand. Since this is the case, we can get as much as we can, and then we will leave the city as soon as possible, the further away from these guys, the better."

After looking at Man Gui who was sitting next to him in a daze, Zhou Shixiong sneered in his heart, "General Man, after the Supervisor Camp left the city, the cavalry camp was handed over to General Man. I hope General Man would do his best to serve the emperor." Zhou Shixiong not only pulled away the useful people, but also threw the mess to Man Gui. Man Gui was deeply regretful. He nodded and would not die at the beginning, so why should he offend this petty guy! He squeezed out his smile with grievance, "Sir Xie Xin Chong." Man Gui wanted to cry very much.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the news of Zhou Shixiong's return, he immediately sent Tu Wenfu to summon him. Zhou Shixiong had settled the newly collected cavalry and war horses before following Tu Wenfu into the palace. "My minister Zhou Shixiong pays his respects to the emperor." Zhou Shixiong saw Emperor Chongzhen bowing,

"Zhou Aiqing, just come back." Emperor Chongzhen treated Zhou Shixiong as a life-saving straw and warmly greeted Zhou Shixiong to sit down, asking Tu Wenfu to serve Zhou Shixiong with tea.

"Emperor, Xiao Fang said that the emperor already knows my plan. Do you think it's OK?" Zhou Shixiong and Manguertai fought to the death not for Emperor Chongzhen, he just wanted to save his life. The same is true for this adventure plan. Only by forcing Jiannu out of the pass as soon as possible can Zhou Shixiong return to Guangxi safely.

"Zhou Aiqing, this plan is very risky. If Jiannu goes south regardless of the way out, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be ravaged?" Emperor Chongzhen discussed this plan with Sun Chengzong and others, and Sun Chengzong and Shen Yongmao both reserved their opinions. They admitted that this plan is very good, but the premise is that there is a strong enough army to chew on the Jiannu Iron Cavalry. Sun Chengzong used a bamboo cage to block the tiger to describe this plan. There is a great chance of success, but the tiger can make countless exits on the wall of the bamboo cage at any time. What's the point of closing a cage?

Looking at the battle record of his troops being defeated, Emperor Chongzhen agreed to the statement of bamboo cage and rejected Zhou Shixiong's plan to close the door and beat the dog. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to make it clear. After all, Zhou Shixiong was different from others. He used less than Jiannu's troops to force Jiannu to surrender. Such a record had not happened since the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen could not defeat Zhou Shixiong's confidence.

"Emperor, only 50,000 Jiannu entered the pass, and the Ming army in the capital area was more than five times that of Jiannu. No one could win if five were beaten?" Zhou Shixiong used the simplest comparison of the number of people to convince Emperor Chongzhen, but Emperor Chongzhen had a different view. "Zhou Aiqing, the statement that Jiannu 50,000 Jiannu entered the pass was inaccurate. Sun Chengzong and Sun Aiqing saw with his own eyes that there were more than 50,000 Jiannu besieged Tongzhou."

"Okay, just be a Jiannu who has 100,000 people. But how many war soldiers can there be in the 100,000 people? 30,000 or 50,000, there can't be 70,000 soldiers! Let's take a step back, even if Jiannu has 70,000 war soldiers, the Ming army inside and outside the capital has more than 250,000, and they dare not fight one of them?" Zhou Shixiong was a little angry, and even the highest head of state was afraid of Jiannu. How could he fight this battle?

Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly, "Zhou Aiqing doesn't know anything. The Beijing camp is known as the seventy-two guards. Except for the full staff of Shenshu Camp and Shenji Camp, there are not even 50% of the actual staff, including the Five Military Camp and the Pan Army. How can I have an army of 250,000!"

"No way? It's so much different!" The Ming army is popular for empty wages, and everyone on earth knows this. But it's too talented to suffer more than half of the loss!

"Sun Aiqing just checked once, and even the weak are only 50% of the old and weak. There are actually less than 50,000 people who have removed the old and weak. If the Beijing camp was not so bad, I wouldn't have to worry about Yuan Chonghuan." Emperor Chongzhen was helpless. He had been thinking about doing a big battle for two years since he ascended the throne. But today he found that there were so many holes around him, but he still could not fill it.

If it was normal, Zhou Shixiong was very interested in the topic of Yuan Chonghuan in August 18, but the Beijing camp was so decayed that it had a great impact on Zhou Shixiong's plan, and he was not interested in paying attention to this person. "Emperor, since that's the case, then put this plan on the plan, but it's useless to place the cavalry in the city. I want to take it out to threaten the flanks of Jiannu and restrain some Jiannu from letting them attack the capital." Since the number of people was not superior, Zhou Shixiong no longer insisted on his own opinion, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the suggestion of pulling cavalry out of the city, Emperor Chongzhen immediately made it clear. As Zhou Shixiong said, what is the use of cavalry staying in the city! When Zhou Shixiong left the Forbidden City, he saw two officials, one tall and one short, passing by. The short civil servant was handsome and handsome, and his eyes were very popular. The tall military general was a little taller than Zhou Shixiong, and his face was full of evil spirits and knew that he was not a good person at first glance.

"Xiao Wang, who are these two?" Zhou Shixiong asked the young eunuch Wang Zhixin who led the way. Wang Zhixin replied in a low voice, "The tall one doesn't know, but the shortest one is Yuan Chonghuan Yuan."

Strange, why did this guy go to the palace? Is the legendary slice performance about to begin? Zhou Shixiong was a little confused. The slice of Yuan Chonghuan in the late Ming Dynasty was a very representative thing in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Should I visit it? This is a question!

Back at the Western Education Venue, Fang Zhenghua had already transported everything Zhou Shixiong wanted. Zhou Shixiong found Heiyunlong and Sun Zushou, and asked them to divide the things. He also selected five hundred crossbows to form a crossbow guard, because Fang Zhenghua only had five hundred new crossbows. After the equipment was done, it was the turn of war horses. Zhou Shixiong selected three thousand horses from the war horses provided by the Imperial Horse Supervisor to ensure that one cavalryman had two horses. Sun Zushou's 1,000 horse infantrymen were used as baggage soldiers, and there was no need for two horses to be responsible for logistics work.
Chapter completed!