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Chapter 91 Shocking News

Gao Qiqian, the military supervisor, is different from Fang Zhenghua. He was squeezed out of the military supervisor. The imperial horse supervisor was not because of a mistake, but because Fang Zhenghua's contribution was too great. In the twenty-four yamen, only the imperial horse supervisor was related to military affairs. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to arrange a position for Fang Zhenghua, who made military contributions. The imperial horse supervisor was the only choice. Because he had not made any mistakes but lost his authority, Gao Qiqian took the initiative to ask to come to the cavalry camp to serve as the military supervisor. Emperor Chongzhen approved it without thinking.

Last night, when Ma Shilong and Wang Chengyin were sent away, Man Gui summoned senior generals of the cavalry camp to set up the tactics for battalion combat. Ma Shilong's previous experience Man Gui didn't want to make a mistake again, and kept the cavalry camp, which was mainly cavalry, to fight defensive battles in the camp. It didn't seem like a reasonable approach. Man Gui's strategy was recognized by everyone, and Gao Qiqian naturally had nothing to say. Unexpectedly, Man Gui saw Jiannu sending such powerful troops to battalion combat, and he had doubts about his previous ideas.[]

Man Gui was very helpless to change his combat strategy. The generals of the Jiannu army who were wearing the yellow dragon flag were very familiar with it. This was the banner of the Jiannu vanguard camp, and was affiliated with the Jiannu Khan Huangtaiji, who was the number one elite. The one-on-one cavalry was no longer confident in fighting Man Gui, not to mention that Jiannu also had the advantage of the number of people.

"The Jiannu vanguard battalion is not good, the front plan is cancelled, and each battalion will assist the rear military camp to prepare for defensive battles." Man Gui had no time to explain to Wu Weiying and Xue Bao how powerful the vanguard battalion is. He announced the change of tactics as soon as he sat down. Heiyunlong nodded silently. He agreed with Man Gui's approach.

Wu Weiying admired Man Gui's command of the battle formation after the battle in Shunyi City. Although he didn't know why Man Gui changed his tactics, he did not object. Xue Bao followed Wu Weiying's leader, and Boss Wu would not object, either.

"My official, how should we change the battle strategy last night?" Gao Qi, the military supervisor, knew very well that Emperor Chongzhen would definitely come to watch the battle in the cavalry camp. If the military manager hides in the camp and get beaten, how would he, the military supervisor, explain to the emperor? You must know that Emperor Chongzhen is a very demanding person.

"Last night, the enemy was unknown, and the troops that Jiannu had launched were wrongly estimated. Now that we know that Jiannu had launched a heavy army to attack the camp, we must change the tactics and defend the top priority." Man Gui was quite satisfied with this new military supervisor last night. Although he was the admiral of the Imperial Horse Supervisor like Fang Zhenghua, Gao Qiqian was not as backed by Zhou Shixiong like Fang Zhenghua, and Man Gui did not have that much pressure to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the sky was dawn, the military supervisor changed, and he actually intervened in military affairs at this time. You should know that military supervisor and military supervisor are two different concepts. Military supervisors can only be seen, but not even managed, and military supervisors can be seen, but also managed. In Xianghe County, Zhou Shixiong took over the command power of Man Gui and others in the name of military supervisors, and Gao Qiqian did not have this right.

Man Gui explained patiently, hoping that Gao Qixin would stop when he was better. Unexpectedly, Gao Qixin became more excited. "Man Jingluo's words are bad. He decided to fight the camp last night, with the premise that the Supervisor Battalion was trapped in the camp and could not play the role of cavalry. How could Man Jingluo know the mistake and make mistakes?"

Gao Qiqian is known as the eunuch who knows the best military affairs in the Forbidden City. How could he feel good when he was robbed of power by Fang Zhenghua, a young eunuch, with his military achievements. Now, Man Gui, the most popular general, was caught by Gao Qiqian, and I feel sorry for this good opportunity without saying a few words to show my presence.

"The senior military supervisor has only 10,000 elite cavalry in the cavalry camp, and Jiannu has as many as 30,000. Mangui has no ability to use 10,000 to 30,000." Mangui didn't want to continue to get entangled, which directly explained that the cavalry camp could not defeat him and had to hide.

"Man Jingluo, how can you be a vicious official in the army be afraid before fighting? Jiannu invaded our capital. As a general of the Ming Dynasty, he should fight bravely to repay the emperor's kindness," Gao Qiqian was preparing to give a passionate speech, but unfortunately the deafening roar of cannons covered up his speech.

After a round of artillery attacks passed, Sun Zushou said to Man Gui, "Sir Man, the crossbow team is ready. What should I do next?"

In the second year of Tianqi, Sun Zushou followed Sun Chengzong out of Liaodong as the deputy governor and served as the general of the Western Conference of Jizhen Three Associations. He had a deeper understanding of Jiannu than Mangui. The predecessor of Jiannu's vanguard was Gebush Xianchaoha Camp, and Nurhaci's guard camp. The soldiers of the vanguard camp were selected from the Eight Banners soldiers. No matter what their origins were, as long as they entered the vanguard camp, even if they were the chief of the Zhenghuang Banner, they would not only get rid of their slave status but also get the best treatment. It would be strange if such troops had poor combat power.

"Mr. Sun, a deer firewood cannot stop Jiannu. Build a few more deer firewood in the camp. If there is not enough manpower, the guys who will lose the Jing camp." The five thousand cavalrymen in the name of the cavalry camp were still in the state of the five armies after the cavalry camp was newly divided into the front, back and left and right of the cavalry camp, and they were still in the state of being not included in any army. They were strange external teams. Although Man Gui and others did not like these guys, they had no money or food to give, and they did not have any greed for their military achievements. Therefore, this group of cavalrymen in the Beijing camp could only enjoy the life of being excluded and could not find an excuse to make trouble.

Man Gui deliberately ignored Gao Qiqian's existence, and the others did not want to intervene in the fight between the two. After receiving the order, he quickly left the tent and left the two senior officials to continue singing.

Gao Qiqian is worthy of being an eunuch who knows about military affairs. He speculated that the enemy generals had great abilities. Emperor Chongzhen not only appeared on the Chaoyang Gate Tower, but also took over the command of the city defense force. This round of artillery attack was ordered by Emperor Chongzhen to open fire.

"Sun Aiqing, this Jiannu seems to be very strong." Emperor Chongzhen absolutely did not know the military, but anyone could feel the momentum of the vanguard camp. Emperor Chongzhen asked Sun Chengzong with a worried look on his face.

"Long live, this Jiannu cavalry is the imperial guards of the Jiannu Khan Huang Taiji. It is composed of the Jiannu Eight Banners warriors and is known as the number one in the Eight Banners." Emperor Chongzhen only felt the momentum of the vanguard camp, but Sun Chengzong was very clear about the achievements of the vanguard camp. Sun Chengzong was unsure of whether the cavalry camp could resist the vanguard camp.

Three days ago, Yue Tou and Ajige used a tactic of strong attack to deal with the Tubiao Battalion and Ningyuan Army infantry, with significant results. If it weren't for the lack of troops in their hands, they could not continue to fight the war of attrition, the Tubiao Battalion and Ningyuan Army infantry would not have the chance to last until the defense was changed. Jirgalang gave up this tactic and ordered 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to divide into four teams to harass the Ming army in turn, and the vanguard battalion was divided into two teams, and also attacked the Chaoyangmen Camp in a rotational battle.

Thirty thousand cavalry scattered to attack, which not only effectively weakened the killing effect of the Ming army's cannons, but also caused the cavalry camp to run around and block the leaks. It seemed that Jirgalang's command ability was even higher than that of Yuetuo.

After a long battle, both sides cried out and returned home for dinner. The cavalry camp, which seemed to be unoptimistic, achieved one-to-two losses in terms of battle results, killing nearly 2,000 Mongolian cavalry. The Great Jin vanguard camp was not much, so who made their equipment better?

"Sir, is it okay to keep things here?" On December 18th, Zhou Shixiong led the central army and the guards to step into Xianghe City again. After entering the city, Zhou Shixiong ordered a large garden in the city and store the snatched materials in the garden.

"Peng Qianhu doesn't have to worry. As long as we return to the capital to confirm that the road is smooth, we can send people back to transport the things away at any time. It won't take many days." Zhou Shixiong did not dare to put things in Xianghe, but did not dare to bring them with him. Zhou Shixiong was afraid of bringing his property to Beijing and causing trouble, and he was afraid that he would be robbed back halfway through. Wouldn't it be useless to work?

Staying in Xianghe City for one night, the next day, the entire army was lightly equipped and only used a sled cart to carry some food and grass away from Xianghe City. The people near the capital almost ran to Qingguang, and Zhou Shixiong had never seen a living person along the way. Of course, he would not know that he had been included in the missing person, nor did he know that Emperor Chongzhen was looking for him all over the world. With a relaxed mood, Zhou Shixiong and his subordinates slowly set off from Xianghe and took three days to get to Lugou Bridge.

"Sir, Liu Zhilun, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War in Lugou Bridge, asked for a meeting." Li Xiaobin, who was in charge of investigation and exploration, came back to report that there was a Beijing camp stationed in Lugou Bridge.

"Where is the person?" Since he was asking for a visit, he should have followed Li Xiaobin, Zhou Shixiong looked around but didn't see anyone who looked like the Minister of War.

"Waiting at Lugou Bridge." Li Xiaobin thought to himself that the official couldn't even ride a horse. Who knows how long he would have to wait for him to come.

Zhou Shixiong didn't think that the Minister of War was a lie, but he was wondering how the commander of the Beijing camp outside the outside world was a senior official of the Minister of War. When he came to Lugou Bridge, he saw that the Beijing camp was obviously a miscellaneous army. It was not that they pretended to be the Beijing camp, but at a glance, he knew that several troops were mixed together, and there was no senior general.

"The lower official Liu Zhilun visited the Marquis of Zhennan." Liu Zhilun was in his thirties and was wearing a brand new third-rank official uniform, which gave his black and thin figure a little imposing.

"Mr. Liu is not a gift." Zhou Shixiong didn't feel anything about the Minister of War, and he didn't feel anything about Liu Zhilun, the deputy post. It was necessary to be a little polite. "Mr. Liu, what's going on with this Beijing camp?" After being polite, Liu Zhilun led Zhou Shixiong into the camp, and Zhou Shixiong casually found a topic.

"Returning to Zhennanhou, the officials were ordered to leave the capital to gather the scattered soldiers and wandering soldiers. Most of them were fleeing soldiers in Tongzhou."

"Since you have gathered so many people, why don't you bring them back to the capital? What's the matter with stationing here?" Lugou Bridge is the main area of ​​the outer defense line of the capital. The Shanxi Border Army, which had a mutiny before, had a task of assisting in the defense of Lugou Bridge. The reconnaissance team sent by Zhou Shixiong only found this scattered soldier near Lugou Bridge, which made Zhou Shixiong very strange.

"Don't Zhennan Hou know that Jiannu is attacking the capital?" Liu Zhilun has been out for a long time and has not returned to the capital. Of course, he doesn't know that Zhou Shixiong is a missing person. He thought that Zhou Shixiong was here to accept this Beijing camp.

"Jiannu still dares to attack the capital?" Zhou Shixiong was shocked when he heard the news. He clearly got rid of so much food and supplies in Jiannu, how could Jiannu still dare to attack the capital?

"It has been fighting for many days. The officials gathered these scattered soldiers to Lugou Bridge for three days. The people who sent to the capital to report the news said that Jiannu was fighting fiercely with the cavalry camp, and it was said that they were hurt by each other and were still in a stalemate." Liu Zhilun looked at Zhou Shixiong in surprise. How could the governor of the Beijing camp not know about his affairs?
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