Zhu Youxiao was naturally familiar with the Battle of Salhu. Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, the Battle of Salhu had always been his awakening target. This is why even an army of 100,000 people could directly defeat Lin Dan Khan.

But he still went to the grassland with 200,000 people on an expedition.

Just to avoid repeating the same mistakes and reproducing the tragic results of the Battle of Sarhu. As for why you only have 100,000 cavalry this time, you naturally think that the Jurchen strength is not as strong as Mongolia, so you have some background.

In total, the Jurchens in Jianzhou only had a population of three to four hundred thousand, and when they moved north to Qiqihar, they left in such a hurry that they took no old or weak people with them, only women and children. In the end, after taking Qingxiang, women and children from the Horqin tribe, they

The entire population has returned to its original level.

The military strength, after Huang Taiji's exhaustive search, barely restored the Eight Banners, and it was still a mixture of Jurchen and Mongolia. As for the combat effectiveness, it was far inferior. Not to mention the equipment, the combat experience and morale alone were far inferior.

It’s the era of Nurhaci.

However, Huang Taiji still has to fight this battle. There is no other way. The people's sentiment is so high. At this time, all the middle and high-level officials of the Jurchen clan are young people, and there is not even a mature and prudent one. Young and energetic is not an expression.

They had not participated in the Battle of Ning. They only saw Huang Taiji fleeing in embarrassment. They only saw the small tribesmen and Jurchens that they had chased with their thousands and hundreds of combat power fleeing in all directions. A series of hunting victories boosted them.

Their confidence inflated them, and they felt that the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than that. At first, they only relied on the strong terrain to block the Jurchens and cut off their logistical retreat.

This time, if our side is fully prepared, we will definitely not lose, and maybe we can reenact the Battle of Saarhu and sweep the entire Liaodong once again.

However, the young generals were high-spirited, but as the leader, Huang Taiji had a sad face. No one understood the combat effectiveness of the Ming army better than him.

After the defeat, he had been continuously snooping on the army led by Emperor Ming, and finally got some scraps of information. Combined with the information provided by the spy who had brought it back, he finally had a clearer understanding of the current situation.

understanding.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is nothing to worry about other armies now. Only the army of 200,000 people commanded by Emperor Ming personally is the real elite. It becomes elite when it is selected, and it is trained with good methods, firearms

Sharp, fighting in formation, powerful in a mess.

Even with the 30,000 elite cavalry he has assembled so far, they cannot charge. And the army currently attacking the Jurchens is almost half of the Ming Emperor's command, and they are all cavalry, each with two horses, and everyone has a musket.

Iron armor means that the man is strong and the horse is strong, and cannot be fought head-on.

"This is really difficult to handle." Huang Taiji looked into the distance, his face full of sorrow. He really felt a little helpless.

"In this bitter cold land, with few people and little food, how can I resist Emperor Ming!"

"There are few people? There is little food?"

As he kept mumbling, Huang Taiji seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up in vain, "This place is far away from Liaodong, probably not even a thousand miles away, and the Ming Emperor has a large army, which must consume a lot of money, maybe..."

As he thought about it, a smile appeared on his lips.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who was in the middle of the army, had no idea that Huang Taiji was plotting against him. It was impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to gather together and march.

But how can so many people coordinate? The roads alone are not that wide. Although this area is all plains, there are also many hills. The area is not as vast as the Mongolian grassland, and there are woods and beaches in many places, making it impossible for the army to pass.

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Therefore, he still divided the forward, middle, rear, and grain transportation departments into several parts. Among them, the crucial grain transportation, Zhu Youxiao thought about it for a while, and finally handed it over to the most mature and steady Li Yuyu.

Five thousand musketeers were at his disposal. In addition, Zhu Youxiao also deployed five thousand cavalry and ten thousand foreign auxiliary soldiers who were distributed with swords.

There are a total of 20,000 grain transport troops.

The march was very boring, but it was the first time for Zhu Youxiao to come to the Northeast, and it was June when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying. It was the most beautiful moment for the scenery, so Zhu Youxiao had no time to spare along the way.

Then, in the safe area opened by the army, you looked around.

He had never been to the Northeast in his previous life, and it was his first time to visit the Mongolian grassland. In addition to grass, there were cattle and sheep. It seemed fresh at first, but it would become boring after a while. Unlike the Northeast, there was rich vegetation and various hills and lakes.

Yes, the scenery is different in all four places, and it’s fun to look at it while walking around.

The only pity is that he is accompanied by a group of big men instead of cute girls.

On this day, passing by a lake, Zhu Youxiao thought of fish when he saw the lake. He likes to eat fish the most. Recently, it is either military rations or game. Although it is delicious, it is too thick. At this moment, he thought of fish.

I immediately missed the fresh and tender feeling, especially in this wild lake, the fish is more delicious.

"Let's go catch two fish and have a tooth ceremony tonight." Zhu Youxiao greeted and led some people to leave the group, and then more people followed and left to escort them.

"Your Majesty is too casual." Li Tao, who was following along as the general of the Chinese army, had no choice but to follow along.

Soon, several alien hunters who came together and were good at fishing went into the water to catch fish, while Zhu Youxiao looked around. This was a very ordinary lake, with a large area and a sparkling look.

Yes, there are a lot of footprints on the lakeside, three or four. You can tell at a glance that this is where many beasts drink water.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao's eyes turned and focused, and he saw some strange footprints, "Li Tao, look over there."

Following the emperor's finger, Li Tao looked over. He only saw rows of footprints. "There is nothing there, just some footprints."

Wait, footprints.

Speaking of this, Li Tao himself suddenly realized that something was wrong. This was a lake in the wild, and it was not near a city. How could there be human footprints? Even if there were some tribes gathering nearby, there was no reason why the soldiers of the vanguard should not

Send someone over to report.

Moreover, according to the rules, when the army passes by, there will be soldiers standing guard next to the gathered tribes found along the way, and the addresses will be marked to facilitate inspection by the troops behind them.

And obviously, there is no one here, so either these people came here temporarily, or they have evil intentions and have been hiding here.

"Your Majesty, please stay away and let the general go and investigate." Li Tao said cautiously.

"That's fine." Zhu Youxiao agreed in an easy-going manner. Soon, Li Tao led some soldiers, holding muskets in hand, and walked cautiously towards the woods by the lake.

"Boss, what should we do? They are coming." Among the trees, behind a dense jungle, there were several people squatting. One of them was tall and had an unusually strong body. His arms and muscles were exposed outside the tattered cloth.

, looks directly reminiscent of marble and granite sculptures.

"Wait a little longer, wait until they come and kill these people and then run away." The elder brother also replied in Jurchen language.

"Escape? Why are you running away? Brother, look at what they are wearing. Those clothes are really beautiful. They are much prettier than the group we robbed a few days ago. Do you think they are in the same group?"

The companion asked stupidly. In his eyes, Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou Jurchen both looked the same, that is, they were beautiful.

"Are you stupid? These are the Jianzhou Jurchens. They are from the Ming Dynasty." The elder brother seemed to know these things very well, and he could tell the difference between the two groups at once.

"People from the Ming Dynasty? Where is the Ming Dynasty?" The companions asked with wide eyes. When they heard their conversation, the grass behind them and even in the distance began to shake. They were obviously very curious about this Ming Dynasty.

Recently, there have been many caravans transporting goods in these deep mountains and old forests. They are all looking for such isolated tribes to trade, and from the mouths of these people, they all come from a mysterious place - the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, these soldiers who had lost their families were very curious about this place.

"Da Ming..." The leader's eyes fell into memories, "Da Ming is not a place, but a country, a very big country, very beautiful, very rich, very..."

boil!

However, a sudden roar interrupted the leader's memories. He suddenly woke up and looked up. He was horrified to find that behind the man who looked like the leader who sent people to search in the forest, a head suddenly appeared.

The huge brown bear, with a ferocious temperament, jumped out of the forest and ran towards the man in bright armor.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Li Tao turned around and saw this scene, frightened to death.

At this time, most of the troops were scattered around. Although there were some in the woods over there, few people could stop a brown bear weighing thousands of kilograms. And when they reacted, they turned to rat traps and did not dare to shoot.

, there was no way, the brown bear was too close to the emperor, and the Apocalypse II rifle did not have a long range, they were afraid that if they accidentally injured the emperor, they would be killed.

Compared to the panic of others, Zhu Youxiao laughed excitedly. From the stinky wind blowing in his face, he only felt a shudder of an approaching crisis, the kind of feeling that made goosebumps stand up all over his body.

, making him extremely intoxicated.

This is the feeling a warrior feels when facing an opponent, even though the opponent is just a brown bear.

"Well done!" Zhu Youxiao laughed loudly. He also exerted force on his feet, lowered his helmet, shrugged his shoulders, and slammed into the brown bear.

boom!

This collision hit the brown bear's two big cattail palm hands that were just closed. The huge force caused the two of them to shake at the same time, and they both took a step back.

Roar!

Zhu Youxiao roared again in excitement, rushed towards the brown bear, and started a head-on fist fight.

Bang bang bang!

A series of loud noises showed a strong sense of excitement, and as the brown bear roared repeatedly, anyone could hear that it was at a disadvantage in this confrontation.

"Is this man still a human?" The leader looked at him dumbfounded. It was precisely because he was so powerful in combat and could move freely in the jungle that he became more aware of the fighting power of this brown bear. The two of them tied together could barely fight each other.

This brown bear struggled for a while.

But someone appeared out of nowhere and completely suppressed the brown bear.

"Brother, it's time to go." While the leader was immersed in the confrontation, his companion tugged at his tattered clothes and pulled him away reluctantly.

Li Tao and others were so focused on Zhu Youxiao's safety that they didn't even notice the group of people in the jungle.
Chapter completed!