In Datong City, as the Later Jin Tartars invaded Shanxi, news of burning, killing and looting in Zuoyun quickly spread, and the atmosphere of the entire Datong City became solemn. This book is based on

After all, Zuo Yun is a prefecture and county under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture.

More importantly, Zuoyun County is only a few dozen miles away from Datong City. The arrogant Tartar cavalry can burn, kill, loot, and loot in Zuoyun territory, and can also go deep outside Datong City to burn, kill, loot.

For a moment, the people in Datong City felt the tension of the Tartars coming to an end, and Datong City was about to fall into war again. Not only that, Datong City, no, all the civil and military officials and people in the entire Shanxi area focused their attention on Wei Zheng, who had just been appointed as the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Some were thinking about watching the show, some were expecting Wei Zheng, and some were watching coldly... I wanted to see how this newly appointed governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi would deal with this invasion of the Tartars...

With these people waiting, Wei Zheng, the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, did not disappoint everyone...

The well-equipped 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, under the gaze of tens of thousands of people in Datong, resolutely headed to the battlefield...

Some people are full of confidence in the battle that is about to break out, some people are not hopeful, and even start to clean up the fine and soft, ready to escape from Datong, a city that is about to fall into war at any time.

Just as everyone was waiting for the frontline battle report with uneasy feelings, a sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out in the direction of the gate of Datong City...

Under the night, the gate of Datong City, which was just about to be closed, was quickly pushed open by several soldiers.

Then, several Tiger and Leopard Cavalry riding on war horses appeared at the city gate, and quickly passed through the city gate, and ran towards the Governor's Mansion located in Datong City.

Of course, when these cavalry rushed to the Governor's Office, they did not forget the explanations of Zhao Yun and others before leaving.

While controlling the horses, they shouted loudly...

"Great Victory. Great Victory on the Front... Our Tiger and Leopard Army wiped out all the 10,000 Tartar infantry and cavalry that invaded Shanxi... and annihilated tens of thousands of enemies..."

"A great victory, a great victory for the Tiger and Leopard Army... Our army annihilated tens of thousands of enemies in Zuoyun and recaptured Zuoyun County..."

This inspiring news was like a gust of wind, spreading rapidly in Datong City. So, the cavalry that conveyed the news had not seen Wei Zheng, and the people of Datong City had already fallen into jubilation because of this great victory.

In the former Datong General Office and in the lobby of the Shanxi Governor's Office, two cavalry in iron armor rushed to Wei Zheng with excitement despite the fatigue of galloping all the way, led by the guards of the Governor's Office.

After giving a big gift to Wei Zheng, he reported excitedly: "Report to the Governor...the victory on the front line... After a bloody battle, our army successfully recaptured Zuoyun County and eliminated the five thousand Tartar musketeers who defended Zuoyun..."

"Not only that. In addition to less than 500 elite cavalry commanders of Dorgon, the remaining 4,500 cavalrymen were also destroyed by us..."

"You have also eliminated the 5,000 cavalry of the Tartars..." Faced with this completely unexpected result, Wei Zheng's face showed an unprecedented shock.

Because in Wei Zheng's eyes, with the current combat effectiveness of the 5,000 cavalry under Zhao Yun's command, it is impossible to be the opponent of the 5,000 Tartar cavalry in the field battle.

Now, the messenger in front of him actually told himself that Zhao Yun turned the impossible into reality, which made Wei Zheng shocked and surprised.

After receiving repeated affirmation from the commander in front of him, Wei Zheng, with a puzzled face, quickly asked: "Tell me quickly... how did you do it? How did your General Zhao destroy the elite 5,000 cavalry of the Tartars..."

With the anticipation of Wei Zheng, Zhou Shuyuan and others, the two messengers quickly explained the battle as much as possible.

Just when Wei Zheng had not reacted from the shock, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing beside Wei Zheng, had already exclaimed: "I really didn't expect that our General Zhao would become a brave and resourceful real commander..."

"However, this kind of playing style can only be used this time for the Tartars..."

"The Tartars who have learned their lessons will definitely change their tactics in their future battles with us..."

"Think about it, if the Tartars do not use fan cavalry to attack formations, but use triangular attack formations, giving us a central breakthrough... Although General Zhao's series of ideas can continue to be implemented, the possible losses to the Tartar cavalry will become very small..."

"Once the two enemy and our cavalry were strangled together, our equipment advantage would become gone... and we, who were not trained, will become the targets of the Tartars during the close-range battle..."

After Wei Zheng's face returned to calm from shock, he nodded with a deep opinion and replied: "The military advisor is right. This battle was very risky. However, no matter how risky we took, we all won a great victory after all, and we also won an unprecedented great victory... I can say with certainty that as long as this victory spreads in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, our Tiger and Leopard Army will completely gain a foothold in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and no one can drive it away..."

After saying that, Wei Zheng's eyes turned to the two messengers again and continued to ask.

"Is the cavalry's losses great..."

"Governor General... During the battle and pursuit, we killed a total of 1,259 soldiers and injured 284 people... In addition, we also lost 593 war horses..."

"However, during the entire battle and the crash, we seized a total of 2,951 war horses from the Tatars. In addition to the battlefield seizure, the musketeers also seized 1,250 war horses in Zuoyun City, which is enough to make up for the damage to this battle..."

"As for the musketeers attacking Zuoyun City, after post-war statistics, a total of 210 soldiers were killed in battle and 102 soldiers were seriously injured..."

After listening to the report, Wei Zheng did not answer immediately, but asked Zhou Shuyuan beside him: "Military advisor, what do you think?"

Zhou Shuyuan did not hesitate and directly expressed his thoughts: "Sir, the loss of the cavalry has almost reached one-third of the total force. The officials thought that they must immediately order the cavalry to withdraw, and quickly replenish them based on the seized of the Tartars' war horses and equipment, and restore their combat effectiveness..."

"As for Zhou Yuhong's troops who occupied Zuoyun City, they should immediately withdraw Zuoyun and hand Zuoyun over to the local garrison for defense. After all, the musketeers of Zhou Yuhong's troops did not report to the court. The longer they occupied Zuoyun, the easier it would be to be exposed."

Wei Zheng nodded and asked, "What you mean is that the battle is over..."

Although Zhou Shuyuan was puzzled about Wei Zheng's inexplicable question, he still nodded with affirmative answer: "Sir, is the battle not over yet..."

"Dorgon, the Tartars, fled into the mountains with hundreds of remaining soldiers. Even if we send troops into the mountains to search, it will be difficult to achieve results. In this case, the officials thought that in order to avoid wasting troops and unnecessary losses, Dorgon and the hundreds of remaining soldiers under his command could only look forward to the next opportunity to eliminate them..."

"Apart from these hundreds of remnants, the 10,000 Tartar infantry and cavalry that invaded our Shanxi have all been wiped out by us. Even Zuo Yun, a military city, has been taken back by us. Is this the result, sir, you are not satisfied with..."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "Of course I'm not satisfied..."

At this time, a strong murderous aura quickly emanated from Wei Zheng.

Facing Zhou Shuyuan's increasingly puzzled expression, Wei Zheng did not let him wait too long, and said directly: "As far as I know, although these Tartars only stayed in Zuoyun area for two days, in just these two days, there were more than 20,000 elderly, weak, women and children who died at the hands of these Tartars. Not only that, thousands of young and strong and countless wealth were plundered to Mongolia by the Tartars..."

"Such a huge loss, coupled with the losses of cavalry and musketeers, is worth thousands of war horses and thousands of muskets that we have almost no effect on the battlefield..."

"Besides, after the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army is completed, the total number of cavalry in our hands will exceed 15,000. According to the basic configuration of the cavalry, there will be about 30,000 war horses. However, the number of war horses in our hands, even if we just seized from the Tatars, is less than 10,000."

"In other words, if our cavalry wants to complete the expansion of the army, they still need 20,000 war horses..."

"It is absolutely impossible to rely on the court for so many war horses. Therefore, after counting, I only have the option of snatching this path from the Tatars..."

"The Tartars can rob people and wealth from our Ming Dynasty, and we can also rob the war horses we need from the Tartars."

Facing Wei Zheng with a murderous intent in front of him, Zhou Shuyuan's face showed a sudden enlightenment.

Following closely behind, a trace of worry also appeared on Zhou Shuyuan's face.

Then, he asked Wei Zheng, "Sir, you plan to send troops to Mongolia and rob war horses from the Mongolians..."

"However, after the bloody battle with Dorgon, our cavalry unit had only 3,500 people... The officials were worried that the number of cavalry we sent to Mongolia was insufficient..."

"After all, the Mongols grew up on horseback. If there were no cavalry participating in the war, it would be difficult for us to steal the war horses from the Mongolians even if we attacked Mongolia..."
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