Following Li Zicheng to Luoyang were three thousand cavalry led by Liu Zongmin.
These three thousand cavalry are real cavalry, and the horses are all fine horses. Unlike the past where they just used mules or even donkeys to make up the numbers, they can only be regarded as mule cavalry at best and cannot run fast at all.
After meeting, Niu Jinxing was a little surprised.
He immediately asked: "Your Majesty, where did you get so many good horses?"
Li Zicheng smiled and said nothing, but Liu Zongmin could not hold back: "These three thousand good horses were just donated by the Tiger Flame Squadron. The front camp has already captured Damaying Caotan and captured five or six thousand good horses.
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[Note: Damaying Caotan is Hantangshan Danjun Racecourse]
[Note: Former camp leader Xin Sizhong, nicknamed Tiger Flame Squad]
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Niu Jinxing quickly flattered Li Zicheng.
"With the Damaying Caotan this time, our Dashun cavalry no longer have to worry about being without horses."
"Damaying Caotan is nothing." Liu Zongmin laughed and said, "Uncle Guo has many good horses there."
"Uncle Guo? Back camp?" Niu Jinxing asked Liu Zongmin with a confused look on his face, "Has Yulin started raising horses? But that's not right, that place can't raise many horses, right?"
"What kind of horses are raised in Yulin?" Liu Zongmin waved his hand and said, "I mean Tumut Mongolia. Tumut Mongolia occupies the Tumut River and the Hetao. There are many horses. We in Dashun will soon be able to build more than 100,000 horses.
cavalry!"
Niu Jinxing was even more confused: "Will Tumut Mongolia sell their war horses to us Dashun?"
Liu Zongmin said: "Prime Minister, you don't know yet? Haha, Tumut Mongolia has already formed an alliance with our Dashun. This is all due to the work of the right military division. He found Sanggar, the younger brother of the Mongolian communist leader Lin Dan Khan. It's really
Not to mention, the banner of the Mongolian leader is really effective. As soon as the Sulu ingot was erected in Sanggar, several Mongolian tribes came to surrender."
Listening to Liu Zongmin's words, Niu Jinxing felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly dung.
At that moment, Niu Jinxing turned to Li Zicheng and said: "Your Majesty, Youdao is not of my race, and his heart must be different. Sanggar is a Mongolian anyway. He needs something from us right now, so he forms an alliance with us. If he really does in the future,
If it unites the Mongolian tribes and becomes a climate, it will inevitably turn against our Dashun Dynasty, so we must be careful."
"Prime Minister, you don't need to worry about this matter. Gao Yigong and Li Yan will take care of it."
Li Zicheng waved his hand and asked Niu Jinxing: "How is the fight in Xuzhou going?"
Li Zicheng was actually very concerned about the outcome of the Battle of Xuzhou, otherwise he would not have made this trip.
Niu Jinxing cupped his hands and said: "Back to the Holy Land, Jiannu and the Ming army are still facing off in Xuzhou. Jiannu has just dug tens of miles of trenches and protective walls outside Xuzhou. It seems that he is preparing to besiege Xuzhou for a long time."
"A long-term siege is good." Liu Zongmin smiled and said, "It is best for the two families to fight until they are exhausted in Xuzhou. Then our Dashun army can eat them without any effort and dominate the world."
Niu Jinxing also echoed: "It is the general trend that our Dashun Dynasty will dominate the world."
"Eh, let's not talk about that." Li Zicheng waved his hand again and said, "Jiannu did nothing else except besiege Xuzhou? For example, send cavalry to Henan to grab grain?"
Niu Jinxing shook his head and said: "Jiannu did not send cavalry to Henan to grab food, but I heard a news, I don't know whether it is true or not, saying that Jiannu sent half of his troops to Huai'an Mansion. If nothing happens,
It should be along the canal to Huai'an Prefecture, and Yangzhou Prefecture is robbing money, food, and people, and maybe they can even kill Nanjing City in one go."
Hearing this, Zuo Maodi, who came with him, immediately became anxious: "Your Majesty, if Nanjing is lost, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be saved. If the Ming Dynasty ceases to exist, I am afraid that Dashun will not be able to survive alone, let alone Dashun and the Ming Dynasty.
But there was an alliance, and the two families joined forces to fight against the foreign invaders. What Dashun did was really chilling."
"Sir, don't be impatient." Li Zicheng comforted Zuo Mao for the first time.
Then he frowned and asked Niu Jinxing and Chen Yongfu: "You didn't verify such important military information? And you didn't send a courier to deliver it to Xi'an? If I hadn't come to Luoyang, you would have been kept in the dark."
Li Zicheng's attitude towards the Battle of Xuzhou was actually very clear. The general policy was to watch the battle from the other side.
But if the situation of the Ming army becomes extremely bad, they must help in time to prevent the Ming Dynasty from being destroyed by the slaves. On the other hand, if the situation of the slaves is not good, then they can take advantage of the situation and seize the most fruitful results from the Ming army.
, because most of the Ming army was already exhausted at this time, and they would definitely not be able to overtake the Dashun army.
It has to be said that Li Zicheng was not short-sighted this time, but was very calculating.
So when he heard that Jian Nu divided his troops to loot Huai'an Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture and even Nanjing, but Niu Jinxing and the right camp commander Chen Yongfu were unaware of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but get angry.
Faced with Li Zicheng's anger, Niu Jinxing decisively shirked responsibility.
"Uncle Wenshui, didn't I ask you to send detective horses to spy on Huai'an Mansion?"
Niu Jinxing said: "Why hasn't the news come back until today? What are you doing?"
Faced with the blame thrown by Niu Jinxing, Chen Yongfu did not dare to refuse and could only accept it honestly.
Chen Yongfu actually reminded Niu Jinxing that more detectives should be sent deep into Huai'an and even Yangzhou Prefecture to spy on the movements of the slaves and verify the situation of the Ming army.
Once the Ming army was in a disadvantageous situation, it sent troops to flank the Jiannu in Xuzhou.
As a result, he was scolded by Niu Jinxing, and Chen Yongfu never dared to mention it again.
After all, Chen Yongfu was just a demoted general and could not be compared with the veterans of the Dashun Army like Taurus Star. What's more, Chen Yongfu once shot Li Zicheng blind, which made Chen Yongfu become more cautious.
Chen Yongfu lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, and Prime Minister, please forgive me. I was just negligent."
Li Zicheng frowned and was about to punish Chen Yongfu when Li Shuangxi hurriedly walked in.
Seeing Li Shuangxi, Li Zicheng frowned and asked, "What's going on? Didn't I ask you to stay in Xi'an?"
"Father, forgive me." Li Shuangxi greeted him hurriedly and said, "It's like this. Not long after my father left, the Ming Dynasty sent a messenger to deliver a good news, and I hurriedly delivered it to my father."
After speaking, Li Shuangxi solemnly handed over a letter.
After Li Zicheng finished reading the letter, the anger on his face disappeared.
Instead, there was a solemn look on his face, which I never expected.
Niu Jinxing asked in astonishment: "Your Majesty, what does the victory report say?"
Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army won a great victory in Shanyang, beheading nearly ten thousand people!"
"Ah?!" Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin, Chen Yongfu and other civilian and military generals of the Dashun Army were stunned for a moment. This was completely beyond their expectations.
Liu Zongmin asked Zuo Maodi: "There are no Ming Dynasty border troops stationed in Shanyang?"
"No." Zuo Maodi said, "Huai'an Prefecture only has more than a hundred thousand local warriors."
"Xiang Yong." Niu Jinxing said, "A hundred thousand Xiang Yong can recreate the creation slave? Why don't I believe it?"
Chen Yongfu said: "If the Ming army's Xiangyong really severely damaged the Jiannu branch in Shanyang, then the Jiannu branch along the way would inevitably return to Xuzhou, and our scouts would definitely find it."
The Dashun Army's exploration horses did not penetrate deep into the territory of Huai'an Prefecture.
However, there are still many Dashun scouts near Xuzhou.
As a result, as soon as Chen Yongfu finished speaking, a military general came in in a hurry.
After listening to the report, Chen Yongfu said to Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, we have just received the report from the expedition. The slave-building army that went to Huai'an Prefecture has really returned to Xuzhou."