Li Jingwu was a cavalryman, and he valued his horses the most. Even before the prisoners were counted, the horses had already been collected.
"There are 5,631 intact war horses, 7,851 injured, and countless horse gear and so on..."
Speaking of this, Li Jingwu was ambitious: "Just this, we can add five thousand cavalry."
"If the horse is injured, treat it properly. If it doesn't work, treat it as a slave. If it still doesn't work, give it a better diet."
The emperor frowned.
It is still too difficult to increase the number of cavalry, and it takes too long to raise horses.
The biggest rumor on the Internet is that there was no land to raise horses in the Northern Song Dynasty, so the cavalry was incapable of fighting.
The Mongols came directly to crack down on counterfeiting. They established large-scale horse farms in the vast Huaihai Plain and even the Hebei Plain.
There is even a desire to turn the whole of China into a racecourse.
During Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition, he relied on the horse farms in the Huaihai area to build up his cavalry, and the captured cavalry would be gone when they were used up.
It was possible in the Yuan Dynasty, why not in the Northern Song Dynasty?
To put it bluntly, it is not cost-effective to use cultivated land to raise horses. The officials in the Northern Song Dynasty settled the accounts and rented the land to tenant farmers for farming, and they could make more money than raising horses.
Therefore, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, he could still raise 200,000 horses, but by the time of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, there were only tens of thousands of horses.
Bureaucrats, as middlemen, profited from the price difference and turned the horse farms into farmland, claiming not to compete with the people for land.
Even the herdsmen on the grasslands are not willing to raise more horses.
The wear and tear of raising one horse is enough to raise twenty or thirty sheep, so the cost is really not worth it.
If the current availability in the Huanghuai region were followed, Zhu Yixi could even build a million-horse horse farm, but time waits for no one.
It won't take three to five years, or even ten years, to see any results.
Therefore, it is better to buy war horses than to keep them!
"Yes!" Li Jingwu looked distressed.
Horsemeat is so luxurious.
"There are countless other weapons, armors, tents, supplies, etc. It will take two or three days to figure it all out."
As he spoke, Li Jingwu said excitedly: "Countless seizures were made, piled up like mountains."
"That's good!"
Zhu Yixi nodded and said to the excited generals:
"If we win this battle, we will turn from passivity into initiative and will never be satisfied with the Yellow Sea region again."
As he spoke, he pointed to the map behind him and clicked on the location of Shandong:
"Shandong and Shanxi are the two wings of Beijing. If we cut them off, we can return to the northern capital."
At that time, Li Zicheng entered Beijing through Shanxi.
"Therefore, Shandong has the advantage of the canal, which is the most convenient. This is the key place for us to compete with the Jiannu. We will definitely accumulate a large number of troops and horses, and there will be a decisive battle."
The emperor looked solemn.
The same is true for the generals. The Northern Expedition has a long way to go.
That's enough for them to know.
Next fight, do the opposite.
The Ming army followed the Qing army step by step, heading north along the canal from Shanyang, and directly hit Pizhou.
Along the way of hundreds of miles, as soon as the cavalry saw the musketeers, they would immediately show fear on their faces and hesitate to move forward.
Apparently he was scared out of his wits.
This huge victory was named the Battle of Big River Castle.
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The emperor was seated in Shanyang County, which was the prefecture of Huai'an. He constantly allocated grain, grass and baggage and commanded the front army.
This battle was not over until Mount Tai near Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong threatened Jining.
But the aftermath spread to the entire world.
Yangzhou.
The troops led by Zheng Zhilong were stationed here and became part of the entire canal.
More than 10,000 sailors, acting as helmsmen and trackers, constantly managed and assisted the watercraft to transport money, grain and materials to the north.
At first, this shocked Zheng Zhilong, and then he said bitterly to Zheng Sen:
"At first, I thought we were just here to watch the fun. After all, how could the navy go ashore to fight? Who knows, I was still negligent after all."
The soldiers and horses under his command became cannon workers, neutralized the threat of Zheng Zhilong Group, and also became a support force. This left Zheng Zhilong and his son speechless.
When the news of the victory in the Battle of Dahebao came, Zheng Zhilong was stunned, his legs trembled, and he sat down on the Grand Master's chair.
In a house that was no less impressive than a salt merchant in Yangzhou, Zheng Zhilong said something from the bottom of his heart:
"In this world, the Zhu family will be here for another three hundred years."
His son Zheng Sen also echoed: "With this victory, the Chinese people's fear of being a slave no longer exists. The day of the Northern Expedition is not far away!"
"That's right!"
Zheng Zhilong kept nodding: "Our Zheng family can no longer stay in Fujian. We have to follow the emperor in Nanjing. We can't delay any longer."
"It seems that the spring boudoir in April can be held as usual."
Zheng Sen said solemnly: "The child will live up to his father's high expectations."
Zheng Zhilong nodded and muttered: "Look, Tianyun is still in the Zhu family..."
This wind quickly blew from Yangzhou to Nanjing.
The people all over the city sang and danced, celebrating this victory with great joy - avoiding a siege.
For ordinary people in Nanjing, although they despise Qian Qianyi and others for surrendering to the city, they are still grateful to them in their hearts.
This saved this city with a population of one million from a military disaster.
This is why the emperor only ransacked their homes and relocated them instead of killing them en masse.
His thoughts are still different from those of ordinary people.
Only after congratulating for the relief of military disasters, ordinary people will express their joy for the Ming Dynasty.
Shaanxi businessmen, Huizhou businessmen, etc. set off fireworks and firecrackers in the clear sky and made the streets noisy.
All civil and military officials congratulated the queen in the palace.
This victory can be said to be a matter of life and death for the Shaowu court, which was established less than a year ago.
On Wangfu Street, which was the most anxious, more than a dozen princes and princes changed their previous stinginess and began to distribute copper coins on a large scale, and pedestrians passing by also asked for wedding coins.
For ordinary people and officials, changing a dynasty is just a change of emperor, but for the clan, it means confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.
As the chief minister of the Zongren Mansion, King Rui sat across from the old King Chu, with the wrinkles on his face turning into flowers.
On both sides, the King of Qin and others sat in two rows, all of them were so happy that they could not restrain their joy.
King Rui sighed and said, "We have escaped another disaster. I am very happy and congratulated."
At this time, the joyful atmosphere suddenly disappeared a lot, and the smiles gradually became less and less.
The old King Chu who was sitting aside, his ears were getting better at this time. Hearing this, he muttered: "What nonsense, we have survived this."
"Compared to those clan members who died, we are very lucky and can still enjoy wealth and wealth. We must be grateful!"
King Rui woke up from his dream and nodded quickly: "Yes, now we have to be grateful, to His Majesty for his kindness, and to our ancestors for their blessings!"
"Let's go to the palace together to congratulate the queen."