Chapter 424

The war began. Before the Beijing Battalion arrived in Xuanfu, the haze of war had already shrouded the Bashang grasslands between Xuanfu, Datong, Baisheng, and Kaiping. Inside the pass, it was late spring and the peach blossoms had withered, but outside the pass, it was still early spring when all things were renewed. Spring on the grasslands always came a little late.】

The sun was not bright, sprinkling on the grass leaves with dew. The sound of horse hooves came from far to near. The iron hooves trampled the dew and grass leaves, leaving a little fragrance of green grass. On the ground, a burst of dust was raised.】

Whoosh!】

An arrow reflected the light of the morning sun, coming towards the knight. In the spring breeze, it seemed that one could hear the sharp whistling sound of the arrow breaking through the air, but the arrow did not hit the knight and fiercely stuck into the land, lifting a little mud.】

The chase was still continuing. The Duntai Lian Yuanhou had heard the results of the big tent discussion and was preparing to bring it back to Kaiping Guard, but was learned by the Hu people when leaving, and a chase began on the vast grasslands.】

The whistling sound suddenly sounded. The Duntai Lian Yuanhou who was being chased was a bit relaxed and free. On the contrary, the Northern Hu who were chasing, whether it was horses or people, their strength was falling rapidly in the long chase. The heavy breathing met the still cold air and turned into two gas dragons. Although the Northern Hu had many people, both people and horses were exhausted.】

A dignified grassland person couldn't run past the Duntai Lian Yuanhou. It was simply a shame, but this was the fact.】

The Northern Hu grew up on horseback and their horse-riding skills were far higher than those of the Central Plains people. But, the grasslands that had just experienced a severe winter were in the process of recovery. No grassland person would feed precious food to horses because people were starving and freezing to death.】

San Niangzi told the Emperor: "There is no shortage of food after the big snow, because there are frozen livestock everywhere. When people can't live, livestock can only rely on the fat accumulated in summer and autumn and some grass to survive the winter."】

Hunger is the common feeling of people and horses.】

After a severe winter on the grasslands, even the handsome horses would be as thin as people. Finally, they survived the severe cold, and then encountered the war. This was an unfortunate piece of news for everyone.】

The figure of the Duntai Lian Yuanhou was getting farther and farther away. The grassland people belonging to the Baisheng Keshue army finally slowed down their steps and stopped chasing.】

The war was opened because of the Emperor's imperial decree, and the first contact was the intelligence war. The Ming's Duntai Lian Yuanhou and the Northern Hu's scouts began to kill and fight on the grasslands. Before Zhu Yijun came into contact with military affairs, he always thought that the Ming and Altan Khan collecting information about each other was all heard by passing merchant caravans. The intelligence war in this era was not mature.】

But Zhu Yijun was wrong. The Ming's Duntai Lian Yuanhou went deep into the Hu camp and had an extremely perfect organizational structure and channels for communication. And the grasslands were not inferior. Many Han people who defected to the Northern Hu went deep into the Ming under the names of visiting relatives, buying and selling, fellow villagers, etc., searching for everything that could be obtained. And what made Zhu Yijun very surprised was that the Hu people were often very clear about the Ming's intelligence because there was a "certain person in China" passing news to them.】

After Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang, he finally understood clearly that this "certain person in China" was not a poor person, at least a famous family, or even a person of great power. Only the information obtained in this way was accurate and timely enough.】

This was an inevitable thing. In some cases, Zhu Yijun meeting San Niangzi, Wang Chonggu and the Northern Hu doing business, and the concubine of the Honglu Temple Minister Chen Xuehui being San Niangzi's sister, all counted as "certain people in China."】

The spy was actually me.】

This kind of normal communication is understandable. Even if two countries are at war, they don't behead the envoys. When fighting, communication is still very necessary.】

But from Zhang Juzheng's mouth, he learned that Altan Khan had been very clear about the Ming Beijing Battalion's quota, military equipment, border mobilization, and Great Wall defense for several years. That was the fatal thing.】

Therefore, Wang Chonggu could not express his position on the Ming's conquest of the Northern Hu. Whether supporting or not supporting, he could only silently cooperate with His Majesty's actions, because Wang Chonggu also didn't know if there were such people in the Jin Party, for the sake of money, for the sake of profit, or even stupidly for the sake of women, for the sake of so-called political propositions, passing news to the outside.】

No matter how Wang Chonggu expressed his position, it was possible to form a boomerang and bring about a disaster.】

Mixed with Hu and Han, it means you have me and I have you. The Ming's state affairs are bad because of this "you have me and I have you." It is not so distinct, clear, and open to draw a battle line and fight to the death. Many times, it is intimate and heart-to-heart.】

The circulation speed of the Ming and Northern Hu intelligence, although not as unobstructed as the galloping Yangtze River, but any major movement cannot be hidden from each other.】

The intelligence war between the Ming and the Northern Hu has many forms, not just the reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance of scouts, but also assassination, obstruction, destruction, alienation, assassination, intelligence transmission, deception, intelligence deterrence, internal inspection and liquidation, etc.】

Datong, Xuanfu, the Shaanxi-Gansu three borders, Kaiping, and Yingchang gradually closed the border passes before the Emperor's imperial decree was issued, and conducted three personnel screenings within the territory, carried out closed-door disposal of merchant families, Tatar officials, and Hu people who had defected to the Ming who were deeply involved in trade with the Northern Hu, and conducted several screenings of their interpersonal contacts.】

In this year, ten miles have different sounds. It is easy to find these spies in the crowd. You only need to ask the old man of the Military Intelligence Agency at the entrance of the village to figure out the situation in the village clearly, even who the wife in the village is having an affair with is clear, let alone a spy with an out-of-town accent.】

Intelligence work is not just the work of professional people. The old man chatting under the locust tree, the old woman talking about family affairs under the archway, the aunts and sisters walking the streets, the prostitutes listening to all directions in the brothel, the shop assistants who are smart in the industry, etc., carefully exploring, there are always many unexpected gains.】

This is just internal inspection and liquidation. For example, intelligence deterrence is what Qi Jiguang told Zhu Yijun. Before the war began, the Ming army's mobilization did not avoid anyone at all. This is a kind of deterrence. The Ming army's 200,000 soldiers, claiming to be 500,000 according to general practice, is not excessive, but it is actually telling the Northern Hu that it is 200,000 people.】

200,000 is more deterrent than 500,000, because if you say 500,000, the enemy will only sneer and not take it seriously, and even feel that you may be relatively weak and bluffing. In this era, mobilizing 500,000 troops, even as strong as the Ming, would have to empty the family background.】

But if you say 200,000, that is a solid 200,000.】

Sincerity is the greatest killer move. The truth is often a sharp knife that kills people and punishes hearts.】

The Duntai Lian Yuanhou went deep into the Hu camp and obtained the results of the big tent discussion, which was spying. The Keshue army chasing was obstruction. The Duntai Lian Yuanhou brought the intelligence back to the Duntai, and then sent it to the Great General and His Majesty through the official road and post road, which was intelligence transmission.】

This was the most frequent and ordinary intelligence work of the Ming.】

Zhu Yijun had some talent for intelligence work. The talent was mainly reflected in intelligence screening. Zhu Yijun could always judge the truth or falsehood of intelligence. Thanks to the Ming bureaucrats' habit of deceiving the superiors and hiding from the inferiors, Zhu Yijun could always find some details to infer information outside the intelligence and verify each other.】

But he never gave orders directly to command the soldiers at the front to fight.】

The Ming and Northern Hu intelligence war, the Ming achieved an overwhelming advantage. This depends on the Ming's organizational degree far higher than the Northern Hu, and also benefits from the timing of spring. The Northern Hu at this time were the weakest, whether it was people or horses, having survived the long winter and encountered the war, it can be said to be adding frost to the snow.】

And this year, even if there was no victory in one battle, under the shroud of war, the grasslands would be even weaker next year.】

Han, Tang, and early Ming always liked to go out of the fortress to fight in spring, which is also the reason. This is also part of the population reduction.】

With the Beijing Battalion arriving in Xuanfu, the curtain of war officially opened. The Beijing Battalion, as the main force, was still divided into front, middle, and rear armies. Li Rusong broke away from the middle army camp and led the cavalry battalion to start maneuvering on the grasslands.】

In the 23rd year of Jiajing, Ma Fang, who was still a thousand-household leader, submitted a memorial, summarizing his comprehensive understanding of the grassland people. The three major reliance of the grassland people: First, because of survival, they are natural knights, which the Central Plains cannot compare with; Second, the Northern Hu rely on the speed of soldiers and horses, coming and going like the wind, fighting and leaving, and even having no clear goal when going south, which is impossible to guard against; Third, nomadic life has no fixed place to live, chasing water and grass, and it is difficult for the army to advance and suppress.】

At that time, Ma Fang proposed a proposition against the Northern Hu: "Use cavalry to control cavalry, use speed to control speed."】

Only cavalry can deal with mobility with mobility, and deal with rapid combat with rapid combat. The Duntai Lian Yuanhou collected intelligence, and by the time the Ming infantry battalion arrived, the Northern Hu tribes had long run away. Only cavalry can exert the value brought by this intelligence.】

Emperor Jiajing felt that this little thousand-household leader Ma Fang made a lot of sense!】

But it's still that sentence: no money.】

The Daoist burned incense for more than 20 years, and even the repair of the Yongshou Palace didn't cost 2 million silver. Zhu Yijun organized the cavalry battalion, and it still burned 2 million silver in two years under the situation where the Mughal country was selling and sending war horses.】

The price of the Ming cavalry and the grassland cavalry is completely different. The price of the Ming obtaining war horses and knights is too expensive, and the training cost is also extremely high.】

Now, the Ming finally had cavalry.】

Li Rusong didn't wear armor. The armor was hung on another horse. He carried a big yellow bow, led ten people, twenty horses, and galloped on the grasslands. Then he reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, squatted on the ground, and touched the terrain map from his arms.】

"We are at the Daqing Mountain. The mountain trend is from north to south. The south is gradually flat. Three miles away is the Dongyang River. The upper reaches are the old Xinghe station. After walking another 27 miles, it is the Jining Sea. Chahan Nao is stationed there." Li Rusong looked at the terrain map while using the telescope to look at the mountain trend and water pattern, determining the location of the sentry posts, camps, and corner gates.】

There were seven sentry posts, all in high places. The camp was three layers of horse-trapping pits 60 steps away, 20 steps per layer, with a layer of anti-horse obstacles placed between each layer. And on the last layer of anti-horse obstacles, tiger-crouching cannons were hung. The tiger-crouching cannon was no more than two feet long, with a total of seven layers of iron hoops. The cannon body was supported by two tiger claws. The cannon weighed 36 catties. These two tiger claws, seven layers of iron hoops, and the wooden horse used for building medicine were all Qi Jiguang's "new methods added."】

The tiger-crouching cannon used 7 taels of gunpowder, firing 5-qian-weight lead bullets or stones each time, totaling 100 pieces. Too many lead bullets and too few gunpowder caused the lead bullets to be weak after leaving the muzzle. As the Ming's logistics master, Zhu Yijun didn't like this thing very much. When there was no money, he even used stones as cannonballs. The effective killing distance was too close, only about 30 steps.】

But the soldiers liked this thing very, very much. The tiger-crouching cannon was installed on the last layer of anti-horse obstacles, which was to be fired when the enemy approached. The effect was excellent. A row of tiger-crouching cannons fired at the same time, which was a scene of flesh and blood flying.】

Li Rusong, as a Deputy Regional Commander, didn't need to come to explore the camp himself, but he was a bit worried. Mainly, the Ming's water pattern investigation was in the autumn of last year. Especially the news of water sources, he could only feel at ease after on-the-spot investigation. The Battle of Tumu was the Ming's national mourning.】

He came, and he really found some changes.】

Originally, there was a dense forest at the Daqing Mountain, which was suitable for hiding. When the engineering bureau of the Ming cavalry battalion was setting up camp, the enemy could come out of the dense forest to sneak attack. But a mountain fire burned the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, so there was no such concern.】

Li Rusong led 1,500 people scattered around to explore, while another 1,500 people began to set up camp under the Daqing Mountain, by the Dongyang River.】

A cavalry battalion had 2,700 combat personnel and 300 miscellaneous flows, totaling 3,000 people. A cavalry battalion had one battalion general, four thousand-household leaders, respectively, the left and right thousand-household leaders, the middle thousand-household leader, and the firearm thousand-household leader. The firearm thousand-household leader did not lead troops and only managed firearms. Under the remaining two thousand-household leaders, there were two handle-general leaders each, one engineering bureau handle-general leader, specifically for construction.】

Each handle-general leader managed two hundred-household leaders, totaling 24 hundred-household leaders. Each hundred-household leader managed three flags, each flag managed three teams, and each team managed 11 soldiers.】

2,376 soldiers, 216 team leaders, 72 flag leaders, 24 bureau leaders, 6 handle-general leaders, 4 thousand-household leaders, 1 battalion general, this constituted the combat part.】

Scribes, retainers, companions, military jailers, kitchen servants, engineering soldiers, etc., a cavalry battalion had more than 300 people.】

The Ming cavalry battalion elite is elite here. These 300 miscellaneous flows belonging to the engineering bureau are actually soldiers. They can get on horses and move hammers, but the division of labor is different. They were divided into miscellaneous flows. It's not that they were weak and beaten into miscellaneous flows. On the contrary, those who can enter the miscellaneous flows are brave and omnipotent, the elite among the elite.】

When the sun set in the west, Li Rusong, as the vanguard, commanded the various thousand-household leaders to complete the layout of the camp. Li Rusong had long since faded his past arrogance. He would discuss everything with the battalion general and thousand-household leaders, rather than acting arbitrarily, unless it was an emergency military situation.】

This was the command art Li Rusong learned from Qi Jiguang. One person's wisdom is short, three people's wisdom is long. In the end, what Li Rusong couldn't think of, the thousand-household leaders would supplement.】

"The Northern Hu will definitely take advantage of our unstable foothold at the Daqing Mountain to sneak attack our army, especially our forward sentry post. Order down, don't take off armor tonight, sleep on weapons and wait for dawn, guard against the enemy's night attack." Li Rusong gathered the opinions of all parties and finally issued the order for tonight: "The patrol signal is: Don't eat dumplings."】

The patrol signal is the secret code that patrol soldiers will use when they meet. Being able to quickly say "Don't eat dumplings" is the fastest way to react to the other party's identity.】

Except for patrol soldiers, soldiers cannot leave the camp at night. The army is the most precise killing machine in human history. Here, military orders are like mountains, especially during the war, so don't be afraid of accidental injury. If you don't follow military orders, you will die in vain. Even if you make trouble in front of His Majesty, it is the reasonable side.】

The four thousand-household leaders all admired Li Rusong very much. As a Deputy Regional Commander, he didn't need to come to the forward sentry post himself. He could sit in the middle army cavalry battalion. But Li Rusong, as a vanguard, was always like this, personally treading on the military edge, on the front line of the conflict, and also liked to wear strong armor and charge forward.】

"Regional Commander, rest first, we will patrol." A thousand-household leader said.】

Li Rusong shook his head and said: "You all rest, I will patrol."】

Qi Jiguang regarded Li Rusong as a disciple and taught him everything. Li Rusong and the Emperor were fellow disciples, but they learned different things. Li Rusong learned battle formations, while Zhu Yijun learned personal martial arts.】

Qi Jiguang told Li Rusong that in this war, when attacking, if the vanguard fights well, the battle will win seven points. If the vanguard fights badly, the battle will definitely lose.】

The vanguard fought well with seven points of victory, and the vanguard fought badly, which was a total defeat. Li Rusong deeply agreed with this truth. This was a truth verified by practice. The Art of War says: "The defeat of the army is like a mountain collapse." Once the vanguard loses, even a fierce general like Xu Da will fold his halberd and sink into the sand.】

In the fifth year of Hongwu, the Battle of Lingbei, the Ming sent troops north in three ways. On the 29th of the second month, the vanguard of the middle army, Assistant Regional Commander Lan Yu, defeated Wang Baobao at Yema River. On the 20th of the third month, the vanguard Lan Yu beat Wang Baobao again at Tula River. After two great victories, the middle army went deep alone.】

After two major defeats, Wang Baobao returned to Helin in a mess. Emperor Zhao of Yuan not only didn't blame him, but gave Wang Baobao tens of thousands of troops again. Wang Baobao and his general He Zongzhe met, defeated Lan Yu, defeated the middle army's Xu Da, and then Wang Baobao and He Zongzhe surrounded Li Wenzhong's troops at the Laru Hun River. Li Wenzhong fought steadily and fought to a draw, but Zhu Yuanzhang's great strategy to destroy Yuan was broken.】

Lan Yu fell into the enemy's trap of luring the enemy deep, and didn't expect that Wang Baobao could be valued by Emperor Zhao of Yuan after two major defeats. The vanguard didn't fight well, and the Ming could only swallow the consequences of going deep alone.】

It wasn't until the 21st year of Hongwu that Lan Yu completely destroyed the Northern Yuan court at Buyur Lake.】

Li Rusong had been brave in the Beijing Battalion for nine years, and he still charged forward, but in this bravery, there was a lot of caution.】

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The moonlight sprinkled on the grasslands. The grasslands at night were not quiet. One could often hear the calls of jackals, tigers, and leopards, as well as various insect chirps. Li Rusong personally stood guard. At dawn, the whole grassland was pitch black. Except for the firelight of the patrol soldiers' torches, there was no light at all.】

At such a moment, Li Rusong was also a bit tired. He yawned and told himself that he couldn't sleep yet. But after a long journey from Xuanfu to Daqing Mountain, he hadn't rested for two days. In the end, he was a person, not made of iron. He leaned on the gate and closed his eyes.】

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, his eyes shining, his fatigue swept away, and his whole body was full of excitement!】

He lay on the ground, a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth. He stood up straight, buckled his face mask, and the whistle arrows rose from the seven sentry posts. The sharp whistling sound broke the long night, and the fireworks of the whistle arrows exploded in the air!】

"Enemy attack!" The patrol soldiers saw the whistle arrows and immediately knew that the enemy had come to sneak attack at night. They beat the gongs in their hands and shouted loudly. The dawn, the moment that made people relax their vigilance the most, arrived as scheduled.】

Fireworks, whistling sounds, shouting sounds, gongs and drums, and horn sounds were all together. The camp of Daqing Mountain seemed to wake up from a dream, and the firelight of the torches changed from stars to long dragons, gathering together.】

According to Qi Jiguang's requirements, the forward sentry post had to gather and prepare to meet the enemy within a quarter of an hour after the whistle arrows rose. The Ming cavalry battalion was the elite among the elite, and it only took half a quarter of an hour to gather.】

Then, under the orders of the army, each hundred-household leader entered the direction he needed to defend.】

The four corner gates had eight vats, and there were eight ground listeners in the vats. They poked their heads out of the vats and told the commander that the enemy had arrived within 1,000 steps.】

Night attack is mainly about surprise. When the enemy is prepared, it is not a sneak attack, but a strong attack.】

Fireworks began to rise into the sky. After exploding in the air, these were the Ming's lighting fire bombs, called "fire bomb tubes." "Whenever you attack people at night, and the enemy sneaks into the camp, release the fireballs (lighting bombs with fire bomb tubes) first, and you will definitely see the traces." After the fire bombs exploded in the air, they would fall slowly, and the enemy's traces could be seen.】

Li Rusong led 1,000 people to turn over and mount their horses, ready to support the lost direction at any time.】

Fireworks continued to rise, the sound of muskets began to ring, but those who were bright were armored soldiers, and the Pingyi muskets were responsible for solving them. The gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, and the lead bullets carried sharp whistles, causing bursts of screams, and the shouting sounds came one after another, making the blood boil.】

Li Rusong had been waiting, waiting for the whistle arrows for help, waiting for the notification of the commander. The elite soldiers behind him buckled their face masks and said nothing. Under such explosions of gunpowder, the horses were also motionless. The horses' ears were stuffed with cotton, and their eyes were covered with blindfolds. Only when fighting would the blindfolds be removed.】

Waiting and waiting, until the sound of muskets was not so dense, Li Rusong still hadn't waited for help.】

It wasn't until the morning sun broke the darkness and sprinkled the golden light on the ground that Li Rusong's elite cavalry appeared in front of Li Rusong. After the sound of muskets stopped, Ma Gui appeared in front of Li Rusong.】

Ma Gui was the battalion general of this cavalry battalion, commanding the battle at the front. He said loudly: "Li Regional Commander! The enemy has retreated!"】

"Uh..." Li Rusong opened his face mask and frowned at Ma Gui. He had been sitting on the horse for almost half an hour. Now Ma Gui told him that the enemy had retreated?!】

"Li Regional Commander, should we pursue?" A thousand-household leader asked eagerly.】

"Dismount, rest." Li Rusong turned over and dismounted. He was the vanguard Regional Commander. Even if he could attack, he still chose to rest. If it were before, he would have rushed out to pursue and kill. Killing one was not a loss, killing two was a big profit.】

Now, he chose to be cautious.】

Recently, there had been voices in the Beijing Battalion saying that Commander Qi had lost his past blood and bravery and had become cautious. Many people said that Commander Qi was old and had achieved success, and that going out of the fortress to fight was all about building hard camps and fighting stupid battles, advancing slowly, without the high spirits of galloping thousands of miles in the past. Everyone said that Commander Qi had become a Marquis and had lost his enterprising spirit.】

Now Li Rusong was like this. Clearly there was a very good opportunity to expand the results of the battle, but he became more and more cautious. Where was the appearance of the world's first fierce general?】

Some people summarized these voices as: "Qi Jiguang is as timid as a mouse, and Li Rusong is afraid of death."】

People like Qi Jiguang and Li Rusong never refuted these words. Those who read books said this. Life is their own. Who is not afraid of death?!】

It was because there was no way before. If you don't fight for your life, you will lose. You will die, the people in your defense area will die, and your family will die. You can only fight for your life. Now that you can crush the opponent with strength, why take risks? Upright and honest, crushing the opponent, can crush the opponent, why take risks?】

Moreover, there is an emperor who doesn't have high requirements. Every time he goes on an expedition, His Majesty will tell Qi Jiguang very definitely that this battle is allowed to be lost. The battlefield changes rapidly, and winning or losing is very normal. If you lose this time, summarize the lessons and win them back.】

Before, there was really no chance to come again.】

In the 34th year of Jiajing, Altan Khan and Tuman Khan merged their left and right wings. Viceroy Wang Zhu commanded poorly, leading to the total collapse of the Ming army. Xifengkou, Zunhua, and Yutian fell one after another. Jiliao Viceroy Wang Zhu fled in the face of battle. If it weren't for Ma Fang, who was then the Deputy Regional Commander, repelling Altan at Jinshan Temple, it would have been another invasion and plunder of the capital, and even the Ming capital would have been in danger.】

Afterwards, Wang Zhu, as Viceroy, had nothing to do, but Ma Fang was stripped of his position as Deputy Regional Commander and demoted to Assistant Regional Commander.】

Without strengthening the military, how could the Ming generals have the opportunity to plan slowly and crush the opponent? After Qi Jiguang trained the troops, he won every battle and even made contributions while wearing crimes, rushing to kill with criminal charges.】

Being able to let you lead troops to fight is already the benevolence of the masters.】

Li Rusong took off his armor and wrote a report before resting. The whole report was to tell the imperial court the process of the war. After writing, he added: "The strength of firearms is far beyond expectations."】

This time against the enemy, there were only muskets, flintlock muskets, Pingyi muskets, mother-and-son cannons, nine-jin cannons, and even tiger-crouching cannons were not willing to be fired, but muskets were enough. This Ma Deli Rusong look at his huge biceps and feel a bit lost. With the continuous progress of firearms, I am afraid that personal martial arts will become less and less important.】

This is a good thing. For the Ming with higher organizational degree, it is a great thing.】

The Ming navy has always been Yu Dayou's guidance, big ships and big cannons, and the Ming's strategy and combat method against the Northern Hu now began to implement Ma Fang's guidance.】

Ma Fang advocated: "The way to overcome the Hu is to focus on anticipating the enemy and acting first. If the enemy wants to move, I move first. Use my strength in firearms and cavalry archery to overcome the enemy's weakness in bows and cavalry archery. Severely damage the enemy at the fortress, which is the way to victory."】

The Ming has a certain mobility. In the winter and spring of each year, elite cavalry is sent to form small teams to carry out counter-attacks on the grasslands, with the goal of plundering horses and burning grasslands, maximizing the destruction of the Northern Hu's combat resources, and greatly increasing the proportion of firearms.】

According to Ma Fang's vision, the Ming's northern expedition now has a sharp increase in the number of firearms. As a result, there are too many and too strong firearms, leading to the cavalry of the carefully built cavalry battalion not being the main attack, but support and reinforcement.】

This Ma Deli Rusong a bit unexpected. Precise tactics ended up not being better than queuing up to shoot.】

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, victory report, victory report! Victory report from Daqing Mountain! Vanguard Regional Commander, Deputy Regional Commander Li Rusong, defeated 12,000 enemies with 3,000 at Daqing Mountain, beheaded more than 1,250 people, and took Daqing Mountain! The Ming battle line protruded from the Great Wall to Daqing Mountain!" A little eunuch rolled a circle in front of the Imperial Study of the Tonghe Palace.】

Zhu Yijun put down the vermilion pen, stood up abruptly, walked to the little eunuch, picked up the victory report, opened it and looked at it, and said with joy: "Good, good, good!"】

Zhu Yijun didn't know military affairs. He only knew that the vanguard had won.】

According to Zhu Yijun's vision, this battle would have to be fought for another 25 years. Every winter and spring, he would counter-attack into the grasslands.】

The Ming Emperor was somewhat lenient in measuring the enemy.】

(End of chapter)