Huang Taiji took great risks when he invaded the inner gate for the first time. The Ming army's dispatch made a fatal mistake and a mess. It was also because Chongzhen was inexperienced and used inhumanely. In addition, the chaos caused by random command gave Huang Taiji an opportunity to take advantage of it. He moved around the capital for three months, snatched a large amount of Dingkou wealth, calmly withdrew from outside the gate, and since then he settled his position.

When he returned to the pass, the elite soldiers with Huang Taiji were drawn from each flag, with a large number of vests and white armor. Don’t look at the fact that there were only a few thousand main forces, and the total strength of 20,000 troops was not only very easy for each army in Jizhen, but also bought dumplings from Zhao Shujian, and the loss was not great. He easily attacked the Xuan soldiers who crossed Mangui and avenged the battle of Ningjin. The Ning army only withstood the attack, but it was not an opponent of the elite Later Jin soldiers.

In the era of cold weapons, thousands of people can play a very strong role. If the array is neat, the armor is strong, the weapons are excellent, and the soldiers are brave veterans of more than ten years and the command is excellent, the main soldiers of thousands of people can still face ten times or dozens of times incompetent people like Huang Taiji, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, and calmly come out with the power of great victory.

"Don't think too much," Li Shenming smiled and took out a red invitation with gold sprinkled from his arms, saying: "Although it is in person, the gift cannot be abandoned. This is an invitation. If the day comes, please come on time and wait for the grand tour in the family."

Zhang Han took it and didn't look at it. He smiled and said, "Then congratulate Brother Zunlu on his forty years and has many children and grandchildren."

"Haha, thank you Jiyan. When I come earlier, I will prepare a table in the small hall and let's have fun together."

"Of course I have to go." Zhang Han doesn't drink or drink, but it doesn't mean he can be unkind.

Li Shenming said that he was celebrating his forty birthday. In fact, according to the algorithm of later generations, he was thirty-eight years old, but at this time he could be counted as forty, and his birthday was one year ahead of time, which is also a very ancient tradition.

It’s okay for others. When Li Shenming dies in the future, he will probably be the founding minister of the country, and he will be the title of a civil servant. At least he will be the duke. He has always been called brothers and friends. His way of being a friend has been maintained for six or seven years. It’s not good for Zhang Han to celebrate his 40th birthday, so of course he has to drink two glasses of birthday wine.

"Then I have face." Li Shenming smiled and said, "There are still a few ladies who are invited to the house to have a gathering. There will be banquets in the inner house, and then there will be a lowly hospitality."

"You're almost holding your grandson." Zhang Han smiled and said, "Last time, your daughters-in-law came over to call your aunt, which made them so embarrassed."

"Haha." Li Shenming laughed. His two sons are both adults and have married this year. This is also a striking thing. Maybe they can hold their grandson next year. In this era, he is quite normal to hold their grandson, and even earlier, but it is still quite strange for Zhang Han. There are still many diamond fives in his later age. The guy in front of him is almost holding his grandson.

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"Stop the horse and replenish the water."

Zhang Shixiong raised his palm immediately. The military commander beside him knew very well what the chief officer meant. Those who were not clear had long been eliminated. The military commander immediately ordered and everyone stopped.

Since midsummer, the hunting cavalry was preparing to be transferred to a regiment, and it is still the same battalion. Several independent reinforcement companies have been sent to the Quetuhan headquarters and handed over to Ma Wu and others to lead, but it is still under the hunting cavalry battalion.

Zhang Shixiong was released as an attendant and served as the commander of the battalion. He worked for more than a year and was promoted to the regiment-level commander.

Moreover, the importance of hunting cavalry should be above the dragon cavalry regiment. After all, the operation is fast, the firepower is strong, and the attack on the enemy is fierce. You can see that the fighting style of hunting cavalry is quite fierce and brutal.

If you compare animals, you will be a cheetah, as fast as lightning, and extremely cruel as a natural hunter.

The Hunting Cavalry Camp is named after the word "hunting", which is true.

Searching for new recruits everywhere was Zhang Shixiong's main task in the past two or three months. He didn't even care about the war in the Ketu Khan tribe before. However, despite the hard search, each department reviewed the personnel according to the list, and Zhang Shixiong and others personally checked the inspection after the initial review. There were quite a few qualified people.

Riding is the fundamental thing, and then it depends on the technical and tactical ability, coordination, and whether it can hold on to the hunting cavalry to keep the high-intensity marching and combat methods that are not allowed to rest on the road for more than ten days. Whether it can control multiple horses to marching, and whether it can play with multiple firearms to convert and use.

More than half of these requirements have been stolen. Even if they have the potential to learn, they have been stolen because of their personality.

Hunting cavalry needs fierce, bold and impulsive talents. It is best to be savage, but there is still some background in your mind that can be controlled by military law.

This requirement is much more difficult than finding a soldier with excellent riding skills. After all, the hunting cavalry is not an ordinary dragoon, and the coordination of the soldier's personality and combat methods is very high.

In a few months, only about 300 people were added to the camp, and it took at least half a year of training to get out of actual combat. Zhang Shixiong's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The ugly thing was, the ugly thing was.

This time, he was ordered to return to Qingcheng. The military command was quite simple and did not explain the reason. Zhang Shixiong was originally in Yunneizhou, so he had to come from the west immediately after receiving the order.

The grass has withered and yellow along the way, the sunshine has been shortened, and it feels quite chill when marching in the morning and evening. Everyone knows that the summer on the grassland has passed and autumn is now coming.

It was the time when the horses were tall and fat, but the weather was calm everywhere.

"Fuck!" A hunting cavalry officer signed the account book of the financial officer of the station and turned around and said to everyone: "We soldiers, we must sign the instructions wherever we go to eat and receive supplies. After we go back, we have to check the accounts. There is something wrong. The financial officer of the camp was so angry that he was so angry. Damn, I really want to hit Tian Yanwang's black gun one day."

Everyone laughed, Zhang Shixiong's face twitched a few times, and suddenly whipped at the complaining officer with a horse whip.

"Commander, I was wrong!"

The beheaded cavalry officer stood up with a respectful attitude. He knew that he must have made some mistakes and something wrong, so he caused the battalion commander to use a horse whip to slap himself.

The rule of the Hunting Cavalry Battalion is to stand respectfully when you are beaten, and let the whip whip twitch on your body and face, and make bloody whip marks come out without making a scream of pain.

Any man from the Hunting Cavalry Battalion who shouts pain when he is punished by military discipline will certainly not be beaten a few more times, but he will no longer be ashamed to be a good man in front of the Hunting Cavalry. It is true that he quickly packs up the bed and gets out of here, otherwise he will be excluded by his former companions and will be worse than death.

Zhang Shixiong whipped more than a dozen whips, except for the first two whips, they all hit the robe, and scattered the officer's robe like a butterfly. Even if he showed mercy, even though he had many whip marks on his body, he would still be very painful, and at least he would not leave too many marks on his face to avoid being ridiculed by his companions.

"I beat you to remember. Next time I speak carefully." Zhang Shixiong took the whip, looked at his subordinates, and said word by word: "Do you remember this lesson?"

"Yes, my subordinates remembered it." The officer endured the pain and said, "Mr. Tian is in charge of financial resources for our Hunting, not for his own family. If his subordinates say something is not appropriate, they should be beaten."

"Yes." Zhang Shixiong nodded, turned his face and waited for his personal soldiers to bring out the meal.

This is a military station thirty miles outside Qingcheng. Going further forward is Qingcheng's territory. There is also a military station and supply and maintenance point in front. There are several fire road piers on both sides of the left and right, and there are usually baggage troops stationed there.

On the west side of this supply station is a large military camp area. There is no forest land here. There is a small river in the distance, which is a tributary of the Xiaohei River. It provides water supply to the garrison, so that no water is available.

There are often dozens or even hundreds of miles on the grassland without any water. Although it is covered with grass, it can still make people die of death.

"Cai Pancake." The personal soldiers walked over with a few large pancakes and handed them to Zhang Shixiong.

Most people eat pancakes, which are very convenient to make. Once the corn flour is baked, some vegetables and leeks are added, and they can be eaten with oil. They are also easy to carry and preserve. This is also a by-product of large-scale corn planting on the grassland... At least Zhang Shixiong likes to eat it very much.

Everyone was feasting. This small team of hunting cavalry came from Yunneizhou, hundreds of miles apart. Under the leadership of Zhang Shixiong, he had also gone deep into the desert separated from Yulin to train the troops' adaptability and marching ability in the desert. So when he returned to the hinterland of Qingcheng, his nerves were relaxed. Even the officer who had just been whipped hard, he still ate quite sweetly.

"Conduct, yes."

While everyone was having a meal, they did not forget to look around. An officer found more than a dozen large trucks coming from the west side. He stopped in the open space near the military station. The military station went forward to inquire about the matter and found out that these vehicles were transporting important prisoners and transporting them back to Hutchison... Of course, it was heavy. The troops going to fight had accompanying military doctors, and those with minor injuries would not be sent back in such a car.

Zhang Shixiong walked forward and opened the carriage door.

Although the car was very neat, it obviously had a very strong smell of blood and rotten smell.

This was a large cart that was restructured, divided into two upper and lower bunks on the opposite side. Four seriously injured soldiers were lying on the bunk, obviously all disabled people who were missing arms and legs.

It was indeed a disabled veteran who was seriously injured and amputated. Zhang Shixiong looked solemn and stood there to salute the wounded soldiers.
Chapter completed!