"General Ma's official barracks are here."

Above the fortress, a battalion soldier looking into the distance suddenly screamed.

With the shouts, more people looked southwest, where the official road was located. Sure enough, everyone saw smoke and dust rising, about 6,000 to 7,000 cavalrymen coming along the official road and the fields on both sides, all over the mountains.

The military flag was waving and the armor was bright. Ma Chengen's main barracks were still quite good. Zhang Han caught up with the city wall after hearing the news and observed the style of the main cavalry of the Ming army with Li Shenming and others.

The Ma Cheng'en's military camp has a 3,500 soldiers, and there are many soldiers in the military camp directly under the general. The general military camp has at least 2,000 soldiers, and at most more than 3,000 soldiers, and rarely more than 3,000 soldiers.

This is also the routine of the Ming Dynasty. Although the generals of the Ming army were the generals, and there were many nine-sided generals who nominally controlled more than 100,000 troops, they were actually able to command their own military camp and the directly under the Youth Camp. The number of people directly led was very small.

The other deputy generals and generals each have their own direct battalions, and the generals cannot interfere in their battalions. If the generals are arrogant and rude and forcibly manage the battalions of these generals, they will commit the taboo of "big and big" and are suspected of treason and are very guilty of being a big crime.

As for my own military camp, I will do whatever I want.

The quota of 3,500 soldiers is of course less than 3,000. Ma Chengen had at least 6,700 people. Among them, there were expenses for raising family members, expenses for bribing superiors, and the rituals to the Beijing officials were all paid in the vacancy. One soldier was an average of one tael, one tael of horse soldiers, one tael of five, plus salt, vegetables, silver and grain. The annual vacancy was about 1,000 taels. The first pot of gold for the generals came from the vacancy.

The two thousand eight hundred soldiers of the army, plus the six hundred clans who accompanied him, there was also a surprise soldier who was ordered to go with him, and two wandering soldiers. The main force of the Ming army's border troops who came to help was nearly 7,000, including more than 1,000 servants.

"It does feel a bit tough." Zhang Han commented with a smile.

The more than 7,000 people in front of him should actually be mostly war soldiers, with only a small number of auxiliary soldiers following them, plus all cavalry... The generals of the border towns of Datong and Xuanfu, of course, including Jizhen, now, do not like to use the tactics of infantry and cycling. Most of them do not know a few words and cannot control the complicated situation at all. Some generals even cannot master the golden drum banner, and use their servants and elite cavalry to conduct small-scale cavalry wars. These generals performed well, such as the generals behind Qi Jiguang. After Qi Jiguang's transfer, several generals in Jizhen made many military achievements. However, all the battle examples were without exception. The general led one or two thousand cavalry deep into the enemy's territory to engage in cavalry wars, or fought counterattacks. As for the tactics of infantry, cycling and cannon cooperation, they would never see them again.

Sun Jingting, Li Dongxue and others exchanged glances. After all, Li Shenming came out of the Ma Mansion, so it was difficult for them to speak too directly. In fact, after staying in Li Zhuang for a long time, it was difficult for them to appreciate the military formation in front of them.

The Ming army's cavalry formation seemed loose and casual, mostly small groups of cavalry followed the generals and pro-de-de-de-pro-de-pro-the-form. The generals could barely maintain the advancement of the formation, but there was almost no question of strict promotion of the military formation and cooperation between each other. It was more like the interaction between the generals and themselves pro-de-de-de-pro-the-form, and it was very scattered.

As for the weapons, they were also very ordinary. The cavalry passed under the fort wall. It can be seen that the weapons held by only a few people were quite exquisite, most of them were just ordinary.

The armor is also very ordinary, and the cavalry in armor accounts for more than 70%, but 90% of them are ordinary cotton armor, that is, forged cotton coats are decorated with iron leaves and copper nails. The weight of this cotton armor is not light. It has a considerable limitation on people's movement when worn on the body. It can defend against light arrows and heavy arrows at long distances. It has poor defense against close-range step bows and heavy arrows, and has poor defense against chopping and sharp stabs.

Only a very small number of generals and servants wore iron scale armor, but they also made rougher iron armor. Only military officers or more than 1,000 generals and a very small number of servants wore excellent iron armor. Their armor shone brightly in the sun, and you can tell at a glance that it is not an ordinary person.

"The Northern Territory has begun to escape." Zhang Han said.

It was said that it was a complete defeat. Ma Chengen's move was also in communication with Zhang Han. On the day Bunang and Su Nang went to Lizhuang, Ma Chengen led his troops to Xinpingbao. When the main force of the Ming army appeared, I believe that Su Nang and the others on Lizhuang also failed. They were very close, and there might be two big Taiji who fled north... Zhang Han had absolute confidence in the arrangement of Lizhuang. Even if the Beilu who went south brought all the people who stayed in Xinpingbao, the result would be the same. But then Ma Chengen could come here in advance and pack all the Beilu who went south with dumplings. In this regard, Zhang Han wished that they had the determination to burn the boat, but unfortunately there were no Bunang or Su Nang.`

The northern barbarians of the brigade began to escape without fighting. The herdsmen had no time to collect yurts, and they didn't want any cattle, sheep and horses, and everyone ran north empty.

The mountains and fields were filled with herdsmen and running horses. The Ming army began to intercept the Beiliu who did not escape in time.

The small-scale battle began, with cavalry ranging from one to two hundred people and at least thirty or fifty people constantly wandering around. The Northern Lu began to turn around and shoot arrows to hinder the Ming army's actions. The Ming army had some archers shooting back on the horse, and some Ming army cavalry holding three-eyed guns were released and counterattacked. The battlefield smoke was full of gunfire, and arrows were coming and going, and the battle was very lively.

However, there were not many Ming army or Northern Barbarians who were dismissed. Both sides fought and fled, and there was no cavalry hedging. The Ming army appeared at noon, and the Northern Barbarians began to escape and chased them until evening. There were also shouts of killing near the wall. At this time, Ma Chengen and his personal soldiers, Ding, and his group of dozens of people appeared in the north gate of Xinpingbao.

Lai Tongxin opened the fort door with his men, and he stood at the fort door to greet him.

Seeing the general galloping toward each other, Lai Tongxin knelt half-kneeling: "The enemy situation is unknown. He has never welcomed the general in advance. He has not yet come out to kill the enemy just now. He will be punished for death."

Ma Chengen looked in a good mood and looked a little tired on his face. He came from Datong and rarely rested. After arriving at Xinpingbao, he fought with the Northern Lu. Exhaustion was inevitable. In the battle between the main force of the Ming army, the generals rarely commanded behind the formation. Ma Chengen also liked to wear strong and hold sharp edges, command and charge in front of the formation, and sometimes even wield his own sword to kill the enemy.

Some famous generals were all generals with high military power. For example, when the Later Jin soldiers captured Chenyang a while ago, He Shixian, the general who guarded Chenyang, was a fierce man. He killed dozens of Later Jin wearing armor with his own hands. Of course, this military power value was overwhelming, but unfortunately, there was no use for birds.

Ma Chengen glanced at Lai Tongxin, immediately helped her hand and said, "General Lai Shen doesn't have to be too polite. This time, you will be firmly guarding Xinpingbao and have a great contribution and a broad future."

Lai Tongxin has been planning this matter these days. Although he is not a civil servant, the Ming general only talks about the merit of killing the city, and the main part of the merit of defending the city is a civil servant, but Xinping Fort is a military fort. The situation is different from the city. This time, he also made contributions. When he heard Ma Chengen's words in person, Lai Tongxin was really happy and said, "I thanked the general for help."

"It's not that I'm supporting you." Ma Chengen said: "I heard that you have a good relationship with the merchants in this castle. At the critical moment, there will be a militia team that organizes the merchants to guard it. This means that you have the talent of a general."

Lai Tongxin understood that this actually meant that his relationship with Zhang Han and Yu Sheng was still harmonious. He quickly boasted: "The last time we will have a close relationship with Zhang Xunzhang, it is really a friend of brothers."

Ma Chengen smiled and nodded, rode his horse and continued to move inward. Lai Tongxin also turned over and followed quickly.

A Qian General followed behind and whispered to his companion: "A few years ago, inspector Zhang saw that General Lai Shen was going to bow down, and General Lai Shen almost made a move with Yu Sheng. A few years later, General Lai Shen had to boast about his good relationship with the inspector, so that he could get a higher position. The situation changed, which made people sigh."

"Stop talking nonsense." Another thousand general laughed in a low voice, "Who doesn't hold He Yusheng in this situation now? The Northern Legion fled from the south in the morning, but you didn't see it? So many armored Northern Legion and herdsmen went south, but they asked He Yusheng's merchant group to fight all over the ground to find teeth. I think, in the future, He Yusheng will not only be rich, but in terms of strength, there are few people in our Datong area of ​​Jin, North and North."

"Even General Ma is probably looking at him as an allies."

"Isn't that so lingering? The Ma family has been a general for generations, with all the relationships in the court, with more than a thousand servants and hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and their children are all generals. Even if the governor of such a general, he has to weigh his own weight. Zhang Dongzhu is just a businessman after all."

Someone chuckled and said, "It's still a ninth-rank inspection."

The Qian General, who thought Ma Chengen and Zhang Han would treat each other equally, had a little disgusted face. He angrily said, "Let's go and see."

"How about betting on the host of Qingfenglou tonight?"

"Okay, that's it."

"We have a share, too."

The people who watched the fun were not serious. They quickly helped the bet people to finalize the details. At the same time, they sent their servants to order the table first. Whether it was the lower Bazhen or the middle Bazhen table, they had to book in advance, otherwise some ingredients would not be available temporarily.

The Northern Barbarians were defeated. Although the main force of the Ming army was still pursuing, the military officers who returned to the fort or the original garrison were in a relaxed mood. Everyone must have their own contributions this time. Even if they could not get rewarded and promoted this time, it was a real qualification and would be of great help to their future development.

In this relaxed atmosphere, foreign military officers and military officers from this fort were all in harmony. Many officers knew about the bet, and some angry people also participated. When Ma Chengen and others were about to arrive at the general's mansion, there were quite a lot of people participating in the bet.

Some people are not afraid of big things when watching the fun, while others are full of curiosity about Zhang Han. They want to know who this great businessman, who is very good at hand and has amazing power, and who is the ninth-rank inspection position, is, and what kind of relationship is with his own general.

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Yesterday's chapter was wrong, two three hundred and thirty-two, sorry.

In addition, today's condition is very poor, just one chapter.
Chapter completed!