Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 172
Seeing Qin Hong's excited expression, Zhu Houzhao just nodded with a smile and didn't say anything more. Armored cavalry equipment is a good thing, but Daming wants to produce heavy armored soldiers that meet the requirements, or plate armored cavalry. It is definitely not an easy task. It requires great effort and determination.

Whether it's horses, plate armor, or soldiers, it all requires training and preparation, and Zhu Houzhao doesn't know how many years it will take to complete.

After the armor was removed, Zhu Houzhao took his people back to Guyuan City, and there was nothing left for him to do. He just had to wait for news here.

At dusk, Wang Shouren walked in from the outside, with an excited expression on his face, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Highness, the result is out. In today's battle, we will behead 760 people, and then pursue and behead 740 people." people, captured 420 six people, and captured 360 two horses."

More than 1 people, more than 700 people were beheaded, and 7000% of them were beheaded. That's it. Counting the captives and those who were hunted down, there were more than [-] Tazi soldiers left in this battle. These [-] people can declare the whole army Destroyed.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and asked, "Where are our people?"

"Return to Your Highness, 470 people died in battle, 320 people were seriously injured, and 740 people were slightly injured." When Wang Shouren heard Zhu Houzhao asking this question, the smile on his face disappeared. No matter how interested he was, when he told about the battle damage, he could feel the unhappiness and distress in His Highness the Crown Prince's heart.

"Your Highness, a great victory!" At this moment, Qin Hong came in from the outside and shouted excitedly. Compared with Wang Shouren, Qin Hong seemed more excited.

After entering the room, Qin Hong realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and his face became serious, so he couldn't help turning his head to look at Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly turned to Qin Hong and said, "Master Qin, this is the battle damage this time!" He said and handed Qin Hong a piece of paper in his hand.

As a result, Qin Hong glanced at the paper, and Qin Hong was a little confused, so he asked, "What's wrong with the battle damage? It's no problem!" Qin Hong still didn't understand: "With five thousand against ten thousand, not only will the opponent be defeated, He also beheaded more than 4000 people and captured more than 2000 people. This is a big victory. It’s really amazing to win so much with so little and lose so many battles!”

"His Royal Highness is not only superb in martial arts, but also skilled in bows and horses. This military training is also amazing, amazing. I congratulate Your Highness, Your Majesty, and Daming!"

Zhu Hou looked at Qin Hong, he was not stupid, of course he knew that Qin Hong could see that he was unhappy, and he knew why he was unhappy, but he still chose to say these words.

Sure enough, when Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look over, Qin Hong's expression also became serious, and he said directly: "Your Highness, whether it is the three sides or the nine sides, people die every year, and there are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and there are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The people are dying every year, and they all died under the knives of the Tartars. These soldiers were indeed killed in battle, and they were trained hard by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Perhaps His Royal Highness thinks that if we have plate armor and better horses, they may not die in battle, and we will win greater victories with less damage."

Zhu Houzhao stared at Qin Hong. In fact, he thought so. Not to mention those who died in battle, and those who were seriously injured would not be able to go to the battlefield. Add up to 1000 people. In this battle, 5000 people trained by themselves went [-]%.If they all had their own plate armor, would there still be such a high battle damage?Zhu Houzhao thinks definitely not.

So the big victory in the eyes of others is not very comfortable for Zhu Houzhao. Although he also thinks it is a big victory, he feels that he did not do well and let these things die for nothing. He is blaming himself.

Qin Hong continued: "Your Highness, these people did not die in vain, they shocked the Tartars, they stabilized the hearts of the three sides, they boosted the morale of the three sides, and more importantly, they supported the soldiers and soldiers of the three sides who died in the previous battle. The people on the three sides who were slaughtered took revenge. When the equipment is ready, Your Highness, the Tartars will not wait, so what should we do at this time?"

"You can take your life to fill it, Your Highness, nothing in the world will happen until you are fully prepared. The enemy will always catch you by surprise."

Zhu Hou looked at Qin Hong, nodded slightly, and then said, "Qin Qing, do you think I still need to search for a set? I just thought, if I wait for two years, maybe it will be much easier to search for a set." Yes, but now, it is fighting with the lives of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and the lives of the common people of the Ming Dynasty, is it worth it?"

"I think this battle is enough!" Qin Hong shook his head directly, then lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground.

Zhu Houzhao was shocked immediately, and quickly stood up from the chair. Qin Hong is so old, and Zhu Houzhao really didn't dare to suffer such a big gift to Zhu Houzhao.He hurried over to help Qin Hong up, but Zhu Houzhao didn't move, the old man was quite strong, so Zhu Houzhao had to let the old man kneel down.

"Your Highness, the situation in the northwest is stable. Today's victory is enough to make Huo Shi not dare to invade easily. I will appease the area in the northwest, train the soldiers, and reclaim the wasteland for the future."

"Although the cavalry in your Highness's hands are brave, they are small in number. It is not appropriate to search for them this time. These cavalry should continue to train and expand. They should not be too many in the future. Thirty thousand cavalry is enough to sweep Hetao. I am in the northwest to train troops for His Highness. Waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince to come to the Northwest to search for sets in the future, I invite His Highness the Crown Prince to make plans for the Ming Dynasty and the world."

Obviously, Qin Hong still doesn't agree to go for a set now. After this battle, Zhu Houzhao also knows that it is indeed inappropriate to search for a set now.

Although the Northwest can produce 5000 cavalry, it is said that cavalry is probably infantry, that is, infantry can ride horses, which is completely different from cavalry.Although his own cavalry can fight, the number is too small, only [-].Now there are less than [-] players left to fight. If you search for sets, it will be really difficult to fight.

Obviously, the Mongolian tribes at this time were not as useless as they were later. They were very good in terms of fighting literacy and fighting will.

Zhu Houzhao reached out to help Qin Hong up, and said softly, "Qin Qing, give me two years, and within two years, I will definitely bring the cavalry to the northwest, take the cavalry to search, and take the cavalry to conquer Fengzhou." beach."

"The minister is waiting for that day in the northwest!" Qin Hong immediately showed a gratified smile on his face, and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Although the plan to search for sets failed this time, the goal of teaching Huosie a lesson has been achieved, and this should also make Huosie stop for a while.In the following days, Zhu Houzhao began to follow Qin Hong's side and learn how to do things from him. This was a rare opportunity, and Zhu Houzhao didn't want to let it go, after all, it was uncertain when he would come here next time.

The first thing Qin Hong did was to go to the battlefield to pay homage to the spirits of the fallen soldiers. Then he selected strong men, set up farmland, reiterated his orders, and increased the number of Guyuan defenders.Repair the city outline, attract merchants, and prosper the economy.Zhu Houzhao found that Qin Hong was really a talent, as if he knew everything. In order to farm and reclaim wasteland in the north of Guyuan, he also made a kind of victory car.

It can defend against the enemy in wartime, and can be used for transportation in peacetime. Zhu Houzhao thinks that the later car camp evolved in this way?
When mentioning Cheying, Zhu Houzhao thought of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang was definitely not born, so was Yu Dayou born?Zhu Houzhao felt that he should be able to get along with Yu Dayou. As for Yu Dayou's temper, Zhu Houzhao didn't care at all. What's wrong with a general who can fight with a more straightforward temper?Whoever did it right and whoever did it wrong, Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to mention it.

When Zhu Houzhao was busy in the northwest with Qin Hong, the battle report from the northwest naturally spread to the capital immediately.

Qin Hong, who was the governor of the three sides, wrote a battle report and handed it in. At the same time, he also wrote to the cabinet. This kind of battle report was naturally expedited, and it also involved Zhu Houzhao, the prince of Ming Dynasty, so it was naturally faster.It took five days to submit the inscription from Guyuan to the cabinet. When the inscription was received, the three academicians in the cabinet did not dare to delay, and directly entered the palace with the inscription.

At this time, Zhu Youtang was reading the inscription in Qianqing Palace. His son left, and the inscription had to be read by himself again. Zhu Youtang swore in his heart that he would not let his son go out to wander next time, and let him read it with him in the palace. title book.The queen's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and her son was still not here, which made Zhu Youtang a little exhausted, and her dissatisfaction with her son became more and more serious.

"My lord, the three great scholars are asking to see you!" He Neng came to Zhu Youtang's side and bowed quickly.

Zhu Youtang was taken aback for a moment, the three grand scholars came together, did something happen?And it must be a big deal, otherwise it would be impossible for the three cabinet scholars to come together.Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang put down the question book in his hand, and said, "Let them in!" At the same time, he sorted out his mentality and waited for the three cabinet scholars to come in.

Three people walked in from the outside, and Liu Jian, the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet, said quickly: "Your Majesty, great joy, a great victory in the Northwest."

Things still need to be clarified first, don't scare the emperor.

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang immediately laughed too. Northwest was like a big rock pressing on his heart, and now news of a big victory came, which is really great.Thinking of this, Zhu Youtang smiled and asked, "Liu Aiqing, tell me quickly."

Liu Jian naturally had to act positively at this time, and quickly said: "This is the inscription written by Qin Hong, the head of the trilateral system. Stationed in Guyuan to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, Qin Hong pacified the people and the army, and the prince sent soldiers to strangle the Tazi soldiers wandering outside Guyuan city."

"It was very effective. The Tartar soldiers were furious and chased after them. His Highness the Prince made a plan to show the enemy his weakness and lured the enemy to attack the city. The Tartars were really fooled and began to attack Guyuan."

(End of this chapter)