Qingzhou, Zhang Cunren's residence.

Now Zhang Cunren has been granted the title of Minister of War, and is in charge of all the green camps except the Eight Banners. Although the name is not true and many camps are under the Eight Banners' operations, they can still openly discuss the overall military affairs, which is not as cautious as before.

"Master, General Gao is here." Zhang Cunren was busy in the study. The servant came to inform him. Zhang Cunren nodded slightly and asked Gao Di to come in.

"Sir, please see you!" Gao Di knelt on the ground when he entered the door.

Zhang Cunren smiled and ordered someone to bring a short stool and said, "General Gao, sit down and talk."

Gao Di also knew that Zhang Cunren had been trying to win over him, so he sat down. However, Zhang Cunren kept writing letters there without caring about Gao Di. When Gao Di saw him write a letter, he asked tentatively: "Sir, I heard that the reinforcements in Jiangnan are trapped in Qing Dynasty."

Zhang Cunren said: "If it weren't for this, how could you and others send the elite cavalry and advance eastward?"

Gao Di nodded slightly. Qingzhou is now in a panic. Even senior officials like him cannot discuss major issues at will. Because there are many officials who have been given the name of "slandering the court, slandering the emperor, "slandering the victory or defeat, spreading evil deeds". Therefore, Gao Zhi was confused and dared to ask Zhang Cunren. Now the generals in Qingzhou who are in charge of the soldiers are just doing nothing, but they do not believe in the situation informed by the imperial camp.

"Last month, Rotobezi protected Jiangnan's money and grain to go north, and was blocked by the Eastern Ban in Yanzhou. He said that there were 30,000 cavalry and twice as many infantry, and was the main force of the Eastern Ban, with no less than 100,000. The court combined the news from several aspects, and said this. Later, the Eastern Ban soldiers cut off the canal and ravaged Lu and Yu Zhili. I must believe it. This time, the Emperor sent you to attack, and it was also a test of whether the Li thieves in the Eastern Ban were playing the empty city plan." Zhang Cunren explained.

"In the eyes of my subordinates, it is not an empty city strategy. The powerful force of the Eastern Front is probably no less than that of our Qingzhou camp. If we talk about combat power, it is even better. I have a saying that should be said or not..." Gao Di said.

Zhang Cunren picked up the newly-launched teacup and signaled the servant to go out, saying, "General Gao is in the same mood as me, and I can't say anything. Even if I say something wrong, I will just regard it as a turbulent wind."

Gao Dixin was a little more relaxed and said, "The situation is not good now. Dongfan must be arguing with troops from all over the country, with no shortage of money and food, and sufficient troops. For a long-term plan, my subordinates thought it would be better to advise the emperor and let the army in various places serve the king."

Zhang Cunren looked at Gao with a smile, thinking that although this guy was blindfolded, his judgment on the situation was so accurate. He was not an ordinary rude Qiu Ba. He sighed and said, "General Gao, someone has written a letter to this section, but it is just a stone sinking into the sea. The emperor is probably considering it and has not made up his mind yet."

Responsible for the king? Who will serve the king? There are not many soldiers in the capital. Now Liaodong is owned by the East Bank. The Mongolians take care of the grasslands for Beijing. The small amount of troops in Beijing is blocking Shanhaiguan. The Central Plains Green Camp has been transferred. Only the three armies along the Yangtze River can be left. Pingxi Fan, Hong Chengchou, and Yue Le have strong enemies on the other side of the three. They are involved. Responsible for the king is the foundation for giving up their business for many years. Who is willing and who can the emperor dispatch?

Zhang Cunren waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's talk about your feelings of advancing eastward first. As far as I know, the island barbarians in western Shandong are all old opponents of you and me. The so-called first and third armies, and some boat soldiers and law enforcement troops. A little bit of evidence is that they are the main force of the Beiyang army, the sixth army in Liaodong, the soldiers of the Jurchens in Haixi and the Yongning lineage of the East China Sea, which is the main force of the island barbarians overseas aids. In this way, in the direction of Jiaodong, there are only the so-called Zhongzhen Army and the Li Jiewei army, the total number of combat soldiers is only 60,000, and there are not many cavalrymen. How can we block the general's troops from advancing eastward this time?

The emperor sent Sukshaha to lead the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and several Bellers of Korchin led the Mongolian elites. General Gao's command had no less than 10,000 elite troops. In addition, the Eight Banners outside the Pass helped the battle, and at least 40,000 cavalry were used. Why can't even pass the Weishui?"

Not only Zhang Cunren, but also in the Qingzhou Imperial Camp, when he heard that Luo Tou was intercepted in Yanzhou and the troops against him were the main forces of the Beiyang Army, the Qing Dynasty thought that Li Mingxun had played an empty city plan. Even if the army could not defeat the Daying opposite Qingzhou, the Linqu Food and Grain Camp could still use the advantageous number of cavalry to advance eastward and attack Jiaodong. If Dengzhou could be destroyed, the three major ports in Jiaozhou and Qingdao could be cut off the road behind the East Fan. However, he never thought that the army advanced eastward, in Weixian and Changyi, the area of ​​Changyi was blocked by the East Fan cavalry, and he could not even touch the crucial Jiaolai Canal.

Gao Di said boldly: "Sir, the power of the Eastern Front is not known to the court. Indeed, his subordinates have never encountered the strong Beiyang army on the eastward advance. It is not a false idea that it swept across the Central Plains, but the loyal army and the remaining cavalry of the Guards are powerful and brave, but they are only tens of thousands, but they are not the main force that blocks our eastward advance.

The subordinates led the elite cavalry of Shandong and Henan to advance eastward. Whether it was a brigade forward or a small team interspersed, the enemies that were blocked were mostly overseas barbarians! The court never announced that there were so many overseas cavalry, and the number of cavalry was probably no less than 30,000, and the proportion of cavalry was even greater."

Zhang Cunren was stunned. The Eastern Foreigners came from overseas and were mixed with all kinds of barbarians. Everyone knows that Zhang Cunren had seen Jurchens, Mongolians, Southern Barbarians and Korea. However, these armies were mixed with Han and barbarians, mainly Han, and they all spoke Chinese and wore military uniforms. In addition to their skin color, they looked almost the same as those of Han people. There were many young people in the Beiyang and were loyal to half of the Southern Barbarians. This was also an open secret. But as Gao Di said, those overseas armies came in groups and were independent armies.

After thinking about it, Zhang Cunren took out a piece of white paper and said, "General Gao, let me know, what kind of barbarians are they?"

Gao Di said at the moment: "A subordinate led his army to Linqu eastward, and encountered an army of 10,000 people. After fighting, he realized that it was a supporter of Linqu. The horses and sprints were mixed, but there were not many artillery soldiers. The main commander Li Zijing surrendered to the East Ban in more than ten years. The Jeju Brigade was considered an Eastern Ban economic division, but there was another army, the officer in charge was named Park Sung-hwan, which was all Korean soldiers. After fighting, he realized that it was the elite of the Korean counter-armed army's open flame army. This time he sent two thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry to assist.

The reinforcements are not our opponents. With the help of the cavalry, I besieged Niumudian. I was about to ask the infantry cannon brigade to encircle and annihilate it, but I never thought that another 10,000-man army came to Jiaozhou to help. This army rode a pony, carried a large bow, layered armor, and some Dongfan clothing, and produced its own muskets and light cannons. The first name was Heyuan Tian Bingwei."

"Heyuan Tian Bingwei, this Japanese slave's name is so familiar." Zhang Cunren recorded the name, but he started to suck it.

Gao Di praised: "My lord is very good at memory. The leader of the Japanese army who was fighting against him in Qingdao was this guy. This was the Japanese army. Heyuan Tianbingwei was originally a soldier from the East Fan. Later, he followed the island barbarians to march into Japan and became a Japanese nobleman. This time, he led his army across the sea. Although this army had only ten thousand people, most of them were cavalry. Only a few prisoners knew that this army was the western country of Japan, Jiuzhou, and the Japanese lords from four countries gathered to send troops. They were all warriors of war. Our army was against him. Although the firearms were superior, the Japanese slaves were strong and did not fear death. They also had many cavalry. They attacked the Jeju brigade inside and outside, so our army was defeated. In the end, the Japanese army entered the Eastern Fan camp and the open flame army entered Linqu to break off contact."

Zhang Cunren's face darkened. North Korea and Japan added 20,000 horse stances, most of which were cavalry and had good combat power. He wrote it carefully and asked again: "General Gao, will your Green Camp not attack from now on?"

Gao Di said: "After the Japanese army and the Xian army cavalry broke off our army, they split the cavalry with the Mongols in Moxi who were also blocked, they raided the transportation line from Weixian to Linqu in Dongfan. The beginning was smoother and several transportation teams were wiped out. But soon, our troops and Mongolian troops were attacked by the Nanyang Yi soldiers."

"What kind of barbarians are they? How many troops are they?" Zhang Cunren asked.

"The soldiers from Nanhua, Kowloon, Borneo, and Palawan are mostly strong, thin and tall Malays. Although the weapons, war horses and clothing used are roughly similar to those of the loyal army from Luzon, their skin colors are very different and their languages ​​are not connected to each other. The Green Camp and the Mongols in Moxi captured more than a dozen people. In addition to Chinese, there are less than ten languages ​​in this section, including a small number of black dwarves, who chose the genus of the jumping and selection of the front, but they are only four feet tall, extremely fierce and vicious.

, good at using poison, and those barbarian soldiers were also afraid, saying that these people not only killed people, but also ate people. (In the 178th century, in addition to ethnic issues, the height of civilized races was generally not as high as that of barbarian races. For example, the Malays were generally 1.7 meters tall because of the rich food in the tropical areas. On the contrary, the Han people in Jiangnan were not as high as that in the West. During the American War of Independence, the American cousin of the lobster soldiers was seven centimeters taller than them on average)

We have seen these people, at least heard of them, and there are still some rare ones. A group called the Indian Cavalry regiment, wearing iron armor, tall war horses, but not iron helmets, and wrapped their heads with cloth, like a mushroom. Ceylon came from Ceylon, but they did not look merciful, and they were decisive in killing. There were also some cavalry from Africa, either black and red like Tibetans, or like carbon stone. These cavalry only had officers and a small number of veterans were Han people, and the rest were all barbarians. However, the war horses used by these cavalry were extremely majestic, but the tactics were completely different from those of the Eastern cavalry. There were few arrays and more clutches, which were like Mongolian cavalry.

By the way, there are still many children among these Yi soldiers, most of whom are only thirteen or fourteen years old. They act with the commander and serve as guards. They are the officers, but they are very strange. However, the Yi soldiers come and go like the wind, and it is difficult to estimate the number. Unlike the Japanese soldiers and the Xian army, the Nanyang Yishang is good at firearms, sharp guns, and skillful artillery. When ordinary troops meet, they are hard to resist. People who are not familiar with Dongfan, when they see the black servant and the red-haired family, they think that the ghost Rakshasa is not

Battle is a heartbreaking heart. In addition to ordinary cavalry cannons and firearms, the barbarians also raise other species. How big elephants, tigers, leopards and dogs are too unsuitable to face head-on battles, but small-scale battles often occur, making people unable to defend themselves." Gao Di said a lot, but Zhang Cunren stopped recording, his face was as gloomy as water. Gao Di couldn't help but feel a little scared. Will he be put on a hat of "spreading failed remarks and exaggerating for the enemy"?

Seeing that Zhang Cunren did not speak for a long time, Gao Di begged: "Sir, my subordinate Meng Lang, shouldn't talk about Dongfan like this..."

Zhang Cunren looked at Gao Di with a smile and said, "No matter how Meng Lang, there is still Prince Xun Meng Lang? The imperial court cannot even ensure loyalty in the royal family. Why should we blame such loyal and upright people like the general?"

Gao Di then felt relieved, yes, Prince Xun is a serious Aisin Gioro and a noble man of heaven. He surrendered, why can't I even tell the truth?

"How is the battle between the Eight Banners and the Mongolian vassals?" Zhang Cunren asked again.

In fact, Zhang Cunren has read all the battle reports. He just wants to know the truth when asked. On the Eight Banners, every battle reports are about how many beheads are. Even if the damage is mentioned, the losses in the Eastern Banners must be discussed. If it is more nutritious than me, Gao Di asked Zhang Cunren: "The Eight Banners and the Mongolians and their subordinates meet enemies, but... the nation goes to fight and kills who dares to say that they are not bad? I think that beheadings were not trusted in the past, but if there is a loss now, it would be a bit true."

After hearing this, Zhang Cunren deeply agreed that he could have killed good people in the past, but now, the Jiaodong army, especially those appearing on the battle formation, are mostly Yi soldiers. They can't find a few black and dirty heads. Who would believe you? Although the Xian army and the Japanese slaves have similar heads, the weapons and flags used can be completely different, which is not fake.

"The so-called nation is just a sign of its own." Zhang Cunren murmured.

Gao Di heard this in his ears, but he couldn't accept it. What he didn't know was that Zhang Cunren was not a joke about the combat power of the Eight Banners, but said that the Eight Banners were no longer the Eight Banners that had just entered the pass. Not only did the combat power and fighting will of the soldiers have declined, but the key was that Manchuria was no longer so full. In recent years, the Eight Banners have fought one after another, and the war was damaged, and many soldiers were killed. Twenty years ago, it had been a generation. Even so, it was not enough to be damaged. Today, the Eight Banners are filled with a large number of Han soldiers carrying flags, but they were just arranged in the Eight Banners, pretending to be nationals. When they entered the pass, there were a large number of Mongolians and Jurchens in the Eight Banners. These people had already been damaged after raising the flag. Now, the Eight Banners have mostly Manchuria generals and lower-level officers are full of Han Mongolians. Among the ordinary soldiers, five or six are Han people with nationalities and Manchuria names.

Although Gao Di dared not talk about this topic, he deeply felt Zhang Cunren's dissatisfaction with the current situation. Moreover, when he went out to fight, he acted with many green camp generals and officials. Only after chatting, he realized that Zhang Cunren had had intercourse with these people in private, but he did not talk about the purpose. Gao Di vaguely felt that Zhang Cunren might have a different ambition, especially when Shandong is not going well and the Eastern Front Army is huge, Gao Di has no strange ambitions, and no one wants to be buried with others. Loyalty is either justice or because of stupidity. In this era without justice, loyalty only belongs to stupidity.

In fact, the news of Mandahai surrendering and receiving the enfeoffment has spread throughout the Qingzhou camp, and many people can no longer hold back. Since even Aisin Gioro treated this way, then whoever committed the evil is not as serious as Aisin Gioro!

After thinking about it, Gao Di felt that he would give it a try. He said carefully: "Sir, I have a secret story when I go to the expedition. I am afraid that the court will blame me if I don't say it, it will be even more inappropriate and I feel uneasy."
Chapter completed!