Originally, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was divided into 16 Ochong provinces, each of which had a different number of people, with 20,000 or 30,000 people in the upper, middle and lower levels, and the lower Orechong provinces having only a strength of more than 10,000 or even less than 10,000.

When Li Xin went west, he took almost 50,000 people from the three Zhichong Mansions, crossed the Motianling, attacked Jiangyou Pass, and then captured the most critical Mianzhu.

However, the sixteen Zhichong Mansions were in the heyday of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, starting from the Taikang Emperor, the imperial court did not stop drawing soldiers from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army and transferring them to the southwest, and the Hanzhong Army and the Ankang Army that appeared later in the southwest were mostly established with the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army as the backbone.

Of course, Pei Jin's Ankang army withdrew all its members to the capital, and Xie Jing's Hanzhong army also withdrew a small half, these two armies can at least be worth two Zhichong Mansions, and the defense force of the capital is still about sixteen Zhichong Mansions.

A few days ago, Hou Jingde led the two Zhechong Mansions of the Left Battalion of the Forbidden Army out of Beijing, and Li Shuo broke up the two Zhechong Mansions overnight.

And now, there are about four troops of the Folding Prefecture, which are about to collide head-on with the Southwest Army.

Li Xin was in charge of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, and the time was not short, about seven or eight years, during this time, although he spent most of his time as a shopkeeper, but he was still very clear about the establishment of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

The strength of the four Zhichong Mansions is good to say, with the combat power of the Ningzhou army, plus firearms can be dealt with calmly, but these forbidden troops brought the "heavenly thunder" of the imperial court out of the city, although I don't know how far the imperial court's firearms have been, and how many have been created, but after all, this thing was first made by Li Xin, and he knows better than anyone how powerful firearms are.

Although this thing has great limitations, it can be of great use on the battlefield with only one range of killing ability, and it has to be guarded against.

Li Xin watched on the high slope for a while, and after the formation of the forbidden army was almost formed, he also rode to the camp of the Ningzhou army, at this time in the tent of the Ningzhou army, Li Shuo had already summoned the main generals of the Ningzhou army, and began to distribute specific tasks, after seeing Li Xin's arrival, Li Shuo immediately got up and bowed to Li Xin and hugged his fists: "I've seen the general!" ”

As soon as he spoke, all the generals of the Ningzhou Army bowed to Li Xin and clenched their fists: "I've seen the general!" ”

"At this time, you're welcome."

Li Xin sat straight on the main seat and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

The group sat down as they said, and Li Xin spoke: "The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is only more than ten miles away from us, and it will be there in half an hour at most. ”

He directly opened his mouth and asked Li Shuo, "What is the strategy of the Ningzhou army to meet the enemy now?" ”

Li Shuo bowed his head and said: "General Hui, the last general has prepared a defensive position, there is a firearms battalion to fight the first formation, after the first round of firearms, and then the second round by the firearms soldiers, at this time the enemy's formation is almost disrupted, and the main force of our army can take the opportunity to send troops and fight the enemy head-on." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and said in a deep voice: "The forbidden army has a lot of people this time, according to the estimation of the last general, firearms are useful, but for a while, there is no way to kill and injure the enemy's main force, most of them still have to rely on the frontal to fight." ”

"It's ...... An uphill battle. ”

After Li Xin listened, he nodded and said, "There is nothing wrong with the general strategy, I will correct it a little." ”

"This time, the Forbidden Army ...... There were about two or three thousand cavalry who followed them out of the city, and if I read it correctly, these cavalrymen had more or less heavenly thunder on them. ”

The imperial court sits on the world, and the resources it has are far from being comparable to those in the southwest, and the structure of the heavenly thunder is not complicated in the first place.

The vast majority of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army were foot soldiers, but there were exceptions, and the two battalions of the Forbidden Army together had about 5,000 cavalry, which could be said to be insignificant compared to the total number of hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops. fervor

Now there are only four Zhichong Mansions in the capital, but almost half of the cavalry in the forbidden army has been sent out!

After hearing this, the faces of the generals of the Ningzhou Army changed slightly.

The southwest was the first army to have firearms, although the Ningzhou army came into contact with firearms later than the Hanzhou army, but they also knew firearms very well, and now that the enemy has firearms, these people are frowning.

Li Xin was expressionless and continued: "Most of the cavalry of the forbidden army are going to bring heavenly thunder to disrupt our army's formation, they are here to fight the first formation, I mean, our firecrackers and crossbowmen go out to meet the enemy, and use firecrackers and crossbows to deal with these cavalry. ”

Cavalry is a very difficult class to restrict, especially a guerrilla intrusion like this, and it is difficult to restrain cavalry that is not fighting you head-on, even long-distance weapons such as bows and crossbows are difficult to shoot at high-speed moving cavalry.

In history, it seems that only the Mo Sword Formation of the Tang Dynasty has achieved good results, and in addition, it can only break the cavalry with cavalry.

But firecrackers are a different story.

Although this thing is rudimentary, the speed of lead bullets is still far faster than that of arrows, and it should be able to inflict a lot of casualties on the cavalry.

Li Xin took a deep breath and continued: "These cavalry are used by the enemy to throw thunder, if you give them a breakthrough into our army's formation, you must adapt to the situation and disperse the formation, don't give them the opportunity to blow up our army's formation." ”

"And there is, the heavenly thunder of the imperial court...... The power should be much inferior to ours, we must be on guard, but there is no need to be afraid. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin stood up, glanced around at the generals in the battalion, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, this battle is the most important battle for our Eastern Crusade, and if we win, we will have the general advantage of it, and if we lose, we can only flee back to the southwest in embarrassment, and we will have to face the crazy revenge of the imperial court in the future." ”

"At this time, everyone in the world is looking at the capital, and if we win this game, at least half of them will fall to our side!"

The Southwest Army fought all the way from Hanzhong to the capital with a strong attitude, and the name of the Six Princes was there, but until now, Li Xin did not get too much support from forces, because now, most of the forces are still not very optimistic about the Southwest Army.

After all, the mistakes of the Pingnan Hou Mansion are still clearly visible.

But winning this important battle, it will be very different, when the time comes, many people who are waiting and watching will bet, and Li Xin will get the support of many forces, even comprehensive support!

Li Xin shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone, fight him, win the forbidden army, and the Ningzhou army will be famous all over the world today!" ”

Li Shuo took the lead and half-knelt on the ground, clenched his fists and bowed his head, and shouted: "The last general will definitely live up to the trust of the general!" ”

After saying this, he took the lead out of the camp tent and began to assign specific tasks to the dozens of generals behind him.

The muskets, which had been upgraded to 1,000 men, were arranged in positions on both flanks, quietly waiting for the arrival of the forbidden cavalry.

It was still early in the morning, but there was no sun in the sky, and the thick dark clouds were accumulating, which made it very depressing.

A big war has begun!