Although Li Zicheng's general battalion has begun to take shape, due to their own vision at this time, they have not yet had time to set up officials at all levels and carry out effective command, so only Li Zicheng, Liu Fangliang and Li Guo, the three core backbones of the leader, can be counted as leaders in the entire general camp. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now Liu Fangliang was injured and hid in the nearby mountains, and Li Zicheng and Li Guo, the uncle and nephew, were also "the wind was tight", so when the two or three thousand cavalry in Yansui Town rushed through the barricade and rushed into the place where the general camp was set up, the general camp, which had lost its organization and command, suddenly collapsed, and the child soldiers who were still alive scattered in a hurry.

Except for a small number of child soldiers who reacted quickly, saw the opportunity early, and were agile enough, they escaped from life behind Li Zicheng, and most of the other child soldiers were either nailed to the ground with strong bows and crossbows before, or they turned around and fled and died from the trampling of horses' hooves and the slashing of cavalry.

Of course, there are also some children in the battalion who are in the back of the camp, because they surrendered on their knees in time, escaped a catastrophe and saved their lives.

When Sun Chuanting rushed out of the valley with his elite cavalry, the battle of the nameless valley ended quickly.

Sun ordered his men to stop and rest, let the horses rest, and replenish water and forage.

After rushing out of the valley, not far ahead is the slowly flowing Fen water, some of which are water and grass.

However, at this time, what the cavalry of Yansui Town fed to their beloved horses was the stick valley, or bud valley, which was corn to put it bluntly.

Although the first year of Chongzhen was as dry as the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and the entire northern Shaanxi was almost scorched, the new high-yield crops promoted and planted by Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu along the Yellow River valley near Yulinwei still had a lot of gains.

In addition, the trilateral governor Yamen under Yansui Town has also harvested in Ningxia, so the rations of the officials and soldiers in Yansui Town are still available, especially the few cavalry in Yansui Town, and a batch of "stick grains" that are used as military rations are given priority.

Corn spread to the northwest, and after the first planting was harvested, it received the name "Bang Valley".

The appearance of the stick valley also provided new fodder for the war horses of the cavalry of the Northwest Frontier Army.

Not only the stick valley itself, but also the straw of the stick grain, it is also the best horse feed.

In addition, there are vines after the harvest of sweet potatoes and stalks of potatoes after harvesting, all of which are excellent fodder that can be used to supply war horses.

The appearance of these Fanbang crops not only gave the border troops in Yansui Town, Dinglu Town, and even Ningxia Town coarse grain to fill their stomachs, but also gave these border towns that were in great need of cavalry fodder to feed more war horses.

During the Ming Dynasty, not only the salaries and grain of the officers and soldiers of the towns in the nine sides needed to be supplied by the imperial court, but also the horses, war horses, and pack horses used in the towns of the nine sides, and the forage they used also needed to be supplied and supplied by the imperial court.

In the Chongzhen period, the world was in turmoil, and the food eaten by the border army could not be harvested, and the supply could not be supplied, who could still manage the forage of the war horses in the army!

However, the forage provided by traditional grains such as wheat and millet is very limited, and there is no grain due to the severe drought in Northwest and North China for many years, so how can we produce enough forage?

Therefore, the war horses in the army can not feed much, and without the war horses, there will be no cavalry, and without the cavalry, the army at this time will also lose the ability to maneuver and fight.

Although the Chongzhen Emperor has made up his mind to develop firearms, and has made up his mind to implement the strategy of attacking the east and defending the west on the northeast battlefield, Liaoxi only needs to hold the Ningjin defense line, and there is no urgent need to vigorously develop cavalry for the time being, but for the northwest, whether it is to subdue the Hetao or to exterminate the thieves, the cavalry is an indispensable strategic force, and the more the better.

Therefore, the land of Gyeonggi and the land along the border reclamation area of the stick grain straw, sweet potato vines and other inedible things are also vigorously purchased by the Hubu Kurachang, and then focus on supplying the northwest border towns.

Coupled with the tea and horse exchange market presided over by the yamen of the trilateral governor, the source of war horses was also guaranteed.

Therefore, in the past six months or so, the cavalry in the Northwest Frontier Army has begun to regain its vitality, and there has been a gradual increase in the trend.

And today's victory in this battle also further strengthened Sun Chuanting's determination to build the cavalry of Yansui Town.

In history, there was a saying that "if the court dies, the Ming will die". The reason why Sun Chuanting is so important is related to his ability and courage on the one hand, and his eloquence, but at the same time, it is also inseparable from the elite Qin army under his command.

The elite Qin army under Sun Chuanting was the only reliance of the Ming Dynasty after Hong Chengchou was defeated in Songshan and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

And among them, the pillar is the Northwest Cavalry carefully built by Sun Chuanting.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting ordered his cavalry to dismount and rest, and at the same time sent people to clean up the battlefield and treat the injured Ming cavalry and Ming horses.

Liu Honglie, who led the army to open the way before, was found from the battlefield and carried in front of Sun Chuanting.

Fortunately, although Liu Honglie was seriously injured and unconscious, he still had a heartbeat and breathing, and did not die.

If the three hundred of the most elite cavalry under his command were killed or wounded, more than half of them were killed and wounded, and less than 100 of them were slightly wounded and could stand up.

The remaining 200 or so were either dead or maimed.

Starting from Lan County, galloping for dozens of miles, and then fighting fiercely, at the moment people were sleepy and tired, Sun Chuanting ordered to camp here to rest, bury the pot and make rice.

The dead and badly wounded horses were all used as rations.

It was originally taboo for cavalry to kill and eat war horses, but dead and seriously injured war horses were not among them.

Although the auxiliary soldiers who accompanied the army felt compassion in their hearts, they quickly put aside the taboo in the face of the temptation of meat.

In this era, even in the border town army, meat is a very rare thing, and with the supplement of meat, the morale of the officers and soldiers is naturally different.

There is a pot in the camp to make rice, and Sun Chuanting here can't stop resting, he wrote the latest military information into a letter, one for people to take to find He Shiyu, one for people to take back to Taiyuan, and then to Lu'an.

Fortunately, Sun Chuanting, who was thirty-six years old at this time, was the most energetic and energetic in his life, and he could still bear it without sleeping a single sleep for a few days.

After a feast of stewed sweet potatoes with horse meat at noon, Sun Chuanting sent his subordinates out to ride out in four directions, while letting the main force under his command continue to rest.

However, just after the time passed, the messenger who went out to look for He Shiyu rushed back to the camp with He Shiyu's henchman, He Guoxian, the general of the Chinese army, and a dozen other people.

And among them, there was also a subordinate attack on Wang Lian under the command of Wang Jiazheng, the imperial historian of the Shanxi Town Supervision Army.

"Lord Fujun, my family He Zongzhen is camped on the east bank of Fenshui, twenty miles south of here, but I never thought that my lord was in front.

This place is called Cross Slope, and more than ten miles to the north, it is the county seat of Jingle, and now the county seat has been occupied by thieves. Moreover, the villages along the Fenshui River have all been killed and plundered by these thieves, and the head office of my family has sent people back to the building to transport grain and grass, and it is expected that they will be able to join forces with Huang Tingzheng around tomorrow.

"This time, the head town of my family heard that the lord was victorious, and he was specially appointed to come to meet the lord and ask for an order, please show me."

He Shiyu's henchman of the Chinese army, He Guoxian, entered Sun Chuanting's big tent, and after saluting, he poured beans into the bamboo tube, and quickly said these words.

Next, Wang Lian, under the command of Wang Jiazheng, the imperial historian of the Shanxi Town Supervision Army, also reported on the situation of the Ming Army in Ningwuguan, Shanxi Town.

After the Shaanxi thieves fled into Shanxi, Zhang Xiao and Wang Guoliang were transferred and arranged, so that Zhang Yingchang, the deputy chief soldier of Shanxi Town, stayed in Daizhou, and Wang Jiazheng, the supervisor of Shanxi Town, led the supervision of the army camp to sit in Ningwuguan, and Zhang Zongheng, the envoy of Shanxi, sat in Pingyang, and Yuan Jixian, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, went to Lu'an, and the governor Zhang Xiao and the political envoy Ma Mingshi raised Fubiao to sit in Taiyuan, and Wang Guoliang led the main force of Shanxi Town to enter Fenzhou.

This is an arrangement made by Zhang Xiao, the governor of Shanxi, under the emergency response after the thieves entered Shanxi.

This arrangement is quite reasonable, and this is one of the reasons why Emperor Chongzhen did not make up his mind to take Zhang Xiao.

Now the thieves have moved into the Luliang Mountains, instead of continuing south to Pingyang, or attacking Taiyuan and Fenzhou, also thanks to this emergency arrangement of Zhang Xiao and Wang Guoliang.

After Wang Lian reported on the situation of the Shanxi Zhenjian military camp and the Ningwuguan army, Sun Chuanting dipped his finger in water and on the improvised table, while describing the terrain of the northern branch of Jin, while thinking about the next deployment.

After a long time, Sun Chuanting made up his mind, so he said to these people: "Ninghua Institute and Loufu are the same mileage as Jingle County, and the army should arrive in a hurry with a day's baggage.

"The two of you will return immediately, report to the officials, and after the headquarters of the town of He meets Huang Tingzheng, escort the grain and grass to the north as soon as possible, arrive before noon tomorrow, and join forces with me to go north.

"The garrison of Ninghua will set up camp and go south as soon as possible tomorrow, and must arrive at the north of Jingle City before nightfall to set up camp."

After talking about this strategic deployment, Sun Chuanting explained the precautions to the two of them again, and then ordered the two to rush back to the army immediately.