Whenever the carriage passed through the potholes on the official road, Niu Jinxing, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but admire it.

"My God, this spring carriage is so comfortable to ride on!"

Technology has changed life!

No one has a deeper experience than Niu Jinxing. After all, not everyone has ridden in a carriage, and as a former Juren master, Niu Jinxing has certainly ridden in a carriage, but the carriage is not comfortable to sit on.

After traveling more than ten miles, people would stumble around. So they had to put on a thick mattress, but even so, it was far from comfortable, let alone staying in the carriage all day long.

However, now, the spring carriages in the army have completely subverted his understanding of carriages.

"How about it, scholar? This carriage is comfortable to sit on. Let me tell you, if it were parked on the official road from Jinan to the royal tomb, this carriage would run very fast..."

The little flag officer who spoke with a Shandong accent proudly showed off that it didn't matter whether he was riding in a carriage on the gravel official road. What was important was that he was the beneficiary of the field reward at the beginning of the year and the wife reward.

, naturally superior to him.

However, Niu Jinxing complained in her heart - I am a Juren! I used to be a Juren!

Before he could explain, he heard the flag officer say again.

"Xiucai, wait a little longer. After this battle is over, I may recommend you to become an official. When we meet you, we will also have to salute..."

God willing, there must be such a day!

With this thought in his mind, Niu Jinxing couldn't help but ask.

"Flag Officer, you are talking about the Crown Prince, is he riding a horse or riding a chariot?"

By car of course!

Compared to riding a horse, riding a car is much more comfortable, not to mention that the shock absorbers of Zhu Guoqiang's carriage are not just a few ordinary springs, but the shock absorbers of serious cars even include the seats in the carriage which is 5 meters long and 2.5 meters wide.

, that is also an SUV seat. If he wants, he can lie flat there at any time.

Privilege is always ubiquitous. Compared with the canvas awning of the big-headed soldier's carriage, his hood has better sealing performance and is naturally warmer. Coupled with the heating of the charcoal stove that transmits heat through the iron cabinet, even if

It was snowing heavily outside, and although the interior of the carriage was not as warm as spring, it kept him from feeling the severe cold of the Little Ice Age.

"Your Majesty, Abatai has crossed the river! Last night, the Huaihe River froze, up to a foot thick, so Abatai took the opportunity to cross the river."

That’s so!

After sighing, Zhu Guoqiang asked rhetorically.

"Where is Liu Liangzuo? Didn't he lead an army of 40,000 people along the river to defend against the enemy?"

Shi Kefa, who is now the Minister of War in Nanjing, has four major military officers under his command. If you include the several general soldiers who rushed to help, the total force exceeds 200,000!

He actually used Liu Liangzuo to guard the Huaihe River, which is really... "good at using troops".

"Your Majesty, according to the information received, Liu Liangzuo left only a few officers and soldiers to guard along the river. The Qing army bypassed it for more than ten miles and directly broke through his camp in the early morning..."

Listening to Liu Hongyuan's report, Zhu Guoqiang still sneered despite frowning.

"Shibutang uses good soldiers. There are people who are familiar with building slaves. They don't use them, but they choose Liu Liangzuo, who has only fought against rogue bandits, to guard the Huaihe River. It would be unreasonable if Abatai cannot survive the Huaihe River!"

The reason why he said this was because one of the four generals Shi Kefa used was Huang Degong who came from Liaodong. There was such a general who had fought against the Qing army many times and he did not use it, but Liu Liangzuo was used to guard the river. He Shi Kefa

He is really "good at employing people". In fact, Shi Kefa may have been a loyal minister in history, but when it comes to fighting, he is definitely an amateur. Even in employing people, he is also an amateur. Such a person is a wise minister in the prosperous times. As for the troubled times...

Bai Wuyi is a scholar!

In terms of his political wisdom alone, he is not even as good as Gong Zhixian of Taoyuan!

"Sir, what should we do now? We still have one day's journey from Wuhe. According to the current speed, if we march like this, by the time we arrive in Zhongdu, Abatai will have already been in Zhongdu for two or three days."

The subordinate's report made Zhu Guoqiang sneer.

"We can no longer defend Zhongdu!"

After saying this, Zhu Guoqiang unfolded the map and said.

"Zhongdu suffered a lot of troubles caused by rogue bandits in the past two years. The people outside the city suffered heavy casualties, but inside the city... To put it bluntly, it is a dead city. Apart from the name of Zhongdu, there is nothing. If I were

Abatai will definitely not attack Zhongdu! Now Shi Kefa is defending Zhongdu with heavy troops. In fact, in the final analysis, he is still afraid that Abatai will burn down the ancestral mausoleum of Zhongdu and burn down the emperor like the bandits did two years ago.

Therefore, whether it is Shi Kefa or the emperor, Jiangbei will regard Zhongdu as the top priority. Now Shi Kefa has defended Zhongdu with a hundred thousand troops. It seems stable, but in fact it has blocked the gate of Nanzhili.

Open it all to Abate!"

It is understandable for Zhu Guoqiang that Shi Kefa guarded the Central Capital. After all, Zhang Xianzhong and others burned the Huangjue Temple and the ancestral mausoleum a few years ago, and several governors and generals were beheaded. Now Chongzhen has also ordered to strictly guard the Central Capital. Historically,

, One or two years later, when the rogues invaded the central capital again, Chongzhen also strictly guarded the central capital. In fact, since the rogues had already burned them once, what would it matter if Abatai burned them again?

Which is more important, the living or the dead?

In the eyes of ancient people, the dead seem to be more important?

But what about the world?

"Your Majesty, what do you mean? Shi Kefa will abandon the defense of the Central Capital?"

"He? Abandoned the defense? He couldn't defend Zhongdu because he wouldn't give up. Zhongdu is a dead end. If Abatai bypasses Zhongdu and goes straight down to the river mouth, what's the use of holding Zhongdu?"

Shaking his head, Zhu Guoqiang said directly.

"If I were Abatai, I would definitely go all the way south from Wuhe, and then go straight to the mouth of the river. If I had the chance, I would fight all the way to Jiangnan!"

"The prince is surrounded by Chuzhou Mountains. I think that even if he goes south, he will not go to Chuzhou..."

In response to Liu Hongyuan's reminder, Zhu Guoqiang just nodded slightly and then said.

"It makes no difference whether Zhongdu defends or not. Don't go to Wuhe. Go directly to Sizhou, cross the river from there, and then..."

Staring at the cities in Jiangbei on the map, Zhu Guoqiang frowned. It was really difficult to guess the actions of the Qing army in this way!

It seems that intelligence work needs to be strengthened!

Whoever can see through the fog on the battlefield will often win the war. But what does it take to see through the fog? It's intelligence.

In the final analysis, there is still insufficient information! I really don’t know how Chongzhen managed to survive in the past few years. Doesn’t he know that information is important?

While he was talking to himself in his mind, the guard's voice came from outside the car window.
Chapter completed!