More than 200,000 Zuo Menggen's army slowly marched in the rugged hilly areas in southern Henan. Although the few groups of chases sent out in front of him did not come back, Zuo Menggen did not agree. He thought that the chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of chases of

The Zuo family army, known as the 800,000 army, sounds very powerful. Which army can stop them in the territory of the Ming Dynasty?

"Young master, there must be something strange about this matter if you don't take away the three batches at night. If you are attacked by a thief or a horse thief, you don't have to worry too much; what I will worry about is that if you don't take away the night from Nanjing, we will attack us." Li Guoying raised his own question.

Zuo Menggeng laughed: "How many dog ​​emperors in Nanjing are there? I heard that Zhao Peng's Eagle Claw Sun has only 30,000 people. It is said that when he went to the battle of Henan, he still needed Gao Yaozi to help, which led to Gao Yaozi being killed. Just 30,000 people, dare to provoke our 800,000 army?"

"Eight hundred thousand is just a profession. Young master, our real strength is only 200,000. Of the 200,000, there are only 80,000 soldiers. If the Eagle Claw Suns are all war soldiers, if they build Tucheng camps, our army will probably be difficult for us to pass for the time being." Li Guoying said.

Zuo Menggeng had no idea for a moment, and Hou Fangyu, who was beside him, immediately responded: "Although the southern part of Henan is also a mountainous area, it is all low and hilly areas. The mountains are not high, and the plains between the valleys are well connected. If Zhao Peng's eagle claws really come to intercept our army, our army can go around at will. If this thief wants to completely block our army, it will cost a lot of troops to build the Tucheng camp. This thief is only 30,000 people. If the score is opened, we only need to attack a little to break through."

Huang Shu also said: "This thief is only 30,000. Even if the auxiliary soldiers are halfway with the combat soldiers, he has only 15,000 people. Just 15,000 people, dare to provoke our 800,000 troops? Let's not talk about making things difficult for us, and wet our pants when we hear it."

But Hou Fangyu never dreamed that Zhao Peng's real force was 80,000 instead of 30,000. Zhao Peng's style of conduct was that he always reported his own force to a lesser force, but in fact he was not considered a lesser force, because when he calculated his force, he only calculated the combat troops, but the auxiliary troops did not calculate it inside. So when he went to the expedition this time, he claimed that the 30,000 troops were going to the expedition.

In fact, according to the situation in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, as long as anyone has an elite army of 50,000 people, and with 80,000 auxiliary soldiers, it is enough to sweep the world. It is absolutely unstoppable and even the Eight Banners soldiers cannot stop it.

Although the Qing Dynasty had 400,000 troops, in fact, only 60,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners Army could be fought. Among the remaining 340,000 Green Camp Army, no more than 80,000 could be fought. The rest were cannon fodder or auxiliary soldiers.

What does the Ming army's combat effectiveness increase greatly after shaving its head and leaving its braids? That's just that the relatively corrupt Ming army, when they encounter those who can really fight, the green camp soldiers are not enough to see.

Zuo Menggeng had only 80,000 real combat soldiers, but only these 80,000 combat soldiers, and someone was going to dig his corner.

The team of Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng was walking at the end of the Zuojun. Because these two people were already very resistant to shaving their hair and clothes, they deliberately delayed and marched very slowly.

In the evening, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Yuncheng ordered camps to be set up for the night. Just as the auxiliary soldiers were busy setting up tents and pulling up the wooden fence, a close friend came to Ma Jinzhong: "Lord, I met several spies from Nanjing and said I would see you."

"The spy from Nanjing?" Ma Jinzhong was surprised. "Since it was a spy from Nanjing, let them come in."

After a while, several of Ma Jinzhong's confidants walked into his central army tent with two blindfolded men. The two men entered Ma Jinzhong's camp and were untied the black cloth strips covered with their eyes.

Ma Jinzhong first drank and retreated, then looked at the two of them and said, "You two are so bold! People from the court dared to run to our Zuo family army to die!"

One of the black-faced men laughed: "General Ma, since I, Wang, dare to come here, I am not afraid of death! At worst, I will lose a scar that is big on my head. I will still be a hero in 18 years! I came here to save General Ma!"

"Save me?" Ma Jinzhong was stunned, "You can't protect yourself, how can you save me?"

Wang Quan smiled and said, "General Ma, we Nanjing have known for a long time that Zuo Menggeng is going to lead you to surrender to the Tartars. Do you know that if you surrender to Jiannu, do you have to shave your hair and change your clothes?"

Ma Jinzhong nodded: "I know this, but what can we do? The young master holds heavy troops. If we don't follow, I'm afraid Ma will move in his head! Ma is not willing to die alone, but it's a pity that nearly 10,000 brothers under his command. If Ma betrayed the young master, he would lose his life in vain. Ma was uneasy when he got down."

Wang Quan said: "Since General Ma refuses to shave his hair and change his clothes, he is a good man from the Han family! My lord knows about General Ma and General Wang, so he asked us to come and persuade General Ma not to die in vain in the north."

"Go to the north and die in vain? How do you say this?" Ma Jinzhong asked.

"If you surrender to Jiannu in the north, you will inevitably be treated as cannon fodder by Jiannu and sent to fight against the enemy. General Ma, do you know that Jiannu will not be able to attack Hangu Pass for a long time?" Wang Quan asked back.

Ma Jinzhong nodded: "I know, Chuang Ni learned from where he built a strange fortress, which caused the Tatars to suffer heavy losses under their fortress. Even the elite Eight Banners Army hit the fortress of the thieves, and they would all be bloody when they ran into the fortress."

Wang Quan said: "Isn't that enough? Since the Tartars have been unable to capture Hangu Pass for a long time, if you go to Luoyang, can the Tartars still let go of the cannon fodder delivered to the door? They must have pushed you forward to push the shield cart and consumed the shells that broke the enemy for Jiannu! At that time, how many of the 10,000 brothers under your command will survive?"

Ma Jinzhong was a little hesitant for a moment: "I'll think about it again."

Wang Quan said: "General Ma, do you know Wu Sangui. After he let Jiannu enter the pass, he had already recruited 80,000 green camps. But until now, the green camp under his command still has less than 15,000 people! Where did the remaining 65,000 people go? They were all forced to fill the castle of the thief! Sixty-five thousand people, all filled in, and even a small fortress that broke into the breach! Some people were afraid of being fired by the breach. They retreated without hearing the sound of gold on the battlefield. Jiannu cut them all without saying anything! General Ma, think about it yourself, if your 10,000 people arrived in Luoyang and were sent to the battlefield by Jiannu, how many battles would they be left?"

Ma Jinzhong sighed: "But I, Ma, isn't the one who bears the master? Although I can't stop joining Jiannu, you Nanjing are fighting with my young master. Ma can't stab the young master in the back, right?"

Wang Quan smiled and said, "You didn't let you stab the young master in the back. My lord miss you as a hero. I really can't bear to see General Ma and Zuo's army burning together, so I asked you to slow down the marching speed appropriately. When my lord and your young master fight, you can dodge it from afar. Otherwise, the shells on the battlefield would not have eyes, and it was really unbearable to hurt a hero like General Ma."

Ma Jinzhong thought about it and said, "But the young master is in trouble. It is against morality if Ma doesn't go to save people."

Wang Quan said: "But General Ma comes to save him in vain. Our army has thousands of cannons, and one round of artillery can annihilate tens of thousands of enemies. General Ma, you, a brother, will die in vain. I hope General Ma will think about it carefully. I will leave first!"

"Come, see off the guests!" Ma Jinzhong shouted.

Two personal soldiers came in outside, and Wang Quan and the others blindfolded their eyes and sent them out of Ma Jinzhong Camp.
Chapter completed!