It is much further from the camp in Longkodo to Shanxi than from Xi'an. All the way is to go north, after passing Yulin, and then arrive at Yan'an Prefecture, then turn east and go straight to Shanxi from Luliang.

This road is relatively safe, and the Ming army cannot reach this direction for the time being. However, the second half of this road is difficult to walk, and it took more than ten days before Geng'er arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, and Ortai is here now. Although the battle between the Ming army's attack on Shanxi has begun, Ortai has been operating in Shanxi for many years and has been ready to fight with the Ming army.

When the Ming army came to attack, Ortai was not panicked. What was coming would eventually come. Ortai's troops were a rare elite of the Qing army. In addition, he also had well-trained Manchu Qingxin Army and Mongolian cavalry. Relying on the fortifications prepared before and with the help of Shanxi terrain, he blocked the Ming army's footsteps for a while.

When they met Geng'er out of the city, they saw the dusty Geng'er, Ortai hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. The two sighed a few words outside the city, and then entered the city. When they arrived at Ortai's general's mansion, they first set up the incense table to receive the imperial edict. Then Ortai enthusiastically welcomed Geng'er into the mansion.

Like Longkodo, after sitting down, they drank a sip of tea, Geng'er carefully explained the purpose of coming this time and asked with concern about the situation in Shanxi.

"The Ming army can fight, and the soldiers of the slaves are not vegetarians. Please ask Geng Xianghui to Emperor Bing. The slaves will definitely be able to firmly defend Shanxi for the Qing Dynasty. As for Guanzhong, as long as Taiyuan is still in the hands of the slaves, they will definitely be safe." Ortai patted his chest confidently.

Seeing Ortai's courage, Geng'e breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

"Ship E is worthy of being a famous general of the Qing Dynasty. To be honest, I was worried before coming, for fear that the Ming army's offensive was powerful, Shanxi would not be protected. Now I see that Ship E is firmly sitting in Taiyuan and has such ambitions, so I feel relieved now."

"Hahaha!" Ortai suddenly laughed and said, "This Ming army is not three heads and six arms, but also flesh and blood. Although the Ming army is powerful, it is only relying on the advantages of firearms. I dare not say anything else. There are quite a lot of firearms in my army. In recent years, I have had quite some experience in the battle of firearms. In addition, Shanxi is not as complicated as the Central Plains, and the terrain is complicated. It is a delusion to think that the Ming army will cross our troops for a while."

Ortai's words were half true and half false. His troops were indeed the elite of the Qing army, and they had also experienced great wars. Ortai has been guarding against the Ming army's attack over the years and attached great importance to the equipment and training of the troops.

At present, he has a lot of firearms in his hands, and the total number is calculated to have six battalions of troops. Some of these firearms were imitated by the Qing Dynasty, and a large part of them were bought from the Rakshasa Kingdom. Although the Rakshasa Kingdom cheated the Qing Dynasty after the Battle of Mobei, after all, the two families are still allies, so it is natural to buy some firearms from the other party.

Moreover, buying firearms is a business for the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the Rakshasa people did not agree. Furthermore, Ortai was a rare person in the Qing Dynasty who had seen firearms tactics. In order to train the troops in his hands, he not only spent a lot of money to get instructors from the Rakshasa people to assist in the formation of his firearms. Ortai even offered a large price to recruit a group of mercenaries from the Rakshasa people through bribery.

This group of mercenaries was not a large number, only a thousand, but it took a lot of energy and investment from Ortai. Moreover, he used this armed force as a basis and the elite selected, and formed a unit. The total number of this unit, known as the Firearm Battalion, was 3,200 people. All of them were equipped with the elite firearms, cannons and Flang machines of the Rakshasa Kingdom. It can be said that it was Ortai's ace.

In addition to the firearms troops, Ortai can also mobilize more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to assist in the battle. In addition, the tens of thousands of troops in his hand can be said to be strong.

It is precisely with these in hand that Ortai has such confidence. However, the other half of what he said to Geng E was to calm him down, and it was also the heart of Emperor An Jianxing.

If Ortai was really not afraid of the Ming army, then he would not have been only circling in Shanxi and Mongolia in the past two years, and would have raised troops and taken the initiative to attack.

Ortai is not a fool. He is very clear about the true power of the Ming army. You must know that when the Rakshasa Kingdom took action to fight with the Ming army, neither side gained any advantage. This battle made the Rakshasa Kingdom understand that the Ming army was not an opponent that was easy to deal with.

There was no other person in the Qing Dynasty who knew the Rakshasa Kingdom best except Ortai. After all, he had been dealing with the Rakshasa Kingdom and knew very well what these guys were. In addition, he had mercenaries composed of Rakshasa people, and he also learned from them that the Rakshasa people's evaluation of the Ming army.

Therefore, Ortai knew very well that if he took the initiative to attack the Ming army, he would inevitably be bleeding. However, the Ming army brought troops to attack him. With his previous preparations and the terrain of Shanxi, it would be absolutely no problem to fight with the Ming army for a period of time.

In fact, Ma Gongcheng knew this in his heart. This was also the time when Zhu Yicheng asked him how long it would take to completely solve Shanxi. He replied that it would take at least half a year or even longer.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty's military strength is now the best in the world. In the world, there are probably only France that swept Europe. Compared with the elite British people who are known as European scoundrels, Rakshasa, and other countries.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty also had what these countries were not able to achieve, which was an almost endless population base, coupled with the Ming Dynasty's continuous progress in technology and the initial industry that had begun to form. In time, after the Ming Dynasty truly completed the industrial transformation, its military power changes would be earth-shaking.

Ortai's words made Geng'e feel relieved, and most of the sad clouds that had been shrouding his head for many days suddenly disappeared.

However, although Ortai used this method to calm Geng'er's heart first, he also told Geng'er that if he wanted to truly fight against the Ming army to ensure that everything was safe, the Qing Dynasty would have to give him some support, and these support was food and military pay.

"Geng Xiang, I'm going to hide it from you. Shanxi is not a grain-producing area. With the years of training, I'm really tight. I wonder what the emperor's explanation is for this when Geng Xiang comes to this? Can you allocate much money and food?"

Seeing Ortai looking at him with eager eyes, Geng E felt guilty. To be honest, the Qing court had no money at the moment. If Ortai had not won the three divisions of Mobei and made a ticket from Mongolia, and had attacked the Western Regions last year and snatched a lot of things back, he would have been unsuccessful.

This time he came to Shanxi mainly with Emperor Jianxing's will, with the purpose of seeing the situation in Shanxi, appeaseing Ortai, and letting him ensure that Shanxi and Guanzhong are absolutely safe. As for what money and food were not brought at all, Emperor Jianxing didn't even know how to solve this problem.
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