Treat the exercises as actual combat, so that when the Ming army faced the Qing Dynasty's attack, they would know how to fight the war. It played an important role in training soldiers and improving morale.

After all, no matter how good the conversation is on paper, it is different from the real battlefield. Although the exercises are different, they can cultivate the combat effectiveness of soldiers after all.

This is only part of the exercise, in addition to defending the city. In the future, the Huben Camp will also use various tactics to confront Hong Chengchou, such as the hedge of the grassland cavalry, the heavy armored cavalry, the infantry duel, the archer duel, etc.

The intention was to build an iron army, which was one of the reasons why Zhu Cixuan led the Hu Ben Army to the north. Through hell-style training, such a Hu Ben Army was cultivated. Then, treating the Hu Ben Army as an imaginary enemy, one day in the future, if Hong Chengchou's Liaodong Army agrees to the Hu Ben Army, it will be a piece of cake to deal with Huang Taiji.

Zhu Cilang has 10 million taels of private money, and there are countless grains in the cellar of Fan Yongdou, the old house in Zhangjiakou. These happen to be the capital for Zhu Cilang's exercise.

For Hong Chengchou, this is even more of a happy event. First of all, you can fight with Hu Ben Camp, but you can fight with him, you are not a god.

We are the guards of the city. You should know that there are not more than ten times the number of people siege the city, so it is something you don’t even think about. You thousands of Hu Ben Camps want to break through our city gates?

"Okay, Your Highness's idea is just what I want. It's just General Linghu. I wonder where His Highness the Crown Prince got so much military ration?" Hong Chengchou asked curiously.

Linghu Yunlong's expression was subtle, and he did not hide it at all. He whispered: "The cellar of the tyrant merchant Fan Yongdou was full of high-quality food. His Royal Highness secretly detained it and did not report it to the court."

Fan Yongdou's case also involved Liaodong soldiers, and Hong Chengchou's subordinates, and there were more than a dozen generals involved in the case. Later, these generals were all beaten by military law and beheaded. When Linghu Yunlong said that, the expression on Hong Chengchou's face also became subtle.

Such blatant deduction of food and supplies is the only way for the Crown Prince to do it. If it were someone else, if it was found out or reported in the future, it would be a serious crime.

Linghu Yunlong dared to tell Hong Chengchou blatantly that he would not be afraid that Chongzhen would know about this. After all, he was his own son, and Chongzhen would only turn a blind eye when he knew about it.

But the matter of 10 million taels of silver cannot be treated by outsiders. Zhu Cilang can deduct food, but Chongzhen knew that 10 million taels of silver had to peel it off.

In Hong Chengchou's opinion, if you can't win the battle in the city, don't join the army. Even Huang Taiji can do nothing about the strong city. If you only have three thousand Tiger Army, you want to break the city and think of something beautiful.

He accepted the gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It would be great to allow the soldiers to improve their food.

"Governor Hong, this is the military pay for Liaodong soldiers for three months. In a month, we will attack Shanhaiguan. I hope Governor Hong will set up a defense and we will see you on the battlefield."

"Okay, General Linghu, see you on the battlefield."

Hong Chengchou felt that this was like a house-playing house. Even if the three thousand Tiger Ben Army were added to the Donggong Guards, let alone the siege battle, even if the plains set up a decisive battle, you are not an opponent.

I also wanted to conquer the city, where is Shanhaiguan? It is as solid as a soup and flies cannot fly in. Even Huang Taiji took a detour to the city of Beijing that Mongolia had hit.

Your Hu Ben Army is so powerful, why don’t you attack Jiannu? If you really destroy so many cities, you can go directly to attack Jiannu. Our Liaodong Army is behind the back.

But judging from Linghu Yunlong's expression, he seemed to be confident. This made Hong Chengchou suddenly feel a little uneasy again. He had seen the combat power of the Hu Ben Army, which was so terrifying.

Also, more importantly, there is a crown prince among them. Zhu Cilang's playing style is the most unpredictable. When Linghu Yunlong left, he smiled evilly, and Hong Chengchou became a little confused.

The food and grass were handed over smoothly, and Hong Chengchou and his friends returned home. Zhu Cilang turned Fan Yongdou's mansion into his own base camp, and the Hu Ben Army was stationed around him.

Their current purpose is to study how to attack Shanhaiguan.

As the map of Liaodong became more and more detailed, Zhu Cixuan once instructed Hong Chengchou to spread out more details. Especially to instigate some Han people under the Qing Dynasty, they were of great use for providing information.

China has been around for five thousand years, and since human civilization has emerged, war has never stopped.

In hundreds of wars, I don’t know how many defeats and leaks will be. Often, what really determines the outcome of a battle is nothing else, but intelligence.

What does it mean to know yourself and your enemy and win every battle? It means knowing what the enemy wants and what deployments you have, so that you can take corresponding countermeasures based on the enemy's deployment, so that you can defeat even enemies that are originally stronger than you.

To obtain the enemy's ideas and deployment, in addition to the command ability of the genius general, it is also a contribution to the spy.

The more detailed the work, the better the more, the better. Different fine work must have different intelligence lines. In this way, an intelligence line is terminated by the enemy, and you still have a backup intelligence line to continue to provide services.

Huang Taiji arranged many spies in the Ming army. After Yuan Chonghuan's Ningjin victory, Huang Taiji began to pay attention to the intelligence work of spies, which led to the reason why Huang Taiji went by Shanhaiguan to take Mongolia to directly attack the city of Beijing.

In May of the seventh year of Tianqi, Huang Taiji personally led the Later Jin army to besiege Jinzhou and attack Ningyuan. Yuan Chonghuan and others led their troops to defend the city, and the city was preserved.

On May 11, the Later Jin army arrived directly to Jinzhou and surrounded the four sides. Governor Yuan Chonghuan selected four thousand elite cavalry because Ningyuan troops were not moved, and ordered You Shilu and Zu Dashou to lead the command. After going around to the Later Jin army, he sent the navy to the east to restrain him. When You Shilu and Zu Dashou were about to be dispatched, the Later Jin army had already arrived at the city of Ningyuan. Chonghuan, the central official Liu Yingkun and the deputy envoy Bi Zisu, supervised the soldiers to climb the battle of the camp and guard, and arranged in the camp and bombarded the Later Jin army with cannons. However, You Shilu and Zu Dashou and others fought outside the city. Most of the soldiers died in battle, but they still fought hard. The Later Jin army then broke the Ningyuan encirclement and increased their troops to attack Jinzhou. The Later Jin soldiers were injured countless times, and Jinzhou could not be broken. On June 5, the Later Jin withdrawn troops, known in history as the "Ningjin Victory".

The war was fair. Yuan Chonghuan gave Huang Taiji a victory in Ningjin. Huang Taiji gave Yuan Chonghuan a detour through Shanhaiguan and entered Beijing.

Zhu Cixuan knew the importance of intelligence work well, so he repeatedly urged Hong Chengchou to do a good job in intelligence work.

The Liaodong war preparation map in his hand is the contribution of the detailed works.

The purpose of carefully working in various parts of the Qing Dynasty was to collect maps of mountains, rivers and rivers in the Qing Dynasty.

Now the map in Zhu Cixuan's hand is becoming more and more detailed. Except for some places that humans have not visited, the map is even accurate to the level of the village mountain road.
Chapter completed!