The iron hooves rolled, and the Tartars of the Zhenglan Banner finally rushed to the front of Zhongwu Village. They ran around the military village, and some even turned to the east gate.

Soon they discovered the problem on the ice, turned back to the west gate, hovering in the north and southwest of the military camp, constantly peeking into the situation inside and around the village.

They roared strangely, like wolves and howled wild boars.

At this distance, Zhang Songtao and others in the village also saw their appearance and equipment clearly. They were all blue iron-inlaid cotton armor nailed with dense copper nails, large heart protection mirrors, painted iron helmets connected to throat protection necks, helmets and guns were tall, shoulder guards were huge, and his hands holding the reins were covered under the horse's hoof sleeves.

Their cotton armor was heavy and thick, and some of them were even more bulging and sturdy. They were obviously the kind of vest rider with double armor inside. They all looked superb riding skills, and they rode their horses and leaped like flying, and their bodies were filled with bloodthirsty and killing.

It was the first time that most people in the village saw the Tartars living on the battlefield. Seeing their murderous intent and brutal and violent appearance, they were all shocked.

Zhang Songtao was also in a slight feeling in his heart. He saw that there were about dozens of cavalrymen outside the village, with vests and steps ranging from armor to armor. However, looking at the official road from afar, black spots appeared. Obviously, the news of Jiuye’s words that there was a Niulu going south to the Zhenglan Banner. This is true.

He did not dare to neglect and ordered the village to take strict vigilance.

The Tartars outside the village were still roaring, and several cavalry even swayed across the official road and rushed to the trench to watch.

Several other riders whistled back, obviously going to the official road to report the news and information.

At this time, many horse hooves were trampling on Tongjing Avenue, and snow splashed. A group of people followed the Shuhe River and headed south to Suqian and Huai'an's official roads. Their infantry and cavalry were interspersed, with about 300 people.

The two official flags were flying high, and the team was full of blue armor. Most of them rode horses, and there were about dozens of armored soldiers among them. They were all wearing heavy iron-inserted cotton armor, and some of them even had heavier armor. It was obviously Niu Lu's vest rider.

In fact, they are considered cavalrymen. They are all skilled in riding and can chop immediately, or even ride and shoot, and they are sharp at the same time.

Their treatment is not ordinary, and the old slaves had regulations: "One cow records a hundred soldiers, each cow raises forty horses, and forty horses and forty horses ride on them." No matter whether the armor is an armour, they must be given priority.

Although many of the Yuzhe Jian's Infantry Armor have exquisite riding skills, they are strictly speaking only horse-riding infantry, and they are only horse-driving infantry armor, and cannot be considered elite cavalry.

However, Manchuria has risen for many years, and these armored soldiers are all strong, and the gap between them is not big, and everyone has a war horse is just a casual time.

They all wore huge double-entry penetrations, either the bow pot and the arrow pot are on the left and right sides of the body, or the arrow pot is tied behind the body, the bow pot is on the left side of the body, or the bow pot is simply hung on the saddle.

In addition to strong bows and sharp arrows, many armored soldiers also carry bags or javelin bags behind them, containing flying axes, iron bones, javelins and other throwing weapons.

They were murderous and their expressions were full of confidence in the battlefield.

In addition to armored soldiers, there are about a hundred people in the team who are not armored. The Eight Banners system has three armored one armor, and the one armor is distributed in one flag, and the remaining two armors need to be prepared. Although the Eight Banners have won many victories and seized a large number of armored equipment from the Ming army, they still cannot be worn by everyone.

Those who do not pull down their armor will show their magical powers and are equipped with various armors, including cotton armor, leather armor, iron armor, etc. Many people even do not wear armor and only wear arrow sleeves with horseshoe sleeves, which will not affect archery shooting and keep warm.

They often wear warm hats, because they are shaped like bowls, also known as bowl hats, which have warm necks connected to the throat.

The flag of the unarmored flag is also a warrior, and even the main force of the various Niulu archers. They use large bows, large bows and wide bows, and are generally ten-force bows. They use long and heavy arrows or crescent-shaped arrows to use in close combat.

The second one also uses the eight-force bow. According to the bow power of later generations, it is already a hundred-pound strong bow.

They often use goose-winged swords, and their faces are confident and full of hostility.

There are more than a hundred people in the team and the couple. These men are not old enough to become flag managers. Or they have too many men in their family, so they are not the turn of flag managers. However, it is a matter of great wealth to go to fight and loot, and they all try their best to fight.

They followed the army to serve as auxiliary soldiers. After the war, they could plunder a lot of spoils. The Qing soldiers entered the pass several times, and each time they plundered richly, making the remaining soldiers of each banner like a genus.

They are also quite powerful in combat, with strict training in the Eight Banners. They enter the reserve service at the age of thirteen and are registered as soldiers. They can buy horses, bows and arrows, and swords into the city, and then take the exam every three years. If they meet the standards, they will be defending soldiers, followed by infantry armor, and then as vests.

They also generally wear warm hats, some have armor, some have no armor, some have horses, and they all have spirits, wearing goose winged swords or goose feather swords, and using large-shot bows with varying bow strength.

They escorted the hard laborers in the back, carrying various baggages, small cars, shield cars, etc.

Most of these coats were captured from Shandong last time. They selected some families. They stayed in Liaodong for a few years and their psychology changed. They no longer care about their family and country, and they just wanted to win the favor of their master. They also hoped that their masters would grab too much and give them some meager rewards.

Even with the victory of the Qing Dynasty again and again, many people felt that the Qing Dynasty had a more promising future, and they were accomplices of the tiger and rode on the heads of the people as a mighty man.

For example, in the later Qing Dynasty, the wells in the capital were controlled by Baoyi, who was captured from Shandong. They were sold for money on the wells, and a load of water costs 80 cents, or even 160 cents during drought. During the Ming Dynasty, most of the wells in the capital were public wells, and residents absorbed freedom.

As slave coolies, their clothes have also changed. They all have rat tails of money and wear Manchurian gowns. They have no warm hats, horseshoe sleeves, but only wrap their heads, faces, hands with cloth strips, and push heavy shields and other objects desperately.

In addition to this, there are also a dozen blacksmiths and saddle craftsmen in Niulu, who are also captured by Ming craftsmen, and their treatment is better than that of Coat.

More than 300 people went south along the official road, and they were full of murderous aura, as if they had entered a state of no one.

The development of the Eight Banners to this day is the time when they are most arrogant and confident, and they are swaying and seeing no one in the Ming Dynasty.

Not far from Zhongwu Village, suddenly, horse hooves rolled in front of him, and several cavalry rushed towards him. It was the vest spirit cavalry that had chased Jiuye and others earlier. They ran to the official banner, and the cavalry shouted: "Report to Niulu Zhangjing, the dozen or so of the southern barbarians fled to the fort."

He pointed at Zhongwu Village in front of him, and the people under the official banner looked at him, his eyes as sharp as eagles.

One of them was a bright helmet and bright armor, with a thick armor, a carved otter tail on the helmet tube, and a flying tiger and fox tail flag behind it. He was strong in figure and cruel and sharp eyes. He was actually a wise warrior Korkun, who had fought with Qian Sanniang and others.

A Niulu Zhangjing next to him, who was about thirties, with a short moustache, and his body was bulging. His armor was extremely heavy and he actually wore triple armor. The innermost chain mail was short iron armor, and the outermost iron cotton armor was inlaid with a total weight of more than 60 kilograms.

He stood with Kerkun, his eyes as cruel and sharp as well as cautious, but he was Zhenglan Banner Niulu Zhang Jingsuohun.

He met Mr. Colkun and charged in battle many times. Even Colkun even saved his life.

He was also a brave general, and he was born and died for the Eight Banners many times. After entering the pass in history, he defeated Li Zicheng and attacked Jiang Guan. He was a member of the Bayalazizhang Jing for his merits. He was also the Minister of Personnel and was appointed as the Minister of the Banner Gushan Ezhen. Later, he was defeated by Zheng Chenggong because he did not learn the water battle and was dismissed.

When Suohun heard the reply from the vest, he was neither happy nor angry, and only looked at Kerkun beside him: "Brother Kerkun, the group of Ming army provos you mentioned also fled into this fort?"

Kerkun stared at Zhongwu Village, as if recalling the battle at the inn that day, he said coldly: "That group of Ming army sergeant indeed escaped into this fort, and soon continued to move south, as if their nests were to the south. Today, this group of Southern Barbarians escaped into this village like a sharp gun. They were fierce in armor and guns, and they fought fiercely. I am sure that they were all Southern Barbarian Warriors from the same group."

After the battle of Matoupu, the Zhenglan Banner Bayala Zhuangdao and the Red Banner were divided into Shikutundai and others to turn back to Yanzhou, but Kerkun stayed.

He secretly followed Qian Sanniang and others, and then turned around when they saw them fleeing into Zhongwu Village. Then he met Suo Hun and others traveling south near Tancheng, and followed the Niulu soldiers and horses to the south.

Hearing Colquin's reply, Suohun became interested: "Go and have a look."

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Suohun's troops gathered in the wilderness west of Zhongwu Village, facing each other far away from Zhongwu Village through an official road.

The vests and armor that were pursuing earlier were gathered. At this time, Suohunniulu had about 100 armored soldiers, 30 inner vests, and 70 armed armored soldiers.

Compared with the Later Jin Dynasty, the original white armored soldiers of each Niulu were missing, and the number of people in the vest was not as good as before.

However, in the eighth year of Tiancong, the Later Jin Khan Huang Taiji reformed the military system and established the "Gebush Xianchaoha Camp", "Bayala Camp", and "Alihachaoha Camp". The Bayala soldiers in each Niulu were all drawn to the "Bayala Camp".

In the past, each Niulu had 40 vest soldiers, and he also needed to draw twenty people to "Alihachao Camp". The vacancies needed to be supplemented by themselves.

Huang Taiji's move improved the military system, allowing the Manchus to truly get rid of the tribal military system and look like a national army. But how can the shortage of armored soldiers be so easy to supplement? Each Niulu did his best to ensure that the number of 100 armored soldiers remained unchanged, but the ratio between the vests and the armies is hard to say.

Suohun tried his best, and now he had only thirty vests in Niulu.

Huang Taiji also improved the official system, and established a national position and a real official. There can be many people in the national position, and only the actual official can be sent to lead the army, which is similar to the difference between the officers of the Central Guards of the Ming army and the generals of the camp.

However, the name of the official position established by Huang Taiji is similar to that of the official position, which causes a lot of inconvenience. For example, Suohun's official position is Niulu Zhangjing, and his official position is also Niulu Zhangjing, which is quite chaotic.

Therefore, later generations of Dorgon and Shunzhi changed their names one after another. It was not until the 17th year of Shunzhi that the official names of Chinese characters were determined. Gushan Ezhen was designated as the commander, Meile Zhangjing was the deputy commander, Jiala Zhangjing was the governor, Niulu Zhangjing was the governor, etc.

However, Huang Taiji's reforms have indeed increased the combat effectiveness and mobilization of the Eight Banners. In the past, when they entered the pass and robbed, who went to the battle, who stayed behind, and who stayed behind, and the chaotic disputes were chaotic. Now, the Niulu Quanding who went on the battle came, and the Niulu Quanding who stayed behind was left behind, with clear powers.

More than 300 Suohun's soldiers stood in the snowy wilderness, wearing armored warriors, not armored warriors, and were coated with clear layers. There was no noise in the entire army formation, occasionally neighing, and the people and horses spewed out thick white air. This was also the peak of the eight banners' discipline.

With mixed sounds of hooves, Sohun and Korkun rode their horses to the side of the official road, followed by two Goshhas, and there were also vests that were divided into Shiku, two Bujia, some vests, etc.

They looked at the military camp ahead. More than a hundred steps away, Zhongwu camp stood tall and built on snow-covered mountains. The winding Shuhe River passed through the east side of the military camp and had already been completely frozen.

Looking at it for a while, and then hearing the vest beside him report the information from the detective, Suo Hun frowned and said, "There is something strange in this village."
Chapter completed!