When Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun started to attack from Wu Sangui's direct army, they were worried. They were afraid that Liu Sheng and Wu Guogui, two of Wu Sangui's closest military admirals, would take advantage of the victory and launch a fierce attack, and directly pursue them and seize two of them.

The opportunity to be awarded for meritorious service...

The life of a miscellaneous person is hard, and there is no miscellaneous person in the background who has a harder life. Moreover, the two of them have voted for the Tatars and been traitors!

And they also seek glory from the seller!

Emperor Zhu spared them back then because they sold out...to their Tatar master Shunzhi!

Although it is the Tatars who are betrayed, they are still sellers after all! Who in the world likes this kind of thing that sells the country first and then the owner? Emperor Zhu is still using them, that is to keep their word, to keep their word, and not to ruin their own brand.

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And they themselves must have self-awareness and know how to accept it when it's good. Otherwise, even if Emperor Zhu doesn't find fault, he still doesn't want to give them a good life!

In fact, they don't have a good life now. How many years have these two warlords taken refuge in Emperor Zhu? Now they don't even have a territory, they just have the empty name of Sichuanbian Town.

Although the imperial court would issue military pay to tens of thousands of people (later raised to 20,000 at Wu Sangui's request), there would be no arrears, and there would be no ministry fees. The military pay would be a bank transfer, and no cash would be withdrawn from the Treasury of the Ministry of Accounts. Of course,

No more department fees.

But they have no territory and no subjects, so they have no way to recruit troops. According to the "Laws of Fan Towns" promulgated by Emperor Zhu in the early years of Hongxing, a fan town can recruit troops on its own if there is a shortage in the army establishment. However, a fan town cannot go to the territory of other fan towns without authorization.

You can't go to the imperial court to recruit troops, let alone go to the territory directly under the imperial government to recruit troops without asking for an order.

In addition to recruiting soldiers, vassal towns can also raise military households and soldiers. Now the army directly under the Ming Dynasty does not have military households and soldiers. However, the vassal town still retains the system of military households and soldiers, but raising military households and soldiers also requires territory!

Shang and Kong had no territory, so they could not maintain their own military households, and it was impossible to create father-son brother soldiers within their own system.

So these two unlucky guys couldn't replenish their army.

And the officers and soldiers under their command are neither iron men who can't be beaten, nor have they eaten the meat of Tang Monk, so they cannot live forever. After surrendering to Emperor Zhu, they will be damaged without any help. If Wu Sangui hadn't helped, they would have lost all their strength long ago, and now they have lost all their strength.

There are no more warlords left.

But why is Wu Sangui so kind? Isn't he helping Chuanbian Town replenish the army so that one day he can squeeze out Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, and then completely annex Chuanbian Town?

However, it is unlikely that Wu Sangui wanted to take over Sichuanbian Town on his own initiative. He already had enough troops in his territory. Wouldn't adding another Sichuanbian Town be just asking for suspicion? It was probably the Emperor Zhu who promised a lot of money to cause trouble in this matter!

He didn't want to be a villain, let Wu Sangui come forward, and then get Sichuanbian Town back from Wu Sangui after everything was done

Shang Kexi was well aware of this, but Kong Tingxun did not dare and could not resist Wu Sangui's encroachment and annexation, so he had to give in step by step, just to have the dignity of stepping down and being awarded a title, and then to get a big and empty official position. If he could still get some money

, that would be better...

And if you want to step down with dignity, you must have merit!

After receiving Wu Sangui's military order, Shang Kexi breathed a sigh of relief and said to Kong Tingxun: "My dear nephew, it seems that Duke Liang is still thinking about the hard work and hard work of the two of us over the past few years!"

Kong Tingxun smiled and said: "Your Majesty must still have some intentions!"

Shang Ke smiled happily and nodded, saying: "My dear nephew, opportunities are given by others, but we have to take the credit ourselves. This formation..."

"Leave the lead to my nephew!" Kong Tingxun smiled and cupped his hand, "My nephew is good at using cavalry to pursue the enemy! Why not let my nephew lead the cavalry first, and you can lead the infantry to hold back!"

"Okay, okay, then I will lead the infantry back and watch my nephew perform meritorious service!" Shang Kexi said politely, but in his heart he was like a mirror, knowing that Kong Tingxun wanted to compete with him for the credit... But Shang Kexi had no choice.

Fight with him because Kong Tingxun also had a sister, Kong Sizhen, who was serving Zhu Cixiang in the palace. Although she had no status, she was still considered someone in the court!

Kong Tingxun cupped his hands, shouted "Get the order", and then ordered three cavalry battalions to follow him towards Dashan Pass, which had been captured by Wu Sangui's army.

The basic tactical unit of the Ming Dynasty vassal army is the battalion (the basic tactical unit of the imperial army is the regiment). The number of soldiers in a battalion is usually between 300 and 500. Among them, the cavalry battalion has fewer soldiers (but there are more auxiliary soldiers)

, the infantry battalion has more soldiers.

Because they have been fighting in the mountains for a long time, Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun don’t have many cavalrymen in the Sichuan border army. There are only three battalions in total. What they can now dispatch is more than a thousand cavalry. These more than a thousand cavalry are not just black cavalry with black guns, nor are they responsible for

The attacking cuirassiers, but the traditional feudal cavalry knights, all have manors on the territory of Xining Guard (all given by Wu Sangui). They rely on the manor to support training and service, but they also receive military pay from Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun.

The tactics used by these cavalry are also different from the new black cavalry and lancers. They do not pay as much attention to group impact as the cuirassiers, nor do they adopt flexible tactics like the black cavalry. But these cavalry are all proficient.

Mounted archery and hand-to-hand combat, among which there are two types of mounted archery skills, one is horseback archery, the other is horseback shooting. Each cavalryman is equipped with at least one flintlock pistol!

In addition, this cavalry is also equipped with half plate armor, so it has a great advantage in hand-to-hand combat and facing enemy arrowheads!

The only unsatisfactory thing is that the horses of this cavalry are a bit inferior. There are no broken-ear horses and Arabian horses, only Hequ horses from Qinghai. However, it is still possible to achieve one person and two horses. When driving out of Dashan Pass, it is still

It gives people a powerful and invincible feeling.

Kong Tingxun also felt very good. Under the protection of dozens of Kong family soldiers, he rode a taller Hequ horse and walked behind his own cavalry. He watched the shining cavalry in front of him marching in formation.

When crossing the Dasanshui, it was inevitable that I would feel a little proud.

These are a thousand genuine cavalry! When the Qing Dynasty was still around, these people could at least stand up to the red armored soldiers!

With such an elite in hand, it is the time to make achievements! Kong Tingxun thought to himself: I don’t ask too much, I will be satisfied if I can get the hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis of Kenan.

"Ada, Wu Sangui's armored cavalry has chased thousands of them. They are also equipped with flintlock pistols and can dismount and engage in hand-to-hand combat. I can't resist it!"

Li Dingguo, who was retreating south along the Sanguan Road, received news of the approaching pursuers from his son Li Puxing on the morning of the day after he evacuated Dasanguan, that is, in the early morning of the 24th of the first month of the first year of Daxing in Dongping.

After Sanguan withdrew, Li Puxing received the order from the rear of the palace and brought thousands of elite soldiers (horse infantry) to the rear, fighting and retreating. Although the number of the palace troops he led was comparable to that of the pursuers, their combat effectiveness was not the same.

It was a bit worse, and morale was low, so I couldn't resist.

"How many people were lost?" Li Dingguo frowned, looking at his son who looked tired, with a few broken arrows stuck in his armor, and his face was blackened by gun smoke, "Where did they chase them?"

"After fighting for several battles, one or two hundred brothers were killed, and a lot of Sichuan horses were lost. When the boy escaped, they just crossed Guapai Mountain." Li Puxing said, "The boy left two groups of soldiers lying in ambush at Huangniupu and

Changtan Dam should be able to withstand it."

The Sanguan Road follows the Dashan River through ravines. There are mountains on both sides of the road, and there are many places where you can set up ambush. However, these mountains are not inaccessible, but are ripe areas that have been developed for 2000 years, so many small roads have been opened for use.

Interspersed. It is more troublesome to set up defenses for a long time, but it is not difficult to delay the enemy in the short term.

"Ada, I estimate that these thousand Ming army cavalry will catch up one day," Li Puxing asked again, "Where are we going to set up an ambush this time?"

Li Dingguo glanced at him and smiled: "What's the rush? It's just a thousand riders! Such a good opportunity, why not trade them for a thousand riders?"

"Ada, how many rides do you want to change?"

Li Dingguo smiled: "I want Wu Sangui's head!"

"Isn't this possible? He is the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi!"
Chapter completed!