The sign-in rewards for the past few days were basically related to the military.
They were an elite line infantry regiment, an artillery battalion, a heavy armored infantry battalion, a heavy armored cavalry battalion, and a garrison infantry regiment.
With the addition of these troops, Zhu Heng's strength had expanded to an unprecedented level.
There were two elite infantry regiments, one elite cavalry regiment, and two field artillery battalions. These were all conventional combat forces.
The heavy armored infantry unit and the heavy armored cavalry unit were both new units.
It could be seen from its name.
These two new types of soldiers had a unique feature-heavy armor.
The soldiers of these heavy armored troops were exceptionally tall, one head taller than the elite line infantry.
Their average height had reached 190 cm, and there was no lack of people who were two meters tall.
They were wearing sturdy, high-strength full-body plate armor.
A set of full-body plate armor weighed nearly 40 kilograms, which was more powerful than the plate armor worn by elite cavalrymen.
They had two types of weapons. One was a heavy rifle, and the other was a Mo Sword.
The heavy-duty flintlock had a caliber of 24mm and a weight of up to 8kg. It had an effective range of up to 230 meters and a firing rate of two shots per three minutes.
Bizarre Blade naturally didn't need to be said.
From this weapon configuration, one could tell how heavy this heavy infantry was.
Their main role was to defend and not to charge into the formation.
When they stood on the battlefield, they were like boulders in a tsunami. No matter how powerful the enemy cavalry was, they could not move.
Their existence was to restrain the cavalry.
As for the Heavy Cavalry Battalion, their horses were all equipped with armor, and their mounts were Anglo-Saxon horses.
This was also the tallest warhorse at the moment, and its speed was not slow either.
They were the only ones who could carry the heavy-armored cavalrymen for a short charge.
The main combat goal of these two new troops was to counter the cavalry.
It was obvious that the system had prepared this for him to fight Huang Taiji.
There was also a new unit, the garrison infantry regiment.
The elite infantry regiment and the garrison infantry regiment were the same in terms of organization. The biggest difference was the armor.
The weapons were all Brown Bess rifles.
The elite infantrymen all wore heavy cotton armor that was more flexible, and had excellent defense against bows, firearms, and even sharp weapons.
This also allowed the elite line infantry to have a stronger ability to survive on the battlefield.
However, the garrison infantry regiment was different. They only had simple cotton armor, and their defense was very average. However, they were not bad at resisting the cold.
Thus, in the eyes of the system, these infantrymen could only be used as garrison troops.
However, this was not the case in Zhu Heng's eyes.
As long as they were equipped with armor, they would be very good light infantry.
They were mainly used as reserves.
It would be too wasteful to use it to defend a place.
The militia formed by the wise men could serve as a good garrison.
Including the military forces that he had been rewarded with these days, Zhu Heng's military forces had rapidly expanded.
Just the two elite infantry regiments alone had a total of 8,000 soldiers.
In addition to the addition of a battalion of elite cavalry, the total number of soldiers was 2,500.
The Heavy Infantry Battalion had 1,000 soldiers, and the Heavy Cavalry Battalion had 500 soldiers. That was 1,500 soldiers.
In addition, there were three thousand soldiers from the garrison infantry regiment.
There were also two artillery battalions with 1,500 men.
There were 2,000 soldiers in the militia garrison.
Currently, he had a total of 18,000 soldiers.
With these troops, Zhu Heng felt that he could change his plans.
"Zhu Wu, lead one or two infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and one artillery battalion to take down the Empress Palace, Niuzhuang Posthouse, and Dongchang Castle at the mouth of Liaohe River.”
In order to force Huang Taiji to Guang Ning to fight with him, Zhu Heng also took great pains.
After a few days, the intelligence from outside the pass reached the capital and Huang Taiji on the same day.
At this time, Huang Taiji was leading a hundred thousand soldiers towards the capital.
The information he had received from the pass had made him a little flustered.
He planned to see if he could attack the capital and capture the Ming Emperor and ministers alive.
This was because the temptation was too great.
If this matter really succeeded, then Da Ming would perish in his hands. What a magnificent feat.
However, he also knew that this was a little difficult. After all, this was the capital.
However, he still wanted to try, but a bad news from outside the pass disrupted all his plans.
"Report to Shengjing 800 miles urgent!”
When Huang Taiji heard the words '800 li urgent,' his heart couldn't help but tremble.
Normally, unless it was an extremely urgent piece of information, they would not use eight hundred miles to rush it.
It was obvious that the news this time was not good.
Huang Taiji and the other generals turned to look at the pale-faced messenger.
"Khagan, in the Battle of Guang Ning, our army was defeated. Gushan Ezhendarhan died in battle, and our ten thousand soldiers were almost completely wiped out.”
After hearing this bad news, Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel dizzy.
"How is that possible?" Dorgon shouted angrily."Isn't there only a thousand people in Guang Ning City?" How could he defeat over ten thousand of our troops and almost wipe them out?”
The messenger hurriedly took out the report on his back and handed it to the nearest Torduo.
"Khagan, Baylor, this is the detailed account of the battle.”
Todor frowned and picked up the report to read it carefully.
The more he read, the uglier his expression became. In the end, he could not help but turn pale.
When everyone saw the change in his expression, their hearts sank to the bottom.
Soon, everyone understood why Darhan had suffered such a crushing defeat and died.
There were more than 1,000 soldiers in Guangning City. The cunning Ming people had hidden their true strength.
The real military strength of Guangning City was more than 4,000 musketeers, dozens of cannons, and more than 2,000 cavalry.
Compared to Darhan's ten thousand soldiers, there wasn't much of a difference.
On the day of the siege, the Darhan tribe had lost thousands of soldiers.
When he was about to return to Xiping Castle in the early hours of the morning to recuperate and fight again.
However, they suffered a shameless sneak attack from the Ming army and were finally wiped out.
After the mysterious Ming army annihilated Dalhan, they took down Xiping Castle, posing a huge threat to Haizhou and Gaizhou.
Once Hai Province fell, Shengjing would be to the north, Dinglian and Zhenjiang would be to the east, and Jianzhou would be to the northeast.
Therefore, no one expected that they would be preparing to raid Ming Dynasty's lair. Their own lair was about to be raided.
"Pass on my order. Return the way we came and take down Guang Ning.”
Huang Taiji had no choice but to give this difficult order.
The wheel of history had also shifted at this moment, and no one knew where it would turn.
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