As soon as he left the gate, Zhen Youcai couldn't wait to catch up with Wang Pu's footsteps and asked in a low voice: "General, do you think about it again? You can't catch cattle, sheep and livestock. Zhang Zi'an is the only one who is unlucky. It has nothing to do with us. It's too risky to attack Sanbulachuan for this old castrated man. I think it's not worth it."

Wang Pu stopped and turned around and asked, "You are talented, do you really think it is for Zhang Zi'an to attack Sanbulachuan?"

Zhen Youcai was stunned and asked back: "Isn't it?"

"Of course not." Wang Pu shook his head and said in a heavy tone, "I do this seem to be for Zhang Zi'an, but in fact it is for more than 10,000 Datong border troops, for hundreds of thousands of people in Datong Prefecture, and for ourselves. This batch of cattle, sheep and livestock is really important to us, and we must drive them back to Datong."

"This..." Zhen Youcai said in confusion, "I can't understand the humble position."

When it comes to playing with conspiracies, Zhen Youcai is indeed a good player, but when it comes to planning a kingly plan, he is not that good at all. In other words, Zhen Youcai can only be a dog-headed military advisor if he is overwhelmed. He will never become a person like Wang Zuo and Chen Ping because he has no strategic vision.

As for Wang Pu, he looks like a person who is very bloody, loyal but has no brains. In fact, it is not the case. Wang Pu hides a not-so-simple head under the seemingly simple surface.

Wang Pu's blood and loyalty will only show his life and death brothers and lovers. In order to protect his brothers and lovers, Wang Pu even sacrifices himself when necessary. In many people's eyes, this approach is an idiot, a fool, and an impulse, but Wang Pu doesn't think so, he has his own principles.

So sometimes Wang Pu looks like a brainless reckless man!

However, when Wang Pu faces the enemy, he will change into another completely different face in a blink of an eye. He will exert his cold and cruel side to the extreme. He will become more cruel than a wolf and more cunning than a fox. This is not empty talk.

During the Battle of Songshan, Wang Pu keenly found the fatal flaw of Jiannu. He sent a surprise attack on Jiannu's heart and siege of Shengjing, so that Jiannu's siege of Songshan and Jinzhou failed. This time, Wang Pu not only ordered that all the Mongols he encountered during the march be killed, but also slaughtered all the people in Guihua City!

In the eyes of Jiannu and the Mongolians, Wang Pu was definitely a cruel and cunning devil.

Therefore, it is difficult to tell what kind of person Wang Pu is. In short, Wang Pu is Wang Pu. Sometimes it looks very simple, but sometimes it doesn’t seem that way. For example, now, Zhen Youcai doesn’t think too far away from Wang Pu. He has no idea what Wang Pu is thinking in his heart.

Looking at Zhen Youcai, who was full of confusion, Wang Pu asked, "Youcai, do you really can't understand?"

Zhen Youcai honestly shook it, and replied, "I really can't figure it out."

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and said, "Then let me ask you, since the beginning of winter last year, has the entire Datong Prefecture and even the entire Shanxi not rained?"

Zhen Youcai nodded and said, "This is the case."

Wang Pu said again: "It was originally time for winter to have heavy snow. In this way, the drought in Datong in Shanxi will be alleviated. But now it is the sixth day of the first lunar month, but there is still no sign of snow, right?"

Zhen Youcai nodded again.

The expression on Wang Pu's face began to become solemn, and he continued: "Have you ever thought about it? If it didn't snow all winter and spring, what would happen?"

Zhen Youcai thought for a while and whispered: "If this is true, all the seedlings sown by the people will die, and the wheat on the ground will be unharvestable next spring. The treasury is empty. The imperial court cannot even send out military rations from the nine-sided towns, so it will definitely not be able to pull out the food to provide disaster relief. I don't know how many people will starve to death by then."

"Starting people to death is not the worst." Wang Pu said in a voice. "I'm afraid that the thieves from Henan will send people to come. At that time, the hungry people in Shanxi will have no way to survive. If someone incites them, they will definitely rise up. There is an old saying that there is no end to the nest when it is destroyed. If even the whole Shanxi is in chaos, it will be impossible for us to keep it alone."

Zhen Youcai finally understood Wang Pu's good intentions, but after thinking about it, he still puzzled: "But there are millions of people in Shanxi, and it is probably not enough to rely solely on the Tumotes? And aren't these cattle and sheep animals used to pay the border soldiers?"

Wang Pu said: "What the border soldiers want is money, not cattle and sheep. At that time, our Wang family will buy cattle and sheep back from the border soldiers. As for whether these cattle and sheep are enough, we can only do our best to leave our will. We don't care about other prefectures and counties, but Datong Prefecture must not be in chaos!"

"I understand." Zhen Youcai nodded and said solemnly, "I understand the general's meaning. Datong Prefecture is the foundation of the general's foothold, and the people of Datong Prefecture are the foundation of Datong Prefecture. These cattle, sheep and animals are the food for the people of Datong through this wasteland, so they have to be driven back at any cost."

"Yes." Wang Pu nodded heavily and said, "Datong is our foundation, at least for now."

However, this is not the only reason why Wang Pu decided to attack Sanbulachuan, and there is another reason that Wang Pu did not say it out.

Another reason why Wang Pu decisively decided to attack Sanbulachuan was that Wang Pu led his troops to attack the naturalized land in a surprise attack, that is, training troops!

Due to Zhang Zi'an's unauthorized actions, the Korqin people sent troops two days in advance. Therefore, the plan to fight the Mongolian cavalry at the Amitabha Pass has been aborted. If you give up now and take the army to retreat to Datong, it means that this surprise attack and naturalization will fail, and Wang Pu has not achieved the goal of training at all.

Although Wang Pu had already taught these veterans and horse thieves a discipline class outside the City of Guihua, this could only restrain their discipline. To fundamentally change the willful qualities of these veterans and horse thieves, it would be completely wishful thinking.

After returning to Datong, will these veterans and Xiangmaths be completely loyal to Wang Pu not think about it first. What made Wang Pu most worry is how long they can last in adversity? Although these veterans and Xiangmaths have strong combat capabilities, they lack the same important thing, that is confidence!

Veterans and gangsters are used to defeating, and when they see that the situation is wrong, they will instinctively turn around and run away.

The thieves usually do things like robbing families and robbing the country. Their life creed is the first priority in survival, and they will immediately rant when they see something wrong.

It is not easy to make these "miscellaneous soldiers" more confident and not be psychologically disadvantaged when facing the most powerful enemies.

The best way to cultivate confidence is to fight more and win more battles!

If one can win one hundred consecutive games, even a group of mobs will become more confident. On the contrary, if one can win one hundred consecutive games, even the elite army will become a mob.

If time permits, Wang Pu can of course slowly cultivate the confidence of his troops. Unfortunately, Wang Pu does not have much time, Emperor Chongzhen will not give him enough time, and Jiannu will not give him too much time. At the latest next spring, Jiannu's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry will definitely enter from Datong's destruction pass.

An undisputed fact is that Jiannu’s Eight Banners soldiers can be said to be the most powerful army in the world at this time. Wang Pu, who is familiar with history, has a clear understanding of this point. He will never deceive himself, that is to say, if Jiannu cannot train this army before he arrives next spring, everything will be done.

An army that lacks confidence cannot withstand the attack of the Eight Banners soldiers no matter what!

In short, there is not much time left for Wang Pu to train troops. There are not many people who can provide Wang Pu to train troops. The bandits are far away from the Central Plains, and the Tumotes have collapsed. Jiannu is Wang Pu's least willing to touch the opponent now. It seems that Wang Pu has no other choice, so he can only use the Korqin people to train troops.

Although the Korqin people wear the title of the Golden Family, they are no less than the ancestors who once swept the world. Even the advantage of riding and shooting that the Mongols are proud of has disappeared. Ironically, the riding and shooting skills of the 4,000 cavalry under Wang Pu are even more sophisticated than those of the Korqin people!

Zhang Zi'an's account.

Several deputy generals, generals, and guerrilla generals of Datong Town have been called to the tent. In the confused melee not long ago, most of these senior generals changed into ordinary soldiers' robes in order to escape. Several even wiped blood on their faces and tried to lie among the dead.

Zhang Zi'an was pointing at them and cursing: "Look at your promiscuity. One person does not look like a human or ghost. Only more than two thousand Mongolian soldiers chase you and more than ten thousand people to kill you. Look at the soldiers of the prince-in-law. Less than four hundred cavalry dares to chase two thousand Mongolian soldiers to kill you. Our family is really ashamed for you!"

"Father-in-law, this is incomparable." A guerrilla general called Qu, "The prince-in-law's soldiers can receive 500 taels of silver in one battle. With so much money, they will certainly dare to fight for their lives. But look at the border soldiers of our Datong Town. They only have less than a few taels of silver in the year, and they still cannot pay them. Who is willing to fight for their lives?"

"You dare to talk back!" Zhang Zi'an said angrily, "You will listen to our family. You can only gather defeated soldiers within half a day, and then gather all the cattle and sheep animals within two days. Within five days, these cattle and sheep animals must be driven across the Great Wall! If anyone fails to play a mission and is dragged down, don't blame our family for turning against each other, hum!"

Obviously, Zhang Zian was really angry. If he talked back to him again, he would be asking for death. Although this old castrated man was just a military eunuch, he held the power of life and death in his hand. If anyone offended him, this old castrated man could just make an excuse to call the Jinyiwei to destroy him!

Several generals agreed, and no one dared to give each other an excuse.

Not far from the border camp, near Haizi, Wang Pu's three thousand cavalrymen were drinking horses and resting.

The soldiers were gathering in groups of three or five to discuss the battle with the Mongolians just now. From the leader of the horse thief, they transformed from the Ming army to the general leader and spit out: "You came back late so you didn't run into it. The situation was so thrilling. There were a total of two thousand Mongols on the opposite side, but we only had less than four hundred!"

"God, four hundred cavalry vs two thousand cavalry, how can I fight this battle?"

"Yes, this battle cannot be fought at all!"

More than a dozen soldiers surrounded Cheng Huo put down the sheepskin in their hands and looked at Cheng Huo with a focused expression.

"Go, I can't beat you? That's what you cowards think!" Cheng Feng showed a very disdainful expression on his face, and then said, "We general don't think so. What did the general say at that time?"

"What do you mean by the general?"

"You'll talk quickly."

"It's so anxious."

More than a dozen soldiers urged them.

Cheng Zhuo was so busy that he learned Wang Pu's tone and shouted loudly: "There is no coward in our Ming Dynasty. Even if we die, we have to turn our dicks on the sky, and even if we die, we have to die on the way to charge!"

"Okay, well said!"

"It's really arousing!"

The soldiers applauded one after another.

Cheng Zhuo also sighed: "To be honest with you brothers, the difference in military strength was too great. Lao Cheng was also feeling weak and his legs were floating. But after hearing the general's words, the evil fire in his heart surged up. He rushed up with the general. Hey, it was really evil. The two thousand Mongolian cavalry opposite were scared away by us!"

"Damn it, you dare to say it's thrilling?" A disdainful voice suddenly sounded behind Cheng Chun, "It's even more thrilling that you didn't catch up."

"Who is fucking behind me?" Cheng Feng stood up and turned around unhappily. When he saw who the person behind him was, the expression on his face immediately turned 180 degrees, and he smiled and said with apologies, "Oh, it turns out to be Brother Scar!"

Brother Scar is naturally scarfaced.

Scarface snorted and said, "Just before you and Heihu arrived with two hundred men, the general had already taken us with the Mongolian cavalry for two rounds. At that time, the Mongolian cavalry would be two thousand cavalry, but we only had one hundred and fifty cavalry in total! According to your strength just now, should I be so scared that I wet my pants?"

"How can that be?" Cheng Feng smiled, "Brother Scar came from the water and fire with the general. I have never seen any big scenes before, and I can still be scared by just a few thousand Mongolian cavalry?"

"Scarface, the general is looking for you."
Chapter completed!