Chapter 464 Unity is strength?

Author: The beggar

Chapter 464 Unity is strength?

The Black, Red, Black and Blue Banners mobilized a total of 47,000 troops for this Northern Expedition, of which 13,000 were from the Black and Red Banners, and the rest were mostly from the Black and Blue Banners.

There is also half a firearms battalion, totaling nearly 60,000 troops.

However, the Black and Blue Banners and the Firearms Battalion left some troops in the rear along the way. Even including the Mongolian civilians recruited along the way, the army was only 50,000.

Although the armored men of the logistics auxiliary force can also be regarded as the main fighting force, in the face of the 70,000 Khalkha Mongolian troops reported by the spies, and the number of the coalition forces may increase in the future, the number is still a bit lower.

But when it comes to confidence, there are plenty of black flags.

Upon hearing about the strength of the troops, except for the former Black and Red Flag general who was a little wary, the rest of the generals did not react at all.

"Has our envoy returned? Did anything go wrong?"

Zhu Yurao knew the power of Black Flag firearms and felt very at ease.

"If you go back to the master, the envoy team is on its way back and will meet my army in about three days."

"That's good."

Zhu Cijiong, the only one on Black Flag's side, felt a little nervous after hearing the 70,000-strong army, but it was impossible to show off his timidity, and he had to control it no matter what.

But here in Khalkha Mongolia.

The princes and princes of the Chechen Khan tribe and the Tushetu Khan tribe discussed matters.

It was very noisy in the tent, and the two Khans were silent for the time being.

During the conversation, most of the people on both sides with good-looking faces did not know much about Black Flag.

Anyone who understands Black Flag's national conditions this year will find the smile on his face somewhat false.

Especially the two powerful men, Chechen Khan and Tushetu Khan.

One side is adjacent to Black Flag, and the tribe has had constant business dealings with Black Flag in the past few months.

On the one hand, he controls the core of religion in the Outer Mongolia grasslands and has close contacts with Buddhism in Outer Mongolia and the Pass. The fighting power shown by the Black Banner and the Eight Banners when they invaded previously also surprised the Tushetu Khan tribe, so he has been in the army for the past few months.

Search for information about Black Flag.

Now Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu is holding a matchlock blunderbuss produced by Black Flag in his hand.

Black Flag's internal control over firearms has gradually loosened as martial ethics began. Heavy matchlock guns are definitely not for sale on the market, but light matchlock guns such as bird blunderbuss and short blunderbuss that are relatively light but not as stealthy as pistols are official.

The factories are manufacturing.

After all, in the vast land of Liaodong, Black Flag's vigorous development is still a struggle against nature. The settlements outside the city need firearms to fight against wild beasts, and the farms need firearms even more to fight against wild boars that harm crops, wolves that eat livestock, etc.

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So guns are prohibited inside the city, but not outside the city.

And this exquisite matchlock blunderbuss with traces of industrial mass production naturally represents the strength and martial virtue of Black Flag in the eyes of Tushetu Khan.

Chechen Khan was even more shocked.

He had heard about the railway thing.

I didn't believe it at first.

Why do you just spread fine iron on the ground?

But after the merchant's ears were cut off and each of his slaves had an eye chopped off, they shouted that they were indeed lying.

Chechen Khan was finally convinced that what they said was true.

Now the two of them were sitting on chairs covered with snow-white cowhide, looking at each other with a lot of meaning and complexity.

At this time, someone from outside wanted to come in, making the big tent a little quieter.

"Great Khan, the people who escaped from the tribes raided by the Qing's Black Flag Army have all asked, and they did not see those White Savage Cossacks among the Black Flag Army."

"They only care about escaping, and what they say cannot be trusted."

"We have to capture a black-banner savage and torture him. Only then will we know whether the Qing dynasty's black-banner savage has colluded with the Rakshasa Cossacks in the north."

"There must be some, and they don't just appear during peace talks! The faces of the Cossacks who were in the savage army before were clearly seen by the refugees from the Sunit tribe! There are many Cossacks among the Black Flag savages!

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Just when it was quiet for a moment, the tent became noisy again.

"Quiet! The Great Khan wants to speak!"

Gunbu and Chechen Khan Shuolei signaled their subordinates to reprimand, and then Gunbu looked at Shuolei and said: "You didn't know anything about the white barbarians in the north before winter. Your tribe did a lot of business with the barbarians during the winter. You

It’s time to find out whether the savages are in cahoots with the Cossacks.”

Shuolei's eyes twitched and he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't your tribe also do business with the savages? However, the servants under my tribe did see many Cossacks in Liaodong occupied by the savages. I only know that they defected to the Black Flag. This Khan

I don’t know if the Cossacks will attack us from behind with the savages in this battle.”

"You have to be careful."

Not intending to collapse the alliance in advance, Tuxie Tuhan sighed and said: "I say this because I hope you will stop making deals with Baimanzi. The more transactions you make, the more they will understand the grassland, and the more dangerous we will be."

Chechen Khan took a deep breath: "For your sake, I will ask the slaves below to stop."

The difficult situation made Khalkha Mongolia more united.

Especially in early spring when it is still bitingly cold.

Therefore, even though the two khans were extremely afraid of the Black Banner, their coalition forces still marched southward in an orderly manner to stop the Black Banner from invading the Khalkha Mongolian tribes.

While the coalition forces and the main forces of the black, red, black and blue flags were rushing in both directions.

Zhu Youjian also received a delayed battle report.

He was very satisfied with the establishment of the two strongholds and cities, and quickly began to identify trade routes. The development of the surrounding cities was also put on the agenda. At the same time, he also began to select officials who would be responsible for managing these cities in the future.

At this time, the first battle report from the Black Flag Navy arrived in the capital.

"Since the Zong clan has surrendered, they should be incorporated into the Black and Blue Banners. They will retain their ownership of the castle and be temporarily given the position of Ushiro, but they will be ordered to assist me, the Black Banner, in handling Japanese affairs and in controlling the residents of Tsushima Island.

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The party leading the way is indispensable.

If the Zong family shows some value in the future, then Zhu Youjian can forget their racial identity just like he did with Aikawa Kazuki.

What Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that the official position here was still on paper.

On the other side, Zong Yicheng, the great name of the Zong family, and his eldest son Zong Yizhen have become Lin Wang's temporary advisers.

On the sea surface, nearly fifty large and small warships of the Black Flag Navy were lying across the sea. Opposite were nearly two hundred warships, which were much weaker in size and configuration, but outnumbered by the Japanese warships.

Tsushima Island is, after all, a foreign port. When the Black Flag Navy arrived, many merchant ships and small boats ran away. It is normal for Japan to react.

The Iki Domain was raided before, and because the attackers were all Japanese, the Japanese were not sure whether it was Black Flag or a group of particularly powerful ronin warriors.

But this time, the feudal lords under the Hizen Domain received accurate news.

After the news of the Black Flag's invasion was transmitted to Edo, the Hizen clan responded quickly and gathered a fleet to protect the sea area to prevent the Black Flag from boarding the main island.

Perhaps it was because foreign maritime trade was developed, there were many foreign ships, and the daimyo of the Hizen domain, who were relatively wealthy themselves, gathered too many warships, which greatly swelled the number of samurai.

The Jurchens are just like the Mongols!

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