Huang Degong felt that something was wrong: "Your Majesty, if the three camps in the capital lack armor, how can they protect the capital?"

Chongzhen did not answer his question, but asked in return: "Why do you think I asked you to come to Beijing?"

"Jiannu?" Huang Degong hesitated for a moment and then cautiously said these two words.

"Yes!" Chongzhen put down his chopsticks. "I predict that the Jiannu will enter the pass in the near future. They will not carry a large number of siege equipment during their long-distance raid. Moreover, their advantage is field warfare. They will not be stupid enough to directly besiege the capital."

"It's no problem to borrow armor from the three major camps."

Huang Degong nodded in agreement, and while Chongzhen was not paying attention, he reached out and poured the food on the plate into his throat.

With a gulp, Huang Degong swallowed the vegetables.

Wang Chengen standing nearby was stunned!

Just as he was about to remind Huang Degong to pay attention to his manners, Chongzhen slapped his forehead and said, "Come here, bring two jars of wine to Jingnanbo."

Huang Degong was immediately delighted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for remembering that I like to drink."

Chongzhen smiled and nodded, and began to think about how to fight against the Jiannu.

We have the soldiers and generals, but to defeat the Jiannu we need the right time, place and people!

Neither is indispensable.

"Jingnan Bo, you have fought against the Jiannu in Liaodong and know their tactics. How can we defeat them on the plains?"

Huang Degong put down the wine glass in his hand and thought for a long time: "In the absence of cavalry, even if we defeat them in the plains, we can't hurt their bones. We can only watch them leave the battlefield and come back after recuperation."

Huang Degong said it well. In ancient times, ordinary armies could survive a battle with a loss of 5% of their men; those who could survive a battle with a loss of 10% of their men were elite troops.

Taking 10,000 people as an example, even if one thousand of the enemy were killed in battle and caused their defeat, if there was no cavalry pursuit to expand the victory, then the enemy would have only lost one thousand people!

This is also one of the reasons why the Ming army could not win a great victory in Liaodong!

Lack of cavalry!

Huang Degong continued, "You can't control the weather, but Your Majesty already has the support of the people. The only way is to use the terrain to fight a decisive battle with the Jiannu!"