Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated, becoming Emperor Chongzhen of the Great Ming, Zhu Youjian.
Bad news: Today is the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen's seventeenth year, and Li Z...
Seeing that Haoge believed him, Abunai immediately stepped forward and said, "Prince Su, please understand! I am not saying this to boost the morale of the Ming army, but to tell you the actual situation so that you can know yourself and the enemy and win every battle!"
"Okay, you did the right thing!" Hauge came to Abunai, patted his shoulder and said.
Abu Nai was somewhat flattered and bowed quickly to express his gratitude.
After some polite exchanges, Abunai asked cautiously, "King Suqing, can you tell me the number of troops and horses you are sending out this time?"
"Of course," Hauge smiled slightly, "The Zhenglan Banner has 5,000 soldiers, and the other banners plus the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners have 15,000. In addition, 20,000 soldiers have been temporarily recruited from the various foreign Mongolian tribes!"
Abunai's eyes widened. "That means... the total number of troops going out on this expedition is 40,000?"
"Yes," Hauge nodded, "I told you about 10,000 troops before because I was afraid that the news would leak out and alert the enemy! Now that we have met, there is no need to keep it secret."
Abunai took a deep breath.
He didn't expect that the Jianzhou Jurchens would dispatch so many troops at once.
"Then..." Abunai hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously, "How does Prince Su plan to deal with these Ming troops?"
Hauge asked back: "How do you want us to deal with them?"
"Me?" Abunai was stunned. He lowered his head and said, "I am just the leader of the Chahar tribe. I have no right to give orders to the Eight Banners soldiers..."
Hauge laughed again and said, "Your Chahar tribe has long since surrendered to our Great Qing. The people of the Chahar tribe are the people of the Great Qing. Now that the Chahar tribe is in trouble, the Great Qing will certainly help you get justice! Tell me, what do you want?"
Abunai thought for a moment and said: "The Ming army has taken away many civilians and livestock from the Chahar tribe. I want to take them back and make the Ming army pay a heavy price!"