The Ming Dynasty Crown Prince Zhu Hexing and Crown Princess Ding Yuying, surrounded by hundreds of black-armored knights, appeared in the sight of Tu Hai and others.
Tu Hai, who has been through battle for a long time, felt cold when he saw the prince under the banner of the twelve-faced dragon and the woman beside the prince. Because both the prince and the princess were wearing black plate armor. There is no difference between this outfit and the Guards cavalry that escorts them, at least they look the same from a distance. If it weren't for the identification of the Twelve Dragon Banners, Tu Hai wouldn't have known who the prince was?
The crown prince is wearing black clothes and black armor, and is escorted by black armored cavalry... This is exactly the military uniform in wartime! It is not the military uniform worn when reviewing the armed forces, but the military uniform worn when actually going to the battlefield.
Although the Ming Dynasty emperors also wore black clothes (the Mianfu and Yan Bianfu were black), the Mianfu was a formal dress and was not completely black, and it was not necessarily worn once a year. Yan Bianfu is a piece of clothing that can be worn casually at home, just like the Taoist robe. When the emperors of the Ming Dynasty appeared in front of everyone, they basically wore red and yellow clothes.
The ceremonial costumes of emperors, princes, princes, and princes are also very bright and cannot be completely black.
In fact, among the Ming army, only the Guards and the Black Cavalry (black gun and mule soldiers) who were good at night fighting wore black military uniforms.
According to the rules set by Zhu Cixiang, the military uniforms of emperors, princes, princes, and princes when they go into battle must be of the same color as the uniforms of the troops and soldiers around them - if they are dressed differently from everyone else and are particularly grand, it is easy to attract cannonballs. And Leng Qiang, maybe he will die or pass away.
Now that the Ming Dynasty Prince is wearing the military uniform of the battlefield, with two to three thousand neatly dressed and fully armed black-armored elites, it just shows one problem - the Prince is really preparing to attack Mulan River City and the Ma Jia clan, if they dare to resist !
The scene of two to three thousand Guards officers and soldiers trained by boy scouts, forming several very orderly marching columns and galloping towards them on horseback, is really shocking.
Tuhai, Nomin, and Yalic all knew that cavalry that could march rapidly in this formation could rush into the battlefield like a wall and launch an overwhelming offensive. Moreover, the Guards Cavalry of the Ming Army were equipped with broken-eared horses and Arabian horses, and their ability to sprint over short distances was astonishing.
If Ma Jiashi's cavalry encountered them in the wild, they would be in danger!
If you can't win in the field, let alone defend the city...the only thing you can hope for is to get into the old woods and fight guerrillas.
But it’s hard in the old forest!
Tu Hai also wants to go to Shenyang or even go to Tianjin to retire...
Just when Tu Hai was thinking about his big house in Tianjin, Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying, escorted by dozens of specially grown black-armored knights, galloped to the house only a dozen steps away from Tu Hai. The place just stopped. Because they stopped too quickly, many horses raised their front hooves high, stood up on their hind legs, and then fell heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Before the dust dispersed, I heard Zhu Hexing laughing loudly: "Tuhai, you are lucky! Not only did you escape a catastrophe, but I also have wealth and glory for you... Tuhai, Come forward quickly!”
Escaped a catastrophe... Cold sweat broke out on Tuhai's forehead. What he escaped was a tragedy that wiped out his entire family!
Tuhai, who was awakened by Zhu Hexing's words, hurriedly took a few steps forward, then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty Ma Tuhai, I sincerely wish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be blessed and safe!"
Seeing Tuhai kowtow and salute Zhu Hexing, Nuomin, Yalic, and the hundreds of men who followed Tuhai also knelt down and saluted Zhu Hexing.
Zhu Hexing laughed loudly, turned over and dismounted, then walked to a place five or six steps away from Tuhai, stood still, and just smiled and raised his hand to signal the kneeling people to get up. The young prince looked in a good mood and was full of joy. With a smile on her face, Ding Yuying also got off her horse and gathered around Zhu Hexing with dozens of soldiers.
Behind them, two to three thousand black-armored cavalry did not dismount, and lined up in a row, forming five battalion-level square formations.
Tuhai got up from the ground, just dropped his hands and shoulders, and stood respectfully in front of Zhu and Xingma, waiting for the prince to lecture. Nomin and Yalic also stood behind their father.
Zhu Hexing smiled and said: "Tuhai, I heard that you have a daughter who is sixteen or seventeen years old?"
What? Ask your daughter as soon as you meet her? Is this asking for a concubine? Tu Hai thought of this and glanced at Ding Yuying who was following Zhu Hexing, and said to himself: I heard that the current prince is a bit afraid of his wife...
"Yes, yes... Guo'er, come and show it to the prince." Tu Hai quickly called his daughter to his side.
His daughter's Manchu name is Yaliqi, which means sweet fruit, and her Chinese name is Guo'er, Ma Guoer.
When Ma Guoer was called to her side by her father, her heart was pounding - she had already secretly looked at the prince. He was tall and big. He looked like a mountain when he was riding on horseback, and he looked like a mountain when he stood on the ground. Ta... looks like a Baturu, what a great man!
Zhu Hexing glanced at Ma Guoer, but frowned slightly. She looked okay, but she looked a bit cunning... He turned back to Ding Yuying and said: "Yuying, do you think she and Lao Jiu are a good match?" ?”
The Laojiu he was talking about was of course not Zhu Cixiu, the king of Luoshan County who was kidnapped by Li Yuee to become her husband, but Zhu Hehuan, the son of Zhu Cixiang and Ajige. He was 18 years old this year and it was time to talk about marriage.
"Of course it's a perfect match!" Ding Yuying paused and then said to Tuhai, "Tuhai, the Crown Prince wants to secure a matchmaker for your daughter and let His Royal Highness King Jin become the princess. Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, satisfied!" Tuhai was overjoyed at the moment, "My lord, Ma Tuhai, would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for his grace!"
Jin Wang Zhu and Kuanyao lead the Anton Protector, and his mother Ajige is still the fourteenth princess of Huang Taiji... With this identity and this bloodline, Tuhai has to be called He said "Master". His daughter Ma Guoer can become Zhu Hehuan's princess - not a concubine! That's definitely a tall order.
So Tuhai did have good luck!
And his luck is certainly not unreasonable... He is Ma Jia Tuhai! Anyone who knows a little about the history of the early Qing Dynasty should know what kind of role this is.
Zhu Cixiang has always valued this Tuhai, otherwise Jin Dongguo would not have written to him. If Zhu Hexing wanted to gain both fame and fortune during his trip to Heilongjiang and Anton, he needed the help of Tu Hai, a very capable local snake.
There is an endless forest and snowy plain between the white mountains and black waters. Without the help of local snakes, even if Zhu Hexing brought "24 kings of species", it would be difficult to recruit all the cottage estates under his banner in a short period of time. There is no way to drive them to fight against Ao Bai and Yue Le. Without a large number of local snakes and leading parties, if you want to entangle with the enemy for a long time in the forest, sea and snowy fields, you will fall into the quagmire of a protracted war.
So this Tuhai is a trump card prepared by Zhu Cihong for his son.
Moreover, this trump card can be used in two ways. It can not only assist Zhu Hexing to gain fame and fortune in Heilongjiang and Anton, but also assist Zhu Henan in guarding Anton.
In Zhu Cixiang's plan, the feudal systems of Heilongjiang and Anton still need two "protector" level bosses.
Because the feudal system had to have levels and levels, with one level following the other, and one level subcontracting the other, in order to be able to maintain it in the long term.
As far as this corner of the Northeast is concerned, the 24 limited-edition kings born and raised by Chongzhen himself are only the first level in the feudal system. In addition to the retainers accompanied by the eldest wife and the younger wife, there are more than 300 old Zhu family members below them. Clan - they are also a kind of people, but they are not special editions or limited editions, but low-end and popular editions.
As for the 24 types of human kings, there are also two special edition princes and guardians who were born and raised by Zhu Cixiang himself!
King Zhu Henuan of Jin was one of them, and he had already decided on the position of Protector of Anton.
As for the other one, Zhu Cixiang liked Zhu Heyong, the thirteenth son of the emperor from Jin Dongguo, but Zhu Heyong was still young and was not old enough to leave the town.
So Zhu Cihong asked Prince Zhu Hexing to go out to control Heilongjiang... The prince must have some foundation in Heilongjiang and Anton to prevent the two Sai kings guarding the border from becoming restless in the future.
