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Doesn't he even remember how badly he fought against the nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall when he led his border troops?

I'm afraid that if they knew Jia Huan's battle plan, they would strongly oppose it immediately.

They might even keep Jia Huan by their side to ensure his safety and prevent him from making any rash moves!

Anyone can be wise after the event, but what was he doing before?

In short, when Jia Huan returned to the camp with more than 3,000 cavalry and drove hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, the entire border army system was in an uproar.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing, and with so many cattle, sheep and horses as spoils of war, no fool would believe that Jia Huan bought them with his own money.

The group of border army leaders, disregarding all pretense of dignity, immediately surrounded Jia Huan.

Their attitude was incredibly warm and friendly, as if they were old friends of Jia Huan.

Even Wang Ziteng addressed Jia Huan as "my dear nephew" with great enthusiasm, as if he had a very close relationship with him.

Jia Huan didn't put on a show. After all, it's all about mutual support and understanding.

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Jia Huan's ferocious record terrified everyone.

Not only were the border army leaders shocked, but the heavily damaged nomadic cavalry beyond the Great Wall were even more astonished.

When the news reached the capital with the fastest courier, the emperor and his officials nearly popped their eyes out.

Cow ratio!

No one expected that Jia Huan would pull such a stunt as soon as he arrived at the border!

This left the group of border military leaders so embarrassed that they were too ashamed to go out and meet people.

Those in the core of the nomadic cavalry outside the Great Wall shared similar sentiments. After their initial shock and anger came a profound sense of embarrassment, even worse than being slapped in the face.

This makes Jia Huan seem like a powerful dragon crossing the river, while they and the bigwigs of the Daqian border army were just chickens pecking at each other.

How can we continue fighting after that?

Without a major victory, it would be difficult to explain to one's own people.

At this point, we're definitely going to have a big fight.

In mid-October, 80,000 Daqian border troops took the initiative to launch an attack, engaging in a major battle with approximately 60,000 nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall around the fallen cities.

Ironically, not a single general in the border army dared to take the initiative to command the front lines.

However, they were unwilling to let Jia Huan, a mere fifteen-year-old boy, be the commander-in-chief.

In the end, the only compromise was to have each of them command their own troops to fight together!

Wang Ziteng's troops will serve as the vanguard this time!

Jia Huan's troops numbered over ten thousand infantry and cavalry, with fifteen thousand soldiers from the Beijing garrison arrayed behind and on both sides.

Whether it was out of revenge or not, Jia Huan's troops were originally on the flank of the Qian army, but the opposing northern nomadic cavalry had deployed a full 20,000 men to target them.

Come on then!

A subtle smile appeared on Jia Huan's face. This time, the nomadic cavalry beyond the Great Wall would surely know what it meant to have sharp firearms.

The war drums roared and the bugle calls were deafening.

In the morning, the nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall, having eaten and drunk their fill, launched the first attack.

First came a thousand-strong cavalry guerrilla force to provoke them!

Jia Huan personally led a thousand cavalrymen and went to meet them without hesitation.

Whether in mounted archery or close combat, Jia Huan's troops held an absolute advantage.

Who can blame them when Jia Huan is so skilled in martial arts? With him leading his men, their fighting power is off the charts.

A thousand Hu cavalrymen, once they were killed, they were pierced through; once they were pierced through, they collapsed!

Whether the number was one thousand, two thousand, or three thousand, they all inevitably ended up being pierced and destroyed, leaving the opposing general of the northern nomadic cavalry trembling with fear and frustration.

Before noon, nearly four thousand Hu cavalrymen had fallen in pools of blood. Who could bear that?

There's no other way but to launch a full-scale assault, leaving no reserves.

The number of cavalrymen from the northern frontier was, after all, overwhelmingly superior!

Jia Huan could only directly command and control the 5,000 cavalrymen under his command, who had just been replenished.

Although his colleagues from the Beijing garrison who arrived later greatly admired his achievements, it was impossible for them to hand over command of their soldiers to Jia Huan without reservation.

At most, he actively cooperated with Jia Huan's orders and indirectly obeyed them.

Why was Jia Huan not the military governor of the capital?

Fortunately, Jia Huan did not pay too much attention to the presence of the Jingying allied forces. He was extremely confident that he could wipe out the enemy's Hu cavalry, which outnumbered him several times over. Otherwise, he would not have dared to go all out and fight.

The sight of tens of thousands of cavalry charging forward could only be described as a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

The thunderous hooves shook the earth, as if the entire world consisted only of those surging waves of cavalry.

This time, Jia Huan didn't stand up to them head-on. Even if he was confident he could protect himself, his men weren't capable of doing so.

He hurriedly spurred his horse and split into two wings to protect the infantry formation in the center, where three thousand musketeers were already in full battle array, with chevaux-de-frise and pitfalls all laid out in the area fifty to a hundred paces ahead.

That's right. When he was in the capital, Jia Huan transferred almost half of the Firearms Bureau's inventory.

Thankfully, the Great Qian Dynasty was a Han Chinese dynasty that did not prohibit the existence of firearms, and there were even signs that they were being promoted and developed.

However, the inherent drawbacks of feudal dynasties meant that the development of firearms was never very satisfactory, and the firearms at this time were only slightly better than those of the Ming Dynasty.

The Beijing garrison naturally had its own firearms battalion, but it was always an auxiliary force, and its status was rather awkward.

After seeing the firearms in the army, Jia Huan felt that although they were quite rudimentary and still in the form of a very primitive matchlock gun, they could still exert amazing combat power if the tactics were right.

To be honest, the Daqian military did place great importance on the use of firearms!

After all, these guys are much easier to train and develop than archers.

Unfortunately, logistical support was inadequate, and manufacturing also faced numerous problems, preventing the company from developing further.

Sure enough, Jia Huan searched almost the entire warehouse of the Firearms Bureau, but could only find five or six thousand matchlock guns that were barely up to standard.

He can only take half of it!

The inventory in the warehouse was actually the accumulation of the Great Qian Firearms Bureau for over a hundred years!

Of course, there were quite a few muskets in the warehouse, definitely tens of thousands, but there weren't even ten thousand of them that were of reliable quality. That's just how damn it is.

With these muskets, and by training them according to the two books by the Ming Dynasty military strategist Qi Jiguang, "New Book of Military Efficiency" and "Records of Military Training," they managed to train three thousand musketeer soldiers.

It is said that Qi Jiguang's Qi Family Army could be considered a modern army, and was quite advanced.

The productivity and public awareness were similar during the Daqian and early Ming periods, making it suitable to practice using Qi Jiguang's two military books.

The only problem was that the time was too short. Jia Huan himself was also exploring how to use matchlock muskets in combat; otherwise, the combat power of his infantry would have been even stronger.

Sure enough, Jia Huan's newly formed 3,000 musketeers gave the nomadic cavalry beyond the Great Wall a huge surprise.

When the nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall surged in like a tidal wave, and they roared to within 150 paces of the Great Qian infantry formation, the sound of muskets firing incessantly filled the air.

Immediately, a plume of black smoke rose from the infantry ranks, and the battlefield was filled with the acrid smell of gunpowder.

Before the rest of the forces on both sides could react, another burst of intense and crisp gunfire rang out.

A short while later, another burst of intense gunfire erupted.

Because loading ammunition and igniting the matchlock gun were very troublesome, being able to fire one shot per minute was considered quite fast.

Jia Huan simply adopted a six-stage firing method, with five hundred musketeers in each stage, which could almost completely cover the front of the battlefield. As for the few that slipped through the net, they were naturally dealt with by the light cavalry on both sides.

Then look at the barbarian cavalry charging like a surging tide. When they were a hundred and fifty paces away from the infantry, it was as if they encountered an invisible wall of fire. Men and horses fell and blood splattered everywhere.

The shrill screams were incessant, and the sight of piles of fallen men and horses was terrifying, like a scene from hell, causing all the soldiers on both sides to turn deathly pale.

Terrifying, absolutely terrifying!

No one expected that what was supposed to be a fierce battle on the flank would turn into a one-sided, frenzied massacre.

The six-section musket array was like a butcher's knife from hell, frantically reaping the heads of the nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall who willingly offered themselves up, with an astonishingly high efficiency!

Thousands of nomadic cavalrymen from beyond the Great Wall fell in pools of blood amidst the intense gunfire, wailing in agony.

And all of this happened in less than half an hour!

The leader of this wave of nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall finally realized something was wrong and immediately sounded the horn to retreat.

How could Jia Huan possibly give him the opportunity to withdraw his troops smoothly?

Once the main force of the nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall, which had been charging all the way, had finally withdrawn from the firing range of the muskets, Jia Huan raised his spear and shouted, "Beat the drums! Follow me and charge!"

After saying that, he spurred his horse forward without another word, hooked his iron spear onto the victory hook, picked up his longbow, nocked an arrow, and shot.

Five thousand cavalrymen roared out from both sides of the musketeers, charging forward with high morale and shouts.

This battle ended in the defeat of 20,000 nomadic cavalry from beyond the Great Wall.

No one expected that the number of nomadic cavalrymen from beyond the Great Wall who were able to escape successfully was just over five thousand!

If they hadn't been able to escape on horseback at such a high speed, it would have been almost impossible for them to shake off the relentless pursuit of the Daqian cavalry; they might have ended up being completely wiped out.