Chapter 435: On the Expedition

When the Lin family was in flames, the expedition pioneers outside the pass had already embarked on the expedition, although Huazhou also emphasized that it was a Han regime and the army was a Han army.

However, the method of conducting an expedition on the grassland is no different from that of the Mongolians. On the pasture outside the Tar River West Fort, many cattle and sheep were purchased by the Jiang family army, and then the young and strong men who surrendered to the newly placed Mongolian herders. These people who surrendered to the exile, together with the conscripted Minzhuang from the reclamation manor outside the pass, drove a large convoy to follow behind.

The team this time was led by Liu Shisan, which made many people more confident. Liu Shisan Zhenhe Manor was still circulated by immigrants outside the pass with his bravery.

There were 700 guards, 500 Jiang Family Army and 2300 young and strong team members, which were the main force of this team. Liu Shisan also specially requested the Governor's Office in Huazhou to specially open a reward for titles, that is, those who participated in this expeditionary force would have the guards' titles after the expedition.

So these people are called alternate guards now, but to Liu Shisan's surprise, the Holy Taoism he had vaguely heard of actually sent more than a dozen people to this expedition pioneering team, although he could see the reluctance in the eyes of these sent people.

But the purpose of these people coming to the army was not to preach, but to serve as military doctors, which is really very popular for an army.

On the vast grassland, a force spanning thousands of miles must consider the issue of supplies, and the logistics should not be expected. If, at this time, the logistics supply method can only be used to transport food and grass by chariots and horses, a distance of thousands of miles is equivalent to a disaster.

The large convoy behind the team is not used to transport food and grass. The large carts dragged by horses and mules can only be used to load equipment, weapons, and salt.

The supply of the Expeditionary Force comes from the herds of livestock grazing behind the team. The meat and milk of these livestock are the military rations of the Expeditionary Force, as well as the rivers passing along the way. The army also needs to fish and get water, or use rafts for transportation. Don’t think that such logistics is very troublesome.

Because this is the real situation when the Mongolian army marched westward to the European continent, and sometimes even had to farm halfway to obtain supplies.

After the team set off, except for Liu Shisan and some of the Chinese Mongolians attached to the guards, the remaining regiment training and regular soldiers did not expect that the marching would be such a boring process. In the area with dense breeding manors outside the pass, the army's marching and supplies were supported by sufficient animal power and river water transportation networks, which was very convenient, but it came to the grassland.

After half a month, Liu Shisan didn't even see anyone on the grassland. He was not polite. Except for the necessary alert personnel, everyone was mobilized to produce, grazing, chiseling out the already melting ice shells to fish, dealing with the slaughtered cattle and sheep, etc.

Seeing such an empty grassland, Liu Shisan felt a little proud. When he was forbidden by the Thirty-Three Guards, Liu Shier never communicated or conveyed messages to his younger brother, but just took many books for his younger brother to read.

There are very few people who know how to read in the grassroots, but Liu Shisan is the parent of the Liu family after all. Although he was chased and hunted in the past, some people taught martial arts and culture. From the actual level, Liu Shisan's level of poetry and books at this time was much higher than that of Jiang Feng.

Liu Shisan had read many historical books back then, and it was already the notes of various literati. He knew that the tribes on the grassland were the enemy of the Central Plains, and the disasters of all dynasties and the destruction of the country were almost related to the barbarians on the grassland.

When every dynasty was established and the country was strong, they always launched northern expeditions and clearances outside the Great Wall again and again, but each time they just broke up or defeated these barbarians, they could not be eradicated. After a while, after they recovered their vitality, they made a comeback and made a new rebellion.

It has almost become an unsolvable problem, but now there is almost no tribe in such a vast land on the grassland, which is clearly the contribution of the Jiang family army.

It is precisely because Jiang Feng's repeated battles and cleaning operations around the edge of the Great Wall in the Taal Valley, as well as the fixed division of pastures, the continuous plundering of the Mongols as slaves, and the sinicization of barbarians have achieved decisive results. Now the nine border towns of the Ming Dynasty and the reclamation manors outside the pass have been peaceful for a long time, and the irregular plunder and destruction of nomadic peoples is difficult to occur.

Moreover, according to Liu Shisan's judgment, this kind of destruction and plunder may also disappear in the future. He vaguely felt that since the square formation composed of a clamp and a spear, and was equipped with field artillery, the advantage of cavalry over infantry in field and various battles in the past was disappearing. From ancient times to the present, if infantry could withstand the impact of cavalry in field wave battles.

Such infantry are powerful troops that are famous all over the world and can only exist as individual examples. However, as long as the Jiang family army's grenades and cavalry are arranged in a queue, the flat spear can prevent the cavalry from attacking, and the grenades can cause effective killing. No matter how the cavalry is, they cannot compete with such infantry teams.

The disaster of thousands of years was suspended in his own hands. As a soldier, Liu Shisan was of course extremely proud. He also felt that the Jiang family army had such a strong army, and the military achievements they had achieved were far from enough, and they should have greater glory as compared to him.

However, Liu Shisan also knew that large-scale wars are not very likely at present. It is better to rely on this platform to fight as much as possible and fight freely as possible. This is what Liu Shisan likes to do the most.

After leaving the fixed grassland area controlled outside the pass, I finally encountered a tribe of the Thibir Khanate. Whether it was the guide leading the way or the officers of the Expeditionary Pioneer Team, they were all quite surprised and thought to myself, why did the place that was originally expected to be in a few months, have contact now?

This is also the situation where the countries established by nomadic peoples at this time were similar. The royal courts of Tatars and Watsai, north of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, were still fixed and different. The Thibir Khanate, even the Thibir Khan, were wandering, and tens of thousands of people were divided into tribes of all sizes on the vast land and wandering around.

However, in the past decade, the Cossack army affiliated with the Count Roganov family of Russia has put more and more pressure on the Thibirk Khanate. Thibirk Khan has been concentrating the male members of the tribe to fight, which has gradually become fixed, but each tribe still has to be busy with its own livelihoods.

Although the males were transferred, the cattle and sheep still had to be grazed, and their lives had to continue. In winter, the harsh and coldness of the north could not be fought at all. Whether it was Russia or the Thibir Khanate, the males returned to their respective tribes to engage in production. In summer, they gradually gathered and fought with the Cossacks in autumn.

The Expedition Pioneer in Huazhou encountered about 4,000 tribes, including more than 1,000 male men who could fight, which were considered very strong troops. Now it is about to be the time for the spring to be enlightened, so this tribe migrated to the south, first to find a good pasture, and secondly, it also wanted to avoid Thibirkhan's conscription as much as possible.

The expeditionary force led by Liu Shisan now looks no different from a tribe. Except for more than 200 guards hunting around, the other people are all equipped on large chariots, dressed in herders, even the guards and officers.

The tribe I met naturally had his reconnaissance light cavalry outside, and saw the expedition pioneers stationed in the leeward to rest.

Of course, Liu Shisan's cavalry discovered it earlier and returned it. Liu Shisan could not raise any interest in fighting, but just asked his officers to distribute weapons to watch out, and then began to advance in the camp later. In this way, Liu Shisan was not even interested in paying attention to the nomadic tribes on the grassland.

However, the opponent obviously did not think so. After half an hour, Liu Shisan's cavalry ran back quickly and reported to him:

"The opponent's cavalry is moving towards this side quickly, not in good faith."

Of course, he was malicious, otherwise the other party would send a messenger to communicate in advance. After the officer below asked Liu Shisan for instructions, he began to arrange a team to prepare. Liu Shisan lay lazily on the carriage, unable to lift up any spirit. A Chinese-style Mongolian guard team member next to him said with a smile:

"I don't know. This is also the rule on the grassland. When the two tribes meet, they send envoys to greet each other, indicating that they know each other's existence. Our rafting is so clever that they can't find them. They think that we haven't noticed them, so they are going to have a surprise attack and eat us, these cattle, sheep, and these big carts are all fat and fat! "

Liu Shisan took out a tin wine pot from his arms and drank a few sips, and said slowly:

"I can't cheer up. After defeating, I will allocate the population of cattle and sheep in their tribe to the large convoy behind, and add horses to the soldiers."

The guard was also full of confidence. After hearing this, he walked down with a smile and asked to arrange something. Liu Shisan remembered something, and called the person in front of him and said loudly there:

"No firearms are allowed. Gunpowder and other things must be used during wars. I will use such training soldiers with swords and guns!"
Chapter completed!