Two days after Xu Jin led 50,000 main force away, that is, on February 20, the general of Jizhou Qiu Luan also led 20,000 border troops to set off, escorting more than 100,000 grain transport militia teams, and heading north in a mighty manner.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: If you eat the enemy for one bell, if you are twenty bells, you should avoid stalks and twenty stones. This means that when fighting across a border, if you can get one bell of food from the enemy, it is equivalent to transporting twenty bells of food from the country to the front line. If you can get one stone of feed from the enemy, it is equivalent to transporting twenty stones of feed from the country to the front line.

In ancient times, there was often a saying that "one soldier and three husbands" was restricted. Due to backward transportation conditions, the transportation capacity of three civil servants was often required to provide the food needs of a soldier on the front line. The civil servants also had to eat, and the livestock pulling carts had to eat feed, and they would eat all the way. When the food was transported to the front line, the consumption was about twenty times, which was quite terrifying. Therefore, war was a beast of gold swallowing, and the smart commander would try his best to "eat the enemy", which is the so-called fighting to support the war.

The reason why Xu Jin only led 50,000 main forces in the Northern Expedition was to consider the consumption problem and try to avoid excessive burdens on the people in the country. But even so, the supply of the 50,000 troops still had to be requisitioned to transport more than 100,000 people, and the daily consumption was like flowing water.

You should know that after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made a total of eight northern expeditions, and Zhu Di also made five northern expeditions. Moreover, the forces sent by these two fathers and sons were more than 100,000. Once, Zhu Di's favorite general Qiu Fu was wiped out during the northern expedition. The angry Mr. Zhu immediately led an army of 500,000 to fight in person. Tsk, it is really hard to imagine how huge the consumption was. The civilians who were responsible for logistics supply alone had more than one million people.

The most fatal thing is that the Tatars are nomadic peoples, and they do not have any fixed place to live. If the Ming Dynasty wears shoes, then the Tatars are barefoot people. If the shoes wear shoes go to the barefoot home to rob them, what can they rob? At most, they will just take a few cattle and sheep away, and they will lose money.

Of course, cattle and sheep can also be eaten, but imagine that if the Ming soldiers who were used to eating grains and grains could eat cattle and sheep every day? Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition of Tatars, the food still had to be transported from the country. It did not exist to eat from the enemy, at least it could not be completely eaten from the enemy.

Let’s get back to the point, and Qiu Luan led 20,000 border soldiers to escort the grain transport team away from Gubeikou. On the Guancheng in Gubeikou, Xie Sanqiu angrily smashed the female wall several times, cursing, it was obvious that he was wearing small shoes by Qiu Luan.

Xie Sanqin, a boy with strong energy and strong energy, had long wished he could go to the front line to kill the enemy and make contributions, but he was the Gubeikou garrison, and was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou Town. He was under the jurisdiction of Qiu Luan, the general of Jizhou, so he did not set out with Xu Jin's main force this time.

OK, you can't play forward, you can be the reserve?

Xie Sanqin thought Qiu Luan would take him with him in two days, but Qiu Luan threw Xie Sanqin on the grounds of defending the city. So Xie Sanqin could not even make reserves and could only stay in Gubeikou to watch the sky to make divination. How could this kid not be angry?

Xie Sanqin is not a person who suffers a loss. If it were in the past, if Qiu Luan dared to wear small shoes for him, he would definitely dare to grab Qiu Luan's collar and praise him. However, he had just received my education a few days ago, so this guy restrained him a lot. This time he forced his anger and only used the city wall to exhale.

The grain transport team of more than 100,000 people was stormy, winding for more than ten miles, which was quite spectacular. Qiu Luan arranged 5,000 officers and soldiers to open the way in front, and 5,000 officers and soldiers behind the hall, while he himself led 10,000 officers and soldiers to take charge. This way of placing troops was the most common, so there was no problem. Qiu Luan was after the martial arts honors, and he won the third place in the martial arts. He didn't have two tricks, but he still had one. He was very comfortable to command the scale of 20,000 people.

"Sir General, this kid Xie Sanqian is probably going to be angry!" A personal soldier next to Qiu Luan suddenly said with a smile.

"So what? He dares to disobey the military order? I have long seen this boy dislike him. He just left the shit luck and picked up the sibling brothers. He thought he had made a great contribution. He didn't even take us into consideration and should have killed him."

"But this kid is so tough in the background. Will he offend the general?" Another personal soldier said with a little concern.

"Tsk, I'm afraid of it. Xie Sanqian was originally a general from Gubeikou. What's the problem with us keeping him to defend the city? Even if he sued the Grand Marshal, he would ignore it. And I heard that the Grand Marshal has always had clear rewards and punishments, so how could he be favored?"

"Hehe, that is to say, this guy Xie Sanqiang suffered a loss, but he had no place to complain."

A trace of lust flashed in Qiu Luan's eyes, and he coughed lightly and said with a majesty: "Shut up, don't gossip, I will always be fair and just to my subordinates, and will never retaliate."

The soldiers burst into laughter!

Qiu Luan's face turned a little deeper and shouted, "I'm laughing, I'm so excited. If there is a mistake in the military rations, take care of your skin."

The personal soldiers smiled very sensibly and straightened their backs to look majestic.

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On the afternoon of February 24, Xu Jin finally led his army through the Hunshandake Desert and entered the edge of the southern end of the Xilingol Grassland. At this time, he had already left the Ming Dynasty border with nearly 500 miles. It was not far away, nor was it close to it.

It is the end of February now, the weather is getting warmer, the glacier has already thawed, and the grass on the grass has grown short buds. From a distance, it is a piece of tender green, which is exactly: the light rain at the sky steps is as moist as crisp, and the grass color looks close but far away.

At this time, the sun was already westward, and the army slowly advanced north along the Luan River. The clear river water flowed from north to south. When passing through a "thread"-shaped river beside, Xu Jin ordered the marching to stop and set up camp here.

Wang Liner said admiringly: "The Grand Marshal's camp is very clever."

The military inspector Huang Jin wiped the dust on his face with a wet towel and asked in confusion: "General Wang, don't know where this place is so brilliant? Apart from being more convenient to fetch water, our family can't see any difference from other places. They are all bare, not even a tree or a stone, and they are bored and die of boredom!"

The personal soldier Zhao Datou couldn't help but curl his lips and said to himself, "You dead eunuch are just a free meal, you can tell what a big deal!"

As the name suggests, the military supervisor is to supervise the army. From commanders to soldiers, they have to be supervised by him. Although they do not have military command, the military supervisor is directly responsible to the emperor. As long as he posts a report, everyone will not be able to take advantage of it, including the commanders. Therefore, the existence of the military supervisor itself is in opposition to the soldiers. The soldiers are afraid of him and will also be hostile to him. Zhao Datou sees Huang Jin unhappy because of this mentality.

However, Huang Jin is Xu Jin's younger brother. He is naturally a sensible military supervisor, which is not a hindrance to Xu Jin at all. Moreover, Huang Jin has no other bad records except for being greedy for small gains, so he got along well with a group of generals during this period.

Wang Lin'er pointed to the shaped river beside the "Z" and explained: "Eunuch Huang, you see, it is surrounded by water on three sides. It is not only convenient to obtain water, but also to block cavalry without worries. Our current location is relatively high. Once the camp is built, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. After our army sets out, we can also leave it here for the rear army to build a marching warehouse and store military rations."

Huang Jin patted his forehead and smiled and said, "Learn from General Wang's words, we understand that this is indeed a good place. Prince Jingguo is tall, it is indeed tall!"

"Well, Eunuch Huang will not put a high hat on my country. You can go ahead and do your business." Xu Jin said angrily.

Huang Jin obviously realized that he was just a so-called man. He took a group of subordinates away happily and chose a Feng Shui treasure land for himself to build a tent. Our Eunuch Huang is a person who cares about comfort and enjoyment!

After Huang Jin left, Xu Jin called a group of generals under his command to his side and assigned tasks solemnly.

Since he encountered the five thousand Tartars in the middle of the desert yesterday, he has not found any enemy troops since then, which has made Xu Jin feel a little uneasy.

Although the Ming army won the encounter yesterday and killed more than a thousand people on the other side, it also exposed many problems. At the same time, it also made Xu Jin realize that the gap between the Ming cavalry and the Tatar cavalry is natural and it is difficult to make up for the day after tomorrow. Therefore, it is very stupid to fight against the pure cavalry of the Tatars. We must give full play to the advantages of weapons and equipment and try to avoid open and flat terrain.

Yesterday, only 5,000 Tatar cavalry caused a lot of trouble to the Ming army. What if it were 100,000 cavalry? Can these 50,000 people resist it?

The small-scale encounter yesterday was most likely a test of Altan. It was estimated that the main force of the Tatars was waiting for the arrival of the Ming army not far ahead.

So when he saw this superior terrain, Xu Jin immediately decided to spend his energy to build this place and build it into a fortress and a solid stronghold in case of emergency. As Wang Lin'er said, even if it is not useful in the end, it can be used as a marching warehouse to store military rations for the army. The longer the front line is, the more cautious the supply of military rations is needed.

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At this time, Alslen and Temuer, who were in a mess, were standing in front of Holge.

Holge looked at the two brothers who were above him in surprise and said, "Alslen, Temuer, although Khan ordered you to pretend to be defeated, there is no need for you to act so realistically, right? Oh my god, the five thousand men lost nearly half."

Temur was a little injured, but it was not fatal. This guy tasted the power of the Ming army yesterday, and finally restrained his arrogance and reminded him: "Horge, the Ming army is not easy to mess with. Although the cavalry's combat power is not good, their firearms are sharp. Remember, don't fight with them, and give full play to the advantages of the cavalry!"

Hogel nodded and said, "Thank you for reminding me that the Ming army has passed the sand, and it is time for me to set off." After that, he turned over and rode his horse.

Alslen hurriedly asked, "Horge, where is the Khan?"

"The Khan had personally led a hundred thousand troops from the Khan's house yesterday. When the general cut off the Ming army's food route, the Khan will launch a general attack on the main force of the Ming army." After Hogel said that, he grabbed the horse's belly and led 20,000 cavalry to the east.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Ming army's scouts, General Hogel led his army to travel fifty miles eastward, then detoured south through the desert, and walked around the Ming army to cut off the food route. As long as the food route was cut off and the food supply was not enough, the Ming army would inevitably be in chaos. At that time, the Khan could take the opportunity to lead the army to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

Seeing Holge leading his army away, Alslen said a little disapprovingly: "Now looking back, the combat power of the Ming army is only like this. There are only 50,000 people, and there is no need to make conspiracies. The Khan led a hundred thousand troops to directly defeat them."

Temur nodded subconsciously, but immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Just brag, outside Gubeikou Pass, you were killed by the Ming army young general in Gubeikou and almost wiped out the armor!"

Arslen was exposed and was furious and said coldly: "That's because the defenders on the top of the city set off firecrackers and arrows to help him. You're so embarrassed to mention that if you didn't come to make trouble suddenly, I'd have killed the young Ming army general with the horse arrow."

"Bah, you can't get rid of your shit and be stubborn. You can't stop it. If you lose, you will lose. You won't admit it!" Temuer retorted.

Als was furious: "Cao, who do you scold me for? I'll say it again!"

"You guy, just scold you." Tessel hugged his chest with his hands.

Bang, Alslen hit Temuer's chest with an old punch, and smashed the other party down on the spot. Temuer rubbed his chest and hurt for a long time before getting up. He roared and went to get the mace. Seeing this, Alslen hurriedly ran to his war horse to get weapons.

Just as the pair of live treasures were about to start the film, several scouts rushed from the south, and both of them subconsciously stopped moving.

"Report to the two generals, the Ming army stopped and built camps and dug trenches by the river. It seemed that they were going to defend themselves." The scout said loudly.

Arslen and Tmur looked at each other, Cao, what kind of plane does this turtle Xu really want to dig a hole as a turtle, or did he find something?

"Talk again!" Alslen shouted, and several scouts immediately turned their horses and left.

Temuer stared at Arslen, who said unhappily: "What are you looking at? You still want to fight?"

Temuer's anger surged up and said angrily: "The scout was my man just now, why should you order him?"

"Hey, what happened to me?" Alslan sneered.

Ya, Temuer roared angrily, carried the mace and turned over the horse, and Alslen jumped onto the horse. When the two soldiers saw that the two men really wanted to use weapons to do something, they might kill people, so they all rushed forward, and the ones who led the horse and the ones who pulled people. Finally, they separated the energetic enemies.
Chapter completed!