Chapter 238 Following in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
Chapter 238 Following in the footsteps of our ancestors
Author: Mu Yunfeng
Le Shi Yanran...
Of course this place should bring them to experience the glory of their ancestors.
Even Yang Feng encouraged Zhu Di to continue moving forward, a large part of the purpose was to take them to experience the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties along the way.
Feel them one by one.
Moving forward from here, there are a lot of names in history books along the way, allowing them to go and see in person, and let them know what kind of glory their ancestors have created. So soon including Zhou Xing and others
, the main generals of the Ming army were all called over, and then they looked at the carvings etched by the wind on the rock wall with shock on their faces.
"More than a thousand years ago.
This is the place where our ancestors defeated the enemy more than a thousand years ago. They carved their victory on the rocks. In the more than a thousand years since then, only the Tang Dynasty army has arrived here, but that was only more than 700 years ago.
After experiencing the humiliation of the Song Dynasty and the fall of the Hu Yuan Dynasty, the Han army finally set foot on this land again, conquering the stone Yanran and sealing the wolf to Xu.
As for the place where Feng Lang lived in Xu, it was north of the Tula River.
Langjuxu Mountain is in the northeast of our battlefield.
We've actually passed it.
But going forward there are countless places where our ancestors have reached.
The vast sea is covered with hundreds of feet of ice.
This is the vast sea.
The Hanhai Dudu Mansion of the Tang Dynasty was located on the grassland to the west from here.
The bright moon rises above the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of clouds.
After passing Jinshan Mountain, you can see the bright moon rising from Tianshan Mountain.
The troops were laundered by the waves on the sea.
That one is even further away, and we’ll probably have to go thousands of miles further to get to the seaside. I definitely won’t be able to take you there this time, and it doesn’t even belong to Hu Yuan at the moment.”
Yang Feng said.
"In this way, I will die without any regrets!"
Zhou Xing looked with emotion at the words in front of him that had experienced thousands of years of wind erosion.
"Then we have to carve it too!"
Tan Yuan said.
"Yes, we have to engrave it too. Let's engrave an article next to it!"
Sun Ke also became energetic.
This proposal received immediate and unanimous support.
but……
"Who can write?"
Zhang Fu said quietly.
"Well?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Indeed, who can write?
This was written by Ban Gu. They can only be considered literate at best and can barely write an article. How could they write an article of this level? Moreover, there are no full-time literati in their army, although there are actually a few
A scholar who specialized in writing official documents followed him, but he was sent back by Zhu Di when he was in Harah and Lin.
One of us has already died from exhaustion on the road, and if we continue any further, we will all be exhausted.
Anyway, moving forward, there is no problem of reporting to the court...
This place is really thousands of miles away from the capital, and in a sense, it can even be regarded as deep into the wilderness. There is no logistics, no reinforcements, and even no timely contact with the rear. What is the meaning of reporting in such a situation.
Besides, even if he really reported anything to the court, it would still be several months before he could reach the capital, so there was no need for them to follow him.
Everyone looked at Yang Feng.
"Don't look at me. I don't have the ability. Even if I write one for you, if it is really engraved, it might lower its image. What's more, we don't have craftsmen who specialize in carving. Let alone craftsmen, just look at this word.
Who can write this level of calligraphy? Let’s not write any articles at all, and just carve a few little people kneeling down to worship, and then carve the names of us people as if we are here to worship our ancestors.”
Yang Feng said.
Everyone nodded.
Indeed, not to mention people who write articles of this level, there are no people who can write words of this level of calligraphy!
Not to mention carving.
"But it's more troublesome to carve a villain, right?"
Zhang Fu said.
“It’s so easy to carve little people!”
Yang Feng said.
Then he climbed up the shelf he had just set up. On the left side of the Yanran Mountain Inscription, there was also a relatively smooth rock wall, but it formed an angle with the Yanran Mountain Inscription. He took out his bayonet and began to draw on it.
After that, he found an armor-piercing awl and hammered it deeper little by little. Zhang Fu then climbed onto the shelf, looking at his so-called villain with a look that had ruined his outlook on life.
"Is this also called a human being?"
he said.
"As long as you have the intention, the important thing is the attitude."
Yang Feng said.
Well, he carved a stick figure kneeling down.
He finished carving it quickly, and then carved his identity on the back, which was of course his true identity.
Since he had already carved in this way, Zhang Fu did not need to worry. He also imitated his stick figures and started to carve his own stick figures. Then the other generals also followed suit, some found suitable positions below, and some were above.
I found the one on the left. Anyway, it was near the Yanran Mountain Inscription, but avoided the plane of the rock wall where it was located, and then each carved his own stick figure in the shape of kneeling and engraved his official title and name. Although Zhu Di was a little speechless, at this time
This was really the only way to do it. After all, he had to pursue it quickly. He personally found a hammer and chisel, chose a satisfactory position, and began to chisel his own stick figure.
Accompanied by the tinkling chisels, stick figures kneeling down one by one were quickly completed around the Yanran Mountain inscription. Because each person's level was limited, it looked like the graffiti of primitive people.
As for their official titles, it will take longer.
But it won't take long.
In this way, a group of generals completed their worship of their ancestors in the presence of the soldiers.
"Maybe there are actually people from our ancestors who are following us to kill the enemy!"
Zhou Xing said.
"That's true!"
Yang Feng deeply agreed.
Then he looked at the soldiers.
"Brothers, this is the place where our ancestors killed the enemy more than a thousand years ago. They carved inscriptions here to record their achievements. They were able to reach here and defeat the enemy more than a thousand years ago. Why can't we?
Further forward are the places where our ancestors killed enemies. Do you know Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty? Xue Rengui fixed the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows, and the enemy he defeated, Tiele, was nomadic at the foot of Jinshan Mountain where we are going. Do you know that Su Dingfang defeated the Western Turks?
?His battlefield is even further west.
Our ancestors can do it, why can’t we?
Go straight to the Tianshan Mountains and wipe out the remaining elements!"
Ambassador Yang shouted.
"Go straight to the Tianshan Mountains and wipe out the remaining elements!"
…
Then the exciting roar echoed under Yanran Mountain.
The morale of the Ming army was restored instantly.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Di ordered all the armies to assemble, so that they could all feel the glory of their ancestors.
More than 20,000 Ming troops quickly formed an array at the foot of Yanran Mountain.
It's completely a combat formation.
forward.
Zhang Fu's department.
He still used the same tactics as before. The camels formed a huge camel city, and the cavalry was in the camel city. When advancing, the camels stood up and moved in formation with the cavalry. The cannons were mounted on camel backs, and the supplies were all in separate boxes, and
The same rack mounted on the camel's back can be quickly loaded and unloaded.
After giving the order, the combat transition was completed within a few minutes.
And the Chinese army behind.
Each camel city formed a mutually supporting chessboard formation similar to a hollow phalanx. His central army was in the center of the chessboard formation, with a hot air balloon raised above his head, and issued instructions to the surrounding armies with flags.
The cavalry was also placed in the camel city.
The drawback of this strategy is that it consumes a lot of ammunition.
But the advantages are obvious.
Anyway, the ammunition of the Ming army is only enough for a large-scale battle, so there is no need to save. As long as it can pass a large-scale battle and cause heavy damage to the enemy, then cold weapons will be enough for the remaining battles.
The left and right wings are all cavalry. The left wing is composed of Zhou Xing's lieutenant and an old friend of Yang Feng. Zhuang De, the original commander of Huiningdu, was the main force in the last attack on Xiyang Ha. In addition, he was also the one who originally went into battle to kill Tan Yuan. The right wing
It's Sun Ke. Although Sun Ke is indeed inferior to his father Sun Xingzu, it doesn't look too far behind him so far, and his subordinates are all the elites of Shanxi Xingdu Division.
This huge formation has a bit of the momentum of Zhu Di's military parade in history.
King Yan personally took his bodyguard with him.
That is, Tan Yuan and Qiu Fu, these two men are shock cavalry.
Equivalent to Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army.
Of course, the number is not that large, actually only a thousand people, but they are all new-style armor.
A simplified version of plate armor similar to full iron armor.
Their faces were iron-clad, and each of them held up a spear majestically.
Then Zhu Di turned his back to the inscription on Yanran Mountain and roared at the troops to attack the Tianshan Mountains.
Then he brought the whole army to worship the ancestors' spirits in front of the inscription on Yanran Mountain, and then each army walked through the foot of the mountain in turn.
This Yanran Mountain military parade completely solved the morale problem of the Ming army's long-distance march, and they were full of energy when they moved forward.
Of course, the weather is getting warmer as we move forward.
They followed the Zabhan River westward.
However, the march was not fast. Although the Ming army was not short of food, it was impossible for the war horses and camels to have feed when they got here. They had to let them graze on their own, even though there was indeed water along the Zabhan River.
There is grass somewhere, but this is just the beginning of spring. Even if the snow melts quickly and the grass underneath has been exposed, there is not much to eat, and it takes a long time for a horse to eat enough. So they are actually half
The herding horses were half-marching, only covering dozens of miles every day, and the armies had to disperse, otherwise the horses and camels would not have enough pasture. In addition, tribes began to appear along the way. But the latter did not dare to attack them, and basically found that Mingming
The soldiers were so frightened that they fled quickly, leaving the camp and some precious supplies to them.
"This is waiting for us to go deep alone!"
Yang Feng looked at the fleeing tribe in front and said.
The marching route on the grassland is actually fixed.
For example, if they want to go to the Altai Mountains, they must take the Burhan River.
So it's impossible not to be discovered.
This is why people like Su Dingfang have to make a surprise attack while the snow is snowing, because the heavy snow can block the line of sight to the maximum extent and prevent them from being discovered by the nomadic cavalry who are vigilant in the distance, but their method has no concealment at all.
It is inevitable to be discovered.
Especially Arutai is definitely nearby.
You can't take this guy lightly, after all, he was the one who caused Qiu Fu and others to be wiped out...
Of course, it is impossible for Qiu Fu in history to really have an army of 100,000, and Zhu Di could not afford to raise 100,000 cavalry, let alone bring 100,000 cavalry to the grassland. From the records of the Ming army's deployment of troops with the Zhengwei Station, it can be roughly
It is inferred that he is at the level of 10,000. This number is reasonable. In deep combat on the grassland, their 30,000 is already terrifying. The horses and camels of this army combined have already exhausted more than half of the northern Ming Dynasty.
It's not one person and one horse.
The fighting cavalry consisted of two horses per person, and the gunners and logistics soldiers with camels only had one, but they brought tens of thousands of camels, carrying ammunition, feed and canned food.
And if there are really 100,000 cavalry, there is no possibility that Qiu Fu will lose.
Destroy one hundred thousand cavalry?
How many cavalry should Arutai must assemble?
It must be at least 300,000, and 300,000 cavalry means three million herdsmen.
How can he have so many people?
At that time, the Mongolian grasslands had already been divided into two groups: the east and the west. The Oara in the west were even hostile to him. Uliangha had submitted to the Ming Dynasty, and he was just a Tatar.
The population that grasslands can support is extremely limited.
What's more, he doesn't even have Monan.
In the late Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan boasted that he had 400,000 cavalry in the grasslands, but Boar Skin laughed at you. It would be great if you could have 40,000 cavalry. However, after he was humiliated, he sent troops to try to rescue Zaisai who was captured alive by Boar Skin, but he only managed to scrape together a few thousand cavalry.
People. One of the most important tribal groups, the Inner Khalkha tribe, has a large population because it occupies the best pastures in western Liaoning. In the end, Chaohua gathered all the strength of the Inner Khalkha tribe for a decisive battle with the wild boar skin, and only managed to gather 30,000 capable people.
These are all the men in Inner Khalkha who can take up arms.
As for the records of tens or even hundreds of thousands of riders in later generations, they are all false.
Ten thousand cavalry is boundless.
You can blow millions.
However, Arutai can be said to be Zhu Di's main opponent in his later years. Even if he is hit hard now, he still cannot be taken lightly.
"If you're not afraid of them coming, you're just afraid they won't come."
Zhang Fu said.
Indeed, for the Ming army, the best thing is a decisive battle.
If the various Mongolian tribes refuse to fight decisively and instead disperse, then the journey will be in vain.
"They should also hope for a decisive battle. After all, our performance is more like delivering food to them, but this is the battlefield..."
Yang Feng lowered his head and looked at his watch.
"Well, if I guess correctly, they will be waiting for us in Khovd."
he said.
This is the most suitable battlefield.
Because for the Oara tribes, the most important thing is not to let the Ming army cross the Altai Mountains. Between the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains are their core pastoral areas. Once the Ming army enters, burning, killing and looting, they cannot bear it. But they cannot go north to fight because
The Ming army's combat effectiveness was too strong, and they were not sure of a decisive battle, so the best way was to move the battlefield as far west as possible without crossing the Altai Mountains. This would allow the Ming army to consume strength in the long march, while they waited for work while doing as much as possible
Gather troops to fight the Ming army for a decisive battle.
So Khovd is the most suitable.
Even continue to the west, to the sad place and Tongbo of my Qing Dynasty.
The passes through the Altai Mountains are controlled there.
Although there are many passages across the Altai Mountains, especially the east side, it is a desert. Let alone horses eating grass, there is no water when the cavalry enters. The entire route is to go along the Burhan River, and then to several places at the end of the Burhan River.
lake, and then follow the lake to the location of Khovd City on the west coast.
Of course, there is no city now.
Then continue west to Hetongbo.
I don’t know what it’s called now.
From Hetongbo to the Altai Mountains, walk through the mountain gorges and cross the Altai Mountains, and then you can fly freely.
"Let's go and fight with them to decide the outcome!"