Sending troops is no small matter. It requires gathering troops and horses, allocating food, grass and baggage, agreeing on a detailed battle plan and a rough march route, and contingency plans.
There are so many things to prepare for.
This is especially true for a semi-cold weapon army like the Dashun Army.
Even the Ming army, after Chongzhen's drastic reforms, still couldn't send out troops immediately. It took at least one to two months to prepare for each dispatch.
Song Xiance sent Li Yan off to Sanyuan County before saying goodbye.
Li Yan is now the general guarding Hetao, so he needs to go back to Hetao to gather the cavalry.
"Xian brother, this time I persuaded the Lord to send troops according to your wishes, but I actually don't agree with it in my heart."
"Brother Xian, you have never been to Baliqiao, and you have not seen with your own eyes the scene when the Ming army defeated Jiannu, but I have witnessed it with my own eyes. It may seem that you are a little too ambitious for others and destroy your own prestige, but our Dashun army really fought
However, the Ming army cannot defeat it even if it concentrates its main force, and it is even more impossible to win if its troops are divided into multiple directions."
After a pause, he gave a serious warning: "So this time I send troops, my dear brother, you must be extremely careful."
Li Yan comforted Song Xiance and said, "Brother, don't worry. Our Dashun army is not dividing its troops to attack Ming Dynasty. It is just to surround Wei and rescue Zhao."
"Especially the armies attacking Beizhi are all cavalry."
"Even if we can't defeat the Ming army, escaping is not a problem."
Smiling, Li Yan added: "After all, the Ming army in Beizhi is all infantry. Their cavalry is far away in the Chahar Grassland or Liaodong, and they can't reach Beizhi in a hurry."
"Yes." Song Xiance asked again, "Have you thought about how to fight this battle?"
In this attack on Beizhi or Beijing, Gao Yigong, the general of Houying Quan, was the commander-in-chief and Li Yan was the deputy commander. However, Gao Yigong always respected Li Yan, so Li Yan had a great say.
"I've already thought about it." Li Yan didn't hide anything from Song Xiance.
"This time our rear camp will dispatch a total of 80,000 cavalry. General Gao Yigong will lead 30,000 troops out of Zijingguan and march directly to Beijing. Generals Zhang Neng and Ma Chongxi will each lead 10,000 cavalry from Daomaguan and Tumenguan respectively.
During the attack, they made a big fanfare to create momentum, then went north to join General Gao Yigong and jointly attack the city of Beijing."
"My younger brother led the 30,000 cavalrymen from Huangyuguan to attack Qinghe and Linqing County."
After a pause, he then said: "This is what I think. Not long after the Ming army regained Beijing, a lot of cultivated land in the capital or the entire Northern Zhili was deserted. Chongzhen was in a hurry to move the capital back to Beijing. Therefore, within the city of Beijing
So many dignitaries, officials and the army rely on the canal to transport food from the south of the Yangtze River. So as long as I cut off the canal's food transport channel, Beijing will immediately fall into a food shortage crisis, and the Ming army in Beijing will collapse without a fight!
"
"So that's it." Song Xiance suddenly realized.
I secretly thought to myself that maybe I could get a beating in this case.
"My dear brother, I will send you to you after a long journey, so I will send you here."
"Brother, take care." Li Yan bowed to Song Xiance on horseback.
"Take care, dear brother." Song Xiance also bowed to Li Yan on horseback.
…
Ulan Butong Grassland.
Xu Wuniu has returned to his yurt.
As town soldiers, Xu Wuniu and the others were given not only a widow or a Mongolian girl, but also cattle, sheep, horses, and a yurt for each of them. Those with outstanding merits were also given slaves.
For example, Xu Wuniu was assigned a slave.
This slave was originally a Belle from the Horqin tribe.
Baile in the past can only be a slave now.
However, in the prairie, this is just a routine operation and has been a custom for thousands of years.
"Man Zhu Xi Li, come here!" Xu Wuniu shouted to the slave who was milking not far away.
Well, the slave I dared to give to Xu Wuniu was Bumbutai’s fourth brother, who was full of pearls and practiced etiquette.
In fact, when the Horqin Mongolian tribes were just conquered, Manzhu Xili and other Horqin nobles still received preferential treatment, because the Jiannu had not been exterminated at that time, and Chongzhen still wanted to recruit them.
But later, when Jiannu was exterminated and Bumbutai and his son fled, the nobles of the Horqin Mongolian tribes had no use value. Chongzhen did not hesitate to ask Zhu Cijiong to demote them all into slaves and distribute them to meritorious soldiers.
When he first arrived in Chahar, Manzhu was quite stubborn in practicing etiquette, but after being severely punished by Xu Wuniu with a horse whip, he immediately accepted his fate and reluctantly accepted the identity of a slave.
Manzhu practiced etiquette and came to Xu Wuniu and asked anxiously: "What are your orders, master?"
"Hurry up and prepare the war horses for me. I need to prepare three horses." Xu Wuniu snorted, "The three horses must be saddled, and half a month's worth of fine materials must be prepared."
"Master, is he going to war?" Manzhu Xili's heart was pounding.
As a result, Xu Wuniu slapped his head and covered his face with one sentence and was beaten severely.
Manzhu Xili was knocked to the ground, huddled up and trembling.
"How many times have I told you, don't ask more questions than you should."
"Do you still think you are Lord Beile of Horqin Mongolia?"
"Listen to me, now you are just a slave of Chahar Zhentai in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Also, I'm warning you, don't think about escaping. There are two divisions in Chahar Town. Only one division will be transferred this time, and one division will stay to protect the herdsmen. The entire Ulan Butong Prairie is surrounded by
You are our scout cavalry. If you dare to escape, you will be executed immediately after being caught. You will not be tolerated. Do you understand me?"
Manzhu Xili said anxiously: "I heard this clearly."
Xu Wuniu snorted softly before walking into his tent.
"Abu!" A small figure immediately rushed over with a smile.
"Hey, my baby." Xu Wuniu immediately opened his hands and hugged the little girl into his arms.
In the corner of the tent, a woman who was cooking haggis had a faint smile on her pretty face, and looked at Xu Wuniu with a hint of love in her eyes.
There is a saying that the woman Xu Wuniu was actually very resistant at first.
She felt that a rough warrior like Xu Wuniu was not worthy of her at all. She was the pearl on the Ulan Butong grassland, so how could a rough warrior match her?
But after "getting along" for a while, the woman accepted her fate.
One is because although Xu Wuniu is reckless, he is also very considerate.
Moreover, Xu Wuniu is very good to her daughter and treats her daughter as if she were her own.
Of course, what's more important is that Xu Wuniu has brought her an unprecedented experience in that aspect. An experience like this has never been given to her by Alakchotebele.
"Are you going out to fight again?"
The woman's question already contained a hint of concern.
Xu Wuniu could not help but feel proud, thinking that indeed, what those old people said made sense.
Women, no matter how beautiful they are, are actually the same. No matter how noble they appear on the surface, as long as you can show off your dignity and sleep a few more times, she will immediately obey you.
Of course, the premise is that you must be able to stand up to a man.
In this regard, Xu Wuniu felt that he was okay, because every time after he was done, the woman was very satisfied. She would often lie on the wool carpet for a long time without wanting to move, and would laugh and scold him like a cow.
Xu Wuniu felt that the woman should be praising him.
"Hey, come here." Xu Wuniu raised his fingers.
"What are you doing, it's broad daylight?" the woman said coquettishly.
"What's wrong with it in broad daylight? Isn't it natural for husband and wife to have sex?"
After saying that, Xu Wuniu pulled the woman over and roughly lifted up the Mongolian robe.
"Hey, hey, hey, Duo'er is still here." The woman only resisted weakly for a few times. Seeing that the man didn't pay attention to her, she had to turn over, protect the little girl in her arms, and cover her with her hands.
into the little girl's eyes.
"Eji, is Abu hitting you?" The little girl could not see with her eyes, but could hear with her ears.
"No, Abu is reluctant to slap Eji." The woman's voice has begun to tremble, "Abu loves Eji very much, and he also loves our Duo'er."
"Then why did I hear Abu spanking Eji's butt? Listen, slap, slap, slap..."
"That's not Abu spanking Eji, that's Abu playing games with Eji."
"Eji, I want to play games with you too. Duo'er likes playing games the most, hehe."
"No, you can only play this kind of game when Duo'er grows up. Eji, let me sing you a song."
Then a sweet song sounded in the tent: "The blue sky, the clear lake water, the green grassland, this is my home, the galloping horses, the white sheep, and you, Duo'er..."
Along with the singing, there is also the beat of bang bang.
After a long time, a low roar sounded in the tent.
Then there was Xu Wuniu's contented breathing.
"Gegna, after this battle is over, I will buy you a female slave."
"This way you don't have to take care of the housework anymore and just concentrate on serving me."
…
The scout cavalry team has been waiting beside General Paozi for half an hour.
It wasn't until the sun set in the west that I finally saw Xu Wuniu carrying a rifle, riding a horse, and leading two horses leisurely towards Jiangjun Paozi.
"Wuniu, you've gone too far."
"That's right, let the big guys wait for you for so long."
Seeing the satisfied look on Xu Wu Niu's face, the other scout cavalry were very angry. They were mainly angry that this Wu Niu had an enviable beautiful woman with thin skin and tender flesh.
There was also a kind reminder from the scout cavalry: "Wuniu, take it easy, kid."
"That's right, don't overdose, otherwise it will be an advantage to others if you die young one day."
"Get out of here, get out of here, all the sluts, you are just jealous of me." Xu Wuniu laughed and scolded, "There is no point in being jealous. I will outlast you, and my wife will be more beautiful than yours."
"Hey." Xu Wuniu's words aroused the contempt of the other scout cavalry.
While a group of scouts and cavalry were chatting and laughing, Zhu Cijiong also came over with three horses.
Everyone's faces suddenly showed laughter. They dared to make fun of Xu Wuniu, but they did not dare to make fun of Zhu Cijiong.
Although Zhu Cijiong was only twenty years old, he already had great prestige in the army, and one look at him could make his liver tremble.
