Flying sand and rocks, it was difficult for people and horses to walk, and the Ming army marched for more than ten miles according to the battle plan, and finally came to a fine grassland again.

The army followed the river and entered a narrow and wide river valley area, the river valley is wide, dozens of miles wide, a piece of greenery, the surrounding river water is shallow, crystal clear, the grass by the river is very soft, obviously a natural living environment.

Everyone is in good spirits, the environment here is a paradise for nomads, and it must be the nest of a certain tribe!

"The enemy's lair is nearby, increase reconnaissance!"

Zhu Cihong was overjoyed, and there were all kinds of signs that the enemy's lair he had been looking for for a long time was nearby!

After careful interrogation, the merchants pointed out that the Left Wing Central Banner of the Horqin Department was thirty miles away, and that they had come here to trade.

The horses' hooves rumbled, and 20,000 iron horsemen swooped like a whirlwind into a pile of yurts thirty miles away.

However, when they entered, they were surprised to find that the area was completely empty, the whole tribe had moved, and all the herders had run away, leaving only empty tents.

"Clear the wall!"

Zhu Cihong's face was gloomy, he didn't expect the Mongols to come to the Central Plains!

Qi Guangyang sighed: "These Tartars want to starve us to death!" ”

Southern Mongolia, that is, the scope of Inner Mongolia in later generations, Cao Bianjiao and Zhu Youneng fought a group of Mongolian tribes close to Beizhili.

Zhu Cihong went north, took it with him to Outer Mongolia, and went farther and farther, almost without supplies from the imperial court, and there were many sandy places along the way, and it was difficult to travel, and many soldiers fell ill due to water and soil adaptation.

The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty has not penetrated here for many years, and the army is black-eyed, inexperienced, and difficulties are rising layer by layer.

Youzan said: "The tents of the Mongols did not have time to be taken away, and there were some things left on the road, indicating that they were in too much hurry, and the main force of the Mongol army should be nearby!" ”

Although Zhu Cihong suspected that this was a deliberate act by the Mongols, he still ordered the pursuit to continue.

All the way to the north, in ten days, the army entered 500 miles north in a company, the men and horses were physically and mentally exhausted, and even Zhu Cihong was tanned and thinned, but still did not find the main force of the enemy.

During this period, groups of Mongol rangers appeared in front of the army, trying to lure them to a certain place.

The Ming army allowed them to perform hard next to them, and still marched in the direction of the traces they found.

The Mongol light horsemen followed and barked like wild dogs, keeping out of range of fire, for many of their jumping companions had been sniped.

As soon as the Longwu army turned back to pursue, these Mongolian rangers scattered with their tails between their legs, and a few horses changed horses, and immediately fled away, hanging the pursuing Longwu army from a distance, trying to lure them again, as if they were joking.

Looking at the Mongolian rangers who fled in the wilderness, throwing gold and silver, Li Shaoyou scolded hatefully: "These Tartars are quite similar!" ”

Yang Qili rode over on his horse, sighed, and said: "Our army has not much food and grass, and the soldiers also have complaints, and the army's heart is turbulent, what should I do." ”

Qi Guangyang, who was on the side, looked at the vast sandy land and said, "It would be nice if there were logistical supplies." ”

Yang Qili shook his head and said: "It is not easy to fight this battle with supplies, in order to maintain the grain and grass of the grain road, it is necessary to send more people and horses, and the best thing for the Tartars is to constantly harass the grain road. ”

In terms of logistics, the Mongolian army uses the meat floss and milk powder invented by Genghis Khan, which is very easy to carry, generally one person has more than one horse, and the milk powder and meat floss carried by a soldier at one time can almost top a month's rations.

This made the Mongol army almost unnecessary logistical support, with strong mobility and flexibility, and could confidently and boldly run long distances.

In addition, a Mongol cavalry had to carry a maximum of three horses, constantly changing horses, so as to maintain the horse's physical strength and speed, and also maintain a long march.

Rao is Longwu army is wealthy, and after learning this way of marching, it is difficult to do the same as the real Mongolian cavalry, only two horses per person, and many southern soldiers are not used to eating the food on these grasslands, and they can fade out of the smell of birds in their mouths for a long time.

Li Shaoyou said hatefully: "What Tartars are best at is running away, if I find their nest, I will make their nest overturn!" ”

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The nests of the Mongolian banners were hundreds of miles apart, and there was no satellite search, and the sky was full of sand and dust, and the Ming army was in difficulty, and it was really starving to death if it could not find the enemy's nest for a long time to make a wave of supplies.

Fortunately, the slave who fell from the sky ran back and continued to show loyalty to Zhu Cihong, who provided information about the river and found a water source very conveniently.

Urito also had no choice, the cattle and sheep of his tribe were confiscated by the Ming army, seeing that the cattle and sheep were eaten less and less, and he was directly abandoned by the Jelimu League because of his too few troops, Urito could only take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Cihong continued to order the pursuit, Yang Qili suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the journey ahead is long and dangerous, the last general will play, please return to Beijing for Your Majesty, and leave the matter of Mongolia to us to continue!" ”

The army was only half of the predetermined goal, and the main force of the enemy army was not seen, and if it walked a few hundred miles, if there was no supply, it could only starve to death in the steppe Gobi.

In the past dynasties, it was difficult to find the nest of the Tartars, and it was difficult to continue the grain and grass, and often tens of thousands of people, more than 100,000 people, hundreds of thousands of people were wiped out, and many generals began to worry about this outing.

In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from re-emerging from Yingzong's Tumubao Change, the generals in the army began to take precautions and invited Emperor Tianwu to return to Beijing.

Some people took the lead, and several generals who had already had ideas in their hearts also asked for a performance, and many people talked about the danger of the war and so on, and asked the imperial driver to return to Beijing and preside over the overall situation of the government.

Zhu Cihong swept the group of young generals, and asked lightly: "How long can our army's food and grass last?" ”

The quartermaster immediately stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the soldiers of our army have brought less than three days of grain and grass!" All the captured cattle and sheep are slaughtered, and they can last for a month at most! ”

"Got it." Zhu Cihong waved his hand to everyone, signaling that they didn't need to be dissuaded.

Just kidding, I finally came to the court, and I swept a few small tribes to return to the court? Travel too!

What about the more than 1,000 soldiers who died in battle? Do you want to bury your bones somewhere else?

Although Zhu Cihong was afraid that the overturn would damage his reputation, he would not be afraid of facing a small Jelimu League.

If even the Jelimu League can't clean it up, how will it clean up the farther Mobei, the Yarkand Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate further west in the future? And the Hoshut Khanate on the plateau?

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you have no ability or ability, this is not something that you can decide personally, but if you don't have an iron head and no backbone, it's a matter of character!

Wu Zhong was also worried in his heart, he approached Zhu Cihong and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is news from Da Nei, saying that Concubine De Niangniang gave birth to ......."

The generals' ears pricked up, the emperor has a queen, it is a major event of the country, for this reason, no one should dare to gossip.

I saw Zhu Cihong frowning and said, "Prince or princess?" ”

"It's a princess......"

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Got it, the army continues to march north!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Once again, the congregation will speak out to dissuade them.

Zhu Cihong stood up, adjusted his helmet, and said majestically: "The Mongols are not terrible, even Jiannu can clean them up, don't my Ming soldiers have the confidence to conquer them?" No matter what difficulties lie ahead, I am not afraid! What about you? ”

Even the most honorable emperor in the world is not afraid of difficulties, he has accompanied the army on the grassland for so long, as a courtier, as a warrior, what difficulties are there at all? Thinking of this, everyone's faces rekindled with determination.

Zhu Cihong suddenly shouted: "I just ask, do you have the confidence to conquer them!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The generals shouted in unison, and the loud voice seemed to overturn the whole tent.

Urito's heart was beating wildly, through what he had discovered these days, these Han people were so united.

This Tianwu Emperor is like the wolf king of the grassland, he understands the wolves, has the great wisdom of the wolf king, gathers the wolves together, leads by example, gives them faith, and leads them to overcome all kinds of difficulties!

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