The Mongol army, under the leadership of Genghis Khan, created many unique tactics that could be skillfully used by troops ranging from centurions to thousands, and tens of thousands of troops.

In addition, the Mongol army created a set of successful experiences in surprise attacks, long-distance runs, flank attacks, etc.

However, no matter how strong the Mongolian army is, it is also during the unification of Genghis Khan, and even if the current Mongolian army inherits some tactics, its combat effectiveness is far less than that of the past.

In the nearly 100 years of rule of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry was no longer the man who galloped on horseback back in the past, and its combat effectiveness naturally could not be compared with before.

(The Mongolian inheritance of later generations is directly broken, most people can't shoot arrows, and the Mengsheng in some university archery teams in Inner Mongolia don't even know the shape of the bow, just a simple number of rings, and think how awesome they are, in fact, they can shoot twenty or thirty meters, or barely hit the yellow circle.) ）

Zanhua pointed to the wolf flag patterns that were painted at night, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, judging from these flags, the remaining nine flags of the Zhelimu League have been united and gathered, and there are also the banners of the Zhenghong Banner of the remnants of Jiannu, we have to be careful." ”

No matter how good the Mongols are in cavalry and archery, no matter how dirty their tactics are, what is terrible is the united Mongols, the unified Mongols.

Historically, Genghis Khan unified the Mongols, allowing them to display great power and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.

However, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, they split again, and many tribes often fought with each other in order to become the boss.

After more than 200 years of evolution, the Monan and Mobei in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the Zungar Khanate and Yarkand Khanate in the northwest, and the Heshute Khanate (Tibet) in the west are all under the control of the Mongols.

The number of Mongolians is much more than that of the Eight Banners Army, but it was easily taken by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the final analysis, many Mongolian tribes have deep grievances, do not help each other, a plate of scattered sand, a tribe only has hundreds of troops, no matter how to play, it can't stop the attack of the emerging Eight Banners Army.

There are even some tribes that unite with the Eight Banners Army in order to obtain each other's cattle and sheep and volunteer to be the vanguard and lead the way.

Lin Dan Khan, the last great khan of the Mongol Empire, wanted to unify Mongolia again and regain the glory of the golden family all his life, but he blew up, threatening the interests of the feudal lords of the Mongolian tribes.

In the past 20 years, the Manchurian and Mongolian sides have sent daughters to each other, and a close in-law relationship has already been formed.

Importantly, the location of the Horqin Department is very important, located between Liaodong and Monan, and Mobei Mongolia.

The Horqin Department and even the entire Monan, which had lost the control of the Qing court, had already played wild, but anyone who had greatly increased their strength had the ambition to unify Mongolia and become the second Genghis Khan, at least they could be their own masters.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zhu Cihong went west to conquer Mongolia at any cost, and in the next few years, the Ming Dynasty's foreign policy, disintegration and conquest of Mongolia will occupy an important position.

Zhu Cihong swept to the people who were talking about it, and said: "No matter how the enemy plays yin, we just need to find their lair, occupy their pasture, eat their cattle and sheep, they either take the initiative to come over and fight hard, or kneel and kowtow and beg for mercy!" ”

In the Mongolian steppe, low-level herders have very few cattle and sheep, and most of the cattle and sheep are owned by tribal leaders, including women.

Once the Ming army occupies their nest and seizes their property, it is equivalent to pinching their lifeblood.

A praise painting suggested: "Your Majesty, I feel that the steppe is the home of the Mongols, and it is better for the army to march cautiously, to resist the temptation of the moment, not to be greedy for merit, not to rush forward, and to fight steadily." ”

Zhao Shixiang, the chief of the praise painting, shook his head and said: "We have almost no logistics to speak of, if we don't pursue, blindly march cautiously, we will be consumed to death, starve to death on this grassland Gobi." ”

With his sword, he drew a rough map of the sand, marking directions, rivers, and some tribes he had just passed.

There are a lot of talents in the Ming Dynasty, such as this Zhao Shixiang, he has the ability to never forget, and he is the best at the geographical environment, as long as he walks everywhere can be marked in three dimensions, it is like a low-level satellite map.

Zhao Shixiang looked at the sand map in front of him, pointed to several battlefield positions of the Mongolian army's encirclement and annihilation vanguard regiment with his sword, and looked down: "According to the exploration of the night, the battlefield is in these places. ”

He circled a range on the sand chart, and said: "This area should be the range of the main activities of the Tartars, and according to the direction and distance that Uzhituo said, I judge that the Tartars should be concentrated in the tribe of the Horqin Left Wing Central Banner, and it should be in this place, less than fifty miles away from us!" ”

The crowd gathered around and looked at the place he was pointing.

"Fifty miles? No wonder the Tartar attacks are becoming more frequent! Especially after our army discovered the river, they seemed to be crazy, it turned out that they were afraid that we would find the old nest? ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, and he said: "The soldiers are fast, hurry up and discuss the deployment!" ”

All the generals have also come to the spirit, if this is the case, after starting a decisive battle here and inflicting heavy damage on the enemy, this time the northward march will be much smoother.

After some discussion, the Zan Painting Department put forward several feasible strategies, from the tactical level, using maneuver to maneuver.

Zhao Shixiang, the chief of the praise painting, said: "The selection of elites does not accept only light armor at night, and the armor on the horse is also removed, each person is equipped with a Heding rifle and at least two handguns, killing and injuring the enemy's rangers in the swim, slowly encroaching step by step, eliminating more than a dozen or even dozens of people each time, consuming the enemy's vital force and hitting its morale!" ”

Zhu Cihong deeply agreed, this strategy is like the tactics of the Russian Cossack cavalry in Central Asia, even if it cannot kill and wound the Mongol cavalry on a large scale, it can expel their sentry and prevent the army from being harassed and mentally exhausted.

Although the light cavalry of the Ming army was inferior to the Mongolian cavalry in terms of horsepower, the range of the rifle could reduce its gap, only hunt and not pursue, and it could also test the reality of the enemy.

Another praise painting proposed: "Through statistical analysis of the baggage carrying of the killed Tartars, and the direction of the enemy's escape, combined with the surrounding terrain, we can judge the assembly of the main force of the Mongolian army and the possible ambush location, etc., so as to provide a basis for decision-making for our army's subsequent actions against the enemy!" ”

"If the enemy's main force is still in the process of assembly, and the one who arrives at the scene is only the vanguard force, then it is best to give full play to the local strength advantage to eat him, so that the enemy's harassment of small forces will lose its effect, and force the enemy to assemble the main force to fight with our army!"

Everyone nodded frequently, when it comes to fighting a war of attrition, the Mongolian cavalry can't afford to spend it!

After everyone expressed their opinions, Zhu Cihong ordered to release the few Haidongqing that Zhu Youneng cultivated, and within a range of fifty miles, it should be able to be detected!

Haidongqing can be seen as an extension of the night, in the Gobi and the steppe, the Mongol cavalry did not have a fixed march route and camping points, and it was not known which direction they would attack.

After these trainings, Hai Dongqing was able to recognize the flags of his master, allies, and enemies, and then flew back to the sky above his master's troops to sound a warning sound.

However, Hai Dongqing's training is complicated, not everyone can afford to play, they are not drones, they cannot transmit images in real time, and can only warn of the existence of enemies around.

Hai Dongqing will hover in the place where a large number of living creatures are found, and then reconnoiter in that direction after seeing it, to determine whether it is an animal community or an army, which is more efficient than the pure night does not collect and go around to find the blind.