Without mentioning the reaction of Altan Khan, he said that after Kang Changning led his army all the way north, he would naturally encounter some large-scale enemy in a short time, but in fact, they could not even see a small group of Tatars.

After three days of continuous march to the north, except for a few Tatar cavalry who were obviously spies, none of the other Tatars were found, and they also passed a Tatar tribe station on the way, but unfortunately, this station was already empty, and there were still messy debris left on the ground, and it was predictable that the Tatars of these tribes retreated in a very hurry, and it is estimated that they had just withdrawn the day before.

More than 10,000 cavalry of the Tang Army slaughtered the grassland, which undoubtedly dropped a huge bomb on the grassland, and the Tatar tribes along the way immediately retreated as soon as they learned the news.

Although in the past, the Tatars often went south to raid, but at that time the Tatars basically gathered to go south, and most of the Tatar tribes were scattered all over the steppe, after all, no matter how abundant the water and grass in a place were, it could not feed too many cattle, sheep and horses, so these tribes needed to distance far enough, so as to ensure that the horses and sheep ate enough grass.

Under such circumstances, a single small tribe is naturally unable to fight against a large army.

These small and medium-sized Tatar tribes along the way chose to retreat in a hurry, and Kang Changning's cavalry army naturally couldn't fight any battles along the way, in fact, so far, going north to the steppe was like an armed march, and there was not a single enemy along the way.

However, Kang Changning and other cavalry officers were not in a hurry about this, because they also knew the situation of the grassland, and after going deep into the grassland, it was normal for them to not meet the enemy for a few days, or even ten days, half a month, or even a few months.

The grasslands are so big, it is very difficult for the enemy to find them if they are hiding and walking, and it is even more difficult to catch up with them.

So, they still have the necessary patience!

The army continued to move north, and soon arrived in the area of Thorn Mountain, which is the former site of Yulinwei left by the former Ming Dynasty, and to the west, it is the former site of Dongshengcheng.

After thinking about it, Kang Changning did not choose to go to the old site of Dongsheng City, but chose to go west, he hoped to use his cavalry unit to confuse the enemy's sight and lead their main force to the direction of Yulinwei first, so as to give the infantry troops in the rear more time to build fortresses and consolidate the logistics line.

Although it is said that the goal of the Son of Heaven is to inflict heavy losses on the Tatars, regardless of the gains and losses of one city and one place, Deng Xide, the commander of the Ninth Army, also explained to Kang Changning that this time he went north to fight, and on the surface it was to seize the Hetao, but the actual strategic goal was to kill and injure the enemy's living forces.

However, killing and injuring the enemy's living force, this is the final goal, to achieve such a goal, there must be a big battle, and it must be a big battle in which one's own infantry also participates, relying on Kang Changning's more than 10,000 cavalry, going around the steppe for more than a dozen circles, it is estimated that it will not kill or injure many Tatars, but it is possible to fall into the trap of the enemy's encirclement.

Therefore, there must be a battlefield, a battlefield where your own infantry can also participate.

This battlefield is undoubtedly the former site of Dongsheng City.

This is what was determined in the battle plan of the Ninth Army, and what Kang Changning has to do now is to let his infantry troops smoothly move to the old site of Dongsheng City, and then rebuild Dongsheng City.

In this way, the Tatars had to come to Dongsheng City!

And many of the actions now, for the time being, are in the service of this goal.

Kang Changning suddenly led the army to the east, which was obviously beyond the expectations of some Tatars, and many Tatars thought that Kang Changning's cavalry was going straight to the north and killing Altan Khan's lair.

But I didn't expect to suddenly turn eastward, which was to cause many Tatar tribes who were a little lax.

On September 5, the 4th Light Cavalry Regiment, the vanguard of Kang Changning's department, successfully caught up with a Tatar tribe that did not have time to retreat, and the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern nomads were natural enemies.

However, Kang Changning obviously had no intention of marching with many prisoners, such as old and weak women and children, and they packed up all the horses, cattle and sheep of these prisoners of war, and as for the weapons, they all confiscated them, leaving them only four days' rations.

Then it was to let dozens of cavalry drive this tribe of only more than 4,000 people to the Great Wall on foot!

Anyway, there are basically no Tatars to the south, and there are infantry units in the rear, and they are not afraid of these unarmed, not even cattle, sheep and horses.

If they don't make it to the Great Wall in four days, they'll starve to death!

What's more, most of the young people in this small tribe have died in the previous battle, and the remaining few young people are also disheartened and have lost all their fighting spirit, these thousands of people have basically set off a storm, if it weren't for the war, the above said that some Tatars should be properly captured, so that they can help the Tang Empire raise horses, and even Kang Changning is too lazy to take care of them.

Take the horses, cattle and sheep and all the rations directly, and in a few days, these people will starve to death on the steppe!

War has always been so merciless!

Whether it was the Tatars who went south to plunder before, or the Tang Army now went north, the damage to the ordinary people was huge, and when the Tatars went south, they would not estimate the life or death of the people in the Central Plains, they would rob everything they could, and then leave a piece of corpse.

Kang Changning's sudden eastward advance was beyond many people's expectations, which also allowed his troops to achieve a lot of results, and in just a few days, they connected and destroyed several small and medium-sized tribes of the Tatars.

Naturally, this news could not be hidden, even if these tribes were destroyed, but there would be people who would flee and then report the news to the other Tatars, and within a few days, Altan Khan, who was already leading the army, learned the news.

After scolding the damned Southern Barbarians, Altan Khan is a decisive eastward advance!

The reason why he marched east was because he believed that the Tang people in the south had mobilized their troops and sent more than 10,000 cavalry to the north, just to sweep away a few small tribes, and they must have bigger plans.

Some time ago, he also got news from the south one after another, saying that the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the little emperor who was born of a barbaric and lowly bandit, was advocating some northern strategy.

And the ministers of those southern barbarians were also confused, and they even wanted to seize the Hetao and even the Tumo River.

They don't want to think about it, even if this place is the former Ming Dynasty, it has been given up for hundreds of years, even the old Zhengde before it, they didn't dare to say that they would recover the Hetao and Tumo River, but this Tang Dynasty actually wanted to seize the Hetao.

The Tumo River and the Hetao and the large steppe areas in the east, which were the basis of the 30,000 households on their right flank, although the steppe areas controlled by the Tatars were very vast, but they could not be grazed everywhere.

The best places here are the Tumo River and the Hetao.

Originally, he still wanted to seize the Liaohe Loop, which was also an area with abundant water and grass, but the Chahar Department was like Xiaoqiang, who couldn't be killed, and it also united with the eastern tribes such as Duoyan Sanwei, and with the support of the southern barbarians behind them, they held on to the death.

Although there were several victories in the east, in the end, it was still unable to completely seize the Liaohetao area.

In the end, he had to choose to go west, fought with the Warats, seized a lot of grasslands, and expanded his grazing area.

But even so, the foundation of his Altan Khan is still in the 30,000 households on the right wing, and the foundation of the 30,000 households on the right wing is in the Tumo River and the Hetao.

If they want to seize these areas, they want the lives of 30,000 households on their right flank.

He knew very well that the plan of these southern barbarians was the Hetao, and even Tumochuan, so even if he knew that the cavalry of the southern barbarians was moving eastward, he was unmoved, and he was still sure that the eastward advance of these southern barbarians was a routine, probably to cover the next move.

In addition, he also knew that even if the cavalry of these southern barbarians advanced eastward, it would not be possible to pose any actual threat to their own tribes, because the news of the cavalry of the southern barbarians going north had already spread, and the smarter tribes had already retreated, and as for the tribes that were stupid and still in place, they would be swept away if they were swept away.

Life on the grassland is difficult, and you are stupid and looking for death, so don't expect that you will send troops to save you.

However, he still led his troops eastward, why is this?

Because he also knows that the courage of those southern barbarians to go north is the cavalry of more than 10,000 people, no matter what routine these southern barbarians have, they have to rely on this cavalry in the end!

Just catch this cavalry and annihilate it!

Altan Khan believes that in the next ten years, those southern barbarians will probably not have the courage to go north again!

For the Tatars, the loss of 10,000 cavalry, although it was a great loss, was far more than a wounded bone, but for the barbarian who was seriously lacking in cavalry, this loss of 10,000 cavalry was enough to dispel any of their thoughts of going north.

At that time, even if the infantry artillery of the southern barbarians was powerful, but without the cover of the cavalry, it would be difficult to move on the grassland, and he had time to slowly clean them up.

Altan Khan led the main cavalry to the east, which happened to fulfill Kang Changning's wish!

The main force of the Tatars was led eastward by themselves, and the infantry units in the rear were able to move north smoothly, and even killed all the way to the old site of Dongsheng City.

At this time, the situation on both sides of the grassland is a very awkward situation, both sides think that their plans are perfect, and they are also developing in the direction they want to see.

But in the end, no one knows who will have the last laugh on the real success.

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