It's not that Dongjiang can't afford this bit of silver, but Mao Jue thinks it's useless! Like when Nurhachi was just rising, the Ming Dynasty once sent a large number of envoys to Lin Dan Khan, and also sent a lot of silver and grain every year, but what did this Mongolian lord of 400,000 do? He personally led tens of thousands of troops to plunder the Ming border three times, and also attacked and killed the Mongolian right-wing border tribes who had defected to the Ming Dynasty.

And when Yuan Chonghuan was there, Liaodong was so difficult, and he still squeezed out silver and grain to reward and hook up with the Mongolian tribes near the Liaohe River, what were the consequences? Huang Taiji passed through these tribes, broke through the pass from Xifengkou, and hit the Jingshi City for the first time, becoming one of Yuan Chonghuan's crimes.

If you promise benefits, just let these greedy Taiji nobles think that the Dongjiang River is weak, or repeatedly open their mouths, or simply collect money here and go back on their word, and then attack the Dongjiang grain road, then it is better to show the enemy's authority, if you dare to come, Lao Tzu will dare to kill! Dongjiang never threatens people with empty words!

Bullying the soft and fearing the hard are the characteristics of these Mongolian nobles, and Song Xiance's aggressive sneer shocked these wall grasses. Anyway, it's not like forcing them to stand in line now, just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Even if Houjin wins, it is impossible to wipe them out in one go, it's just that life is tight, and it's a big deal to follow the Houjin army into Heilongjiang to fight fiercely. If Dongjiang wins, it will be better, and the grassland will be free on its own in the future, not to mention, and then kill and kill the Liaodong Plain in one breath to burn and loot, and you can also bow down and ask for benefits!

So Hu Erhan waited anxiously for four days, and Zierharang, who was already seventy or eighty, finally rushed over, but like him, this Belle Lord also came with empty paws, poor and white, and the promised condition was still the spoils after defeating the Dongjiang army. Now that the Qing army is a little tight to supply its front-line troops, where will the food come from to feed 60,000 Mongolian soldiers and more than 200,000 troops?

is also the same as in the time of Hu Erhan, no matter how hard and soft this uncle is, Wen Bu Chuhu and Zai Sang are hungry! No food, no troops.

The 60,000 Mongolian cavalry that Huang Taiji had placed high hopes on to change the tide of the war seemed to be going to wait and see from the upper reaches of the Liao River forever. On April 16, a large area of land under the Dongjiang Military Town in the Heilongjiang River Valley had begun to be cultivated, and although Mao Jue had dispatched more than 200,000 troops, after all, the population had reached 2 million, and there were still Japanese slaves and the workers of the Li family.

But the same important grain-producing area of the Qing Dynasty, the deputy capital of Jilin has become a complete barren, the lush grass in the farmland outside the city of Wula, Jilin has grown more than half a meter high, occasionally the war horses of the Dongjiang army take advantage of the master's inattention, only to return here to feast, more than ten nearby Jurchen villages have also been burned to the ground, its owner is either hanging in the grove and encountering flies, or as a serf was escorted to the Dongjiang River to open up the wasteland. And it's not just the triangular area occupied by Mao Jue's military, the Dongjiang cavalry extended its attack to the east, all the way to the six fortresses of Kuandian that were attacked and disturbed last year by the Yalu River.

Coupled with the transfer of strong laborers from Liaodong to join the army, the grain output of the Qing State this year is destined to be reduced by at least one-half, or even more.

As the general dispatch station of materials, this Jilin Wula City is also busy, and the express transfer station of later generations.

Last year, the simple pontoon bridge had already been demolished, four months, under the severe cold, the sappers of the Dongjiang River created another Dongjiang miracle, taking advantage of the dry season to stop the dam under the concrete, two Yalu River side of the Dongjiang River as a façade of the concrete pier big iron bridge is also towering here, and the railroad track has been lengthened by 50 kilometers, from the Heilongjiang River full of supplies of steam train wagons can be directly driven to the city, unloaded and then with the wounded soldiers turned around and drove back from the other end.

Although there is a lot of space in the city, there are no civil facilities at all, and all of them are densely packed warehouses.

"Slow down, slow down!"

When Song Xiance returned to Wula City, Jilin, just in time for the train to arrive at the station, this end, and the three or four meters high pulley set boom on the western port of the same style of the elevator in the sound of dozens of men, is transporting a heavy and dark Dongjiang steam engine, the end on the train trailer did not come out, there are four two meters high black iron box, with strong screws fixed on the edge, each in the middle of a huge prototype hole, in which dense gears can be vaguely seen.

Mao Jue is always willing to get a little strange things, for example, last year he suddenly wanted to get a machine to fly into the sky, but in the frightened scream of the unlucky slave, the iron guy with two shrunken steam engines but still several tons plunged down the edge of the cliff with a heroic grunt, creating the first air crash in history, Song Xiance didn't care much about these strange guys, just glanced at the tall manpower elevator with jealousy, and turned his head and went to the town guard mansion behind the warehouse area.

"General!"

The temporary town guard mansion is undoubtedly not as good as the elaborately carved tall buildings in the Dongjiang River, but except for the radio that does not tick, the staff officers in uniform who are hurriedly walking back and forth, the busy heralds, and the strategic map of the battlefield are updated at any time, everything is similar to the headquarters in later movies.

It's becoming more and more like the Beiyang Army of later generations!

It's just that the staff officers are busy, but the coach is obviously a little unprofessional, Mao Jue is lying on the window without glass, like the rough house, looking down at the courtyard.

There, the big black iron box that Song Xiance had seen just now had already been carried, and the steam engine that had been dragged down had just arrived, and it was carried by more than a dozen wrestlers to fill the iron box, and the round hole was also filled, and the twelve barrels were fixed with steel bars like firewood stacks, and Hesse pointed ahead.

There is also a rotating shaft under the iron cabinet like the Dongjiang gun rack, which is fixed on a large iron plate.

Very jealous, he aimed at a height of more than three meters, and Song Xiance lowered his head and hugged his fist.

"Meet the General!"

"Oh! Mr. Song is back, how are things going? ”

Only then did he come back to his senses, Mao Jue looked a little absent-minded, turned his head and asked softly.

"Hui Jiangye, Jiangye Huwei, those Mongolian Taiji dare not be disobedient, and the grassland tribes have stagnated in the Liao River!"

"Very good, well done! Sir has worked hard, go to the Internal Affairs Office to receive the reward in a while, and then relax for two days! After a few days, I won't have a chance to relax!"

In Mao Jue's words, there was obviously a big move! Song Xiance, who listened to it, was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help it, and hugged his fist again.

"General! Your Majesty still has something unclear! These steppe wolves are unruly and capricious, although they have the power of the general, but they may not be repeated, why not let the subordinates carry out the plan! Do that class to set a long distance and send them out completely? ”

Ban Dingyuan is the Western Han Dynasty Dingyuan Marquis Ban Chao, his famous battle is nothing more than the envoy Shanshan, the king of Shanshan is afraid of the Northern Huns, dare not ally with the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao led a 36-person delegation to attack the Hun mission at night, killed and defeated more than 100 Xiongnu envoys, and threw the head of the Xiongnu envoy on the table of the king of Shanshan, so frightened that the courage of the king of Shanshan was almost broken, and since then he has firmly stood on the side of the Han.

Dongjiang has resources in the Mongolian tribes, and even the swordsman and archer Song Xiance have been contacted, as long as an order is given, someone from Tumut will attack and kill Jilharang, and then Wenbu Chuhuer will not be able to tell even if he has a hundred mouths, let the Mongolian tribe fight in the upper reaches of the Liao River first, even if Huang Taiji has the ability to reach the sky, he will not be able to transfer this army and horses.

But this plan let Mao Jue give it a veto, which put the containment plan in a very unstable situation, and Mao Jue actually wanted to make a big move at this juncture, which really made Song Xiance a little incomprehensible.

His eyes moved to the black iron cabinet below, listening to Song Xiance's doubts, but Mao Jue called Song Xiance the word, and asked in a flat voice.

"Mr. Fugong, even if we add 60,000 Mongols, will our army have no chance of winning?"

"In this ......, my Dongjiang soldiers are strong and strong, and the firearms array is unparalleled in the world, even if there are 100,000 Mongolian light cavalry, the frontal battlefield is not the opponent of our army."

"However, these people are like mosquitoes, attacking my border supply lines and impacting the pastures, which is also troublesome!"

"Second question, Mr. Fugong, first of all, Huang Taiji must think that I, Mao Jue, think that the Mongolian cavalry will not join the battlefield, right?"

This question is enough to be tongue-in-cheek, but Song Xiance, who listened to it, was thoughtful.

"Master General, this is a risky move!"

"News came from Shaanxi that our Inspector Yuan was arrested and beheaded at the banquet! Lord Yuan, I know him, after the Dongjiang incident, he is extremely cautious in dealing with any of his generals, He Renlong has a high reputation in Yulin Town, and he has a lot of elite soldiers, if it weren't for our good emperor His Majesty the Jingshi, he would not easily deal with He Renlong with this drastic means!"

"Your Majesty can't sit still again! The court has a deck of cards in its hand! The general is not optimistic about Yuan Chonghuan and Qin Jun, who have only been in Qin for a year, and there is not much time left for us!"

Mao Jue's eyes kept looking into the distance, but Song Xiance's shoulders couldn't help but tremble when he listened to the plain words, Mao Jue had never told his subordinates about these plans before, and in his words, he had already encountered the collapse of the dynasty, and the world was in chaos! This is not only a disaster, but also an opportunity for Dongjiang!

World! It's not a fake world like the Wa Kingdom, the real world! Song Xiance was so excited that he even trembled a little.

…………

On 20 April, on the newly built road from Jilin Ula to the front line of Sipingcheng, heavy carriages pulling cannons of various calibers formed a long line, and the infantry regiments advancing in the rear carried spears and thorns and stepped on the right steps, and the sound of neat trumpets was dense and endless, and the trend of mountain rain coming and wind full of buildings was already obvious.

"Overseer, you're looking for me!"

The door of the office of the Governor's Mansion in Wula, Jilin was knocked on again, but Sun Chuanting, who was dressed in military uniform, entered............

(End of chapter)