Li Zicheng returned to the big tent standing in the mountain pass, and there were two people standing outside the tent, one of them was Tian Chun, who had just left in the morning, and the other was a person with a high nose and a broad face, and a bulging eyebrow bone, obviously also a mixed-race person.

When the two saw Li Zicheng, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, "My lord! ”

"Get up and talk!" Li Zicheng didn't move, just waved his hand and said to the stranger: "Are you ......?"

"Back to the adult, the villain Tian Yiqing is the money and grain manager of the Great Tusi Mansion!" Tian Yiqing humbly put his right hand on his left chest and saluted again.

"Money and food stewardship?"

If the Great Tusi Mansion is an independent kingdom, then the money and grain steward should be equivalent to the household department Shangshu, and in the Datusi Mansion, the money and grain are the most important things, so it is even equivalent to the post of prime minister.

Moreover, with such a heavyweight retainer sent so quickly, Li Zicheng could imagine how much Tanaka was afraid of the Mongols who were about to go south.

He said leisurely: "What are the plans of the Great Toast to send Mr. Tian?" ”

"The big toast and the villain came to see the adults first, and the big toast himself arrived later, because of the escort of food, there will be some delay when crossing the river, and it is estimated that it will arrive in the afternoon!" Tian Yiqing's Chinese dialect is better than Tian Chun and Tian Qiu, but the tongue in his mouth is also spinning when he speaks, and it sounds very uncomfortable.

"Grain?" Li Zicheng remembered that Tian Chun said that the big toast wants to work for the army, could it be that the things of the labor army are food? I don't know how much grain the big toast has shipped.

"That's right, Da Tusi personally escorted five hundred stone of grain and came to the labor army!"

Could it be that after Tian Chun went back, he added fuel and vinegar and said that the Xining Army's conquest of Mai Li cadres was his credit?

The Xining Army is not short of food, and the grain and grass for this expedition against the Maili cadres are extremely well prepared, and they are now on transport ships, but for the sake of post-war considerations, the more food the better!

Li Zicheng was secretly happy in his heart, five hundred stone of grain was enough for the soldiers to eat for more than half a month, but his face did not change color, "Mr. Tian has worked all the way, let's go, we will talk in the big tent!" ”

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Sure enough, as Tian Yiqing said, at about a certain time, the big Tusi Tanaka personally carried 500 stone of grain and rushed to the Daban Mountain Pass, approaching the big tent of the Xining army.

When Li Zicheng received the information, he immediately greeted him out of the mountain pass and met with the grain transport team on the dirt slope to the north.

Tanaka was about fifty years old, dressed in a moon-white robe, slightly obese, with a wide face, a white cloth wrapped around his forehead "Desdal", two thick mustaches, tightly attached to the corners of his mouth, such a outfit looked particularly eye-catching in Li Zicheng's eyes, but people came to the labor army, for the sake of food, he bowed his hand and said: "There is a big toast!" ”

"My lord's expedition to Maili cadres this time, for my Haomen Town, there is no harm and no harm, on behalf of the people of Haomen Town, I am grateful to my lord!" Tanaka bowed and returned the salute, and pulled out a junior from behind him, almost in the same outfit, but between his eyebrows and eyes, there seemed to be some resentment, "Tianhao, don't come here to see your lord!" ”

"Yes, Dad!" Although Tian Tianhao was a little reluctant, how could he dare to act in front of his father? had to kowtow to Li Zicheng.

"Tian Gongzi, please get up!" Li Zicheng laughed and accepted the salute safely, but said to Tanaka: "Da Tusi personally worked in the army this time, and he is grateful!" ”

"Don't mind, adults!" Tanaka pointed behind him and said, "This time the labor army, in addition to the five hundred stone grain, I also brought two hundred strong men, if the Xining army needs it, they will temporarily obey the dispatch of the adults!" Even if they were to charge, they would ...... They won't have any complaints......"

Everywhere Li Zicheng's eyes could see, the strong men were all raising their heads and chests, looking magnificent, and couldn't help but sigh lightly: "They are all good children!" But...... Fighting against the Mongol cavalry, we have a way, so we don't need them to go to the battlefield to suffer casualties, we just need to work hard for them to transport food to Kadang Mountain, and if we need them to serve in the future, I will borrow it from Da Tusi! ”

"Kadang Mountain?" Tanaka was shocked, the Xining Army was so big! He smiled with a straight face: "My lord is saying that the Xining Army is going to advance to the front line of Kadang Mountain?" ”

"This is natural, although we are confident that we can defeat Mai Ligan, but we can't completely wipe out his troops for the time being, they will go south sooner or later, instead of fortifying at the Daban Pass, it is better to station the army in Kadang Mountain, and completely block the Mongolian cavalry on the line of Datong Mountain, and the area around Daban Mountain will be safer," Li Zicheng bowed, "Da Tusi, go, let's talk in detail in the big tent!" ”

"Talk in the big tent, talk in the big tent!"

Tanaka was overjoyed in his heart, if the Xining army really blocked Mailigan and the northwest of Kadang Mountain, then the entire Haomen Town would never be affected by the unwarranted disaster of the Mongols again, even Tian Tianhao, who was angry just now, also showed a look of surprise on his face, but Da Tusi did not speak, he could only swallow the question into his stomach.

The talks lasted less than a pillar of incense, and Tanaka did not care whether the Xining army had enough strength to advance the battle line to Kadang Mountain and fight the Mongols, which was the business of the Xining army, and Li Zicheng had already rejected the strong men he sent, as long as his subordinates did not suffer casualties.

However, he promised Li Zicheng that if the Xining army could really set up a large camp in Kadang Mountain, he would prepare some more food for the Xining army and transport it to Kadang Mountain.

Tian Tianhao originally didn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Xining army, if the Xining army could really easily defeat the Mongolian cavalry, why did they build a side wall in the area of Niangniang Mountain?

But Li Zicheng told him that the Xining army had now obtained a mysterious firearm for use against cavalry, and he had a little confidence in the Xining army.

Tian Tianhao was a young man, thinking that the Xining Army was recruiting Maili cadres on a large scale, maybe there was really some secret weapon, and he asked to watch the battle with the army on a whim.

If Tian Tianhao followed the army to conquer and eat and live with the sergeants, it would play a vital role in the post-war layout, so he accepted his request on the grounds of strengthening the connection between the Xining Army and Haomen Town, and in front of Li Zicheng, it was inconvenient for Tanaka to say frustrated words, so he had to go with him.

On the same day, Tian Zhongshi took Tian Yiqing, Tian Chun, and Tian Qiu back to Haomen Town, and before leaving, Li Zicheng gave him a package ticket, promising that Tian Tianhao Gongzi would be handed over to him intact.

It was already past noon, even if he set off immediately, he couldn't rush to the northwest foot of Daban Mountain before dark, and he had to spend a lot of time camping in the middle of the road, and the army did not leave immediately, but stayed here overnight, Li Zicheng just asked Tian Tianhao to lead the strong men who transported the grain, and set off first, striving to reach the destination before it gets dark tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers had eaten dry rations in hot soup and hot water, and the army immediately pulled out of camp and headed northwest.

At about the time of Shen, they caught up with Tian Tianhao at the southern foot of Daban Mountain, according to Wu Ermao's estimate, at this time most of the journey had passed, and at this speed, before dark, they could steadily reach the safe area where the army was encamped.

The cavalry did not wait for the strong men who carried the grain, Li Zicheng continued to march quickly, and did not even eat lunch until the end of the day, when he rushed to the northwest foot of Daban Mountain, and the army rested on the spot and began lunch.

Wang Anping rushed to pick up Li Zicheng, "My lord, my subordinates have checked the nearby terrain and preliminarily selected three camps, which will be decided by the adults!" ”

"Anping has worked hard, after the war is over, I will record your military merits again," Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Millet, Yunshui, eat quickly, and then let's go to the camp together to let the sergeants settle down as soon as possible!" ”

Wang Anping's preliminarily selected camp is located at the fault between the Datong Mountains and the Daban Mountains, southwest of the Kadang Mountains, which happens to completely separate the Datong Mountains from the Daban Mountains, and can protect the copper mines that are about to be mined.

However, there is an obvious disadvantage of camping here, that is, the terrain is too open, and it is good to camp now, but after the war, the sergeants cannot be stationed in tents forever.

In the future, if a military camp or even a military city were to be built here, it would not be possible to take advantage of the mountainous terrain, and the lonely military camp would be an easy target for the Mongols.

The second alternative camp, southeast of the Kadang Mountains, guarded the Mongols' southward march and was provided with fresh water by a river, should have been a good location.

However, this place is too close to the future copper mine, and if there is a war, or the camp is lost, it will directly affect the production of copper mines.

The main purpose of the Xining Army's conquest of Mai Li cadres was not to fancy this land, but to provide a peaceful and peaceful production environment for the copper mine, no matter what.

Li Zicheng looked at the last place selected by Wang Anping again, in the southwest of Kadang Mountain, also guarding the passage of the Mongols to the south, the Honghuri River traverses the south of the mountain, and the silver belt of the Cha Na River floats in front of the mountain, coincidentally, the Harden River that communicates with Cha Na happens to be the upper source of the Ganzi River, that is, along the Harden River valley south, you can reach the Triangle City.

To strengthen the connection with the Triangle, this is a wonderful camping spot.

Li Zicheng looked around, the terrain is not open, except for the foothills of the lower section of flat land, the Kadang Mountain in the north and the Honghuri River in the south are two natural barriers, and the Cha Na River in the west rushes out of a small low-lying land in front of the mountain, adding a drop of more than one zhang out of thin air.

He visually inspected it, from Kadang Mountain to the Honghuri River under the mountain, only two miles wide, and the back of the mountain and the river, if you set up a city here, it happens to be stuck when the road is rushing, similar to a certain Guancheng.

Li Zicheng carefully observed the two rivers in the west and south directions, the terrain difference is more than one zhang, so the city wall does not need to be too high, if the height of the city wall reaches one zhang, plus the terrain difference of one zhang, the actual height is two zhang, in this sparsely populated mountainous area with relatively closed traffic, at least it can be regarded as a medium-strength city wall.

"This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is the best place to set up camp," Li Zicheng smiled mysteriously, "However, the camp tent cannot be set up here for the time being, and you have to retreat back for two miles!" ”