Chapter 417: Courage

“…… Up to now, Chi Lei has carried out a total of 69 operations of less than 10,000 men, 11 operations of more than 10,000 people, and 24 battles with the Monsur Division, of which 44,000 are of the Kolka tribal army. The list of battlefield captures and trophies is as follows......"

Ye Tao listened quietly, and Tan Weiran read the military intelligence document that had just been sent by the advance base set up on the northwest edge of the Benwolf Plain. It is probably more luxurious to let a prince read official documents to himself, but Tan Weiran feels that there is something wrong. Chi Lei's battle is not ferocious, but the purpose is very clear. Moreover, Chi Lei really doesn't care about the amount of land he controls. He scattered scouts all over the steppe, and the Kolka tribe had nothing to hide in his direction. Many times he evacuated large areas of land and pastures, deliberately allowing the Kolka tribe to advance, and then finding an opportunity to attack or simply go around behind to raid. Chi Lei placed great emphasis on the mobility of the troops, and all the departments had already purchased supplies on the spot, not to mention it, and even his headquarters rarely carried more than three days' worth of food, and even asked the cavalry units in his hands to ensure that all the troops were mobile...... Now that the equipment and supplies are getting better and better, it is actually becoming more and more difficult for the Yunzhou armies to achieve full mobility. Not to mention anything else, the camp tent of the headquarters and the various documents, code books and other things carried by the headquarters are mixed together, and these things take up a lot of space and weight. In peacetime, even the two armies of the Frost Wolf and Silver Wings now have to carry a part of the carriage to transport such items, even when it is a rapid march, it is the vanguard and this kind of baggage carried by themselves to extend the distance, so as to ensure that the vanguard can be put into battle in time. Chi Lei's all-staff maneuver order, and the whole army is a chicken. Both armies of the Frost Wolf and Silver Wings have received a lot of training in full mobility and have made a lot of preparations. And although Tieyun rode Jingyun Cavalry for a while, he barely managed to do it. In this way, it is not only the speed of the march that is improved, but also the flexibility of Chi Lei's use of troops. Relying on those detachments to intersperse with each other, Chi Lei forcibly shattered the situation in the entire grassland.

After the Massa tribe and Chi Lei came into contact, although nothing was negotiated, Chi Lei generously asked the Massa tribe to talk later, at least, Massa no longer dared to take any hostile actions against Chi Lei's department. The Kyrgyz tribe provided 2,000 elite cavalry, mainly as guides for Chi Lei's troops, and Chi Lei never thought of letting these people go to battle.

While advancing to the north, Chi Lei allowed the Intelligence Bureau to launch a propaganda offensive on the steppe. The herders gradually learned that these powerful warriors were fighting against the Kolka tribe and freeing them from their oppressive rule and exploitation, and on the other hand, they were trying to stop the sand pirates from causing trouble in the grasslands. This kind of thing, now the intelligence bureau is very proficient, over the years, the intelligence bureau has practiced in Beiliao, Xiling and Chunnan. Big and small, from stinking one or two ministers to covering up for other work they are doing, the Intelligence Bureau has grown to love this bloodless conspiracy. And on the grasslands, when well-trained intelligence officers face those simple herdsmen with skillful tongues, this kind of propaganda is simply overwhelming. And the intelligence officers also have a good grasp of the propaganda tone, and they will never speak ill of the Kolka tribe and so on, and will never challenge the loyalty of the herders to their respective tribes.

With each other in mind, Monsur finally led a coalition of more than 100,000 troops and a roughly equal number of the Kolka tribe and their followers. At this time, Chi Lei, who had been confronting the sand thieves in the north, returned, and he raided the rear of the Kolka tribe with 10,000 Jingyun cavalry and 20,000 elite cavalry troops on the Wolf Plains. And Monsour also took the opportunity to attack and launched a full-scale offensive. In the end, the Kolka tribe was not able to defeat Monsur's coalition forces with a decisive battle and regain the initiative on the battlefield with a decisive battle, relying on their ability to control the decisive battle, but fell into a deeper abyss. After this battle, the Massa tribe finally officially surrendered, and they felt that they really lacked bargaining chips with Chi Lei. However, when the plenipotentiary envoy of the Massa tribe came to find Chi Lei for negotiation, Chi Lei was gone, along with the 30,000 elite cavalry that had appeared like a miracle before.

"Chi Lei did not contact the forward base after that battle. There are some problems with the weather these days, and the airship team can't do normal reconnaissance. And...... Now the efficiency of reconnaissance is getting lower and lower, and the area to be detected is too far from the forward base. The speed of the airship is too slow, and the time it can stay in that area every day is extremely short. Tan Weiran closed the booklet of the intelligence document and sighed.

"Weiran, you take the advance base and go deeper into the grassland. It is about 200 miles deep...... It's time for us to get the airship team a little bit more to the front. After getting in touch with Chi Lei, I think I can even put the airship team in the north. Let them assist in the fight against the Sand Pirates. Ye Tao asked for Tan Weiran's opinion.

"Me?" Tan Weiran smiled and said, "Are you going to talk to the Kolka tribe?" It's not enough to hurt them now. At least half of their strength remained, and they hadn't broken their bones. ”

Ye Tao sighed: "After all, we are not here to fight to the death. Our own brothers have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, right? Monsour really dared to fight, and there were fifty or sixty thousand dead and wounded in his hands, but he fought more and more. It's time for us to take control. If everyone on the grassland fights to the point where the grudge is so deep that it cannot be resolved, there will be great trouble in the future. ”

Tan Weiran nodded and said, "Okay." I'm going to prepare...... Collegiate, or do you follow the previous rules? ”

"Yes," Ye Tao said, "we can't treat them better than those tribes in the Wolf Plains...... Some of them may really think that merging into Dongping can make their lives better, but I believe that there are still many people who think that they can spend a few years or more than ten years to accumulate strength, and then talk about it when the time comes. They have what they want to get, and they naturally have to give something. We are to be collaborators, not benefactors. …… We have to make them our friends, and persuasion is useless. ”

Tan Weiran smiled and said, "This is a very difficult job, and it takes a lot of time, right?" OK...... What we have now is time. ”

Ye Tao shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm afraid I'm not so optimistic...... Have you not received a letter from Your Majesty? ”

Tan Weiran said nonchalantly: "I got it, but so what?" ”

In the private letter that Tan Xiaopei sent to them separately, it was mentioned that the lord of Chunnan gave Tan Xiaopei something that it was unclear whether it was a diplomatic letter or a private letter. In the letter, the lord of Chunnan was full of praise for Tan Weiya, who grew up in Chunnan, saying that he already had a generation of heroes at a young age. …… In addition, Jiang Yan, who came to send a letter on a special trip, also said something about the situation in Chunnan when he met with Tan Xiaopei. Because the two countries have developed well in terms of alliance in recent years, their economic ties have become closer and closer, and various nongovernmental exchanges have also been very warm. In the official face, many families have begun to learn from the various effective measures implemented by Chunnan over the years, especially those that have not harmed the interests of the great family at least...... Chunnan also began to enter a period of learning and change. Any change, in a country with party strife and a situation of seizing the throne, will eventually evolve into a chaotic situation, and Chunnan is no exception. In the past, when the lord of Chunnan did not seek new and change, Jiang Yan was relaxed, but after all these years, Jiang Yan has obviously aged a lot. And Jiang Yan also revealed that the lord of Chunnan was very annoyed about the competition for the throne of several princes, especially the fact that several princes had already demolished each other and did not pay attention to the overall situation of the country at all. It costs a lot of money to engage in conspiracy, and in order to be able to press each other, the two princes have reached out too much to the merchants who depend on them, which has made some businesses overwhelmed, some have begun to transfer costs to smaller merchants, and some have begun to do some things that disrupt the business order very much in order to make money. And Chunnan's academic world is not as simple as before...... In this case, the lord of Chunnan is really seriously considering the matter of passing on the throne to his grandson to talk about Weiya...... The lord of Chunnan wrote a very thunderous sentence in the letter, which was reprinted by Tan Xiaopei: "Speaking of the general trend of the world, it will be divided for a long time, and it will be united for a long time." ”

This attitude gave Tan Xiaopei a little headache, and he was naturally reluctant to refuse this kind of opportunity, if what Jiang Yan said was true. However, it is really difficult to control whether this is true or false. It's true that Tan Weiya is his own child, but Tan Weiya is not a child who grew up in a Dongping environment, and his relationship with his brothers and sisters is ...... It's probably similar to passers-by. Tan Weiya is like a conservative and compromise leader who meets the needs of a country with deep traditional roots like Chunnan, far more than someone with an enterprising ambition like Tan Weiming and Tan Weiran...... What Tan Xiaopei is afraid of is that in terms of blood, it is true that the two royal families have merged and ruled the continent, but culturally and systematically, in the future, Dongping will be annexed by Chunnan.

"Afraid of what? If what Jiang Yan said is true, what if such a thing as a throne is handed over to Tan Weiya? My brother doesn't value this thing that much. Moreover, we are still young, and now we still have real power in our hands. Father is in good health, and he has at least fifteen or twenty years to govern the country. When the time comes, what else can Chunnan affect us? And, what about you. If nothing else, in Yunzhou, everyone will listen to you. Not to mention that there is still nothing to do now, even if the two countries are formally merged in the future, you will live to be seventy or eighty years old, and drag those Wenchen of Chunnan to death. It's time for the next generation of civil and military generals...... Hehe, it's impossible to say who will affect whom. Tan Weiran said nonchalantly: "If what Jiang Yan said is only part of the conspiracy, in order to distract us, then it doesn't matter." In my opinion, there are so many conspiracies just because Chunnan is not determined to fight at all. They can play scheming, they can play conspiracy, they can play all kinds of tricks, but do they dare to play with their lives? I dare! I don't dare to say that we will be able to open peace for all generations, but if someone dares to destroy our foundation, I will fight with him! ”