The barracks have long given artillery officers a very appropriate nickname: pandas. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, it's not that they are very precious, in fact, the panda thing is still learned in the general knowledge course, Zhang Han personally wrote this course is strange, there is everything, people are very impressed by the obvious dark circles of this animal, when this nickname reached Zhang Han's ears, a group of artillery officers came to complain angrily, but Zhang Han heard that he smiled back and forth, and the matter was over, and the word panda was settled.

"Panda" and Zhou Yao's "poisonous snake", which are the two major characteristics of Yusheng. The nickname of the baggage soldiers and transport brigade is "Mule", and the transport soldiers feel even more sad and angry, but with the pandas in front of them, they can only endure no matter how dissatisfied they are.

There was a flint click sound in the house, and then there was a curling green smoke rising, and the room was suddenly filled with smoke, Sun Yao endured the discomfort, and continued to point to the northernmost arrow and said: "Three ways to attack, all the way from the Erlonghe Fort in the north to the west of the Daqing Mountain Namur Taiji Wubu place, and then west to the north area of the Naturalization City. The task was carried out by the 5th Regiment. ”

Yang Sisun stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Take the order." ”

Zhang Han nodded slightly, this was a pure military meeting, only the highest-level military supervisors and Sun and Li accompanied them, but the two senior civilian officials and Zhang Han himself did not speak out, and the protagonist of this big drama was Sun Yao.

In the past few years, Sun Yao, who was born as a miner, has brought into full play his fine and not afraid of trivial nature, staff work is a very inconspicuous job, at least in the eyes of the Chinese, he can kill decisive commanders on the battlefield, and the fierce generals who are strong and stubborn are the traditional general image in people's hearts, since the staff officers are not traditional generals, nor are they dog-headed military divisions shaking feather fans as people imagine, the positioning is very embarrassing.

Fortunately, under the leadership of Sun Yao, the staff officer has been sent to the brigade level, and each staff officer is a qualified helper of the commander, perhaps the staff officer is not as close to the soldier as the military and political officer, and is widely loved for understanding the soldiers' sufferings and solving the soldiers' troubles, but the role of the staff officer is also something that no soldier or officer can deny.

"The 2nd Cavalry Regiment is responsible for coordinating the 5th Infantry Regiment and guarding the movements of the Karaqin Department and Mobei Direction."

Zhu Dayong stood up, and he also hugged his fists like Yang Sisun, and said, "Get the order." ”

"The 2nd Infantry Regiment is responsible for cooperating with the baggage and guarding against the attack of the suite."

This time, Li Laibin's face was very reluctant, and the voice of the command after clenching his fists was also very low.

"The first, third, and sixth infantry regiments, together with the lancer regiment and the second cavalry regiment, attacked from Xiaohehe Fort, Naturalization Fort, and Xiaohehekou from three directions, and directly attacked Naturalization City." Sun Yao suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "Three-way attack, the specific time will be released to the heads of each regiment in the form of a confidential letter after the meeting, please act according to the military order, work hard!" ”

"Order!"

This time, all the officers clasped their fists together and loudly agreed.

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"It's over, it's all over."

Xi Lingse sent envoys to Mobei and Taobu and Karaqin Department respectively ten days ago, asking these tribes to come to the aid of Dayan Khan and Altan Khan in that year, but the envoys returned one after another, except for the Huoluochi of the Taobu vaguely agreed to send troops, the Ordos Ministry said that it would follow Huoluochi, Baihong Dataiji still said that he could not help, not to mention that they were facing the threat of Lin Dan Khan, even if there was no threat from the Chahar Ministry, Xinghe Fort to Shangdi Fort and Erlonghe Fort is a long diagonal line, It happened to reach the area of Mobei and Zhangjiakou in the south, firmly blocking the Karaqin Department on the periphery, and this year's situation is completely different from last year. At that time, the Karaqin Department could pass through the Erlong River and the Daqing River, where the water and grass were abundant, and the army drove the herd to come without hindrance, at that time, the Karaqin Department was here to meet with the Tumut army led by Bu Shitu Khan, and then according to the idea of Acheng Taiji went straight to Jining Fort, now a year has passed, and it is another year of summer, but the situation of the grassland has changed dramatically, Bu Shitu Khan has died, and he was shamefully assassinated by his own people.

Achengtaiji also died, killed by the Mongol warriors he fancied.

Xi Lingse fulfilled his wish and realized the ideals of his father and ancestors for three generations, and completely grasped the power of the Tumut Ministry, but what he got was an extremely broken Tumut Ministry.

Dingkou has lost more than half of it, and now there are only 50,000 Dingkou in the Tumut Department, which is completely incomparable with the hundreds of thousands of Dingkou when Altan Khan was at its peak.

There were many contradictions between the left and right posts, and Tobok and other Taiji were killed by the Lancers, but they preferred to flee to the north or west with their herdsmen than to return to Qingcheng to be protected by Xi Lingse.

The Three Khans of Mobei originally retained respect and loyalty to the Tumut tribe, no less than they were to the Great Khan, the co-ruler of Chahar. However, now only Tushetu Khan actively responded to Xi Lingse's request for help and mobilized troops and horses in his headquarters, but although Tushetu Khan's department is the largest Khan department in Mobei, there are only tens of thousands of Ding Kou, and the three Khans of Mobei add up to more than 100,000 Ding Kou, and they are too far away, their strength is very weak, and they are still restrained from each other, which is also an important reason why they have always been good at obedience. Whether it was Altan Khan or Tumen Khan, or Lin Dan Khan and Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, the three tribes of Mobei were very obedient to these powerful Great Khans, and every once in a while they would hold a ceremony of nine white tributes, which was the highest etiquette for the Mongols to show submission and respect, similar to the Han people's tribute to the Mao tribute.

However, now that the three divisions have been divided, Tushetu Khan has a clear reply, but said that he will also wait for the other two to act together, after all, the reinforcements of the Tushetu Division alone are useless...... And Yusheng's merchant army in the Daqing Mountains to set up defenses, the three coalition forces either detour, or can only cross the Gobi, or can only break through and Yusheng's defense head-on, although and Yusheng's defense in the north is not tight, but to Mobei Sanbu this kind of loose alliance and weak troops have never fought a hard battle to meet the Shang army, the test for them is too severe.

Therefore, Tushetu Khan's attitude is gratifying, but the actual result can only make Xi Lingse more depressed.

And Tushetu Khan also seems to mention that there is trouble in the north, in the area northwest of Kulen City, Tushetu is negotiating with a small group of adventurers from the Russians, and the two sides have fought a few battles, and the Mongols have suffered defeat without exception, Tushetu Khan is very angry about this, but hindering the strength of the Russians and the strength in the north, Tushetu Khan continues to send people to negotiate with the Russians, hoping that the other party can withdraw on his own.

Under such circumstances, the so-called promise of the Tushetu Ministry to send troops can only be said to be a flower in the mirror, and the moon in the water.

Midsummer is approaching, and the daytime in the Mongolian steppe is also beginning to feel scorching, but Xi Lingse only feels cold when sitting in the golden palace, and this empty hall seems to tell the story of the Mongols' short-lived prosperity and glorious past...... Just twenty years ago, the wine in the cup was not empty, the hall was always full, Xi Lingse vaguely remembered that there were all kinds of people in the main hall, the most conspicuous was the lama from Tibet, wearing red robes, wearing inexplicable high hats, the Mongolian language in their mouths was obscure, they sat cross-legged, posing like a mysterious guru. Mongolians eat this set very much, there are more and more people who believe in lamas, Buddhist temples are built more and more, there are several Buddhist temples in Qingcheng, there are Buddhist temples everywhere on the grassland, everyone believes in lamas, hoping to get the blessing of the Buddha, but after more people believe in Buddhism, the Mongolians are getting weaker and weaker, and they are bullied to the doorstep.

"Jinong," a Taiji sat cross-legged under Xi Lingse's head and said coldly, "What should we do?" ”

"It has become clear that the Han people are going to use troops on a large scale." Baiyin Taiji said: "Life and death are in these few days. ”

"There's always something to be done." A Taiji, who was closer to Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, said coldly: "Back then, Susang Taiji and the current Jinong both said that the Great Khan of the past was incompetent, and now the time has come to test Jinong's ability." ”

Everyone was gossiping, but Xi Lingse was almost shrinking into a ball, and his eyes were only staring at the fine goat's milk wine in front of him.

Everyone was a little angry, they were all under great pressure, everyone's pastures were either forced to give up, or severely harassed, even the pastures in the north were often attacked by He Yusheng's cavalry, under the pressure of the cavalry and lancers, no place within a radius of thousands of miles was safe. More than 700 miles from east to west and 500 miles from north to south, this is the core area, and it is also their traditional pasture, and now these places are harassed by the cavalry of the merchant army, and no one can graze their cattle with peace of mind.

Last year, due to the siege of Jining Fort, all the departments suffered considerable losses, and they were expecting to recover some vitality this year, but who expected that this year's life would be much worse than last year's.

Batu Taiji said with red eyes: "This winter, I don't know how many people will die. ”

"Even if we can defeat He Yusheng, we're done."

"We have lost too many dingkou in the past two years, and soon the departments will notice our weakness, and when they see the blood we shed, they will pounce on us and bite like wolves."

Everyone lowered their heads, in the past, everyone was eager to die when they were fighting among themselves, but now everyone understands that the strength of the entire tribe is the most important thing.

There was a deep sigh in the hall, and no one spoke after half a ring, and the Taiji stood up in twos and threes, some people turned their faces and left, and some people glanced at Xi Lingse, and saw that this Jinong was still sitting with his head down, so he turned around and left.

Several of Xi Lingse's closest allies chose to stay, and when the outsiders were almost there, Xi Lingse finally said: "At this time, people's hearts are different, and we can't unify everyone together, and the only way now is to rely on the strong Qingcheng to hold on." Although the strength of the Han people in the field is far above ours, we have the majestic Qingcheng, and I have ordered to hoard a lot of grain, as long as we hold on until winter, the heavy snow and cold wind on the grassland The Han people will not be able to withstand it, and there may be changes in our favor if we survive this year......"