Chapter 416: Northward

For Chi Lei, as the commander of the Frost Wolf Silver Wing Army for many years, which is now undoubtedly the most powerful battlefield reconnaissance force in the world, Chi Lei, in the reconnaissance reports and maps of the northern grassland, his Frost Wolf Silver Wing Army has made a lot of contributions. In particular, in terms of maps, the Intelligence Bureau has never had enough scouts who have mastered the ability of mapping and mapping, and they are good at conspiracy and spying, but they have never really mastered this kind of reconnaissance work, which tests basic skills. In the basic search of the northern grasslands, it has always been the elite scouts of the Frost Wolf and Silver Wings who cooperate with the personnel of the Intelligence Bureau. The intelligence bureau tried every means to cover for these scouts, and these scouts had to complete the mapping of the map and the marking of some relevant information in the shortest possible time without arousing the alarm of the local residents.

When the half-aborted hunting meeting was still coming to an end in a cordial and friendly, slightly fly in the ointment atmosphere, and everyone began to take advantage of this rare opportunity to discuss various basic political and economic affairs around Ye Tao, Chi Lei had already entered the northern grassland with the vanguard. At this moment, there was one battalion of the Frost Wolf Army, two battalions of Jingyun Cavalry, a brigade of the baggage battalion, and a battalion of light infantry under his command, totaling less than fifteen thousand people. On the other side of the steppe, among the tribes that were close to Monsur and closer to Monsur, and who had also thrown themselves into Yunzhou, there were still about a thousand troops cruising. The follow-up troops would arrive at the current location of Chi Lei from various places in the interior of the country in a few days, and by that time, Chi Lei estimated that he would be able to take the vanguard and observe the Kolka tribe from the farthest reconnaissance distance.

Although Chi Lei has been in the army for many years, in general, although his skills are very good, he is not a general, at least not the kind of person who can ride through the level alone. But this time, he took the lead and spread the military might of Yunzhou to the northern grasslands. Even if you count the Tang Empire in Middle-earth, this is the first time. Moreover, this time, instead of advancing with superior forces with superior infantry that the Middle-earthites are good at, this time it was a stealthy and powerful surprise attack with the tactics of the steppe tribes, striving to determine the situation in the shortest possible time. Chi Lei will then lead his troops to defend against the enemy further northwest in the shortest possible time......

The training standards of the Yunzhou armies have gone up over the years, but the actual military operations can continue to decrease, although every year in the east and west and the north Liaoxi Ling tossing for a while, but the double anti-anti always try to avoid misfire. And Gao Senqi is even more interesting, he knows that he can't fight with Yunzhou for the time being, so he arranges all kinds of feints on his own, as a kind of training close to actual combat, but he always runs to Yejiabao when the two armies are facing each other, and goes to Ye Tao to drink and chat. The content of the two people's various quarrels on military intelligence, strategy, and tactics is also quite bright when brought together. But Gao Senqi's attitude made the Yunzhou military quite helpless. Even if you know that you can't fight, but everyone is good for the hostile sides......

This time it was able to march into the north, and the Yunzhou military only carried out internal mobilization and did not say anything to the outside world. Anyway, the main combat battalion of the Yunzhou military is constantly training, and there is no need to explain its whereabouts to any unrelated people, it has a very complete secret mobilization system, and it also has a strong support capability. In less than five days, the army of 60,000 was assembled one after another and entered the northern steppe. On such a scale, it was finally impossible to remain silent for a long time, and it was finally discovered by the sentinels of the Kolka tribe. Just as the Kolka tribe was fearfully calling for friends and preparing for a battle, the Kolka tribe finally discovered that the situation had really changed. The Kolka tribe has worked the relationship with the tribes over the years, just because they know that their strength has declined, and they can no longer rely on their complete strength to convince everyone, at least, the Massa tribe and the Kyrgyz tribe have always been very unconvinced. However, they are still the most powerful tribe in the steppe. However, the sudden intrusion of 60,000 troops shattered everyone's apparent peace.

And the key is not whether these 60,000 troops are outsiders, whether everyone wants to unite and defend their grasslands, but who can make the grasslands rich. The Massa tribe gathered a large army under their command, but they did not send it, and even more clearly rejected the request for help from the Kolka tribe, who were not on the same page as them. As for the Kyrgyz tribes, they quietly retreated to the northeast and sent envoys to contact Chilei, as if they were preparing to submit.

Chi Lei did not refuse to make contact with the other party, but he did not stop opening his forces. Chi Lei knew that he was here to win, not to fight a decisive battle with a large army, so he was not interested. And the troops he brought this time were not suitable for battle, although the cavalry was strong, but it lacked heavy infantry as the backbone of the battlefield, and the damage was extremely huge once it was fought. Chi Lei mixed the Jingyun Cavalry, the Tieyun Cavalry, and the Frost Wolf Army, forming several detachments ranging from one or two thousand to five or six thousand, and carried out large-depth interspersed operations with the follower tribes of Kolka and the Kolka tribe as the main targets. And Chi Lei even issued an order that let everyone see his determination: the food and horse feed of each army are self-sufficient, and consumables such as medicine and arrows will be supplied by the airship team...... However, in the event of hostilities of the clan, the commanders of the teams have the right to take any necessary measures to ensure the safety of the life and property of the fighters.

Chi Lei's edict is not limited to this one, but also includes how to deal with the submissive tribes, the various activities that are allowed and not allowed in military operations, and so on, but this one is the most critical. This means that Chi Lei actually acquiesced in extreme actions such as attacking and even exterminating tribes that dared to take hostile measures, which was completely different from the kindness to the Shun tribes in the edict. Chi Lei's attitude is also very clear, whether to be a friend or an enemy, please think clearly before you fight us.

At the same time, Chilei issued an ultimatum to the Kolka clan. The Kolka tribe unsurprisingly refused, and they gathered a large army from various meadows, but Chi Lei's forces seemed to be everywhere, crushing the still scattered tribal armies one by one.

At this time, Monsur also began to move, and several tribes in the southeast of the steppe declared their submission to the northern frontier Jinglu Province and gathered a large army. Monsour was even more ruthless, directly swallowing the 10,000-strong team not far from his own tribe that had always been used by the Kolka tribe to monitor and deter him...... Although the tribal coalition assembled by Monsour paid a price of about 15,000 casualties, the tribes involved in the coalition were able to strengthen their faith through the battle. In terms of strength, although they are not yet familiar with the new swords, the growth of their strength is undoubted. If it weren't for the fact that at the beginning of the war, the captain of the Kolka tribe saw through the surprise attack and had to turn the raid into a head-on decisive battle, but it was not a big loss. 20,000 men fought 11,000 men, all the enemy troops were killed, none of them escaped, 4,700 of their own men were killed, and about 10,000 were lightly wounded and seriously wounded. On the other hand, this battle can be regarded as a surrender to the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy Mansion, and they can't turn back if they want to.

After this war, the entanglement of forces on the grassland became more and more complicated. Although Monsour was called a traitor to the steppe by some, there were more people who wanted to follow his path. Those small tribes who were already living on the margins even fell to the wind and fell directly to the coalition forces. At this time, Monsour did not dare to accept them at will...... If it was before, he would not hesitate to accept these people who had taken refuge in him and strengthen the strength of the clan, but now, he is carefully controlling his means. It is true that he has sheltered some of the impoverished tribes who are dying, but he has allowed those who are still able to stand on their own to stay. After using his brain a little, Monsur simply carried Yi Lan out, saying that he wanted Yi Lan, the bloodline descendant of the lord of the grassland, to bring a new life to everyone......

Bringing a new life, this is too soft. But Ilan openly said that he wanted the steppe to be calm again, that every shepherd could have meat, that he could drink mare's milk, that he could have salt, that he could have tea, that he could trade fairly, that he could afford to see a doctor, that there would be veterinarians, doctors, and craftsmen on the day of their tent, and that someone would stand up for them when disaster struck...... Yi Lan somewhat understood Ye Tao's intentions for himself, and also somewhat understood the meaning of Monsur's various actions, he felt that if he could become the governor of this northern grassland, he would not disgrace his bloodline, and it could be regarded as another way to restore the glory of the bloodline of the king of the grassland. It is true that the position of governor is not a hereditary one, but for many years the entire northern steppe has once again been under the rule of one man......

The vision described by Ilan can impress some people, and the coalition forces in the hands of Monsur can defeat some people, while the Kolka tribe is somewhat stunned, although they are fighting with all their might, trying to delay the meeting of Monsour's army and Chilei's main battle force, but although it has caused great trouble for both armies, in general, this goal is difficult to achieve......

Chi Lei had already set his sights further north at this moment, and from the beginning of Monsour's march with a large army, he had quietly marched north with the mixed army in his hand. In addition to leaving about 10,000 men to protect the supply line and carry out various diversion battles, Chi Lei held 20,000 men in his hands and deployed defenses on the northern front. A month after Chilei began to set up a defensive line, when the sand thieves reacted and began to move south, the Massa tribe finally made up their minds. The army of the Massa tribe slowly approached Chi Lei's department, and when the scouts under Chi Lei's men deliberately showed their figures in the distance, three knights from the Massa tribe rushed out, and one of them held a white flag in his hand......