Zhang Han felt that he had been on the grassland for a long time, and his complexion was not very good, of course he didn't care about it originally, but now he was worried that if his appearance changed too ugly, his wife and concubine at home would be uncomfortable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's not that Chang Ning and Yu Niang really think like this, but Zhang Han sometimes can't help but worry about it.

Zhang Han's mood is not very good, the bigger reason is the scenery in front of him, the green grassland is blooming with all kinds of flowers, the scenery is beautiful, but in front of him there are felt bags that are ignited and burned, the herdsmen are fleeing, and Yusheng's cavalry is chasing and killing.

These things in front of him are Zhang Han's decisions, and he will not change his decision, but it doesn't mean that he can appreciate it calmly, he feels that his heart is not so hard.

After months of fighting, Zhang Han's Shangyi Fort on the East Road, and Yusheng's Gun Cavalry Regiment have controlled hundreds of miles of land, even if there is no fortress here, it doesn't matter, there is no Beiyu who dares to try to enter this area.

After this pasture is destroyed, no herdsman will dare to graze here for hundreds of miles.

The Great Khan of Mobei showed no signs of mobilizing troops and horses, on the contrary, the obvious change was that a large number of herdsmen pulled out their felt bags and retreated to the north, even if the pasture was not enough, they did not dare to take the next step south.

The Han people raise horses and cattle, all of which are fed with bean feed, so that the livestock will grow fat and strong, and the northern grazing is to let these livestock eat grass on their own, and horses, cattle and sheep spend most of the day eating grass every day, otherwise the nutrition will not be enough, not to mention growing fat, even if it is difficult to maintain life.

Therefore, the grassland seems to be very large, a few herdsmen can put thousands of sheep, and the area with a radius of tens of thousands of acres is only enough for cattle and sheep to eat for one day, and then they have to change places to continue eating.

After the autumn, it will be transferred, and the herdsmen will also lay a large amount of pasture to dry, as a reserve for winter, once the number of pastures is insufficient, it means that the herdsmen are not grazing enough, and the herds must be reduced, which is a very serious blow, but under the pressure of He Yusheng, they can only accept this extremely unfavorable result.

"Wen Lan," Kong Minxing hurried over and said, "There was just a report from Tangma, and the guests have arrived." ”

Zhang Han turned his head and smiled, and said, "Okay, let's go see you." ”

Said to see you immediately, in fact, you still have to catch up for half a day, the more south, the more farmland and water conservancy projects, accompanied by Kong Minxing, Zhang Han can just stop by to inspect.

Before dark, after changing horses at a military station, everyone hurried all the way and finally arrived outside Xinghe Fort.

This fort was built to defend the Karaqin Department at that time, much larger than the Jining Fort in the middle, and now this location can be used as a trade transit station and cargo hoarding point for the two exits of Zhangjiakou and Xinpingbao, so a lot of buildings were built outside the fort, in order to defend against the raid of the northern captives, these buildings are made of giant wood as the wall, bricks as the base, the four corners are set up with arrow towers or forts, the fortifications are very tight, and the residential areas with defensive walls are also built outside the fort, and the city is the commercial area, the residential area, the storage area and the official office area, the barracks area are scattered, Drainage and landfill sites are readily available, when Zhang Han entered the fort city, he happened to meet a squadron leader on duty with his subordinates to change shifts, the stone brick road came from the neat footsteps, this is a mixed squadron, all kinds of arms have, the soldiers' platoon is a knife player, the right hand presses the waist knife, the left hand holds a shield, followed by the pikeman, and then the musketeer who carries the smoothbore gun on his shoulder, because it is a sentry task, the musketeer carries the smoothbore gun is loaded with a bayonet, the cold light is dazzling, and the knife is like a forest.

Zhang Han asked Li Dongxue, who came out: "Recently, there have been more and more musketeers assembling bayonets, does the military department have a specific number?" ”

Li Dongxue said: "The main reason is that we have abundant financial resources recently, we have strengthened the number of people who sharpen bayonets, and the number of workers has risen to more than 100, and they can sharpen five bayonets with suitable casing every month, and there are more than 2,000 bayonets sharpened in the past few months, and I have to check the specific number." ”

"No need to look it up." Zhang Han said to Li Dongxue: "This speed is already enough, and by the end of the year, we can install more than 10,000 bayonet guns." ”

Zhang Han thought about it again: "The military training department should also strengthen the phalanx training of the gunners, these gunners can not rely on the cover of pikemen, and the training program of the bayonet gunners should be appropriately adjusted and changed. ”

The people around did not speak, only Zhang Shixiong, who was not far away, agreed, as an attendant military attaché, of course, this matter belongs to him and the military to convey and communicate.

At this time, a pond horse came running from the north, and people were about to enter the fort, but when they saw the pond horse coming, they stopped moving.

Tang Ma galloped all the way, until Zhang Han stopped in front of him, and after immediately clasping his fists and saluting, Tang Ma said: "My lord, the military intelligence division on the other side of the Erlong River has an important military intelligence report, please watch the details." ”

Zhang Han saw from the corner of his eye that someone in the military fort seemed to be coming, and he guessed that the guests couldn't wait to greet him.

He took the newspaper and took a cursory glance, and people waited quietly around.

There is similar information every day, either the military report or the urgent report of the Military Intelligence Department, or the military orders of various places or the military and political department, or the report of the Agriculture and Forestry Department, as well as the incident reports of various departments such as military quartermaster and military law, everything may be very important, so most of them are urgent, plus the daily important things transferred from Li Zhuang's side, Zhang Han is very busy every day, so the matter of reading the Tang newspaper immediately has happened more than once.

Zhang Han glanced at it, and he was shocked.

Kong Minxing glanced at Zhang Han with an inquiring eye, but did not ask out loud.

So far, he has not started to participate in the military affairs at the top of He Yusheng, and he is more involved in farmland and water conservancy, which he has an advantage that others do not have, Kong Minxing is very smart, and knows that it is better to be greedy than to specialize in one piece.

Li Dongxue frowned slightly, and did not ask what was going on, if Zhang Han wanted to ask for advice, he would say it first.

Zhang Han closed the Tang newspaper and said with a smile: "It's good news, but it's also a tricky matter, we are going to hold a high-level meeting of the military department." ”

"However," Zhang Han smiled again, "it's better to see the guests first, it's also an important matter." ”

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The guest is Mao Yuanyi, he wears an ordinary blue robe, made of lake silk, in the capital and Shanhaiguan area, this weather is very suitable for wearing this kind of gown, but it is a little thin on the grassland.

The strong wind blew Mao Yuanyi's robe, which was quite chilly, after all, it was about to fall into the night, but Mao Yuanyi didn't put his mind on this trivial section, his heart was still full of shock.

Just now the change of soldiers was a great impact on him, until this time he had a little understanding of He Yusheng's military system, knowing that a regiment of more than 3,000 people, and then each infantry regiment only has a small number of cavalry, used as sentry horses, beams or horses, at most one to two squadrons, and then the infantry regiment is composed of three brigades, the main distribution of troops is pikemen and musketeers, and then there are a small number of sword soldiers, which can also be called jumping soldiers, and there are also some special formations, such as pure artillery units and special cavalry units, etc., There is also an efficient military intelligence department...... knew that it was efficient because Mao Yuanyi had already been accompanied by people from He Yusheng when he was ordered to set off to enter the boundary of Yongping Mansion, and he showed his identity and expressed Zhang Han's welcome.

At that time, Mao Yuanyi was also shocked, he had just been gone for five or six days, and Yusheng not only knew his whereabouts and purpose, but also notified Zhang Han, and sent people to welcome and escort him back and forth!

When he arrived at the grassland boundary, Mao Yuanyi felt that he had opened his eyes.

Those independent pier military forts outside the border wall of the Ming Dynasty are like an arc, and the core boundary of the territory that Yusheng has beaten down is firmly protected, and the outermost pier platform is also guarded by soldiers, in Mao Yuanyi through these days, from time to time there are large groups of elite cavalry patrolling back and forth along the piers and military platforms, these days, the grassland in the edge area is empty, there are no herdsmen to graze at all, and after arriving here in Xinghe Fort, there is a large area of farmland, and there is a village every few miles, Mao Yuanyi walked into one at will, I found that the villages are all built with green bricks and green tiles, the courtyards are staggered, even the pigsty, chicken nest, stables, and thatched houses are neatly repaired, each village is the scale of fifty or sixty families, living in about three or four hundred people, and the acres of land reclaimed are about 3,000 acres.

In other words, Heyusheng has opened more than 100,000 acres of land in this area alone......

Every village has grocery stores and other livelihood facilities, every village is a small town, in addition to the grocery store also has an iron shop, a medical center, in addition to a variety of shops opened by grassland merchants, cloth shops, shoe stores, restaurants, hotels, restaurants, it is really readily available, the whole place has lived more than 10,000 people, everywhere is a vibrant appearance.

And Mao Yuanyi, as an expert in military science, is of course most interested in He Yusheng's army.

After a few days of looking, Mao Yuanyi has found that the army establishment of He Yusheng is not only clear from top to bottom, but also the parallel structure of each military branch is also very reasonable, he was originally worried that the cooperation between the arms is not harmonious enough, until he arrived at Xinghe Fort to watch a regiment-level exercise, when he saw the towering gun array, sharp like thunder, and indomitable, always guarding the spear and gun formation, protecting the safety of the jumping soldiers, the cavalry on both sides, and the artillery placed on both wings...... At this time, Mao Yuanyi faintly understood that He Yusheng not only had soldiers, but also strong soldiers beyond his imagination, and it was no longer the Ming army in the traditional sense, not to mention that it was not an ordinary regimental training, even if it was a serious Ming border army, it could not be compared......