Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Mongol Terminator (7)

"Hellfire, steel chariots, flying birds? ......" Dolgon was also surprised.

Huang Taiji said: "You are the one who once followed me to conquer Lin Dan Khan, I want you to explore the truth of this Zhao Kang, and I heard that he forcibly married Makata, you want to send someone to secretly contact Makata to see if she can get information about those things." But now that the main force of the Qing Dynasty is confronting the Ming army in Jinzhou, I can't send too many troops to you. You can only take your 3,000 cavalry with the White Banner to set off, and you must stop Zhao Kang's army to the east of the Zhaowuda League. ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Just as Dolgon was leading his troops from Shengjing, Zhao Kang was actually starting to retreat. For no other reason, the winter in Mongolia is too cold, and this expedition also exposed a big problem for the army under Zhao Kang: the troops set out from Yulin and ran all the way to the northeast for more than 1,500 miles to the Horqin border, and more than 20 loaders broke down and more than 40 agricultural vehicles broke down, which seriously affected the flexibility of the army, and the fuel supply was brought from modern times by itself, and there was no independent logistics system, which was very troublesome.

Dolgon led 3,000 elite cavalry of the White Banner from Shengjing, watched Daniel Zhang's troops swagger through the Hunshandak sand after the Eighth Route Army was broken, and only sent a small cavalry force to tentatively attack Daniel Zhang's troops, and then completely cut off the idea of pursuit.

The 100 elite knights sent by Dolgon were hit by Daniel Zhang's loader and agricultural vehicle with just one charge, and only half of them fled back under the pursuit of the agricultural vehicle sent by Daniel Zhang. This small battle gave Dolgon a deeper understanding of the Eighth Route Army in Yansui Town. Although it is not clear what the disadvantages of these things are, it is clear that they are no longer human beings can resist. Dolgon thought to himself: This Zhao Kang is also afraid of bad intentions, otherwise as long as Zhao Kang dedicates these equipment of the Eighth Route Army to the Ming court, will there still be a good life for our Qing Dynasty? Maybe you can report this matter to the emperor and ask him to gather everyone to think of a way.

At this time, Zhao Kang, who was shivering with cold, sat by the fire with a camel hair quilt, and Makata knelt between his legs and used his small mouth to provide warmth for "Little Zhao Kang".

Zhao Kang patted Makata's ass lightly and said, "Don't get it, this ghost is too cold, and it has frozen my brother by two centimeters, so that I am not interested at all." ”

Makata obediently leaned on Zhao Kang's arms, drawing circles on his chest with his fingers, and looked at Zhao Kang with big watery eyes, which was self-evident. Zhao Kang didn't understand the amorous words at all: "Makata, you have also seen the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army under my command. How do you think of it compared to your Eight Banners elite soldiers? ”

Makata thought for a moment and said, "How can this be compared, with Molotov cocktails, loaders, transporters, and helium balloons, I really can't think of anyone else in the world who can defeat this army." ”

Zhao Kang asked: "I said that my Eighth Route Army does not use these equipment, and will fight against your Eight Banners elite formations like other Ming troops." Who do you think is more powerful? ”

Makata said: "If there is no equipment, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be defeated. ”

Zhao Kang said: "Are my carefully trained fighters so bad? ”

Makata said: "Although I am only a woman, I can also see that in fact, the soldiers of your Eighth Route Army are very good in terms of training and weapons and equipment, but they are mainly infantry, and the Eight Banners are mainly cavalry. But if fought in array, cavalry had a great advantage over infantry, especially in the plains, where the inferiority of infantry could hardly be compensated for by equipment. ”

Makata's words strengthened Zhao Kang's idea of forming cavalry. It is okay for modern mechanized troops to be the main force of the Central Army, but it is not realistic to send them out to fight in all directions and defend various places. However, Zhao Kang was seriously skeptical about whether the half-hung cavalry troops trained from now on could defeat the Eight Banners.

A week later, Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Fuchen, Wang Pingfan, and Zhou Yuji all returned to Naturalization City one after another, and Temur, who had conquered the three banners of Urat north of the Yellow River, also came to Naturalization City with the banner owners to report. Zhao Kang is also preparing to redraw the sphere of influence.

Due to the great contribution of the Ordos Department in this battle, coupled with the relatively obedient performance during this time, Zhao Kang decided to merge the Three Banners of Urat and the original Six Banners of Ordos into the Ordos League, with Temur as the leader of the alliance, and the position of the League was also moved from the Central Banner of the Left Wing of Ordos to Bayannur.

In addition, Zhao Kang was ready to establish an industrial base in Baotouji, using the coal from northern Shaanxi and Dongsheng, as well as the minerals from Baotou to Baiyun Obo, to climb the science and technology tree, so he recommended Daniel Zhang as the chief soldier of Baotou. First, it can rescue in time when Guihua City is attacked, and secondly, it can prepare for the construction of Baotou Industrial Base in the future.

The Chahar Department followed the same management method as the Ordos League, choosing obedient people as the banner masters, and each banner owner formed the Tu Eighth Route Cavalry to maintain the rule, the internal affairs were solved by the banner owners themselves, and the military affairs were jointly managed by the alliance leaders and the general army. At the same time, Zhao Kang divided the territory west and north of the former Chahar tribe of Hunshandak Sandy Land into the Chahar League, which was located in Ulanqab and continued to rule the front, middle and rear banners of the left and right wings of the Chahar, as well as the Siziwang Banner and the Sunit Banner. Ezhe served as Chahar Jinong, and replaced Zhao Kang in Ulanqab to become the first line of defense against the attack of "my Great Qing". Of course, if Ezhe is not obedient, it will only be less than three hundred miles from Guihua City to Ulanqab, and with the speed of Zhao Kang's mechanized troops, it will not take half a day to reach the city.

At the same time, the Naturalization City was rebuilt, and Wang Fuchen was recommended to the court as the Naturalized General Army, and the two Tumut Banners west of the Naturalization City were assigned to the Naturalization General Military Office. First, he was responsible for defending against the attack from the east of "My Great Qing", and secondly, he was responsible for supervising whether the Chahar departments were obedient and whether they obediently guarded the east gate for Zhao Kang.

The territory is bigger, the credit is there, and of course the officials under his command have to be promoted. Zhao Kang also recommended Li Laoguan to serve as the general army of Yulin, Wang Pingfan as the general soldier of Qingyang, Zhao Liangdong as the general army of Yan'an, and Zhou Yuji changed from the general army of Shanxi to the general army of Shaanxi to aid and suppress the general army, and was stationed in Yulin with Li Laoguan in peacetime and became a mobile force in Yansui Town. In this way, he has the general army of the seven towns under his command, plus the Tubalu cavalry of the Mongolian departments, there are 100,000 troops, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how you look at it, it is definitely a military force that cannot be underestimated and is feared.