Nearly two months after the first battle, Wusu and Huosieve received a comprehensive battle report. [Full text reading]

In order to contain the main force of the guards of Tumochuan, the two of them have been wandering around Tumochuan with tens of thousands of cavalry, and the Ming army also has cavalry, and the scale is not small, but after all, it is not as good as the grassland people.

The strategy was very successful, and the main force of the Ming army was not only pinned down by them, but under the threat of the steppe cavalry, the Ming army even gave up building the city. They did not build a high wall, but hastily built some rudimentary camps, which were considered fortifications, and these camps were scattered around the Tumo River, and they were faintly enclosed in a large circle, protecting the fortification site in the middle.

For this reason, the fire sieve was a little proud, and made several proposals in a false manner, saying that it was going to launch an all-out attack. Of course, Usu knew what he was thinking, and this guy wanted nothing more than to give himself advice, and then gain a reputation for being generous and admonishing, and show his position as a leader to his people.

It's just that the enemy is at present, and Wusu has no time to care about these careful thoughts, of course it is impossible to attack, and he has lost in such a favorable situation in Yingzhou.

The only chance of victory was to cut off the supply lines of the Ming army. At that time, the Ming army did not want to starve to death, so they could only withdraw their troops, and on the way to the enemy's withdrawal, Wusu would stare at it deadly, and once he found a flaw, he would launch a thunderous blow, which was the wolf's tactics and the most admired concept of the steppe people.

"Immortal Heaven is above...... the spring and summer of the sixth year of Zhengde, Changshengtian was summoned dozens of times more frequently than before, if there really was such an existence, he would definitely be indignant at the shepherds' behavior of remembering themselves when they had something to do, and throwing them aside when they had nothing to do, but, even so, I'm afraid no one would care about it at this moment.

"Nearly 10,000 horses have been lost? Aren't we taking the enemy's back path...... And still on the steppe? The song sung by the messenger was unpleasant, but it was the shepherd's way of delivering the message, and Usu was used to it, and he was shocked by the contents of the war report.

The wolf pack tactics that the steppe people are proud of are also ineffective? Liaojin, Western Xia, and Western Regions countries...... The ancestors of the year used this trick to defeat countless strong enemies, and the places covered by the sky were turned into pastures for the Mongols, but now the invincible move has also hit a wall.

More than 10,000 cavalry were lost, but few results were achieved.

Although there is no exact information, it is clear in the battle report that the Ming army also had some casualties, but because the equipment of the Ming army is good enough, many people are only wounded and not killed.

Of course, the casualty ratio is not the most important thing, and the strategic purpose of the wolf pack tactics is to cut off the supplies of the Ming army, loot and burn their supplies. If this goal can be achieved, it is not unacceptable that the cavalry will lose a lot of money, but the problem is that the Ming army has lost extremely limited materials.

The humble camp was full of murderous machines, but because of the low cost, it was extremely intensively repaired.

The convoy only needs to walk for half a day to reach the transit station, and it will be safe to enter, so the people will not hesitate to rush with all their strength as soon as they get on the road, and the time exposed to the Ranger front is compressed to a minimum. Often, as soon as the spies saw the convoy, before they could summon the large group of men, the convoy had already entered the camp, leaving them to cry out in vain.

If you want to break this trick, you can only let the brigade of cavalry wander in the middle of the fortress all the time, and if you meet one by one, in the past two months, the only two perfect results have been achieved in this way.

However, the two teams that completed the task perfectly did not end well, because they had been lounging in the field, and the horsepower loss was relatively large. The cavalry of the Ming army escorting the convoy saw that the situation was not good, and before leaving the people to escape, they cast a signal and summoned a large group of light horses, and the result was self-evident, under the rapid pursuit of the Ming army, the two teams of men and horses suffered heavy losses and were almost wiped out.

Because of the lack of supplies, these two teams did not even burn the car, and they were robbed back by the Ming army, in addition to killing all those people who did not understand the language and looked strange, the only gain was the intelligence of the vehicles used by the Ming army.

The cart is also horse-drawn, and the difference is that the wheels are unusually wide, and in addition, the wheels are also very light, even if you walk on the soft grass, you will not easily fall into it, so it is also very fast. It was because of these strange wheels that the supply convoy was able to move so fast.

If you can't get the convoy, you can only find a way to attack the camp. It's hard to say whether there is a causal connection between these two tactics, just from the outside, that camp is really nothing to fear, and many tribes have directly attacked it after seeing the convoy enter. Among them, there are cautious ones, such as Manggul who retreats at the touch of a button; There are also impulsive ones, such as the collapse of the whole army.

There were also cases of successful capture of the camp, but it was an alliance of several tribes that gathered 5,000 men and horses to attack, and after nearly half of the casualties, they conquered the camp. Then, the iron cavalry of the Ming army, which had come to the rescue, aroused the anger of the cavalry with the blood of their comrades, and the shepherds were drowned, and not a single hair escaped.

Therefore, the battle report that Wusu got was quite comprehensive, and after listening to the battle report, he had completely outlined the strategy of the Ming army in his mind. can figure it out, but it doesn't mean that there is a way to solve it, Wusu is bitter!

Step by step, advance as a whole, this is the most restrained wolf pack tactics, the shepherds on the front line have exhausted their means, and in the end they can only stare dryly, what can he do?

"They're already farming, and when they come back for the autumn harvest, will they be able to harvest something?" The fire sieve was also worried, and after thinking about it for a long time, he came up with an idea.

No matter how rich the Ming army was, it was impossible to fence the fields with barbed wire, and a large group of men and horses were easy to be found far away, but sporadic rangers should not matter. Autumn is the time when the vegetation is flourishing, which is very helpful for the hidden figure, and it is not a good way to destroy the tuntian of the Ming army.

"I'm afraid it's hard." Wu Su rubbed his temples with a very painful expression, "The cavalry of the Ming army is also very capable of fighting, and those who escort the convoy, when they see our scouts, they all rush up directly, your method will only turn into more frequent skirmishes in the end, we can't take much advantage, after all, the equipment of the Ming army is much better than ours......"

Usu's expression was gloomy.

"It's the same knife on the body, the Ming army is a little injured at most, our people are a big blood on the spot, and if they don't die, they have to go to half a life, those Ming troops are the elite of the border towns, and they dare to fight hard...... And there are those people, those people, the Ming army is used as slaves, no matter how much we kill, they don't feel distressed, ten for one, it's also our loss! ”

"What then?" Huo Sieve suddenly felt a sense of boredom in his heart, and he walked back and forth in the tent a little irritablely, "The tribes on the front line don't dare to do it anymore, if it goes on like this, won't it be a waste of supplies?" Now we are not as rich as before, how can we afford to spend this day? ”

"......" Wu Su was silent.

They really can't afford to be hurt, the steppe people are not a tight organization, even if the little prince is resurrected, or even if Temujin is reborn, there is no way for the shepherd to complete the impossible task. After two years of large-scale mobilization, but no results were achieved to replenish it, and it also suffered an extremely heavy blow, and the steppe people were indeed unable to sustain themselves.

The cavalry he mobilized now was originally the labor force of various tribes, and without these people, it was already very difficult to retreat to the old and weak of Helin, and it was almost impossible to rely on them to get supplies. According to the original plan, his cavalry should be able to fight in battle.

"It's not that there is no way, in the past few years, I heard that Liaodong has been very prosperous, and Wuliangha is very rich, and they have taken refuge in the Ming people, and they plotted against us once last year, and we fought over, and it can be regarded as a famous teacher." There was a silence for a while, and Wu Su said slowly.

Originally, he and Duoyan Sanwei were opponents, and he also knew more about the situation over there, and in line with the principle of picking soft persimmons, he quickly thought of this old opponent who was both rich and weak.

"Wuliangha's internal situation is not very stable, Tu Yu has long been dissatisfied with Huadang, we have a lot of soldiers, and we have internal responses, so it shouldn't be a problem to break it in one drum."

"However, since Huadang has taken refuge in the Ming army, how can you guarantee that when we advance eastward, the Ming army will watch it?"

Huo Sieve said suspiciously: "You have also seen that the camp of the Ming army is very convenient to build, those barbed wire fences can be transported by car, a car can surround a large circle, if there are enough people, one can be built in half a day." Let's go, if they go west or north, who can stop them? When they come out in a few more circles, we won't even have a foothold. ”

After thinking about it, he added: "The border army of Liaozhen is also very powerful, the heavy cavalry I met in Yingzhou last time was sent by Liaozhen, the Ming army charged with heavy cavalry, and the Wuliangha cavalry followed to cover and kill, are you sure we must be able to fight?" ”

"Uh......" Usu staggered. It really can't be beaten, Yingzhou At that time, there were only 3,000 heavy cavalry in Liaozhen, and they were already invincible, who knows how many they still have hidden in their home? Those heavy riders are a disaster!

The proposal was rejected again and again, and the tone of the fire sieve questioning was also very choking, and Wusu also had a big fire, "If you can't do it in the east, then go to the west, aren't those places in Ningxia also engaged in a new deal?" The places where the New Deal was carried out are relatively rich, let's go and make a profit, and then retreat to Mobei, I don't believe that the Ming army can enclose all the grasslands and deserts. ”

"The West......

There is an element of gambling in his words, the west has always been the scope of Warat's strength, and the little prince often crosses the line, that is because the Tatars are powerful, but now the Tatars have a request for Warat. But hearing this, the reaction of the fire sieve was a little strange, he did not retort like thunder, but muttered thoughtfully: "Forget it, there should be news." ”

"What?" Usu was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, followed by a sound of messy footsteps, and a very tired voice sounded.

"Report to the Great Khan, Turpan Mansuer in accordance with the previous proposal, with 20,000 horses into Hami, wrapped in Hami military horses, and invaded Hexi, Gansu Governor Wu Wending set up Suzhou, Anding, Shazhou three guards and horses, fighting in Shazhou ......"

"The result?" The two khans squeezed out of the tent door together and asked nervously.

"Turpan was defeated, Man Suer was captured, Hami Yalan died in the chaos, and now the Ming army has launched a counteroffensive, straight into Hami, pointing at Turpan, and all the countries in the Western Regions are in danger."

"Ahh Huo Sieve was dumbfounded, he thought that Turpan might not be the opponent of the Ming army, but he didn't expect the other party to lose so badly, it sounds like the Ming army is leading the troops with a civil minister, and there are not many soldiers and horses, why is it so fierce?

"Tian......" Wusu is also stupid, Suzhou is probably the weakest one in the nine sides, they can all achieve such results, so how can Ningxia, a war-torn town, be light? Man Su'er was very righteous and sent troops in time to echo, but he sent himself in, and now it is obviously in vain to go west.

"King Bao Khan, there are people outside who claim to be messengers, who come on behalf of the Fuyu Department and the Jianzhou Jurchens......"

"......" The two Khan kings looked at each other blankly, how did these two get involved, and what is the situation?

(To be continued)