The Jiangning battalion made all the preparations and waited for Su Tiancheng's order before setting off.

The officers and men of the Jiangning battalion dispatched this time were a total of 50,000 people, of which 20,000 attacked Taiwan, 30,000 attacked the Mongolian tribes, and 50,000 people all took warships and patrol boats. After a period of conquest, the Three-Way Army finally jointly attacked the Horqin tribe, striving to completely pacify many tribes in Mongolia within half a year.

The winter expedition, for the Jiangning battalion soldiers who attacked Taiwan, this is not a big deal, the climate in the south is not very cold, there is not much impact on the expedition, but Mongolia is different, the climate is cold, if you see the wind and snow weather, you must also pay attention to the cold, if you don't make the expedition has not started, it will cause heavy losses, so the battle to conquer the Mongolian tribe is actually spelled out with silver, and it is necessary to ensure that the soldiers are fed and clothed.

Of course, for an expedition of this scale, it is impossible for you to complete all the preparations, and in the process of the expedition, there will always be some sudden things that need to be dealt with temporarily, and no one can predict all the accidents.

This time the expedition, Su Tiancheng knew very well that the process must be cruel, especially in the conquest of the grassland, the tribes of the grassland are accustomed to migration, with the change of seasons. To go to a place where water and grass are abundant, the specific stationing place is not so fixed, and the conquest on the grassland is not as good as in Guannei, or even different from Liaodong, and the Mongolian tribe is likely to disappear without a trace overnight. You'll need to send out a large number of scouts, have countless intelligence, and even know the route of the Mongol tribes, so that you can start a decisive battle with the main force of the tribe.

In addition, there are questions such as how to deal with prisoners, the Mongolian tribes are fierce, and when they fight each other, they will not show mercy, and there have been some rumors. After the defeat of the tribe, the women were plundered, and the men were all killed in height more than the wheels, which was to cut off the continuity of the tribe and make the entire tribe completely disappear, and those who could save their lives in the fight were except for the women. It's a baby, and this is also because of the harsh environment in which the Mongolian tribes live. Population growth was slow, especially among able-bodied men, who were the main force in the tribe, and many babies died because of the difficult conditions.

Su Tiancheng believed in these rumors, the life of the Mongolian tribes. First of all, it is very mobile, relying mainly on grazing to survive, and almost no one cultivates the land, which is far less than that of the mainland, and secondly, the medical conditions are extremely backward. After getting sick, if you can't rely on your own physique to carry it, it often means death, and under such conditions, the young and strong who can grow up will become the brave sergeants of the tribe.

In the process of discussing the Mongol conquest, there are two opinions, one opinion is that after defeating a certain tribe, it is necessary to cut through the chaos quickly, and not to leave the slightest trouble, which means that the entire tribe should be exterminated, regardless of men and women, of course, there are softer opinions, that is, to leave the women and children, and hand these women and children over to the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, or simply bring them back to Guannei, but this opinion, the basis is to destroy the entire tribe.

This kind of purpose can be achieved, but also because of the harsh conditions in Mongolia, individuals do not rely on tribes, it is impossible to survive, must rely on tribes to survive, Mongolian tribes are all living together, although the distribution of large places, but basically concentrated in one area, as long as it is surrounded by this area, it is basically impossible for the tribe people to escape.

The second opinion is that according to the consistent habit of the Jiangning battalion, the main battle is a contest between the armies, and the innocent should not be involved, and it is not possible to kill people on a large scale, and it is impossible to exterminate other people's tribes, and this kind of killing is too bloody.

In the process of discussion, the opinions were basically concentrated on the first type, the entire tribe must be destroyed, Su Tian was a little strange, but the officer who adhered to this opinion said the reason, the survival ability and revenge of the Mongolian tribe are very heavy, it is impossible to reform, leaving the children of the tribe is equivalent to leaving enemies for themselves, such situations abound, there have been many lessons before.

How to conquer Mongolia, what kind of combat method to take, Su Tiancheng thought for two days, the Jiangning battalion conquered the Mongolian tribes, focusing on firearms, that is, the artillery battalion and the Shenji battalion, no matter how fast the tribe migrates, it is impossible to be faster than firearms, this kind of battle, there is no equality, the Jiangning battalion is basically the chance to win, as long as there are no special accidents, the process of conquest, such as how to face the recalcitrant tribe.

Su Tiancheng is not a compassionate person, he understands the truth of beating the water dogs, mercy is not in charge of soldiers and righteousness, this is a very clear truth, war is war, there can be no kindness of women, if the mind is not firm, the one who suffers is the soldier. It may even involve the victory or defeat of the entire battle.

But if it is a large-scale killing, it is unjustifiable, exterminating other people's tribes, of course, is the simplest thing, but this is against the nature of human beings, Su Tiancheng remembers, according to the development of history, after the Qing Dynasty conquered the Ming Dynasty, it was a large-scale killing in the south, and anyone who did not obey the leadership of the Great Qing Dynasty was mercilessly killed.

It's a pity that the historical evaluation is not easy to say, and the prosperous Kangqian era that appeared later was also because there was a lot less resistance and the Manchu Qing Dynasty unified its thinking, so it was able to develop rapidly.

Because it is impossible to unify opinions, it is said that the process of discussion is more than one day, and this matter cannot be underestimated, which involves the entire process of the campaign, including the conquest ideas of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, which must also be unified.

The Jiangning battalion has participated in a lot of expeditions, including the extermination of the Liukou and other battles, but Su Tiancheng's point of view has always been to kill the officers, and for ordinary sergeants, he will not kill them all, nor will he kill them like this, but this time, he was a little hesitant.

Su Tiancheng of the crossing, the lessons of the Zhilu Dao are many, sometimes, in the process of conquest, Huairou's policy will hurt himself, Su Tiancheng remembers a story, also in a battle, the army entered a village, the rest of the village are women, children, old and weak, the army immediately launched relief, who knows that these women and children have taken up arms, giving the army heavy losses, even the commander was shot, and then the army violated the rules of the superiors, and exterminated the village in a fit of rage, Both the old man and the child were killed.

In the process of conquering Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places, the Jiangning battalion adopted a policy of Huairou, which did not involve the people living here, but there were many problems, during that time, the intelligence continued to leak out, Qu Qingze's meaning, not clear investigation of the Han people in Fuzhou and Xuanzhou and other places, but the Manchus could not tolerate it, these Manchus, in a short period of time, would not surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and the later Xuanzhou Campaign, if it were not for Su Tiancheng's caution, let the Jiangning battalion soldiers in Liaodong take a warship and arrive in Xuanzhou directly from the sea mountain, Maybe such top-secret information has also been revealed.

However, Su Tiancheng would not adopt the method of killing everything.

Su Tiancheng, who crossed through, and other people's understanding is different, in his heart, Mongolia and Houjin, both belong to the Daming, in popular words, are Chinese, this is an internal matter, can not be wiped out, especially in the face of the Mongolian tribe, let alone take the way of exterminating the tribe to solve the problem.

The final opinion is still Su Tiancheng's decision.

Su Tiancheng believes that the contest between the armies cannot break through the bottom line, and cannot open the knife to women, children, the elderly and the weak, if such a bottom line is broken, it is a very terrible thing, and then it is very likely to form a large-scale killing, especially the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, which need to be controlled.

As for the conquest, there may be such and such problems that may be encountered, specific problems and specific treatments, the general principle, the conquest is a matter of the army, once the Mongol tribes surrender, they must stop killing, and there must be no idea of destroying the entire tribe, as for the sequelae, there are always times, it is impossible to completely conquer the Mongol tribes through a battle, or it is necessary to go through follow-up construction matters to truly rule the Mongol tribes.

Su Tiancheng's idea is not simple, the main problem is still in the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, as for the Jiangning camp, there is not much problem, for so many years, the Jiangning camp has been in accordance with this idea to conquer, so in order to implement this idea of conquest, Su Tiancheng decided to let Yan Yingyuan rush to Anningbao after careful consideration, and entered the Hetao area with Sun Yuankun, requiring the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe to conquer according to the requirements.

Of course, Su Tiancheng knows very well that the time for the conquest of Taiwan cannot be too long, he still has to enter the grassland, some battles, he has to personally command, some unexpected things, you may need to make decisions by yourself, and the most important one, that is, whether the Houjin Tartars will participate in the battle of the grassland, to what extent, if such a situation occurs, how to deal with it, etc. (To be continued......)