readx; "Good guy, I want to wipe out the Ordos department, I have a lot of appetite!"

Zhu Youzhen was very excited about Li Dingguo's ambition, drank a big bowl of tea, and said happily, "But your idea is very good." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info This king tells you the truth, the territory of my Ming Dynasty should never stop at the Great Wall. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the nomads on the steppe have invaded southward wave after wave, and we have been submissive and can only resist passively. There are only two exceptions, one is that Huo Qubing was sick in the north more than a thousand years ago, but the Xiongnu was sealed as a wolf, and the other was when Lan Yu, the founding general of this dynasty, broke the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the fishing sea.

"But every time these aggressive peoples can resurge, it won't be long before they invade the south again. Why? Just because we couldn't wipe them all out, the prairie gave them a chance to recuperate. Since dogs can't change their eating, the only way to do this is to occupy the entire territory of the Mongolian Plateau and let them have no room to live in order to relieve the northern plague once and for all! Dingguo, we not only want to completely annihilate the Ordos Department, but also all the Mongols in the future, so that these so-called 'proud sons of heaven' can never invade! However, the Mongols were skilled in cavalry warfare and were agile, and it was not easy to annihilate them completely. Tell us about your plans! ”

Li Dingguo was very happy to see that his idea was agreed by Zhu Youzhen, but he still said clearly: "There are about tens of thousands of people in the Ordos Ministry, of which at least half are old and weak women and children, and there will be no more than 20,000 people who can fight. In normal times, these people are scattered in the form of small tribes within a radius of hundreds of miles north of the Yulin Great Wall to the south of Yinshan Mountain, and if we attack with a large army, these people will definitely flee far away. In the vast desert steppe, the most difficult thing is to find the enemy's traces, and after a long time, our army's grain and grass will inevitably continue, and the Mongols will take the opportunity to kill a horse gun, which is also the biggest reason for the repeated failures of the Han army in the past dynasties. So we can't go down the old path. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded approvingly: "Then what is your new path?" ”

Li Dingguo said modestly: "Actually, it's not a new path. The last general heard from Master Sun that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and was besieged by Mao Dun Shan with an army of 400,000 in Baishan Mountain, and could not get rid of it for seven days and seven nights, and finally survived by bribing Mao Dun's wife. The last general thought at that time that if these 400,000 people were scattered on the prairie, the Han army would not be able to capture many even if they attacked dozens of times; And if you have enough strength, you can eat it in one bite. After the main force of the Xiongnu was lost, dozens or hundreds of small troops were sent deep into Mobei to defeat the Xiongnu in one fell swoop. It's a pity that Liu Bang didn't have the strength to eat the main force of the Xiongnu, so he could only sign an alliance under the city, and later had to rely on his relatives to prevent the Xiongnu from invading south, which was really a great shame for my Han people. ”

"That's right!" Zhu Youzhen slapped the table and said angrily, "What 'promoting national unity' is bullshit!" If you really want to promote it, why don't you want to marry the women of the steppe tribes to our Han people? When the enemy came, he didn't dare to fight, but he used the weakest woman as a tribute to the enemy, and he thought he had a plan, which was really shameless to the extreme! We have done a good job in this regard, no harmony, no compensation, no land cution, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king..."

Zhu Youzhen just wanted to say "the king died in the society", but after thinking about it, wasn't that what he was talking about in history. I had to choke and say: "What, this king is a little off-topic, Dingguo, you go on!" ”

Li Dingguo said: "What the last general thinks is that the Ordos Department is isolated in the Hetao area, and the available soldiers are only 20,000, if they can be gathered together, with the combat effectiveness of the Qin soldiers, it is possible to annihilate them all." Because our Qin soldiers not only have cavalry, but more importantly, they have been built into a firearms-based army by His Royal Highness. The degree of our use of firearms is simply unmatched by other officers and soldiers, especially the defense of the city. This year, the army of more than 100,000 thieves of Gao Yingxiang's army was unable to break through Guyuan, so if we also look for such a place in the Hetao area to attract the Mongols to attack with a small number of troops, this is the 'throwing bricks and attracting jade' in the '36 strategies'. With the greed of the Mongols, they will inevitably gather all their forces to surround our army and storm it. When the morale of the enemy army was low, the main cavalry force of our army, which was ambushed in the desert south of the Hetao, suddenly attacked, and combined with the defenders, so as to break the Mongols. ”

"Well said!" Zhu Youzhen praised, "What a plan to throw bricks and attract jade." But as you said, we have to find a suitable place to defend in the Loop, otherwise this brick will be thrown and gone. ”

"The location has already been chosen." Li Dingguo said busily, "In the Han Dynasty, Jiuyuan City was built in the Hetao area, and although it was abandoned later, its site was rich in water and grass, and the transportation was convenient, and the Liao and Jin dynasties built the city on the original site. The Yuan Dynasty again abandoned it as a nomadic land, and also named the place 'Baoketu', which means a place with deer. However, under the accumulation of thousands of years, the local smelting and ceramic industry gradually flourished, and gradually became a semi-settled trading place. Although there is no castle here, there are thousands of Mongolian merchants living all year round, and even many Jin merchants secretly go out of the customs to do smuggling business there. ”

Zhu Youzhen followed Li Dingguo's guidance and found "Baoketu" on the map, and at a glance he knew that this was Baotou in his previous life. This place is on the bank of the Yellow River 400 miles north of Yulin, and is located in the middle of the Hetao, it is really a good place, no wonder the Mongols will entrench here.

Li Dingguo continued: "The plan of the last general is to break up about 2,000 infantry and chariots, pretend to be smugglers and sneak to Baoketu, waiting for an opportunity to completely annihilate the local Mongols. Then immediately use the carts to form a car formation, take care of each other, and hold on to help. The Mongols knew that after our army was small, it would inevitably attack in a big way, and this luring army had to withstand the onslaught of the Mongols, at least for three days.

"The main cavalry force as a backup will gather at least 5,000 cavalry, and when the Mongol army is sleepy and short of horses, it can stop and attack fiercely, and then defeat the main force of the Ordos department in one fell swoop. At the same time, our army can send a small force to find the place where the Mongol women and children are stationed, and capture all of them, so as to confuse the enemy's army. After the enemy army was defeated, and all the family and livestock were lost, there was no way to retreat, and there was a great possibility that they would be completely annihilated by our army. The Ordos Department has occupied the Hetao for many years, and the family must be very thick, and with their belongings to feed the Qin soldiers, His Royal Highness can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

"Dingguo, you really have it, you even have a battle plan!" Zhu Youzhen said happily.

"The last general is just thinking about it." Li Dingguo said with a smile, "There are still a lot of obstacles in this. ”

"Are you worried that Qin Bing's combat effectiveness is insufficient and that he will make the same mistake as Liu Bang?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"That's not it," Li Dingguo said busily, "What the last general is worried about is that after all, the Qin soldiers are under the control of the governor of Yansui, and if they act without the will of the imperial court, will they cause trouble to His Highness." ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly woke up, thinking that Xia Yan and Zeng Mo only suggested "reset", which also led to death. If he let the Qin soldiers start a war with the Mongols without authorization, first, what impact would it have on the entire northern war situation, and second, whether Wei Zhongxian would use this as an excuse to kill him, these are all things to be considered repeatedly.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time before saying: "Dingguo, first write out your battle plan in detail, and King Rong Ben will think about it!" ”