"Fathers and fellow villagers, don't worry, there is no shortage of food and clothing in this imperial city, live here with peace of mind, and wait for the king to destroy those Tartars, and then celebrate with you together! You see, I have brought even the queen, and what else do you have to fear? Could it be that this king will still lose to those? Don't talk about this king, didn't Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu kill them all the same? Isn't this Beijing city what it is today when Emperor Chengzu swept the north? ”

In the imperial city of Beijing, Wang Ye Yang held the queen's arm, waved his arms like those great men, and said with a smile to the people kneeling on the ground in front of him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Next to him, Her Royal Highness the Queen was also distributing candy to the children with a bright smile.

Well, these are refugees.

These are all ordinary people who have been evacuated from Yixian and other places, and at this time, how can there be a better resettlement point except Beijing?

Just cleaned up the Kang Mazi family and those hardcore crops, the entire inner city of Beijing and the imperial city were empty, these houses were nationalized, although some came to rent to do business during this time, but most of them are still empty, this time simply used as a refugee camp, not only the inner city, even the imperial city was opened, a large number of people helped the old and the young with a dreamlike feeling, and lived in this small city that only existed in legends for them.

In fact, some were simply housed in the palace.

made those simple villagers, now when they see Yang Feng, they are really lying on the ground with tears in their eyes, they don't know anything except kowtow to the mountain and shout long live, in their opinion, this military disaster is a disaster, this is obviously a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation, otherwise how can they have the opportunity to step into the imperial city or even the palace!

Of course, none of this matters.

The important thing is to quickly solve the 100,000 grassland brothers, otherwise these more than 200,000 refugees will have to eat Yang Wangye, but fortunately, in recent years, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have popularized high-yield rice seeds, coupled with the busy hydraulic machinery and inland shipping, water conservancy facilities have been overhauled in various places, and basically drought and flood have a certain ability to regulate. In addition, although Yang Wangye did not care about making pesticides in the chemical industry for the time being, he also began to plant insecticides in large quantities for improvisation, so the grain harvest in his control area this year was very bumper, and the rice was so cheap that the farmers were worried, but they would not starve these refugees because of the lack of food.

"How many Tartars are there now?"

In the former Yamen, the former Admiral of the Nine Gates, and now the headquarters of the Third Army of the Ming Army, Yang Wangye sat on the Taishi chair and asked while drinking tea.

"According to the latest information, the Dzungar Department and the Khalkha Mongol Tushetu Khan have arrived with a total of 60,000 people, including 40,000 in the Dzungar Department, 20,000 in the Tushetu Khan Department, and more than 5,000 in the Heshute Department. As for Zasaktu Khan, there are also the Saiyin Noyan Department subordinate to Tushetu Khan, and the Oirat Mongol Durbot Department subordinate to Dzungar Khan because of the long distance, and they are still on their way. ”

Gao Huai said.

"That's a lot!"

Yang Feng said happily.

"The Tatars claim to be 200,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, although it is an exaggeration, but 120,000 is no problem, in addition to the newly established Ningxia Provincial Regiment Training Army, also known as the Ningxia Training Army is a total of 60,000 people, all of them are Huimin cavalry in the northwest, and the commander is Ma Jinliang of the former Gubeikou General Army and Huimin, but he is just a name, and it is those elders who really control the military power, so that the two armies will not add up to less than 170,000, and 170,000 are all cavalry."

Gao Huai said with a solemn face.

"How many horses do so many cavalrymen get?"

Yang Feng didn't feel the slightest sense of pressure, but asked with interest.

"At least 300,000 horses, many of these cavalry are double horses or even three horses, and there are a large number of camels, as well as the livestock they drive as food, the mighty and mighty are like locusts, and they have gnawed clean everywhere they pass, and now the whole Baoding, the deer, and Cangzhou have completely become a riotous pasture, and the common people have all fled. It is said that in many places, even the green battalion and those regimental exercises were so angry that they were not allowed to enter, and there have been many conflicts and even fires. ”

Gao Huai said.

In fact, there is still a certain gap between what he said and the actual situation.

It should be said that at this time, after this toss, the common people in the south of Zhili have disappeared the only remaining illusions about Kang Mazi, and even those gentry who were originally afraid that the Ming army would take away their land were eager for the Ming army to fight over at this time. After all, the Ming army took away the land and took away the land, at least they would not kill people, set fire to rob the women, these Tartars did everything, and the green battalions and regimental training in various places were completely exhausted to the last bit of loyalty.

After all, Kang Mazi is clearly not rushing to the good grass, if these people still regarded him as an emperor before, then now he is completely a tartar.

If the Ming army really wants to attack south at this time, none of those green battalions and regimental training will resist, and they are even likely to turn their guns and attack these cavalry who are theoretically in the same camp as them.

"Wait, it's not enough, wait until they arrive!"

Yang Wangye said with satisfaction.

"Your Highness, I feel ...... humiliation"

Gao Huai hesitated and didn't dare to say it.

"You mean this king is too careless, right?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Don't dare to be humble, I just think that the enemy's strength is not weak, we should be more cautious in dealing with it, these Tartars and the first cavalry brigade have fought many times, although we have won, but on average, the exchange ratio is basically about five to one, they have five casualties, we have to suffer one casualties, and this is our most capable cavalry brigade, if there is no city wall to protect the simple infantry field battle, I am afraid that our current strength is still not enough.

Our army was originally four infantry brigades plus one cavalry brigade, and later it was newly organized into three infantry brigades, and the prince brought one cavalry brigade and two infantry brigades, and the actual total strength was nine infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades, and the full strength was 60,000 people.

But we still have four brigades on the Great Wall line that cannot be withdrawn, there are nearly 100,000 troops of Tartars outside the pass, and the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry led by the Chechen Khan has also arrived in the Yanqing area, there is also the Yinzhen Department outside the Gubei Pass, and there is the Yinzhen Department outside the Shanhai Pass, especially when the winter is coming, the Dagu Pass is going to be frozen, and our logistics have to be transferred to the Shanhaiguan, although the new port of Qinhuangdao in the Guanhai has also been built, but after all, it is inseparable from the guard.

In this way, we can only use it on the southern front, but there are actually only two cavalry brigades and five infantry brigades, and this kind of strength feels very dangerous in the face of 170,000 cavalry. ”

Gao Huai said.

In fact, it is not only dangerous, it is simply very dangerous, the advantage of the Ming army is firepower, but firepower must rely on logistics, now there is a canal directly to Beijing, but in a maximum of three months, the mouth of Dagu will be frozen, in fact, the canal will also be frozen. That is to say, these 170,000 cavalry must be dealt with before this, otherwise the land transportation of horse-drawn carriages from Qinhuangdao Port alone will definitely not be able to supply such a level of battle, and the other party obviously understands this, so they are just attacking and not really attacking, and they are also waiting for Dagu to freeze.

And if the Ming army wants to settle the battle before the Dagu mouth freezes, it must take the initiative to attack, less than 10,000 cavalry, less than 30,000 infantry, to attack 170,000 cavalry, even with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it is no different from suicide.

At least in Gao Huai's opinion, this war is very mysterious.

Although Yang Wang Ye is very fierce, it is indeed a big killing weapon, but no matter how fierce he is against the 170,000 cavalry, the battle battlefield of this level is hundreds or even hundreds of miles wide, how much place can he block? He is an iron mountain, and he can't stop a surging river! What's more, the size of the enemy's army must be at the sea level, even if you don't have to fight, hundreds of thousands of war horses and camels let go, it is enough to level any line of defense.

In Gao Huai's view, the only way is to hoard materials as quickly as possible, give up all the strongholds on the periphery, and don't care about the ordinary people outside, all the Ming troops retreat into this Beijing city, relying on Beijing's city defense to survive the freezing period of this winter, only three or four months, with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it can completely survive, not to mention that there is a prince in charge. As long as we wait until next year's thaw at Dagukou, those Mongolian cavalry will be exhausted, and everything that can be eaten around will be eaten, and then more reinforcements will be transferred from the south to land at Dagukou, and the army of Beijing will be killed, and the east and west will advance together to open the canal again, and gradually regain the lost territory.

This is the only way.

Of course, the price of this method is the common people in the Ming army-controlled areas in the north of Zhili, and no matter how much materials Beijing hoards, it is impossible to feed millions of people, so they can only be thrown to those Tartars.

"You can have such a strategy, this king is very pleased, it is not in vain that this king cultivates you, it should be said that your strategy is very correct, this is also the best strategy, but, this king will not do this, this king will not sacrifice millions of people, although this king is making Li Dingguo's mistake by doing this, but this king still can't abandon those people who trust this king and follow this king, it's a big deal that this king fights on the battlefield, and the people must be preserved."

Yang Feng said righteously.

"Lord Wang."

Gao Huai was very excited and wanted to persuade him.

"Don't say it, this king has paid attention to it, don't say anything about abandoning the people in disregard, this king is entrusted by Emperor Taizu to supervise the Ming Dynasty, and it is the king's duty to protect the territory and the people, if you abandon the people to the enemy, then how can this king face Emperor Taizu, the Great Wall must be guarded by this king, and the king of this southern line must also be guarded, if a Tartar is allowed to cross the canal, it is the king's dereliction of duty!"

Yang Feng continued to say righteously.

Well, he's just habitually pretending to be a coerc, in fact, he has already had a trick to trouble the steppe brothers, and it's a very, very poisonous trick.

Gao Huai, of course, would not know this.

With full loyalty, he immediately brought a group of generals to advise again, but it is a pity that Yang Wang Ye is still obsessed, since this is the case, everyone will no longer have illusions, and they will honestly go back and prepare to wait for the bloody battle to the end!

The same thing has gradually spread, the people in Beijing and Tianjin and other places were really moved to tears, in addition to the legendary saint, where have I heard of such a good emperor, although Yang Wang Ye is only a prisoner, but at this time in fact, the people have already regarded him as the emperor, this year to lead the army to fight does not harm the people, this can already be said to be a good person, for the common people, would rather suffer their own sins, then can be called a saint.

For a while, after being promoted to a saint in the south, Yang Wangye was also promoted to a saint in the north, and the people in the north and south mentioned Yang Wangye behind their backs, basically no longer calling Wang Ye and the like, they were simply replaced by saints.

Of course, this doesn't help.

The Mongol cavalry from all walks of life continued to arrive, but they still did not launch a real attack, but fought a battle with the green battalion and the regimental trainers at the city of Lulu, and the latter closed the door and did not allow the army led by Razang Khan to enter the city, but Lazang Khan directly ordered to force in, and the two sides fought seriously. The green battalion, which originally had the same combat effectiveness as the Shangming army, actually defended it well this time, and later the third elder brother and Zhou Peigong ran to mediate in person, and then cut off the heads of more than a dozen local green battalion generals to appease the anger of Lazang Khan.

However, in this way, the green battalions and regimental exercises in various places are also completely desperate for Kang Mazi, and during this time, they don't need Jinyiwei to send spies or anything, they directly sent all kinds of information to Yang Feng.

A total of 112,000 Mongolian cavalry, 60,000 Huimin cavalry, with 250,000 war horses and 50,000 camels, as well as countless cattle and sheep, spread all over the mountains and wilderness of the vast land of Nanzhili, driving away all the people who originally lived here, together with the yurts where those cavalry lived. This vast plain has been transformed into a steppe of cattle and sheep.

By this time, it was already early winter.

At most, the mouth of Dagu will be frozen, and it is clear that these Mongol khans are still waiting, waiting for the day when the sea ice will block the transportation line of the Ming army.

After all, they already knew that the Ming army was not easy to fight, and during this time, their small-scale cavalry fought with the Ming army many times, but they did not achieve a single victory, even if the best result was only to use three hundred cavalry to fight out the one hundred cavalry of the Ming army, and they were also new recruits who had just entered the battlefield.

In that case, they would rather wait.

After all, they all know that Kang Mazi's promises are guaranteed by their military strength, once there are too many casualties on the battlefield against Yang Feng, Kang Mazi will not mention giving them those benefits, even their own hometown will have to become Kang Mazi. Similarly, the Great Khans are also being careful and vigilant with each other, and they will not stab each other, the Dzungar Department almost destroyed Tushetu Khan a few years ago, and in the original history, Tsewang Alabutan also killed Razang Khan, and the premise of ensuring all this is that they have to win, and they can't lose too much to win.

The opportunity is after the Dagu mouth is frozen.

"That's how disaster struck."

In the city of Beijing, Yang Wang Ye opened a box and looked at the contents with a sinister smile and talked to himself. (To be continued.) )