The newly built Helan Fort is actually not a city, due to the urgency of time, the Ming army did not have time to build a solid city wall, but only built a fence with wood, supplemented by a number of turrets, and the usual camping in the war is not much different.

Such a camp, defended by thousands of soldiers and horses, is barely feasible to deal with the attack of one or two hundred thousand enemies, Su Hao did not expect that the Rabbit would join forces with the Bu Lost Rabbit who was far away in Qinghai and gather 100,000 people to attack, which is a great crisis for Helan City.

Speaking of Bu Lost Rabbit, this person can be regarded as a cow. He is the eldest grandson of the current Mongol Khan, the king of the Mongol Khan, that is, the fifth grandson of Altan Khan, who first signed the terms of tribute and mutual market with the Ming Dynasty and accepted the canonization of the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty. Bu Lost Rabbit is stationed in Qinghai all the year round and has a considerable number of troops under his command. In the past, he didn't have much to do with the rabbit on the Hetao side, let alone join forces to send troops to fight the Ming Dynasty, this time, I don't know what stimulated the two of them, these two warlords actually cooperated to send troops.

Xiao Ruxun led 20,000 Ming troops out of the pass, and after defeating Bibai, he returned to Ningxia with most of his men, after all, it was the place where he guarded. What was left behind in Helan Fort was mainly the troops of the Kanyu Battalion and the more than 1,000 Tuntian military households left by Ningxia Wei. Hearing that the Tatar army was coming, Deng Kui, Xu Guangzu, Zhang Yunlong, Xiong Minyang, and Hu Xinxin of Ningxia Wei came to Su Hao's general military mansion to discuss countermeasures. By Su Hao's side, there was also his personal military advisor Li Zhen, whose pseudonym was Lin Zhi.

Listening to the scout reintroduce the information he had inquired about, Hu Xinxin first said in surprise: "Bu Lost Rabbit has never invaded our Ningxia Wei, why did he come here this time?" ”

Hu Xinxin's previous identity was just a hundred presidents, and he has always been indifferent to this kind of strategic problem. After quelling the Bibai rebellion, Xiao Ruxun became the chief soldier of Ningxia, and naturally wanted to promote his subordinates as the leading generals, and Hu Xinxin became the general manager of Qianqian because of this, and began to be eligible to participate in the meetings of the decision-making level. For the person who lost the rabbit. He had heard some of them, and in his impression, Bu Lost Rabbit was not Ningxiawei's enemy.

Xu Guangzu agreed with Hu Xinzi's words, saying: "The place where Bu Lost Rabbit is active is in Qinghai, and in the past, it was mainly to harass the Xiningwei area. I heard that he and Litu have always been at odds, and it is strange for the two to join forces. ”

"It's not surprising." Deng Kui said, "The Rabbit was scared of us in Pingyu City, and he didn't dare to go against us alone, so he had to pull in Bu Lost Rabbit to help." Regardless of their usual and discordant. We have hit the steppe, and it is the whole of Tatar that threatens them, and they will naturally become a family. ”

Su Hao turned his head to Li Zhen and asked, "What does Mr. think of what Deng Zhongjun said?" ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "The old man thinks that Deng Zhongjun said it very well, in the past six months or so, Deng Zhongjun has grown greatly, and he is no longer just reckless and killing, but can use some strategies, and the overall situation is also very accurate, quite a general's demeanor." ”

"Uh...... Mr. Lin has won the prize. Isn't this all taught by Mr. Lin? Deng Kui said with a smile. In the past year or so, Su Hao often asked Li Zhen and others to give lectures to the officers, imparting some political knowledge, military strategy, etc., and indeed achieved some results. Compared to the past. A military general like Deng Kui also has some attainments in the art of war.

After Li Zhen praised Deng Kui, he turned his head and said to everyone: "Deng Zhongjun analyzed it, and the old man felt that there was some truth. We made Litu suffer under Pingyu City, and those Tatar thousands of households under him are a little disgusted with us. In addition, we are in Ningxia City, and we are defeated. These things will reach the ears of the Rabbit, making him afraid of our strength. In this case, he naturally did not dare to go to war with us alone. You have to find someone to help. ”

"That's true." Su Hao said, "According to the news that Chen Guanyu reported back, those Tatar leaders of the Rabbit Department were silent when they talked about the battle of Pingyu City, and they were probably scared. With such a team to fight us, I'm afraid that as soon as the cannon on our side goes off, their men and horses will be scattered. ”

Because of this, Zhu Litu found Bu Lost Rabbit and asked him to bring some Qinghai soldiers over. The Qinghai soldiers have never seen our strength, and there is no cowardice in their hearts. As long as the Rabbit explains the characteristics of firearms to them, they will not collapse at the touch of a button like the Rabbit Division. Our troops out of the steppe are a threat to the entire Tatar, and it is understandable that Bu Lost Rabbit is willing to send troops to help Litu. Li Zhen said.

"Bu Lost Rabbit may have another intention, which is to establish his authority on the grassland." Xu Guangzu added that he has been mixed in the military department for many years, and he also has some understanding of things on the grassland, so he has some right to speak, "Today's Mongolian Shunyi King has many heirs, although Bu Lostu is the eldest grandson, but the Mongols don't talk about the order of the young and the old, whoever has the most power can succeed to the throne." If Bu Lost Rabbit wants to succeed as the king of Shunyi after a hundred years, he can't help but show up and let everyone see his ability. ”

Everyone, you said a word to me, and gradually analyzed the reason for the Tatar troops. Next, it's time to discuss your side's strategy.

"Let's fight!" Deng Kui said with a fist, "What about 100,000 people, let's quickly send someone back to report the news, and ask General Xiao and Ma General to send troops over for reinforcements, and it is enough to gather 50,000 people." At the beginning, Li Li Rabbit led 20,000 people to invade Pingyu City, but we only had five or six thousand people, didn't we defeat him too? ”

As soon as Deng Kui's words came out, Su Hao and Li Zhen glanced at each other and laughed silently. Just now, Li Zhen praised Deng Kui's growth, but after a few words, Zhang Fei's temperament was exposed again.

Zhang Yunlong was not as impulsive as Deng Kui, he said: "Deng Zhongjun's strategy is a bit risky. In the battle of Pingyu City, we won by surprise. The rabbit didn't expect our firearms to be so powerful, and he was panicked for a while, so he suffered a big loss. Now that he is ready, we have to win more with less, but I am afraid that it will be difficult. ”

Xu Guangzu also said: "We are now on the grassland, the territory of the Tatars, which is different from the original in Pingyu City. The Tatar army reached 100,000 people, and with these firearms, we could not stop their charge. Once the barrier of firearms is broken through and the two sides fall into a hand-to-hand encounter, our Ming army is no match for the Tatar army. ”

Xu Guangzu's words have a bit of a taste of raising the morale of others and destroying his own prestige, but everyone knows that his words are right, and this is the experience of the Ming army fighting against the Tatar army for many years. The Tatars grew up on horseback, and their diet was based on meat and milk, so they were far stronger than the Ming army. In one-on-one fighting, the Ming soldiers were not the opponents of the Tatars, so the Ming army could only win more and less, and there were few examples of winning more with less.

"It will definitely not be possible to meet the enemy head-on, so we still have to consider a roundabout." Li Zhen suggested.

"Hey, what a grievance!" Deng Kui couldn't help but be a little discouraged when he saw that everyone was against his opinion.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Lao Deng, fighting a sports war does not necessarily mean that you are aggrieved, if you fight well, you will also be happy, but our opponent will feel aggrieved." ”

"Well, is that what you call a sixteen-word formula?" Deng Kui said that Su Hao had told them about the concept of sports warfare.

Su Hao nodded and said: "That's right, it's what I said about the sixteen-character formula, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase." In the past few months, the sergeants have practiced the art of riding and archery, and they have achieved a little success, and it is time to test the results. The Tatar army has as many as 100,000 troops, and it is difficult to move, so we will seize this weakness and drag it to death. Whether it's a rabbit or a rabbit, I think these rabbits can bounce for a few days. ”

"I agree with the strategy of reforming, focusing on the rabbit and the rabbit are menacing, we have to meet them head-on, definitely not. It's a pioneering move to fight sports warfare like I said, but I don't know how effective it is, so let's try it first. Li Zhen said with great interest.

This form of sports warfare was often used when the Tatars invaded the Ming Dynasty. A small number of Tatar cavalry roamed around in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, avoiding the encirclement of the large Ming army, specifically picking out the weak places of the Ming army's defense, and leaving quickly after plundering, which brought a lot of trouble to the Ming Dynasty. The idea of fighting back at the Tatars by means of sports warfare was first discussed by Su Hao and Xiao Ruxun, and Su Hao also integrated the guerrilla tactics of later generations into it, so that it was theoretically sublimated.

In the survey camp, the tactics of mobile warfare have been studied and drilled many times, and the officers and men have a certain understanding of this tactic, but they lack a major battle to test it. Now, the Tatar army is coming, which is in line with the situation of the enemy being outnumbered, and it is just right to test whether this tactic is really suitable for carrying out a campaign to destroy the enemy at this time.

In the past few months, the camp has procured a large number of horses from the surrounding Tatar tribes, so that all the soldiers have war horses and the ability to fight on horseback. On this prairie, the sky is high and the birds can fly, as long as there is a war horse, even if you can't win, it is easy to get out, which is why Su Hao dared to propose to test the effect of sports warfare in actual combat.

After the plan was decided, Su Hao immediately sent people to deliver letters everywhere, so that all parties were ready to meet the enemy. On the mining side, all production activities stopped, and the miners withdrew to Ningxiawei, leaving only some of the guards in the mining area to hold on to the bunkers. The military families of Tuntian sent their families back to Ningxiawei, while the men took up their swords and guns and retreated to Helan Fort, preparing to rely on a few strong fortifications to deal with the incoming places.

The various units of the survey battalion were split and formed into more than a dozen small detachments of about 100 people, which carved out their own areas of activity on the grassland and prepared to carry out guerrilla operations. As for Su Hao, Xu Guangzu, Li Zhen and other civil officials and old people, they retreated to the newly built castle at Helan Pass, where they commanded the overall situation.

Xiao Ruxun in Ningxia City received Su Hao's report and urgently dispatched 5,000 soldiers to the castle of the mountain pass through the Helan Mountain Pass, preparing to deal with all kinds of accidents.