Chapter 136: Opening up trade routes

His hands gestured to press, slightly stabilizing the atmosphere in the tent, and Timur continued, "Our west will have to fight with us sooner or later because of what happened last time!" However, it is said that they have recently received supplies from Russia! ”

"What?" Many small tribes have been coming in an endless stream in recent days, but they have not heard of the help of Cullen, otherwise they would all go to Cullen, and they should not come here. What is Cullen secretly hoarding supplies? The intent is already obvious!

"They occupy Kulen, they occupy the righteousness, and they occupy the name, so they can't provoke a war first, but for next year's battle, I am ready to pull out the nails on our flank first!" Timur's sonorous voice echoed in the tent!

"Flanks?" Many people are thoughtful.

"Hit the south first, they have no supplies, this winter will definitely not survive, in previous years they were stuck on the ancient tea horse road to eat, we are still starving! This year it's finally the other way around! Beat them to our soldiers without psychological barriers! Timur wanted to take this opportunity to open up a connection with the south.

"Agreed!" "Hit!" "Robbed him!" Hit Kulen, where there were Soviet Russian troops and the emperor, and the nobles in the tent still had some scruples. But after the change of clothes, everyone's confidence is full, and now they go to fight equipment similar to their own before, and they always laugh at their own tribe, so they really have no scruples at all.

"Mandula! This time you're a striker! The striker Jiya Saiyin is not here this time, so you have a good time! ”

"Haha, it's finally my turn!" A bearded Mongol man staggered to his feet, holding a militia axe, the second most powerful general in the tribe, who had been suppressed by the Jiyasayin before. The reason is greed for cups, and this is also the reason why he rarely goes to the account, this time because Jiya Saiyin is not there, and he heard that he is preparing to go to war.

But as soon as he came, he drank two jars of Yanghe without saying a word.

At present, liquor is very popular, and the liquor from the south has become a hot commodity as soon as it is transported to Chechen Khan Urge, but due to Timur's restrictions, only those who have Timur's token can receive the liquor, so Mandula has only tasted it and has not drunk it happily.

Now I'm drinking it, but I'm dizzy.

"Hey!" Seeing him like this, Timur could only add, "You just need to explore the road, clear some obstacles on the road, and don't attack the city." There were siege weapons in the large army behind. ”

"Hmm!" Mandura agreed, then fell asleep on the table.

Seeing that he was like this, Timur could only look back at Chechen Khan and find that Chechen Khan was also helpless about his subordinate.

On December 1, Timur again led his troops into battle.

"Target Sayin Shanda!" 8,000 Mongolian cavalry, 4,000 cavalry of various ethnic groups under the independent regiment of the Outer Mongolian Legion, 16,000 Timur's Outer Mongolian Legion, and 20,000 Outer Mongolian camp garrisons directly under Zhao Yun, 4,000 monks, and 5,000 infantry. The formed Southern Expeditionary Army set out, and the people of the whole city of Khan Urga, Chechnya, came to bid farewell.

While Timur was actively preparing, the Outer Mongolian camp was also constantly rioting, with a strength of 60,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, but the types of riots changed again.

For example, 90% of the cavalry garrison of the 10,000 Outer Mongolian camp were wind cavalry and Mongolian cavalry archers, and of the other 1,000 people, 400 were heavy cavalry, 600 were submachine lancers, and 40 elite chariots of twin Machink.

Of the 5,000 infantry, 90% were swordsmen, two-handed swordsmen, pikemen, crossbowmen, Chinese crossbowmen, 10% riflemen and submachine gunners, as well as Machenke and forty gunners for defending the city.

On this expedition, Timur left 2,000 Chechen Mongol troops in Chechen Khan Urge, and 4,000 monks of the Outer Mongolian Legion were garrisoned troops, and 5,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry were transferred from the Outer Mongolian camp for fear of insecurity. Coupled with three city walls and hundreds of arrow towers, the defense is basically worry-free.

And in the entire Saiyin Shanda, there are tens of thousands of Mongol people, and the army is about 6 or 7 thousand if the army is fully mobilized, and the weapons are poor, which is similar to the Chechen Khan before Timur came.

This year, because there are few supplies on the grasslands, and there are heavy snowstorms, and there are more livestock deaths, and now there is chaos, and many herders outside have flocked to the cities because of the deterioration of weather and public security.

The white grasslands are covered with thick snow, some of which can be up to 40 centimeters thick, and a foot down is a deep pit.

Mandula led a thousand people from his headquarters and led the horses to make a path on the grassland.

Open a wine bag and Mandula "Gooo He drank it again. Because he was afraid that the soldiers in front of him would freeze, Zhao Yun had brought to Outer Mongolia in the past few days all the highly edible alcohol that Jiangnan had just made.

Before setting out, Timur blended wine with a full ten horses in Mandu, which made the drunkard go all the way without stopping.

Mandula is worthy of being the fierce general of the Chechen Khan, and the sentry posts encountered along the way were all pulled out silently, because they are all close neighbors, and many of them are acquaintances, so they didn't hurt anyone and knocked unconscious with the back of the axe, as for whether there was a concussion, Mandula, who was a little drunk, and a vote of subordinates, I don't know.

His good fortune brought him to the vicinity of Saiyin Shanda, seeing that there were not many roads in front of Saiyin Shanda, after knocking out four sentries at one outpost, he didn't expect one less sentry to go to Xiaojie, and he encountered resistance at the next outpost.

"Hit! Hit hard! "Mandula has fought a lot of battles, but his equipment has never been so good! Qing Yishui's quick gun, and then the gun was released for a while, and it scared away the other party who only had a flintlock pistol.

But the gunfire also alerted the other party in advance, and it didn't take long for Mandula to meet the opponent's brigade.

It is said that the brigade is actually about a thousand people, and it is estimated that there are two or three small tribes together in terms of clothing. If it weren't for the fact that this place was already not far from the city, Mandula was afraid that there would be heavy troops in the city, and he would have scruples. only to confront the two sides in place, otherwise they would have been killed a long time ago.

His concerns were indeed justified, and it wasn't long before a team of men and horses came from the left and right, each team only had four or five hundred people, and it should not be the same tribe in terms of clothing.

Mandula thought about it, too, the big tribe had taken refuge in the Saiyin Sanda to avoid the snow, and only the small tribe was squeezed out.

"Yo! Isn't this Mandula? Why are you running here? Chechen Khan is in the East? "I didn't expect that the other party's later leader still knew Mandula.

"Then I answer! Why are you here? Mandula remembers the man who drank his own wine and was stripped naked.

"Yo! I will answer that your Chechen Khan has made a fortune? Why is this equipment so good? "The other party's eyes are sharp, and you can see the change in the weapon at a glance.

"Huh! I replied, I'm going to Saiyin Shanda for something, you get out of the way! "Mandula has a mission on his body, and if he can make it all the way to Sayin Shanda, it will be a great achievement! When he came out, he said that whoever attacked Sain Shanda would get two cellars! That's four or five hundred jars of wine! For Mandura, who is a drunkard, this is more important than gold!

"Yes, Mandu Rakai promised you to come over, no problem! But your party won't be able to get past it! It's not like you can't stay in Chechen Khan, do you? Ready to cast in Shanda? Isn't that right? You didn't bring your men? The goblin asked.

"I answer, hehe! See what this is? Mandula knew that the other party was also an alcoholic, and shook the half-sack in his hand.

"Don't beat around the bush. Tell me what you're here for? "Nashun is not stupid, just ignore the wine bag, it is definitely not good for this Mandula to bring so many people for no reason!

Mandula didn't answer, but said to his guards, "Boil the wine in a small pot, and boil the leg of mutton, sprinkle more salt, and sprinkle it in front of them!" Just go! ”

There is no one to chat with each other, Mandula is not in a hurry, the other party is not in a hurry, it is rare that there is no snow today, and now I go back to stay in the tent, it is better to chat here!

The men and horses on both sides saw that the leaders of the two families were chatting, and some people simply dismounted to rest.

Ten minutes later, a smell of wine wafted out from behind Mandula, and the smell of lamb's mutton soup was mixed in the middle!

The wine of Sainshanda had been discontinued three months earlier, and only some of the princes and nobles of the city remained. It's been two months since the wine was cut off, and the shaking sound of the wine can barely be resisted, but as soon as I smell the wine, I completely surrender.

"I answer, don't, don't do this!" Nashun suddenly shouted heartbreakingly.

Mandula picked up the small pot that had warmed the wine, made a toast to Nashun, and then raised his head and drank in one gulp.

Nashun can't hold back, not only he can't hold back, but the Mongolians who are good at drinking for a long time can't hold it back, the aroma of mare's milk wine but the aroma of spirits is also a big killer for drunkards who haven't drunk for months!

Nashun couldn't hold it anymore, so he galloped over, grabbed the pot and licked it, "Fragrant, so fragrant!" Smelling the fragrance in the pot, Na Shun's intoxicated expression made the cavalry behind him drool.

"Here you go, you drunkard!" Mandula pulled out another wine bag from the horse behind him.

"These?" Nashun saw that the ten horses behind Mandula were all wine bags on their backs, and he was already smiling.

"Both! I kindly came to give me wine, I was afraid that the road would not be safe, so I brought more people! I promise to guard against me! I'd better go back to Mandula! Mandu said this, but his feet did not move.

"Don't! What are you still doing in a daze, quickly lead my horse to me! "When I heard that Mandula had come to deliver wine, although I still had doubts in my heart, these wines were now priceless in the city, and my mouth was full of saliva.

In the end, I was still not at ease in order to verify Mandula's words, so I walked into the horse team, casually ripped off a wine bag from the back of a horse and opened it to taste, "Tsk! What wine! Seeing that these wine bags are full of fine wine, Nashun is relieved to Mandula.