Do you want to raid Ulimbaatar?

Yu Qian kept asking himself, should he act now, or wait, and wait until he found the main force of the enemy army before making a move, if the troops were too scattered, they would probably be broken by the Tile Thorns one by one.

The Ming army is known as one million.

However, the actual number of combat troops is only about 200,000.

"Bayintumen is more empty than an empty city, and there are not even a few herdsmen. All that was left behind were the old, weak, and disabled, and it was an atrocity to kill, and it was necessary to use military rations to feed them every day. However, if you can't find the enemy, your morale will be affected somewhat. Yu Qian said in the big tent, his mood was somewhat helpless.

At this time, the Chinese army had already reached the surrender of the city, which was the location of Baotou City in later generations.

Several staff officers stretched out the map that had already drawn countless lines again, and Yu Qian came to the map: "Right now, the main force of the Tile Thorns is gone, so there are three possible changes. First, the Varspurs fled. Do you believe it? ”

Everyone shook their heads, no one believed that the Wattshire would flee without a fight.

Moreover, after the battle of Tumubao, the Tile Spur people had greater ambitions for the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary herdsmen were not afraid of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the extremely inflated confidence of the Tile Spur nobles.

"Then the second possibility is that the Watts are constantly retreating, luring our army deep into the desert."

Yu Qian said, waiting for the generals' reactions.

"Yu Shuai, it is the best strategy to lure the enemy deeper, especially in the desert, not to mention food and grass, it is not so easy to replenish water. And when a large army is dispatched, it is not enough to have a small puddle. As far as the Wattspur people are concerned, they have the advantage of the location, but we cannot be in the desert for a long time, and the consequences are unimaginable once the cold winter comes! ”

All the generals spoke one after another, and they all thought that this trick of the Watters was a plan to lure the enemy deeper. It's a ruthless move.

Another young general was the last to speak: "Generals, if the Varspurs stretch the front, then the Varspurs will choose that place as a breakthrough. The last general wondered what would happen if the Varspurs made their way through the army and arrived at our rear. ”

"There is a shortage of food and grass, and our army must return to defense. But in case the Watters have a large army to hold back the defending army, then the two-sided battle, coupled with the problem of food and grass, will turn our army's advantage into a disadvantage! ”

Preparing for the worst and coming up with a good strategy is the safest way to march.

"If I were a Wattling, I would choose to raid somewhere, and lead my army back and forth. In terms of athletic warfare, the Tile Thorns have an advantage over us. We walked on two legs, but they were four-legged. And if they use a surprise attack and a two-sided flank attack, they may not choose a breakthrough as the target of the flanking attack. ”

Shirana Crane didn't want to open too much.

But I suddenly thought of the classic battles in many war movies, sports warfare has a great advantage, and in ancient times, in the face of information barriers, it was all up to each army to encircle the battle, so it was impossible to quickly mobilize the whole army. You can't fight fast-paced sports battles, so it's a huge advantage for horses to be faster than people.

A general cited the theory of the white crane as a guide. After opening up my mind, I also thought of one.

"Yu Shuai, Lord Bai. Lord Bai's words just now made Xia Guan have an idea, if I am a tile thorn, of course I don't know the Tianyin artifact of the Ming Dynasty. And the loss of the Hetao is too great, take back the Hetao and drive our Daming back to the Great Wall. This is definitely a very attractive strategic goal. So, you can do it both ways. ”

Another also said: "We can think about what allies can be found by the Tile Thorns......

"Also, their allies are best suited to take that route......

Yili put the term li on the table, and several telegrams were sent back to the capital, under the guidance of Yu Qian's various ideas here. The Wuying Hall in the capital is even more detailed, and has come up with a set of response plans to prevent various accidents, and the grand strategy is still to seek stability, at least it is not yet the time to quickly advance to the desert.

The old generals of Wu Yingdian passed the analysis to the Chinese army's big tent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wu Yingdian's thoughts are very similar to ours, but Wu Yingdian thinks that there are two important directions for the raid, one is in the east, which is to use Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchens to induce our army to have to return to the defense division. But even if this is established, you don't have to care, the capital now has a thousand artillery pieces, and even if Duoyan Sanwei really betrays my Ming Dynasty with this artillery array, it is enough to prevent it. ”

Yu Qian's words caused all the generals to nod their heads and say yes.

Yu Qian added: "And even if I wait for the return of the army, it is not as fast as urgently transferring the 100,000 people in Nanjing and the defenders of Nanjing, so the eastern front is not worth worrying about." ”

"Then, the Western Front may be a crisis, and the enemy army cannot be found in Bayannur, then it is the third possibility that I have not finished talking about just now, although it is the most unlikely, but it is also the most dangerous, that is, the enemy army has crossed that desert, and there is no need for a large number of people, only tens of thousands of people are enough to lead our army to huge pressure."

The third possibility, Yu Qian didn't have a chance to say just now, who would have thought that this would become the biggest possibility.

Ningxia Zhongwei, Ningxia Wei.

"Send a telegram to Zuo Xianxian, and ask him to send the scouts out for one hundred and fifty miles, and then go south and approach Ningxiawei. Once you find traces of enemy troops, you can choose to retreat to Ningxia Wei or Ningxia Zhongwei, and quickly send a report for rescue. Then order each transfer station to confirm the left forward position every two hours, and the transfer station to keep contacting the handsome camp every two hours! ”

After Yu Qian gave the order, the order was quickly passed down.

Left vanguard, Zhu Qian.

Although he led his troops to the battle, in the original plan, his chances of fighting the enemy were infinitely close to zero, because he was in front of the desert, Ningxia Zhongwei in the south, Ningxia Wei in the back, and the main force of the left army in the north. Further to the northeast, there is the main force of Yu Qian's Chinese army, and to the northwest, there is the vanguard force.

Therefore, this arrangement was only to bring him out, and it was not intended that his unit would really have a chance to participate in the war.

It was a force of 5,000 men composed entirely of veterans who had survived the Battle of Tumubao.

As a left-wing pioneer, Zhu Qian did not complain, he believed in providence. The imperial doctor had set a death date for him more than once, but the god of death was defeated by him, and he lived for several more months.

Providence will surely make his sword slash at the Tile Thorns.

After receiving Yu Qian's telegram, Zhu Qian had no joy in his heart, nor was he excited, after a lifetime of fighting, he knew what he needed most, that is, calm.

An enemy vanguard has a high probability of raiding its position.

So, what is there to fear in World War I?

Opened the box that had been sealed several, and it contained a long knife.

Zhu Qian stretched out his hand and grabbed the hilt of the knife, but under this force, he coughed up a mouthful of blood urgently. The two guards hurriedly came over to help, and Zhu Qian was furious: "Get out, get out!" ”

The two guards glanced at each other and quickly retreated.

Two lines of hot tears slipped down Zhu Qian's face like old bark, he knew that he had reached the limit, and it was no longer possible for him to use his war knife to kill the enemy.

"Someone!" Zhu Qian wanted to shout, but his voice was so weak.

The two guards who had just exited were guarding the door, and naturally they heard the shouting clearly and hurriedly ran in.

"Order, the whole battalion is ready for battle. To-morrow encamped fifty miles to the south, and the scouts were set out one hundred and fifty miles. Then ......" When he said that, Zhu Qian was a little puzzled, but he still gritted his teeth tightly: "Go and call Fan Liang over, and bring those new weapons from Lord Bai by the way." ”

The two guards retreated, and soon Fan Liang came over with a few people.

After letting the box be put down, everyone was allowed to go out, and there were only him and Zhu Qian in the tent.

They knew each other, Zhu Qian and Fan Liang's father were also good friends, as the deputy pioneer Fan Liang also learned a lot from this veteran, don't look at the work of camping every general will do, but there are many details in the skills of camping, which is more important to experience.

A well-established camp not only has first-class defense, but also prevents enemy sneak attacks and quick sorties.

"Xiaoliang, I'm old. I'm too old to hold a knife, so you bring my knife back to Shira. Sue him, we old guys have played with knives and bows all my life, and his firearms are very powerful, and Lao Tzu is convinced. This time, Lao Tzu will use his weapon to kill the enemy, kill a few more! ”

Fan Liang was a deputy vanguard, so he naturally knew the contents of the telegram.

At that moment, Fan Liang asked: "What do you mean, we may encounter the enemy army here first?" ”

"Not a possibility, but a certainty. You don't have to underestimate the big tent of the Chinese army and the Wuying Palace, Lord Yu Qian is a masterpiece, and the white-named crane is not a vulgar class. The two of them combined, and this time they worked so well together. The army marched step by step, and the continuous assault without losing the opportunity was bold but steady. And in the Yingwu Hall in our capital, that one is at the level of my uncle, who has fought a lifetime of battles and is experienced. Since both sides say that we should be on guard, then it is not possible here, but there will definitely be enemy troops, and there will be no fewer of them! ”

It's good to be able to fight, but the number of people will not be small, how many will there be?

Zhu Qian didn't explain any more of this, just asked Fan Liang to teach him how to use those weapons.

"Xiaoliang, what about the bone-eroding ghost fire?"

"That's too dangerous, it has to be unusable, and we only have one box in the whole camp, a total of twelve. That usage, like this fierce fire oil bomb, really needs to be used before it can be taken out. ”

Zhu Qian nodded slightly: "You go to the camp, it is estimated that it will only be a few days." ”

"Yes!" Fan Liang gave a military salute and retired.

All night, Zhu Qian didn't sleep well, and there was an inexplicable excitement in his heart. I always wake up after a while, and when I wake up, I fiddle with the weapons that Fan Liang brought.

At daybreak, as the sun was rising, a knight half covered in blood fell from his horse three hundred paces from the front of the camp gate. (To be continued......)

PS: Tomorrow I will go home after drinking the wedding wine, more than 400 kilometers and less than 500, I hope there will be no snow. When you get home, the first thing you do is ......

Sleep, hahaha.

The second thing is that at the end of January, many friends voted for a monthly ticket, and quickly coded the word to add more, and then saved the manuscript for the New Year.

Finally, thank you.