Unexpectedly, not long after Wu Shigong left the fortress of Qianhusuo, Yu Zilian, the county commander, also took the officials and gentry of the county to see off Wu Shigong on the avenue where they walked.

Although Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian have some personal enmity, this send-off, the scene of the two of them is still very good. And the gentry in the county also gave a lot of gifts.

And this send-off delayed Wu Shigong and them for some time. Seeing that it was impossible to rush to Guide Mansion City before night, Wu Shigong asked the soldiers to camp for the night on the way, and wait for the next morning to hurry. After arranging the camp, Wu Shigong called all the leading officers into the big tent and began to discuss military affairs.

Because the expedition was in a hurry, Wu Shigong and most of the officers did not communicate in detail. And these officers only knew that they were going to King Qin this time, and they didn't know Wu Shigong's thoughts at all. Therefore, in this military discussion, Wu Shigong wanted to thoroughly explain his thoughts to these confidant officers, and let them act completely according to their own ideas.

Wu Shigong first gave these officers a brief introduction to the situation of the Tatars entering the customs. Because Wu Shigong was only in the discussion with Zhao Ming, he could only introduce a rough outline.

But then, Wu Shigong analyzed in detail the possible actions of the Tartars.

The first is that the Tartars are still the same as before, but they have come to the interior to loot. When they have eaten and drunk enough, the army of Tartars will return next year, and they will be out of the customs.

Wu Shigong analyzed, if it was only this case. The actions of one's own army should be based on the principle of not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

After all, Wu Shigong's army was very small in number, and with the soldiers of the other thousand households, it was only about 2,000 at best. And the level of weaponry and training, in addition to Wu Shigong's own soldiers, other soldiers are not to mention.

And now, in the minds of Wu Shigong and these officers, they also think that even Wu Shigong, a thousand households, those soldiers who have undergone more than a year of strict military training, their combat effectiveness is much different from the combat effectiveness of the Tartars.

In addition to the fact that Wu Shigong, a soldier of a thousand households, basically has no combat experience, the main reason is that Wu Shigong and these officers were greatly misled by the propaganda of the Ming Dynasty itself.

We already know that in addition to the sentence that circulated to the Ming Dynasty during the Song Dynasty -- the Jurchen is not more than 10,000 and is invincible, the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty, which was in direct contact with the Later Jin Army, also circulated some invincible words of the Later Jin Army.

In addition to the fact that after several major defeats of the Ming Dynasty army and the Later Jin army, in order to reduce their own responsibilities, those civilian and military attachés who led troops artificially raised the combat effectiveness of the Later Jin army.

Even at this time, those generals in Liaodong, in order to preserve their strength, still refused to send their own soldiers to the no-man's land to reconnoiter and strangle, so they also boasted about the cavalry and shooting level of the Houjin army. As for the statements of these generals, those supervisors who rely on the support of the Liaodong generals also echoed the statements of these generals.

These reports from the front line of Liaodong made the emperors and ministers in the capital, who were military laymen, believe it. So much so that even those civil and military officials in the mainland, including Wu Shigong, believed this. Even the myth of the nomadic people's incomparable power of riding and archery has even been passed down to modern times.

But they didn't want to think about it, in the Han Dynasty, the army of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty drove the Xiongnu army to Hungary, and at that time they had not seen anything remarkable about the cavalry shooting of the Xiongnu army.

Here, the author would like to correct a statement: it is very difficult for the agrarian people to gain a dominant position in the war against the nomads.

In fact, in reality, the situation is exactly the opposite. Because the farming people have a relatively strong ability to provide logistical support, they are able to occupy an absolute advantage in the confrontation with the nomads. Even without firearms, this was true in the era of complete cold weapons.

However, in the ancient history of Weishenme, there was basically a situation where nomads took the initiative to attack, while farming people passively defended? That's mainly because the nomads are so poor that even if the farming people defeat the nomads, they won't be able to grab any spoils. Therefore, the agrarian people had no incentive to fight the nomads.

So when it came to Zuihou, our ancient imperial court was willing to spend a lot of money to build the Great Wall rather than take the initiative to attack the nomads on the grassland. Because they calculated that it was more than worth the loss to attack.

Speaking of which, you may think that the author is bragging, then take a look at the tactics of the agrarian peoples against the nomads.

In fact, the tactics of the agrarian people against the nomads were very simple. You know, the actions of nomads are regular. They basically graze in the spring and summer, because the cattle and sheep at this time, after a winter, lose a lot of fat, so they need to be carefully raised.

In autumn and winter, when the hay for the cattle and sheep to spend the winter was ready, these poor herdsmen gathered together and plundered the border.

In view of this characteristic of the nomads, as long as the farming people send cavalry to the grassland where cattle and sheep graze in the spring and summer. Because the herdsmen at this time were divided into open herdsmen, these herdsmen basically could not gather troops to resist these cavalry.

As for how to find those grazing sites in the vast grasslands, the question is simpler. In the grasslands, around rivers and lakes, the grass must be luxuriant. In addition, cattle and sheep also need a lot of drinking water, so as long as you follow the grasslands, rivers and lakes, you can easily find those grazing cattle and sheep.

And the main purpose of those cavalry was not to destroy the army of many nomads. As long as they kill as many cattle and sheep as they can and throw their carcasses into rivers and lakes to pollute the water supply, they can greatly reduce the number of cattle and sheep that nomads need to survive the winter.

In autumn and winter, the starving nomads are forced to plunder. At this time, the farming people only had to clear the wilderness in the border areas, and then build strong cities to protect them, and between the cities, they used mobile armies to reinforce each other. In this way, it is possible to kill and injure the nomadic people in large numbers.

As long as this method of warfare is adhered to for five to ten years, the nomads will definitely lose their vitality. At that time, as long as the farming people use materials and money to buy off and divide some of the nomads, and then raze them through diplomatic means in the future, then they can basically eliminate the threat of the nomads to the farming people.

And this kind of tactics is exactly the tactics of the Tang Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty against the northern nomads.

However, it should also be emphasized here that this method of warfare was also a very serious test of national strength in the agrarian societies where the level of productive forces was relatively low in ancient times. Therefore, this kind of tactics can only be used in the strong period of each ancient dynasty.

But if you meet an emperor who is very happy, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. If the nomads are only attacked militarily, but not diplomatically, then even if the champion Hou Huo is sick and sealed the wolf Juxu, it is no wonder that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has to make an edict for the emptiness of the treasury.

Based on the consideration that the Later Jin Army was very strong, Wu Shigong demanded that his army should be absolutely grouped and must not be divided into forces. I prevent it from being broken by each.

He also asked his army not to pursue the speed of the march in the process of marching, and to dig deep trenches and build walls when camping. And sent more sentry and secret sentry to cooperate with the sentry to prevent the Houjin army from robbing the camp.

Wu Shigong thought about it for a while, if the Houjin army only went to the interior to loot, they were also interested in property and would never spend their troops in vain to attack their strong camp.

However, Wu Shigong also put forward his second guess about the Houjin army to these officers, that is, the Houjin army was going to attack the capital this time. This is also Wu Shigong's previous thought that Zuihou Houjin replaced the Ming Dynasty and established the Qing Dynasty. Because Wu Shigong at this time, he didn't know whether the entry of the Houjin Army this time was the entry of Wu Sangui in the previous life when he let go of Shanhaiguan and released the Houjin Army.

Therefore, Wu Shigong also asked these officers to be mentally prepared, in case the capital is in an emergency, Wu Shigong will definitely lead his Qinwang army to the capital at the expense of casualties. At that time, Wu Shigong will also do everything possible to rescue as many members of the Xue family and the Wu family as possible.

None of these officers had any objection to Wu Shigong's request. Because Wu Shigong's analysis is indeed very reasonable. Besides, some of the officers who were found were basically from the capital, and their families were also in the capital. In case the capital is threatened, going to the capital to rescue is equivalent to rescuing their families.

At the end of the discussion, Wu Shigong once again stressed: The content of today's discussion should be conveyed to the ears of every soldier in his Qianhu office, so that they must completely unify their thinking and action. However, it is also necessary for all soldiers to do a good job of secrecy, and the contents of today's discussion must not be circulated to the outside world.