"We all understand the meaning of the general, where the Tartar soldiers and horses are going to attack, and ask the general to make it clear."

The generals consciously kicked the ball to Song Nan, everyone learned to be obedient, in terms of resourcefulness and IQ, they can't compare to this young general, originally many people thought that Song Nan was lucky to be able to rise to the top. Saying that Liu Liu, Liu Qi, and King Anhua can settle their affairs, they are confident that they can settle it by themselves, but it is just that this Song Marquis has picked up the leaks, and it is only at this time that they understand that this kind of calculation and analysis is all meticulous, and Song Nan's credit is not easy to obtain, nor is it a fame and reputation.

"Please come, is to let you express your opinions, I will say it alone, will it not be a word." Song Nan said with a smile.

"The general doesn't have to be polite, a word is a word, there is a general in front of the strategy, we are still in the province. The general gives orders, and we will follow them. The generals said.

Song Nan rolled his eyes, one person ruled the world in the past few years, and the whole country was loyal to him, which seemed incredible, but looking at the appearance of these people now, it can be regarded as understanding, it turns out that the cult of personality is so simple.

Song Nan didn't want to dwell too much on these things, and if they didn't want democracy, they would have to engage in dictatorship, and he did make a detailed analysis, and he had already reached a conclusion; Today's meeting is just to explain it and then follow it.

"Look, everybody." Song Nan grabbed a wicker stick, and nodded at the sand table with the two pointed young leaves in front of him: "We said just now that the Tartars have three ways to choose, but it is unlikely that they will go back to fight us directly, they will either go east or north, only these two roads can go." ”

The generals stared at the sand table, and the situation was unobstructed.

"To know which direction the Tartars want to attack, we just have to think about it. Suppose we are Tartars, and now we have gone deep into the heart of other countries, lost our siege weapons, and have only 40,000 cavalry at our disposal, where should we go? If you can think about these questions in a different position, you can get a rough idea of the direction in which they are about to attack. ”

"The Great General means...... Will the Tartars go north to attack Lingzhou? And then seize the town of Ningxia to open up the passage back to the Hetao area? ”

"General Xu Tai reacted quickly enough, not bad, not bad." Song Nan said approvingly.

Xu Tai scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "After being inspired by the general, the humble position seems to understand something. ”

Song Nan said: "Then it's up to you to tell me the reason." ”

Xu Tai arched his hand and said, "Obey." After that, he stepped forward and came to the sand table and pointed: "The general said empathy, I just thought I was the Tartar commander and thought about the situation for a while; Although 40,000 cavalry is a large army, after losing the supply line and the siege of the Condor cannon, the survivability of these 40,000 soldiers and horses is actually very worrying. The little prince of Tatar must now understand a truth, he invested more than 100,000 soldiers and horses before and after, but only hit Shaanxi, with the 40,000 cavalry he had at hand, I am afraid it will be difficult to make achievements. ”

Everyone nodded, and Jiang Bin said: "It's very true, 40,000 soldiers and horses are still making trouble, unless my Ming soldiers are all muddy, otherwise what can he do?" ”

Xu Tai nodded and said: "Yes, if the Tartars didn't attack Guyuan in the current affairs, their intention would be to penetrate into the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty and not die; But in fact, even if the solid plain is breached, the Tartars will be under siege. The soldiers and horses of Taiyuan Datong have already dispatched seven guards to Qingyang Mansion, and the possibility of colliding head-on is extremely great. If we are dragged back and we come in from the rear, then the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Tartars will be accounted for. Even if they can break through Qingyang, what if they can break through? There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and there are more than 100,000 elite Beijing camps near the left of the capital that have not moved, and they are looking for death to the east. ”

"Why can't they attack south after taking Guyuan? After taking Pingliang Fengxiang, we can attack the land of Bashu or enter the area of Henan and Hunan, which is the weak area of our troops. One of the generals asked.

Xu Tai glanced at him with disdain and said, "Is General Zuo blind?" Bashu is mountainous, Hunan and Henan are watery, and the 40,000 cavalry of the Tartars are mobile like the wind, do you mean that they are going to abandon their horses and become infantry on foot? If they dare to attack south, I am afraid that if they can't reach Fengxiang, they will be caught up by us, and then they will still be destroyed. ”

The general surnamed Zuo glanced at the terrain on the sand table, and immediately retracted his head in shame, regretting that he had exposed his IQ by talking too much.

Song Nan smiled and nodded: "The analysis is very reasonable, but what is the significance of attacking Lingzhou for the Tartars?" There are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Lingzhou, and after taking it, they will cross the river to attack Ningxia Town, aren't they afraid that they will not be able to take it and delay the time to be caught up by us? ”

Xu Taidao: "General, I don't know if the Tartars have a clever plan to capture Lingzhou, but only seizing the way back to the Hetao is their only idea at present, otherwise they will all die here; Although Ningxia Town in Lingzhou is difficult to attack, once it is captured, it can escape, and in a desperate situation, anyone will take this risk. ”

Xu Tai has basically clarified everything Song Nan wants to say, this person still has military talent, and if time comes, he will be a general, at least much smarter than these generals in front of him, so far Song Nan hardly needs to explain much, just give orders.

Song Nan issued an order to divide the troops into two routes, with Xu Taijiangbin leading nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp and three local guards to march in the direction of Lingzhou, so that he could rescue in time when the Tartars attacked Lingzhou, while he led the Shenshu battalion and the remaining guards and horses to stay in place to prevent the Tartars from turning back and attacking.

In this way, Song Nan only had 30,000 soldiers and horses on hand, if the Tartars learned the news of the Ming army's early action and turned back to attack, it would still be a troublesome matter, for this reason, Song Nan had to take the method of confusing the enemy, leading 30,000 soldiers and horses to take the initiative to attack, and at the same time let the soldiers and horses led by Jiang Bin and Xu Tai take advantage of the night to pull out in the rear of the flank, and detour to Lingzhou along the Great Wall defense line west of Lingzhou, even if it is delayed for a day or two, it is better than being seen through by the Tartars.

Song Nan's approach with the army did make the bald man a little nervous, he had indeed reached the point where he had to choose to attack at the moment, the Ming army's strategy of clearing the wilderness had achieved results, at first galloping within a radius of 100 miles, taking several small counties and villages and towns, the food supply could still keep up, but with the vast land no longer inhabited, the next town was found empty, and the grain, cattle and sheep were all pulled away, and the survival of this cavalry team was suddenly highlighted.

In the middle of summer, the horses are not worried about the grain and grass, the grass all over the mountains can barely maintain the horses' bodies, but the bean cake residue fed to the horses has become the main food for the soldiers; Horses can eat grass, but people can only watch, a sense of panic and despair permeates the army, and the bald man realizes that all his previous ambitions have become phantoms, and the most practical problem at the moment is to get out and return to the country quickly.

During the stay of more than ten days, although the Ming army did not attack, it must have sent troops to besiege it in all directions, and while the soldiers and horses still had strength, they had to make a decision immediately.

The bald Mengke also held a meeting of the generals above the commander of a thousand commanders, everyone was silent, the morale was very low, and the bald Mengke did not shy away from telling the current form frankly, the short meeting quickly made a decision, immediately went north to storm Lingzhou and then take Ningxia Town, with the speed of the Ming army's deployment of troops, I am afraid that there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Lingzhou. In addition, he sent a hundred cavalry to give the best dry food and horse food to the north in the starry night, and with the handwritten edict of Bald Mengke, bypassing the towns and garrisons of the Ming army, crossing the Helan Mountain and returning to the north of the mountain, the handwritten edict ordered the second son Urusborot, who remained in Ulaanbaatar, to raise all the remaining forces in the country, and Ravradin gathered enough troops to rush to the north of Ningxia Town immediately, and the inside and outside should join forces to take Ningxia Town.

Although the bald man knew that there were actually less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the country, and the second son Urus led these soldiers and horses to prevent the tribal leaders in the territory from taking advantage of his absence to do tricks, but now he has no time to take care of these, as long as he can return to the Northern Yuan with these 40,000 people, it is worth anything.

Although the shape is critical, before the operation begins, the bald man still plays some small tricks.

In the early morning of July 25, Yang Yiqing, who was stationed in Guyuan, had just gotten up, and Yang Ko'er, who came to Guyuan with him, brought red bean porridge and steamed buns on a small table for Yang Yiqing to have breakfast; In the past few days, Yang Yiqing has to take care of defense affairs, and he has to worry about the resettlement of the 60,000 or 70,000 people who have dragged their families and families into the city, and he sleeps late every day and has a very poor appetite. But the red bean porridge and hot steamed buns made by his daughter made him have a great appetite and ate with relish.

However, a bowl of porridge had just been eaten, and the steamed buns in his hand had only been bitten for most of the time, and the footsteps outside the inner house were knocking, and the guards shouted at the door: "Lord Qiyu, it's not good." ”

Yang Yiqing was startled, almost choked on his throat, hurriedly swallowed the steamed buns blocked in his throat, got up and said, "Come in and talk." ”

A personal guard hurriedly rushed in, knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "My lord, General Peng Yuepeng, the chief military officer of Guyuan, please go up to the west city wall quickly." ”

Yang Yiqing asked in surprise: "What?" ”

"Your Excellency, the Tartar soldiers are under the city of Guyuan."

"Huh?" Yang Yiqing put down the steamed bun in his hand and left.

Yang Qian'er stomped her feet and shouted, "Daddy, let's go back after eating, I haven't eaten for a few days." ”

Yang Yiqing didn't have the time to reply, and he didn't look back.

Yang Ko'er stood stunned for a while, frowned and said to herself, "Did the Tartars come to Guyuan?" Then Brother Song and they must also chase after him, maybe they will be able to see him soon, in the past two days, I have to quickly learn a few special dishes from my mother to make for him to eat, I am afraid that he has not eaten a stable meal when he leads the troops to fight. ”