Song Nan reassured the generals of the guards, and told them that he would support them this time, and if the military department dared to punish the generals when they disobeyed the order, Song Nan's original words were: "I will take the Jinyi Guard Battalion to rush into the yamen hall of the military department to ask for a talk, and I want to ask what kind of intentions I have after 6." ｛{x}”

Others may not have much weight when they say this, and they may be considered by everyone to be talking nonsense, but it is Song Nan who said this, the first-class town of the Ming Dynasty, from the small city of Ulzhou, it took seven miraculous years to become a member of the Ming Dynasty, and his body was shrouded in countless halos; It was this person who became the first commander of the Jinyi Guard in the history of the Ming Dynasty in less than two years, preserved the emperor's safety from tens of thousands of Tartars, and fought in the Battle of Xinpingbao. will scurry the bald and beatable head hugging rats. is still this person, Ping Liu Liu Liu Liu rose up, and when the Daming Society was in turmoil, he led the army to quell the uprising.

The people who were defeated under him included Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua County, including Liu Jin, who was privately called the emperor by the ministers, which was not the power of the government and the opposition, and they were all trampled under his feet without exception.

If these are the methods they have not witnessed with their own eyes, only heard rumors, and do not know Song Nan's methods, they have personally experienced this battle to drive out the Tartars in the northwest; There was Changning in front and Dingguo Gong in the back, all of whom were figures in the Ming Dynasty who were able to resist one side, but they were overwhelmed by the fierce attack of the Tartars, one died, and the other was said to be demented; As soon as the man in front of him took over, he gathered heavy troops to fight to the death with the Tartars in Jinglu, and drove the Tartars into the inner 6 with great courage and tightened his pockets. Along the way, the Tartars were eaten and chased, and finally at the pass of the Yanchi Great Wall, the Tartars and more than 100,000 reinforcements were completely defeated.

It can't be said how perfect this northwest battle was, in fact, every decision of Song Nan was debatable, and because of some of Song Nan's decisions, more than 6 cities and counties in Chizhou County were broken and burned, and many people died. But you have to admit that his goal is clear, he is a person who can make unconventional moves in order to win in battle, which is especially prominent among the Ming generals who are not willing to take risks.

Now, the person in front of him has made a promise, and the generals have no reason not to believe him, in fact, many people have made up their minds to follow Song Nan all the way to the dark this time, a prince of the Ming Dynasty, who can withstand the pressure of the foreign cabinet to obtain the emperor's consent, and even raise his own military funds to go to Tatar, if he does not have strong self-confidence and confidence in victory, he will never do this.

It can be seen from the actions of the officials that Song Nan and other officials of the Ming Dynasty have a completely different temperament, that is, a temperament that refuses to give up, does not want to be safe, and dares to take risks, which seems to stand out among the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in the twilight.

That night, Song Nan convened the first pre-war meeting in the temporary marshal's tent under the beacon tower of the Great Wall, and clarified several goals.

First, the purpose of this battle was to recover the surrounding area of the Hetao, not to chase the Tatar hometown north of the Yin Mountain of Wolf Mountain, to recover the Hetao, to rebuild the Kaiping Dongsheng and other guards, and to advance the Ming frontier defense to the north for more than 700 miles.

Second, this battle must be decided, because the severe cold weather is coming, and the heavy snow on the Hetao Plain every winter is not up to the knees, which is extremely unfavorable to the Ming army, so it must be achieved at the end of October or early November, otherwise it will not only be difficult to supply logistics, but the soldiers will not be as hardy and good at fighting as the Tartars.

Thirdly, this battle can never be regarded as a flat push and sweep, although it is difficult to resist with the current strength of the Tartars, they still have seventy or eighty thousand soldiers to fight with, and they must not be taken lightly. In particular, there were 30,000 Tartar soldiers and horses stationed in the Chahar Front Banner north of Datong, who had not suffered the slightest loss, and we should be especially careful of their westward raids.

Judging from the topographic map laid out by Song Nan, there are large areas of desert and grassland near the bend of the Yellow River south of Yin Mountain in Wolf Mountain, among which there are more than a dozen tribes of Tartars. From the northwest of Yanchi to the top is the Wuhai town of Tatar, the southeast of Wuhai is the Etuoke through the Situ River, and then more than 100 miles along the desert Gobi to the north is the important town of Hangjin; Ijinhelo to the east of Hangjin, and Urart, Dalat, Tumut, Yanggu and other places along the Yellow River in the north were all important strongholds of the Tartars, and now these places are occupied by the large and small tribes of the Tartars. After decades of operation, the Tatars relied on the terrain and the Yellow River moat to build hundreds of large and small walled cities on the Hetao Plain, and implicitly formed a defensive system.

In addition to these, the problem of weather and terrain that plagued the Ming Dynasty was the Hetao area, but in fact, most of the area was a combination of the Gobi Desert and hills and mountains, only on the north and south banks of the Yellow River and the Dusitu River and the Yellow River tributary Hara River basin is a large grassland, which is also the place where the Tatars are most heavily guarded.

On Song Nan's sand table, a place that crossed the Yellow River was not like the south of the Yellow River full of small flags, there was only a three-section mountain range from west to east, which was the three mountain ranges of Wolf Mountain, Yin Mountain and Daqing Mountain; Song Nan made a special explanation: "This area is still blank for us, I did not mark the location of the Tartar tribe town on the sand table, this does not mean that there are no Tartar tribes and soldiers there, but we don't know the situation over there at all, everyone must understand this." In fact, my estimation is that the Tartars will not fight us in a decisive battle south of the Yellow River, and they will rely on the Yellow River moat to prevent our army from crossing the Yellow River, so the key to this battle is whether we can cross the Yellow River, or at what cost, once we reach the north bank of the Yellow River, our army will gain a firm foothold, and the Tartars will be forced to either fight a decisive battle or retreat to the north of Yinshan Wolf Mountain; I hope they will choose a decisive battle, but I am afraid that the day we cross the Yellow River will be the time when the Tartars will withdraw from the loop. ”

The atmosphere of the pre-war meeting was very warm, and the generals expressed their opinions one after another under the guidance of Song Nan, but everyone was at a loss on how to cross the Yellow River. Some people suggested that yì simply did not march from this place, but simply detoured from the town of Ningxia, crossed the Helan Pass, and then detoured to the south of the Wolf Mountain, and attacked the north bank of the Yellow River loop occupied by the Tartars from the west, but this construction was quickly rejected. The reason is very simple, the army is huge, carrying heavy firearms, not to mention the question of whether tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can cross Helan Mountain, even if people can pass, war horses and heavy firearms will definitely not pass; And once you choose that road, it is a road of no return, logistics can not be supplied, you can only rely on the food carried by the soldiers themselves, and individual soldiers can only carry rations for seven or eight days at most, I am afraid that it will be exhausted by the south of Wolf Mountain.

Song Nan decided not to discuss the question of how to cross the river for the time being, and focused his eyes on the present, first annihilating the Tartars in Wuhai, Etuoke, Hangjin and other places south of the Yellow River, recovering the land south of the Yellow River, ensuring the smooth flow of supply lines, and then trying to find a way to deal with the problem of how to cross the Yellow River to the north to fight. The weather is only a little more than a month away from snow and ice, and it is in response to that sentence, time is tight and the task is heavy, the generals and Song Nan discussed to the end, and everyone suddenly realized that the grasp of this re-set operation was actually not very large, and they all became a little silent all of a sudden.

Song Nan saw this and said with a smile: "You feel the pressure, this is a good thing, people say that the arrogant army will be defeated, and when we start to think carefully about this Northern Expedition, it will be half the success." Since the grain and grass were still a few days before the escort arrived, you went back to the camp in the next few days to boost your morale and train the soldiers and horses. There's another thing we haven't done yet. ”

"What did the general say?"

"Since we are marching in the bright light, we must declare war in the bright and bright, didn't you say that the bald man escaped to Wuhai to stop the army and recuperate? We should go and give him a gift, let him relax this breath quickly come up, cheer up and do with us, don't say that we don't declare war when the time comes. ”

"Gifts? And give him a gift? The last time he spared his life, he burned high incense on his ancestral grave, wouldn't it be enough to send a war letter? Jiang Bin muttered.

Song Nan said with a smile: "No, you must give a gift, come and don't be rude, he sent a gift to us, we are going to war now, so I will borrow flowers and offer Buddha to return the gift; Wasn't his son Tuluborot crushed in the camp? You have to give him back. ”

"What? Give that wolf cub back? How can this be done, staying here can also make the little prince of Tatar throw a mouse. Jiang Bin shouted.

"Phew, what are you talking about, what is a rat trap, are we all mice? Not level. Xu Tai rolled his eyes and scolded.

Zhang An patted Jiang Bin's shoulder with a smile and said: "Marquis Jiang is straight, but he didn't think about the meaning of the general's words, the wolf cub is going to be returned to the little prince of Tatar, but the dead are still alive, the general didn't say it." ”

Jiang Bin suddenly realized, patted his thigh and said, "Lao Tzu cut off his head and sent it to him, is this considered to be returned to him?" ”

Song Nan smiled but did not speak. Xu Tai frowned and said, "Isn't it too much for us to do this?" ”

Jiang Bin took a sip and said, "Don't pretend here, who forced someone to pour horse urine on that kid last night?" Now be a good person, Xu Tai, don't think I don't know what you think, I'll know what shit you pull when you pout your ass. ”

The generals burst into laughter.

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