The Ming army camp at the pass of the Yanchi Great Wall was a noisy scene, with the arrival of 6 continuous grain and grass materials, the preparations for the army to go out were also nearing the end, Yang Yiqing deserved to be a good hand in logistics scheduling, Song Nan was worried about the problem of severe cold weather had already been considered by him, and sent back to order someone to remind Yang Yiqing that the purchase of winter clothes and firewood was purely superfluous, and the third batch of materials that arrived at the barracks included 80 carts of charcoal, 40,000 winter clothes, 20,000 quilts and a lot of fire oil and charcoal used to make a fire in winter. &{}{}

Song Nan was overjoyed, Yang Yiqing bought the army at least ten days, otherwise it would delay the army's expedition schedule if he went to purchase these materials temporarily. Even if Yang Yiqing still stayed in the capital to purchase and coordinate the transportation of materials, and did not arrive with the soldiers and horses escorting the materials, Song Nan immediately signed a commendation order to order the personal guards to pass on the commendation.

With the arrival of the materials, there are also a lot of things brought by the wives and concubines of the Song Dynasty, and a carriage is full of large and small things, such as cotton coats, velvet hats, long cloaks, thick leather boots, hand warmers, copper braziers, hand polish, aperitif, and there are no less than hundreds of things. Almost all the daily necessities you can think of are in it, and what you can't think of can't escape the thinking of the Song family's wives and concubines, while feeling the strong love, Song Nan is also frowning, most of these things are not needed, one of the priorities of this expedition is to decide, it is impossible to bring more useless things, some things can only be understood.

There is one thing Song Nan is very satisfied with, it is a brand new saddle, obviously carefully built and designed, the leather of the saddle is soft and sturdy and comfortable, not to mention, there are also a lot of hooks and leather bags on both sides, which can carry a lot of things, which is very practical. Song Nan asked and found out that this saddle was actually sent by Zhu Fengtong to the Song Mansion, mixed with the things used by the Song family's wives and concubines. In gratitude, Zhu Fengtong's poignant face appeared in front of him, and he remembered the beautiful scenery in the Zhu family's back house in Mingshifang that night, and couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

A Jinyi guard official who escorted the supplies also secretly stuffed Song Nan with a small package, the yellow package skin turned out to be made of silk, which was extremely exquisite and exquisite. Song Nan asked the official who gave him the package, but the brocade guard didn't answer, only said that he didn't know who it was, and that the package was handed over to him by someone who entrusted Fusi Town, Fusi Town, and told him to deliver it to Song Nan.

Song Nan called the package with doubts, a pair of swarthy gloves with a faint fragrance lying in the package, with a silk handkerchief underneath, and a hibiscus flower embroidered on the corner of the silk handkerchief, Song Nan immediately knew who this was, this was sent by Princess Kangning, who had not met in the palace for several months, Song Nan picked up the fluffy gloves and tried to put them on, only to feel that the length of the fingers fitted, the size was fat and thin, as if it was custom-made according to his own hands. The material can't tell what kind of leather it is, and it looks like a rough texture, but it looks like it grows on the palm of the hand, and it keeps warm but does not affect the grip of the hand.

The generals studied for a long time and finally someone recognized the material of this thing, which is a glove made of poisonous dragon skin, because the poisonous dragon is difficult to capture, the leather of the glove can only be made with a small piece under the jaw of the poisonous dragon, so the price of a pair of gloves alone is as high as hundreds of taels, plus the craftsmen in Beijing can make very few of this kind of gloves, the process is complicated, so the wages are also expensive. This kind of glove is just to keep warm, and the most peculiar thing is that it has a considerable protective effect, like the soft armor on the hand.

Song Nan felt guilty in his heart, Kang Ning was very affectionate to himself, he thought about himself all the time, in comparison, he gave her almost nothing, thinking about the promise he made back then, but he had not been able to fulfill it until now, Song Nan felt that he had failed Kang Ning's affection. There is no doubt that Kangning is also reminding himself in disguise to make a great contribution to the victory and return to the capital for reunion as soon as possible. Song Nan cherished and kicked the silk handkerchief gloves in his arms, and secretly decided to return to Beijing after recapturing the Hetao this time, no matter what, he could find a way to be with Kang Ning, and he couldn't delay it any longer.

On the 26th day of September in the seventh year of Zhengde, with the Jingying Shenshu Battalion, Zhenwei Battalion, Lianwu Battalion, and the Outer Second Military Battalion as the main force, nearly 60,000 Ming troops from the Ningxia Qianwei, Lingzhou Wei, Suzhou Wei, Yan'an Wei and other northwest guards set off to the Hetao area occupied by the Tartars outside the Yanchi Great Wall to start the battle of Futao.

With Song Nan, the prince of Daming Town, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Ma Ming, and more than 20 generals of the Beijing camp and the guard station, including Peng Yang, Zhang An, and Peng Changshuo, the commanders of the second military camp, led the soldiers and horses of various units to kill the north with a mighty force.

This time, the position of the main striker Song Nan was handed over to Jiang Bin, Ma Ming, and Zhang An, with Jiang Bin as the main striker, Ma Ming and Zhang An as the deputy nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses as the main force of the striker attack, such a combination was carefully designed by Song Nan, these three Jiang Bin are brave, Zhang An is heavy, experienced, Ma Ming is shrewd, and it is a combination of learning from each other's strengths.

In the Chinese army, Song Nan led the personal guard battalion and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses of the four guards and northwest guards, and the rear team was Xu Tai led the training battalion and the soldiers and horses of the two guards to be responsible for the response of the rear and ensure the smooth flow of logistics materials.

After dispatching troops from the pass of the Great Wall in the north of Yanchi, they marched more than 120 miles in three days, and arrived at the south of the Dusitu River along the edge of the Gobi. Although there was no resistance from the Tartar soldiers and horses along the way, from time to time there were Tartar sentry scouts roaming far away, and the Tartars knew the direction of the Ming army's march well. But Song Nan didn't care at all, this time it was clear that he would attack on a large scale, and sending Tulu's head was the beginning of the declaration of war, and the only combat route to attack the Hetao area from Yanchi was to attack Dusitu River and go north, so that he could directly attack Wuhai, the first Tatar town in the Hetao area, even the most lame generals could guess such an offensive route. Could it be that if you don't take this route, you have to intersperse it from the Gobi Desert to the north?

Dusitu River is a major tributary of the Yellow River, the river flows from west to east into the rolling Yellow River, its source is the Durben Wendur Mountain on the side of the Gobi in the east, years of alluvial and diversion, in the middle of the Dusitu River formed a large lake named Bulong Lake, the grassland around the lake is luxuriant, the land is fertile, it is a good place suitable for Tatar people to settle and graze.

Although it is only a little more than 100 miles away from Wuhai in the north, it belongs to the Tatar Etok tribe in the east, and tens of thousands of Etok herdsmen have settled here, relying on the large pastures formed by the Dusitu River for grazing.

When the Ming army reached the southern shore of Bulong Lake, it was dusk, the sparkling lake reflected the towering cliffs around the lake, and the surrounding slightly yellowed grassland stretched as far as the eye could see, and the Ming army, which had been marching in the Gobi and the wind and sand for many days, seemed to have stepped into heaven.

Jiang Bin did not dare to cross the river rashly, although there was a gentle crossing of the Dusitu River on the west side of Bulong Lake, but for the sake of prudence, Jiang Bin still ordered the forward army to be stationed ten miles offshore, and at the same time sent someone to report to the Chinese army following behind, and asked Song Nan to show it.

Before dark, Song Nan led a thousand guards to rush to the lakeside, standing on the hillside on the south bank, looking around, you can see the sheep on the grassland on the opposite bank like white clouds on the ground, the scenery is of course beautiful, but the first order given by Song Nan is a big scene.

"Rush to cross the Dusitu River overnight, rest on the spot after crossing the river, and ...... early tomorrow morning"

The generals thought that Song Nan would say, 'Tomorrow morning, go straight to Wuhai', but listened to Song Nan say: "Early tomorrow morning, all the soldiers and horses will snatch back all the cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland within a radius of thirty miles, and they can't let go of a single one, not a single yurt." The cattle, sheep and horses that were snatched back were handed over to Xu Tai, and he was ordered to hand them over to Lord Yang Yiqing to go to China and sell them into silver taels. ”

The generals were stunned, the first military order issued by the general was to grab something, shouldn't he directly attack Wuhai? Everyone's minds immediately made up the scene of Yang Yiqing driving a large group of cattle, sheep and horses to sell in the capital, this scene is really weird.

"Brothers, don't forget that I have a lot of debts, and these cattle, sheep and horses are not enough to pay interest. Do you think that after I return to the capital, the creditors will be overflowing? You don't want to, so I have to grab all these things, or I won't be able to live. If I am forced to pay a debt by the creditors, don't blame me for going to your house to disturb you, it is not a few hundred taels of silver, if you don't want to be harassed by me, you can help me grab things, which is good for everyone. Song Nan said earnestly.

The generals almost fainted, and the general said it so miserably, it seems that stopping the army for half a day to grab things seems to be more important than immediately marching into Wuhai.

After all, Zhang An was concerned about the war, and arched his hand and said: "General, it is better to leave the forward army to Wuhai early tomorrow morning, leaving a group of soldiers and horses to collect property, so as not to delay the schedule of the army." In addition, the lowly officials are a little worried about tonight's river crossing operation, and the Tartars seem to have no fear when they see this, knowing that our army is coming, but the herdsmen on the north bank do not evacuate, this is an empty city plan? Or is there another reason? ”

Song Nan smiled: "No matter what he does, it's too stupid for them to intercept us here." I hope that they will come and fight us tonight, and I will always be the main one of them, regardless of how they deal with it, you need to know that now we are the attacking side, and how to resist is their business. ”

Jiang Bin said: "General, there is not a single ferry boat on the river, and there are 200 small boats we carry. ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "Use firearms to suppress, Zhang Ning's rocket battalion will arrive immediately, once the enemy is there, you don't have to be polite, just bombard his mother." But you save me a little, this time I brought only thirty rockets and guns, and this is the result of working day and night. Ammunition is also ridiculously expensive, and I will count the amount of shells you spend, and if I am chased in the future. debts, I will take this list to your Hou Ye's mansion to settle accounts. ”

Jiang Bin laughed and said: "It's easy to say, my brother sold this body to pay off your debts." ”

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