Chapter 182 is like a mountain

Guihua City used its own food to support the poor herdsmen wandering on the grassland, and "the grassland belongs to the poor, and the poor do not have to pay taxes" ran faster than Yuan Chonghuan's horse's hooves like a strong northwest wind.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't know what happened in Naturalization City, but he didn't expect that the herdsmen of the autumn grassland would have such a demand.

The little monkey hurriedly said beside him:

"General, there are probably hundreds of herdsmen, and it turns out that we are all from one tribe. They can't get on now. Young and middle-aged people have been recruited by the Houjin envoys, and now there are orphans and widows left, who are excluded from their own tribes, and cannot even collect forage for the winter. ”

Yuan Chonghuan didn't say anything, he is now a general, and he only thinks about the winner or loser of the war. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan had no mercy at all. Do it or you don't do it, it just depends on whether you can win the battle.

He crouched there, his mind deducing over and over again.

"Go to General Hu, the news of the Houjin envoy needs to be implemented by our scouts." The arrival of the Jianzhou people is a huge variable, and Yuan Chonghuan now needs to clarify the strength and size of the Jianzhou army as soon as possible.

"Let him figure out who is coming and how many people he has brought anyway. Where is the army. By the way, be sure to see it with your own eyes. The Houjin did not necessarily want the Mongols to know, and perhaps put some troops at a distance. ”

"I'm going to help you get the hay you have stored." It was Stan of the Batu tribe who spoke, and he bit his lip and said nervously.

It can be seen that he is also ready to go out.

Stan has six children, the eldest of whom is a girl, who was snatched by the guards in the king's tent a few days ago and threw a leg of mutton as a reward for the king. However, this leg of mutton is still a tax that his wife just paid to the prince. Just like that, the prince's guards picked the thinnest one and threw it back.

The girl didn't cry, she just stared at herself with red eyes. But he could only sit in the tent and bury his head in the crotch of his pants. It's not that he's not brave, it's not that he's not enthusiastic, but when he sees the five children left, he can only hold them tightly in his arms.

If something happens to him, these five children don't want to live.

"Huh?" Yuan Chonghuan raised his eyes and glanced at him at this time.

"Bring up the map." Yuan Chonghuan ordered his own soldiers.

Stan can't read it, but the little monkey can. He looked at the map and pointed to a place and said.

"Brother Stan, this is where your tent is. Where is the hay you are talking about? ”

"The ox cart walked towards the king's tent for half a day, and when it met Mizitan, it took half a day to walk to the mountain." Stan said as the monkey silently calculated the distance and bearings.

"That's not far from the horse farm?" The little monkey probably found the location of the hayfield. Hay and grain were indeed the core of the Mongols, and they were placed in the center of the triangle consisting of three places: the king's tent, the cavalry battalion, and the horse farm.

Yuan Chonghuan also looked at the location, and estimated in his heart that it would be best if there was a raging fire here when the battle started, but the location was too special for fewer people to rush in, but if there were many people, who would resist the frontal raid?

"Our tribe's hay and jerky haven't been handed over this year, and we load and unload them ourselves on weekdays, if there is something that is angry and can escape the search of the guards, I will spare this rotten life, and I must have burned it for the general."

Yuan Chonghuan really got up and walked around with his hands behind his back, his mind was calculating quickly.

Being able to do a vote, of course, will hit the power of the Mongolian king's tent hard, and they may not be able to survive this winter. However, his own unit is now the only formed armed force in the Daming Grassland. This time, even if he rushed in without hesitation with the attitude of desperately breaking the net, it is estimated that it is basically impossible to leave as an establishment.

"Or, give it a try. Anyway, if it doesn't work, if it succeeds, isn't the chance of winning on your side greater? ”

"How many of you do you need from us in the City of Naturalization? Also, when can you leave? As soon as this sentence came out, even Stan knew that Yuan Chonghuan only began to pay attention to his proposal at this time.

"Eight hundred, all women and children, the oldest boy was about ten years old. If the general agrees here, we will be able to leave in two days. ”

"Isn't eight hundred a tribe?"

"No, there are more than 600 people in the big tribes, and there are some small tribes that only came to the autumn pastures this year."

"Little monkey, go and find your Gao Pan team and Staff Officer Cheng over there, and say that I have something to discuss."

After a while, Gao Pan came over in the team with a tired face. Now the most bitter thing at this stage is him, more than 100 people who don't collect groups at night are released, and groups are taken back. Gather information, map and documents, and send out reserves to deal with the dead and wounded, with a maximum of two hours a day to rest.

The little monkey's information was sent by him. The night does not accept double-line management, the generals who lead the army are one line, and the supervisors in the team are also one line, so he doesn't have to deliberately curry favor in front of Yuan Chonghuan.

"How about the plan to cooperate with the tribe before we do it, or at the same time, to burn down the granaries and hayfields here?" Yuan Chonghuan asked simply and directly.

Before coming, Gao Pan had been thinking about it for a long time, since Yuan Chonghuan had already tested the quality of these Mongols, then any general who led the army would take burning the grassland as the first choice.

"In addition to not collecting at night, I want to use a dozen grenadiers." Gao Pan gestured directly on the map.

"There weren't too many people, so they poured the oil into a sheepskin bag filled with water and brought it into the pasture. Then, taking advantage of the chaos, the grenadiers directly attacked the military horse farm, stole the horses, blew up the horses, and retreated. ”

The idea is very clear, the main goal of the grenadiers is to retreat.

"There is a problem......

"I'm asking if it's feasible, not how." Yuan Chonghuan directly interrupted the staff officer's words.

"Feasible."

"Alright, little monkey, you take Stan down. You know very well our process, women and children who need to be evacuated need to enter the forest meeting point at least twelve hours in advance of our return journey. When you get out of the horse and valuables, you don't need to bring anything. You remember. ”

"General Yuan!" Stan is in a bit of a hurry, which is not what he had envisioned. Although they are said to be similar to the poor now, if they throw everything away, even if they go to Naturalization City, how do they want these people to live?

"Fifty taels of silver for each household, and when they arrive in the city of naturalization, they will receive it." Yuan Chonghuan is very simple.

After the two of them left, Yuan Chonghuan said to the staff officer:

"Go on."

"One is that we don't collect at night, especially since there are too few Mongols among the grenadiers. If such a team is to be formed, it will have to rely entirely on the herdsmen. You know, General, that the chances of escaping are too great. ”

Untrained herdsmen, no matter how brave they are in peacetime, when they reach the real battlefield, it is certain that they will not listen to orders. What's more, if you show your stuffing when you pass through the checkpoint, it will be in vain.

"We have a time-lapse device." Gao Pan said.

"The main difficulty now is that they think that they are going to basically die together after they have lit the hay. With a time-delay device, even if it was half an hour longer than the fire, it would be enough for them to gather in a relatively safe area. ”

"Is it reliable?" The staff officer has not seen it.

"The incense sticks we used to use were particularly unreliable, especially when there was an open flame." In the past, the device used by the Ming Dynasty to delay the explosion or fire was actually just a burning incense stick.

"Reliable, no open flames." There is no way, there are a lot of experiments and handicrafts there, all of which cannot be assembled on a large scale in the army, and some Yuan Chonghuan has never seen them.

"Anything else?" Yuan Chonghuan continued to ask.

"If it were launched at the same time as our attack, there would probably be no horses in the horse farm. All hay transport is ox carts, and we are not very able to allocate extra military horses to the convoy, which is easy to see. ”

"It's okay if you don't take it at night. If we can, we will run, but if we can't, we will rush to the king's tent. ”

This is the confidence of not collecting at night, and the last thing they will ever lack is the courage to sacrifice.

"We kept the number down, and now there are about sixteen Mongolians, plus those who look a little alike, we have enough for twenty people. In this way, the maximum number of people in the tribe is now six. It also reduces the risk of escape in case of battle. ”

"Good!" Yuan Chonghuan nodded.

Soon, the staff officers will draw up more than a dozen orders for him to sign based on the opinions they discussed.

When Yuan Chonghuan signed, he tried not to think about the names of these people, nor about their appearances. It is the signature of the machine, the seal of the machine, and then handed over to the staff officer and issued to each executing unit.

Just called Gao Pan over and gave him a huge pocket watch of his own.

"Whoever leads the team to the pasture, give this to him. The time we agreed on needs to be more accurate with this. After thinking about it, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but say.

"If it's disrupted, run up the hill, there's always a way for us below."

At the same time, fifty miles north of Naturalization City, Fang Yuling was facing a bandit tribe with hundreds of camels and war horses.

This tribe is very easy to distinguish from the herdsmen's tribes and bandit groups of the steppes.

The robbers, they had no old men, no children, not even women. Moreover, they chose places that were more close to dense forests and hills than open grasslands. According to the scouts who came back to report, this is the notorious Redbeard team here. They rob everyone, everything. Moreover, there is never a living mouth.

So these people must be eradicated, there is no doubt that if they are not dead, they will be the vanguard of the Jianzhou people.

The 500-strong and well-equipped Ming army faced the 200-strong Mongol bandits, and the situation of the war was very obvious. What's more, if one party still wants to protect its wealth, then failure is certain.

Fang Yuling led the Chinese army and did not move, and the soft-armored cavalry on both wings directly outflanked it from the left and right. The robbers, who were still drinking in their camp to keep warm, were just about to turn over and get on their horses, when grenades were thrown far away with a sneering fire.

The first to be frightened were the camel caravans resting on the periphery. They were half-kneeling on the ground, dragging heavy baggage and cargo on their bodies, and when the flaming grenades exploded around them, the camels stood up with a loud cry and began to flee in all directions.

The robbers were stupid, their riches were on the backs of camels, but the threat of harvesting their lives was fast approaching. For a moment, none of the robbers knew what they were supposed to do.

"Drive the camels back!"

"Get on the horse, get on the horse!"

"Fight, fight!"

All sorts of bizarre orders come out of the mouths of small bosses, middle bosses, and big bosses, making the already undisciplined bandit team even more chaotic.

"Draw your sword!"

Fang Yuling knew that his team could not always rely on firearms, and this situation was a good time to temper.

"Kill them all!" After speaking, Fang Yuling drew his spear from the victory hook next to the saddle, knocked the horse, and took the lead in rushing towards the bandits' camp.

In addition to brutality, only brutality remains in the cold weapon war.

The robbers who survived the first round of attacks struck the various armors and shields with their most handy maces, and let out a roar.

A tall strong man, who seemed to be a big leader, let out a roar of rage, bent the five fingers of his right hand, and slowly pulled down from his forehead, and five blood marks extended from his forehead to his chin.

This was the signal for the Mongol bandits to fight to the death. After hearing the angry cry of the big boss who was about to fight desperately, the robbers, who had already run away to chase the camels, also reined in their horses and prepared to start a battle to the death.

Fang Yuling snorted coldly, waved his spear, and took the lead to kill it.

Said to leave the firearms, how could they leave completely, the grenadiers wearing plate armor were hiding in the front line of the Ming army's attack.

So the robbers wielded maces against oncoming spears, broadswords, and the ubiquitous grenades that exploded behind them and under their horses.

A robber had just been crushed to the ground by a stunned horse, when two spears followed, swaying straight into his heart.

So, with the cooperation of various arms, Fang Yuling was like a god descending from heaven, his spear swung vertically and horizontally among the bandits, and countless blood flowers bloomed beside him.

The Hook and Scythe soldiers who followed behind took the opportunity to reap the bloody human heads, and like wild beasts, they collected the fruits of victory.

Unknowingly, under the protection of the guards, Fang Yuling had penetrated the entire camp.

And at this time, there were less than fifty robbers left, and they seemed to see a glimmer of life. With their camp being pierced and the left and right flanks under pressure, directly in front of them were more than a hundred soldiers, forming a seemingly careless line of skirmishers.

"Spread out in all directions, see you at the old place!"

The big boss gave an order, and the remaining robbers began to scatter and flee, while he and his henchmen came to meet the Chinese army of the Ming Dynasty.

"Rush over, don't fight!"

Syllable...... Syllable......

A volley of guns rang out, although the accuracy was average, some hit the horses, some hit the people. However, not one was let go.

Fang Yuling, who turned back, jumped off the horse.

"Each team repaired in an hour, no booty was needed, and after an hour, we arrived at the last camp and set up camp." However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw two fast horses galloping in the distance.

"Report ......"

The scout on horseback did not reduce the speed of his horse a little farther away as usual, but rushed to Fang Yuling's side, and then turned over and dismounted.

"Seeing the Jianzhou people, the front army is Mongols, and the rear army is cavalry, the number is not clear, fifteen miles away from us."

The heralds began to beat the gong frantically, and after the whole army got on the horse, the generals did not have time to ask for details, and on the horizon, there were already scouts of the Jianzhou people.

The team of 500 people could not fight the Jianzhou people on the grassland, and now it was the first priority to return to Guihua City quickly.

The army began to rush forward for half an hour, and then, Fang Yuling did not advance in the direction of returning to the city to the south, but resolutely ordered all the way to the east.

At this time, the role of military discipline was reflected, no one felt that this was inappropriate, everyone did not say a word, and everyone believed that any order issued by Fang Yu at this time needed to be strictly followed.

The scouts kept wandering, passing on the news they had discovered. Each time, Fang Yuling just immediately checked the map, and then changed the direction of progress again.

"Change horses!"

As soon as the herald gave the order, the soldiers leaped from the horses under their crotches to the backs of the horses on their backs.

Fang Yuling knew that if his scouts could find the other party, it meant that the other party's scouts would definitely be able to discover themselves. At this time, the proud Jianzhou people may not know who they are, but they certainly don't mind rushing up and beating themselves.

Because of the detour, the army is getting farther and farther away from the Naturalization City.

Seeing that the sun had set below the horizon, Fang Yuling only lowered his horse's speed and did not intend to stop to rest. Fang Yuling knew that the other party's goal was very clear, and everything he did was to keep his team from falling into the encirclement of the Jianzhou people. Behind him, the sky took on a strange dark red, which was the torch lit by the cavalry of Jianzhou.

The scouts sent by Fang Yuling rushed back to Naturalization City in a straight line as soon as possible.

In an instant, a straight black smoke rose from the city wall, and the sound of gongs resounded all around. Both the teams carrying coal and the teams chopping firewood outside have stepped up. The remaining 500 or so in the city also returned to their posts.

"It's finally here." Sun Chuanting slapped the city wall heavily.

With the help of craftsmen sent by the Kyoshi, three huge carriages were erected along the great river flowing to the east of the city, and the river water was continuously lifted into the city. It was sent by Sun Chuanting to pour buckets and buckets on the half-finished city walls at night.

Now, the city of naturalization has become a cyan city wrapped in ice caps.

"The pursuers behind have already set up camp thirty miles away." The scout summoned the rest of the order and reported the final news.

"Back to the city."

When the moon reached the middle of the sky, the whole crystal naturalization city appeared in front of Fang Yuling's eyes. The huge black dragon banner and the Sun Zi banner were erected at the head of the city, and the city walls were filled with smoke, and since Fang Yu ordered them to appear on the horizon, the city walls were filled with dull drums.

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