Hala and Lin.

"These dogs are running so fast!"

Zhang Fu said hatefully.

Well, it's already empty here.

Of course, it is not that there is really no one, in fact, there are still a large number of old and weak women and children, but Erlebok and the main force of the Khan's court have all left in a hurry two days ago, because they ran too quickly, so a large number of old and weak women and children who lack the ability to move quickly have been abandoned.

Or maybe the latter knew very well that if they left here, they would starve to death on the way to escape.

Because they don't have horses.

Not all the grasslands have horses, in fact, horses are also very valuable to them, and many herders in the late Ming Dynasty did not even have horses to ride, so they could only ride cattle.

According to the records captured during the Great Qing Dynasty of the Inner Khalkha Tribe, it can be estimated that a herdsman family has an average of more than one horse......

Average.

This means that it is impossible for every household to have everything.

And then there are single-digit cattle and dozens of sheep.

And the family has thousands of people, not counting the hair, all kinds of infectious diseases, as well as black and white disasters, they may lose all their livestock at any time, and the result of losing all livestock is starvation. Therefore, the herders eat meat very rarely, as long as the livestock is still alive, it must be kept alive, unless there are major festivals or guests will not slaughter, most of the time it is dairy products and hunting. More important is grain, which is why the Ming Dynasty could threaten them with mutual markets, because grain is the most stable source of food compared to livestock. This is also an important reason for the current harmony in the Huining Reclamation Area, where the reclamation team has brought a stable source of food to the surrounding herders, so that they will not die of livestock and then starve to death due to various reasons.

Shepherd......

At this time, the herdsmen were actually very bitter.

Of course, this is also the main motivation for them to choose to go south to raid.

Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people.

"Looking at Arutai this way is to cover the retreat of the Khan's court, so he has to face us."

Yang Feng said.

Arutai was defeated and fled.

Unless you are extremely lucky on the grassland, or like Li Jing, who continues to pursue for thousands of miles, it is very difficult to fight a war of annihilation, and it is too easy to escape when the situation is unfavorable.

However, Arutai also suffered heavy losses, and the Ming army beheaded 5,000.

Captive......

There were no prisoners.

Who would take prisoners in that case?

"King, what should we do, shall we chase or not?"

Tan Yuan asked.

"Chasing, of course we have to chase, soon it will be spring, once the spring grass grows on the grassland, these nomadic tribes will scatter and nomadize, at that time even if we are tired to death, we can't clean them up, only then will they gather. Erlebok is nothing more than to go to Warat, the four main pastoral areas of Warat are in the north of the Tianshan Mountains and the Jinshan area, let's simply go straight to Jinshan. From here, go west to Uriya Sutai and then go to Kobdo, and then turn from Kobdo to the southern foot of Jinshan, where is the main pasture of the Zoros Tribe, and the most favored one of Erlebok is the leader of the Khori Tribe, which is about 2,000 miles away.

Elebak definitely went to him.

As long as we go there, even if we can't find them directly, we can lure them to fight, and then annihilate them in a battle, which is about twenty days if we march normally. ”

Yang Feng said without hesitation.

Of course, it doesn't matter to Erleboke, what is important is to let Zhu Di go to see the Western Regions.

Under the Altai Mountains in spring......

Wonderland on earth!

As for the current name of these places in Uriya Sutai, he doesn't know this, in fact, many of the maps used by the Ming army are hand-drawn according to the satellite maps of his watch. Because the watch screen is too small, it is difficult to ensure accuracy, so Yang Feng asked Sister Liu to divide him into pieces of more accurate pictures, and then the painter will follow the painting.

Stitch together after drawing.

After stitching and then using it as a basis, continue to draw maps of different areas and different levels.

And Zhu Yuanzhang is a huge world map.

This huge project because Yang Feng often left the capital, so it was not finally completed until last year, but it also brought a problem, because many place names in Daming are not currently used, the painter is directly marked on the map, so at present, on the map of Daming, there will be a lot of place names that have crossed, as for the problem of modification, it is necessary to wait until the Ming Dynasty is developed piece by piece.

For example, most of Huining has changed.

"More than two thousand miles? We have already driven more than 3,000 miles in the grassland, and the ambassador has to move forward more than 2,000 miles? This will be all the way to the cold, more than 200 people have died, and if we continue to move forward without the enemy attacking, we ourselves will have to die of exhaustion! ”

Sun Ke said.

"A group of infantry in the Red Turban Army can fight for thousands of miles, this is only five or six thousand miles, you group of elite cavalry can't compare to a group of river diggers on foot, right?

Besides, looking at the past in this winter, it is estimated that the grass in Jiangnan has grown.

Soon it was warm. ”

Yang Feng said.

"If we want to go forward, we can hold on, but our ammunition may not be able to."

Zhou Xing said.

This has the same name as the cool officials of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's main force on the grassland in the later period, he has been sitting in Kaiping to suppress Wuliangha these years, and Song Sheng, who is sitting in Gansu, are the two most important pillars of Zhu Yuanzhang. However, he was a little older, and originally because of the death of Lan Yu and others, he was also a little disheartened, and he went home from learning soup and saying that he was sick, but he died at home peacefully.

"Even if we don't have ammunition, let's use bows and arrows."

Tan Yuan said excitedly.

Then a group of people looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di is obviously also very entangled.

Emotionally, he really wants to continue, this is to chisel through the entire grassland, chasing six thousand miles, if he can capture Erleboke, it will be the prestige of the god of war, and Li Jing will directly rank among the pinnacles of military generals.

Just thinking about it makes people's blood boil!

But reason did tell him that it was a very risky thing to continue with a group of soldiers who had no logistical supplies and had driven more than 3,000 miles. And it is different from the previous ones, whether it is the fishing sea, the Tula River or the Hala and Lin, in fact, they are all fought by the Ming army before, and they know the situation in this area. But further on, the Ming army did not set foot, although there is a map of Yang Feng, but the map does not really show the actual situation, not to mention that he is the terrain six hundred years later.

Who knows what it looks like now?

Six hundred years.

Enough of the changes in many rivers and lakes.

The steppe march is not about walking as much as you want, because you can't stay away from water, especially in this arid grassland.

Horses had to drink plenty of water.

Therefore, they have to follow the river, for example, the Yuqu River is the basis of their previous march, even if there is no river, they have to jump from lake to lake, lake to lake, for example, they go north from Kaiping to the fishing sea, but further on is a completely unfamiliar area.

If you're not careful, you'll be wiped out.

What's more, the front is still the core area where the various Mongolian ministries converge.

This is not something that the eastern part of the country has long been cleaned up by the Ming Dynasty again and again.

"King, what are you afraid of with me? If the king succeeds this time, his merits can be compared to Wei Huo, and the Ming Dynasty will never suffer in the future, and all the people in the world will remember the king's exploits, isn't it a long distance, we have killed three thousand miles, and do you care about two thousand miles? What's more, the weather is about to get warmer, and there is no need to worry about the cold, as for the ammunition saving, it is enough, and as Lao Tan said, we can win without firearms. In fact, there is no shortage of sulfur saltpeter in the Western Regions, and you can make it yourself after you get there. ”

Yang Feng was bewitching Zhu Di like a little devil.

He also looked at Zhu Di very meaningfully.

Zhu Di frowned......

Therefore, if he can succeed, then his nephew really can't touch him, after all, the credit is too great, if his nephew wants to clean him up, it will make the soldiers and civilians of the world chill.

Similarly, if he resists at that time, it will be easy to gain the support of the people.

"The departments check how much ammunition there is, if there are five achievements to chase!"

He said.

Zhang Fu and the others hurriedly checked the ammunition.

"But what about returning? Even if we can eat meat, horses, and camels, we have to have enough fodder, and eating grass is not enough! ”

Sun Ke said.

"Return?

Why do you want to go here?

It is only a little more than a thousand miles from the Guls Department to Hamiwei, and it is only two thousand miles to Jiayuguan, and there is no shortage of food when you enter Jiayuguan. ”

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, you don't have to go to the prairie when you come back......

However, he still had to go to the grassland, he had to come back and go back with his slaves and maids, but Zhu Di's army went directly to Gansu, and at this time the Ming army had completely controlled Hami, and there was even a thousand households guarded by all Han people there. In fact, Yang Feng has been encouraging Zhu Yuanzhang to directly set up a command envoy in Hami, and then manage all the guards outside Jiayu Pass, but Lao Zhu can't take care of it for the time being, after all, the Ming Dynasty has expanded too much territory over the years, and the national strength has also consumed a bit more.

In the end, after the inspection of the various departments, several auxiliary parts had the least ammunition, and there were about forty percent left.

His tactics are an inevitable consequence.

Zhou Xing and Sun Ke had the most.

They still have seventy percent.

Although the Ming army went deep into the grassland for more than 3,000 miles, in fact, there were two battles in total, one battle was a surprise attack on people's camps, and there was no large use of firearms at all.

The average is more than 50%.

That's it.

Zhu Di also ordered all departments to reorganize, selected 5,000 cavalry to escort the wounded and dead soldiers, escorted the captured old and weak women and children, and a large number of cattle and sheep, and returned to the camp on the Tula River together.

After the beginning of spring, go directly south to Kaiping.

As for the remaining 22,000 Ming troops, they continued to pursue.

Five days later.

"Where are you taking us?"

Zhang Fu looked at their guide, then shook the compass in his hand.

At this time, the weather has begun to warm, and even the snow on the grassland has melted a little, and it is estimated that in another ten days, you can see the green, and the Ming army, which has been driving more than 3,000 miles at minus 30 degrees, can obviously see that the spirit is much more uplifted. In fact, they are indeed very tired, although it does not affect their combat effectiveness, but after such a long time of bumping on horseback, the physical exertion of people is also very large. In the final analysis, the Ming army is not a Mongolian cavalry after all, the latter belongs to the horseback almost one, they can last for several months, or even ride a horse all the time, the Ming army is inevitably a little tired at this level.

But the warm sun that has not been seen for a long time has made the expeditionary force, which has embarked on a completely unfamiliar territory at this moment, finally feel uplifted.

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Di, who personally commanded the forward, urged the horse over.

He handed over the command of the Chinese army to Zhou Xing, and he was at the forefront to ensure morale, after all, the best way to ensure morale is to have the commander at the front.

They are not safe.

Now it belongs to the core area of Mongolia, and it is not ruled out that it will be ambushed again, although it is true that the Mongolian tribes have not had time to assemble in time, but who knows if there are Mongolian tribes nearby in this unfamiliar area? He personally led the forward, the Chinese army was handed over to a veteran like Zhou Xing, Sun Ke's troops were on guard on the flanks, and although the whole army slowed down, it rolled forward in a group on the grassland.

"My lord, he's led the way side."

Zhang Fu looked at Yang Feng who didn't pay attention to him, but looked at his watch.

The latter then looked up, then took out the binoculars from his bag and searched the wind-eroded rocks ahead......

"Ambassador, what are you looking for?"

Zhu Di said suspiciously.

Yang Feng still ignored him, but raised the telescope again, then urged the war horse, and then rushed straight to a rock on the right, Zhu Di and Zhang Fu looked at each other, and the two immediately followed, Yang Feng finally stopped in front of a rock wall, where he seemed to be very emotional, looking at this rock wall that had been seriously eroded by the wind.

"What the hell are you looking for?"

Zhang Fu said.

"See what's up there?"

Yang Feng pointed to the rock wall and said.

Zhu Di and Zhang Fu looked at it suspiciously, and soon they found that although the wind erosion was severe, it could still be distinguished on this rock wall, and it was actually engraved with many words, and it was even basically recognizable......

"In the autumn and July of the first year of Yongyuan, there was an uncle of Han Yuan, who said that the general Dou Xian, Yin Liang Shengming, ascended the wings of the royal family......"

Yang Feng's voice was already ringing beside them.

Zhu Di looked at him in amazement......

“…… It is with the ruling Jin Wu Geng Bing, reporting on the patrol. Manage the troops in Shuofang. The school of Eagle Yang, the man of the tiger, the six divisions, Jinan Danyu, Donghu Wuhuan, Xirong Diqiang, Hou Wangjun Chang's group, 30,000 horsemen. Yuan Rong light martial arts, the long hub is four points, the cloud chariot covers the road, and there are more than 3,000 times. Le with eight formations, with the mighty gods, the armor is dazzling, and the Zhu flag is in the sky. Suiling Gaoque, under the chicken deer, through the moraine, the desert, behead Wen Yu to provoke the drum, the blood corpse to dye the scorpion. Then the four schools were horizontal, the stars were swept away, the depression was thousands of miles, and there was no wilderness. So the domain was wiped out, and the anti-rotation was reversed, and the map was examined, and the mountains and rivers were exhausted. Then he crossed the evil spirit, crossed Anhou, took Yanran, tiptoed to the district, and burned the dragon court of the old man. On the high and the old anger of the text, the mysterious spirit of the ancestors; The next is to stabilize the heirs, restore the realm, and revitalize the heavenly voice of the Han Dynasty.

The so-called one-time and long-term rest, temporary expenses and eternal tranquility also, is to close the mountain and publish the stone, Zhaoming Shengde.

His words said: King Shuo is a desolate descendant, and he is cruel and cruel to intercept overseas. The boundary of the earth, the god hill is built long, and the Xi Emperor is carrying the eternal life! ”

Yang Feng finally finished reading the complete content.

Zhu Di looked at him with a shocked expression.

"Le Shi Yanran, is this actually true?"

Then His Royal Highness King Yan said slowly.

(End of chapter)