It's not Mu Ying's fault.

Just when Zhu Di was inspecting the defense of the military town, Ning Zheng rushed back from Qinchuan with a thousand horsemen.

Seeing Zhu Di from a distance, his eyes were red and he rushed over at a faster speed.

"Your Highness, where is Yuanqi?" Ning Zheng's first sentence when he met was very tired was to ask about Yuan Qi's situation.

Zhu Di pointed to the horse traps and horse rejection guns on the left and right, and then pointed to the bloodstains that had not yet been cleaned up in the military town, "There is no one missing, all of them are here." ”

Ning Zheng was stunned, looked left and right, and asked in disbelief: "What does Your Highness mean that Yuanqi was completely destroyed by His Highness?" ”

"Is it possible to wait until you come to the rescue?" Guo Ying laughed coldly.

The appearance of Yuan Qi in Lan County without warning is quite complaining.

"It's good to destroy it all, it's good to destroy it all, Your Highness Shenwu!" Ning Zheng was originally short-tempered, but at this time, he was stunned by Guo Ying, and he was not angry at all, so he said:

"The last general was negligent, please atone for your sins."

Zhu Di shook his head at Guo Ying, Ning Zheng's eyes were red, it was not because he was excited to see him, it was because he was tired.

"General Ning, why don't you rest in the military town for a while, and then talk about the situation of the avant-garde?"

Ning Zheng hesitated for a moment, and said to the deputy general: "Rest in place for half an hour." ”

After that, Ning Zheng replied: "Your Highness, General Rong will explain the situation one by one in the account!" ”

"These soldiers?" Zhu Di sighed, looked at the cavalry soldiers who had been ordered to dismount and gather more than a dozen people to rest on the spot, and said softly: "I'll let the guy boil some hot porridge!" ”

Ning Zheng didn't shirk either, and said gratefully: "Your Highness Xie is compassionate!" ”

Zhu Di asked Guo Ying to prepare quickly, and entered the king's tent with Ning Zheng.

Ning Zheng took out a map from his arms and put it on the desk nearby, without the intention of resting, and pointed to the map in a strong voice:

"This is the camp of the Red Department of Defire, similar to the situation of the previous exploration, Tengger Town, backed by the desert, east to the Ningxia Plain, west to Hongshui Ancient Town, and then west is the Gobi Desert, to the south is the Qilian Mountains."

"The location of Lanzhou Wei at the north entrance of Qinchuan, along the Qinchuan Basin to the north is Qingshichuan, and further north is Hongshui Ancient Town, and we have established a defense line in these two places."

"To the east of the Qingshichuan River and to the south of the ancient town of Tengger, there is a large area of bare mountains."

"If the Yuan army wants to go south, it needs to go through the red water, and if it goes south from the Qingchuan Basin, it must break through the Qingshi River."

"The current situation is that the Yuan Cavalry has been reduced to zero, with hundreds of cavalry and thousands of cavalry as squads, harassing us from the entire north, not to defeat us, but to break through the blockade."

"In just two days, we have fought with the Yuan Cavalry no less than 20 times, and each has suffered casualties, but our army's defense of the Yuan Cavalry has suffered slightly heavy casualties."

"All the way to the mountains, since the last time Feng Yi explored, we have paid attention, and every hour the cavalry rotates across the mountains all the way to patrol."

"The heavy snow began to fall at three o'clock in Yinzheng, and the last general received a report at three o'clock in Yin that the soldiers patrolling the mountain had found no less than ten traces of Yuan cavalry, and wanted to bypass the Qingshi River and go south."

"The last general immediately sent troops to intercept, and after the last general passed, there was no trace of the Yuan cavalry, so he chased down all the way along the horseshoe prints, and found that no less than 1,200 yuan cavalry converged to bypass the defense line and enter the middle of Qinchuan."

"I hurriedly led someone to chase down, but I didn't expect it to be late."

"If it weren't for His Highness, the consequences would really be unimaginable."

Listening to Ning Zheng's narration, Zhu Di also told the information he had tortured, and the general situation was similar, but he was a little clearer here.

That is, the Yuan Cavalry is constantly exploring all the way to the mountains, trying to find a way to bypass the Qingshi River and the avant-garde defense line in the mountains all the way.

"There is no way to do this, not to mention the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the two lines of defense, even if it is a million troops scattered all the way into the mountains, it is at most a school of fish in the sea, and it can only be discovered by the Yuan Cavalry, we will find it in time, set up a post and send it to the news in time."

Ning Zheng sighed, the mountains and rivers that are hundreds of miles long, mountains and valleys are connected to mountains, and valleys are really terrible.

"Why don't we explore the mountains once, sweep all the roads that can be passed, and then fortify them all?" Zhu Di hesitated and said.

This is the only way to do it once and for all.

Ning Zheng shook his head: "It takes time and energy, but it will lengthen our defense line, and when the time comes, we will find one block, I am afraid that the troops are not enough, but it will lead the way for Yuan Qi." ”

"It's better to let Yuanqi touch it, there are not only valleys in this big mountain, but also dangerous stones, beasts, trapped, if Yuanqi really wants to find a way south in the mountains all the way, then it would be better!"

Looking at Ning Zheng's sad face, Zhu Di asked strangely: "What's the matter, it's strange to say, what does the Yuan army mean in winter, and it's snowing." ”

As for the rejection of opinions, Zhu Di is just a proposal of his brain, and he expresses his own opinions.

Ning Zheng found a comfortable position to bake the fire, and the strong and rough man also looked sad and said:

"Feng Duhu arrived at the vanguard as soon as it was dark yesterday, but before it was midnight, he was awakened by Yuan Qi, and several of our main generals met and discussed and guessed the worst situation."

Guo Ying walked in with a big pot of rice porridge, handed it to Ning Zheng, and sat down together.

"What's the situation?" Zhu Di asked suspiciously.

"Thank you, General Guo!" Ning Zheng took a few sip with a wooden basin, and said four words in an extremely solemn manner: "Military confrontation!" ”

"Military preparations?" Zhu Di and Guo Ying got up in surprise and stared at Ning Zheng incredulously.

Zhu Di glared at the boss and exclaimed: "Are you saying that Beiyuan wants to play a military confrontation with us, and the long-term military confrontation is on the northern defense line?" ”

Guo Ying also said stunnedly: "It's impossible, the Northern Yuan Dynasty is mainly nomadic, how can you have a military confrontation with me?" ”

It's amazing.

The military confrontation is not a joke, once it starts, the million-strong armies of both sides will be in a state of high combat readiness for a long time, with a small battle a day and a big battle every three days, but it will not be a decisive battle.

At that time, what will be asked is not the front-line soldiers, but the logistics supplement, supplying hundreds of thousands of troops with grain and grass, and whoever breaks it will lose.

It's that simple.

"We're also speculating, and we don't have enough evidence yet." Ning Zheng shook his head, and said while blowing hot porridge:

"Inspector Feng came with the situation of the entire Saibei, including Taiyuan and Beiping."

"Cao Guogong confronted the 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan Prime Minister in Taiyuan, the Northern Yuan did not have a large-scale attack, similar to us, Fu Shuai was similar in Beiping, and fought with Wang Baobao more than a dozen times, but there is also a problem, Wang Baobao is to place the main force in the rear, and then send cavalry to attack and harass."

Ning Zheng said while eating: "We caught a few tongues, and unexpectedly learned the shocking news that all the sheep that were more than a foot and a half tall were slaughtered for military supplies. ”

"According to the detachment of the Red Army, they are encamped in Tengger Town, if we attack, they will retreat to the desert, they are far more familiar with the desert than us, and it is impossible for us to enter the desert to pursue without absolute certainty."

"If we have been stationed in Tengger Town for a long time, then we must hold Qingshichuan, especially Tengger Town, this position is very powerful, if our army attacks the base camp of the Yuan army."

"It's more than 130 miles away in a straight line, but they have to go around to Hongshui first and then attack east, which is a full 130 miles, which gives them enough time to react."