Xu Jiehairui, the two arrived together.

In the blink of an eye, they all cooperated in Shaanxi to plant trees for almost five years.

Now that the Battle of Xuanning in Hetao is about to start, Zhu Houxi also thinks of these two people.

In the second year of Jiajing, Xu Jie knelt in front of Zhu Houxi, restraining his inner excitement: "The ministers will stabilize the people of Hetao, so that Zeng Dutai can concentrate on the war!" ”

At this critical moment, His Majesty still remembered him.

Now, Xu Jie is over forty years old, and he knows that this may be the last chance to cross the hurdle of the third grade as soon as possible.

Hai Rui is much younger, and the order he received is to go to Li Mo's side to ensure that the current military procurement and transshipment will not be exploited by some people to enrich their own pockets in the capacity of a special patrol for the northern military quartermasters.

Zhu Houxi looked at the two of them and felt a little relieved.

After all, the Ming Dynasty still has a vast territory and many talents.

Even if Xia Yan and Tang Shunzhi can't come back, at the level of the third to fifth grades of the Ming Dynasty, there are still quite a few characters who can reassure Zhu Houxi.

Xu Jie's talent is not lacking, and in the face of the important situation that Zhu Houxi has driven here, at least he will never dare to ignore this matter again. If you have a setback, if you repeat it, then there will be no hope in this life.

As for Hai Rui, he will do things in that position well.

The deployment has been given, which is essentially a "plan for the plan".

At this time, there was no marshal in the northern Ming Dynasty who was enough to convince the generals, but the quality of the middle-level generals was not comparable to that of more than 20 years ago.

For so many years, martial arts have been valued, and the replacement of military generals also needs to be selected before awarding, and the title of the replacement is not directly linked to the military position awarded, and this hereditary general position is becoming more and more like a "title".

As for the existence of public security departments and enterprises, those who do not have the ability to make meritorious contributions through the battlefield have gradually diverted most of them.

All the recruits know that in the future, the border army of the Ming Dynasty will definitely fight a tough battle and expand its territory.

Now the opportunity has come, although there is no great talent to command all parties, but the emperor is here, and the strategy has been predetermined.

The border troops on the side of Xuanning Saihan Mountain all moved back to the Kaiping line south of Dashawo.

On the Hetao side, the heavy army protects the Jiuyuan area, where the basic conditions of water conservancy have been improved a lot, and the cities, fertile fields, and river networks there cannot be destroyed in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, further west from the border city of Dalu in Xuanning, there is only Shajing, a large military fort in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

To the south of Shajing Castle is the Yinshan Mountain Range, which serves as a barrier. If you break through from the pass of the Yinshan Mountain Range to the south, you will enter the Hetao area.

And there are not many such passes.

At the westernmost end of the Yinshan Mountain Range, a branch vein called Wolf Mountain, "hundreds of miles from east to west, there are desert arteries everywhere." Dabatu Mouth, Shitan Pass, Ada Pass...... There are so many passes, and now the Daming Sentinel Fort has been withdrawn and returned to the south of Yinshan, and the passes look like death passages that will devour lives - who knows if Daming has hidden soldiers on Wolf Mountain.

Wolf Mountain protects the Jiuyuan area, which is now the most prosperous area of Hetao, and the southernmost part of Shajing, if you want to break into the Tumo River where the old nest of Alta is located, there are also many mountain trails such as Shiguai, Dawanjiagou, and Damaqungou.

This branch of Yinshan Mountain is called Daqing Mountain. It's steeper than Wolf Mountain, and especially the southern slope.

This Yinshan mountain range is "full of divergent roads, and the Waibo tribe is the easiest to hide bandits, and the investigation cannot reach it", so in the past, they turned a blind eye from here and used the method of "smuggling" to try to divide the Khalkha Wanhu under the Khan Court.

At present, even the special military fort of Shajing was directly abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, and the defense line retreated to the north line of Zhuozi, Jining, and Xinghe.

Give somebody a dose of his own medicine.

"You don't have to pretend to be fake, since he came out of the nest, he must have made some gains. In the past, I have been avoiding wars, but now I have given it to him first, this big sand nest, Yinshan North, do you want it? For him, the momentary results are also worth boasting about, and they must be boasted of. But after all, he can't suppress the contradictions, and he has to continue to forge ahead, otherwise he will have to confront Daming at close range in Yinshan North and Dashawo in the future, and I will have to consume it for a long time, and he can't. ”

At the garrison of Datong, Zhu Houxi said to Mao Bowen: "If he mainly attacks the Houtao, then the other side will drag him to death, naturalize and nail, and the armies of Zhuozi, Jining, and Xingcheng will cross Daqingshan to block the mouth of his return to the north." As a result, he had no choice but to flee west along the Gobi Mountains in the west of Wolf Mountain. If he enters the front set, it will be to recapture Tumochuan with my escort army, and to force Xuanning in the west, provided that he can win. ”

"Your Majesty is sure that he will not attack Kaiping with a big sand nest?" Mao Bowen asked.

"The elite is exhausted, and the people are hundreds of thousands, if he takes Kaiping and returns to the Xilin Gol grassland to approach Yanshan, it will be a threat to Beijing! I replied that in order to fight back, he couldn't be so arrogant that he wanted to completely defeat the Ming Dynasty in a war. took back the old land of the Khan Court, didn't he keep it? But can it be kept? Only by first making contributions to the Hetao, recovering the lost land, and forcing the Ming to return to the border wall, can he suppress the Khalkha Wanhu internally, and connect with Chagatai externally and interdependently. ”

Mao Bowen nodded silently and looked at the sand table.

At present, Xuanning is the closest location to where the Khan Court is located, the most northern. In the past ten years, the burning and devastation have all started from Kaiping, first passing through Dashawo to Saihan Mountain to rest, and then going deep into the grassland.

But from a geographical point of view, if I want to take back the Kaiping area, then I will indeed enter the range of Yanshan. And to the south of Yanshan, is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Only taking the Kaiping area looks like it will pose a greater threat to the Ming Dynasty and save him from the trouble of being burned down every year, but then he must defend Kaiping, which is closest to the capital area with the most concentrated combat power.

What I rely on now is not the strength in his hands, but the situation in which the Ming Dynasty is being attacked on all sides.

Recapture the front and back sets, so that the Ming can only use the Yellow River and the Great Wall as the next line of defense, and his center of gravity will be moved back to the west, so that he can exchange Xuanning and even Chahar pastures with the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming can use Liaodong as a back garden to manage well.

"In this way, the Jurchen and North Korea are just pawns that he uses to exchange later."

"But now that he is dividing his troops to aid Jurchen Korea, he must do his best, and he can't be lazy there."

This time it was really a sound to attack the west, Mao Bowen counted the strength of the northern captives, and then said: "If you are a minister, there are so many troops in your hands that can be deployed, even if the opponent has already set up a clear position to lure the enemy deep, then you can attack one set first." The number of hidden troops is completed, so that the other set does not dare to move lightly, and then with the advantage of cavalry coming and going like the wind, they can quickly increase their troops or change their attacks according to the changes in the battle situation. ”

"The advantage of Da Ming, as well as reconnaissance." Zhu Houxi already had a plan in his heart about this, "I transferred all the special operations battalions to let them scatter into the Yin Mountain. Each team has the best telescopes available today, and with their skills, they can transmit information back as soon as possible. And the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it is not without cavalry! ”

"General Ma's military department?"

Zhu Houxi laughed: "Exactly! ”

……

Daming took back Hetao Xuanning, and there was no shortage of good war horses for more than ten years. And every year the rotation training burns the wasteland, the Ming cavalry also has rich experience, familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers around the Khanting.

To the northeast of Kaiping, there are already signs of snow on the Xilin Gol grassland.

After Daming took back this area, there were several families under the Duoyan Department who were stationed here. In the past, how could the strength of the Duoyan Department be able to touch such a good pasture? Before the Khan's court moved north, this was the self-reserved land of the central Wanhu Chahar.

The Khan Court of the past is in this area.

Today, there are also strong soldiers gathering here.

Ma Fang was a little excited, looked at the west and said, "How many days will the last part arrive?" ”

"Back to the general, the messenger will report, and there is still a day and a half to go."

Ma Fang nodded: "Let Duo Yan Department step up the preparation of jerky and fur, and the fried noodles that were transported will start to be loaded." When they arrive, they will rest for two more days and then kick off! ”

Beiyu's last fight to "break the cauldron and sink the boat", Daming is going to make him really a last battle.

Now it is the northern captives who are attacking, and the Ming is defending.

In terms of defense, is the Ming with more guns still afraid of cavalry?

Now Ma Fang's task is to take the initiative.

It didn't take long for Gramtai, the lord of the Duoyan Tribe, to arrive in Ma Fang's tent.

"General, the last general, all the young and strong departments have been reorganized."

Although Ma Fang is young, he is the chief military officer of Xuanning. Although it was only temporary, the tribes attached to the border area already knew that he was the most skilled general in cavalry warfare among the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

So Gramtai seemed very respectful and excited.

Ma Fang nodded: "Call all the generals who will go out with the generals." ”

In a short time, the rest of the people came in through the tent.

Ma Fang looked around and said very simply: "You haven't been on the horse to fight for a long time, and the same is true for your sons. However, as long as you can keep up with the general and listen to the general when you encounter the enemy, then the entire grassland will be yours. The road will be familiar to Ben! In the rear of the Khan Court, only the old and weak women and children are left! Questions? ”

"General, please command!"

All of them were very excited.

Originally, it belonged to all tribes, although the name was the same, but after all, the dwarf was the head.

Now, with the grace of His Majesty, the various ministries can already divide some and return to the Mobei grassland. In the future, His Majesty will divide the pastures and appoint each Khan king, and as long as they are loyal and submitted, they will be the princes of one side.

At least he is also an important minister under the princes of one side.

"Be prepared to suffer!" Ma Fang didn't have any more words, "Ben will lead the way, and he will go deep into the Khan Court from the mountains before the snow falls." The Kaiping Sentinel Cavalry cleared a line for us in the west, and the Khanting Sentinel Cavalry could not break through. When you arrive in the area of Hulun Lake, I will take you to lay down the entire grassland, and I will hand it over to you later. Stabilizing the rear, the general also had to lead the army all the way south to the Hetao. Time is tight, the army and military quarters, when the time comes, you must quickly raise and send them! ”

Gram Tai nodded again and again: "There will be no delay!" ”

Ma Fang looked at him: "Duoyan was born in Wuliangha, how to stabilize Wuliangha at that time will depend on you." ”

"If you can be crowned the king of Khan by Your Majesty, Uliangha will never go against the sky!"

"Okay, then let's go and prepare for battle. After three days, the dried meat on the fifteenth, and the cold fur, please bother more. This is the territory that Daming helped you to build, and it was also the territory that you built for your own clan! ”

"Obey the general's orders!"

How they exchanged and negotiated with each other, Ma Fang didn't care.

But such a large grassland, so many cattle and sheep fattened this year, are now being slaughtered.

The matter of making dried meat and sewing drought-proof fur fur was arranged after the royal driver arrived in Xuanfu, and preparations began.

Now, there are more and more war horses and cavalry gathered in this steppe.

In the entire Hetao and Xuanning border areas, 20,000 of the more than 20,000 cavalry gathered here.

and attached to the various tribes, they also gathered more than 20,000 servant troops.

Of course, I will prevent the Ming cavalry from stealing directly, so there must be some elite forces left behind and scouting in the rear.

But he marched south with so many troops, but Da Ming really sent almost all the cavalry mobile forces out to steal his house with such a big intersperse, would I be fully prepared?

At present, the defensive forces north of Xuanning have withdrawn from Saihan Mountain to the south of Dashawo, but the sentinels are still sending a large number of them.

From Kaiping to the north, it is currently a clash of sentinel cavalry.

The Xuanning border army had only one task: to keep the Mengyuan Sentinel from approaching the west of the Great Khing'an Mountains as much as possible.

The snow hasn't fallen yet, but the northward march of the army will still leave many traces.

When the snow falls, then cover it, and then you can shrink the defensive intelligence circle due to the cold and let them go to have a look.

Zhu Houxi chose to believe in Ma Fang, and also believed that if the Ming army was only defensive, it would not suffer a big loss in the front and back.

On the Yin Mountain, it is getting colder and colder in the high places.

The elite of the special operations battalion is in a group of several people, and it is now in wild survival mode.

Their mission was only to reconnoitre, keeping an eye on every pass on the Yinshan line.

Of course, if they suddenly assemble at the right time, it will also be a force to be reckoned with, just like the great achievements made by Yan Chunsheng, the legendary figure of their special combat battalion.

The Hetao is further north, and the grain harvest is later.

Xu Jie quickly put himself into work, running around behind the defensive line to organize the autumn harvest.

Now is the time rush, if I will attack from the back, I should be stuck when the autumn grain will be harvested.

Hai Jui stepped into his supervisory role, keeping an eye on the officials in the rear to do a good job of logistics and transfer.

He has been planting trees in Shaanxi for a few years, like an old farmer, but no one can underestimate him: I heard that he was the one who was personally summoned by the emperor before he was admitted to the Jinshi.

In the sand well north of Daqing Mountain, the main force of the Khan Court that cannot be seen at a glance has arrived here.

The soldiers were bloodless, and I entered the Shajing Military City, which the Ming army voluntarily abandoned.

When Dayuan was still there, it belonged to Yunnei Prefecture, Datong Road, Zhongshu Province. At that time, the Wangu tribe, which was active in the north and south of Daqing Mountain, was attached to Mongolia, and Genghis Khan "made an appointment to marry, made friends well, and was called Anda Huda", and enjoyed the treatment of princesses and kings for generations.

And in the sand well, there is the sand well governor's office of the year. Here, it used to be the hub of Dadu, Xijing and Mobei from the south to the north.

After falling into the hands of the Ming army, I could see that the Ming Dynasty had spent effort on this border city located in the north of Daqing Mountain.

It's just that now the artillery has been demolished, and the city is empty, and no other supplies are left.

There was no destruction of the walls or houses.

A border city intact, as if to tell me wordlessly: If you don't destroy it when you are defeated, we will take it back and use it.

Of course, I would not destroy him now, but smiled at the left and right: "The Han emperor is so cowardly that he can't even defend it." ”

Laughing left and right, but everyone knows that this is just a mouthful, pretending to boost morale.

If the Han emperor was timid, why would he go on a personal expedition?

I replied to the official hall where the general who was originally guarding the city was located, and only after everyone who should have arrived arrived, did he say: "Compared with intrigue and trickery, we are not used to playing this game, and we can't play with them." This time, I've said everything I need to say, and it's time for the Han people to know that our fists are harder and more courageous! The Han people have a habit of cringing as long as they really suffer a big defeat. Now they are waiting for us to break through with their nets, and we want to tear them apart! ”

There was no way back, he knew.

Population, property, nothing can be compared.

That damn old adversary never dies either.

Give him another twenty years, without horses to pull the car, those railways, will they be built all the way to the Khanting?

"This time, don't play anything! In the face of sufficient strength, no stratagem will work! I replied and looked around at them, "We are the sons of the wind who come and go on horseback!" No matter how strong the net is, it can only catch the small prey, can it catch the tiger? The elite is exhausted, leaving no stone unturned, and the area around the Hetao that Ben Khan wants them to work hard to manage, except for the city, will become a place for us to run horses! ”

"Don't worry about the wilderness, next year, the grass will grow again!"

"Don't worry about who is Hermes-Epitek and who is a traitor, after Daqingshan, they are all enemies!"

"Do you miss the Tumo River, do you miss the Hetao?"

From this great hall, to the inside of the city, and then to the outside of the city.

It was a cry of hundreds of thousands.

“Hurree！”

“Hurree！”

“Hurree！”

On the Daqing Mountains to the south, there was no Ming army to respond to their morale-boosting hustle.

The news that the special operations battalion hurriedly submitted back arrived in Datong, and Zhao Zhenji looked at the emperor.

The straight-line distance between the two monarchs is now only four hundred miles.

(End of chapter)