It has been some years since he guarded Daning, and Chang Mao can be regarded as having had enough of the hardships of Benjamin and Arutai.

Benjamin and Arutai were not originally active within the jurisdiction of the Daning Dusi. Originally, the area where Arutai was active was Liaodong. At that time, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division was cooperating with the Korean Gong Li Shanchang to carry out long-term deterrence and encirclement of the Goryeo Li Sungyeong's department. Arutai knows a little bit about the overall situation, and he should be thinking of uniting Goryeo to fight against the Ming Dynasty, harassing Liaodong, and putting some pressure on Li Chenggui.

But the momentum of the Ming Dynasty is like Mount Tai, Li Shanchang is well versed in the way of political disputes, and Li Chenggui is a powerful minister who seizes power, no matter what aspect of military and political affairs, it is difficult to be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the pressure of the general trend, Li Chenggui had no possibility of struggling at all, and soon died due to the betrayal of his parents and children. There were no more than 10,000 people in the Aru Taibu at that time, how could they resist the Liaodong Metropolitan Division who had their hands freed? could only rely on the depth of the steppe, and began to play guerrilla tactics.

With the banner of Benjamin, Arutai and a group of Tatar tribes came and went, and came and went, although at most they plundered a few fields, and did not cause any substantial damage to the Ming Dynasty, but it also made the Liaodong Metropolitan Division annoyed like a fly. Finally, Ding Liaowei commanded Ye Wang to run thousands of miles to the grassland, and finally found the Tatar headquarters stationed in a snowy night, killed thousands of Tatar cavalry, captured nearly 10,000 herdsmen, and captured countless camp tents, Daxu, cattle, sheep, and horses.

Ding Liaowei returned triumphantly, thinking that this gang of thieves should stop next. But they didn't want to, a few months later, they appeared in the jurisdiction of the Daning Dusi again, and their numbers were even stronger than when they attacked Liaodong.

The duty is, Zheng Guogong Changmao, who is in charge of guarding the Daning Division, immediately ordered his troops and generals, and prepared to meet this newly rising golden family on the grassland for a while, and to fight with them heartily.

However, although Benjamin's reputation is famous, his actions are not as bright as Chang Mao expected. The army of the Daning Dusi circled the steppe, and not even a shadow of the Tatars could be seen. On the contrary, because the forces were exhausted and the rear was empty, several caravans were plundered by the Tatars who had been reduced to pieces.

Chang Mao returned to his division to save him, but the soles of the Tatars' feet were as if they had been anointed with oil, and they quickly disappeared. The battle that followed was much like this, Daning sent troops, and the Tatars fled. Daning defended, and the Tatars circled around the trade routes, plundering the caravans in all directions.

Even in battle, the Tatars' equestrian skills were far stronger than those of the Ming army, and they couldn't catch up with them at all. One time they managed to kill hundreds, but the next time, the Tatars were actually engulfed by many herdsmen, and the army was stronger than before.

Chang Mao was annoyed, he was not known for his wisdom among the martial arts, and he could barely be regarded as a decent, courageous, but clumsy general, who was forced by Arutai and Benjamin, and turned up the book of war for the first time, looking for some clever plan, to be able to find the location of Benjamin's headquarters, and break it with one blow.

Of course, the book of war is too difficult, and it is a headache to read, Chang Mao finally chose "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", he thought of this method of luring the enemy to go deep from the "Outwitting the Birth Gang", and after a try, he really fished the main force of the Tatars. However, I never thought that the combat effectiveness and mobility of these steppe peoples were still too strong, and after some planning, they only caught some small fish and shrimp, and the biggest fathead fish, Benjamin and Arutai, still broke the fishing net and escaped.

"Didn't Your Highness ask, my Daning soldiers are strong and strong, but why haven't I been helpless with these birds and tartars for more than a year?"

"The difficulty of fighting these Tatars is that they are always buzzing around us like flies...... We can slap them to death, but when we lift the slap, they are gone. Chang Mao Road.

"Hmm. It's the nephew who is ignorant. Zhu Xiongying also nodded solemnly. After seeing the battle array in person, he also understood some truths. I thought that the confrontation between the two forces meant that both sides set up a position, each fighting according to its ability, and whichever side won, then there will be a victory. Now he knows that Daning can't solve Tatar, not because Daning is weak, but because Tatar is too capable of running.

Only then did he understand more deeply that throughout the ages, when all dynasties and dynasties had clearly outperformed the nomads in force, they had never been able to eradicate the great trouble of the nomads...... It turned out that it was not that the strong Central Plains Dynasty could not defeat the nomads, but that the nomads did not fight with the strong Central Plains Dynasty at all.

Who makes the grassland so vast, the grassland of northern Xinjiang is the most reliable barrier for nomads. Even if it is hundreds of thousands of people, scattered in the grassland, it can hide without a trace.

Seeing that you are strong, these steppe robbers will hide, and want to bite you when you are not paying attention; When you are weak, they seem to have grown out of the grassland, bringing countless hardships to the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, the fifth uncle, his father, and the imperial grandfather had to implement the policy of managing the grassland. Only by turning the grassland Ye into the territory of the Ming Dynasty can we eradicate these grassland robbers who are inexhaustible by wildfires.

After that, there was a news from the front-line soldiers that Arutai and Benjami had indeed broken through and fled, and their broken army desperately blocked it, and it was difficult for the Ming army to catch up.

However, because of this, many Tatar generals were captured, all of whom were captured after the break between Benjamin and Arutai.

At this point, it is useless to sigh. Chang Mao had no choice but to clean up the battlefield with his soldiers, and then Mingjin withdrew his troops. Comforting himself that this trip was not completely fruitless, at least, the main force of the Tatar army had suffered heavy losses, and in a short time, there would be no strength to attack and disturb Koubian again.

It's just that, after this experience, Arutai and Benjamin must be more cautious, and if they want to deceive them and annihilate them completely, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult.

Zhu Xiongying saw the battle array, so he also followed Chang Mao and returned to Daning City again. When he arrived in the city, the day had already dawned, Zhu Xiongying washed away the dust, and rested for a while after breakfast, so he summoned Xie Jin and Fang Xiaoru.

"Two gentlemen, my father and my fifth uncle told me to start with storytelling, singing, opera, etc., and first mingle with the soldiers."

"Shouldn't we take a look here and set up a theater troupe in this army first? What do the two gentlemen think? ”

Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin glanced at each other, with a wry smile on their faces, Fang Xiaoru hugged his fists and said: "Your Royal Highness, don't hide it, when you went out of the city with Zheng Guogong last night, Brother Jin and I have already begun to plan how to set up a troupe in this Daning City." ”

"But...... It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, in this Daning City, it is true, no one can use it......"

(End of chapter)