Listening to the brothers' reports, Zhao Ming frowned.

If it was just a bluff before, it is not necessarily now.

"Okay, you go down and rest first, and let the rotating brethren go up and continue to investigate!"

Zhao Ming waved his hand, he didn't stay outside for long, now the weather is really getting colder and colder, and the cold wind is becoming more and more violent.

I felt my bones tremble when I was out there for a while.

Back in the camp tent that is used for deliberations on weekdays, a bonfire has been raised here with cow dung and dried wood, and several people under Zhao Ming's command are talking about some interesting things recently.

Seeing Zhao Ming walk in, everyone gave up a vacant seat with interest.

Zhao Ming was not ambiguous, and recounted the information he had just gotten.

"Master Zhao, there is also news from Zhangjiakou today, but you better take a look for yourself!"

There was a moment of silence in the crowd, and the old grandson handed over a letter with the official seal.

After receiving the letter, Zhao Ming looked at it carefully, and his heart sank.

The content of the letter is quite a lot, and it says a lot, but the overall summary is one sentence.

Now the season is not right, it is about to be a cold winter on the grassland, heavy snow is coming, and the probability of invasion by Outer Mongolia is extremely small.

Second, the army is short of manpower and limited manpower, it is difficult to dispatch and transport grain and grass, and the troops in various localities have no experience in grassland operations.

It is not advisable to send troops to the north on a large scale, but the deployment of ordnance will arrive in the next few days, so I hope that Director Zhao will be careful of the border and must not make mistakes.

The land cannot be lost, otherwise the law will not be merciful!

Looking at this letter, Zhao Ming's teeth were about to crush, he really wanted the horses to run and not give the horses grazing!

The pressure was all on Zhao Ming's shoulder, and there was no benefit at all.

The ordnance was promised, but Zhao Ming knew that it wouldn't be a good thing.

Finally, there is a warning, although we know that you are in difficulty, but the land cannot be lost in the slightest, otherwise you Zhao Ming will wait to be punished!

Wang Er on the side also read the letter just now, so he didn't say much at this time.

The brothers who came with Zhao Ming were all aware of the current situation, and to put it bluntly, the authorities bullied Zhao Ming as a foreigner and had no local backers.

Naturally, Zhao Ming's donkey is naturally used to death, and he is not afraid of using it to death.

To do good things, most of the credit should also be shared. If you do something wrong, just wait to be punished.

The internal and external benefits of co-authoring are taken by the family.

"Everything was sent over at the time? What does this Chief Officer Zhang say? ”

Zhao Ming glanced at Wang Er, this letter of request for help was sent by Wang Er at that time, and even those good things were sent over together.

"Zhao Ye! This.... This thing was sent over, but people didn't do anything after receiving it! ~ I asked more, but people said that the public is public and the private is private.

Then they gave me a return gift, a cart of cigarettes, which are now in the storeroom. ”

Wang Er's face was full of bitterness, and his head was also drooping.

"It's still less gift-giving!" Zhao Ming's brows tightened.

This gift, I gave the remaining small yellow croaker worth more than 900 oceans, which is not much, but in fact, it is not a lot.

But it is obvious that for a big official of the level of a landlord, this is really nothing.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little silent, the monkey slapped his thigh and scolded in his mouth, "Damn, this is too tricky, if the Outer Mongolian people really fight it down, will he be able to stand by and watch?"

Why is it that all of these officials have a hole in their brains?"

"Huh! Zhao Ye, we didn't say anything about you! I'm talking about this officer! ”

Seeing Zhao Ming's eyes turned sideways, the monkey hurriedly played the round.

"Huh! Master Hou, you are wrong, this official is not a fool, people are shrewd. ”

At this moment, the old grandson spoke, he knocked on his dry smoking gun, and then continued,

"People are trying to get things done at the lowest cost.

And people don't have clairvoyance, so we can't believe whatever we say, right?

Besides, let's just talk about suspicion, which is too uncertain.

This prairie is vast, and if there are fewer troops, it will not work, and if there are more troops, the loss of this person will be great.

At that time, people will just symbolically hang around our borders, so who will fill in this extra hole?

There are a lot of expenses in this army, and we don't know when a heavy snow will come down here.

When the time comes, this army is trapped in this vast prairie, unable to advance or retreat? A large number of people froze to death, who is going to reason with this? ”

I have to say that the old grandson is still an old man, and this consideration is really to the point.

Yes, Zhao Ming also thought of this, if it was July or August, Chief Officer Zhang might send a team of people to check the situation.

But in this season, people really can't say anything about it.

"Let's hope that doesn't happen." Zhao Ming shook his head and sighed.

"Yes! Now in this season, the Outer Mongolians will only attack us when they go crazy. The monkey shook his head.

But soon Old Man Sun shook his head and vetoed.

"I can't tell! The last time I went south was at the beginning of the year, and there was also snow at the beginning of the year, and the temperature was not higher than now, but only lower.

At that time, they braved the wind and snow all the way south, and the people were cavalry, and they survived by plundering all the way.

Capture a tribal camp and give them a buffer, and if the snow is heavier, they use their tents to survive the heaviest period.

As soon as the wind and snow were small, they launched another onslaught.

The offensive was like a gale, and I remember that my unit was caught off guard.

Thousands of people were forced to brave the wind and snow overnight to migrate out of the warm sheltered camps, and hundreds of people froze to death along the way!

Gee! Who knew they would brave the snow and wind to kill them? ”

Old man Sun was talking, but his face didn't change much, but it was a little cloudy under the light of the bonfire. It seems to recall a painful past.

As the words spoke, the room fell silent for a long time.

Obviously the bonfire was burning, but everyone still felt cold, as if there was a chill that could not be dispersed all over the body.

"Inform the various tribes of the grassland, Master Zhang, you will go on a trip in person, and be sure to inform every tribe of this matter."

After a long time, Zhao Ming opened his mouth to break the silence.

"Hmmm! I'm going to take someone on the go, but I feel like it's going to have little effect.

Now the vast majority of tribes have long forgotten about what happened more than ten years ago, and it is estimated that few can be wary of it. ”

Zhang He nodded and shook his head, having a pessimistic view of this matter.

"Whether they believe it or not, the words must be delivered in place, so as not to say that I am not in place when the time comes. All right! Monkey, Wang Er, you two come with me, let's go over there and see the situation in person! ”

Saying that, Zhao Ming had already gotten up, opened the tent and walked out.

Whew! ~

As soon as he walked out of the tent, the cold wind slammed wildly on the front door, and the front door stabbed for a while.

"It's really not okay to come here without a cheeky face!"

Zhao Ming smiled, and turned to walk towards his tent, this ghost doesn't wear much and rides a horse, that is, looking for death.