Dingbian Army.

Riding a war horse, Zhang Zheng looked at the small city in front of him with surprised eyes, and asked, "It's too desolate here." ”

Compared with the magnificent scene of Chang'an, the Dingbian army is too dilapidated, and I don't know how long it took, the city walls that were built with mountain stones have all collapsed, and pieces of gravel are scattered in the corners of the walls, and weeds grow tenaciously in the cracks of the stones, and even squeeze the stones apart and give birth to their own branches.

"Alas. There's no way, it's been abandoned here for a hundred years, what can it maintain?" Following Zhang Zheng's side, Ma Dan shook his head slightly.

Ma Dannai is a non-commissioned officer of the Northern Group Army, and it has been more than ten years since he joined the army, because his family was killed by the Tartars, so he has always stayed in the Northern Group Army, and now because Zhang Zheng has just arrived, he was sent over as Zhang Zheng's deputy to help him familiarize himself with the scene here.

"A hundred years?"

After hearing this, Zhang Zheng felt embarrassed: "If this is the case, then aren't we the first Han people to come here?"

He leaned down and stroked the stones with his big rough hands, there were still some holes left on these stones, round and deep, which should have been left by crossbow arrows, through these marks, Zhang Zheng felt as if he had touched the heroic spirit left here.

Those Heroic Spirits who fought here and eventually failed!

"That's right. Ma Dan smiled bitterly: "It was only recently that we repelled the Tartars here and controlled this place." ”

Zhang Zheng was slightly surprised, and asked, "Recently, so those Tartars will appear anytime and anywhere?"

"That's nature. You also know that those Tartars have been good at riding horses since they were children, and they can be said to be natural cavalrymen, and if they encounter a threat, they naturally don't need to resist desperately like our Han people, and they just rode out on horseback. Ma Dan was obviously annoyed, and he also complained: "Because of this, it is always difficult for us to completely annihilate the other party." No way, we have too few cavalry here. There are only 20,000 people, and they are not used at all! Alas, if there were 100,000 cavalry, who would be afraid of them? ”

Zhang Zheng heard the anger in Ma Dan's heart, and reassured: "It's not that they don't want to do this, it's really that there are too few horses that can be used, so they can only make these." ”

Everyone knows that the best type of army to deal with cavalry is naturally cavalry.

In fact, even after the invention of the flintlock pistol, cavalry has always been the main type of troops, after all, the mobility advantage of cavalry is so good that it was not until the birth of weapons such as cars and tanks that cavalry gradually began to withdraw from the stage.

Of course, Xiao Feng couldn't expect this car to appear at an unknown time, so when he stepped into the pass, he began to work on cultivating war horses.

Of course, it was impossible for Xiao Feng to recruit Ma Zheng of the Song Dynasty, after all, Ma Zheng of the Song Dynasty had long been proven to be a dead end, and it was impossible to cultivate suitable war horses at all, so Xiao Feng changed his previous policy and directly demarcated a place specifically as a horse farm, and then handed it over to those merchants to operate, so as to cultivate war horses, and the government would buy them back.

However, Kannai is densely populated and lacks land, so there is not enough place to use it as a horse farm.

In order to ensure that merchants can make profits, the price of war horses has remained high, and various reasons have led to the inability of the Chinese cavalry to expand.

Ma Dan smiled reluctantly, and said helplessly: "Of course I know this. ”

"That's why we're taking the Loop. In this way, we will have enough horses to be able to compete with Mongolia. Zhang Zheng comforted.

Defeating the Tatars is a long-term strategy, although the Huaxia army has occupied a considerable advantage through railways and guns, but the size of Mongolia is still quite large, and it is naturally impossible to defeat it by relying on a battle, it needs to be divided into several stages, and at present, the purpose of Zhang Zheng and others is to seize the Hetao, and then obtain the possibility of further threatening the Mongolian headquarters.

"Dididi!"

While the two were talking, the horn of a horn suddenly sounded in the distance.

Zhang Zheng's mind moved slightly, and Ma Dan next to him had already held the gun in both hands, and complained: "It's a tartar!"

"Tartars, I didn't expect them to really show up?" Although Zhang Zheng's eyes were full of longing, he was still quite calm, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to hide and quietly wait for the other party's arrival.

Just as Matan had predicted, a group of Tartar cavalry soon appeared.

The number is not very much, only about 100 people, this is a very typical Mongolian cavalry setting, and its chief officer is also a hundred household chiefs, not like the Chinese army, set up such as instructors, staff officers, commanders and fighters of various positions, so it is very convenient for the hundred household chiefs to command.

Of course, the equipment of these Mongolian cavalry is also quite good, wearing several pairs of armor, and there are two or three layers of silk clothes underneath, so that it can play a good defensive effect, of course, what Zhang Zheng envies the most, that is, the war horses under the crotches of these people are obviously a little taller than the ones they are riding.

"There are a hundred people, it seems that they should be able to eat?" Zhang Zheng looked sideways at Ma Dan.

He brought with him about 300 men this time, more than the other party, and this place was mountainous, full of stones that were easy to hide, and it was a suitable place for ambushes.

Ma Dan closed his head and replied, "Of course." ”

As an experienced non-commissioned officer, of course Ma Dan understands that if the number is the same, the Huaxia army may not be comparable to the Mongolian army, especially when the number is in the order of 100, but if the number continues to rise, then the Huaxia army will have the upper hand, especially when it reaches 10,000 people, the Mongolian army needs at least 30,000 to be able to draw with the Huaxia army.

After all, in the Huaxia Army, it is equipped with a huge amount of heavy equipment.

None of these heavy equipment can be compared to Mongolia.

At this moment, the cavalry in the distance also seemed to sense the abnormality of this place, and began to scatter to search for possible enemies, and the hundred household chiefs were also protected by dozens of soldiers, and began to walk deeper, which was the direction of Zhang Zheng and the others when they came.

Obviously, these people also have the same purpose as Zhang Zheng, which is to explore the enemy's intelligence.

Zhang Zheng did not act rashly, quietly observed the other party's situation, and waited until the other party stepped into the ambush site before letting out a roar: "Fight!"

The "Didi" horn also announced the order to attack.

For a while, everyone pulled the trigger together, and under the bullets flying sideways, the other party fell in response, and after a while, more than a dozen people on the other side fell to the ground.

The other party is worthy of being an elite force, although it was attacked, it was also quite calm, and hurriedly said, "That's why we want to seize the Hetao." In this way, we will have enough horses to be able to compete with Mongolia. Zhang Zheng comforted.

Defeating the Tatars is a long-term strategy, although the Huaxia army has occupied a considerable advantage through railways and guns, but the size of Mongolia is still quite large, and it is naturally impossible to defeat it by relying on a battle, it needs to be divided into several stages, and at present, the purpose of Zhang Zheng and others is to seize the Hetao, and then obtain the possibility of further threatening the Mongolian headquarters.

"Dididi!"

While the two were talking, the horn of a horn suddenly sounded in the distance.

Zhang Zheng's mind moved slightly, and Ma Dan next to him had already held the gun in both hands, and complained: "It's a tartar!"

"Tartars, I didn't expect them to really show up?" Although Zhang Zheng's eyes were full of longing, he was still quite calm, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to hide and quietly wait for the other party's arrival.

Just as Matan had predicted, a group of Tartar cavalry soon appeared.

The number is not very much, only about 100 people, this is a very typical Mongolian cavalry setting, and its chief officer is also a hundred household chiefs, not like the Chinese army, set up such as instructors, staff officers, commanders and fighters of various positions, so it is very convenient for the hundred household chiefs to command.

Of course, the equipment of these Mongolian cavalry is also quite good, wearing several pairs of armor, and there are two or three layers of silk clothes underneath, so that it can play a good defensive effect, of course, what Zhang Zheng envies the most, that is, the war horses under the crotches of these people are obviously a little taller than the ones they are riding.

"There are a hundred people, it seems that they should be able to eat?" Zhang Zheng looked sideways at Ma Dan.

He brought with him about 300 men this time, more than the other party, and this place was mountainous, full of stones that were easy to hide, and it was a suitable place for ambushes.

Ma Dan closed his head and replied, "Of course." ”

As an experienced non-commissioned officer, of course Ma Dan understands that if the number is the same, the Huaxia army may not be comparable to the Mongolian army, especially when the number is in the order of 100, but if the number continues to rise, then the Huaxia army will have the upper hand, especially when it reaches 10,000 people, the Mongolian army needs at least 30,000 to be able to draw with the Huaxia army.

After all, in the Huaxia Army, it is equipped with a huge amount of heavy equipment.

None of these heavy equipment can be compared to Mongolia.

At this moment, the cavalry in the distance also seemed to sense the abnormality of this place, and began to scatter to search for possible enemies, and the hundred household chiefs were also protected by dozens of soldiers, and began to walk deeper, which was the direction of Zhang Zheng and the others when they came.

Obviously, these people also have the same purpose as Zhang Zheng, which is to explore the enemy's intelligence.

Zhang Zheng did not act rashly, quietly observed the other party's situation, and waited until the other party stepped into the ambush site before letting out a roar: "Fight!"

The "Didi" horn also announced the order to attack.

For a while, everyone pulled the trigger together, and under the bullets flying sideways, the other party fell in response, and after a while, more than a dozen people on the other side fell to the ground.

The other party is worthy of being an elite unit, although it was attacked, it was also quite calm and hurried