Chapter 149: The Treasure of Batu

The sky on the prairie is always blue and dazzling, which makes the sky look strange and high.

The white clouds are submerged in this blue sea, darkening in the thick places in the middle, and penetrating the light in the thin places, and the shape is always uncertain, sometimes like a whale, sometimes like a horse, and eventually, they will be torn apart by the wind, and they will become unbeautiful.

The green grassland stretches from the foot to the end of the view, and if there is no wind, the grass here stands upright, with indescribable desolation, but as long as the wind comes, the green grass will rise and flutter into the distance.

Wildflowers that are shaded by weeds in the middle will also show their heads, bathed in the cool breeze and come alive.

As for the mountains here, they are always black, and they are all on the horizon, and some of the black peaks are still covered with a layer of snow, and I don't know what I am worried about, so that my head is white.

Cows graze with their tails, sheep graze in formations, and occasionally a mastiff growls to warn the wolves patrolling in the distance not to fight the cows and sheep.

People, always scoundrels.

They even seem a little redundant in this world.

The pastoral songs that are sung are also dull and ugly.

Only the children on the back of the big ram can blend in with the scenery of the moment, at least, their innocent laughter is in line with the scenery.

Unlike the man and woman, who chased each other on horseback, their hooves crushing delicate flowers, kicking off the weeds that had struggled to grow, and finally falling off their horses and rolling into the grass with their arms in their arms.

A thin horse tried several times to climb on the back of a beautiful chestnut mare, but was always rejected by the mare, its fat hips and powerful limbs, and the slightest swing would make the stallion's efforts come to naught.

It had to reorient itself once more and start all over again......

The maroon head neighed, all the horses raised their heads, and the ponies quickly burrowed under the mares' belly, and the stallions, not caring about anything else, naturally stood on the periphery of the group, snorting and panting, declaring their strength to potential enemies.

A bald head gradually emerged from the grass, revealing a body draped in armor.

The vigilance of the horses was justified, it was this bald man who had taken too many of his companions from here, and then, they never returned.

Li Dingguo raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his bald head, and said to Zhang Guofeng beside him: "Three thousand horses!" ”

Zhang Guofeng shook his head and said: "I want to increase the establishment of another hundred people, do you think Zhang Guozhu will agree?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "Lao Tzu doesn't care if he agrees or not, Lao Tzu is short of horses in the army." ”

Zhang Guofeng said: "Do you have the cost of purchasing 3,000 war horses?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "This is the matter of you, the deputy general. ”

"You're being unreasonable."

"Lao Tzu treats you as a brother, you actually want to reason with me? You are still the deputy minister of the Ministry of War, and if you don't have this right, you can still be a fart deputy minister. ”

"You must tell me clearly, what do you want so many war horses for?"

Li Dingguo looked at the herd of horses not far away and gritted his teeth and said: "I am going to bypass those dangerous places opposite Shanhaiguan and break into Jianzhou from the direction of the grassland. ”

Zhang Guofeng nodded and said: "The good battle has basically been fought, the rest is all evil battles, Li Hongji is already cornered, Jiannu is also cornered, at this time, fighting with them can only be a life and death fight."

This is the reason why the imperial court has still issued an order to go north.

It can be seen that those people in the imperial court are waiting for Li Hongji and Jiannu to fight, but unfortunately, judging from the news we have gotten, it is unlikely, at least, there is no possibility of seeing them in the short term.

At this time, if you want to enter the territory of Jiannu from the direction of the grassland, you can consider it, but without the support of artillery, this battle will be difficult to fight, and there will be heavy casualties. ”

Li Dingguo snorted coldly and said, "Fighting without dying? Is it possible? If you are only allowed to kill people, you are not allowed to hack you to death? Where did the truth come from on the battlefield? Artillery is easy to use, but it is not omnipotent, and it can work at any time.

You see, in the early days, those guys only knew how to brave the artillery fire to rush forward, and then they also learned to pull the scattered line to attack, and later, when the shells fell, they fell on the ground, and they were killed and deserved, and a large number of them were not killed, and they waited for the artillery fire to stop and continue to attack.

If we only know how to use artillery to bomb, I tell you, within three years, we will suffer a big loss.

I'm telling you, Yun Zhao is now the emperor, so don't expect him to continue his previous banditry behavior.

The emperor, you always have to show that you love the people like a son, especially the emperor Yun Zhao, he actually began to slap the people's ass, and what is the attitude of the people towards the war of the dead I don't need to say, right?

However, the battle still has to be fought, especially in the face of the battle of Jiannu, it must be fought, otherwise we have a fart to guard a broken mountain pass, in the early stage of Chongzhen, Jiannu was still eight hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and people couldn't sit still.

Yun Zhao was too careless, thinking that with artillery, everything would really be safe and the world would be fine?

If he doesn't kill Jiannu and doesn't make Li Hongji's skull into a wine bowl, how can he be his emperor with peace of mind?

He doesn't care, and those of us who serve as soldiers can't ignore it.

This time, let Zhang Zhaolong's heavy artillery defend the city, let's come here to see if we can break through from other places. ”

Regarding the attack on Jiannu, Li Dingguo and Zhang Guofeng have also discussed countless times.

Zhang Guofeng, as the deputy minister of the Ministry of War, knows very well that Lantian's current strength has begun to be overstretched, and the military affairs of every road are fully arranged, and it is already important to Jiannu and Li Hongji's group to be able to place a complete corps of Li Dingguo's army in the Shanhaiguan area.

In the two months after the capture of Shanhaiguan, the enemy outside Shanhaiguan began to frantically build armament fortifications, and Li Hongji built 12 fortifications in Motianling, Xingshan, and Songshan with great efforts, each of which was a big ditch, and they even diverted water into the ditch to form a moat-like fortification.

Obviously, they had to build a large number of forts there in the years that followed.

The longer the attack is delayed, the more difficult it will be to attack them in the future.

It wasn't just Li Hongji who was building a big project, but Dorgon, the regent of Jiannu, was also making the same preparations.

Today, however, the Jiannu are focused on Korea, where more than 60 percent of their forces are now consolidating their rule, and the Joseon king has been changed three times in four months.

Every time there is a change of king, it is a catastrophe for the Koreans.

A Great Wall has appeared along the Yalu River, and millions of North Koreans continue to build the Great Wall every day along the Yalu River, and in terms of scale, they want to use this Great Wall to completely isolate North Korea from the mainland.

Not only that, but the Jianzhou people also covered these Great Walls with artillery, and if the Lantian army wanted to cross the Yalu River to reach the other side, they first had to accept intensive artillery bombardment.

If a person becomes insane, or feels that he is about to be in trouble, the power that erupts is often extremely powerful.

In the face of such a situation, it is strange that Li Dingguo, the chief general of the northern border defense, is not manic.

"Okay, I'll figure out the money thing." As soon as Zhang Guofeng spoke, he regretted it, because this matter was too difficult.

Li Dingguo could not only need 3,000 war horses, and if he had war horses, he would have to train cavalry, and if he had cavalry, he would need equipment, and he would need money and food to support their development.

Li Dingguo pressed his hands on Zhang Guofeng's shoulders and said affectionately: "It is worthy of being my good brother, but I don't need you to look for money and food, I have found money and food, you just need to help me carry this matter down."

I can see that Yun Zhao of the dog day is much better to you than to me. ”

Hearing Li Dingguo say this, Zhang Guofeng's hands began to tremble.

"What did you do? What did you do behind my back? ”

Li Dingguo touched his rough stubble and said with a smile: "There is a group of unknown soldiers in Chifeng, the hometown of Wuliang Ha Sanwei, you know about this, right?" ”

Zhang Guofeng even helped: "I know, you sent Hou Dongxi to lead five hundred cavalry to investigate, it was a warrant issued by me, what happened to them?" ”

Li Dingguo said lightly: "It's a group of Jiannu Tartars." ”

Zhang Guofeng said suspiciously: "Jiannu Tartar dares to come to Chifeng? ”

Li Dingguo took out a cigarette and lit it and said with a smile: "It is time for our brothers to make a fortune, there is a family temple of Tartar in Chifeng, called ** Temple, which is the family temple of the Mongolian prince of Karaqin."

There is a standing statue of Shakyamuni in the temple, one foot four feet high, very majestic, this statue we have seen before, you should be able to remember. ”

Zhang Guofeng frowned and said: "Don't say that statue, we have rummaged through the entire temple, and we have not found anything wrong." ”

Li Dingguo exhaled a puff of smoke and said: "Lao Tzu was deceived by those damn family temple lamas, that statue is a gift from the Golden Horde Khan Badu to the Great Khan of Ogedai during the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties, now you understand what the origin of those unknown soldiers is, right?" ”

"You're saying the statue is valuable?"

Li Dingguo said leisurely: "After Hou Dongxi captured those people, he learned from them that they came to Chifeng, and the purpose of their coming to Chifeng was to take away this statue.

The plan was very thorough, the group was secretly escorted, and then the lamas in the temple put the statue on the Lele cart and transported it to Liaodong. ”

Zhang Guofeng said: "Can a statue be so valuable? Even if he is made of gold, it will not be enough for you to assemble your 10,000-man cavalry brigade. ”

Li Dingguo spit out the cigarette butt and said with a smile: "It's not all gold, it contains the twelve crowns captured during the western expedition of Batu, and the most valuable crown is the crown of Henry II, King of Silesia, with six rubies on it, which is said to be priceless."

When we marched to Chifeng, it was too fast, and the Mongolian princes of Karaqin ran too fast, so this thing was left, and now they are ready to take it, but they are stopped by Hou Dongxi. ”

Zhang Guofeng took a long breath and looked at Li Dingguo and said: "Where are the things, where are those people related to this Buddha statue?" ”

Li Dingguo said leisurely: "The things are naturally brought back without any difference, as for those lamas and those people of unknown origin...... What do you think I'm going to do with them? ”