Chapter 693: Opening up logistical supply lines
If you want to gain a foothold in one place, military logistics support is always the top priority, and people can't do without eating, drinking, and Lazar, and in the environment where everything is scarce in the grassland, it is obviously unrealistic to want to use local materials. It can only rely on external transportation, and opening up a logistics channel that is safe enough for the future has become one of the most important things at present.
After thinking about it, Yang Chendong finally chose this logistics road in the Nuer Gandusi area, although there are also many Northern Ming military guards, but relatively speaking, they have been closed for a long time, have no name, and do not have enough strength, such an army is not difficult to deal with. As long as the tasks of the Third Division are completed well and a safe passage is opened with complete certainty, and as long as there are no problems with logistical support, Yang Chendong is confident that in the shortest possible time, a new city will be built on the grassland, a new city with a huge influence and far-reaching radiation, then [Shuqi] will conquer the forces in this area at that time will have the effect of doubling the result with half the effort.
And how to use the power of thunder to deter the Beiming Military Guard in the Nuer Gandusi area, Yang Chendong thought about it, and finally put the task on the third division of Leng Feng. This is the strongest army under his command at the moment, and only they can play a powerful deterrent role.
In the face of strong combat power, any conspiracy and trickery should be useless.
Without waiting for the two division-level cadres to make a decision, Yang Chendong continued to add: "This task is extremely important, if you still have any questions, you can raise them, but once you agree, you must successfully complete the task, which cannot be discounted at all." The task is completed, I will give you a great credit, the task is not completed well, or there is any failure in the materials transported, then you are ready to be demoted, and go directly to Yang Er's logistics battalion to be a guy. ”
This is a drop to the bottom. Let a division commander be a man and a cook, such a punishment is not insignificant. Wu Sheng and Chen Bo's faces couldn't help but be stunned, but soon they regained their original spirits, and the two of them said in unison, "Sixth Young Master, please rest assured, we will definitely complete the task successfully." If it's not done well, we don't have to be a guy, we just sacrifice our heads. ”
Wu Sheng is a standard soldier, and the more he encounters big battles, the more excited he becomes, and it is understandable that he would say this, and it is also in line with his usual style of acting. As a political commissar, Chen Bo, who is full of Confucianism, would say such a thing, which made Yang Chendong a little surprised.
He glanced at the two of them carefully, and nodded after a long time, "Okay, I have written down your words, and the young master is looking forward to your next performance." Pack up and set off early tomorrow morning. ”
Chen Bo's performance really made Yang Chendong feel bright, and he even thought that this person's character was so resolute, so if there was no problem, it would be okay for this person to be trained as a military supervisor in the future. It seems like a waste for such a bloody officer to make him a political cadre.
Chen Bo didn't know that his performance fell in Yang Chendong's eyes, and he would be born with such a feeling. After saluting a standard military salute with Wu Sheng, he left the command camp and convened an emergency meeting of the officers of the third division.
After Yang Chendong waited for the two of them to leave, his eyes fell on the map again, and his eyes still fell on the old city built by the Ming Dynasty on the grassland, imagining that after the reconnaissance battalion started tonight, this place would belong to him, and it would also become his first solid power point on the grassland. At this moment, he even thought of the name of this new city, that is, from here, it would be called Shicheng.
Arahu Maqi, this city that has been abandoned by the Ming Dynasty and does not know how many times it has changed owners, seems to be extremely depressed at the moment.
There are no signs of a few people walking around the city, and you can only imagine the old city walls from time to time, and you can imagine the glory of this place in the past.
It's not the first time Xu Yunsheng has been here. But for the sake of the military operation at night, he still appeared here again in disguise. In order not to attract attention, he only brought two cronies and Yan Da, the commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion, with him on this trip.
"Battalion commander, there are only 500 enemy horsemen here, plus 1,000 Mongolian civilians, if we want to occupy this place, why do we need to be so careful, we only need to send out in a row to complete the mission." Yan Da was a little dissatisfied with the battalion commander's caution, in his opinion, such an uninhabited town did not need to spend so much energy at all.
"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Xu Yunsheng shook his head, then seemed to think of something, looked up at Yan Da and said: "Company Commander Yan, people can be arrogant, but not arrogant, if you despise everything like this, I will consider transferring you out of the reconnaissance battalion." ”
Xu Yunsheng suddenly became serious, and Yan Da was really scared. Although with his ability, it is more than enough to be a battalion commander in any regiment, and even in the third division of Leng Feng, there is no problem in being a battalion commander. But the location of the reconnaissance battalion is too important, and whichever battalion commander you see can see the sixth young master, he can meet the young master, so he would rather be a company commander here than go to other units, which is exactly what he saw the importance of the reconnaissance battalion.
"Battalion commander, I was wrong. I'm actually very careful in what I do. Yan Da immediately admitted his mistake, but he was also single.
In fact, he is really careful in his work, otherwise he would not have become the commander of the reconnaissance company of the reconnaissance battalion. Xu Yunsheng was naturally the one who knew this truth, so he just reminded the other party. If he was really not satisfied, he would not be reminded, but would simply transfer the person away.
With the episode just now, when Xu Yunsheng was about to do something next, Yan Da just followed aside, without saying a word. The four of them walked like this, and unconsciously came to a house in the city, where they saw an old man resting outside the door.
Looking at the old man, he was in his fifties and less than sixty years old, and at that time, he was already considered a long-lived person.
"Hehe, brother, Gui Geng." Almost every place in the city, and every street was imprinted in his mind, Xu Yunsheng, who had basically completed the task, wanted to take a break, and after seeing the old man, he walked over without thinking, asked in Mongolian, and sat down beside him.
The old man had also noticed Xu Yunsheng and the four of them a long time ago. Seeing them sitting down beside him, he was not surprised, but replied with a smile, "Old man, I am fifty-six this year." ”
"Oh, that's also a long life." Xu Yunsheng said casually.
"Sort of." The old man also smiled, with a reminiscent expression, and wrote all the vicissitudes on his face.
Seeing that the old man seemed to be replying to something, Xu Yunsheng did not bother, but reached into his arms, took out a piece of dried meat that he was carrying, and took out a pot of old wine from the hands of the two pro-soldiers and placed it in front of the old man. If you want to get what you want from others, you have to pay first, this is what Yang Chendong often says, but now he has been learned by the reconnaissance battalion that is good at inquiring about news.
The wine and meat suddenly placed in front of him made the old man who was originally sitting at the door basking in the sun stunned, and then looked at Xu Yunsheng and the four of them with different eyes.
Letting the old man look at himself in front of him, Xu Yunsheng just smiled and didn't speak. But he was caught off guard, and the other party suddenly said after Xu, "Although you are dressed like Mongolians, if I am not mistaken, you should be Ming, and you are also soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
Suddenly being revealed by someone, Yan Da and the two pro-soldiers' faces couldn't help but tighten, and even instinctively wanted to draw a knife to kill them. However, Xu Yunsheng's face did not change and his heart did not beat, he raised his arm at will, stopped the next action of the three subordinates, and looked at the old man with a smile and asked, "But I don't know how the old brother thinks like this?" ”
"Huh." The old man didn't seem to notice the actions of Yan Da and the others, and smiled very casually: "Only a wise man who understands etiquette can treat you like this, if you are really Mongolians, you will never be so polite to the old man and me." ”
It turned out that it was too polite that aroused the suspicion of the other party, Xu Yunsheng examined himself in his heart, whether the scouts should learn a little more when they go out to do errands in the future.
While still thinking about this loophole that he had inadvertently shown, the old man spoke again, "Although your Mongolian language is also authentic, let's talk in Chinese." Hey, speaking of which, I haven't spoken Chinese for a long time. ”
"Oh? My brother is also Han? Xu Yunsheng suddenly became interested, after all, in addition to his comrades-in-arms, it was still very gratifying to see a Han compatriot here.
"It's half Han, my father is a Ming man, and later he met a grassland woman, became a family here, and gave birth to me." The old man said with some embarrassment, after all, in that era, if the blood was not pure, it was a mixed-race child, but it was looked down upon by others.
"I see." Xu Yunsheng didn't mean to look down on him, on the contrary, he was very curious about the old man's performance in front of him, and he had a feeling that this old man was afraid that there were some stories. "Brother, I don't know if I can tell me the name?"
"Name?" The old man said meaningfully, and then fell into a period of memories before saying: "The old man, my name is Bracket, and my Chinese name is Zhang Shibao." ”
"It turned out to be Mr. Zhang, fortunately." Xu Yunsheng hugged his fists very politely, did not mention the other party's name, only said that it was a Han name, which was expressing a kind of closeness. And then, he even said something that shocked Yan Da and the two personal soldiers behind him, "The kid's name is Xu Yunsheng, and he is the commander of the mercenary reconnaissance battalion under the seat of the loyal duke. ”
Xu Yunsheng actually directly disclosed his identity, which is definitely not allowed in the regulations on reconnaissance soldiers. Unless it is his own person, as a scout, he must not reveal his identity, which is impossible for Xu Yunsheng, who is the battalion commander, not to know, but he just did it, naturally Yan Da and the two personal soldiers were puzzled and puzzled.