When Xu Jin led 50,000 main forces to leave two days later, that is, on February 20, Qiu Luan, the general soldier of Jizhou, also led 20,000 border soldiers to march, escorting a hundred thousand grain militia troops, marching northward.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud: eat the enemy for a minute, be my twenty minutes, avoid a stone, be my twenty stones. In other words, if you can get one minute of food from the enemy's country when you cross the border, it is equivalent to transporting 20 minutes of food from the country to the front, and if you can get one stone of fodder from the enemy's country, it is equivalent to sending 20 stone of fodder from the country to the front line.

In ancient times, there was often a saying of "one soldier and three husbands", due to the restrictions of backward transportation conditions, it often took the capacity of three people to supply the food needs of a soldier on the front line, and the people themselves also had to eat, and the animals pulling the cart also had to eat feed, all the way to eat all the way, when the food was transported to the front line, the consumption was about 20 times, quite terrifying, so the war is a gold-swallowing beast, and the smart commander will try his best to "eat the enemy", that is, the so-called war to feed the war.

The reason why Xu Jin only led the main force of 50,000 in this Northern Expedition was to consider the problem of consumption and try to avoid causing excessive burdens to the domestic people, but even so, the supply of 50,000 troops still had to be requisitioned and transported by more than 100,000 people, and the daily consumption was like flowing water.

You must know that after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made a total of eight northern expeditions, and Zhu Di also made five northern expeditions, and the troops dispatched by these two fathers and sons were often more than 100,000.

The most terrible thing is that the Tatars are nomadic people, do not produce, have no fixed residence, if the Ming Dynasty is wearing shoes, then the Tatars are barefoot, wearing shoes to rob the barefoot home, what can you rob? At most, it is a few cattle and sheep that are taken away from the house, and in the end it is still a loss-making transaction.

Of course, cattle and sheep can also be eaten, but imagine that the Ming soldiers who are used to eating grains and grains eat cattle and sheep every day, can this be endured? Therefore, during the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the grain still had to be transported from the country, and there was no such thing as eating the enemy, at least not completely eating the enemy.

Getting back to the point, and said that Qiu Luan led 20,000 border soldiers to escort the grain transport team out of Gubeikou, and on the gate of Gubeikou, Xie Sangun angrily smashed several punches against the female wall, scolding in his mouth, it was obvious that he was wearing small shoes by Qiu Luan.

Xie Sangun, this kid is strong and energetic, and he has long been eager to go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but he is the general of Gubeikou, subordinate to Jizhou Town, and is under the jurisdiction of Qiu Luan, the general army of Jizhou, so he did not follow Xu Jin's main force this time.

Well, you can't play as a striker, you can be a reserve head, right?

Xie Sangun thought that Qiu Luan would take him with him when he set off two days later, but Qiu Luan dumped Xie Sangun on the grounds of defending the city, so Xie Sangun couldn't even make a backup, so he could only stay in Gubeikou and look at the sky to make hexagrams, how could this kid not be angry?

Xie Sangun, this kid is not a master who suffers from depression, if it was in the past, Qiu Luan dared to give him small shoes, he would definitely dare to pull Qiu Luan's collar and give him a fat beating, but he had just received Lao Tzu's education a few days ago, so this kid restrained a lot, this time he forcibly suppressed his anger and only used the city wall to sulk.

The grain transport team of more than 100,000 people was mighty and meandered for more than ten miles, which was quite spectacular. Qiu Luan arranged for 5,000 officers and soldiers to open the way in front, 5,000 officers and soldiers in the rear, and he himself led 10,000 officers and soldiers to sit in the center, this way of arranging troops is the most common, naturally there is no problem, and Qiu Luan is Wu Xun after that, Wuju also won the third place, there are no two brushes, one is still there, and the scale of commanding 20,000 people is handy.

"Lord General Soldier, I'm afraid this kid Xie Sangun is going to be angry!" A personal soldier beside Qiu Luan suddenly said with a smile.

"So what, he still dares to disobey military orders? Lao Tzu has long seen that this kid is not pleasing to the eye, isn't it just that he picked up the Mentu sister and brother by walking shit, and thought that he had made a lot of merit, and he didn't even put us adults in his eyes, so he should kill his arrogance. ”

"But this kid has a hard background, will this offend the handsome?" Another soldier was slightly worried.

"Cut, I'm afraid of a fart, Xie Sangun was originally a Gubeikou Southern General, what's the problem with us leaving him to guard the city? Even if he sued the marshal, he didn't pay attention, and he heard that the marshal has always had clear rewards and punishments, so how could he show favoritism. ”

"Hehe, that is to say, Xie Sangun, this kid has suffered a dumb loss, but there is nowhere to complain."

Qiu Luan's eyes flashed with a hint of tridity, and he coughed lightly and pretended to be majestic: "Shut up, don't chew the root of your tongue in Dutama, you will always be fair and just to your subordinates, and you will never retaliate." ”

A group of pro-soldiers burst into laughter!

Qiu Luan's face sank and he shouted: "Laughing fart, cheer up, if there is a mistake in the military rations, be careful of your skin." ”

All the pro-soldiers smiled very knowingly, straightened their waists and made a majestic appearance.

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On the afternoon of February 24, Xu Jin finally led his army through the Hunshandak Desert and entered the edge of the southern end of the Xilin Gol Prairie.

It is now the end of February, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, the glacier has long thawed, the grass on the grassland has grown short buds, looking from afar, the tender green and tender green piece is: the light rain of the heavenly steps is as moist as a crisp, and the grass color is far away but far away.

At this time, the sun was already turning west, and the army slowly advanced north along the Luan River, and the clear water of the river flowed from north to south.

Wang Lin'er said admiringly: "Dashuai, this camp is quite cleverly chosen." ”

Huang Jin, the overseer, wiped the ashes on his face with a wet towel and asked suspiciously: "General Wang, I don't know where this place is smart?" Except for the convenience of getting water, our family doesn't see any difference from other places, they are all bare, not even a tree, not even a stone, bored to death! ”

The pro-soldier Zhao Datou couldn't help pouting, and said secretly, you dead eunuch is just an idle eater, you can see a fart!

The supervising army, as the name suggests, is to supervise the army, up to the commander, down to the small soldiers have to be supervised by him, although there is no military command, but the supervising army is directly responsible to the emperor, as long as he writes a small report, everyone can't eat and go around, including the commander. Therefore, the existence of the prison army itself is opposed to the soldiers, and the soldiers will be hostile to him when they are afraid of him, and Zhao Datou is unhappy with Huang Jin out of this psychology.

However, Huang Jin is Xu Jin's younger brother, and he, the supervising army, is naturally a soy sauce player, so he can't hinder Xu Jin at all, and Huang Jin's goods have no other bad deeds except for being greedy for small gains, so he got along well with the generals during this time.

Wang Lin'er pointed to the zigzag river bay and explained: "Huang Gonggong, you see, this place is surrounded by water on three sides, which is not only convenient to get water, but also can block the cavalry, no worries, and we are now in a higher position, once the camp is built, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Huang Jin patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Hearing General Wang say this, we understand, this is indeed a good place, Grandpa Yasukuni is tall, indeed tall!" ”

"Come on, Gonggong Huang won't wear a top hat for his father-in-law, you can go busily." Xu Jin said angrily.

Huang Jin obviously also deeply realized that he was a soy sauce player, and left with a group of subordinates, choosing a feng shui treasure for himself to set up a tent, our Huang Gonggong is a particular person, pay attention to comfort and enjoyment!

After Huang Jin left, Xu Jin called his generals to his side and solemnly assigned tasks.

Since yesterday in the middle of the desert encountered the five thousand cavalry of the Tartars, there has been no trace of the enemy until now, which makes Xu Jin faintly feel a little uneasy.

In yesterday's encounter, although the Ming army won and killed more than 1,000 people on the other side, it also exposed a lot of problems, and at the same time made Xu Jin realize that the gap between the Ming cavalry and the Tatar cavalry was innate, and it was difficult to make up for it the day after tomorrow, so it was very stupid to fight against the Tatar pure cavalry, and it was necessary to give full play to the advantages of weapons and equipment, and try to avoid open and flat terrain.

And yesterday only 5,000 Tatar cavalry brought a lot of trouble to the Ming army, what if it was 100,000 cavalry? Can these 50,000 people resist it?

Yesterday's small-scale encounter was very likely a test of my answer, a test of the Ming army's combat strength, and it is estimated that the main force of the Tartars is not far ahead, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

So when he saw this superior terrain, Xu Jin immediately decided to spend his energy to build this place, and build this into a fortress, a strong stronghold, in case of emergency, as Wang Lin'er said, even if it is useless in the end, it can also be used as a marching warehouse to store military rations for the army, the longer the battle line is stretched, the more cautious the supply of military rations needs to be.

Just when the Ming army was building a camp in the "Zizi" Bay on the side of the Luan River, in the depths of the grassland two hundred miles to the north, a 20,000-strong Tartar cavalry was preparing to go, and it was Holge who was responsible for leading the army, the fourth fierce general under the command of Alda, whose task was to go around to the rear of the main force of the Ming army to cut off the other party's grain route.

At this time, the embarrassed Arslen and Temur were standing in front of Holger.

Holger looked at the two brothers who were ranked above him in surprise, and said, "Arslen, Temur, although the Great Khan ordered you to feint and defeat, you don't need to act so realistically, right?" Oh my God, nearly half of the 5,000 centaurs have been lost. ”

Temur was a little injured, but it was not fatal, this thing tasted the strength of the Ming army yesterday, and finally restrained a little arrogance, reminded: "Holge, the Ming army is not easy to mess with, although the cavalry combat power is not good, but their firearms are sharp, remember, don't fight with them, give full play to the advantages of the cavalry!" ”

Hogger nodded and said, "Thank you for reminding me, the Ming army has already passed the sand, and it is time for the general to set off." With that, he turned over and got on his horse.

Arslen hurriedly asked, "Holge, where is the Great Khan?" ”

"The Great Khan has personally led 100,000 troops from the Khan's court yesterday, and when Ben will cut off the grain route of the Ming army, the Great Khan will launch a general attack on the main force of the Ming army." After Hogg finished speaking, he grabbed the belly of his horse and led 20,000 cavalry to gallop eastward.

In order not to be discovered by the scouts of the Ming army, Hogel will lead the army to the east for fifty miles, and then detour south through the desert, and go around to the back of the Ming army to cut off the grain route.

Watching Holge lead the army away, Arslen said a little disapprehantly: "Looking back now, the combat strength of the Ming army is nothing more than that, only 50,000 people, there is no need to play conspiracy and tricks, the Great Khan can directly bulldoze them with an army of 100,000 troops." ”

Temur nodded subconsciously, but immediately rolled his eyes and said: "You just brag, outside the Gubeikou Pass, you were not killed by the young general of the Ming army in Gubeikou and lost your armor, and you were almost wiped out!" ”

Arslen was uncovered with scars, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and said coldly: "That's because the defenders at the head of the city set off cannons and cold arrows to help him, and you are embarrassed to mention it, if you didn't suddenly come to make trouble, Lao Tzu would have killed the young general of the Ming army with back horse arrows." ”

"Bah, you can't pull to rely on the ground, you don't have to stop the cowardice, if you lose, you lose, and you don't admit it!" Temur sneered.

Ars was furious: "Grass, who are you scolding for cowardice, there is a kind of saying it again!" ”

"Cowardice, I'll scold you." Tessener clasped his hands to his chest.

Bang, Arslen smashed an old fist into Temur's chest, smashing the opponent to the ground on the spot. Temur rubbed his chest for a long time before he got up, and with a roar he went to get the mace, and when Arslen saw this, he hurriedly ran to his war horse to get his weapon.

Just as the pair of living treasures were about to start the film, several horse scouts came galloping from the south, and both of them subconsciously stopped moving.

"Report to the two generals, the Ming army has stopped, and they are building a camp and digging a ditch by the river, it seems that they are going to defend it." The scout shouted.

Arslen and Temur glanced at each other, grass, what kind of plane is this Xu turtle doing, does he really want to dig a pit as a shrinking turtle, or what did he find?

"Probe!" Arslen shouted, and several scouts immediately turned their horses and left.

Temur stared at Arslen, who said unhappily: "What do you see, you still want to fight?" ”

Temur's anger rushed up, and he said angrily: "That scout just now is a person under Lao Tzu's command, why did you order him!" ”

"Hey, what did I order?" Alslen sneered.

Ahh

Hey, I don't know what confusion I made to put these two living treasures together to perform the task.