He also said that if he wanted to send troops, he hoped that Jinling City would increase its support for the Ninth Army, and now the Ninth Army was afraid that it would not be able to do it!

After all, the 50,000 Tatar cavalry stationed about twenty kilometers northwest of Dongsheng City was not so easy to deal with!

Now the most powerful boss in the army is Hao Bonian, who is on duty in the imperial study, and after reading the urgent report sent by the Ninth Army, he didn't feel too surprised!

The Tatars chose to withdraw from the loop, but they just couldn't hold on!

And this result has long been expected by the Privy Council, but the expected time is two or three years from now, not now.

In the past year or so, with the support of the whole empire, the Ninth Army and the local Tatars have engaged in a fierce war of attrition, and in the past year and a half, the Ninth Army has accumulated about 3,000 casualties and more than 5,000 wounded, and the casualties of the Ninth Army are more than 8,000, and the Tatars on the opposite side have suffered more casualties, according to the report of the Ninth Army, at least more than 10,000 people.

And the casualties of the soldiers are not the most important, the most important thing is that the frequent battles between the two sides have a huge consumption of materials, and the Ninth Army has used a large amount of materials, and even the war horses have been replenished by tens of thousands.

Although the Tatars have a poor supply, this kind of war of attrition is actually more deadly for them, they are all soldiers, and the young and strong labor force is fighting with the Tang Dynasty all year round, who will graze the cattle and sheep?

What's more, they Tatars also need all kinds of military supplies, not to mention guns and ammunition, at least they have to have food!

Then, the Ninth Army also sent small groups of elite cavalry to attack their pastures in the Hetao area, capture livestock, burn pastures, etc., which made it difficult for the Tatars to maintain themselves in the Hetao area.

However, when a group of senior staff officers of the Operations Department of the Privy Council of the Army came up with this attrition tactic, they calculated in detail that as long as the empire maintained its investment in the Ninth Army, then the Ninth Army would be able to inflict losses on the Tatars in a steady stream, at least two or three years, and at most five years, and the Tatars would definitely not be able to hold on.

Today, the staff officers of the General Staff Department of the War Department have obviously overestimated the Tatars' ability to withstand this kind of war of attrition, and now it has only been a year and a half since the war is full, and the Tatars just can't hold on.

The Tatars can't hold on, and the complete recovery of the Hetao is just around the corner!

Hao Bonian immediately entered the palace and reported the good news to Li Xuan!

Li Xuan also smiled when he heard that the Tatars finally couldn't hold on to the Hetao and were migrating and escaping!

It will not be easy to expel the Tatars from the loop once and for all!

Strictly speaking, it was much more difficult for the Tang Army to expel the Tatars than for the Ming Army to expel the Yuan Army in the early Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming army had a large number of cavalry, and the cavalry was more elite than the cavalry of the Yuan army.

But in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the strength of the cavalry could hardly be counted, and until the invasion of Youzhou, the main cavalry force of the Tang Army was only a few thousand horsemen.

And in the steppe battle, the cavalry is the absolute main force!

Without cavalry, it was impossible to completely expel the Tatars.

Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty unified China, it has been desperately developing cavalry in the past ten years, and this year, it can be regarded as the initial establishment of a complete and huge cavalry unit.

When the cavalry construction was completed, the defeat of the Tatars was inevitable!

It's not about tactics, it's not about the will of the Tatars themselves, it's about what was already predestined.

The population and national strength of the Tang Empire far exceed that of Tatar, the only thing lacking is horses, when the horses are available, it is a logical thing to push the grassland, even if it fails to go north to the grassland once, it will not take a few years to organize the second time, the third time, for the size of the Tang Empire, three or five failures have no great impact.

But!

The Tatars only need to be defeated once, and they will be finished!

Therefore, regardless of the military victory or defeat in a short period of time, the defeat of the Tatars was already doomed from the day the Tang Empire completely unified China.

It is estimated that the current Altan Khan must be particularly regretful!

Knowing that there was today, he should have fought to fight all the tens of thousands of cavalry, and I am afraid that he would also help Emperor Zhengde block the Northern Expedition of the Tang Army.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to take in this world!

In the Northern Expedition of that year, Zhengde was defeated and died, and Altan Khan led the main force to flee in order to preserve his strength, but today, he has to face the Tang Empire, which is so powerful that it is almost enough to make any country and force on this planet desperate!

Take the initiative to withdraw from the loop, this is helpless, and it is also the best choice!

Unless Altan Khan really shed the blood of the last Tatar in the Hetao!

What Altan Khan thinks, Li Xuan doesn't know.

Li Xuan was just guessing Altan Khan's thoughts and the strategic intentions of the Tatars!

After staring at the huge map on the wall, Li Xuan said, "I remember, a few months of money, the Warat people sent people to ask for support, right?" ”

Hao Bonian said: "Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing, and in the end, our empire gave them a batch of guns and ammunition and a large number of cold weapons!" ”

Li Xuan said: "So is there any news of the Warat people coming now?" ”

When Hao Bonian heard this, he was still a little stunned at first, but soon he showed a contemplative look and said, "No! ”

Li Xuan looked at the large world map on the wall, this huge map is probably the only one in the world today, the most complete, but also the most detailed and standard world map, which Li Xuan drew by himself according to all the reference maps that he can find now, the surveying and mapping maps of the military, and then combined with his own memory!

On this huge map, many places are not contemporary names, but the names of later generations written by Li Xuan, but these names have also become the official name of the current imperial name for the above-mentioned regions.

At the western end of Gansu Province, there is Tibet, and in its northwest region, there are the Warat people!

Every inch of grassland on the grassland, that has an owner, the Tatars want to give up the Hetao and even the entire Fengzhou River area, in order to avoid the edge of the Tang Empire, then the only way is to move, to the north is naturally unreliable, they are not willing to go in the north in the ice and snow.

To the east, it was the Liaohetao, where there were the three tribes of Duoyan and Chahar who threw themselves into the Tang Empire, although these tribes did not completely surrender to the Tang Empire, but one by one they also called the ministers and paid tribute, in exchange for the assistance of the Tang Empire, to resist the Tatars.

They have been fighting with the Tatars for more than ten years, and if the Tatars dare to advance eastward, they will definitely fall into the well and completely wipe out the Tatars.

And in the west, it is the Warats, unfortunately, this Warat people have also hugged the thighs of the Tang Empire in recent years, and have been fighting with the Tatars for many years.

In fact, the strategic situation of the Tatars is that they are surrounded on three sides, and the north is a Jedi with ice and snow, and the Tatars who are fighting on three sides can hold out until now, and in the face of the frontal attack of the Tang Empire, they can also suppress and beat the eastern Mongolia such as the Chahar Department and the Warats, which shows how fierce the Tatars' combat effectiveness is!

Li Xuan looked at the map and said, "Now that the Tatars have taken the initiative to withdraw from the Hetao, and they are moving westward, I am afraid that the Warats are less auspicious!" ”

"It is necessary to remind the Gansu side to let them improve their preparedness, and at the same time strengthen the troops in the northwest region, after the Tatars advance westward, the pressure on the northwest region will greatly increase!"

Hao Bonian said: "The minister knows! ”

"In addition, be prepared to accept the Hetao region completely, and also be prepared to accept the Toyoshu River area, the Tatars must know that after losing the Hetao, the Toyosu River area alone will not be able to stop us, and he will definitely retreat together and completely abandon the Hetao and the Toyoshu River. Once the Tatars have withdrawn, I don't want new tribes to take over the region! ”

"The army must make all military preparations, completely accept the Fengzhou River and the Hetao area, and I will let the Imperial Study Department cooperate with you in the local migration, reclamation, grazing, and city building matters!"

"This land of fertile water and grass is my pasture, and it raises my cattle and sheep, and no foreign race will be allowed to touch it, and if any foreign race dares to invade this place, your army will not hesitate to attack and destroy all invading enemies!"

Listening to Li Xuan's words, Hao Bonian immediately stood up and saluted, and said loudly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and at the same time pressed his hand, and then said: "Since the Tatars have retreated, then there is no need for those alien races in the Liaohetao area to stay, let the people below make a plan, and then free up their hands to solve the problem of Liaohetao." ”

"In the huge Northeast Plains, a large area has been stolen by alien races for no reason, and I feel heartache every time I think about it!"

At the beginning, it was because there were Tatars in the Tang Empire, and the Tang Empire needed them to contain the existence of the Tatars, but now, the Tatars have taken the initiative to move westward, and it is useless for these foreign races to stay.

The Tang Empire never raises waste, and since they have become waste, it is reasonable to clean them up.

So what kind of agreement did the two sides sign before, I'm sorry, for the Tang Empire, any agreement is to abide by when necessary, and tear it up directly when there is no need.

As a great empire, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges is a must, and it's the most basic skill!

Hao Bonian immediately said: "What Your Majesty refers to is the swords and guns of our army soldiers, and the ministers will gather people to formulate relevant plans when they go back, at least one year, no more than three years, and will definitely let Your Majesty's dragon flag flutter on the Liaohe Loop!" ”

After the two discussed the situation again, Hao Bonian talked about the Ninth Army's request for support, and asked Li Xuan how to decide!

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