The sentinel said: "Unable to find out the mobilization situation of the northern captives, we can only risk going deeper." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Fortunately, it can be judged now that their sentry has begun to press forward, and it is estimated that the main force is not far away. ”

Li Laibin didn't care about having anything to do with this sentry cavalry, so he and Wang Changfu returned to the big tent of the Chinese army to study the map with the deputy commander, staff officer and others.

"The desert stretches for more than 800 miles, almost separating the set and Ordos from the Tumut headquarters, but the north and south are not more than 100 miles long, and the Ordos side must have known that we were besieging Qingcheng, if the Beiyu intended to come to the rescue, its sentry should have appeared near Yunnei a long time ago, why did it take so long for the sentry to appear in the desert, and stop our army's sentry horse?"

Li Laibin frowned, his thick eyebrows tightly locked, like two crawling silkworms entangled in one place.

Wang Changfu didn't say anything, he didn't come to replace the front-line commander, but Zhang Han gave him many responsibilities such as coordinating the soldiers and the soldiers, the people and the prisoners, which can be regarded as a test, the main general is not only to be able to lead the soldiers to fight, but the overall control is the most important.

Zhang Wenming, a regimental staff officer, said: "Why don't you increase the intensity of cavalry attacks, conduct fire reconnaissance, and then decide on the next move according to the results of reconnaissance?" ”

"There are not enough cavalry." Li Laibin said: "We only have two companies of cavalry here, no lancers, and the combat effectiveness of the two companies of cavalry is not enough to repel a large force of Beiyu cavalry. ”

Everyone stared at the map, but no one dared to speak casually.

This is probably the case when people feel like they are shrouded in the fog of war, their eyes are pitch black, and they cannot understand the enemy's main forces and movements.

If the army of the northern captives presses the border, and the two departments of more than 100,000 people suddenly attack, things will be very easy to do. Relying on the local defense of the forts in Yunnei, a small number of soldiers and horses were stationed in the forts, and the infantry and chariot battalions built barracks defense in strategic places.

Li Laibin suddenly said to Zhao Shiwen on the side: "How many carriages, horses and personnel do you have now?" ”

Zhao Shiwen said: "There are 20 brigades on the line from Heishan Fort to Yunnei Fort, with more than 22,000 people, more than 1,100 four-wheeled carts, more than 5,000 horses, and a small number of two-wheeled light carriages, which are not many. ”

Li Laibin turned around again and asked Du Fulei: "What about the artillery, how many personnel, artillery, horses, vehicles?" ”

"We have three companies of field artillery, eight guns each, all six-pounder guns that are easy to march, four horses per artillery cart, artillery in front, ammunition carts in the rear, special ammunition supply vehicles, and some nine-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, which are placed in several important military forts. ”

Li Laibin frowned and was silent, and everyone in the tent stared at him again.

The sun outside the tent is still very hot, only the center of the tent has some shade, and when you open the curtain and go out, you feel another world, the vast desert and shrubs are simply a sea of death, for many Han people, never thought of surviving in such a place.

"This determination is not easy to make...... Li Laibin looked at Wang Changfu and said, "I decided to take the initiative and cross the desert to fight the northern captives." ”

"What?" Wang Changfu glared and said, "It's not good for us to wait for work, how much risk do we have to take to cross the desert?" ”

Li Laibin said: "Your Excellency handed over the defense line to me, not to ask me to gnaw sand here all day long, judging from the current situation, the northern captives have no intention of attacking our defense line at all." ”

"And what are they going to do?"

"It's obvious!" Li Laibin's always gentle face showed a hideous killing intent, he slapped the map and said, "They want to fight Yansui Town!" ”

"Impossible." Wang Changfu said: "We are fighting Qingcheng, and they are going to fight Yansui?" ”

Li Laibin said: "It's nothing more than a story about trying to save Zhao with the siege of Wei, Ordos and Tumut originally had a very tacit understanding, but since the failure of pulling Lik Khan's westward advance, the two have been separated." The set was originally a vein of Tumut, and when Pullikhan went west, Huo Luochi was very cooperative, and later Pullik was forced to retreat under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, and sold Huoluochi a turn, and since then, the set and the Tumut Department are no longer the friendship of the year, and the combat effectiveness of our merchant army has been tested by many wars, and now it is famous. Huo Luochi and Eluchen always have to consider whether their tribe can withstand the losses of fighting with us, for the sake of a Tumut headquarters that has lost friendship, and take countless lives of their two tribes, this account is not worth it. ”

Zhao Shiwen clapped his hands and agreed when he heard this: "The guest is worthy of being praised by Master Zhang, his heart is as careful as a hair, he looks at the gourd without a mouth, and he has no words, but he is actually a dumb dumpling, and he knows it." ”

Zhang Wenming said: "It seems that this is indeed the case, last year Du Wenhuan's general army raided the set of troops, and made the fire fall red, and now although it is changed to Master Ma to Yansui, Lao Du has arrived in Datong, but this beam is finished." It seems that they are going to raid Yansui and go deep into the abdomen, one is to avenge last year's arrow, and the other is to put pressure on the Ming side, so that we and Yusheng can't stay comfortably on the grassland. ”

Li Laibin nodded and said, "I think so too." ”

Li Laibin turned to Zhao Shiwen and Du Fulei and said: "The troops are not under my jurisdiction, but I hope that Commander Zhao can mobilize a strong transport team as much as possible, fully armed, and can be used as a reserve for the soldiers if necessary, bring more horses, not afraid of the loss of horses, and reduce the physical wear and tear of the soldiers as much as possible. ”

"As for the location of the battle...... Li Laibin pondered for a while, pointed to a small dot on the map, and said: "Between the chaotic well and the red salt pool, it is enough to threaten Yulin, even if the northern captives want to go deep into the abdomen, they will first try to trap the Yulin defenders and defeat the northern captives here. ”

Li Laibin ordered again: "Immediately send Tangma to Qingcheng, please quickly transfer cavalry to Xichong, and raid the set of troops there in the area of Baichengzi and Huamachi, both sides will move, and it is impossible for the north to go south." ”

Li Laibin's dispatch was very clear and simple, and everyone present immediately took action, military commanders, staff officers, and military and political officers had their own duties, and Zhao Shiwen also resigned to select and transfer troops, and everything was in good order and there was no chaos at all.

After everyone left, Li Laibin said respectfully to Wang Changfu: "Wang Tou'er, do you see anything omission in me?" ”

"Nope." Wang Changfu was in a daze, and said: "I think I'd better go back to Lizhuang to continue training the new army, I'm old, and I can't keep up." ”

Wang Changfu is less than forty, it looks like a stout man with long hands and long legs, the previous border army did not accept the career at night and the porter's behavior made him have hard cocoons everywhere, long hands and feet, thick eyebrows and big eyes, he looks like a veteran, but he has a very high prestige among the generals from the porters, these people were mixed with Wang Changfu at the beginning, and later Zhang Han trained the army, Wang Changfu also contributed what he learned in the Jizhen border army, it can be said that Wang Changfu laid the foundation of Zhang Han and Yusheng's armed forces.

Li Laibin was also a little sad in his heart, and he said: "Brother, do you blame me for not discussing with you in private just now, and you will give the order?" ”

"It's not." Wang Changfu waved his hand and said, "How can I be so colorless and fight with you for this?" How many of you, who is brilliant doesn't mean me is brilliant? ”

"I see." Li Laibin said: "Don't worry, I will definitely make a good example, and I can't let Lahu look down on our border army and porters." ”

"Hmm." Wang Changfu stood up and said, "I will officially write to Zhao Shiwen and ask his soldiers to fully cooperate with you." ”

……

"The people of Heyusheng would never have thought of it, and the people of Yansui Town would never have thought of it."

In the big tent, a group of Taiji sat cross-legged, because the weather was hot, in order to ventilate, the tent was lifted on all sides, and there were tomb-like tents and lit bonfires everywhere, and there were too many fires on the ground, and it was a sky full of stars that covered the sky.

It was Erlinchen who spoke, Wan Hu of Ordos, a young man in his twenties with a black and red face. It hasn't been long since he became the Jinong of the Ordos Ministry, and his prestige has not yet been established, so this time he can be regarded as following Huo Luochi.

In the middle of the position sat an old Mongolian in his sixties, the weather was too hot, everyone's hat was taken off, the old Mongolian was the same, his braided hair became white, his face was not like ordinary Mongolians are black and red, but very fair, but too white, not a trace of ruddy, only the light blue owl's eyes scanned the crowd, people will be shocked, remembering that this is the master of more than 100,000 herdsmen, the famous Nuoyan fire red.

Huo Luochi is also one of the five ruling ministers canonized by Tumen Zasaktu Khan during his reign, although he is not from the Mongolian golden family, nor is he a descendant of Genghis Khan's brother or nephew, not even a descendant of the founding minister, Huo Luochi was born in the Asut department, this Mongolian tribe is the descendants of the Semu people brought back from Iran during the Mongol expedition to the west, these Mongolized Iranians were originally the Great Horde Army, and later became the guard pro-army during the Yuan Wuzong period, and after the defeat of the Mongol Yuan, they became part of the Tatar tribe. Now it is the core force of the Tumut tribe from Qinghai to Ningxia, and Huoluochi himself also respects Altan Khan as his uncle, and his status in Tumut is very respectful, after all, by the time of Xi Lingse and Ombuhong's generation, Huoluochi is already their grandparents.

He was obviously a little nervous in front of Huo Luochi, a long string of sweat flowed down his black and red face, and he said very solemnly: "Huo Luochi Nuoyan is worthy of being our backbone, and his ideas couldn't be better." ”

"Yes, this time we will hit Qingyang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion."

"Take Yulin!"

"What to do with Yulin? The city was full of regular soldiers and family members of the general army, and it would take many sons to die before they could take it down. Yulin is poor and only sand remains, let's surround Yulin, and the soldiers and horses will go south. ”