"In the summer, various ministries sent out a large number of men and horses to hunt?" Zhang Han laughed when he heard this: "The imagination of these Mongolians is really lacking. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yang Qiu Zhengse said: "I'm afraid we have to be careful, there must be tens of thousands of people and horses transferred, if we are really weak and show flaws, the Mongols who look extremely deferential will definitely pounce like hungry wolves, recently I have arranged to double the manpower to watch, and my subordinates suggest that the third regiment of dragoons be transferred over quickly, otherwise the first battalion of the chassars will be transferred over, which will be enough to deter the northern captives." ”

Zhang Han already felt quite tired, and after getting up in the morning and finishing his body, it was endless business, first approving urgent documents, then considering the latest personnel arrangements and finances, then determining various important production indicators, then reviewing the details of the trade negotiations with the Russians, and then the Russians came over and repeatedly tried to ...... This has almost exhausted all of Zhang Han's spirit, followed by Zhang Ziming and Zhou Yao and others, it is not a courtesy reception, it is not easy, he only feels tired to death now, fortunately, there are still a few beloved women waiting in the inner courtyard, and there must be a quite sumptuous lunch that meets his taste and heart.

"Alright." Zhang Han said with a smile: "Others can speculate and expect us to lose, do we have to be suspicious ourselves?" Tell them to make a fuss, you stare at the most noisy, the worst mentality and the most positive behavior to write it down, wait for a while to quietly deal with a few, and deter it. ”

"The most powerful of them all is Dorji."

"What do you want?" Zhang Han glanced at Yang Qiu and startled the other party.

"I don't care if it's the son of the Great Khan or even the Great Khan himself, as long as he jumps hard, he will deal with me directly. Since they are petty moves, don't blame me for killing their flesh and blood relatives. ”

"Yes, sir." Yang Qiu was still reminiscing about Zhang Han's cold eyes, and his heart was pounding with fright somehow. Zhang Han was not angry, but he just scared Yang Qiu away.

Zhang Han walked outside the door, ignored anyone, and went back to the back house directly from the side door and alley, several special service officers hurriedly followed, and the attendant officers ran outside to tell the waiting people to leave quickly if they had something, and those who were not in a hurry could come back in the afternoon, and if they didn't want to leave, they could also wait in the official residence, and there was a simple lunch to serve.

When there was a commotion in the front yard, Zhang Han was already strolling in the alley.

The alley is actually very wide, with high walls on both sides, especially the one facing outward, which is not only very high, but also quite thick.

Zhang Han only walked about ten steps before he saw someone standing on the high part of the courtyard wall with a firearm, vigilant outside.

There are corner towers on all sides, and it looks like an ordinary official residence, but in fact it is quite heavily guarded.

Walking fifty or sixty steps all the way from the alley, passing through the door of the moon cave, the guard guarding the door opened the door, Zhang Han didn't take a few steps to enter, Zhang Bin had already rushed over, and called his father in a milky voice.

As if blown by a gust of wind, all the troubles were gone, Zhang Han hugged his son, and several women hugged the two little boys from the mountains of cabinets to welcome them together, Zhang Han smiled helplessly: "Have you moved all your belongings here?" How long is it going to stay? ”

Yang Liu glanced at him and said, "Don't look at him doing such a big thing, he just doesn't understand women!" ”

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On the third day of the first month of May, eight battalions of dragoons had been walking north along the Selenga River for nine days, in the early morning, the dew on the tips of the grass was crystal clear, the sky was red and beautiful, the scenery was pleasant, under the moisture of the big river, the grass and trees along the river were vigorous, and the small river forks brought a lot of inconvenience to the army's movements, and sometimes they had to wait for the sappers to come up to solve the problem, and more often they chose to take a detour.

A procession of a few thousand men would be immense and boundless in the city, and in the wilderness of this steppe, the marching column made the army form a long snake that winded for miles, looking thin and even somewhat helpless.

Under heaven and earth, this land is too vast, even veterans who have been accustomed to the scenery of the grassland, sometimes they suddenly turn back and look at the troops around and behind them, and they will feel a little at ease.

It's still the old saying of the merchant army training: when you feel lonely and scared, look around and behind you.

The soldiers carried the muskets on their backs, which had been taken out of their holsters, and had been in enemy territory for two days, and there was a company of chasers who had spread out for more than a hundred miles, and every day new reports of the enemy situation were returned, and there were obvious traces of the migration of felt bags in several places where the troops were marching.

The small grazing point was quickly moved away, indicating that this tribe is quite vigilant, and is usually prepared for war, vigilance is the most basic quality of the wolf pack, last year, when the chasers harassed and killed the Khalkha tribe, the reaction of those herdsmen was too slow and too weak, and the whole tribe was like this, no matter which tribe's combat readiness was very bad, dozens of miles away the fire was soaring, and when the chasers rushed over, they found that the herdsmen over there had not yet run, but they were panicked and didn't know how to react, and the upper thousand households and Taiji were the same, Like a woman, when danger strikes, the man may react quickly by jumping away or running away, and the woman may cover her face with her hands...... Natural reactions.

The Khalkha are the women who put their hands over their faces, and it is likely that they are squatting.

The reaction of the Khan tribe was different, like a cunning man, and when the crisis came, he jumped to the river and jumped like an antelope and ran first.

"Are the chasseurs rewarded?"

"Not yet."

Ren Jing rode on a jujube red war horse, his horse was far taller than ordinary cavalry, and a grade higher than the war horse specially allocated to the lancers, which was of course the prerogative of the general, but Ren Jing spent too much time looking for this horse, and because it was not distributed by the military division, he spent a lot of money, of course, Ren Jing thought it was worth it.

The horses were tall and strong, full of strong tendons, strong and powerful when they snorted, had sufficient lung capacity, ran fast and steady, did not feel any shaking when stationed, and had no problem with long marches and sprints.

When Ren Jing stopped, the horse stopped, and its four legs stood straight like pillars.

Reporting to Ren Jing is the staff officer on duty, the staff officers are very hard after the expedition, every morning and evening briefing, always analyze any clues, make suggestions to the commander-in-chief, and according to the commander-in-chief's decision to do auxiliary staff planning, the officers can camp after a patrol and rest, these young men often stay up until midnight, looking at the map and all the intelligence to analyze where the main force of the Chotu Khan is located.

After hearing the answer, Ren Jing did not show any uneasiness or distress, compared to the opponent in front of him, Ren Jing paid more attention to his appearance and demeanor.

Xia Xiping was the chief of staff of the army this time, and he muttered: "One hundred and fifty miles north and one hundred and seventy miles south of the river valley, the chasers have all sentry in three days, and they have searched separately in the form of small teams, except for some sporadic herdsmen, they have never encountered a team of more than 100 people. ”

Ren Jing asked a young staff officer, "What's the news of the Southern Route Army?" ”

"Two days ago we received a report that they had traveled more than 700 miles along the Tula River and should now be in this position."

Another staff officer held up a map and pointed to the direction of the guide to the west in the middle of a meandering river.

"That's past the territory of the Zasaktu Ministry, and it's the place of the Huite Ministry."

"Yes." The staff officer replied: "I met many small tribes along the way, and I made chickens fly and dogs jumped. According to the Southern Route Army, the people of those tribes were very cold and refused to provide any helpers, although they were also nominally Khalkha people, and they were considered to be part of the surrender of the alliance. ”

"Did Ma Wu teach them any lessons?"

"Not really. Commander Ma said that it would be contrary to the instructions of the adults, and now it is mainly to attack the Khan of Chotu, and if this battle is won, things will change, and there is no need to be too anxious. ”

"These Northerners." Ren Jing shook his head, smiled, and said: "Although the Southern Route Army has few people, it can actually cut them up and chop them as easily as a knife cutting mutton, which is really ignorant. ”

Xia Xiping said: "The Southern Route Army has no supplies on the premise, deep into the enemy territory full of tribes, which is different from us, although our supplies are also behind us, but we know when we will arrive, and there is no harassment from small tribes, the Khalkha people here have already withdrawn when they heard the news of the war, but the Tu Khan Department has also adopted the method of fighting in the field instead of harassing along the way, so our rear road supply is not dangerous." Instructions were to be given to the Southern Route Army, and in any case to be careful with any Northern Captives tribes along the way, there was always danger until victory was achieved and the main army was united. ”

Ren Jing agreed, a military order department quickly filled in the military order according to the format, and then handed it to Ren Jing to pass the seal, and then a herald with a red flag on his back came over, accompanied by two assistants, if there was an accident, the assistant would continue to deliver the letter until the letter was delivered.

Watching the herald gallop away, Ren Jing said to Xia Xiping: "What do you think is the next move of Chotu Khan?" ”

"To this point, there are only two paths, one is to fight with us. The other is to shrink the herd of people in preparation for migration and escape. ”

"Which option do you think is more?"

Xia Xiping said with a smile: "There is no way to do a serious analysis of this kind of thing, I can only guess." ”

He knew Ren Jing's temper, and without waiting for Ren Jing's urging, he continued: "At present, it is the Jianbi Qingye that has shrunk all the personnel, including the scattered small groups of herdsmen, who have been shrunk away. From this point of view, the Chotu Khan Department has a fairly high level of organization and high command and communication ability, which is much stronger than the ordinary northern captivity tribes, so there are only two possibilities to go down, first, organized migration and escape, and second, battle. From here we can only infer completely, and my judgment is that there will be a battle. ”