All the officers present stared at Xia Xiping, and Ren Jing said, "How can you see it?" ”

"From the point of view of personality experience, Chotu Khan is the kind of character who is unwilling to tolerate and not admit defeat, he was originally just a large Taiji, for the interests and dignity of his tribe chose to confront the Tushetu Khan tribe, although he did not defeat the army of the three tribes, but he was able to retreat with his whole body, and the tribe was able to continue to survive and grow, which must have a considerable impact on his character and determination. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn addition, if he is a timid person, he will make corresponding moves when we give a warning before we officially send troops, either to move or send envoys to confess and negotiate, so my judgment is that there will be a battle, and according to his character insistence, I think that Chotu Khan will gather the main force, ignore the threat of the Southern Route Army turning around and surround him, but choose to fight with our main force, and will never avoid the south, and choose to defeat the Southern Route Army to gain the strategic initiative. ”

"Good." Ren Jing applauded, and he said, "It's just a standard staff course. ”

Xia Xiping didn't say anything more, just looked at the map with a smile, and walked about two days to the west of the Seleng River, in the southeast direction of the Hetuohui Department, in that large grassland area, there must be a group of wolves lurking.

"Let's go, fight the wolf." Xia Xiping smiled.

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Two days later, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Southern Route Army arrived at a small dot on the map, a small dot that had been drawn a long time ago.

"The Northern Route Army should have advanced into the hinterland of the Chotu Khan." Ma Wu pointed to the map and drank water, which dripped down his newly grown beard, and fortunately landed on the side of the map, Ma Wu quickly moved his face away.

Lin Nanxing looked at the map and muttered, "This is the place where adults call Tsukiji?" It is indeed a good place to control the tribes, and when we come along the way, we meet at least a dozen small tribes, a good place. ”

The place that Lin Nanxing refers to is the boundary of the Uriya Sutai, which is the junction of most of the tribes such as Zasaktu and Tohuit, but the Khan Department takes the opportunity to sit here, and the two big rivers moisten the land here very fertile, there are few hills here, a large plain area, rivers, Haizi, to the west is the Altai Mountains, Beshbali, Huitebu, Heshuot, Oirat, Hami, Yarkand......

Xu Zhen said: "It is indeed a stroke of genius to build a city here, we heard that we will be stationed here for a period of time after this battle, and we should cooperate with the garrison troops and sappers to build the city." ”

"Before there are no roads, this can only be a lonely city." Ma Wu wiped his face and said, "It's like a lonely boat in the sea, floating uncertainly." ”

"Scared?" Xu Zhen sneered: "Our horse commander is also afraid. ”

"Fuck off." Ma Wuxu kicked it, lifted the tent and walked out.

The remnant sun was like blood, surrounded by endless tents, and the soldiers were crowded in small groups, but it was better than sleeping in the open air.

On the periphery is a defensive position with spears, and the soldiers do a good job of defending the perimeter one by one, and in this kind of place it is equivalent to enemy territory, and it is surrounded by ill-intentioned eyes.

When the merchant army was stationed, several small tribes sent a considerable number of horseback herdsmen to follow, and before sunset, they saw with their own eyes that these gray-robed soldiers dug trenches and prepared their horses to resist their horses, and set up camp under the sound of trumpets, everything was in order and uniform.

When the outer defense was almost ready, the lancers who were guarding outside withdrew.

The herdsmen looked at these iron men on horseback with awe, they seemed to be in tin cans, even the horses were armored, and when they moved, they shone like gods, they were tall, and the horses were also tall, and the gathering of dozens of ironclad cavalry gave a considerable sense of oppression.

No herdsman dared to get too close, and whenever they approached a distance of about two hundred paces, they would find that the iron cavalry also began to move slowly towards them, and some of the cavalry even took their bows and arrows and held them horizontally in front of their knees.

Although they didn't know what the bows and arrows of these ironclad cavalry were, or even the famous name of the lancers in Monan, the herdsmen of the small tribes of Tohuit and Zasaktu still had a keen sense of smell, and they did not come together to seek death.

The old people in the tribe were not very sensitive to this, they urged those young men to keep an eye on these Han cavalry, their pride as old Mongols was seriously offended, the Han people were able to go deep here, even when the Ming Dynasty was strong, the soldiers had not reached such a deep place, they were angry and frightened, the Han people could come in, who knows what kind of plans they will have in the future? They ordered the young men to follow on horseback, and even the leaders and the old people had plans to start a war with the Han Chinese, but they could not ensure victory, and they also knew that Zasaktu Khan had concluded an alliance with these Han people to punish white horses, and the Mongols still attached importance to the alliance, and the small tribes like scattered sand had no way to make a real reaction at the first time, but these Mongols still showed enough anger and unfriendliness, which also brought a lot of logistical pressure to the Southern Route Army...... Ma Wu had to divide two companies of dragoons to guard along the route to protect the convoy of carryon, which was several days behind.

The gunners of the mounted artillery company placed the bronze cannons and various small cannons on the gun emplacements, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the herdsmen who galloped past from time to time in the distance.

"It's really embarrassing." Ma Wu looked at the herdsmen who were roaring by, gritting his teeth.

"There's a better way." Lin Nanxing beckoned his subordinates to bring canned food and put it in two large pockets.

Xu Zhen smiled: "I'll go with you." ”

The two of them quickly left the makeshift camp and galloped towards the place where the herdsmen were most numerous.

The gunners who were still maintaining the artillery stopped moving, the dragoons who were waiting to eat were also dumbfounded, and the lancers were a little hesitant, they didn't know whether to step forward to protect the two battalion-level officers, or to turn a blind eye?

Fortunately, there was an order to come and order the lancers to retreat slowly and not to create tension.

The shepherds were also a little surprised at first, and many of them subconsciously rode their horses back.

But when they saw that only two men were coming, the shepherds cowered and rode up to them.

In the eyes of Lin Nanxing and Xu Zhen, this is a group of bluffing people, many shepherds have their riding bows in their hands, and they are just about to put their arrows on them, although there are dozens of them, they are still quite afraid.

"Open it up and taste this." Xu Zhen threw a canned fruit over, which contained fruits such as pears and oranges, and the bottle was glazed, making it easy to see the contents clearly.

"Use that screwdriver." Xu Zhen threw the screwdriver over and landed with the can among the weeds that grew above his knees.

"These Tartars, if you can't open it, you'll make a joke." After Xu Zhen finished doing this, he lit a cigarette, and the big bear-like strong man held a cigarette pouch in his mouth, green smoke rose up, and the huge cigarette pot bag became smaller in his hand.

"They are tartars, not pigs." Lin Nanxing glared at his partner, he still couldn't accept the taste of tobacco, it was too choking.

The shepherds hesitated, but at last a few of them jumped off their horses, opened the can, and took a bold taste, and immediately frowned.

"Say to the elders of your tribe, 'Let's exchange ten cans for a sheep.'"

A shepherd cried out, "You haven't eaten, have you?" We know you have a big convoy at the back. ”

"Don't fuck nonsense, we would have robbed your ranch long ago if we didn't eat." Xu Zhen took out the jerky from his arms, lit it up, and chewed it heavily.

The shepherds buzzed, and more jumped down to taste the canned fruit.

For these shepherds, these things are a hundred times more attractive than canned meat.

If modern people do not understand, then try not to eat a mouthful of vegetables and fruits for a month, only meat and milk, to know how much fruits and vegetables mean to the Mongols.

"Is there more?"

Lin Nanxing smiled, touched a can and threw it over, and shouted: "These two are given away for free, and I want to drive the sheep to exchange them." ”

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the day on the steppe was already very hot, and the sun was falling like fire near noon, and people were sweating, and a small cavalry battle suddenly came.

As the brigade walked along the north bank of the valley, the weather was very hot, and the cavalry were allowed to dismount and drink from their horses.

Thousands of Mongolian cavalry suddenly appeared on the horizon, without too many flags, but when a large number of Sulu ingots appeared on the horizon, the sentry horses blew the brass trumpet, and all the soldiers of the Southern Route Army began to line up.

Two dragoon battalions and a company of lancers, most of the men of a chaser battalion were lined up.

Gray-robed dragoons, black-armored lancers, red-robed chasseurs.

In the sound of the military horn, small phalanxes were lined up, and then the phalanxes were connected to the phalanx, and the battalion phalanx was one after the battalion phalanx, and the three arrays were arranged in a line, which was staggered.

The trumpets and drums sounded one after another, and all the soldiers stood in their place according to the guidance of the officer, and every platoon, each team, each squadron, each company, and each battalion, the gray and red streams soon filled one square after another, and hundreds of soldiers began to stand in their positions, the musketeers began to reload first, and then loaded the casing with bayonets, and the pikemen stood in the center according to their positions, and there were only a small number of jumping soldiers among the dragoons, and their positions were at the front of the line, and they were clothed in seventy pounds of iron armor, Standing in front of each phalanx, they will be the first to stop the enemy's guerrillas and sentry harassing the chaotic array, and they stand in front of each phalanx and at intervals, where there are small flags that connect the phalanxes, which are used to separate the distance between the phalanxes and make small adjustments.

If it weren't for the presence of a company of lancers, the chasers would be two miles away from the periphery, and they would take care of the battlefield on the periphery to prevent the enemy cavalry from conducting large-scale harassment warfare, and the Mongols liked to do that, screaming, shouting, shooting useless bows and arrows, and flying around on the wings of the wrong horses in front of the formation, although it had no effect, but it would disturb the minds of the soldiers, especially the officers and men of the new army.

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