Ma Wu pointed to the place he said, there are obvious marks on the map, from the Saiyin Mountain to Kulun is the right side of the map, the middle is the Gobi area, to the north is Kulun, and then there are two river basins of the Selenga River to the west and south, in the middle of the river is a large area of rich and beautiful grassland, dozens of tribes flow and graze in this area, but the Tu Khan Department is on the right side of the two Dahaizi, surrounded by two rivers and two Haizi, the water and grass are abundant, and the tribe is quite strong and prosperous. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Our first goal is to merge with the three brigades and seven battalions of the Ninth Provisional Dragoon Regiment, as well as the 3rd Cavalry Artillery Battalion stationed in Kulen, the 2nd Chasseur Battalion stationed in Zonmod and the 9th Battalion of the 7th Dragoon Regiment, plus the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Dragoon Regiment of our Department and the 7th Company of the Lancer Regiment, all of which are composed of mounted infantry or cavalry, with more than 8,600 men from 11 battalions of soldiers, more than 7,400 auxiliary soldiers and baggage soldiers, a total of more than 16,000 people. Along the northern line of the Selenga River to the west, our department marched west from the Haraltai River, the two formed a pincer offensive, and arrived at the southern and northern ends of the Chotu Khan Department after ten days, and launched a battle along the east to the west, the main strategic goal was to exterminate the Chotu Khan Department, and strive to annihilate or capture the high-ranking tribes such as the Chotu Khan. ”

The commander of the cavalry company raised his hand and asked: "The soldiers have been left behind by us, and they will have to have a time difference of at least about five days with us to catch up. And is it possible to kill a large number of the people of the Khan tribe of Chotu? ”

"No." Ma Wu Zhengse said: "My lord said, this time it is a thunderbolt to destroy one, but the killing should not be too ruthless." The tribes of Mobei will either surrender like the three tribes, or like the Balhu people and the savages of the various tribes, they want to cooperate in the wait-and-see, if the killing is too ruthless and spread, from the south of Tangnu Wuliang Hainan to the Qinghai Hetao, all the tribes will regard us as a flood beast...... Before, the killing was because of our lack of strength, but now that our strength is enough, any more killing is a meaningless slaughter, and moreover, the manpower on the grassland is quite precious, and if we don't kill, we save a lot of human resources for ourselves. ”

"That's right." The commander of the lancers also knew that many roads, bridges and farmland in the south were built by captured northern captives, and there were still quite a lot of Mongols in the copper mines who were doing hard labor, and if one or two thousand people were captured after a battle, the lack of manpower on the southern side of the country would be greatly improved.

The bottom line is that these captives are free to use!

"The second strategic goal is here." Ma Wu pointed to the southeast of the Chotu Khan Department, which is also the edge of the tributary of the Great River, and said in a deep voice: "After defeating the Chotu Khan Department, the military division will set up a large military garrison here, and will build a city, and will mobilize one or two thousand soldiers and engineers to build a city here, which is expected to be a small city of about three miles, and build a long wall outside, which can be tuntian and garrison, in order to accomplish this goal, we will also be stationed there for a period of time, and we will withdraw in batches after the city is repaired." Now that the military strength is tight, everyone should mention the spirit of twelve points in the station, if someone accidentally raids the old camp and takes advantage, the face will be lost. ”

Xu Zhen carefully looked at the map, slapped his face, and said: "Good place, built directly in the hinterland of the grassland, even if a nail is pierced into the entire west of Mobei, the north controls the south, and it has always affected Qinghai and the Western Regions, and it can control the defense of the Oirath Regions, the Western Regions in the west, and the Qinghai in the south. ”

If Zhang Han is here, Xu Zhen is estimated to be able to lie down and kiss Zhang Han's boots, these soldiers are pure soldiers, and the soldiers of Hutchison not only talk about blood and loyalty, but also about grand strategy, otherwise why do you run literacy classes all the way to learn advanced military science? This city will not build roads for the time being, but there are grass roads along the river, and there will not be too many difficulties in supply transportation, and if the city is built in the southwest hinterland, all the departments here will be trapped, and the strength will be enough in the future, and it can continue to push all the way to the west, when Zhang Han held a meeting that year, he frankly said that he would restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and everyone remembered this matter in their hearts and remembered it firmly!

As for the location, Zhang Han is not so genius...... It was originally the address of the hometown of Uriya Sutai in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty built three major military towns in Mobei, Uriya Sutai is the most important one, the west rejects Weilat, directly connected to Komodo, the Western Regions where the Tianshan Mountains are located can be directly along the river and the official road, and there are roads leading to Kulen, the Khalkha tribes are also under its deterrence, there is a Qing generation, many wars in the Western Regions and the Geldan Khanate, this military town has played an extremely important role.

Now Hutchison does not have the strength to run the Western Regions, and there is no way to confront Oirat...... This is a rather tricky opponent, because the geography is in the Western Regions and the western part of Mobei, that is, the region of the Central Asian countries in the later generations, there are many tribes, the military and political environment is complex, and there are often major wars, the Oirat Mongols have formed a strong and resilient character, this tribe from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and a huge empire fought for more than a hundred years, and finally in the middle of Qianlong was really defeated and conquered, with the current strength of Hutchison, once provoked this strong opponent that will appear in decades, it is really self-inflicted.

The construction of the city in Uriya Sutai is just for control and defense, of course, it is also for the future when the strength is enough to march to the Western Regions and Central Asia, this process will definitely be quite long, it may be ten years, it may be twenty years later, there has always been no emerging dynasty who does not want to operate the Western Regions, except for the weak Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty mostly mastered the Western Regions, even if the Ming Dynasty had actually walked through the Hexi region at the beginning of the founding of the country, and established Hamiwei, although the Zhongshun King who sat in Hami was a foreign race, However, important positions such as Changshi were all sent by the Han people, so the degree of control was much stronger than those guards in Liaodong, but again and again, this guard was completely lost during the Jiajing period, and strategic places such as Dongshengwei had long been lost, and the final control of the Ming army was to stop at Jiayuguan.

Even so, the Ming Dynasty once stretched out his hand to the center of the Western Regions, but the national strength was consumed too much during the Yongle period, and he was not able to go further, Zhang Han's goal has been very clear, and the restoration of the homeland and glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties is his goal, not only to control the Tianshan Mountains, but to think about reaching the Green Ridge area again, and destroying the current Central Asian khanates before the Russians, but this goal is quite ambitious, and it will definitely not be possible with the current strength, so he can only start from little by little.

Ma Wu finally said: "We are the Southern Route Army, and we meet with the Second Chasseur Battalion and the Ninth Regiment Nine Battalion Dragoons, so that there are three main battalions and a lancer company, nearly 3,000 soldiers, and the strength is slightly weaker than the Northern Route Army, but our pressure on the South Road is much less, after all, the Khan of Chotu Khan is at the northern end, and its strength is mainly in the north." ”

"The only thing to think about is baggage supplies." Xu Zhen stroked his chin and said: "It's okay on our side, just move forward lightly, three dragoon battalions can accompany all kinds of small-caliber artillery at most, the Northern Route Army has a cavalry artillery battalion to follow, and there are four baggage brigades carrying supplies and grain and grass to accompany them, they will go four days before us, and the march route is also three or four hundred miles shorter, I hope that on the date of the appointment, we can launch an attack together." ”

"That's not our business." Ma Wu was a little tired, pinched his eyebrows, and said, "This is the first battle after the formation of this dragoon battalion, please show all your spirit...... Do a good job! ”

Nie Lei had been listening quietly, and at this time, his cheeks twitched a few times, obviously a little incompetent to Ma Wu's simple and crude pre-war mobilization, but he still stood up quietly and said with a group of company and battalion-level officers: "Yes, command!" ”

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"Alas, alas, alas......"

Zhang Yansheng almost sighed all the time, since receiving the order, their squadron and the whole battalion rushed as much as possible, but because the station was too south, they hurried slowly, and when they arrived at Qingcheng, the entire army had already set off a few days ago, and if they didn't catch up, it meant that they could no longer catch up with the main force.

The Ming army walked ten miles a day, twenty miles was fast, thirty or forty miles was against the sky, the merchant army walked at least fifty miles a day, if it was a rapid march, a hundred miles a day was also walked, but that was light, it is estimated that the army would march at a speed of fifty to sixty miles a day, and if it went well, it might reach eighty miles, because the war horses were sufficient, although the troops were not completely light when they were in a hurry, and the speed would not be dragged very slowly by the equipment.

This speed is actually about the same as the Qin army, a strong army under classical militarism, maybe a little faster, the physical fitness of the young men is superb, they are all well-proportioned muscles, and the original long-term farming or mining has laid an extremely tough foundation, and the soldiers of several years have now made up for nutrition, and their physical fitness has greatly advanced several steps...... Even if it is a fully armed march, which is equivalent to carrying nearly 100 catties of goods to hurry, these stick boys can travel 100 miles a day, but they are limited by the marching columns, roads, rivers, and unknown enemy conditions, and the officers do not want to be exhausted by the soldiers' physical strength because of the rush when the enemy sneaks attack, so 60 miles a day, at most 80 miles.

"Sigh a fart." Lu Si glared and said, "Hurry up and go to the front finger to stay at the guard, inquire about the news, and see what our next order is." ”

"Oh, I'll go now!" Zhang Yansheng perked up and said with a smile: "Even the commander must be more anxious than us, I'll follow him, if the front finger says that we won't be needed, you have to make a good fuss." ”

Lu Si said indifferently: "If you make trouble, you will make trouble, you strongly ask for war, you can't appease the soldiers and arrest the officers who ask for war." ”

"A bad stomach."

"Each other, each other."

The two laughed and scolded, Zhang Yansheng did not delay, all squadrons were ordered to temporarily rest on the streets of the city, this is the eastern district of the city, which was originally dominated by military camps and military family areas, and no matter how many soldiers there are, it is not surprising.

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