The rolling torrent of metal spread the official road from Xuanfu Town to Wanquan Right Guard, and countless soldiers in black edging armor, holding weapons, marched neatly towards the front under the guidance of the sun and moon flags, and the footsteps of horses' hooves and military boots stirred up a large cloud of smoke and dust. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On a hill near the official road, a gust of wind swept in, blowing the sound of hunting under the banner, and the Xuanwu silver carving on the crown of the banner was dazzling in the sun, making people dare not force their eyes, and the officers standing on the hill just looked down.

I saw the dense hats and helmets swaying, the layers of spears and flintlock pistols shining rhythmically, and the brilliance of the helmets and weapons did not see the head in front and the tail in the back.

"Captain Shangdu, tomorrow my Xuanwu Army will be able to reach Xinghe City."

"Well, today's feathered cavalry can cross the Wild Fox Ridge."

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Standing on the slope, touching his nose, Du Xun looked at the river of armor, the red tassels on the helmet spread into the distance, on the crown of the sun and moon flag, the Xuanwu bronze carving, the iron carving, vividly, the most, of course, is the iron carving.

The bronze carved flag can only be owned by the battalion general, and the silver carved flag is the banner of the military department.

"Fuck Wang Dou, there's always money and messing around."

Du Xun thought in his heart, looking at the dazzling cold light below, I don't know how many armored soldiers strode forward, and at the same time, there are countless vehicles, transporting heavy materials, going out to conquer the outside of the fortress, a battle is fought, and I don't know how much materials are consumed.

The elite of the Jingbian Army, Du Xun is not afraid but also frightened, but he didn't think of this, and slowly spit out a sentence from his mouth: "After fighting a battle outside the fortress and transporting so much grain and rice, when will I be able to return to my roots?" No wonder everyone says it. Out of the plug and hit the tartars, what he did was to lose money, and Yongning Hou was fierce. ”

A henchman eunuch beside him said: "Yes, in terms of a liter of military eclipse, 10,000 troops, a month, how many stones of grain and rice do you need?" 2. 30,000 troops, how many more stones? There are also many war horses, mules and horses, and the hay and bean fodder needed are also massive, running all the way. There is also attrition. There are other burdens, if this battle goes on for a few months......"

He sighed: "When Chengzu conquered Mobei for the first time, he used 30,000 Wugang vehicles to transport 250,000 stones. ”

A eunuch suddenly said, "Why don't you just eat the enemy?" ”

As soon as this statement came out. And he saw that everyone looked at him with idiotic eyes.

Du's father-in-law scolded even more. Standing up with a round body, he said.

"You donkey brain. Who doesn't know and eats the enemy? But you have to have a place to eat. The grassland is vast, except for the tribe, is the turf. If the tribe runs away, leaving only the turf, how can they eat and eat grass? ”

The eunuch was so scolded that he couldn't touch the door, so he had to say repeatedly: "Yes, yes, my father-in-law said yes." ”

Seeing him like this, Du Xun felt that this guy was quite pleasing to the eye, and looked down, in addition to the carriage of the Jingbian Army's baggage battalion, there were also many hired people, pushing the wheelbarrow and pushing it the official road.

On those vehicles, in addition to rice and flour, there were also a large number of hay, bean feed, meat porcelain jars, and even honeycomb coal, iron nails, etc., on which were carried on them, and there were many caravans, carrying vegetables and vegetables, driving chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep and other things.

Du Xun snorted again, Wang Dou was not requisitioned, but hired people, and it also made him slander in his heart, is this how money is used? Squandering money and food!

There was something in his heart that he didn't say: "How good would it be if all this money was given to himself?" ”

Wang Dou used him as a night pot, kept the good things for himself, and handed over all the bad things to himself, so that he won the name of the "traitor army" in the town, and also made Du Xun very angry, insidious, cunning, and stingy...... and so on, Du Xun privately labeled Wang Dou without money.

However, Du Xun had to admit that these people were very motivated, because they got more rations and wages than they got for their work, so they were naturally enthusiastic.

Also, this large-scale exit can be described as a grand event that has not been seen in a hundred years in the country, and many people in the town have followed, so it is good to take the opportunity to show your face and do some business.

How many tens of thousands of troops gathered outside the plug, I don't know how long it will take, the need for all kinds of materials, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, melons, fruits and vegetables are just idle, similar to honeycomb coal, iron nails and other things, all need a lot, just outside the plug to open a factory and mine, the supply is timely, but also save costs.

As the supervisor of Xuanfu Town, Du Xun represented the imperial court, and also reported to Emperor Chongzhen the cause and effect of the war, and was assigned to a ministry that accompanied the military discipline and supervised the transportation of grain and grass.

At first, I was very happy, I could make a big profit, and then I found that I was just an empty shelf, and I couldn't interfere in the affairs of the Jingbian Army at all, so I could only make some leftovers, and I couldn't help but be annoyed in my heart, and scolded again: "Fuck Wang Dou, Lao Du, I have been bad luck for eight lifetimes, and I met this broom star!" ”

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The Xuanwu Army of the Han Dynasty, as the vanguard, set off from Zhencheng and passed all the way through the left acropolis, the right acropolis, Xinkaibao, Yehuling and other places.

The border town of the Ming Dynasty, generally ten or twenty miles, set up a post station warm shop, after Wang Dou arrived in the town, ordered all roads in Xuanfu Town, such as the East Road to deal with, in the surrounding area to demarcate a part of the area, belong to the name of the post station.

This part of the land can be operated by post soldiers or family members, or it can be rented out to merchants to handle inns, tea shops, restaurants, warehouses, civil letter bureaus, etc.

Transportation is the hard demand of the people, food and accommodation when traveling, mailing letters, goods, etc., is a hard demand, mastering transportation, mastering wealth.

Therefore, although part of the income of the post station must be handed over, only the part that remains, which makes these post guards, like the post guards on the East Road, become part of the first to get rich, and the post stations in Xuanfu Town have become more and more large taxpayers.

Of course, this is also the result of Wang Dou's regulation of the "delivery of messengers" to each post station, otherwise, no matter how much the income of each post station is, it will not be enough for officials to eat and drink along the way.

The post station is a transportation hub, but there are more military uses such as flying to report military affairs, transmitting documents and newspapers, and transferring materials, and now the post guards in Xuanfu Town either only collect rent, or let their wives and children run commercial affairs, and concentrate on military and postal affairs, otherwise the errand will be gone, and all the income will be gone.

After Wang Dou took office, from Xuanfu Zhencheng to Wanquan Youwei, as well as the road of Saiwai Xinghe, not only the post stations have changed greatly, but the official road has also been rectified and smoothed out. At present, a large amount of heavy grain and rice are hoarded in the warehouses of each post road, and when transporting, it is also a relay from station to station.

The military discipline of the Jingbian army is to rest for a quarter of an hour every ten miles of marching, and according to the speed of the march, exactly a part of the soldiers can arrive at a post station, rest nearby, and drink hot water. Eat a few hot buns to replenish your strength.

From now on. The various post stations along the way are also making steamed buns, steamed buns, and baking flatbread day and night. Boiled broth, etc.

The battalion feather cavalry in the Xuanwu Army. On August 1. Crossed the Wild Fox Ridge and arrived at Xinghesuo, two days. The two second-class battalions on the left and right of the Xuanwu Army also crossed the Yehuling, three battalions, more than 10,000 soldiers, and the whole army arrived in the area of Xinghesuo and Shacheng.

At this time, it is the September of the solar calendar in later generations, quite a sense of slaughter, although the sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind is refreshing, and the grass also grows lush and straight, but the grassland of some mountains and rivers is still slightly withered yellow, and the birch trees and larches have also changed the color of the leaves, and even some have become golden.

Some Xuanwu soldiers who had never seen the scenery outside the fortress couldn't help but praise loudly, feeling that the scenery outside the fortress was quite different from the Central Plains.

When the Han Dynasty arrived, Xinghesuo, Shacheng, Huhai and other places have changed greatly, and the baggage of nowhere is gathered here, the people and caravans who come and go gather, the tunbao and the merchant villages, are crowded with people, and this place outside the plug is as lively as a town.

However, the people and the caravan only transported all kinds of materials here, and the rest continued to travel westward, relying on the baggage battalion and the Xuanwu army soldiers to transport them.

In the afternoon, the big banner of the military department, fluttering high on the side of the Haliutu River, the crown of the flag, is a huge silver Xuanwu sculpture, the upper end of the flag, two Xuanwu patterns, below, is the wave of the sun and the moon ornament, on behalf of the Xuanwu Army mark.

This kind of banner can only be owned by generals and battalion generals, and it can also be used when camping.

The square flag of the rest of the march is relatively light, and in addition to the sculptures of the flags and crowns, there are only the sun, moon and waves in the flag, and there are no patterns such as Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu.

After the arrival of the army, the soldiers of the three battalions were stationed on the edge of the Haliutu River, and the tents like wild flowers were densely covered with grasslands, and one tent for one person, because this place belonged to an absolutely safe area, so there was no wooden wall, and trenches were dug, only around the camp, sprinkled with thistle, and patrol personnel were arranged.

In the afternoon of this day, about 3,000 Mongols of the newly annexed army stationed in the Muluan River area also marched west to the Shacheng line through the northwest of Mantaoer, as well as Pingdingbao and other places.

Shen Shiqi was in charge of the Zhongyi Battalion and the New Attached Battalion, and was in charge of the affairs of the New Attached Battalion.

Both of them are cruel and unkind characters, and they are all in awe of both the loyal camp and the new affiliates.

Qi Tianliang, ambassador of the Logistics Department, and Sun Sanjie, general of the baggage battalion, arrived in the Shacheng area early to welcome the arrival of the Xuanwu Army and the newly attached army, and supplied a large amount of hot water, as well as a large number of pigs and sheep, to entertain the officers and men of the Han and North Koreas.

On a long march, if you have the conditions to wash your feet with hot water after camping, you can walk farther the next day, and you will not be easy to get sick, and it is more ideal to have a hot meal to eat.

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Tall and burly, with a face full of flesh, and as vicious as Shen Shiqi, Zeng led these Mongols to arrive, although there were 3,000 horsemen in the camp, but they belonged to multiple tribes, many of which were still small tribes with few mouths.

The largest tribe has only produced 500 soldiers, and some small tribes can only recruit dozens of soldiers, and these subordinate tribesmen, full of 500 people, give them a 1,000 general flag of the Jingbian Army, and 200 people, give them a general flag.

They belong to the direct jurisdiction of the Chinese army, so the flag is golden-edged, and the crown of the flag is also an iron sculpture of the sun, moon and waves, but they also hold Sulu ingots hanging with wolf skins, which are of different shapes and represent the style of their own tribes.

At present, the shogunate does not have much involvement in the management of them, and only in the pastoral areas, some officials such as the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Naturalization have been set up to guide them in raising chickens and ducks, as well as handling tickets and licenses.

However, there is one thing that has been rectified a long time ago, that is, the clothing has been changed back to the original style.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he strictly ordered the Han and Mongolian in the territory, the braided hair and clothes were like Manchu, and the violators were beheaded, so slowly the Mongolian departments were dressed up like Manchurian style, arrow sleeves, crooked button shirts.

Under the order of the shogunate, they changed back to the original Mongol dress, the right robe.

On this expedition, they handed over a part of the cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks to the Logistics Department as military rations, and the soldiers of various units also brought some cheese, hard meat, dry food and other things, but a large part of their grain and grass supply was still uniformly supplied by the Jingbian Army.

After all, these Mongol tribes carried food to fight, just like the Japanese samurai in ancient times, as well as the European knights in the Middle Ages, the disadvantages were obvious, and the food they carried was varied, not to mention the good and the bad, and the number was also different.

After a period of fighting, some tribes still have a month to replenish, while others only have five or six days left.

This is obviously not conducive to the war, and unified supply is necessary.

They camped on the left side of the Xuanwu Army, and because they brought their own tents, each of them had a small tent, with a variety of styles.

Han Dynasty looked at their camp very carefully, he looked at the history books, during the Mengyuan period, the camp of the Mongolian army was very vigilant, not to mention the high ground, the main general will be stationed in the tent, but also to the southeast, there are Luo cavalry, the left and right of the tent, the battalions are orderly, the sentinels are scattered, and the defense is comprehensive.

In addition, the camp also has all kinds of secret means, often before sunset, located in one place, after sunset, and into another camp, as well as pseudo-fortifications, pseudo-camping, pseudo-lights and so on, so the Mongolian army in its heyday, robbery camp sneak attack, etc., is very difficult.

However, these advantages, apparently the Mongols everywhere slowly forgot that the camp that had just been settled, like a concentration camp for refugees and displaced people, was still in the east and in the west, and the tents around him were in place.

Of course, even so, these Mongols played a great role in this battle, they were familiar with the situation of the steppe, and their equipment was good, at least one horse per person, or two or three horses.

After they set up camp, the logistics department also provided them with hot water, pig and mutton and other things, these Mongolians came to ride horses, and did not have the habit of washing their feet, and did not think of hot water to soak their feet, but welcomed the supply of hot tea, and the nomads on the steppe did not drink tea for a day.

There are also large barrels of braised pork, rice, egg soup, vegetables, etc., and everyone cheers after they are brought in.

Just as the farmers in the Central Plains do not necessarily eat the grain they grow, the life of the grassland herdsmen is not as comfortable as imagined, although raising cattle and sheep does not mean that they can often eat meat.

In fact, their life is very busy and hard, all day is grazing, milking, cheesemaking, shearing, tanning, felt-making, collecting animal manure for fuel, and in autumn, cutting grass and storing grass for winter.

In addition, they also have to hunt, gather, and even engage in farming, etc., but it is difficult to eat a full stomach, and it is even more difficult to meet the black and white disasters.

Therefore, they often have to use cow and sheepskin felts to exchange food for the people of the Central Plains, such as cloth, tea, salt, iron pots and other daily necessities, which they cannot lack......

In the 14th century, the plague epidemic in Europe, known as the "Black Death", was rampant for several centuries, taking nearly 30 million lives, which was brought by the Mongol army and the result of the otter eating too much.

Therefore, many people in the Central Plains yearn for life outside the Saiwai, but the nomadic herders on the grassland often envy the settled Han people.

For the newly attached Mongols stationed on the banks of the Muluan River, the nomadic life is not good, and they usually have to move in two weeks, so as not to trample on the nearby turf too much, and they will be displaced and have no fixed place to live.

Generally speaking, in some barren places, it takes 20 acres of grassland to raise a sheep, and at least 3 or 400 sheep are needed to support a family of five, so a herdsman family needs at least 6,000 to 8,000 acres of grassland.

Therefore, the productivity of nomadic herding is very, very low, far lower than agricultural production, and the heads of various departments have now tasted the sweetness of raising cattle and sheep at designated points, especially raising chickens and ducks, although there are also drawbacks, but it is much better than nomadic cattle and sheep.

They are no longer willing to leave their current way of life, and it is impossible for them to leave the sphere of influence of the Jingbian Army.

If they leave, not to mention living a life of exile, who will their chickens and ducks sell to? Nearby nomadic tribes?

And if you want to live the current life, you can't refuse Wang Dou's order, only after sending troops and proving your loyalty, can you become a Yi, really appreciate the land and pasture, and live a settled life, otherwise, maybe one day, they will be expelled. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )