The advantage is that Zhangjiakou is thousands of miles away from Liaodong in the north. If Jiannu wants to mobilize troops for the expedition, he must fight quickly.
Moreover, with the national power of Jiannu, it is okay to launch it once, but it is absolutely impossible to launch it regularly. They can't afford it!
Because fighting the Mongols did not mean entering the border to fight the Han people, the seizures were far from enough for consumption, which was not in line with the later Jin Dynasty's characteristic of using war to support war.
Two or three years would be enough to develop responses to possible attacks by the Jiannu.
There are massive limestone, coal mines, iron ore, quartz stone and other mineral deposits on the base area, which are fully capable of making steel and firing cement.
"Gather grain widely, slowly become king" and absorb a large number of hungry people from Shanxi and Shaanxi, and build a bastion made of cement and stone as soon as possible.
Thousands of armors, thousands of matchlocks or flintlock muskets were made, and thousands of armored warriors were armed and trained.
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Jian Nu worked hard to conquer this city, ensuring that they would cry without tears.
There are seven groups of horse bandits within a radius of 150 miles. Although they do not dare to provoke Huang Yi's base, how can they allow others to snore next to the bed?
Huang Yi carried out deployment on the day he returned to the base area.
The first target was a group of horse bandits whose leader was called Shubudai, about twenty miles away from Dazhai, the base.
Since the day he arrived at the base area, Huang Yi has never relaxed his investigation of the surrounding areas, and has basically mastered the strength of the horse bandits.
In the past, it might have been a bit difficult to attack the lair of horse bandits hidden in the mountains.
Nowadays, the strength has grown to the point where it has 360 armored warriors and a population of more than 3,500. It should be easy to deal with a group of horse thieves who only have a few dozen knights and a population of no more than 3,400.
The first time to encircle and suppress the horse thieves, of course, pick the largest group.
The Budai bandit gang consisted of about fifty horse thieves who were skilled in bow and horse, and more than a hundred young and middle-aged men. They were closest to the base area, so they should be killed first.
Minimizing casualties is still Huang Yi's pursuit, and it is best to have zero casualties.
So he came like a lion and a rabbit and tried his best! A total of 1,200 young men were dispatched, including 360 armored warriors equipped with two layers of armor, and more than 400 equipped with a leather armor or cotton armor.
The remaining four hundred young men were not defenseless. The women had sewn thick vests. The front and back of the vests could be stuffed with wooden boards, and they could definitely withstand a direct shot of about thirty steps from a mounted bow.
Of course, the best situation is to block it with iron plates, so that even if it is hit by an armor-breaking cone-type feather arrow within thirty steps, it will not penetrate.
It's just that iron plates are rare, and it's not possible for everyone to have two pieces that are more than one foot square.
When Huang Yi's troops first came to the base area, they were on pins and needles defending the Butai bandits.
They are always prepared for an attack.
Who knew that they were just building camps and living peacefully, without sending troops to attack at all.
The next few months were uneventful, and the Shubudai bandits naturally relaxed their vigilance.
Suddenly they were surrounded by thousands of soldiers and horses, and everyone in the garrison Budai bandits panicked.
The members of this gang are mixed, including Mongolians and Han Chinese.
Huang Yi did not arrange a sneak attack, but cut off the mountain roads with lightning speed and blocked several mountain passes that he already knew well.
Then Hu Xiaochuan and Huang Dazhi were dispatched to speak in Mongolian respectively.
The content is simple. This place has been surrounded. If you want to survive, surrender honestly.
Huang Yi allowed the surrendered leader Shu Butai to take his family and leave, and allowed him to take away one thousand taels of silver, clothes, quilts and other daily necessities.
Gangs don't just have big leaders, there must be second-in-commands, third-in-commands, etc.
There were more than a dozen brothers who started the business in Shubutai in the early days. Half of them died in the past few years, and the remaining ones became the second, third, and seventh masters respectively.
He has been here for more than ten years, and the gold and silver treasures accumulated in his family cannot be worth less than ten thousand taels of silver. How can he just take a thousand taels of silver and leave?
Moreover, he did not believe that after surrendering, his opponent would give him money to let him live.
It is necessary to resist stubbornly.
Guard Budai has the ability to resist stubbornly. His seven leaders are skilled in archery and horsemanship, and they all managed to escape from death. There are more than 160 brothers in the stronghold, and half of them are proficient in riding and archery.
In addition, the walls of the village are made of solid stones, and the grain, dried meat, bacon, and salt stored in the cave are enough to feed more than 300 people for a year.
So Budai personally came to the crenel on the wall and shouted in Mongolian and Chinese.
The content is also very simple, saying that he and Guibu are not in conflict with each other, so why do they want to attack?
If your troops retreat, he is willing to give you two thousand taels of silver and one hundred dan of grain.
If you fail to persuade them to surrender, then fight!
Huang Yi asked Hu Xiaochuan and Huang Dazhi to continue shouting and improve the conditions to persuade them to surrender, with the purpose of luring Shubudai to stay at the crenel.
The distance between the two sides' shouting was far more than a stone's throw away, reaching 140 to 50 steps. The shouters also held shields to prevent the other party from suddenly rushing forward and shooting cold arrows.
But Huang Yi was confident in his shooting skills, the range and rate of fire of the crossbow, and he was already quietly aiming at Shubudai.
As long as the other party is negligent, Huang Yi will pull the trigger.
Of course Huang Dazhi knew how powerful Huang Yi's deadly steel crossbow was. In order to create opportunities for Huang Yi, he simply put down his shield, shouted and moved around to attract the attention of the opponent's personnel.
He pointed behind him and said loudly:
"You should have seen that our army has more than a thousand armored warriors, and it is easy to capture your small village. The reason why I am willing to spend time to persuade you to surrender is because God has a good life, and my family hopes to kill less."
Shubudai added in a slightly stiff Chinese:
"We have never been disadvantageous to your department, and we have never thought of becoming an enemy of your department. If your department is willing to stop our troops, we will fight.
I am willing to give three thousand taels of silver and one hundred stones of wheat to the army! I also promise that Kaichun will lead everyone out of here. "
Huang Dazhi also raised the conditions and said: "Surrender is your only way to survive. How about this? We allow you to take two thousand taels of silver and take your family away, and allow the other leaders to take five hundred taels of silver. How about that?"
"Have you ever thought about how many people will die if we really capture our mountain stronghold? One hundred people may not be enough? We are willing to give you money and food, so why do you have to suffer?"
"We have this mere copycat of yours at our fingertips. I am not in a hurry to attack but am willing to talk to you because I want to give you and everyone in the copycat a way out."
"In this case, how good is it that we live in peace and harmony? Let's do this. I will give you all the four thousand taels of silver I have accumulated. You..."
Just as Shubudai stretched his neck to persuade him, he suddenly noticed a black dot flying towards him.
He immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly hid behind the crenel while shrinking his head and bending down.
But it was too late, "Pfft!", "Ah!" Shubudai let out a scream!
