October 26, the second year of Yongping.
The last remnant soldiers of the Jin Kingdom were sent to the capital of the Jin Kingdom and finally arrived in the territory of the Turkic Moro tribe. The month-long migration came to an end.
Since most of their migration routes were based on the border between the ancestral land of the Jin Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom's imperial court, the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Six Guards of the New Army of the Northern Expedition were ordered by Yunyang to take advantage of the speed of the cavalry to deal with the mixed forces. The remnant soldiers of the Jin Kingdom pursued and intercepted him, but in the end they had little effect.
First of all, Dalong's map has not been extended to the terrain outside the Jin Kingdom, and he is really not familiar with the terrain, which caused great inconvenience to the march.
Secondly, the empress and others arranged a trick to confuse their hearing and hearing. There were horse hoof prints and infantry footprints everywhere in a radius of fifty miles.
The Six Guards of the New Army really couldn't figure out which group was the real main force of the remaining soldiers.
If the troops are concentrated, they will often miss the target. If the pursuit route is re-planned, the enemy is already hundreds of miles away. If the troops are dispersed, they are afraid of being ambushed by the enemy. If the pursuit fails, they will be ambushed by them.
Due to various factors, only a small number of Jin's remnants were captured. The real main force of the enemy's remnants was pursued and intercepted by the Six Guards Cavalry of the New Army and detoured into the Turkic territory, completing the alliance of forces.
Looking at the enemy's excitement, Cheng Kai and his six men led their soldiers and horses in pursuit to the Moro River on the Jintu border. They had to stop and did not dare to go deeper alone.
Riding horses and whips all the way, they had already opened an unknown distance from the main infantry under the pursuit action of galloping and attacking.
I didn't dare to go deep rashly, not because I was afraid of being ambushed by the Turks and the remaining enemies of the Jin Kingdom, but because I didn't have much dry food on me.
On the grassland at the end of October, the grass was withered and yellow, but the war horses still had something to eat, but the soldiers couldn't feed on grass like the war horses.
After the first battle of the Jin Kingdom, the Six Guards had 300,000 cavalry, and now there are about 260,000 left. With the Turks and the cavalry from the ancestral land of the Jin Kingdom attacking each other, and with the support of the main siege infantry from time to time, the new army All six military guards were injured, and the total casualties were nearly 40,000.
With 260,000 cavalry in hand, Cheng Kai and the others were not afraid to make enemies of any troops on the Turkic grasslands.
Once they encounter the hundreds of thousands of main troops of the Jintu Alliance, if they can't defeat them, they will retreat in a roundabout way, and then wait for an opportunity to attack again when the enemy's defenses are empty.
But all prerequisites must be based on sufficient food and grass.
Only when there is sufficient food and grass can the army go deep into the vast grassland alone, travel long distances, and fight in great depths.
Therefore, when food and grass could not be replenished in time, Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu discussed many times and gave up the plan of venturing into Turkic territory to fight.
October is already cold enough.
At this time last year, heavy snow had already covered the Turks and the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Although the generals were still missing due to the snow this year, no one dared to ignore the potential crisis.
If heavy snow suddenly hits shortly after entering the Turks, not only the people will not be able to eat, but even the horses will not be able to eat.
At that time, it was a fatal threat to the cavalry.
The generals who have been working under Liu Mingzhi for many years have learned the habits and style of the commander-in-chief Liu Mingzhi, and they are determined not to fight an uncertain battle.
Before setting off for the expedition, the commander sternly asked him and others to take the brothers back with him. They dare not forget the instructions for a moment.
It is important to perform meritorious service, but one cannot treat the lives of brothers as child's play.
With more than 200,000 elite cavalry, if anything went wrong at all, he and others would be blamed even if they were killed by the Nine Clans.
What's more, the army was accompanied by a prince and two young masters, which made it even more careless.
Above the vast wilderness of the Morro River.
More than 200,000 cavalrymen stretched as far as the eye could see.
The three Liu Chengfeng brothers rode towards Cheng Kai and the others. The three brothers now looked less immature and more resolute.
"Uncle, why did you stop and not continue the pursuit?"
Cheng Kai and others, who had dismounted and looked at the map, turned around when they heard Liu Chengfeng's question.
"Chengfeng, we are short of food and grass now. If we continue to go deeper, once we lose contact with the main force behind us and the food and grass army on the grassland, we may be in danger of running out of food and grass.
Now we have to stop and wait for the commander and the others!
Otherwise, once the food and grass are exhausted, even if we will not die in the ambush of the Turks and the remaining Jin enemies, we will starve to death in the vast grassland wilderness. "
Cheng Kai and the others had already explained. Only then did the three brothers know what was going on, and they put away their questions and said no more.
Zhou Baoyu looked at the three sensible brothers with a chuckle and rolled up the map in his hands.
"Lao Cheng, Lao Ye, Fuji, Lao Chu, Lao Ning, I think we should station ourselves in Xingzhou, Muzhou, and Jinzhou and wait for the arrival of the main force from the rear.
Now that the three cities have all been owned by our dragon, we can avoid the cold by entering the city. Once the Turkic and Jin coalition forces take the initiative to visit, we will also have the advantage of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending. "
Cheng Kai and others discussed for a while, and Ye Baotong waved to Cheng Kai and the other five to move to talk.
The six of them looked around at the brothers who were getting ready, and then walked not far away.
"Lao Ye, what did you say first to make it so mysterious?"
Ye Baotong looked around and lowered his voice intentionally: "I think we should not take the initiative to wait for the arrival of the main army and join forces with them, but should send brothers along the way to come back for reinforcements and take the initiative to take over the food and grass to supplement our food and grass consumption. "
The few of them looked at each other, thought for a moment, and seemed to understand what Ye Baotong meant.
"Are you saying that in the Turkic War, we are still our own army?"
Ye Baotong nodded solemnly: "Yes, that's what I mean. The battle on the grassland should be based on cavalry, combined with infantry. Although it can relieve some of the pressure on infantry, the advantage of our cavalry will be the greatest constraint. .
Among our six guards and horses, none of the guards and horses has gone deep into the hinterland of the grassland alone in the past few national wars, and has rich experience in grassland combat.
Compared with siege and fortification, grassland warfare is dominated by cavalry. If we continue to rely mainly on infantry, our casualties will probably double.
So I think we should form our own army and support each other.
We, the Six Guards, have been working together for many years and our cooperation is seamless. However, we do not have such a tacit understanding with the seniors of the Northern Xinjiang Six Guards.
It is better to form an army of our own and fully utilize our advantages.
Isn’t that what the prince meant? "
Cheng Kai and the other five fell silent, holding their chins and thinking.
"agree!"
"Seconded!"
"agree...."
Cheng Kai and the other five thought for a while and agreed with Ye Baotong's intention.
"Let's go to the city to discuss this matter carefully. For now, it's better to go to the city to repair it. The weather in the Turks is so damn evil. We must send a message to the old commander and ask him to send a message to the court to prepare cotton-padded clothes for the winter.
Otherwise, I’m afraid this winter will be difficult.
Now that the city belongs to us, we can't tear down our own houses and light fires to keep warm! "
"Okay, let's enter the city first and discuss who is better to send to take over the food and grass."
Under the leadership of six people, 200,000 troops and horses were stationed in Jinzhou in two groups to renovate the city.
Two days later, a few people had just discussed the general who would take over the food and grass supplies, and crystal snowflakes fell from the dark sky.
Winter in the North came again without warning, announcing that the plans of the Northern Expedition Army and the Jing Army Turks had to be shelved.
Half a month later, the main infantry of the Northern Expedition, under the command of Yunyang and others, settled in Jinzhou, Songzhou, Xingzhou, and Muzhou in the face of wind and snow, and carried out repairs.
The generals in Yunyang also started working on the latest battle report.
However, they didn't know that the heavy snow that arrived in time gave the Queen new hope.
Because of the heavy snow, it meant that Dalong's plan to move people and gradually settle in the Kingdom of Jin had to be shelved.
Now Dalong's soldiers and horses have pursued him to the grassland.
This means that the territory and city they captured will become empty and uninhabited land except for a small number of troops stationed there.
The people who went to their ancestral land at this time had a chance to migrate back again to survive this severe winter.
Under the ice and snow, more than ten golden eagles cut through the sky and soared into the wind and snow.
