On Xuanfu East Road, the Ning Navy Cavalry Unit led by Zhao Wencai achieved brilliant results. They swept away more than a dozen Mongolian tribes near Zhangbei in one breath like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and captured tens of thousands of war horses. As for them, they burned them The forage lost and the cattle and sheep killed are incalculable.
However, they never found a large number of enemy troops. Zhao Wencai tried to arch northward, advanced for more than a hundred miles, and fiercely grabbed more than 3,000 horses and 500 camels.
Then, they no longer encountered large groups of Mongolian cavalry. The large number of Mobei Mongolians seemed to have disappeared, and not even a shadow could be found.
Zhao Wencai looked at the surrendered Mobei Mongolian generals beside him and said, "Where are you...the Mongolian army?"
Several captains had different expressions on their faces: "Isn't it bad that we haven't encountered a large force?"
Although Mobei Mongolia is poorer than Monan Mongolia, the problem is that no matter how poor the Mongolian tribe is, at least they can reach Xuanfu East Road, which means that they will bring a certain amount of dried meat, cattle and sheep. During this period, Zhao Wen Cai led them to grab a lot of supplies, and they followed Ning Haijun and ate with their mouths full of oil.
The most important part of the supplies for the Ning Navy cavalry soldiers is actually compressed biscuits. Although compressed biscuits can supplement the abilities needed by the human body, they do not taste good. Although the taste is not good, it contains sesame seeds, peanut oil, puffed powder, and white sugar. For the Mobei Mongolian cavalry who have never eaten compressed biscuits, this is simply delicious.
After all, the supplies available to Mobei Mongolia are more limited. They are short of salt and even more sugar. Sugar and salt are luxuries for the Mobei Mongolians.
There are also canned foods that the Ning Navy soldiers are tired of eating. For the Mobei Mongolians, this is a rare delicacy. They exchange the captured beef and mutton with the Ning Navy soldiers for compressed biscuits and cans. Both parties think they have made a lot of money. .
Several captains raised their eyes: "Aren't we going to advance? The battle was going so smoothly, why aren't we going to advance?"
"You know we can take advantage of the situation and sweep across the entire grassland and snatch away all their cattle and sheep!"
In fact, these Mongolian generals have no national concept at all. Many people say that the Mongolians are very united. This is simply talking nonsense with their eyes open.
At that time, the Mongolian army made three western expeditions, and a total of more than 60,000 troops were killed. However, in the internal struggles of the Yuan Dynasty, they suffered more than one million casualties. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the internal fighting became more intense, with more than 200 casualties. Thousands of people, if not for the loss of too many people in the internal fighting of the Yuan Dynasty, the northern expedition of the Ming Dynasty would not have been easy.
Although Mobei Mongolia is divided into three Khan tribes, Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan and Zhasaktu Khan. The three Khan tribes often fight to the death. They are known as the last Great Khan of Mongolia. Two-thirds of his energy, It also deals with various Mongolian ministries.
These Mongolian generals who had taken refuge with Zhao Wencai attacked the Mongols even more ruthlessly than Ning's navy officers.
"It's because the fight went too smoothly that we can't move forward! Do you remember how your ancestors dealt with the Han people? Now they have used this set of tricks on us!"
Zhao Wencai actually also understood the tactics of the Mongols. The Mongols used only two tricks to attack the Ming army that was forcibly conquering them. They could either lure the enemy in deep and exhaust the Ming army's supplies before setting up ambushes. , a pack of wolves surrounded the Ming army and bit them fiercely, until the Ming army completely collapsed.
This trick is generally used to deal with infantry, and it has been tried and true; and the way to deal with the highly maneuverable cavalry is to throw a large number of herds to the Ming army. The Ming army would not be willing to give up the benefits that come to their door. Once they bring them with them, With a large number of herds on the road, the cavalry's maneuverability, which depends on winning, could not be used at all. However, the Mongolian cavalry, which was completely unburdened, could be mobilized calmly and eventually completely submerged the opponent.
Zhao Wencai leads all cavalry with super mobility. Using this move to deal with him can be said to be the right medicine. It's just a pity that Mobei Mongolia is too poor now, so poor that there is nothing to throw away.
"Report to General Zhao, at the beginning, our three major khanates divided their respective regions. The eastern part belonged to our Tushetu Khan tribe, the middle part belonged to Zhasaktu Khan, and the westernmost part belonged to the Chechen Khan tribe!"
"Let's go, let's go to Datong and meet Zasak Tuhan!"
Just when Zhao Wencai was about to turn around and head towards Datong, the Mongolian cavalry that had disappeared appeared. These Mongolian cavalry did not attack, but just wandered around the powerful warning curtain, seeming to be looking for the weakness of Ning Haijun's cavalry.
The scouts sent by Zhao Wencai tried to expel them, but these Mongolian cavalry did not intend to engage in a fierce scout fight. When they saw the Ning Haijun cavalry scouts rushing towards them, they immediately retreated far away and waited until the Ning Haijun cavalry scolded them. Hou stopped chasing and immediately hung up again. This feeling of being followed like a ghost and being hit but unable to hit is really maddening.
Of course, if the Ning navy cavalry becomes fierce and pursues them desperately, they can still catch up with these damn Mongolian cavalry and beat them up, but Zhao Wencai does not intend to do this. He does not want to see his own The troops were led by a small group of scouts and rushed all the way into the ambush circle. When the horses were running out of breath, the tragedy happened.
Therefore, he commanded the army to retreat calmly and orderly. As long as the Mongolian cavalry did not take the initiative to attack them, he would ignore them. You can follow if you like. If the Mongolian cavalry took the initiative to attack, Zhao Wencai said he would be happy to see it and attack Ning Haijun. He could not find any other word to describe this move except seeking death.
The tactics of the nomads are somewhat similar to those of wolves besieging reindeer. Reindeer are ten times the size of wolves and have sharp antlers. If a wolf tries to attack hard, it can easily be kicked or hit by the antlers, killing it.
Therefore, wolves will never attack a strong reindeer head-on. They will observe patiently, find the weakest one, target it and attack, constantly wander around the reindeer to create noise, and rush forward when they see the opportunity. Bite hard, creating a bloody wound on the reindeer, and then run away quickly. When you find an opportunity, you can rush in and bite again, leaving the reindeer in a state of panic and blood loss. The cycle starts over and over again. No matter how strong the reindeer is, it will soon... He collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, and then the killing began.
This cunning and rogue tactic is simply incomprehensible to infantry. Two-legged infantry can never catch up with four-legged horses. Although the infantry phalanx can effectively resist cavalry attacks, it is impossible for infantry to do so in the field. They lined up in square formations 24 hours a day, with their helmets on and their armor on, which also meant that those hateful cavalry could always find an opportunity to bite them hard. This kind of vicious bite was quite fatal, and often even Before the final battle, the infantry collapsed.
However, this tactic was useless against the Ning Navy cavalry. They had many cavalry with excellent maneuverability, and the careful and powerful warning curtain was enough to isolate the possibility of the Mongolian cavalry rushing over to launch a wolf attack. More importantly, Zhao Wencai also has more than 8,000 Mongolian cavalry under his command. The Mongols are too familiar with Mongolian tactics. It is useless to play this trick with them!
A Mongolian captain looked at the cotton-padded clothes worn by the Ning navy soldiers beside him and asked with envy: "Can we wear these cotton-padded clothes?"
"sure!"
"How can I wear this kind of cotton-padded clothes?"
Although the Mongols are nomadic people, their leather tanning technology is too rough. They are also cowhide boots. The cowhide boots on Ning Haijun's feet are not hard, and are very soft and very warm. However, the boots made by the Mongolians are easy to It leaked. In this ice and snow, the thermal insulation effect was extremely poor, and many people's feet had been frostbitten.
"Then we need to finish the war and wait until we reach Liaodong, or wait for our supplies to be delivered. Now the Mongols are going crazy, attacking the Great Wall, and the supplies cannot be delivered!"
"Damn Mongols!"
The captain believed that it was the Mongols that prevented him from putting on cotton-padded clothes. These servant cavalry found that the Ning navy soldiers were very kind, well-equipped, and well-fed. Like in the past, in Mobei Mongolia, only the princes and nobles could drink tea. They can drink it almost every day, and there is no limit.
It is still the kind of can that cannot be described in words. Once it is roasted on the fire, the whole box is filled with oil. It is so delicious.
More importantly, Ning Haijun is very fair. Credit is calculated based on the head level. A head is a credit, and you can claim credit if you hold the head. Moreover, no one else can take the credit away from them. Unlike in the past, when they win a war, the credit belongs to the nobles and their master. If they lose, they will be punished.
"One head and ten acres of land?"
"yes!"
"Can we also live in a big house?"
"sure!"
"Can we be like you?"
"Okay, our Ninghai navy is not all Han. There are Koreans, Xiaori, and Jurchens in our army. There are actually quite a few Mongolians like you in Liaodong!"
"Really?"
"Why don't you ask Mr. Qian Qian!"
Qiyan Qian was the Mongolian who surrendered to Ning Haijun in the Battle of Haizhou. At that time, he was just a centurion of the Mongolian Right Banner, and later he was promoted to Qian Commander in various battles.
If it weren't for Qiyan's lack of education and his failure to pass the examination, he would now be at least a general at the level of Dusi, and his status would not be lower than Hu Erqi's.
With Qiyan, a Mongolian general who was dressed the same as General Ning and owned an independent tent, appearing and speaking out, these Mongolians who followed Zhao Wencai now had only one idea in their heads: to eliminate the Mongols and live a good life with General Ning. day.
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In Miyun, on the bank of Baihe River, there is the camp of Ninghai Navy Guards.
Thousands of Mongolian soldiers shouted in unison and rushed to Ning Haijun's ice wall front line like a tide. At this time, the sound of killing on the battlefield beside the Yingbai River was loud!
From the Ning Haijun Camp a few days ago, the current Ning Haijun Camp has retreated several miles. The Mongols have broken through at least a dozen ice walls in succession. But the problem is that just when the Mongolian army launched a charge towards the ice wall At that time, the civilians of the Ming Dynasty were nervously building ice walls.
Casting an ice wall is very simple. Dig out the snow that can be found everywhere and build it into a snow wall. Use a shovel to pound it down, pour boiling hot water on it, and then it's all set. This kind of ice wall is actually far better than using a snow wall. The breastwork made of earth is even simpler.
However, the attacking Mongolian army suffered miserably. It was not that they didn't understand muskets. They also knew that muskets would explode if fired for a long time. But the problem was that Ning Haijun's muskets were different from those they encountered. Not only The shooting range is long, but the key is that it can shoot for such a long time without exploding the barrel.
In fact, if Ning Haijun's rifle is fired for a long time, the barrel will turn red. But the problem is that it is an ice and snow environment, and the barrel will turn red if it is placed against the ice wall.
"Stab it..."
Just one shot and you can continue shooting. Of course, Ning Haijun's soldiers will finish their bullets, but it will take some time. The basic number of ammunition carried by each soldier is sixty rounds. With the impressive rate of fire of the bolt-action rifle, you really have to be patient if you want to finish so many bullets. .
What's more, behind Cheng Shijie is Miyun County. Although the Bohai Sea is sealed and the Ninghai Navy's transport ships or warships cannot sail, the problem is that the Ninghai Navy's ice boats can sail without hindrance, and in order to facilitate passage on the ice of the Bohai Sea, Ninghai Navy The navy also learned from the Qin Dynasty's practice of running cars on the same track and laying straw mats in the middle of the ice boat to prevent the draft horses from slipping.
Now a large amount of grain has been transported to the capital. Seeing the grain from Liaodong being transported to the capital, the price of grain in the capital has dropped from 89 taels of silver to 30 taels of silver. Although it is still very expensive, it can be foreseen that in the next period of time, grain prices will Prices will continue to fall, and those grain merchants who hoard rare goods will definitely lose their money this time.
Many of the grains they ate at high prices were released by Cheng Shijie. You must know that the price of grain in Liaodong is only seven or eight silver dollars per stone, the price of grain in Jiangnan is similar, and the price of grain in Luzon is even lower. Even if it is shipped to Tianjin will not exceed five silver coins.
The cost of food in Luzon is far lower than that in the Ming Dynasty. Not only is the weather good, but there are also three crops of rice. One acre of land can be used as three acres of land. Although the yield is low, it cannot support a larger harvest.
Cheng Shijie narrowed his eyes and looked quietly at the attacking Mongolian army.
Although hundreds of Mongolian soldiers threw down their heavy shields and improvised shield vehicles, they retreated towards the back.
Gunbu roared: "Those who flee will die! Those who disrupt the formation will die!"
The Mongolian archers around him coldly drew their strong bows again and fired random arrows. Another large area of the defeated Mongolian army fell.
Gunbu's beast-like roar mixed with the scream of sharp arrows piercing the air was particularly thrilling. The defeated Mongolian army shivered from his roar, and hesitantly stopped under the threat of death.
Gunbu roared angrily: "Look at what you are like now. Do you still deserve to be called the eagle on the grassland? Do you still deserve to be the descendants of Genghis Khan? A few firearms scared you into this. It's shameful. What a shame! Even if I bring a group of women over to fight Ming Gou, they won’t be as embarrassed as you are!"
The defeated Mongolian soldiers made him roar until his face turned green and white, and it was as hot as a slap in the face.
A captain said with a mournful face: "Great Khan, the Ming army's guns are so powerful, even if we have copper skin and iron bones, we can't resist them!"
Gunbu rode over with a sullen face, staring at the captain fiercely. Suddenly he pulled out his scimitar with a clang and slashed across it with a slash. The captain's head whirled along the blade and flew out, his eyes still glaring. He was so shocked that he seemed unable to believe that Gunbu fell out of favor so quickly!
Gunbu's facial features were slightly distorted, his expression was ferocious, and his face was spattered by the column of blood spurted from the neck of the commander. He was like a demon possessing him, not to mention ordinary Mongolian soldiers, even Kyaktu and Kebai. The Mongolian nobleman had no reason to have a cold war, and he didn't dare to let go.
The leader of the Tu Xie Tu tribe spit fire from his eyes and roared angrily: "What kind of magic? It's just some inferior firearms! How can you be so frightened by just a few firearms? Your ancestors knew this, so I'm afraid they'll be angry. We have to stand up from where they died!"
He kicked down the headless corpse that refused to fall down, and said solemnly: "Anyone who disrupts the morale of the army will suffer the same fate as him. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
"Hold your troops and fight again tomorrow!"
During this period, the person who felt most aggrieved was definitely the artillery commander Yuan Shiliang, because Cheng Shijie had always disagreed with the firing of artillery. He was waiting for the Mongolian army to press all the troops. During this period, Gun Bu, a local soldier, Tuhan is actually not stupid. He has already seen that the big boss in the DPRK wants to use him as a gun.
However, as a Khan King of the Khan tribe, Gunbu did not want to be a gun, so he always attacked cautiously, each time with a hundred or hundreds of troops.
The current Mongolian army's attacks are very regular. Around ten o'clock in the morning, when the Mongolian army has finished breakfast, it begins the first round of tentative attacks, followed by shelling for nearly an hour.
After the bombardment, there was an attack by hundreds of troops, which lasted until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when they stopped fighting on time.
In this case, Cheng Shijie murmured: "Something's wrong!"
"Commander, you mean..."
"The Mongols' reaction is wrong!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Where did the Mongols come up with such a waste of time? Attacking like this will definitely reduce casualties, but the problem is, how can they have so much food and grass to consume?"
Meng En was stunned for a moment, and he immediately figured this out. If under normal circumstances, a soldier can eat three liters of food, the problem is that in combat situations, the food supply must be doubled. Although the Mongols can eat cheese, milk , goat milk, meat and other supplements, the food consumed is much less.
However, now it is a real icy and snowy environment. Drops of water turn into ice, and breath turns into ice. Cattle, sheep, and horses cannot obtain forage in the wild. They must carry forage. If there is no forage, they can only use grain to feed cattle, sheep, and horses. In this way, grain consumption will increase exponentially.
Where did the Mongolians get their food and grass from?
Meng En suddenly realized: "The commander-in-chief means...that someone is providing food and grass to the Mongols?"
"This is inevitable!"
Cheng Shijie laughed and said: "The Mongolian army in front of us is at least 50,000 to 60,000 horses. People eat horses and chew them. They must consume a lot of food every day. They dare to do this now, which means they have obtained food!"
Gun Bu is a very smart man. He has already seen that Ning Haijun's defense line is not easy to attack. When the big boss in the DPRK sends someone to urge him to attack, he will cry for poverty. Of course, now he is really poor and wants to attack the big boss in the DPRK. We want food, cotton-padded clothes, artillery, gunpowder, muskets, and all kinds of things.
Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "Those civil servants are so cruel. In order to suppress the military generals and deal with me, they did not hesitate to push this country into a bottomless abyss. Now I finally understand that there is no country at all in their eyes. As long as They respect Confucius and Confucianism, and as long as they treat scholar-bureaucrats favorably, they don't care about changing dynasties at all! As long as their interests are ensured, they will accept even a dog being their emperor!"
There was no respect for the emperor in Cheng Shijie's words.
He just felt that Emperor Chongzhen was too naive. Did he really think it would be easy to have a eunuch and a powerful minister? Wei Zhongxian can overwhelm the civil servants of the court in just a few years. This is his real ability.
Although Emperor Chongzhen later intentionally promoted and reused eunuchs, whether it was Gao Qiqian, Cao Huachun, or Wang Zhixin, they were somewhat good at making money, but when it came to being bad, ruthless, and able to grasp the overall situation, they were much worse than Wei Zhongxian. too much.
During the entire Youming Dynasty, Liu Jin and Wang Zhen appeared, but the problem was that both Liu Jin and Wang Zhen were teased by civil servants, and there was only one Wei Zhongxian.
"The selfishness of these civil servants is really frightening... Commander, if Liaodong wants to remain prosperous, it must not use such selfish and short-sighted people!"
"If we don't use them... there will really be no one left to use!"
Cheng Shijie actually wanted to lead an army to clear the emperor's side and kill all these bastards, but the question was, if he killed them, who would fill the vacancy?
Scholars in the Ming Dynasty are either traditional gentry or businessmen, but in fact, businessmen are not a good thing. In many time travels, the author will use businessmen to check and balance the gentry as a good medicine.
In fact, this is a very naive idea.
Compared with the gentry, the merchants were even more savage. The gentry's interests lay in land and cultural control, while the merchants dared to do anything profitable. When it comes to betraying the country and seeking glory, businessmen will be more thorough and shameless than scholars. Both sides are standing on a pile of coal, and no one is nobler than the other.
To be fair, the Qing Dynasty in history learned many lessons from the fall of the Ming Dynasty. After the Manchus entered the customs, although they still valued scholar-bureaucrats, they did not blindly treat scholars as they did in the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they were treated equally. The gentry also had to pay grain and taxes. The people rest and recuperate.
Of course, the Qing Dynasty is not a good thing. No matter how you wash it, it is still a dirty thing. The only contribution is probably that in the early stage, it forced the gentry to pay the grain as one.
Through the reaction of the Mongolian army, Cheng Shijie guessed that the Mongolian army should be supported by some people in the DPRK. The Mongolian army had too few supplies. The longer the delay, the more advantageous it would be for Cheng Shijie. But now that the Mongolian army is full of energy, it does not seem like it is lacking at all.
Cheng Shijie decided to start a war of attrition.
The longer time passes, the more favorable the situation will be for Cheng Shijie. After all, although his own supplies cannot feed the entire Ming Dynasty, he can feed at least half of them.
As long as we can get through the most difficult period, the future is still promising.
Cheng Shijie looked at Meng En and said, "Go and find the people from Jin Yiwei. I want information!"
"What information?"
"It's absolutely impossible for those bastards to pin their hopes on the Tuxie Tuhan tribe. Their eggs will not be put in one basket. These bastards have been playing for thousands of years..."
Meng En was slightly startled: "The commander-in-chief means that they are also working on other aspects?"
"snort!"
Cheng Shijie snorted coldly and said: "Our Ming Dynasty lacks everything except generals like Qiao Zhaolin who are good at digging into camps. Emperor Taizu used the method of peeling skins and stuffing them with grass and failed to control corruption. I used the method of riding a wooden donkey. , it can only scare a small number of people, but there are still some people who will take desperate measures. Now I am sitting on the east side of Xuanfu, what about Datong? Where are the other towns? "
Meng En smiled bitterly and said: "Commander Jin Yiwei has made Luo Yangxing's appetite grow bigger and bigger, I'm afraid they will eat like a lion!"
"This is all a small problem. Money doesn't grow. This money is only temporarily placed with them. Even if they squander it, how much can they spend?"
Cheng Shijie said coldly: "If they eat my money, they will have to spit it out to me in the future with profits!"
PS: I originally planned to update it around twelve, but due to the power outage, it was not released. It will be a little later. I will continue tomorrow! (End of chapter)
