Chen Xunping and staff officer Qin Rong were lying on the wall of the Tiger Character Banner camp.
The two people each held a monocular telescope in their hands, and observed the movement in the direction of the yurt through the monocular telescope in their hands.
"The camp is up, the Mongols seem to be retreating. This is already the second team to leave." Qin Rong turned to look at Chen Xunping and said.
There are special observation posts in the camp.
Both of them heard signs of the Mongolian army mobilizing troops and horses, so they rushed to the wall to observe the Mongolian movements.
Chen Xunping hesitated for a moment and said: "It stands to reason that after the Mongols suffered such a huge defeat, it would be normal for them to retreat, but there were too few Mongolian soldiers and horses who left."
"Could it be that the Mongols want to evacuate in batches to prevent us from sending troops to pursue them?" Qin Rong expressed his guess.
Chen Xunping slowly shook his head and said: "The Mongols cannot be afraid of us sending troops to chase them. Don't forget, the Mongols are cavalry. If we want to pursue them, we can only send cavalry to chase them, but the cavalry we have is not enough." To fill the gap between the Mongols' teeth."
"That's true. The entire armored cavalry battalion does not have a thousand cavalry, and the cavalry brigade brought by Captain Tan only has a few hundred cavalry. There is no way it can be an opponent of the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops." Qin Rong pursed his lips.
The insufficient number of cavalry has always been a shortcoming of the Tiger Flag.
Nowadays, although Tiger Character Banner has a way to get enough war horses from the grassland, training a cavalry is not something that happens overnight. It is not as simple as training ordinary soldiers. They can go to the battlefield with a blunderbuss in a few months and fight for one or two games. After the war, he became an elite veteran.
Chen Xunping put down the monocular telescope in his hand and said, "Don't worry about the Mongols. Next, we will continue to build the fort and complete the tasks assigned by you before winter."
Because the arrival of the Mongolian army delayed their construction of the fort, he knew very well that he needed to build the fort as soon as possible. Before winter, it was necessary to ensure that the forts between Dahei River and Xinping Fort were connected to form a A link made of forts can communicate what is needed.
"Aren't we going to meet up with Zhang Yingzheng and the others in the Dunbao?" Qin Rong looked surprised.
Chen Xunping shook his head and said: "Instead of going to the pier, we will go directly to the next location to build a pier. I have seen the mark on the map. A fire road pier needs to be built seven miles away."
"We haven't figured out what the Mongols' plans are yet. Would it be too dangerous to take the civilians to build the fire road pier at this time?" Qin Rong said worriedly.
He was worried that the Mongols would take the opportunity to attack the civilian husband.
Chen Xunping said: "Don't worry, the place to build the fire road pier is just a few miles away. It's not a big problem to send a military camp there first to protect these civilians. Moreover, we don't have much time to waste. We can't always accompany Mongolia." People are wasted here."
He was very anxious about building the fort, because there was a solitary fort with their Tiger Flag hanging outside the Dahei River, with thousands of soldiers and horses stationed inside. He was worried that the supplies there would be difficult to sustain for another winter.
"When do you plan to send the Minfu Camp there?" Qin Rong saw that Chen Xunping was determined to build the next fire road pier. He thought there wouldn't be much danger, so he stopped objecting.
Chen Xunping glanced in the direction of the Mongolian yurts and said, "Wait for one more day. When the two Mongolian armies are farther away, we will dispatch the civilian camp."
"I'll send someone to inform Zhang Yingzheng and the others so that Minfu Camp can prepare in advance." Qin Rong suggested.
Chen Xunping nodded and said immediately: "I want you to take a thousand-man team and a baggage team to the construction site of the next fire road pier first, and build a camp in advance. We need a camp that can accommodate two large camps of soldiers."
"Okay." Qin Rong nodded.
In the absence of enough cavalry, the camp is the best defense against the Mongolian cavalry. It is normal to send people over in advance to build the camp first.
After the two Mongolian armies left, the Tiger Flag also started to move.
A troop of less than 2,000 soldiers appeared seven miles away from the Dunbao. Scholarly
In less than half a day, the baggage camp built a new camp.
For a baggage camp, building a camp is as simple as building blocks. As long as you put together various types of wood and assemble them according to different uses, you can quickly build a camp.
All the old camps that originally existed outside the Dunbao were demolished, and many of the timbers used to build the new camps were from the old camps.
On the next day, Chen Xunping's First Soldier Battalion and Seventh Soldier Battalion left Dunbao at the same time, and thousands of civilians from the Minfu Camp were also taken away.
Two thousand-man teams from the Sixth Soldier Battalion were left stationed in the pier.
There are fewer soldiers stationed there, but there is no longer the fetters of the civilian camp.
The departure of the two armies of the Mongols could not be concealed from the people of the Tiger Character Banner. Similarly, the soldiers and civilians of the Tiger Character Banner went several miles away and were also discovered by the Mongolian sentries.
However, the Mongols did not choose to take action after the Tiger Banner people left the Dunbao, but only sent out sentries to follow them.
Fireroad piers are much smaller than pier forts and are easier to build.
Building materials such as blue bricks and slates have been prepared for a long time, and there is no need to prepare new ones.
Within a few days, a new fire road pier was built.
This kind of small fire road pier is easy to build and does not occupy a large area. It is used as a connection point on the large pier link.
Tiger Flag has built many fire piers like this in the grasslands. Each fire pier is built in the middle of a large pier, and a squadron of soldiers is stationed inside.
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Two armies of the Mongols moved southward.
The Mongolian army rode on war horses and marched very fast. After a few days, they were far away from Shitu's tent.
Every time the army set up camp, they looked for a place with rich pasture and abundant water. This made it easy for the horses and people to drink water, and also ensured that the cattle and sheep they carried had enough tender grass to eat.
"Halbala, the direction you are taking is wrong. This direction is not the way to Yulin Town!" Tushetu Khangunbu said with a frown.
Although he was a great Khan in Mobei, he had participated in several horse markets in the Ming Dynasty. After traveling for a few days, he realized that the direction they were going to was not Yulin Town.
Harbala smiled and said: "Taiji has good eyesight. It is true that the direction we are taking now cannot reach Yulin Town, but we can reach Xuanfu."
"Halbala, you should know that Sheraktantaiji wants us to go to Yulin Town, not to Xuanfu. What you do is contrary to Sheraktantaiji's will." Tushetu Khangun Bu said in a bad tone.
Halbala's unauthorized change of direction made him feel cheated.
At this time, the Suheba beast on the side intervened: "Don't be angry, Gunbutaiji. In fact, we are doing this for our own good. The road to Yulin Town is too far. On the contrary, we need to walk less to get to Xuanfu." A lot of road.”
"Before coming out, Sheraktan Taiji and Kankantada Laotaiji told us to go to Yulin Town, not to Xuanfu." Tuxietu Khangunbu's tone became more and more unpleasant.
Although he has never been to Yulin Town, he also knows that Yulin Town is in the direction of Ordos. The most important thing is that the border troops in Yulin Town are easier to deal with than the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu.
In the two battles with the Tiger Character Banner, they Mobei lost a lot of people, and Mobei Taiji who came with him to Tumote has already made it known.
This time we were going to the Ming Dynasty to clear grass and valleys, so naturally we had to pick a place that was easy to deal with.
