"Set off!"
Chongzhen also roared angrily, turned around and walked towards the general platform, and climbed onto a Mongolian horse with a thick body but complex coat.
At the same time, dozens of war drums sounded around the school grounds, slowly becoming more rapid, and the heartbeats of those listening also accelerated.
The army also slowly moved out. The front army, the middle army, the rear army, the left and right wings, and more than ten guerrilla groups were wandering around the army in a radius of more than ten miles.
A cartload of baggage was pulled by two horses, mixed in with the army, and each cart was guarded by more than 20 sergeants!
This vehicle is full of Franco machine guns, tiger squatting cannons, shells, and gunpowder. In the event of an emergency, the surrounding sergeants can set up artillery to meet the enemy in a very short time.
The 100,000-strong army is huge, but when it comes to the vast grassland and the reference points are unclear, it is like raindrops entering the sea, ignored, and it is easy to get lost.
During Chengzu's five expeditions to Mobei, he failed to find the main force of Wala three times and gained little.
If the location of Guihua City had not been relatively clear, and Sun Chengzong had sent people into the grassland in advance, and placed a small flag sergeant every twenty or thirty miles to guide the way and pass on information, he might not have led an army of 100,000 to enter in person. grassland.
"What a good horse. If our Ming Dynasty had more than ten thousand war horses like this, Jiannu would have to run around when he saw one!"
In the Chinese army, the warrior battalion surrounded Chongzhen's horse. Chongzhen gently patted the seated horse and praised it.
Listening to the emperor's praise, Cao Bianjiao secretly rolled his eyes.
Although this horse has an unattractive appearance and colorful coat, it has solid and powerful limbs, a rough and strong body, a large head and a wide forehead, a deep and long chest, short legs, and well-developed joints and tendons.
When he led the warrior battalion to pinch persimmons on the grassland, he encountered a herd of wild horses. It took a lot of effort to capture the king of horses. It took him several months of training before he was tamed, and then he gave it to the emperor as a New Year's gift. of.
Not to mention more than 10,000 horses, if all the horses in the entire grassland were added together, it would be good to find five.
"It's hard to find a war horse like Your Majesty, but it's easier to find a inferior war horse!"
Sun Chengzong chuckled softly: "After tying Chahar this time, the area from the Yellow River to Xuanfu is almost more than a thousand miles from east to west, and the area of four to five hundred miles from north to south belongs to the Ming Dynasty.
It will take a few years to find some good war horses to breed with, but it is estimated that by that time, we will have bulldozed all the surrounding areas and the firearms will be almost developed.
By then, the role of cavalry will be much less! "
"That's what I say, but for a long time to come, war horses will still be the main force in transportation and marching. War horses will never become obsolete at any time!"
What Chongzhen said is true. Four legs can always run faster than two legs.
Even if industry develops decades later and something similar to a machine gun is accidentally made, marching will still rely on war horses, and border security, patrols, searches, etc. will still require war horses.
In many complex environments, such as climbing hills, wading, crossing jungles, snow, deserts and rugged roads, the superiority of war horses and strong varieties of war horses is reflected.
This is why even though technology in later generations was so advanced, some of the main purposes of cavalry units were still retained.
There is not much to see in the grassland in March. At the beginning, you can still experience the scene where the grassland and the blue sky intersect for tens of miles. After two or three days of novelty, it is no longer interesting.
On March 15th, seven days after the army set off from Xuanfu, the army covered a distance of four to five hundred miles and was only more than two hundred miles away from Guihua City.
Along the way, we also met several small tribes with more than a thousand people, and without exception, they were pushed straight through.
In the Chinese army's tent, Sun Chengzong, Teng Xiang's four guards, several commanders of the Forbidden Army, Zhao Lijiao, He Kegang and others gathered.
Sun Chengzong pointed to the hanging map: "Your Majesty, we are less than two hundred miles away from Guihua City. The closer we get to Guihua City, the more Chahar's patrol teams become more dense.
It is unlikely that we can repeat the silent march before.
According to the current marching speed, Chahar Lindan Khan will be discovered in at most one day, and he will be in contact with Chahar's former army in three days! "
"Where is Datong's army?"
"Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief of the Datong army is Hei Yunlong, and his deputy is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, You Shiwei.
According to the information sent in the morning, according to the marching speed, it was about two hundred miles away from Guihua City, and it arrived at Guihua City almost at the same time as us! "
"Hong Chengchou, the governor-general of the three sides, has moved to Yulin and transferred two guard posts stationed in Yan'an Prefecture and Qingyang Prefecture.
After discussing with Zhu Tongmeng, the commander-in-chief of Yulin, they agreed that if Chahar fled westward, the most likely place to cross the Yellow River south would be Dongsheng City! "
As Sun Chengzong spoke, he circled a point on the map and continued: "Dongsheng City was originally called Yunnei County. There are Dongsheng Guards and Zhenlu Guards in the county.
However, during the Jiajing period, it was assigned to Tumut and renamed Dongsheng City, which was more than 150 miles away from Guihua City. After Chahar defeated Tumut, the city was taken over by Chahar and established here. Practice boating,
The important thing is that after crossing the Yellow River, you will reach the Hetao Plain in Ordos, which is also the ferry crossing for the caravans of various Mongolian tribes traveling from north to south.
Hong Chengchou's plan was to press troops from Yulin and Taiyuan towns to the border of Ordos to attract the attention of Ordos, and at the same time send two small groups of troops north along the Yellow River.
One part of them laid mines at the ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the other part prepared small boats upstream to carry thunder and palm mines, and took advantage of the remnants of Lin Dan Khan to cross the river and attack the ferry down the river. "
After listening to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, Chongzhen sighed inwardly, he was indeed a ruthless person.
Even though the Yellow River is in dry season at the moment, sailing down the river in a small boat to attack the Chahar tribe is definitely a narrow escape.
But he had to admit that this was the best way and could kill the most enemies!
"Your Majesty, the envoy Hei Mingxiao sent to Tumed has been lurking more than fifty miles away from the Tumed Ministry, waiting for your Majesty's order, and is ready to go to the Tumut Ministry at any time to persuade them to send troops to contain Chahar!"
"Hu Dawei and Meng Ruhu are already lurking fifty miles outside Guihua City, ready to send a letter of persuasion to surrender to Chahar Lindan Khan at any time!"
Chongzhen looked at the map and calculated the distance and transmission speed: "Immediately send an order to Hei Mingxiao to go to the Tumote Department to lobby. At the same time, closely monitor the Tumote Department's movements to prevent them from fishing in troubled waters!"
"Send an order to Hu Dawei and ask them to leave immediately after delivering the letter to meet Hei Mingxiao!"
"Send an order to Heiyunlong. Unless Chahar takes the initiative to attack them, they are not allowed to attack. Gradually approach according to the formation and reduce Chahar's range of activities!"
After Chongzhen issued the military order, he looked at the generals and said: "We must make the first battle the final battle in this war. One battle will determine the outcome. No contact will be enough. Once there is contact, Chahar will be defeated!"
