Chongzhen Undergraduates

It has been ten days since we went deep into the grassland, and this place already belongs to Khalkha's sphere of influence. The Ming army can no longer be as loose as before, and they have to work.

"News has come from Beijing that the rabbit has come out of its hole. In order to make it feel at ease, we have to stay away." Li Dingguo got off his horse and came to Zhu Cihong's carriage to report to Zhu Cihong.

"It seems that Sengge got the news pretty quickly!" Zhu Cihong was taken aback and said with a smile.

"War! Intelligence comes first. You have me, and I have you. Every move on our side has not escaped their secret clues. After all, such a large army cannot be hidden. But no matter how much their intelligence Hurry up, it’s not as fast as us.” Li Dingguo expressed his feeling that although he was in the prairie, he still kept abreast of the news thousands of miles away, and I have to say that the one in the Beijing Palace still has some skills.

"Li Shuai, what should we do next?" Zhu Cihong asked Li Dingguo very politely.

"The minister has already deployed, and the following will march at twice the speed of the previous few days, and use the method of casting nets to loot along the way." Li Dingguo said.

"Will it hurt the innocent?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Loss is inevitable. However, there are not many herdsmen around here, and our speed is not fast. The herdsmen who go further north will definitely get the news that they want to go to Ulan Bator. There will be no major casualties." Li Dingguo replied affirmatively.

"That's good. They are all my citizens of Ming Dynasty." Zhu Cihong sighed.

"The Eldest Prince is worthy of being a nobleman of the royal family, and he is truly a king." Li Dingguo praised him.

"Let me get out of the carriage too! Let the carriage go back, and from here on I will ride alone." Zhu Cihong bent down and got out of the carriage, and stood on the grassland to move his shins, with a relaxed expression on his face.

Although the Ming army was very loose before, the speed of assembly was very fast. In the past three hours, all the teams have assembled.This is due to strict discipline, training, and advanced means of communication.When gathering, each army and each division has its own communication soldiers. These people first use semaphore to report the number of the troops where they are located, so that comrades in the distance can distinguish the direction; Where are you stationed.It looks messy, but it is actually quite organized.

If it was ten years ago, in such a large-scale marching team, it would often happen that soldiers could not be found, and soldiers could not find generals.

After the army was assembled, tens of thousands of civilians left some unused supplies on the spot, packed them and retreated quickly. They ran much faster than when they came.

Chapter 7 and Six: Tuning the Tiger from the Mountain II

Only five days later, a fast horse flew to Ejina.

There are two large lakes here, rich in water and grass, which are most suitable for stationing troops in the vast Gobi.This is also Huo Qubing's marching route, which happens to be the northern edge of the Alxa Desert.Since ancient times, if you want to enter Xinjiang, you have to either take the Hexi Corridor, or take a circle from here to avoid Alxa.

Zeng was the fifth son of Choros Batur Huntaiji, and the Great Khan who legally inherited the throne of Khan. He was a descendant of the great Genghis Khan and the great Yexian.At least he himself is proud of having such an identity.

When Zeng saw the information, his whole face turned into a flower with a smile.

"Gerdan, my good brother. Look at what I said. This group of Han people who are like sheep can only march fifty miles a day. They are really slower than cattle. Facts have proved that your worries are unnecessary." Zeng Ge shot Leaning on the shoulder of his younger brother Galdan, he spoke loudly.

Gerdan frowned, lost in thought.The actions of the Ming army this time are very strange, giving people a feeling of being completely incomprehensible.

First of all, if the Ming army wanted to attack Khalkha, why did they have to gather the troops of Zhu Rihe and Chahar in Hetao first, and then march north together?This is completely superfluous, take off your pants and fart.

For this matter, Galdan once had an argument with Zenger. Zenger believed that it was because the Ming army was timid and did not dare to disperse its forces to attack Khalkha.Judging from the performance of the Ming army in the past, this reason makes sense, especially the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Sarhu, which is in line with this theory.

However, why did the Ming army not go west, but north?Still left this big flaw?You must know that Khalkha does not have the strength to attack Daming at all, only Zhun Geer has this strength.

In fact, when the Ming army transferred troops from Xilingrad, Zhunge'er quickly found out, because they were Mongolians.Galdan's first thought was that the Ming army's target must be them.Instead of waiting for the Ming army to attack through the Hexi Corridor, it is better to wait for work near Hami, because they will fight anyway.Under Ge Erdan's suggestion, Zeng Ge mobilized all the main forces to Ejina, just waiting to give the Ming army a blow.

But when they gathered their troops, it was the Ming army heading north from Hetao. In the first day or two, Gerdan believed that the Ming army was going to bypass Alxa, so that they would meet in front of Ejina. Soon Ge Erdan's prediction failed, and the Ming army continued northward to attack Khalkha.This time, Gerdan's prediction failed again.

"Well, my good brother, this is a god-given opportunity." Zeng's eyes were full of stars.

"What opportunity? Why don't I see an opportunity?" Gerdan said.

"My brother, are you stupid with reading? Now is a good time to rob Hetao." Zeng's expression was as if he had met his first love.

"But what if this is a trap? The Ming army hasn't gone far yet," Galdan said.

"Then wait for another two days, Changshengtian will prove that I am right." Zeng was very confident.

Zhun Ge'er's 25 troops are stationed in Ejina. If they attack from the Hexi Corridor, there will be strong cities along the way, which is not easy to fight at all.But now, the fertile Hetao is only [-] miles away from them, and they can attack quietly, and the Ming army who has already gone north will be unable to save them even if they want to.After robbing the Hetao, no city in Daming could stop them, because the city in the northwest was not used to stop the Mongols who wanted to go home.

"Then wait for two more days!" Galdan couldn't find any evidence to convince Zenger.

"No, my army can march eastward. It's only two days, and it won't affect the overall situation." Zeng is so excited now that he has basically lost his mind.

From Ejina to Hetao eight hundred miles, walking two days in advance really does not affect the overall situation.Large-scale marches cannot make horses run wildly. Mongolian cavalry can normally march 120 miles a day; rapid marches can reach [-] miles, but that will hurt the horses.Therefore, Zenger thought it would take them four days to get to Hetao.If all goes well, they will get the specific situation of the Ming army's main force in two days. At that time, even if the Ming army returns south, they will not be able to catch up with their U-turn speed.

At worst, if the two sides meet, they will fight a battle on the grassland!Who is afraid of whom?

Two days later, Zeng received the news that the Ming army had spread the troops widely and swept the grassland everywhere, and it was very close to Ulaanbaatar.

"Haha, what did I say? This time, I will definitely win." Zeng was full of vigor, as if holding the world in his hands.

Galdan held the information in his hand, but he really couldn't say a word.

"Did I guess wrong?" Galdan began to doubt himself.

"My brother, you must be wrong." Zeng Ge held Galdan's hand, pointed to the map and said, "Korqin and Xilingrad are not far from Ulaanbaatar, and the Ming army cannot possibly know that we are here. , so their newspaper said it was false to attack me Zhuanger, the purpose is to fear that we will attack them; but what they really want to attack is Khalkha.”

Ge Erdan thought for a while, and he felt that Zenger's statement was correct. Judging from the current situation, it was obvious that this was the case.But how to explain the Ming army's direct dispatch of troops from Xilingrad?

"That's the strategy of the Ming army to suspect soldiers." Zeng said with certainty.

"There is one thing we must be clear about. From now on, there are thousands of miles of uninhabited grasslands, and it is difficult for us to find out the movements of the Ming army. If we attack Daming, we will face the main attack of the Ming army from the north at any time." Ge Er Dan reminded.

"I know this, but I will also send more sentries to the north to investigate the military situation." Zenger said.

It is not easy for the scouts to detect the enemy's situation on the busy grassland. The information went well before, because there are herdsmen on the grassland to help, at least they know where there are people.Now that the Ming army is sweeping the grasslands, the scouts sent by Zhun Ge'er are like blind men. If they encounter the Ming army, they will not be able to escape.Therefore, the scouts sent by Zeng could not travel too far, at most it would take a day or two.

At this time, the Ming army had already divided its troops.Zeng Ying led 13 cavalry, turned around and marched southwest, with the goal of Ejina.And Li Dingguo personally led the remaining 7 elite cavalry and continued to advance towards Ulan Bator.

While advancing, Li Dingguo actually directly understood that the cavalry was changed to infantry, and gathered all the horses to Bai Wenxuan, and one of Bai Wenxuan's divisions drove them back to the southeast.

"Li Shuai, is this move feasible?" Zhu Cihong looked at the soldiers around him, feeling a little worried.

"It's only a hundred miles away from Ulaanbaatar. A cavalry without horses is still a cavalry. Trust me, trust your soldiers!" Li Dingguo replied.

Chapter 7 and Seven: Tune the Tiger from the Mountain III

The three feudal lords of Khalkha Mongolia - Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, and Chechen Khan.In fact, their life was not easy. After Hou Jin's total failure, the whole grassland was in panic all day long, always worried that Zhu Youjian would come to settle accounts with them.At the same time, they were bullied by Zhungeer, especially Tuxietuhan.

Everyone knows in their hearts that a catastrophe is imminent sooner or later.So they are faced with three choices: one is to surrender to Ming Dynasty. There are precedents in Horqin, Xilingrad, Chahar and Hetao; Attack; the third is that the Czar in the north also wants to get involved, but everyone knows in their hearts that this is using them as cannon fodder, or that Ming's attack cannot be avoided.

To put it bluntly, these three people are all waiting for Daming's final attitude.

No, before the beginning of spring, Daming's attitude came - 20 troops suppressed the border.This is really looking down on them. Sending the entire Khalkha cattle and sheep is not enough for the war expenses of the 20 army.At the same time, they agreed that Daming was too rich.

"Surrender! We can't fight." Seeing more and more herdsmen gathered outside, the Chechen man sighed, and his heart had long since lost his fighting spirit.

"No, it's too useless to just surrender like this. If you say anything, you have to fight a war." Zasaktu Khan was not convinced. Let's say that Genghis Khan has not been away for too long, and the Mongols are all kinds of dissatisfied.

"Then let's make an agreement. The three families will gather 10 people together to fight the Ming army. After all, they are going on an expedition to fight for a draw. Even if they surrender, they must negotiate good terms." Tuxietuhan thought He wanted to surrender, but he didn't want to be directly controlled by Daming.

"Report! Report to the Great Khan, the Ming army is less than [-] miles away from the front line of our army." Everyone was discussing in the big tent, and the sentinel had rushed in to report the military situation.

Don't look at what Li Dingguo said before the war was very cruel, but the Ming army was still very kind to the Mongols.Why are you walking so slowly ahead?It is to give the herdsmen a chance to escape.From Ulaanbaatar to the south, all herdsmen have the opportunity to migrate to the north.