Chapter 766 Desert
When he was ordered to dance that day, many Taiji looked humiliated, and Xi Lingse looked even more pale. Only a few Taiji, including Bai Yin, looked as usual, and there was no abnormality.
If Bai Yin had not been brave and good at fighting, he would have been considered a coward and a coward. Even so, after the banquet, Xi Lingse and others had a big fight with Bai Yin, who had started dancing first. Finally, Batu Taiji spitted on Bai Yin's chest and cursed: "The timid mouse generation is not worthy of being the descendants of Genghis Khan."
Bai Yin was speechless about this until the day after receiving the order, he left Qingcheng.
Many Taiji resist such errands. No matter how much they say, they are mostly nobles. Some are descendants of the Golden Family. Now they are not only forced to dance at the banquet for the Han people, but also have to do odd jobs for the Han people... They surrender just to save their lives, and of course they also want to retain their original status and wealth. If nothing is gone, then it would be better to choose to fight to the end.
Bai Yin was completely distracted from Taiji's complaints and dissatisfaction. Until he received the military order, he chose to go out immediately and led his herdsmen to cooperate with the baggage troops to transport a batch of military funds to Yunnei.
"There is the boundary ahead." The captain of the brigade wiped the sweat all over his face, looked at Bai Yin with a tough face, and said, "We have finally arrived."
Needless to say, Bai Yin and the Mongolians saw the military camps lying across the area and grassland areas.
More than 3,000 combat soldiers and more than 5,000 baggage soldiers were stationed outside the fort. This is a half-prairie and half-region that is not far south from Yunnei Fort. There is very little water source and it is also the best route for Ordos to go to Qingcheng.
Now there is only one brigade of war soldiers stationed in Yunnei Fortress, and the entire regiment of the Second Infantry Regiment is stationed in the south of the fortress. A small number of cavalry are constantly patrolling and guarding along the three or four hundred miles east and west routes.
Yunnei Fort is northeastern, and it is more of a defense team. Li Laibin put a thousand people in the fort and cooperated with a large number of firearms to guard it. Even if there are more than 100,000 people in the team, it is absolutely impossible to conquer the military team in a short period of time.
The baggage soldiers urged the prisoners to unload the goods. The grassland was too short of manpower. Although He Yusheng had already hired a large number of people and immigrated to the grassland, the population was still far from enough. If he wanted to develop it in the short term, the number of people needed was at least hundreds of thousands or even millions.
Now, together with more than 100,000 military talents, the number is too small.
This is also an important reason why the Han people and most herders who have been promoted to the land have been forgiven. If you have such a large territory, if you kill all people, you will have a useless effect. If you are empty everywhere, it is nothing more than repeating the mistakes of the Han and Tang Dynasties. When the troops are strong, you will control some strategic points. Most of the territory is actually in the hands of nomadic peoples. Once the national strength declines, you will not even be able to save the strategic points. The hard-working territory is snatched back.
There were nearly 50,000 captured herders and armored soldiers. In addition to a few who escaped and refused to cooperate, most of the prisoners were confiscated and assigned to various departments to serve as atonement.
Under the scorching sun in the midsummer, these Mongolians sweated heavily, and they took off the military funds from the camel horses, and everyone's robes were soaked.
Because of the great logistics pressure, especially the complex geographical environment to the west and north, the mountains and rivers are intertwined here, and the Gobi and grassland areas are intertwined. Pure carriages cannot be used on a large scale without a long-term and stable round-trip route.
The Mongolians and their horse teams or camel teams solved the problem of logistics supply. A large amount of military supplies were transported from Qingcheng to Xiaoheihe forts to the north and the area of Yunnei forts in Heishan Fort. The team of Baiyinjie was already the second batch of transportation teams towards Yunnei forts.
"In the lower Baiyin, I have met General Wang and General Li."
Although the military system of He Yusheng has not changed, Wang Changfu is the officer of the Military Training Department and Li Laibin is the commander of the Second Regiment, Bai Yin is always called a general, which feels more secure.
Wang Changfu snorted without saying a word. Li Laibin looked at Bai Yin and smiled and said, "It's a Taijili, okay, thank you for your hard work. This time you have worked hard. Let's have a good rest when the goods are finished."
Li Laibin has a very gentle temperament and is also one of the better-tempered senior officers of Heyusheng. Bai Yin has seen many officers of Heyusheng recently, and rarely see such a kind-hearted person. He was moved and bowed and then retreated.
"Why aren't these Taijis killed?" Wang Changfu was obviously unhappy recently. Looking at Bai Yin's back, his tone of speaking was also very impatient.
"Some want to kill." Li Laibin said with a gentle smile: "Some want to stay, for example, Bai Yin is smart and cooperates well. He said in the military discussion that the Northern Barbarians are not as good as the Han people. They have a higher rank and magnanimity. Even if they kill Xi Lingse, they have to find a higher status than him to order. If we want to truly control this land, it is not enough to just kill."
Wang Changfu groaned heavily and did not make any more noise.
Of course Wang Changfu understood these principles, but now everyone knows the process of the capture of Qingcheng. Liang Xing presided over the war and finally presided over the Khan Palace, wearing armor and sword to invite Zhang Han into the palace. When Wang Changfu thought about it, he felt uncomfortable as if he was stumbled into his heart... He was of the same qualifications as Liang Xing, and was the leader of the two major mountains in the army. As a result, Liang Xing got all the glory of Qingcheng by himself, but he was drilling sand here to watch the sunrise and sunset. The gap suddenly widened a lot.
"Tao Wang, you don't have to be anxious." Li Laibin said: "Sir, I will definitely let you out and lead troops. In the future, the third regiment will be the first army, and you will definitely be a general. If you fight a few battles, your reputation will not be restored. Liang Touer takes Qingcheng, and you will be no worse than him when you take Baicheng in the future."
Wang Changfu didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
Everyone was standing under the scorching sun with armor and swords. Everyone was sweating profusely, but no one complained, and no one thought to hide comfortably in the tents of the military camp. Everyone was staring at various places. Although there were whistle riding horses moving more than ten miles away, everyone still tried their best to look into the distance, as if they wanted to find some traces of the Beilu.
Yes, these people were asking for war, and everyone wanted reinforcements from Ordos to come quickly so that they could fight a battle with great pleasure.
"After ten days, if the Beilu really dares to come, at least the vanguard should have arrived." A warrior commander muttered to untie the water bag on his waist and began to drink water in big mouthfuls.
Seeing his actions, even Wang Changfu started drinking water.
Under the scorching sun, the iron armor on people is dissipated with heat, and it feels hot when touched. In such weather, wearing iron armor stands under the sun. Not to mention fighting hard, even standing still will be a big challenge to people's physical fitness and will.
What is gratifying is that in addition to the officers standing like this, a large number of rotating infantry also stood like this. The entire team was quiet. The soldiers were not freer than the officers. They just stood straight, each round of whistle was at least half an hour. When the shift was made, there was a pool of water under the feet of each soldier, which was sweat flowing out of his body.
Just as everyone thought it was a waste of time today, several whistle riders rode back from the heat waves and the place where they ran was pure, with only one small and one small shrub mixed in. When the horses kicked and ran over, sand and dust rose up from the sky.
Wang Changfu felt sand rushing into his mouth. He spitted and cursed: "This dog-good place is really a place where birds can't shit."
Li Laibin said: "We are going straight south here, and further south there are bald mountains and rivers, and then there are the middle and beautiful places with plump water and plants, east, middle and western places, facing Yansui Town. I somehow lost the best territory, leaving some poor mountains and bad waters to guard it."
Wang Changfu said: "This is not simple. Good places are not easy to defend. The northern barbarians come from top to bottom and cannot defend them. I have seen the border walls and military fort maps of Yansui Town, and they are all under the valley river. They are guarded by the valley river and Yanchi Beach. The forts are densely built, so I can defend them."
Li Laibin said: "During the Chenghua period of Yansui, there were 58,000 troops, more than 10,000 horses, 36 military forts, and about twenty passes. We have to guard more than 1,300 miles of land. No wonder we break every year."
"You know, a slap." Wang Changfu spat again and said, "There are not many guards in the military fort and Huoludun. They are all old and weak and can make a living. They will starve to death after leaving the military camp. The strongest ones are in the hands of the deputy generals and generals of the three routes. There are only 20,000 soldiers in total, and there are still 10,000 war horses, and 58,000 soldiers. Who would dare to have such a dream of Qingqiu?"
Although Li Laibin was scolded, he still nodded slightly, and the officers present laughed.
Generals like Wang Changfu, who were born as old border soldiers, knew the ills of the Ming army. Over the years, those who fled, those who were vacant, and those who were drinking blood from the generals, were not one ten in the military camp, and it would be good to have more than 10,000 people left. The main reason for the war was to rely on the Need Ding of each general and the direct cavalry.
While speaking, the scepter cavalry had already approached everyone. After raising his hand and bowed, the scepter cavalry said, "A hundred and ten miles south, we appeared the scepter cavalry of the Beilu. After the battle, three of them were killed. One of us was slightly injured and continued to chase for about ten miles. It was heard that the number of scepter cavalry of the Beilu increased. We did not dare to go deeper. The team officer asked his subordinates to come back to report the news."
Li Laibin frowned and said, "I told you not to go over sixty miles south of the patrol, why did you run so far?"
The territory of the Ordos tribe is mainly in the "Ji" bend between the Yellow River and the Great Wall. It is more than 800 miles long from east to west and more than 600 miles long from north to south. The middle terrain is mostly mountains, rivers and hills. To the north is across the river from Qingcheng and Yunnei. The northeast is mainly composed of regions, and its core area is the Hetao area in the south. The radius of hundreds of miles is a place with lush water and grass. At the beginning, Dayan Khan placed a ten thousand households here mainly to threaten the Ming Dynasty's Ning, Jin, and Shaanxi. At the same time, it was a restraint against the Weilat Mongolia in the Western Regions. Later, some of the Tumote tribes went to Xitao. The Ordos tribe cooperated with the Tao, and both were hostile to the Weilat Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions.
Chapter completed!