Everyone's robes were almost wet, and their lips were in a state of dryness.

Several guides gathered together and talked about the next steps in front of officers Yusheng.

In fact, the Shang Group Army also has detailed maps, but the map is dead. Since there is a living guide, it will save a lot of effort to listen to them and then refer to the map.

While talking, the guides kept looking at the soldiers who were resting.

Even in the shadows, people still sweat and drink water in small sips. No one violated the rules, no one complained, and no one dared to complain.

Because it is necessary to save spit, military orders prohibit unnecessary chatting. Most of the soldiers communicate with their eyes. Some clever ghosts took off the blanket and spread it on the ground, lying on the ground to rest. Even if it is as hot as it is, lying down is much more comfortable than sitting.

This is an army that is prohibited, a silent army...

The guides were chilling. The army in front of them was really terrible.

"We are in this position now..." Bai Yin pointed at the northern end of the desert area of ​​the map. His hand pointed to the southeast and said, "This is Hongyan Pond, more than 80 miles away from us. Through this desert, rest from Hongyan Pond, and directly towards the direction. After walking thirty or forty miles, it is the Qianjinger, and the southwest is Changdong Fort, which is also the side wall. Then go straight to the west is Honger Mountain, Huichengzi, and Baoning Fort ten miles to the south. Yulin Weicheng, that is, the town city is in the side wall between the two forts. If Wanhu and Taomen want to attack the side wall, they will not think about attacking the town city, which is not worth the loss. They will go directly into the side wall from the Baichengzi area, break Jinglu Fort, go to Xiqingyang Prefecture, and go to Yan'an Prefecture in the east. It is much easier to grab these southern prefectures than to grab the side town. There is no serious casualties and injuries, and they will gain a lot."

Zhang Wenming was happy when he heard this, "If this is the case, we can save a lot of physical fitness and the soldiers will suffer a lot of hard work."

Li Laibin stared at Bai Yin for a long time and saw that the other party was completely different. Based on the map, it was indeed the most reasonable route provided by Bai Yin, and it was indeed the best route for every invasion of the Beilu.

Yansui and Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town are different from Ji Town. The side walls here are not well built, and there are not many military forts and passes, just like Yansui Town, which has only more than 30 military forts and more than 20 passes, while Ji Town has more than 30 military forts and more than 270 passes. In the early years of Wanli, the side walls were reorganized and repaired by Qi Jiguang, and a large number of hollow enemy platforms were built. In terms of defensive buildings alone, the towns on the west are not as many as Ji Town.

Of course, Jizhen is the most important town to defend the capital. At that time, Qi Jiguang was appointed as the military training prime minister of Jizhen as General Baisheng. Later, the court did not make up his mind to train troops. The resource allocation was not in place, so he could only call Qi Jiguang the Prime Minister of Jizhen. Qi Jiguang could not break the monopoly of the northern generals over the army... In the popular words in later generations, it was a system issue. With the Ming Dynasty's big and small ministers, soldiers were the generals, and it was inevitable that the generals would take charge of the ranks as the generals. If this tradition was not broken, Qi Jiguang would only make trouble for the Zhejiang soldiers whom he directly belonged to. How could the servants and personal soldiers of the generals be handed over to him for training?

The defense system

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) No matter how good it is, if there is no strong army to defend, it will be a matter of time before being defeated. In fact, everyone understands this principle, but before being defeated, I am afraid no one will be willing to admit that they are weak.

Unlike Ji Town, which has been peaceful for decades, Yansui, Guyuan and Ningxia towns all fight a war every few years, and a big war every ten or twenty years. The soldiers of these towns all have the inheritance of the Qin people, being calm, simple, brave and good at fighting. The Qin army can also be said to be the backbone of the Ming soldiers. The period when the Ming Dynasty was truly destructive was that some of the elite Qin army lost to Songshan and Tashan, and the last embers were annihilated by Li Zicheng. Once the Qin army was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty was over.

Because of the frequent war, the Qin army was naturally much more elite, but the Ming Dynasty's military system was too poor. The generals guarded the city, and then divided into three deputy generals on the left, middle and right. There were several generals in several acropolises, and guerrillas in each line. Once there were police, these generals led their troops to fight.

The reason is correct, but the number of direct troops under the command of each general is too small, ranging from three thousand to more than one thousand to two thousand. The main one is servant and direct troops is the one who is in charge. A large number of ordinary soldiers in the organization are either eaten up the empty amount, or the old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no training at all. When they encounter a big battle, they are just used as cannon fodder.

In this way, the Mongols had more than 100,000, and if there was a little restraint, they could go deep into border towns. According to historical records, towns such as Yansui and Guyuan were often broken into border towns. At that time, Altan Khan had spyed on three sides in the Hetao area. The Ming army was exhausted and had been broken into the cracks everywhere. This system of the Ming Dynasty was not only a powerful civil servant who knew the soldiers, gathered all the generals during the war, and gathered elite troops. This was also a great threat to the weak Mongolians. Zeng Xian, the governor of the three borders, had gathered troops to recover Hetao, and successfully forced Altan Khan to retreat from the north of the Yellow River. Unfortunately, Jiajing misjudged and killed Xia Yan, the chief assistant who supported the reconciliation, and arrested Zeng Xian. The great opportunity was ruined by Jiajing.

It is not strong enough to gather elite troops, and it is defended in different ways. Its defense system is far less than that of strong towns such as Jizhen. Yanfan is full of loopholes and insufficient troops everywhere.

"That's how it's decided." Li Laibin finally decided: "As Bai Yintaiji said."

Li Laibin said to Bai Yin again: "After this battle, I will tell the great man that you will not be much worse than Yinding Taiji in Heyusheng in the future."

Bai Yin bowed and said, "I am willing to return to the old place of the pasture after the war, spend time in leisure, and no longer want to compete for fame and fortune."

"You can't help but." Li Laibin laughed when he heard this.

...

"Huang Hu, it's time for you to be on duty."

A young man in his twenties was woken up by someone. He opened his eyes angrily. The cold light in his eyes made people feel scared when they saw it. The border army who woke him up was a burly man, but was shocked by this man.

The hostility on this person's face and eyes was very obvious. Even in the brave and fierce military camp, he was a rare ruthless character.

After being woken up, the young man came out of the floor and did not yawn. He went straight into a very awake state. The Bian Jun who woke him yawned, looked at the beard on the yellow-faced young man's face, turned around and went to sleep in the nest shop.

Huang Hu is very tall, tall and tall

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) What is not consistent is that Huang Hu is very thin, but his thinness does not make him look weak, but he feels very delicate. His face is dark yellow, and yellow face is a very obvious feature, so his nickname in the military camp is Huang Hu. He is not very old, but he has traveled many places. He is less than 20 years old, and his beard is more than a foot long, which is a very rare beard for people at that time.

It can be seen that Huang Hu cared very much about his beard. He hung a silver hook between his neck, which was usually used to fix his beard so that he would not get oil stains when eating and drinking.

It is very cold at night in Yulin City, which is completely different from the hot and hot weather during the day. This is also a unique phenomenon in areas where vegetation is damaged. Since the local area in northern Shaanxi was developed early, there are barren mountains and barren ridges everywhere, without soil and water and soil moisturizing, there is no question of storing the heat during the day. When the wind blows at night, it makes people feel very cold.

Huang Hu shivered. He held the spear in his hand very inconveniently, so he simply leaned the gun on the city wall, then walked to the edge of the city wall, lifted up the corner of his clothes, and urinated happily.

After peeing, Huang Hu slowly tied his belt. It was the end of the night. It was midnight and it was quiet everywhere. Yulin City was silent. There was only a few places on the city walls. There was light everywhere. The rest was dark.

There is a crescent moon in the sky, emitting a light that is not very bright, and there is a starry sky above my head, as if it is very close to me.

Huang Hu was not interested in these things, he just felt very hungry.

He has been studying for a few years since he was a child and recognized some words, but it did not change his rude and unwilling personality. His father saw that Huang Hu was not a material for studying, so he had taken him out for business a long time ago. The father and the two of them had traveled to many places and had done a variety of small business deals. These days, people left their hometowns and were cheap, and it was impossible for businessmen who came out to do small business deals without losing money. Because they were bullied everywhere, they developed Huang Hu's brave and fierce personality. His face was full of hostility, which was the mark left by the struggle and running when he was young when he was struggling with his father when he was in business.

In addition to doing business, Huang Hu also worked as a constable for a while... He was a constable and could only make money to do his job. He was definitely not able to do serious jobs. Huang Hu did the work of the rascals and rogues. He was a gangster and was called a constable. He mainly did chores and had a limited chance of doing things. His personality was the second son of heaven. Many times, he drank two bowls of wine, and even the eldest son of heaven might not admit it... Of course, he didn't do long as he was a constable. Soon after, he ran out to join the army again.

The soldiers are more restricted, but the brave and fierce people in the military camp eat hard, but they eat very poorly. Every day, there are wheat rice without oil and water, no vegetables, no oil, and the intestines cannot be kept in oil and water. The monthly grain is still deducted. Not to mention the amount is insufficient, it is also mixed with all kinds of moldy grains and small stones. The food is not enough to eat, and the salary is not enough. The monthly salary of one or two taels of silver is often delayed for two or three months before it is paid. The silver you get is black, with poor purity, bad quality, and insufficient portion. You have to use a portion of the bribe team officials. The remaining amount of money is not enough for the soldiers to eat. Even so, many border soldiers have to use this thing to support their families.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!