According to the latest statistics, there are about 30,000 Han people living in Dunhuang. In addition to the Han people, there are some other tribes in Dunhuang City, with about 30,000. The ethnic groups in the Hamiwei area are very complex. In addition to the Han and Tatars, there are many other ethnic groups. For example, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Kyrgyzs, and the Kygs. Wars are only carried out between the Han and Tatars, and have no major impact on other ethnic groups.

The situation in Hami City is more complicated than that in Dunhuang. Hami City is also a major transportation route. If Dunhuang is the southern line of the Silk Road, Hami City is the northern line. If you want to reach Turpan, Urumqi and other places, you must pass through Hami City.

The Tatars who retreated from Dunhuang are currently guarding the city of Hami. They are not defending the city, but staying near Hami City, but refuse to leave. In this way, the white-clothed army must find a way to expel them. To be precise, they will eliminate them. If they are just expelled, they will come back in the future. Cutting the grass without removing the roots, and the spring breeze will grow again. To be honest, such a work is very laborious and time-consuming. Pure water grinding skills.

The entire Hamiwei area is connected to the surrounding area, with vast spaces in the south, south, west, north, and north. As long as you are willing, you can run to any place, without any obstacles in the middle. The current strategy adopted by the Taurus Cavalry is to avoid fighting and keep fighting with the Lion Cavalry Cavalry. If you come, I will run away. If you leave, I will run back. The Lion Cavalry is very annoyed, but there is no good way to kill them.

Xu Xingxia frowned and said slowly: "I will transfer the garrison troops as soon as possible! At that time, you can free up all the field troops and pester them until they kill them. Anyway, in a word, even if you chase them all the way to the horizon, you will kill them all. I don't believe that they can avoid them for the rest of their lives."

Those cunning Tatars, taking such a method, is really a new topic for the White Army. It can be imagined that as the battle gradually unfolds and the area controlled by the White Army continues to expand, there should be many such situations. I can't beat you, can't I escape? I don't believe that you will chase me all the time! Stay with the green mountains and don't worry about the lack of firewood. As long as you don't kill me completely, I still have a chance to make a comeback.

During the significant expansion of the White-Clothed Army, Xu Xingxia also proposed a new concept, namely the garrison troops. The garrison troops are troops that specialize in defending the city. This city, including important towns, passes, strongholds, etc., are also equipped with advanced and powerful muskets, are also strictly trained, and are also abiding by the various disciplines of the White-Clothed Army. The only difference is that they are not equipped with war horses. Perhaps, they should be called the White-Clothed Army infantry in general.

In the past, the white-clothed army did only have cavalry but no infantry. The main reason was that the white-clothed army never lacked war horses. The cavalry had strong mobility, so of course they directly used cavalry. At that time, when fighting around Ningxia Town, leaning against the Ningxia Plain, there was basically no need to worry about the forage problem of war horses. However, as the control area expanded and as the key points needed to defend, it would be too wasteful to continue to use cavalry to guard. At the same time, the cost of forage cost of war horses was also becoming more and more prominent.

The emergence of the garrison troops was mainly to completely free up the field troops and use them for offensive or defensive operations in all directions. Xu Xingxia wanted to maximize the mobility and combat capabilities of the cavalry troops. Isn’t that a fool to let the field troops work empty? Even if it is wasted, there is no such waste. If you don’t take it out and chop people, what will you do with hard work? Is it just for others to show it? Xu Xingxia doesn’t have such a special hobby. If his knife is sharpened, he must chop people.

At the same time, the formation of a garrison troops was also to reduce the total military expenditure of the White-Clothed Army. After all, the daily expenses of the 150,000 cavalry troops were still very large. For the current White-Clothed Army, the consumption of forage on war horses alone was a huge expense. The 150,000 cavalry troops had more than 200,000 war horses.

For 200,000 war horses, each war horse needs 30 kilograms of forage every day. A rough estimate is that the cost of war horse fodder alone will get thousands of taels of silver every day. If the cavalry salary, weapons, equipment, food, clothes and other logistics costs are added, even Xu Xingxia, who makes money every day, feels a little difficult. The silver is spent too quickly.

It seems that in history, except for those particularly powerful nomadic peoples, there was no one who once had an elite cavalry team of more than 150,000 people. In the Central Plains, not to mention the elite cavalry of 150,000, even the elite cavalry of 50,000 can almost sweep the world and win the title of the 105,000. The majestic Li Shimin's black cavalry at that time had at least 10,000 people. The famous Yue Family Army was only 8,000 cavalry, and they beat the Jin army, which was also a nomadic people, to cry and cry.

Fortunately, there are Ningxia Town, Bayannur Grassland, Tumochuan Plain and other places where you can raise more war horses. Otherwise, Xu Xingxia would be a little troublesome. The elders of the committee have always been the most active in expanding their army, and they wish they could expand the number of cavalry to more than one million. Just using the tactics of the sea of ​​people, they could fill up other people's land. Unfortunately, they really don't have this ability. If they continue to tinker, the chairman will go bankrupt.

If the garrison troops do not need a war horse, the cost can be greatly reduced. It is just a farmer who is pulled over, equipped with a Sun and Moon gun, and after three months of strict training, he can basically be competent. Without the additional burden of a war horse, it is obviously much easier. According to estimates, the cost of a cavalry is equivalent to the cost of five ordinary infantry musketeers. In other words, reducing one cavalry can increase five infantry... Huh? What is the logic?

By forming a garrison troops, all the cavalry of the White-clothed Army can be freed up, and a greater advantage in force can be formed. The cavalry moves fast. If you march quickly, it will take half a month to get from Yansui Town to Hami Guard. This is something that infantry can never do. Therefore, if any unexpected situation occurs, the first thing Xu Xingxia thinks about is to mobilize the cavalry team, and he will not consider slow infantry at all.

Gradually, the cavalry did not need to take on the task of defending the city. In this way, some special troops would not complain. For example, the Xiong Qu Army had been in a defensive state since the day it was born, which made the Xiong Qu Army soldiers complain. Xu Xingxia's original meaning was that the Xiong Qu Army was professionally guarded, which could be seen from its military numerology. However, the Xiong Qu Army could not understand Xu Xingxia's thoughts.

Why are they always the Xiong Qu Army guarding the house? Why are they always the Xiong Qu Army watching the fun? Could it be that their Xiong Qu Army cannot fight in the field? Is it because their Xiong Qu Army is not strong in combat? However, their Xiong Qu Army is also equipped with a large number of war horses and trains in field battles! On the Gobi Desert outside Zhenyuan Pass, they also participated in field battles. Their performance is no worse than other troops. Now, it is a waste to continue to let us station in Zhenyuan Pass. What do you need to do to guard Zhenyuan Pass?

This time, Xu Xingxia decided to replace Xiongqu Army with the Zhenyuan Pass Guard and put it into the main battlefield. The Zhenyuan Pass Guard only needs 300 musketeers to be competent. The daily consumption of the entire garrison is less than a small team of cavalry. In addition, the same is true for the garrison in Yulin City, Xi'an City, Hanzhong City, Jiayuguan and other places.

The garrison is also an important source of military supplies for the field troops of the White-Clothed Army. If the field troops have a large gap, they can be directly allocated from the garrison. In the future, if the White-Clothed Army arrives in the water town of Jiangnan and the cavalry troops are not suitable for combat, they will also select elite troops from the garrison, directly form infantry troops, and conquer Jiangnan. As for marching into Annan, Tianzhu and other places, a large number of infantry will be required. We must prepare for the future from now on.

After the staff officer finished speaking, Gao Yigong added: "Chairman, there is still a situation now, which is the problem of the Yarkand Kingdom. According to the information I have, when we marched into the Hami Guard, some disharmonious voices came from the Yarkand Kingdom. I am worried that if they interfere with the Hami Guard, it will increase the pressure on our army."

The Yarkand Kingdom was originally of the same origin and clan as the Mongols. The original site of the kingdom was the former Chagatai Khanate. However, due to the influence of the spread of **, the people living here basically did not believe in immortality. They trusted another god more. Due to the different beliefs, their relationship with the Mongols gradually became weaker. Even there was a fierce conflict between the two sides. Mo Rigen wanted to deal with the pagans very early. Unfortunately, his ideal was defeated by Xu Xingxia before it was realized.

At present, the ruler of the Yarkand Kingdom, called Abdulatifu. The capital of the kingdom is in the southwest of Yarkand City (now Shache, Xinjiang), which is still far from Hamiwei. However, the Yarkand Kingdom has set up a special manager in the Turpan area, commonly known as the Governor of Turpan. Above this Governor, there is also an Eastern Khan, who is specifically responsible for managing the eastern part of the Yarkand Kingdom. The power of this Eastern Khan is quite large. Basically, he is considered the second-in-command of the Yarkand Khanate.
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