In order to build up national strength and enter the snowy region, Yuzhu stayed in Xi'an and never moved.

Yuzhu didn't bother to care about other things. Only the military rations that came into the warehouse every day had to be weighed one by one.

Yuzhu drew a red line. If the food shortage exceeded 3%, no matter who it was, his head would be lost.

Why three percent?

Alas, in the final analysis, it is because the weights and measures in various places are not completely unified, so there will inevitably be errors.

Yuzhu kept asking for food, and while the old emperor tried his best to satisfy him, he also sent an old enemy to help Yuzhu.

Yanxin, the commander of Manchuria under Zhenglan Banner, arrived in Xi'an with Sauron soldiers and Jehol soldiers.

Yanxin belongs to Lao Ba, and he and Yuzhu have had an old grudge for a long time.

A few days later, the Mongolian capital commander with a white flag and the guard commander Fara led the Zhili Green Camp troops to Xi'an.

Farah is also a member of Lao Ba, but he has never offended Yuzhu.

Yuzhu sat in the official hall and counted with his fingers, it could be said that the entire Western Expedition Army was full of members of the Eight Lords Party.

Beginning with Lao Si4, Yanxin, Zongchabu, Farah, etc., there are more than a dozen people from the Ba Ye Party.

Looking back from this matter, Old Fourteen is indeed a coward.

I think back then, the Fourteenth had hundreds of thousands of elite frontier troops, but because Nian Gengyao was stuck in his neck, he did not dare to raise an army. In the end, the Fourteenth was beaten to death.

You know, the fourteenth old man back then had most of the firearms camp in his hands.

No matter how powerful the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion soldiers under Nian Gengyao were, they did not have many firearms.

To put it bluntly, the firearms camp concentrated hundreds of artillery pieces and bombarded the city of Xi'an indiscriminately. Nian Gengyao could not hold it at all.

The Fourteenth is the biological son of the old emperor. As long as he is brave enough and raises an army in the name of the Qing Emperor, he will definitely have many followers.

After all, Yuzhu is not a prince. In terms of justice and status, he is too far behind.

Even if the old emperor dies now, except for the six thousand new troops, no one will follow Yuzhu to take risks.

A few days later, Yuzhu used the power of the coach to send Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao to Xining.

Anyway, if you want to march into the snowy region from Qinghai, you can only stock up on food in Xining.

According to Yuzhu's idea, in order to prevent the Junggar people from robbing food halfway, it is necessary to take advantage of the strong military strength and build more than a dozen large military stations along the way.

Each military station had 10,000 troops stationed and more than 100,000 dan of grain stored in it.

Even if the Dzungars come, they can only defend without attacking, but it will be enough to hold until reinforcements arrive.

This approach seems to be extremely rigid. In fact, it has targeted restraint on the Junggar's advantage of strong manpower and mobility.

There was no other way. The Dzungars had too many camels and they couldn't beat them, so they headed into the desert. The Qing army could only look at the sand and sigh.

There are so many benefits to establishing a military depot.

The most important thing is that even if a military station is attacked, the entire frontline army will not starve to death.

This is a good way to allocate risks. Never put all your eggs in one basket.

Yuzhu doesn't like to use tricks to win by surprise. He always likes to use scheming to force the enemy to submit.

Last time, in the Junggar Basin, Yuzhu stayed in the old county town of Luntai and never moved. He forced Cewang Alabutan to lead his troops and take the initiative to attack.

To put it bluntly, Yuzhu's tricks were all exposed in the sun. Galdan Celing and Dace Lingdun Dobu saw it clearly, but they were helpless.

Under Yuzhu's order, more than a dozen military stations were set up along the way from Xining to the foot of Tanggula Mountain.

The construction drawings of the military depot were all drawn by Yuzhu himself.

Trenches, walls, water diversions, horse stakes, high platforms for storing food, and other defensive facilities are all complete.

Tanggula Pass is covered with snow all year round, making it difficult to garrison.

The Junggar people are seriously short of troops and can only still occupy the main route into the snowy area and closely guard the Karawusu River in Nagqu.

Just looking at the floor plan, one cannot understand why Nian Gengyao was defeated on the north bank of the Karawusu River.

In fact, after passing the Tanggula Pass, there is only one way to enter the snowy area. You must cross the Karawusu River and enter through the Nian Tangla Pass in Naqu.

Tangla Mountain in the first year of this era is known as Nyenchen Tanglha Mountain in later generations.

The Nagqu Mountain Pass and the Karawusu River, together with the Nian Tangla Mountain, are the natural barriers to Lhasa.

Once this place is captured, Lhasa will have no natural danger to defend.

This is similar to if the Jiange is lost, Chengdu will definitely not be able to defend it. The nature is the same.

After the construction of the military station was roughly completed, Yuzhu personally led 50,000 main soldiers and horses, setting off from Xi'an and attacking Nagqu in a mighty manner.

After Yuzhu arrived in Xining, he immediately summoned a meeting with the generals.

The participants this time, apart from Lao Shi4, were Yanxin, Nian Gengyao, Zongchabu and Fara, all of whom were important officials of the imperial court.

The old emperor is also very interesting. He actually arranged four old people around Yuzhu. Isn't he afraid that these people will do bad things secretly?

Everyone present was a sensible person, and Yuzhu was too lazy to beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "I am going to supervise the grain supply in Xining. Let's all discuss who should be sent as the forward commander?"

Good guys, Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao, originally thought that they would have no chance to take credit.

Who would have thought that Yuzhu would want to stay in Xining. In this case, whoever is the vanguard will have the hope of achieving the miraculous feat of pacifying the snowy region!

"Commander, the last general is willing to be the vanguard." Old Fourteen stood up without hesitation.

Nian Gengyao didn't want to fight, but he was the defeated general. If he didn't fight for the vanguard general, he would have to fight with the punishment.

"Commander Yu, the general is willing to issue a military order. If you can't win the song, please raise your head to see me." Nian Gengyao was quite courageous and dared to risk his life.

Yuzhu looked at Old Fourteen deliberately, which meant that Nian Gengyao had already mastered the game, so you wouldn't be a coward, right?

Old Fourteen was embarrassed by Yuzhu's stare and said angrily: "Commander, why don't we let the last general and Nian Lianggong be the vanguard together? Whoever wins Naqu first will be qualified to enter Lhasa."

Uh-huh, that's what Yuzhu was waiting for. He immediately ordered Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao to each lead 20,000 troops to attack Nagqu together.

There are no jokes in the army. The words have been spoken and there is no reason to regret them.

Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao had no choice but to receive military orders and then acted separately.

Yuzhu understood very well that the old emperor's original intention was not to let him continue to perform extraordinary feats.

To put it bluntly, if Yuzhu really led the troops to conquer the Snowy Region, then it would be a great achievement without reward!

The day of triumph is when the jade pillar is frozen.

Therefore, Yuzhu deliberately arranged double insurance, allowing Nian Gengyao and Lao Shisi to serve as forwards.

The disadvantage of this is that the powers are not unified and it is easy to cause trouble.

The advantage is also obvious. Whether Nian Gengyao or Lao Shisi is ambushed, there will always be someone nearby to help.

Even if the food is attacked by a surprise attack, the two armies are together in one place and only eat one meal a day, and they can still survive until reinforcements come to rescue them.

Zeng Guofan's tactics against Chang Mao were just six words: fight stupidly and build a stronghold.

There are only seven words for Yuzhu to deal with the Dzungars: to build up national strength, which can be used both offensively and defensively.

After the discussion was completed, Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao began to act independently.

After Lao Shisi and Nian Gengyao left, Yuzhu led his troops from Xining in a hurry.

Along the way, Yuzhu still used the old method of exchanging the scarce supplies on the grasslands such as tea bricks, silk, silver and cotton cloth for Mongolian cattle, sheep and horses, and tempting people from various small Mongolian tribes in Qinghai to join the robbery team.

Yuzhu's mentality was extremely correct and he was not anxious at all. Along the way, his most important job was to personally inspect the construction of military depots in various places.

Whenever any deficiencies are found, Yuzhu will order them to be rectified immediately.???.

Each military station is both a reinforcement place and a food storage point, extending all the way to the Karawusu River in Naqu.

However, Yuzhu did not expect that Galdan Celing had already targeted him.

How should I put it, both Dace Lingdun Duobu and Galdan Celing saw through Yuzhu's conspiracy.

To put it bluntly, if Yuzhu is allowed to continue playing, he will definitely not be able to hold on to the song.

The Junggar people are essentially a nomadic people. Although their staple food is barley cake, their agricultural technology still remains at the level of slash-and-burn farming, and their food output is extremely low.

In addition, the population in the snowy areas is too small, and the food production in the plateau areas is originally very low.

If the confrontation with the Qing army continues for a long time, the Junggar people will definitely be the first to suffer.

Therefore, after careful discussion between the great strategist Lingdun Duobu and Galdan, they decided that Galdan Celing would be responsible for harassing the Qing army's logistics supply lines.

However, after Yuzhu creatively created the military depot, Galdan Celing was immediately dumbfounded.

That's right, Yuzhu adopted the strategy of the Qin-Zhao Changping War, using the strong national power to drag down the Quasi Army and the Xueyu Army to death.

Lian Po had been defending for several years. Why did King Zhao replace him and let Zhao Kuo make a quick victory?

The root problem is that Qin and Zhao have been at war with each other for several years, and the fields in Zhao's territory are almost deserted.

To put it bluntly, they are just trying to build up each other's national power, and Zhao Guoxian can't afford it anymore!

The military depot system implemented by Yuzhu seems to be very clumsy in dividing the troops everywhere.

In fact, the Junggar people, who originally had insufficient military strength, were in the awkward position of being able to attack everywhere, but not sure of winning anywhere.
To be continued...