Chapter 48                                                             �

The autumn wind blows, and the grassland is the richest time of the year. The horses are fat and the grass is full of rabbits fly.

It was also the most powerful time for the Tartars in the year. Even their power was a little overwhelming.

After a while, the cruelest winter on the grassland will arrive.

At that time, cattle and sheep that are fat now are not just positive assets, but negative assets, because in winter, every bite of cattle and sheep consumes calories. This creates a paradox. If a large number of cattle and sheep are not killed, the total amount of food on the grassland will be greatly reduced. If a large number of cattle and sheep are killed, it will be difficult to preserve in this season.

There is still nothing to eat in late winter.

If we want to consider the reproduction of animals next year, we must keep more animals, which is another great consumption.

Anyway.

In autumn, large-scale military activities were not burdened by the Tartars, and even just right. The numerous daily necessities, especially food, plundered from the south, were important bargaining chips for them to survive this cruel winter.

Of course. Now, with the cultivation of Fengzhou Beach.

The Mongolians' supplies were much better than before.

Have more choices.

But going south to rob and robbery has become a habit.

This also caused Xiao Qin to recruit cavalry from various units without spending much effort, with a total of 35,000 cavalrymen.

Come toward Datong in a mighty way.

Xiao Qin did not kill Hukou and rushed in. Instead, he came from the north of Datong.

Just about two hundred miles north of the side wall, the army passed by in a mighty manner and suddenly saw thick smoke coming out of a small hill around.

However, Xiao Qin ordered a team of Mongolian cavalry to kill him.

Xiao Qin asked, "How many are this?"

Qiu Fu said, "Master, this is the fourth one."

Xiao Qin said: "Zhou Mengchen is really amazing. He actually put Ye Bucheng here."

Qiu Fu said: "If you come, these people are just here to die. What's so great about it?"

Xiao Qin said: "It is because it is a matter of knowing that someone will die, and that this is the value of Zhou Mengchen. I remember that even Zhou Shangwen did not release Ye Busheng two hundred miles away."

Every wolf smoke is a life that several people cannot take away at night.

They usually have two or three to four people in a group, carrying enough food to lurk for a month or half a month to hide in the depths of the grassland. They collect combustible materials and wait for the Tartar army to pass by and light the wolf smoke. They report the message behind. There will be another observation group more than ten miles away, and they are also lurking groups. When the news is reported here, they will also light the wolf smoke and pass the information to the side wall.

But the night was not taken, and the casualties were too heavy. Nothing else, so I sent a message like this. I exposed myself to the Tartar army for a few episodes, and it was difficult to survive.

Moreover, the border troops rarely do this act of not holding the night away. It is nothing more than that, and this test for the soldiers. Because lurking outside depends entirely on self-consciousness. Such a large place on the grassland is found in advance, and if they do not explode, it will be difficult for the Tartars to discover it.

If you don’t send a signal, you will say you haven’t met after going back. As long as you vent your breath, it will be difficult to verify later.

Therefore, the lurking night here must be loyal and capable. After all, there are many beasts in the wild, and they can camp in the wild for more than ten days to one month, so they must have excellent abilities.

Even Zhou Shangwen did not use it on such a large scale without stopping at night.

Xiao Qin then sneered and said, "I thought I could know where the army was. I would send orders, draw out thousands of cavalry, and pull over the net. If I meet the Ming army at night, I will kill them, and then ignite their wolf smoke. I'll see what Zhou Mengchen can do."

"Yes." A person behind him immediately agreed and then went down to pass the order.

Therefore, above the wide surface of Datong hundreds of miles north of Datong, the beacon smoke was like pillars that reached the sky, hanging in the sky.

Datong's breathing became tense.

Everyone knows that the Tartars are coming.

Zhou Mengchen and Datong civil and military officials gathered on the top of the city, looking at the beacon in the sky from afar.

Ma Fang had blood in her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "Blame me."

Zhou Mengchen said: "It's not your fault. This plan was proposed by Qi Jiguang. I agree. You sent someone to implement it. There is a situation today, no one can blame it. However, the sacrifice of the soldiers was not in vain. At least one thing was clear, and the main attack direction of the Tartars had been determined."

It is not enough to send out all night without taking it, so one two people were temporarily drawn from Ma Fang's horse team and divided into nearly a hundred groups. Now it seems that very few people can survive this war.

However, as Zhou Mengchen said, the main attack direction of the Tartars has been determined.

Now the Tartars cannot change their direction temporarily. They can only break through from the positive direction of Datong.

This will make Zhou Mengchen start to take action.

Zhou Mengchen's eyes swept across the general in front of him.

There are two new people, one is the guerrilla Zhou Yichang in Jizhou and the other is the guerrilla Liu Jia in Shanxi. Zhou Mengchen has also seen their troops. Although they are known as three thousand, there are actually more than two thousand people in each department. They are not full of the editor. This is normal in the Ming Dynasty, and it is abnormal to have full of the editor.

Fortunately, Zhou Mengchen, after all, was the character of Emperor Xin, and was taken care of by the Minister of War Nie Bao. All regions dare not be negligent. They dare not say that the ace troops sent from all over the country, but they are also good. They dare to fight and fight. There are not too many such troops in various towns.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Since the direction of the Tartars going south is clear, we cannot stay in Datong. If we send the order, the troops will pack up immediately and go north immediately." "Zhou Yichang, Liu Jia, you two follow the central army." Zhou Mengchen said.

"Yes." The two of them immediately bowed.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Ma Fang, you will lead your troops to the north immediately and guard the border walls. No matter what happens, I will entangle the main force of the Tartars and wait for the army to come up."

Ma Fang said: "The last general will receive the order. Time is urgent, so the last general will go."

Then he bowed heavily and stepped back.

Zhou Mengchen looked at him, his heart full of worry, but he could do nothing.

Zhou Mengchen recognized the quality of the two reinforcements, but he also understood that he could not expect these reinforcements to fight for Datong at all. This is inevitable. Compared with the military integration in later generations, there were always many conflicts between the armies in various places within the Ming system.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen was not very happy to transfer the two guerrillas to Ma Fang's command.

These two people dare not be arrogant by Zhou Mengchen, but it may not be necessary to go to Ma Fang's side. Ma Fang's qualifications are still a little shallow. These two are veterans. In terms of qualifications, Zhou Yichang is only a little lacking than Zhou Shangwen. Liu Jia is also in his forties and has been in the army for most of his life.

Before they could serve as general, Ma Fang had already come from behind. How could this convince them?

If there is time, Zhou Mengchen could also let them get some exercise, but now there is no time. Arranging them to act with Ma Fang, the situation may not be very good. There may even be a counterproductive effect.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen also needed cavalry here.

It’s not that Zhou Mengchen wants to divide the troops.

Instead, we have to divide the troops.

There is nothing else, it is the difference in speed between the two sides.

Zhou Mengchen plundered 6,000 horses of various colors, but compared with war horses, it was still one quarter shorter than the war horses. It was impossible to follow the cavalry and force the two sides to pull together, which restricted the speed of Ma Fang's troops. The only ones who could deal with cavalry were cavalry. Zhou Mengchen's central army was the 6,000 cavalry infantry, namely Li Ru's troops and Qi Jiguang's troops. If they encountered cavalry, they also needed cavalry guards.

Zhou Mengchen left these five thousand cavalry by his side.

There were more than 30,000 cavalry of the Tartars, while the Ming army dispatched about 20,000 people, which seemed to be evenly matched. However, in terms of mobility, the gap between the two sides was very large.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Ma Lu."

"The last one will be there," said Ma Lu.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I'll leave Datong to you. You will lead our troops to Datong and stay in various departments. You not only need to defend Datong, but also protect the autumn harvest. This is everyone's food, and you must not make any mistakes."

Ma Lu said, "Sir, I will obey the order."

All Ma Lu can say is to obey orders.

After all, in the current situation, it is difficult for Ma Lu to give more guarantees.

At this moment, the horse's hooves rolling under the city gate were uploaded, and Ma Fang had already left Datong with his troops.
Chapter completed!