"Report!"

Wu Ba, who was guarding outside the tent, walked in with a letter in his hand.

"Report to the lord, General Dong Gu just sent someone back."

Wu Ba bowed his body and delivered the letter to Dong Hu, and then he then put his fists in his arms and exited the tent. Dong Hu did not open the letter as soon as possible, but looked at Dong Chi and signaled that Dong Chi to continue his previous words.

Dong Chi continued: "This time, our army sent a total of 43,000 regular soldiers and cavalry, and 20,000 baggages with the army. In the past five months after leaving the frontier, there have been countless battles, and more than 37,400 slaves were captured, 147,830 cattle and sheep were captured, and 54,600 horses were captured..."

Dong Chi was a little hesitant, just as Dong Hu frowned slightly...

"When our army went out of the frontier, it was when the tribes on the grassland were grazing everywhere, and there shouldn't be much resistance. However, we didn't expect that the Tuoba tribe gathered more than 10,000 people in the narrow mountain of Fuyang Jushan. Although our army finally defeated them, the Tuoba savages were extremely fierce. Our army died in battle alone and had more than 5,000 minor and serious injuries."

Dong Hu nodded silently.

Dong Chi said again: "Except for the Tuoba tribe, the rest of the resistance is much weaker. Our army basically has not suffered much damage to the war. We abandoned them and led ten thousand cavalry to chase the remnants of Tuoba tribe. We don't know how much damage they will suffer. Our army has killed a total of 4,117 people in the past five months and injured more than 6,300."

Hearing that 20% of the combat power was lost, Dong Hu felt ache in his heart, but there was no big change in his face.

"Charity does not control military justice but wealth. Sometimes, some sacrifices are the price that must be paid!"

Dong Hu looked at everyone one by one and said seriously: "I have lost 20 to 30% of my combat power. I have gained 30,000 to 40,000 slaves and millions of cattle and sheep. Judging from the harvest and contribution, we think we have lost it."

"First of all, we are short of population, and secondly, we are not short of food. Whether there are millions of cattle and sheep is just the icing on the cake for us."

"Just compared to the efforts, we think that this time we are losing money by hitting Caogu, but! This is just a matter of wealth, not a matter of initiative."

Dong Hu said: "One of the reasons for going out of the frontier this time is to train Han soldiers and cavalry to grow faster. The ones that can really stabilize our foundation are these Han soldiers who seem to be second-handed, not the elite cavalry in your hands. As for why we say that, you should think about the reason for it yourself."

"In addition to the fact that we want to accelerate the training of the Han cavalry, it is the issue of taking the initiative in succession."

Dong Hu stood up and pointed at the rough map hanging from the central army's tent with a small bamboo pole.

"You can see from this map that although the Xianbei people defeated the Xiongnu and became the overlords of the Wanli Grassland, their eyes were very short-sighted. They chose Danhan Mountain as the Shanyuting, which was actually just a corner of the grassland, and it was also a corner of the four battles."

Dong Hu used a small bamboo pole to draw a circle around Danhan Mountain and continued: "The Xianbei people in Danhan Mountain have a grudge against the Wuwan people, and they often fight with the Han Dynasty. At the same time, the tribes are divided into pieces. As long as... there is a slightly more powerful tribe here."

Dong Hu drew a circle in the radius of thousands of miles of the Northern Xiongnu Shanyuting and said solemnly: "Whenever there is a slightly stronger tribe here, as long as it threatens the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people will be defeated! It's just a pity! The Huns moved westward, and they could not hold on until the moment Tan Shihuai died of illness."

"The Northern Xiongnu Khan Temple has become a blank space and has become the backbone of the thousands of miles of grasslands of the Xianbei people in Danhanshan. If we want to truly fight the Xianbei people, we can only occupy this place! Only by occupying this place can we truly grasp the initiative to defeat the Xianbei people."

"At the same time, we can occupy the thousand-mile grassland here, so we can... from Juyan's vassal state to slash into the four northwest counties in Liangzhou, namely the four counties in Hexi. We will go south by the Yan's vassal state to cut the Hexi Corridor into two sections with one knife, thereby blocking the old boy Han Sui's retreat, taking down the four counties in Hexi, and connecting with the tribesmen in the Hehuang Valley!"

Dong Hu used a small bamboo pole to draw a circle in the "Heart of the Grassland" thousands of miles, and then drew two arrows to the southeast and southwest, and all the generals looked solemn.

"We think it is worth it to use ten thousand casualties, or even more lives to kill the Xianbei of Danhanshan and kill the old boy Han Sui!"

Dong Hu sighed softly again, his limited population, and the "heart of the grassland" was almost like the fertile land of Henan. If anyone wants to dominate the grassland, he must occupy the grasslands in a radius of thousands of miles from the Northern Xiongnu Shanyuting to Yanran Mountain. The reason why the Xianbei did not occupy the grasslands but was able to dominate the grasslands was closely related to the Xiongnu migration westward.

The Xiongnu's migration to the west had nothing to do with Tan Shihuai. It was the result of the war between the Huns and the Han Dynasty. The Xiongnus that Tan Shihuai defeated in the end were just the remnants of the Northern Huns' last migration to the west. These remnants were all old and weak, and there were only thousands of young and strong soldiers who could really produce them.

After the last migration to the west, the entire northern mourning grassland had almost no population. Seventy or eighty percent of the population in the entire mourning grassland were concentrated in the southern mourning grassland, with 400,000 Southern Xiongnu, 400,000 Xianbei, and 300,000 Wuwan people.

The heart of the grassland has become a vacuum, and Dong Hu wants to occupy the grassland that truly dominates the grassland. However, he is truly loyal to the Han people in his hands. He wants the Han cavalry to occupy this vacuum, rather than letting the Qiang people, the Huns, and the Han people in Hetao counties occupy the grassland. For Dong Hu, these people are not truly reliable people, even if they are Han people in Hetao counties!

He sighed in his heart and gestured on the simple map with a small bamboo pole, then Dong Hu sat back on the seat.

"After we talked to you, you should know the importance of this place."

"Dong Chi."

Dong Chi stood up solemnly with a look on his face.

"Dong Chi is here!"

Dong Hu said solemnly: "From now on, you will be the chief manager of the Mobei Grassland. We will give you five thousand young cavalry and ten thousand Han cavalry, including the slaves captured this time, and cattle and sheep for you."

Dong Hu was silent and said, "Since we came to Bingzhou, our focus of defense has been on the forefront of danger."

"When we recaptured the three counties of Hetao, Yunzhong County was only a hundred miles south from Meiji Shanyuting and northeast from Danhan Mountain. Therefore, Yunzhong County was the most powerful defense area with the three counties. Secondly, it was to deal with the grasslands in the northern part of the Mobei province and the Shuofang County where the Qiang people went north in Liangzhou. The five thousand cavalry of Wuyuan County were only to deal with the possible dangers in the east and west counties at any time, and were the reserve troops of the two counties."

"However, after we killed the Meiji Xiong, we led troops to station in Zhuwenze in Huaxiong, and after we set up the Muwan People Yishou tribe in Qiushui Valley, we had already pushed the front line to the door of Danhanshan's house, but we had not yet threatened the back door of Danhanshan."

"We blocked the Danhanshan Xianbei invaded the three Hetao counties, Yanmen County, and the Qianmen of Youzhou. The dangers of the three Hetao counties were minimized, but this does not mean that Yunzhong County and Shuofang County do not need to station heavy troops, because at this time we have changed from passive defense to the advantage of active attack."

Dong Hu stood up and pointed at the map hanging behind him with a small bamboo pole.

"The Eastern Front War was mainly aimed at the Xianbei Danhan Mountain. There were three attack directions. One was the troops led by Huaxiong on the west, including Dong Yao and Dong Xin on the 20,000 military farms. The second was the troops led by Gaoliu on the south, the troops of Wuwan Yicong in the Qiushui Valley. The third was the north, and the attacks were launched from the northern Xiongnu Shanting Guyan Mountain (Ulaanbaatar) to the Xianbei on the Danhan Mountain."

"The Western Front War was mainly aimed at the rebellious Qiang people in Liangzhou. If the cooperation of the Hehuang Valley was not included, our Bingzhou troops had two attack directions. One was to kill from Shuofang County along the Yellow River to the Jincheng Pass, the other was to kill from the grasslands in the north of the Mobei Province into the vassal state of Zhangye Juyan, cut off the Hexi Corridor from the north to the south, and from Hansui to the back."

Dong Hu gestured on the simple map and said, "How many soldiers and horses were there in the Eastern Front War? Huaxiong's troops had a total of 15,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. The troops of the Umaru Yisong should be able to take out 10,000 string control soldiers. Liu Qi will be the leader of 5,000 cavalry in Guyan Mountain in the north. In other words, at least 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers on the eastern front, and there are also reserve troops in Pingcheng, and the limit is to take out 100,000 soldiers."

"In the Western Front War, there were Sun Niu, 20,000 infantry soldiers under Xing Yong's troops, Xiao Yi and 10,000 cavalry led by Gu. At least 10,000 cavalry will be rushed into Zhangye from the direction of the Mobei grassland. There will be 30,000 Dongbuyicon and 10,000 young cavalry in the Hehuang Valley, which can gather 70,000 elite troops."

Dong Hu introduced the troops that can be used in the east-west wars, and said: "The limit on the eastern front can be used to take out 100,000 yuan. If we only deal with Danhan Mountain, we will have an absolute advantage in military strength!"

"Same, Han Sui seems to have 100,000 troops, but we all know that Han Sui cannot have 100,000 soldiers. At least half of them are the elderly, weak, women and children who follow the sheep. Moreover, Han Sui will face attacks from multiple directions. In terms of force comparison, we also have the advantage of military strength!"

When Dong Hu said these words, everyone suddenly realized that he was so powerful that he could use 170,000 troops, and from his words, this did not include the 15,000 cavalry that Dong Chi stationed on the grassland.

Hearing that he was so powerful, the generals couldn't help but breathe heavily, Dong Hu felt a little moved and smiled bitterly. All his troops seemed to be close to 200,000, but they were the limit combat power of nearly 800,000 people in the Hehuang Valley in Bingzhou, and some extreme combat power that women had to be able to achieve by participating in the war.

There were a total of 170,000 military farm soldiers in the east and west line. Are there many of these? Dong Hu did not think that many of them. Later, the Ming Dynasty's military farm soldiers must have exceeded this number. Only when the troops reach this number can the nine sides be secured to be sufficiently stable.

Dong Hu tapped the small table with a small bamboo pole twice, suppressing the humming low conversation until everyone saw it, and then spoke again.

"From passive defense, to enter strategic attack, the tens of cavalry of the three counties of Hetao will gradually spread to the periphery and spread to the northern desert grassland. Huaxiong led 5,000 elite cavalry in Zhuwenze, and Liu Qi's 5,000 cavalry will be placed in Guyan Mountain, the former Xiongnu Shanyuting."

"The reason for doing this is that the Mobei grassland is the key to our defence and attack. Taking advantage of the emptiness of the Mobei grassland, if we do not swallow the Mobei grassland at this time, the Wanli Grassland will always be the strategic retreat place of the Xianbei people, and we will always fight with them for consumption!"
Chapter completed!