Chapter 583
Boxeri City.
Because Batuer was in a hurry, except for war horses and a small amount of food, almost all other cattle, sheep, animals, gold and silver vessels fell down.
It is said to be a capital city, but in fact it is not even an ordinary county town in the Central Plains, and its circumference is only four miles long. Looking at the low earth wall Lu Xiangsheng was also anxious.
"How is it? Where has the Third Cavalry Battalion been?"
"The General is still two hundred miles away. According to their itinerary, it will take at least five days to arrive." A Han cavalry replied.
"No, absolutely not. It's too late to let them abandon all the things they seized, bring only horses and women, and they must arrive tomorrow evening."
Lu Xiangsheng's face was as dark as charcoal, and then gritted his teeth and said, "He was not worried that the Heshuot tribe and the Dulbert tribe could break Boxeri, but was worried that the troops from all over the country would be defeated by the other side."
After all, his more than 100,000 troops are now scattered all over the country, and many of them have not yet been contacted, and some battalions have been completely disrupted.
Fortunately, he appointed officers temporarily in each battalion, otherwise a major event would have to happen. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also regretted that he should not gather the 5,000 Han cavalry, but should still lead the more than 100,000 troops. At that time, he made a decision to reduce the casualties of Han cavalry.
"General, my subordinates are worried that those guys will be reluctant to leave."
"Tell them that as long as there is enough cattle and sheep, we can eat it. The cattle and sheep in Boksai are enough for us to eat it for winter. As for what is the use of gold, silver and jewelry, what can we buy? When we return to the Qin Dynasty, we will naturally reward merits and do we have to worry about lack of money at that time?"
Lu Xiangsheng also sighed. If he had driven the cattle and sheep to leave slowly, he would probably not have been able to gather his troops in half a month.
"It's the General."
The lieutenant did not hesitate anymore. Although he was very tired, he still turned over and ran away quickly with a team of Mongolian cavalry. Only they knew where the third battalion was.
Without waiting for all the communication soldiers to return, Lu Xiangsheng sent dozens of waves of communication soldiers again, each team of ten, a Han lieutenant, a knight who speaks Chinese and Mongolian, and eight ordinary Mongolian cavalrymen, spread out from all directions.
Any Mongolian cavalry they encountered, no matter how many people they were, informed them to abandon the cattle, sheep, gold, silver and jewelry, and only carry horses and women to rush to Bokselli.
At this time, more than 100,000 Qin troops were divided into hundreds of large and small stocks, distributed on the vast grassland.
There are thousands more, hundreds less, and even dozens of people in a team, but each of them is driven by cattle, sheep and horses, and the women and children he stolen, moving towards Boxer like migrating, and many pregnant women are among them.
Many of these teams will be brought together as they walk, forming a larger migration team. Whoever has a higher official position will be listened to, and the official position will be fought one by one, and whoever wins will be listened to.
This is the temporary military law formulated by Lu Xiangsheng for these more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry. Although it is just these two simple rules, it is playing a huge role now.
After all, these Mongolian cavalry also had military ranks after being recruited, but most of them were at the level of soldiers, and only a very small number were awarded lieutenant. As for generals, there was no one.
This allows the two teams to quickly merge and continue to move forward after meeting, without any scrambling for the spoils.
As for not going back with the spoils, finding a place with abundant water and grass to do the work of the local emperor, it did not happen.
Because this is simply unrealistic, although these more than 100,000 people have high or low ranks and large or small official positions, no one will be convinced by any means.
This is the benefit of clearing out all the nobles.
In addition, most people already have pastures in Daqin, with wives, children, cattle, sheep and horses, and no one is in charge of them, so the temptation of working alone is not very good.
What's more, the living conditions on the grassland are harsh and dangerous everywhere. Without a powerful tribe as a backer, there is a risk of being killed or snatched away by his wife and children, so almost no one is willing to live the same kind of life as before.
On the other hand, since he surrendered to the Qin Dynasty, he not only had security guarantees, but he could also sell excess cattle, sheep and horses to Han caravans to buy daily necessities such as grain, salt and other daily necessities. Therefore, he no longer had to worry about the cattle, sheep that had not eaten after they were frozen to death.
As for the Han people who would be summoned to fight, they were still eager to do so, and no one would resist.
So after receiving Lu Xiangsheng's order, almost all the teams chose to abandon the cattle, sheep, gold and silver, and ran wildly with horses and women.
In fact, even if they didn't listen, they couldn't take those things back, because the cavalry of the Khosut tribe and the Dulbert tribe came from the west and south respectively.
These cavalrymen are all three horses, without any burden, and they are all teams of thousands and thousands of people, coming and going like the wind, even if the number of Qin troops exceeds their number, they cannot defeat them.
Because the slow team was hard to defend, and the opponent could quickly summon companions to siege, so even if many teams did not receive Lu Xiangsheng's order, they were chased and had to leave their things and flee.
Even women don't care about it.
The alive mantis stalked the cicada, and the oriole was behind, which caused the two leaders of the Hoshuot tribe and the Dulbert tribe to laugh so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.
The warriors of both tribes were laughing happily and were too lazy to chase the escaped Mongolians. Instead, they received spoils. The leaders of the small tribes quarreled for cattle, sheep, women, children, gold and silver, and even more so.
This is the biggest disadvantage of the tribal system. The two tribes snatched so many cattle and sheep populations, gold and silver utensils, and tents and leather. They immediately gave up their plans to continue attacking Boxeri, but planned to bring all these things back first.
Because their goal has been achieved, the powerful Junggar tribe is over, and most of the cattle and sheep population has been annexed by them.
Next, as long as they guard their respective territories and do not let the Qin cavalry from the east rob their cattle and sheep, the other party will definitely not be able to survive this winter. In the end, they will either be annexed by them or retreat in shame.
The habitat of the Junggar tribe will be completely transformed into their tribe, so what they have to do now is not to fight with each other, but to prevent the other from fighting with them.
Of course, if the leaders of the two tribes knew that Batuer had not lie, there were really nearly 200,000 cavalrymen coming from the east this time, and they probably wouldn't have thought so.
It's right to think about it. If the opponent only has 100,000 people and defeats the powerful Junggar tribe, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. After all, the Junggar tribe faces life and death and will definitely fight to the death. In this way, the remaining troops on the other side will not be worrying.
Chapter completed!