[Chapter 313] Where is the free lunch in the world?

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The escaped Tartar cavalry was really terrible to be pursued by the Eagle Cavalry. They were unwilling to fight, and they became the souls of the white-clothed army's guns one by one. The Tartars' corpses extended from Zhenyuan Pass to the north, covering the entire Gobi Desert, and even went deep into the edge of the desert. The white-clothed army auxiliary soldiers who followed behind to clean up the battlefield, carried a scimitar and stabbed the undead Tartars one by one, and then placed their bodies horizontally on the horse's back and dragged them all back.

It was not until the fifth day of the first lunar month that the scattered soldiers of the Diaoqi Army retreated one after another. The distance they pursued was quite far, almost reaching the southern border of the Hellejin tribe. This was the limit of the White-Clothed Cavalry's pursuit. If you want to continue pursuing, you must re-plan and prepare for a complete and long-term battle. Otherwise, once you encounter a counterattack by the Tatar cavalry, the White-Clothed Army may suffer casualties. Fighting is definitely not as simple as shooting, and there are more important key issues such as logistics supplies, rest and medical care.

When the Tartars of the Helejin tribe went south to Ningxia Town to plunder, they could get more supplies from Ningxia Town. They were used to the life of nomadic peoples and did not require too much logistics supplies to last for a long time. However, on the other hand, it was difficult for the white-clothed army to go north to do this. Ordinary Han people, without using external forces, survived independently in the vast grasslands, let alone fighting.

There is a more troublesome existence between Ningxia Town and Bayannur Grassland, that is, the desert area. The Ulanbuhe Desert extends eastward to the west bank of the Yellow River, with almost no passable land in the middle and must walk from the desert. This is definitely a disaster for logistics supply. Ordinary business travelers must make very thorough preparations in advance when passing through the desert area, let alone combat troops.

The Tartars who went south could plunder on the spot and obtain food supplies in the more prosperous and richer Ningxia Town. Generally speaking, if they were not very lucky, they would not have been out of food. However, the white-clothed cavalry on the north could not do this. The difficulty of the nomadic peoples to strengthen the walls and clear the fields was too low. As long as they pulled up the tent, put it in a caravan, and moved it away with horses, cattle and sheep, the only thing they left was a tragic prairie.

The degree to which the nomadic peoples are firm and cleared is much better than that in Ningxia Town. Apart from horses, cattle and sheep, they don’t have any supplies, they can just pack them and take them away. Once they evacuate, they will really not leave you with weeds or any useful things. If they fight against such opponents, if they do not prepare enough food, they may starve to death. The nomadic people are so arrogant and unscrupulous, which is also considered by this reason.

At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty gave up the Bayannur grassland, which was because of the existence of the desert, logistics transportation supplies, and personnel transportation, so that such a decision was made. At that time, it was not that no one else had objected, but their objections were basically not mainstream and could not form an effective resolution.

During the Hongwu period, people often proposed to send troops to the south of Yinshan Mountain to establish front-line defenses to protect the security of the northwest region. Unfortunately, the Jingnan Battle later broke out and everyone was busy with internal strife, so no one mentioned this matter again. To be honest, it was indeed a pity that such a large piece of fat was thrown away like this!

In a sense, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a little petty. In his eyes, he only had the picturesque country in the Central Plains, and he did not pay much attention to these so-called "wild places". If a certain number of garrison troops were set up in Yinshan, south of Daqingshan, the Tartars would not be so rampant. The garrison troops were still somewhat combat-effective before Zhengde.

Unfortunately, these have become established facts and there is no possibility of change. The current imperial court is too busy to take care of itself and it is impossible to send troops to the south of Yinshan again. Even if Xu Xingxia makes a resolution to the court, the imperial court will definitely not agree. Even at the level of Ningxia Town, he would not be able to pass it. If he wanted to reverse such a situation, he could only rely on his own efforts and the strength of the White-Clothed Army.

"Feng Qingwu." Xu Xingxia suddenly shouted.

"What are your instructions?" Feng Qingwu hurried over.

Xu Xingxia said with a cold expression: "The mission of your Diaoqi Army in the future is to regularly harass the Hellejin tribe, constantly weaken their vital forces, and strictly monitor their movements. You must formulate a detailed and meticulous combat plan, and send troops from the Black Mountain camp station to the Hellejin tribe every day. The harassment adopts a shift system, dispatching thirty to fifty people each time. Each person carries two spare horses, and carry various materials needed for a month of combat, and constantly harass the Tartars day and night."

Feng Qingwu rubbed his palms hard, and he was eager to speak out. Of course, he was very happy to harass the Tartars. In the past, it was the military households in Ningxia Town, but now it was finally the turn of Ningxia Town to be proud. He could guarantee that he would not make the Tartars have a good life. After careful consideration, Feng Qingwu said with a little concern: "Sir, with the current strength of our Diaoqi Army..."

Xu Xingxia nodded and said calmly: "I am now ordering to increase the official organization of the Diaoqi Army to 300 people and turn it into six teams. All personnel will be drawn from other teams. The vacancy of other teams will be made up with auxiliary soldiers."

Feng Qingwu said excitedly: "That's great! I guarantee to complete the task!"

After pondering for a moment, Xu Xingxia said with a cold face again: "How did the Tartars deal with us in the past? How do you deal with the Tartars now. Do you understand what I mean?"

Yun Qifeng said with a stern expression: "I understand! We will deal with them as much as the Tartars used to deal with us! We will deal with them with teeth for tooth, blood for blood!"

Xu Xingxia nodded with satisfaction and said sternly: "Okay, you go!"

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After the battle, the White Army had to do a lot of things. The first thing to do was to count the results in detail, form a real, without any moisture, and could withstand repeated inspections of the victory memorials, and submit them step by step to the Ningxia Zuotun Guard Commander's Office, Ningxia Dusi Office, Ningxia Town General Officer's Office, Ningxia Governor's Office, Shaanxi Dusi Office, Shaanxi Trilateral Governor's Office, the imperial court, etc.

Yu Lijun has always been responsible for this work, and this time is no exception. Xu Xingxia's request was that the white army would prepare the memorials for the victory and deliver them to them first. If possible, it would be best to deliver them to several places at the same time. As for what reactions the superiors would have, or there would be no reaction at all after they were delivered, Xu Xingxia would not need to worry about it. Anyway, he did not expect these superiors to give them food.

However, Xu Xingxia estimated that such a great military achievement would not have been a reaction from the superiors. This battle annihilated four or five thousand Tartars! Since Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty has never had such a dazzling record! As long as he is not a fool, he will understand what it contains. Are there any fools in the Ming Dynasty officials? Of course not! Zhang Haogu is just a fictional character. In fact, every official in the Ming Dynasty, especially civil officials, is a shrewd person, and an elite who has passed five levels and killed six generals.

No one doesn't like dazzling military achievements, especially those that can be awarded titles. It is really difficult for civil servants of the Ming Dynasty to be awarded titles. With Zhang Juzheng's ability, he just got a small title, but he was deprived of it after his death. Other chief ministers didn't even dare to think about it. The only possibility of winning titles but not being deprived is to win titles through military achievements. If a huge military achievements are placed in front of him, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have the possibility of winning titles, they would be strange if they don't fight.

It is like the three-sided governor, if he has dazzling military achievements in his hands and enters the cabinet, it will only be a matter of time. It is not impossible to win titles with a little operation. It is much easier to win titles through military achievements than to follow Zhang Juzheng's path. As long as he has strong military achievements in hand, others cannot object at all. If you have the ability, you will also kill thousands of heads of Tartars. As long as you can do it, you can also win titles!

There is also a question of rational analysis of the detailed statistics of the results. No one else can do this work except Xu Xingxia. What is the best thing for otaku? I guess it is to use his brain. Otaku always thinks too much and does too little. When analyzing conspiracy theories, he always goes one by one. At that time, general soldiers and generals at that time did not have such analytical ability at all, and most of them rely on experience to guess blindly.

For example, which tribe the killed Tartar cavalry belongs to, and how many of their ages are, are all very useful information. Through these information, we can effectively infer how many people there are in the current Eriton and Hellejin tribes. What kind of reactions will they have when facing a major blow and what kind of people will they ask for help. These are all things that the White Army needs to consider in detail when formulating strategies in the future.

Xu Xingxia estimated that after Hellerkin returned to his tribe, the greatest possibility was to immediately send people to the three major Tatar tribes for help. After all, it was a matter within the Tatars, and it would be better to solve it within the Tatars. With the strength of the three major Tatar tribes, as long as one tribe or several tribes, it is still possible to send a team of thousands of people to help Hellerkin. If you lose your lips and teeth, they should not be willing to die.

However, with the style of the three major tribes, the Hellerkin tribe will not exist after these thousand-person teams arrive. They will definitely be incorporated into the three major tribes. The leader of the Hellerkin tribe must also stand aside. How could there be a free lunch in the world? It is estimated that Hellerkin himself must be very confused now.

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