Even though he had an angel in his pocket, when Yang Qi led his troops to head north, he still couldn't feel relaxed.
Because Liu Chengzong gave him extremely strong support, a very high official position, unparalleled authority and good soldiers and horses, but in the final analysis this is very different from Cao Yao's Gansu Governor's Mansion.
Gansu was conquered by Liu Chengzong himself, and the areas that needed to be surrendered were surrendered. A garrison was left to take over the territory, and the guards were gathered on the oasis, and the official office of the Marshal's Palace was established, which could be controlled by the five Huangbans.
The Qilian Mountain Road receives immigrants from Hehuang.
As for Monan, the Marshal's Mansion does not have an inch of land there, and it is impossible for a single soldier to receive any support from the Marshal's Mansion in the short term.
This is more like Liu Chengzong supporting a peasant army leader who was defeated by the official army, giving him soldiers, horses, clothing, food and grass, and letting him start another business.
Yang Qi was not blinded by greed. He knew very well that sending troops this time was not the best opportunity for him. The best opportunity would be for the Marshal's Mansion to send troops to Guyuan. The risk factor was low and the probability of success was high. As long as he was given a thousand
If you can ride a horse well, you can capture Guyuan.
Sending troops to Monan is more like gambling, betting that the Jin army will not be stationed in Monan for a long time, and also betting that this marshal's army can reach the battlefield before they return to Shenyang.
Yang Qi was gambling, and so was Liu Chengzong, but Liu Chengzong could not afford to lose in this bet, and Yang Qi could only win.
The Monan Army took action at the moment of the expedition. The three general officers were their own. They worked out a plan at an extremely fast speed. The core point of this plan was not to capture Monan, but to minimize the need for the Marshal's Mansion in Hexi.
burden.
Yang Qi, Wang Chengen, and He Huchen are all the most professional people in leading troops, especially leading hungry troops. They know best when the army will be hungry and when it will be unable to bear the hunger.
Counting from the moment they send troops, their lives have entered a countdown. Calculating fully, the time to have full combat effectiveness is one month. If they lose combat effectiveness, this time can be extended to three months.
In three months, the Monan Army will lose most of its combat effectiveness, and then die in the winter of the seventh year of Chongzhen.
It was not that this army died in the winter, but that the three of them died in the winter. This army might fall into banditry or live an ignoble existence until they see Liu Chengzong again, but before that the angry soldiers would definitely kill them first. It's not that they are very loyal to Liu Chengzong. The troops assigned to the Monan Governor's Mansion are almost the least loyal military representatives in the Marshal's Mansion.
There are 5,000 Mongolian cavalry, all of whom were born in the army. The nobles who have been loyal to them for generations were more or less killed because of Liu Chengzong.
There were a thousand battalions of Xifan's cavalry, but there were not many surrendered troops, and most of them were prisoners. On the first day after joining the Marshal's Mansion, they were thrown into labor reform in the Haibei quarry. Only after they came out did they receive armored horses and iron spears, and continued to fight in the marshal's palace.
Military effectiveness.
Most of the 3,000-strong Lintao Brigade believed that joining the Marshal's Mansion was an arrangement of fate. They were fascinated by the lake and welcomed the internal strife in Lanzhou City, and strangely changed their banners.
Shi Xiang, who defected on the battlefield, was like a small independent warlord holding the Lintao Brigade's troops, without any ideological reform, and lacked recognition of the Marshal's Office. All they knew was that one day, the division general changed his flag, and the former Lanzhou gentlemen were
Once everything is shoveled clean, the Generalissimo will pay us and allocate land to our men.
Li Wanqing, Luo Rucai, and Yang Chengzu's 1,500 people are the second-line old guys in the Marshal's Mansion. Moreover, the 500 people selected from the 3,000 people were selected by the battalion generals themselves. There is no doubt that this is not a selection of forwards, but a selection.
A second-tier old guy who is not very useful.
And Bai Wenxuan's 1,000 people are indeed elite troops. Firstly, they are a bit small, and secondly, they are considered relatively low in loyalty in the Marshal's Mansion.
The most loyal ones were the two thousand Chahar cavalry that Duntaurus transferred from Han'er'er, which were the dowry of the Mongolian empress. They followed them all the way from Liaodong to Qinghai, and all the soldiers and horses were raised in Qinghai Lake.
Being fat and strong makes them an excellent troop.
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After a happy life of looting, there is a high probability that you don’t want to go back to the Marshal’s Mansion, but once you don’t have enough to eat, the first thing you think of is Liu Chengzong.
Therefore, Liu Chengzong can afford to lose. Even if this army is completely dispersed in Monan, the survivors will still find ways to find him as long as there is a chance.
But the three general officers couldn't afford to lose. After all, they couldn't take Guihua City, and He Huchen wanted to take Yang Qi's head back.
Therefore, Yang Qi's plan is to seize all the power he can, unite all the forces that can be united, and find ways to take root in Guihua City in Monan until the day Liu Chengzong takes Yulin.
First, in Gulang Gorge, Wang Chengen personally climbed to Yingpan Ridge and successfully persuaded more than 600 Liangzhou soldiers from Ding Shaoyin's tribe who had been besieged for a long time on the mountain to surrender, and liberated the headquarters of Zhang Tianlin's camp that was fortified at the foot of the mountain.
He Huchen then went north to Liangzhou to persuade Li Hongsi and Cao Wenzhao, who were defending Liangzhou City, to surrender, and tried to win them over to attack the Donglu, but he was almost shot to death by Cao Wenzhao.
He Huchen was so angry that he cursed and turned back to Gulang Gorge from Liangzhou City. He said to himself... If I don't go, I won't go. What the hell are you shooting at with an arrow, you bastard?
But he knew why Cao Wenzhao shot him. After all, if the Liangzhou army really acted with him, they might have him disarmed when they left the city. What's more, even if they acted together, who would they listen to?
But He Huchen actually had another doubt in his mind. He didn't understand why the Liangzhou Army was not interested in attacking the Donglu - in the Marshal's Mansion, regardless of anyone, they would be very excited when they heard that they were going to attack the Donglu. This is of course not because they think the Donglu are some easy-to-fight country chickens and tile dogs. Although not many people in the Marshal's Palace have actually fought with the Donglu, except for the Oirat, all the other Mongolian soldiers under their rule have felt that they are behind the scenes.
Jin Xizheng's sense of oppression, Ming Dynasty has been fighting Donglu for so many years, at least they know that they are difficult to deal with.
The reason for the excitement is actually very simple. It’s not national enthusiasm or ambition for the country. It’s just two words: money.
Although the Marshal's Office is now a regularized army, this army, which is mainly composed of retired frontier troops and homeless peasant troops, inevitably has some slight differences in values from normal people.
After all, even Liu Chengzong's Generalissimo's Law has it written in black and white: Private robbery is prohibited, and offenders will have their hands chopped off.
Then there is no doubt that organized robbery in the Marshal's Mansion, even if it does not spread positive energy, is still considered a core value and a way to get rich through hard work.
Thanks to Hauge's visit to the Marshal's Mansion, every inch of land under Liu Chengzong's rule spread the legend that the Northeast was rich in silver. They said that in the future, there was too much gold and silver to spend, and things would cost three to five times the price.
This determines that you will not suffer any loss in fighting with them.
He Huchen failed to persuade the Liangzhou guards to surrender, which was of no concern to Yang Qi and others. Anyway, the battle in Liangzhou was about to start soon, and this could not hold off Liu Chengzong's main force for too long.
Then the troops were divided into four groups. The first one to send troops was He Huchen. Taking the Chahar Camp Qian Headquarters as the forerunner, they headed straight for Chaojingtan in Helan Shanxi along the southern edge of the Tengger Desert.
The second route was followed by the army led by Guitu Taiji, carrying the angel Fang Zhenghua, and walked along the north bank of the Yellow River; the third route was led by Wang Chengen, carrying the angel Fang Zhenghua's letter, and went straight to Ningxia Zhongwei.
The last step was Yang Qi, who took Bai Wenxuan with him. He chose the most special march route, which was across Songshan Mountain, with the goal of Die Liesun Fort belonging to the Jinglu Guards between the two border walls on the east bank of the Yellow River.
The reason why Yang Qi divided his troops into four groups was firstly to increase the speed of his march, secondly to reduce the pressure of the baggage, and thirdly...to try not to eat his own food.
He Huchen and Guitu Taiji walked outside the border, aiming to get food from Yinchuan; Wang Chengen walked to the south bank of the Yellow River, aiming to get food from Zhongwei in Ningxia.
As for Yang Qi himself, he not only plans to eat food from the northern part of Guyuan, but also plans to see how the Ming Dynasty has trained the Guyuan soldiers in the years since he left Guyuan, and consider taking a group of people away.
Their division of labor was very clear. With Wang Chengen and Guitu Taiji as the core, they carried Fang Zhenghua's letter, bypassed Hong Chengchou and the border generals, and handed it to the eunuchs guarding along the way, ordering them to provide 30,000 shi of food and grass, and then they sent troops to attack the Donglu.
After all, most of the feudal officials look down on the bossy eunuchs. This has nothing to do with the latter's physical disability, but with their profession
It is related to the low weight of the position brought by the characteristics. Similar to the eunuch, the Yanguan.
Yanguan is very powerful at certain times. There is no one who can't or dare not scold the commander-in-chief, the chief assistant, or the emperor, but what's the use? Most of the time, it's just a gun that can be pointed at where to hit. The gun is not powerful, but the person who shoots is always the most powerful.
In theory, this is the emperor's gun, but powerful ministers can sometimes use it for fun.
The same goes for eunuchs. People are afraid of the emperor, not the slaves running around.
If the emperor wants to appoint ministers, he can do it without the eunuchs talking; if the emperor doesn't want to appoint ministers, the eunuchs will slander him, and he will die as well.
But the eunuchs who guard the local area are different. Sooner or later, they will have to return to the twenty-four yamen in the Forbidden City. The words of the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who is responsible for the ceremony, will work for them.
Of course, Yang Qi also has a backup plan. If the eunuchs in Ningxia don't accept this trick, then they can only find acquaintances. They are all general military officers. Who can not have so many things that they want to do but can't do?
, the person you want to kill but can’t?
This time is your chance.
The Fourth Route Monan Army marched along the Tengger Desert and the Yellow River. When a letter came from Cao Yao, the governor of Gansu Province, Liu Chengzong happily ran back from Lanzhou to the new city west of Xining - Batur Huitai Ji's No. 1
A group of caravans have arrived at Jiayuguan.
Cao Yao said in the letter that the leader of the team was Batur Hutaiji's younger brother. Batur wrote a special letter to apologize to Liu Chengzong in advance and said he was very sorry. There was really no one around him who could take on this responsibility.
I can send this money-grubbing younger brother here. If his younger brother says something that shouldn't be said, I hope Liu Chengzong can look at his face and not kill his younger brother.
Just reading this letter, Liu Chengzong wondered if this Batur Hutaiji had some kind of fucking treasured brother. Did he introduce it to others like this?
Liu Chengzong ran to Xincheng and went directly to Xincheng Academy to find out who Batur Hutaiji's younger brother was and why his brother paid so much attention to him.
The person who can answer his question is Dalai Taiji, the leader of the Dulbert tribe.
Dalai Taiji is an anomaly among the Oirat aristocrats. According to Liu Chengzong’s knowledge, most of the Oirat aristocrats who stayed in the Marshal’s Mansion were like the Great Master Khan. After receiving the title, they stopped eating, drinking and having fun and lost their ambitions. But Dalai was different.
Although he received the title of Duerbo, he studied hard at Xincheng Academy like those young nobles.
Others learn everything, but Dalai only learns cavalry tactics, and it is Tangqi tactics among cavalry tactics.
It was probably the psychological shadow caused by the Tang soldiers in Heka Grassland.
Dalai was very happy to see Liu Chengzong again, thinking that he was going to recruit him to send troops, so he rode over with a three-eyed musket, startling the young Yulin riders. When he heard Liu Chengzong's question, he changed his mind.
He made an expression and sighed with a complex expression: "Chu Hu'er, that is a person without any feelings."
The younger brother of Batur Hutaiji, ranked third, has the same name as the Chuoktutaiji who went to Qinghai to compete with Liu Chengzong for territory. He is also called Chuhu'er, and his full name is Chuhu'er Ubas.
In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, their younger brother Qingtaiji died. Chu Huer and his other brother Bai Batu competed for Qingtaiji's inheritance. The two brothers had a serious quarrel. Dad and Dalaiji from Dulbert's tribe came together.
Even the mediation failed to persuade him. With the support of the Torgut tribe, Chu Huer killed his younger brother Bai Ba.
Later, Dad sent troops to attack Chuhu'er, and Dalai Taiji from the Durbot tribe also joined the battle and attacked the Turgut tribe together.
What was originally a matter of dividing the inheritance between the families was suddenly turned into a big melee between the three Oirat tribes, which lasted until the first year of Chongzhen. Because of this, the Torgut tribe went west to the Volga River.
Up to now, when asked who is the most annoying person in Dalai Taiji, Feng Zhen, who surrounded him in Daqingshan, has to take second place, and Chu Huer wins without any suspense.
But what surprised Dalai Taiji was that even after listening to his introduction to Chu Huer, Liu Chengzong was still very happy, which made him wonder: "Commander, what are you dissatisfied with Huitai Ji?
”
Dissatisfied?
Liu Chengzong was also puzzled: "Why do you ask?"
Shouldn't that be why he said this?
Recently, Dalai has been obsessed with learning Chinese. He shook his head slightly and then said: "Big
Doesn’t Shuai want to use Chu Hu’er to sow discord between him and Huitai Ji?”
"Why did I provoke him? I'm happy because of Oirat's manifest."
Liu Chengzong smiled and shook his head. The goods shipped by Batur Hutaiji were almost as agreed at the time. However, due to the blockage of trade routes, the originally planned goods such as Persian brocades, silks, and gems from Bukhara were larger than expected.
Less.
But correspondingly, more furs and livestock were shipped than planned.
Seventy thousand sand fox and yellow fox skins, eighty thousand ermine skins, eighty thousand sheep skins, six thousand snow sweeper skins, three thousand wolf skins, one thousand two hundred mink skins, five hundred lynx skins, three
One hundred leopard skins, one hundred white rabbit skins.
The skins they transported alone were larger than the total skin trade volume of the Marshal's Mansion in a year.
Not to mention that there are 5,000 Tianshan war horses shipped here, which can provide great assistance to the Marshal's Mansion's Longju Island war horse breeding.
The most important thing is that the 50,000 sheep and 1,300 cattle arrived at Jiayuguan. If the food is not enough, it can meet the urgent needs; if the food is enough, Gansu's livestock industry will soon be able to reach a higher level within two or three years. This winter
If the problem of Liangzhou City is solved and the north-south trade route is opened, the Tunmu Camp of the Marshal's Mansion will be restored to its full strength next year.
Compared with these, even if there are seven or eight more Chu Huer, Liu Chengzong will not feel unhappy.
Dalai Taiji asked: "Then the Generalissimo is not worried about him? This is a barbarian who does not recognize his relatives."
"What am I worried about? He killed his brother, and I am not his brother."
Liu Chengzong blinked incomprehensibly: "What's more, he is just unreasonable and not stupid. Is he stupid?"
Dalai shook his head: "I'm just short-tempered."
"That's enough. Being impatient with others is a sign of impatience; being impatient with me in the northwest is stupid." After Liu Chengzong said this, he clapped his hands excitedly and said to Da Lai: "Come on, come with me to meet him!"<