After An Sanxi sent the letter, he was waiting for further instructions from Yang Fan.
According to the mileage of the mountain road, a round trip takes ten days.
But, three days later in the morning.
A Mongolian herdsman rushed into his yard and shouted to the guards that the boat was coming, the boat was coming.
Ansanxi is a bit strange, there are rivers on the grassland,
But there were never any ships.
The Mongols did not know how to build or use ships.
The main reason is that there are not many trees on the grassland, and even if there are, they are sparse and useless.
An Sanxi hurriedly ran out to take a look. It turned out that there were ten strange boats in the river outside the camp.
There were many people riding on iron frames on both sides of the boat,
I don't know what I'm doing when I step on a spinning wheel.
The Mongols excitedly confronted them with weapons and prevented them from landing.
An Sanxi walked to the river and took a look. The leader on the first boat was actually Huang San.
"Let's all disperse, we are our own people." An Sanxi said.
The Mongols then put down their weapons and began to look curiously at these ships that could move without people rowing them.
In the eyes of the Mongols, these canoes were extremely huge. There were only canoes on the grasslands, but no decent large ships.
After Huang San came down, he and An Sanxi gave each other a military salute.
"Captain An, I have been sent to support you and have brought a battalion of infantry." Huang San pointed back as he saw a battalion of new soldiers disembarking from the ship.
An Sanxi was overjoyed. He only had thirty cavalry here, and he was still an officer. He really didn't dare to fight a big battle. If there was any loss, he couldn't explain it.
Now Huang San brings a battalion of infantry,
It's good now. Several tribes are bullying this tribe, and they have long wanted to take action. They are just afraid that they don't have enough troops.
An Sanxi quickly welcomed Huang San and the five squadron leaders into his felt bag. He asked the maid to bring in some meat and milk tea, and let them eat something first.
"The master is very interested in this place and is determined to occupy it firmly."
"Great, I also found this place to be good before, but considering the inconvenience of supplies, I didn't dare to mention it to the master. This is the only way to the west, and it is very valuable. It's just that there are too few of us, and we are afraid of the surrounding Mongolia.
The tribes are all attacking us, and we cannot defend ourselves."
Huang San waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Now I have invented the man-powered propeller-propelled canal. From now on, we can travel by boat from here to Xincheng. It takes three days to go upstream and one day to go downstream. The transportation volume is very large.
Growing supplies is not a problem, the master said, we will use this place as the center of trade with the Mongols in the future."
An Sanxi was shocked when he saw with his own eyes that these huge canal boats actually sailed upstream and arrived here.
When we come here from Xincheng, the waterway is very close, but the mountain road is far away, so we have to go around the mountains.
"The master asked me to give you a message. The newly recruited cavalry soldiers will also be sent here, and they will be trained here in the future. The five hundred infantrymen I brought are used to guard the castle, and your cavalry is used to fight.
The master has said that there are enough cement pipes. Let us build a castle with stones and cement from the grassland and rely on water transportation to turn this place into a trade base. Lord Song Yingxing will come over in a few days and personally arrange the construction of a castle. It seems to be called Leng.
Fort"
Valley Gorge "What is a bastion?" An Sanxi asked puzzledly.
"I don't understand either. The master said that there are many sides of the castle, which is very easy to defend and difficult to attack."
"There are basically no base cities or trees on the grassland, and there is a lack of materials that can be used to make siege weapons. Castles are invincible on the grassland. In addition, there are water sources and water transportation here, and there is an unbreakable connection with the new city.
, give me 3,000 men, even if 30,000 Mongolians come to attack me, I can still defend it." An Sanxi received it, patting his chest.
Needless to say, if the Mongols found out that there was an extra castle on the grassland, they would be crazy. They are inherently incapable of fighting this thing.
Usually, invaders plunder the people and supplies in the countryside. They basically fail ten times when they attack a fortified city.
The cheers of the Mongolians came from outside. After they learned that these Han people were friends of their own tribe, Nayan, they immediately rushed forward and wanted to trade with these people.
These ten large and terrifying canal boats were filled with supplies that made their hearts beat with envy. They were all hard currency on the grassland.
Wooden boxes of tea bricks, bags of salt, and sacks of white rice were all snapped up on the grassland.
Especially white rice, which is cool in nature and has the effect of lubricating the intestines. Han people often eat it without feeling it, but people on the grasslands always eat meat and are prone to dry stools, so they like to use white rice to make porridge.
"The master asked me to bring you a thousand iron pots. He said this is the best seller."
Yang Fan flipped through the history books and saw that Anda Khan had come to pay tribute, saying that there was no use for any blouses on the grassland, felt fur could not withstand the summer heat, and pieces of cloth were hard to come by.
According to the Ming Dynasty's own records, the raw pots were destroyed and hundreds of things were missed. As a last resort, they used skin bags to store water and boil meat for food... Every time a castle was attacked, they were first robbed, hoping that the pots would be a rare commodity.
Because of the Ming Dynasty's policy of controlling the export of ironware, the most valuable items on the grasslands were iron pots. The Mongolians were forced to hang them in leather bags to cook meat if they were short of pots.
"That's great. I have been on the grassland for ten years and know this place very well. Everything is lacking here, except for cattle, sheep and horses. As long as the master can continuously transport supplies from afar, I am familiar with all the trade routes.
, whether it was to the Five Khalkha tribes in Mobei or to Mongolia in Mongolia, I have been there." An Sanxi said happily.
"Although my soldiers are new recruits, they have all gone through a month of high-intensity training. Each of them has shot white-haired lead bullets, and the officers are all veterans. If you have military operations, we can participate." Huang San
said.
"There are two larger tribes nearby. The tribe that has been oppressing me has deep hatred, but they have many people, about three thousand troops, so we can only endure it." An Sanxi said.
"How many cavalry can you organize now?" Huang San asked.
"The cavalry team consists of thirty people, including the male servants and even the old man in the tribe. There are about a hundred mature women who can go into battle."
Huang San did the math and said: "There are more than 700 people in total, which is almost enough. The 500 people I brought this time are all equipped with new fixed-bullet flintlock guns. The rate of fire can reach four rounds per minute. If
You can protect our flanks, and I can form two rows of columns to withstand the Mongolian cavalry. Tomorrow we will set out to attack this tribe."
Huang San said with some worry: "You are sure."
"My battalion is newly refurbished. Each squadron has added a three-pound smoothbore gun made of steel. It can be pulled and pushed forward by two people. It is very light and can fire solid spherical bullets and shotgun shells with a range of 500 meters.
.Song Yingxing said that we can break through the shield chariots of the Jiannu. I am confident that I can deal with the 3,000 herdsmen militia recruited by Mongolia."
"Okay, we will set off tomorrow morning to seek revenge on the Ergentaiji tribe of the Kalaqin tribe."
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