From the southeast of Yingzou Gorge, there was the sound of thunderous hooves. It echoed through the long canyon and was as powerful as a rolling torrent pouring down from the canyon.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly prepared for battle.
Zhu Jianji is as steady as Mount Tai.
The order was given not to be restless and to continue cleaning the battlefield.
If Batu Erte could bypass the Yingzhong Gorge and launch a flanking attack on his own side, then all the scouts in the Hami area of the Ming Dynasty would be dead.
What's more, the Zhunge'er tribe doesn't have the strength.
Don't think about it, it's our own reinforcements.
Wang Yue was not worried at all, even if it was Zhunge'er's surprise troops, it didn't matter. The remaining young soldiers could hold on and wait for Zhao Er and Chen Qi to lead their troops to return for reinforcements.
The person coming should be Shazhou Wei.
Sure enough, not long after, the right governor of the Ming Dynasty, who was taking charge of the affairs of King Hami, hurriedly arrived with Tamur, Shazhou Guard Commander Naxi Shier and others, leading a group of guards.
The scene before their eyes made Tamur and Naxi Shier almost unable to believe their eyes.
Finished?
Finished!
In just a short time, a war has come to an end!
Incredible.
And looking at the distribution of corpses, it was obviously a massive frontal battle. There were tens of thousands of corpses of soldiers and horses on the battlefield alone. There was also a line of corpses stretching out along the canyon walkway to the northwest - all the way.
Corpse.
There were frightened horses wandering everywhere.
Sharp-eyed people discovered that all these corpses were cavalry from the Zhunge'er tribe and the Mekeli tribe.
I didn’t see the remains of the young soldiers in the East Palace!
What's the situation?
His Highness the Crown Prince concocted another war with zero losses?
Tamur hurriedly went with Naxi Shier to see Zhu Jianji.
First, we reported on the logistics supplies that had arrived from Gyeonggi Province. They were being guarded by some Shazhou guards and were being transported from Hami Guard to Yingzhong Gorge.
Zhu Jianji thought for a moment and asked Tamur, "Where did Dulbert's men go?"
Tamur said: "Yesterday, we were restrained by General Hang's troops one hundred and sixty miles east of Yingzong Gorge. We are temporarily unable to advance westward. Fortunately, Your Highness has taken precautions."
If Hang Yu had not been arranged in advance to contain him, Yingzhongxia would really be under attack at this moment.
Zhu Jianji asked Wang Yue to bring out the map of Kanyu.
He looked at the map carefully and planned the march route. He had an idea and said to Wang Yue: "Currently, compared with the strength of the two sides, our side has the advantage. While the Dulbert tribe does not know that the Zhunge'er tribe has been defeated, we
We should send out surprise troops and quickly divide our troops. Turgut's troops led a total of more than 10,000 troops as a feint attack. Our young army from the East Palace made circuitous intersperses, and together with Hang Yu, formed an encirclement posture against Turbot's troops, striving for total annihilation!
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Wang Yue was a little worried, "The total number of soldiers surrendered and captured by the Minkeli tribe and the Zhunge'er tribe is about 8,000. If they are reorganized into the Torgut tribe, the number of troops will be greater than the number of soldiers in the Torgut headquarters. Let them
If we follow you on the expedition, I'm afraid people's hearts will be unpredictable and big trouble will occur."
Zhu Jianji nodded, "That makes sense."
But that's not something I should worry about.
Said: "Xuan Kuerdai and Bai Qingzhi come here!"
He turned to Tamur and Naxi Shi'er and said: "Send someone immediately to inform the logistics supply team, and hurry up. After the young army has completed the logistics supply, it will take an hour's rest before attacking Dulbert's troops!"
The fighter plane is fleeting.
If it were later, Dulbert's tribe would most likely run away after knowing that Junger's tribe was defeated.
Is it possible to chase him all over the grassland?
The gain outweighs the loss.
Therefore, it was necessary to give Dulbert a surprise from the sky while his men were still dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Period. Moreover, the young soldiers had just won a great victory and their morale was high. Youdao was as powerful as a tiger at the same time.
We should take advantage of this momentum to capture Dulbert's department.
After Kuerdai came over, Zhu Jianji asked: "Previously, we planned to integrate the 4,000 surrendered troops of the Minkeli tribe into the Torgut tribe. Now the situation has changed. I plan to take the more than 3,000 prisoners of the Junger tribe as well."
Is it feasible to integrate into your unit and immediately go to the battlefield?"
Courtet was silent for a moment, "It's difficult."
The Torgut troops had no firearms and had no deterrent effect on these surrendered prisoners. When the time came to bring them to the battlefield, people would be unpredictable and uncontrollable situations would easily occur.
Zhu Jianji also knows this truth.
After some thought, he said, "Change the strategy. These eight thousand people will be organized together. Regardless of their official rank, they will all be ordinary soldiers. Tamur, Naxi lost children, and Kuerdai will be transferred from eight hundred households in your army to serve as soldiers."
Thousands of households, 80 banner-level officials were selected to serve as 100 households, and the Zhenbei Army was established, with Bai Qingzhi as the commander.
He served as the commander, Zhao Mu served as the commander and Tongzhi, and Zhu Yi, Duke of Chengguo, served as the commander and Tongzhi. After completing the establishment, he rested in Yingzuo Gorge until tomorrow morning, and then set out as a vanguard to attack Tamu from Kuerdai.
Son, Naxi Shi'er is leading the territorial Erhu special troops, and the Shazhou Guard troops are behind to support Hang Yu!"
Vanguard troops die easily, and more often than not.
But Zhu Jianji didn't care.
Originally, I wanted to kill all of these 8,000 people. After all, raising 8,000 people is very expensive. Now that they are spared, they have to produce some achievements to prove their worth.
Waving his hands, "Go and take care of it quickly!"
Then he said to Wang Yue: "Go and chase Chen Qi and Zhao Er. Let them chase them out of Yingzhong Gorge and then return to the army."
Wang Yue immediately arranged for people.
Zhu Jianji added: "Start reorganizing the surrendered troops and prisoners, and leave the task of cleaning the battlefield to the soldiers of Shazhou Guard and Torgut Department. In addition, order the young soldiers who are not pursuing to rest on the spot, bandage their wounds, check their weapons and feed them."
War horses, wait for the Shazhou Guards to deliver the logistics supplies and replenish the ammunition and dry food before marching eastward!"
He added: "Actually, we didn't suffer much damage from the battle."
During the frontal fight, the front troops of the Mekeli tribe and the Zhunge'er tribe did not approach within a hundred steps of the young army. In other words, the prairie cavalry did not even have a chance to fire a volley of thousands of arrows.
However, sporadic battle losses may occur during the pursuit led by Chen Qi and Zhao Er.
As for ammunition...
It consumes a lot.
Each of the young sergeants was equipped with fifty Dongfeng rifle bullets, and more than half of them were used up, so they were all used up, but the three thousand shells of the two hundred mortars were really all used up.
There were very few casualties in this battle.
But it costs a lot!
The 500,000 Dongfeng rifle bullets alone cost nearly 10,000 taels of silver, plus the 3,000 Dongfeng mortar shells, which cost about 300 taels of silver. The two hundred machine guns, with a total of 100,000 bullets, cost 5,000 taels.
silver.
After one battle, more than fifteen thousand taels of silver were gone!
This does not include the cost of logistics and food supplies.
Zhu Jianji made a slight estimate and concluded that this battle would cost about 10 million yuan.
Firearms do cost money.
But there is no way.
Nowadays, craftsmanship and technology are not enough. Many things rely on manual operation, and the cost has increased significantly. The cost of a single rifle bullet has reached more than ten yuan, a mortar shell has cost as much as 70 yuan, and a machine gun bullet has cost more than 30 yuan.
The cost is too expensive.
There is no way, the process and technology are still rough, and many places require manual operations, which adds a lot of cost.
Therefore, industrial reform is imperative.
Only in this way could the Ming Dynasty embark on the path of a military-industrial empire.
but……
Still a good deal!
Fifteen thousand taels of silver were enough to eliminate the Junge'er tribe. To put it bluntly, Taizu's five expeditions to Mobei, after any battle, the pension for the fallen soldiers was more than fifteen thousand taels.
One battle of the East Palace Young Army only cost fifteen thousand taels of silver, which was unimaginably cheap.
