Five thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Divine Arms Battalion rushed to Datong Prefecture overnight. The Divine Arms Battalion had five hundred carriages, each carrying a hundred cannons and ammunition…
These resources were specially used by the Divine Arms Battalion and were carefully guarded.
After all these arrangements were settled, Zhu Yijun felt a little relieved. Now, he just had to wait for the battle report to come back.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Yijun had finished his dinner. The weather was cool. Zhu Yijun walked to the Dragon Pavilion. There was a man-made stream in the Forbidden City, and groups of goldfish swam in the water.
The fish here were forbidden to be caught. If a eunuch or serving girl caught a fish at will, they would be severely punished with thirty lashes.
Zhu Yijun sat in the pavilion, looking at the fish in the water in a daze…
Ding-dong. The Bingzhou Legion has entered Meng. Ancient country territory…
After the system notification sounded, Zhu Yijun opened the system.
He was surprised to find that the green area on the system's mini-map was moving. With a look, Zhu Yijun's expression changed drastically. Wasn't this the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry Legion led by Li Rusong?
The system actually had a minimap function?
The map marked the territory of the Ming Dynasty and Meng. In the southern and eastern regions, after Zhu Yijun opened the system's minimap function, Li Rusong led the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou and appeared in Zhu Yijun's field of vision...
The dark fog was dispersing as Li Rusong's army advanced.
Zhu Yijun could not help but exclaim.
He started to check Da Tong Prefecture again and found that every move of Da Tong Prefecture's Ma Gui Corps was also within Zhu Yijun's field of vision.
It was a pity that he was unable to explore the world outside the Great Ming territory…
Zhu Yijun began to inspect his people and his country's territory.
……
The leader of the Horqin tribe, Kuerhan, and the other nine leaders were in a mountain. It was noisy inside the ancient bag.
There were many tribes in the grassland, and the Horqin tribe was one of the larger tribes with 30,000 warriors. The looting of Datong Prefecture was the idea of the Horqin tribe leader, Kuerhan.
The other nine grassland tribes led 10,000 warriors over. This kind of looting was called the autumn wind. In their eyes, Datong Prefecture was extremely rich. One autumn wind was enough for them to eat for three years. All the grassland tribes were like vultures who had seen their prey, murderous.
When there were benefits, these tribes could gather together. However, if there was a crisis, these tribes would be scattered like sand. Now, these nine tribes were quarreling fiercely, wishing they could use knives at the wine table.
At this moment, they were less than 300 miles away from Da Tong Prefecture. With a quick charge, they could reach Da Tong Prefecture. However, before the tribes could get excited, a military report made them feel like ants on a hot pan.
Including Horqin, five out of ten grassland tribes lived in the Horqin grassland. Although their living places were not as fixed as the farming civilization, the general area did not change much.
They heard that Great Ming had sent 100,000 cavalry to attack the Horqin Grassland. They killed their way through, leaving no survivors. Three grassland tribes had already been exterminated…
Panic and uneasiness were clouding his mind. It spread among the ancients.
Many Mongolian cavaliers no longer had the will to continue advancing. They could not wait to return to the tribe.?
"Do they really have that many cavalry? Would they dare to venture deep into the Horqin Prairie? There was a trap! There must be a trap!" The tribal leaders of the western plains remained calm.
Because their tribe was in the westernmost part of Mongolia, the Ming army had to cross thousands of miles to meet their tribe. Therefore, the western grassland tribe was the safest tribe.
However, the Horqin Grassland Tribe was different. The Horqin Grassland was only 600 miles away from Liaodong…
"It's military intelligence! He personally told me that he saw the endless Great Ming cavalry. After those cavalry entered the grasslands, they set large areas of the grasslands on fire!”
" Not only that, they also killed all the grassland tribes they saw, old and young…"
After a Horqin tribe leader said this, the tent fell silent for a long time.
These 120,000 cavalrymen had gathered together and expended a lot of resources. If they were to disperse just like that, they would be very unwilling. However, if they allowed the Great Ming Army to attack their families, they would be even more unable to bear it...
What should he do?
A multiple-choice question appeared in front of them. No matter what they chose, they would lose.
Compared to the Ming Dynasty's national strength, their overall strength was still too weak.
Retreat or advance!
This multiple-choice question, was in Meng…In the eyes of the ancients, it was difficult to choose!
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Five thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards and three thousand musketeers of the Divine Arms Battalion had already entered Datong Prefecture. Commander Ma Gui had received the support of three hundred thousand taels of silver from the imperial court, and his momentum was greatly boosted. Not only did he purchase a large amount of grain from the hands of the Jin merchants, but he also purchased one million arrows, three thousand podaos, three thousand spears, and rolling wood and stones.
The citizens of Datong Prefecture worked together to raise the city walls by three meters and thicken them by two meters…
After the 3,000 musketeers arrived, 100 cannons were set up on the city wall of Datong Prefecture.
These 100 cannons were made by the Ming Dynasty craftsmen to imitate the Folang machine, but they were much lighter. Each of these cannons weighed about 300 pounds, and the main musket was 2.85 feet long. It was equipped with four sub-muskets, which made it easy to attack the city and defend the city.
Meng... If the ancient soldiers didn't come, then they would be burning incense. If they appeared in Da Tong Prefecture, Ma Gui would let them eat a few rounds of cannon fire before anything else.
Even though the Mongolians had developed firearms, in the eyes of the Mongolian cavaliers, firearms were heavy and difficult to control. They were not as agile as arrows. There were once Mongolian cavaliers who had experimented with them. In the time it took to fire the firearms, an outstanding Mongolian cavalier could shoot 13 arrows.
Most importantly, firearms were too heavy, making it difficult for them to move on the grasslands. When heavy rain fell, cannons weighing hundreds of kilograms would sink into the mud and lose their combat effectiveness.
Therefore, the Mongolians gave up on developing firearms and continued to follow their ancestral system to train their cavalry.
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After Li Rusong and Zhang Lai led the wolf cavalry into the Horqin Plains, they followed Zhu Yijun's imperial edict and waved their flags.
They traveled 500 miles into the Horqin Plains and encountered three tribes with 5,000 people. Li Rusong asked the counselor how to deal with them. The counselor narrowed his eyes and said,"The Mongolians have repeatedly invaded our borders, so we should treat them with a policy of reducing the population.”
After Li Rusong listened to his advisor's suggestion, he went on a killing spree. Three grassland tribes were massacred, and most of their belongings were burned. A small portion of the gold and silver were distributed to the cavalry. The horses were moved away, and the cattle and sheep were slaughtered on the spot.
While Li Rusong and the others were making a big commotion, they were also looking for large grassland tribes.
……
Three days later, Zhu Yijun went to court.
All the civil and military officials were waiting for news from the front line.
Gao Gong and Zhang Ju were in the court, their expressions normal, as if the situation was under control.
Just as all the officials were anxiously waiting, an urgent report from the front line of Datong reached the court.
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