Chapter 638 Two Firms (1)
Let’s talk about Dou Shiwen leading the Divine Blade Army along the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, heading eastward, sweeping many small tribes in Mongolia, so that the Mongolian tribes north of Sanniangzi City changed their emotions. Most of them asked for surrender to Sanniangzi City, and some moved eastward to move closer to the Qing Tartars.
The Divine Blade Army crossed Yinshan from the river valley and entered Sanniangzi City.
The inner city of Sanniangzi City has basically taken shape. The Third Cavalry Infantry, with Zuo Zhi as the commander and Zheng Jiadong as the deputy commander, has just completed the recruitment of troops and is in full swing.
After Zheng Jiadong learned the essence of the formation of the Divine Blade Army, he was very excited and immediately wanted to resign as the deputy commander of the Divine Blade Army. He would rather be a battalion commander at the Divine Blade Army.
Zuo Yi saw through Lin Chunhong's plan at a glance and stopped Zheng Jiadong's blind moves: "Do your duty first and let Jiangling Hou realize your ability!"
Although Zheng Jiadong gave up his blind move, he was unbearable. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Divine Blade Army to rest, he discussed with young talents every day, and quickly brought his relationship with these young talents closer.
After resting in Sanniangzi City for half a month, the Divine Blade Army then rushed to the east, and the troops headed straight to Ulanqab.
Ulanqab is located 150 miles north of Datong. In history, the Mongols have plundered the Central Plains and gathered troops in Ulanqab. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji summoned the four sons, Daerhan, Urat, Maoming'an and other tribes to meet in the Ulanqab alliance, which shows the importance of Ulanqab to nomadic peoples.
A few months ago, Dorgon was forced back to Liaodong by the Imperial Guard Corps. The Imperial Guard Corps was not strong enough and did not expand into the depths of the grassland. Later, the Cavalry Army retreated from the south of Sanniangzi City, and Zuo Jie and Zheng Jiadong were busy reorganizing. The tribes such as Urat, Darhan felt that this place was safe and gathered in a nomadic area for hundreds of miles around Ulanqab.
Urat, Darhan and other tribes are all large tribes, each of which has more than 20,000 strong men, which is comparable to that of Maoming'an. Although the elite soldiers and battalion-level commanders of the Divine Blade Army are the most capable young officers in the world, the Divine Blade Army has a lot of plans. Just over 4,000, Dou Shiwen is not so arrogant that he wants to eat these two tribes in one bite.
Therefore, Dou Shiwen rationally adopted the strategy of harassment, erosion and robbery.
Dou Shiwen sprinkled Li Dingguo, Shen Yunying and other five battalions into the vast grassland, attacking everywhere, taking advantage of the situation, and running away when encountering a strong enemy. For a moment, the surrounding areas of Ulanqab were in a panic, and beacons everywhere.
Urat, Darhan and other tribes hated these bandits deeply, and wanted to peel the brutals and crush them to ashes. However, to realize this great ideal, the first thing to do is to catch the bandits. So Urat, Darhan and other tribes gathered heavy troops to try to encircle and suppress the arrogant people who dared to invade them.
How could the two men gather so easily? It’s summer now, the water and grass are plump, and men are busy with grazing. Otherwise, the entire tribe will starve to death in winter. However, the God Blade Army is a professional robber who relies on robbery to make a living, and does not consider where the food comes from at all.
Wait, this seems to have got the wrong script? More than ten years ago, when the Mongolians were fighting against the Han people, their strategic situation seemed to be exactly the opposite!
As the saying goes, thirty years from Hedong to Hexi, why didn’t the Mongols expect that the Han people would treat him with the same principles?
Urat and the Darhan tribe finally assembled the strong men. When they were about to take a thunder strike, they were very angry and found that the robbers had already run away.
Chase! You must encircle the flies on a larger scale and completely remove these flies!
It is said that the Mongols are inherently capable of fighting. Several cavalrymen surrounded each other on a large scale and did not need to communicate information at all. However, they cooperated with tacit understanding and vaguely surrounded the robbers.
The Urat tribe and the Darhan tribe were about to launch the last attack, but suddenly received a report. Dou Shiwen led the other five battalions to cross Yinshan and advance from the northwest, causing chaos to the entire tribe, killing people, killing countless cattle and horses, and looting countless war horses!
The Urats and Darhans were completely angry. They knew that they had no time to rescue the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the rear, and even made up their minds to wipe out the enemy in front of them.
However, the Urats and the Darhans obviously forgot the fact that because they fought on a large scale, they were only a hundred miles away from Sanniangzi City!
Zuo Zhi and Zheng Jiadong have just joined the Jingzhou Army recently, which does not mean that they do not have a strong desire to fight; the Third Cavalry Infantry Army is busy with training, which does not mean that they do not have any combat effectiveness!
Zuo Jie and Zheng Jiadong led the cavalry and infantry to the battlefield every once in a while, attacking the Urat and Darhan coalition from the flanks. With a few impacts, they rushed the coalition forces into pieces and could not take care of each other.
Urat and Darhan coalition forces had a force of up to 20,000. They retreated dozens of miles apart to revive the team. When they were about to lure the cavalry and infantry to attack, they received a report: When the Imperial Guard Corps heard that the two coalition forces gathered heavy troops in the west, they saw that there was a risk to take, they immediately ordered Jin Guofeng to lead the light cavalry out of the border wall and advance to Xinghe, disperse the tribal herders who were grazing here, looted war horses, and countless cattle and sheep!
The two major tribes were in danger of being attacked from three sides! They were completely afraid, and they couldn't understand why the Han people turned from docile sheep into wolf who chose people overnight!
As a last resort, the coalition forces retreated, summoned all herders and slowly moved eastward, and officially gave up the grassland of Ulanqab.
After the two major tribes moved, the Divine Blade Army swept the surroundings of Ulanqab with the wind and the residual clouds, recapturing countless small tribes, and directly extending the tentacles of Jingzhou to Xuanfu, within a range of 100 miles north of Datong. The Ming Dynasty court was surprised to find that the enemies that had resisted on the Xuanda defense line for thousands of years had been replaced, and they became the Jing barbarians they mentioned.
At the same time, Dou Shiwen submitted a letter to the Governor's Office and applied for the construction of a castle in Ulanqab.
Just half a month later, Dou Shiwen received a reply, and in principle agreed to build a small bastion in Ulanqab. The Governor's Office will provide technology and craftsmen's support. As for money and grain, it will raise funds by itself!
From Dou Shiwen to the bottom, all young officers were arrogant and enthusiastic, determined to raise money and build a small ridge!
As a result, the Divine Blade Army's range of activities was wider. At the farthest point, it even arrived at Xilinger along the Yanshan line, and almost fought with the elite heavy cavalry of the Qing Dynasty!
One day, Shen Yunying, commander of the 10th Battalion, reported to Dou Shiwen and arrested a group of Jin-born caravans, carrying many prohibited items.
Shen Yunying asked Dou Shiwen how to deal with it. Dou Shiwen had known that Shanxi merchants had been stolen from the enemy. After interrogation, it was confirmed that the caravan belonged to Jin Liangyu. Dou Shiwen did not hesitate to take the goods for himself, and sent the caravans as slaves, devoting their life to the great cause of building Ulanqab Fort.
Chen Huan was even more cunning and reminded Dou Shiwen that most of the goods transported by Shanxi merchants were in and out of Xuanfu. Instead of trying their luck on the vast grassland, it would be better to send someone to monitor Xuanfu. Once Shanxi merchants went out of the frontier, they would send troops to rob. Dou Shiwen was overjoyed and immediately decided to put Chen Huan's idea of robbery into practice.
For a moment, outside Xuanfukou, there was a panic and the caravan was almost cut off. In this way, the road for Shanxi merchants to connect with the enemy was completely blocked.
Until one day, Chen Yunying led his troops outside the mouth to discover a huge caravan, under the banner of the Shengyuan Merchant, went out of the frontier in a big way. Seeing that the caravan was too large, Chen Yunying was worried that the first battalion could not be eaten by the first battalion, so he called his friends and called the third battalion's troops to rob.
Which three camps?
Chen Yunying, Li Dacheng, and Xin Sigen.
The troops of the third battalion gathered together, with more than 2,000 troops, and it was extremely easy to deal with a caravan with more than 1,000 people.
"Ka...da..."
More than two thousand knights and more than six thousand war horses ran, with a huge momentum, rolled up yellow sand slowly and swept towards the caravan.
The caravan obviously sent a ward to detect the ward. Chen Yunying and others were still ten miles away, and the caravan rang out loudly: "Enemy attack!"
The sound of the gongs was as tight as the waves, reminding the caravan to be prepared and ready!
The caravan seemed to be well-trained, and more than a thousand men immediately formed a circle with large carts as protective walls, surrounding people and goods.
When Chen Yunying led the crowd to 100 feet away, the soldiers pulled the reins and stopped the horses, and the war horses made loud noises, and their shocking power was no less than the sound of horse hooves knocking on the earth.
Chen Yunying was waiting to order the caravan to surrender, but a loud shout came from the circle: "Who are you, you dare to rob the goods of the Shengyuan Merchant?"
Chen Yunying has a natural disadvantage in such a scolding incident. How can I say some swear words? Chen Yunying turned to look at Xin Sigen, and Xin Sigen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Commander Chen, leave this little thing to me!"
After saying that, Xin Sigen jumped out alone and shouted: "What is Shengyuan Business? Can it be fried and eaten?"
When the soldiers of the Divine Blade Army heard this, they all laughed. On the other hand, they were all angry and shouted and scolded.
Xin Sigen was born with a loud voice. Without stopping the scolding, he shouted wildly: "Because he is the king of heaven, without the permission of the Divine Blade Army, you can't take a step outside the border!"
The sound was so loud that the ears of the soldiers of the Divine Blade Army were buzzing.
The scolding in the business circle finally stopped, as if he was ashamed of his voice as if he was not as good as Xin Sigen.
At this time, a cavalry jumped out of the circle and walked forward a few steps forward. The knight grabbed the reins and shouted: "The last general is Lu Canrong, the whistle officer of the Imperial Guard Corps. He escorted the Shengyuan merchant to trade outside the border with General Sun. I heard that the Divine Blade Army was so powerful that it was worthy of its reputation when I saw it today. The Divine Blade Army usually strives to ensure the smooth flow of business. This whistle officer thanked me here!"
Chen Yunying, Xin Sigen and others were shocked. What was the origin of this Shengyuan Business? He actually had the ability to hire the Imperial Guard Corps to escort?
Xin Sigen hesitated for a moment and immediately said, "I think the Shengyuan Business Name is a stranger. It's better to take care of it first and don't let them run away. We will report to Commander Dou immediately, and Commander Dou decides what to do!"
Chen Yunying and Li Dacheng agreed and immediately sent a messenger to report Dou Shiwen urgently.
When Lu Canrong saw that the name of the Imperial Guard Corps was announced, the Divine Blade Army still did not retreat, and he was using all kinds of means such as fire, threats, and temptations, but the Divine Blade Army still did not advance.
Chapter completed!