Valley Emperor

Not to mention the reaction of Altan Khan, but he said that after Kang Changning led his army all the way north, it was natural that he might encounter some large-scale enemy in a short period of time. In fact, they could not even see a small group of Tatars.

After marching north for three consecutive days, except for a few Tatar cavalry who were obviously spies, the other Tatars did not find a single one. They also passed a Tatar tribe station on the way. Unfortunately, this station is already It was empty, and there were still messy debris left on the ground. It was foreseeable that the Tartars of these tribes had retreated very hastily, and it was estimated that they had just evacuated the day before.

More than 10,000 cavalrymen of the Datang Army killed the grassland, which undoubtedly dropped a huge bomb on the grassland. As soon as the Tatar tribes along the way learned the news, they immediately retreated.

Although it used to be that the Tatars often went south to loot, but at that time it was basically the Tatars who gathered to go south, and usually the tribes of the Tatars were mostly scattered all over the grassland. After all, no matter how abundant the water and grass in a place, There are too many cattle, sheep and horses to support, so these tribes need to spread far enough apart to ensure that the horses and sheep get enough grass.

Under such circumstances, a single small tribe is naturally unable to fight against the army.

These small and medium-sized Tatar tribes along the way chose to retreat in a hurry, and Kang Changning's cavalry army would not be able to fight any battles along the way. In fact, so far, going north to the grasslands has been like an armed march, with every enemy along the way. No.

However, Kang Changning and other cavalry officers are not worried about this, because they are also aware of the state of the grassland. After entering the grassland, let alone a few days, or even ten days and a half months or even months without encountering the enemy very normal thing.

The grassland is so big, if the enemy is hiding, it is very difficult to find them, and it is even more difficult to catch up with them.

Therefore, they still have the necessary patience!

The army continued to go north, and soon reached the area of ​​Ci'er Mountain. If it goes to the east, it is the old site of Yulin Wei left by the former Ming Dynasty. If it goes west, it is the old site of Dongsheng City.

After thinking about it, Kang Changning did not choose to go to the former site of Dongsheng City, but chose to go west. He hoped to use his cavalry force to confuse the enemy's sight and lead their main force to Yulinwei first. In order to give the infantry troops in the rear more time to build the fort and consolidate the logistics line.

Although it is said that the goal of the Son of Heaven is to severely damage the Tatars, regardless of the gains and losses of one city and one place, Deng Xide, the commander of the Ninth Army, also explained to Kang Changning that this time the battle to the north is to capture the Hetao, but the actual strategy The goal is to kill the enemy's living forces.

However, killing the enemy's living strength is the ultimate goal. To achieve such a goal, there must be a big battle, and it must also involve the infantry of one's own side. The more than 10,000 cavalry of Kang Changning alone, Doing more than a dozen laps on the grassland, it is estimated that it will not kill many Tatars, but may fall into the trap of being surrounded by the enemy.

Therefore, there must be a battlefield, a battlefield where one's own infantry can also participate.

This battlefield is undoubtedly the former site of Dongsheng City.

This is something that was already determined in the ninth army's combat plan. What Kang Changning has to do now is to let his infantry troops move smoothly to the former site of Dongsheng City, and then rebuild Dongsheng City.

Only in this way can the Tatars be forced to come to Dongsheng City!

And now many actions, for the time being, are all serving this goal.

Kang Changning suddenly took the army to the east, which was obviously beyond the expectations of some Tatars. Many Tatars thought that Kang Changning's cavalry was going to go straight to the north and kill the old lair of Altan Khan. .

But I didn't expect to turn eastward suddenly, which would bring disaster to many Tatar tribes who were somewhat lax.

On September 5th, Kang Changning's forward, the 4th Hussar Regiment successfully caught up with a Tatar tribe that had not had time to retreat. The Central Plains Dynasty and the northern nomads were natural enemies. You will be polite, just go up and fight, kill hundreds of enemies on the spot, and all the rest will surrender.

However, Kang Changning obviously did not plan to bring many prisoners such as old and weak women and children to march with them. They packed and took away all the horses, cattle and sheep of these prisoners of war. As for the weapons, they were all confiscated, leaving them only four rations of the day.

Then, just like driving sheep, dozens of cavalrymen drove this tribe of only 4,000 people to the Great Wall on foot!

Anyway, there are basically no Tatars in the south, and there are infantry troops in the rear, so I am not afraid of these unarmed, even cattle, sheep and horses.

If they can't reach the Great Wall within four days, they will starve to death themselves!

What's more, most of the young warriors in this small tribe have already died in the previous battle, and the remaining few young warriors are also disheartened and have lost all their fighting spirit. These thousands of people have basically set off a storm. If it hadn't been said before the battle that some Tatars had to be captured properly so that they could help the Tang Empire raise horses, even Kang Changning would be too lazy to pay attention to them.

Just take away the horses, cattle, sheep, and all the rations. In just a few days, these people will starve to death on the grassland!

War has always been so ruthless!

Whether it was the Tatars who went south to loot before, or the fact that the Tang army is now heading north, the damage to the common people is huge. When the Tatars went south, they would also not estimate the life and death of the people in the Central Plains, and they would take them away. Everything that can be snatched away, and a piece of corpse left behind.

Kang Changning's sudden eastward advance was beyond the expectations of many people. This also allowed his troops to achieve a lot of victories. In just a few days, they destroyed several small and medium-sized Tatar tribes.

Naturally, this news cannot be concealed. Even if these tribes are destroyed, some people will escape and report the news to other Tatars. In a few days, Altan Khan, who has already led his army on an expedition, is Got the news.

After scolding the **** South Barbarians, Alta Khan decided to move eastward decisively!

The reason why he went east was because he believed that the Tang people in the south were mobilizing their troops and sent more than 10,000 cavalry to the north just to wipe out a few small tribes. They must have a bigger plan.

Some time ago, he also got news from the south one after another, saying that the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty, that savage, lowly bandit-born little emperor, was advocating some kind of northern strategy.

And the ministers of the Nanmanzi were also fascinated by ghosts, and they even dreamed of taking Hetao and even Tumochuan.

They didn't even think about it. Even if this place was in the former Ming Dynasty, it had already been abandoned for hundreds of years. Even the old Zhengde didn't dare to say that Hetao and Tu Mochuan would be recovered, but this Tang Dynasty actually wanted to Capture the loop.

Tumochuan, Hetao, and the large grassland area in the east, this is the foundation of their 30,000 households on the right wing. Although the grassland area controlled by the Tartars is very vast, it is not possible to graze anywhere.

Here, the best places are Tumochuan and Hetao.

Originally, he wanted to seize Liaohetao, which is also a region with abundant water and grass, but the Chahar tribe was just like Xiaoqiang, who could not be beaten to death, and they also united with the eastern tribes such as Duoyan Sanwei. Under the support, it is hard to hold on.

Although this has won several victories in the east, it still failed to completely capture the Liaohetao area in the end.

In the end, he had to choose to go west, and he fought with the Oara people, captured a lot of grasslands, and expanded his grazing area.

But even so, his Altan Khan's foundation is still in the 30,000 households in the right wing, and the foundation of the 30,000 households in the right wing is in Tumochuan and Hetao.

The Nanbanzi want to seize these areas, they want the lives of 30,000 households on their right wing.

He is very clear that the plan of these Nanmanzi is Hetao, or even Tu Mochuan, so even if he knows that Nanmanzi's cavalry is advancing eastward, he will not be moved. He can still be sure that these Nanmanzi's eastward advance is A routine, presumably to cover the next move.

In addition, he also knew that even if these Nanmanzi cavalry marched eastward, they would not be able to pose any actual threat to his tribe, because the news of Nanmanzi's cavalry going north had already spread, and the wiser tribes They had already retreated, and as for the stupid tribes that remained in place, they would be swept away when they were swept away.

Life on the grassland is difficult, and you are foolish to seek death, so don't expect yourself to send troops to rescue.

However, he still led his troops eastward. Why?

Because he also knows ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that the courage of those southern barbarians to go north is the cavalry of more than 10,000 people. No matter what routine these southern barbarians have, they must rely on this cavalry in the end!

Just catch this cavalry and destroy it!

Altan Khan believes that in the next ten years, those southern barbarians probably will not have the courage to go north again!

For the Tartars, the loss of 10,000 cavalry is a huge loss, but it is far more than a broken bone, but for the barbarian who is seriously lacking in cavalry, the loss of 10,000 cavalry is enough to dispel them. Any idea of ​​going north.

At that time, even if Nanmanzi's infantry artillery was powerful, but without the cover of cavalry, it would be difficult to move on the grasslands, and he had time to slowly clean up them.

Altan Khan led the main force of cavalry eastward, which just happened to comply with Kang Changning's wish!

The main force of the Tatars was brought eastward by himself, and the infantry troops in the rear were able to go north smoothly, and even went all the way to the former site of Dongsheng City.

At this time, the situation between the two sides on the grassland was an embarrassing situation. Both sides thought that their plans were perfect and that they were all developing in the direction they expected to see.

But in the end, who will get the real success and have the last laugh, no one knows.

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