"Is there too much military expenditure to use? Even a slug is made of porcelain! A slut!" Zhao Liangdong looked at the newly transported "military capital" and was so angry that he didn't get a single place.
Since the Fourth Army expanded its army, the assembly of firearms has only reached 60% and the number of pack horses is even smaller. The Grand Governor's Office expressed helplessness. The General Equipment Department said that the transportation capacity is now tight and that it is impossible to transport guns and cannons. The General Logistics Department has done a good job, with clothes, quilts, building materials, and trunks, and everything has been transported.
If the General Equipment Department could have the work efficiency of the General Logistics Department, the Fourth Army could now reach Wuliangsuhai.
In fact, since the Fourth Army expanded its army, many Mongolian tribes outside the Frontier have come to Yulin to join. They already know the rise of the Ming Dynasty again, and the years of drought on the grassland have caused them to suffer heavy losses. They face very few choices. Apart from migrating to the west and to the north, they have to rely on the Ming Dynasty.
From the tribesmen in the East, Mongolian tribes such as Ordos and Utra knew that the Ming Dynasty had changed emperors. The new emperor was quite "friendly" to the Mongols, willing to trade with each other, and did not allow Han and Mongolians to deceive each other. What they most hope now is that Yulin can open the market like Zhangjiakou, so they don't have to worry about the pressure of survival.
These Mongolian populations were quickly digested by the developed mining and construction industries in Shanxi and Shaanxi, while sheep and horses became daily necessities for the Ming army and the people. They also brought news on the Mongolian grasslands and the geographical location of the large tribes occupied the plump pastures. Many Mongolian young people joined the Ming army, learned Chinese dialect, named Han people, and shaved their hair. Apart from their thick and short figures, they were not much different from the Han people.
It is strange that the more frequent the areas of war, the easier it is to accept the enemy's army. For example, the Korqin Mongolia, which was far away in the northeast, and the former three guards of the Duoyan, they were unwilling to join the Ming army and could only join the construction of the Ming Dynasty as prisoners. And the tribes such as Ordos, Tumote, and Utera, which have been enemies of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, have all become Ming army members.
Some can even become generals.
Man Gui, who had great military achievements, was a Mongolian man and moved to Xuanfu when he was young.
"Stop talking nonsense! This is used for building military camps. Find someone to learn how to pretend." Lin Tao kicked Zhao Liangdong behind him, and raised his foot to sweep the sand on his boots.
During the Little Ice Age, the Mongolian grasslands were also drought for years. Behind the large-scale loss of population and livestock, lakes and rivers were dried up and the grassland area was reduced. The wind and sand caused by this rushed to Beijing, making Beijingers wear veils when going out in spring.
"Brother, if we don't fight, the army will really go directly to Wuliangsuhai." Zhao Liangdong was promoted all the way, but he never fought any tough battles. He always felt that he was the child he picked up. Finally, the court confirmed the Northern Expedition, but the Mongols ran into the pass one by one. The court did not drive them away, so where can we go to find military merits?
Lin Tao has received an official text from the Ministry of War and said: "It is impossible to fight this year, and no army is allowed to move rashly. We can send troops in the beginning of next spring, so we must prepare military funds."
Zhao Liangdong was quite unwilling to accept it and said, "According to me, the Grand Governor's Office is unfair."
Lin Tao looked at his little brother coldly.
"Such a large area. Why do we have to build cities and houses just by letting the cavalry division fight?" Zhao Liangdong said: "We are worse than them?"
"The First Cavalry Army." Lin Tao corrected: "They are targeting the Mongolian cavalry. We want to expand our territory, so how can we be more important?"
"As far as I say, the light army goes forward directly and fights to the Onon River. Will the Mongols dare to rebel?" Zhao Liangdong kicked the sand under his feet: "We are not without cavalry."
Lin Tao's origin determined that he was not as warlike as Zhao Liangdong, and he was used to obeying orders. Although he also felt that the last large-scale army of Mongolia had disappeared with the destruction of Lin Dankhan. Now there are only a handful of large tribes that can send troops thousands, and I really don't know why I have to spend so much effort to prepare.
"Instead of complaining about here and there, it is better to seize the time to find all the camps in the north so as not to be troubled in the future." Lin Tao said.
"I've searched it a long time ago and I've painted it on the map." Zhao Liangdong said.
"Have you seen it myself? How many army can each water lake provide for water withdrawal? Are there camps around?" This is actually not what the deputy commander should be responsible for himself, but Lin Tao saw that Zhao Liangdong was panicking, so he simply smashed it over.
Zhao Liangdong touched the pole and climbed up. He simply took his own guard and a cavalry battalion over the side wall and swept the north all the way.
The Chinese army of all dynasties had the most headache for the northern nomads because they ran away after snatching things and couldn't catch up with them. Once they chased into the desert and grassland, the logistics supply of the Chinese army was difficult to keep up with.
The first person to think of this was Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State. He set up a trap and spent more than ten years to paralyze the Huns. Finally, he used a chariot to encircle and annihilate the 150,000 Huns army, almost exterminated the Huns.
Later, the Huns became smart. When Emperor Wu of Han used this trap tactic again, they found that it was difficult to work, so they had Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing did not have Li Mu's patience, he only had one idea: since you can live a prosperous life on the grassland, then our Han army can do the same! So Huo Qubing, who pursued the war to support the war, eventually made the reputation of champion Hou and completely solved the border troubles of the Huns.
Zhao Liangdong heard about the reputation of Li Mu and Huo Qubing in the officer training class. After comparing, he found that he did not like Li Mu, but admired Huo Qubing very much. So he was very at ease to plunder the Mongolian tribes outside the pass, brought their young and strong children back to the Ming Dynasty, and asked for military rations from Bansheng, a mixed Han and Mongolian residence.
The Grand Governor's Office soon received a report from Yulin and finally determined that this was not an act of war.
It's just a reasonable border conflict.
Zhao Liangdong, who received tacit approval, became even more courageous and encouraged Lin Tao to pull the two divisions to Hongjianao under the name of training.
Hongjiannao is located in the transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Ordos Basin. The land is red due to the redjiannao, while Nao means lake.
"There is a legend here that Zhaojun went out of the frontier and came here, cried for seven days and seven nights, so he left this big lake." Zhao Liangdong redirected to sell stories he heard from the border merchants.
Lin Tao could not see the edge of the lake at first sight, and only felt that the lake breeze was refreshing. As for what Zhao Liangdong said, he didn't take it seriously.
Zhao Liangdong said to himself: "There is a large prairie walking west from here, with lush water and grass. It used to be the pasture of the Tumote tribe, but now there is no one." Indeed, there is no one there now. The Tumote people who were grazing on that grassland before passed through Zhao Liangdong's three "border conflicts", and half went to Yulin Town to work as coolies, and half fled to the Ulanmulun River area to the north with livestock and tents.
"A total of seven rivers gathered in this lake. The grassland had no severe drought in the past few years." Zhao Liangdong continued.
Lin Tao nodded and said, "First build a military fort here, build it by the water, and you will have a large warehouse. In the future, this will be a bridgehead to march to the north."
Zhao Liangdong smiled and said, "Brother, are you resisting the order of the Ministry of War? The Ministry of War said that no war is allowed this year."
"I haven't fought any wars, just picking a good place to build a house is considered a war?" Lin Tao glanced at Zhao Liangdong.
"Hahaha, so that's it!" Zhao Liangdong laughed: "Brother, give me a division and I'll find you a better place. To be honest, although this place is good, it's still a bit frustrating to support our 30,000 troops."
"Don't be too far away." Lin Tao said: "And there is still a fort here, otherwise a large number of supplies will not be transferred."
Zhao Liangdong didn't care about the construction of the military fortress. He led a division of Qin soldiers to attack Ordos in the north.
In Mongolian, "Ordos" is "a palace and a place of tombs", and is a vast area that is 800 miles long from east to west and 640 miles wide from north to south. The so-called "The Yellow River has many harms, only one profit", Ordos is the richest place in the Hetao region. It is bordered by the Yellow River on the east, west and north, and the Yellow River irrigation area on the north. At least 800,000 mu of fertile land can be irrigated. If the canal is built, there can be millions of fertile land.
The Ming Dynasty once set up Dongshengwei here, but with the loss of the Hetao area, it became an occupied area by the Mongols.
Zhao Liangdong had long chased the herdsmen to the Ulanmulun River and knew the truth and reality here. He led a division of troops to come, and the Mongols must have escaped after seeing the wind.
As a result, Zhao Liangdong was wrong.
The Mongols of Ordos and Tumote tribes learned that the Ming Dynasty army had come and did not cross the Yellow River to flee north of Yinshan, or to the east of Guihua City.
They surrendered directly to the Ming army led by Zhao Liangdong, and even dug out the Ming enthronement documents handed down from the Altan Khan era, to prove that everyone is a family.
Zhao Liangdong knew that the Tumote tribe was no longer as brave and good at fighting as in the Altan Khan era, but he did not expect that the Ordos tribe, one of the six largest and ten thousand households in Mongolia, would surrender.
The Ordos tribe was not a naturally formed clan tribe. They were actually a profession, serving as the palace guards of Genghis Khan and his close relatives. After Genghis Khan's death, his four Ordos formed the guard tribe who guarded the Babai Room. The father and son passed on it and finally formed the Ordos tribe.
Even such a tribe surrendered, is there any need to fight ahead?
Zhao Liangdong looked at the chiefs of the Mongolian tribe and the lamas who followed them, and felt ups and downs, and he became more worried about his long-cherished wish to be remembered in history.
Lin Tao felt a headache for restoring the Dongshengwei. If it was a border conflict, it could simply report the number of casualties. However, the surrender of the Mongolian tribes is related to the Ming Dynasty's handling of the foreign vassals, which is not something that the Grand Governor's Office can make a decision in one sentence.
——Is this considered arbitrarily engaged in border quarrels?
Lin Tao was quite confused when writing the report.
Chapter completed!