Chapter 758 Give him a big gift

Song Nan gave reassurance to the generals of the guards and told them that he would support them this time. If the Ministry of War dares to punish the generals when he resisted the order, Song Nan's original words were: "I will rush into the lobby of the government office of the Ministry of War with the Jinyiwei to ask for a speech. I would like to ask Lu Wan what his intention."

Others may not have much weight in saying this, and may be regarded as the nonsense of the carriage, but it was Song Nan, the first-class Duke of Daming, who made his fortune from a small city of Weizhou. It took him seven years to become a man of the pillar state of the Ming Dynasty. His body was shrouded in countless auras; it was this person who, In less than two years, he became the first Jinyiwei commander in the history of the Ming Dynasty, protecting the emperor's safety from tens of thousands of zars and in the Battle of Xinping Fort. The bald and beating-headed rat will run. He is still the same person. Ping Liu Liu and Liu Qi rose up. When the storm of the Ming Society shook, he led the army to quell the uprising.

The people who were defeated by him include Zhu Xiaoyu, the prince of Anhua, and Liu Jin, who was privately called the emperor by his ministers. Which one was not powerful and cunning, and was trampled under his feet without exception.

If they say that they have not witnessed and only heard rumors, but do not know Song Nan's means, they have personally experienced this battle to expel the Tartars in the northwest. Before Changning and then there was the Duke of Ding, who were all figures in the Ming Dynasty who were enough to resist one side, but they were overwhelmed by the fierce attack of the Tartars, and one died. One was said to be demented; and as soon as the man in front of him took over, he gathered heavy troops to fight against the soldiers and the hands of the hands, driving the people into the interior with fearless spirit and tightening their pockets. All the way, the Tari soldiers and horses were encroached on and chased, and finally completely defeated the Tari and more than 100,000 reinforcements at the Great Wall of Yanchi.

It can't be said how perfect the battle of the Northwest was. In fact, every decision of Song Nan was debatable. Because of Song Nan's decisions, more than a dozen cities and cities and counties inland were destroyed, and many people died. But you have to admit that his goal is very clear. He is a person who can make unconventional actions in order to win the war, which is particularly prominent among the generals of the Ming Dynasty who are unwilling to take risks.

Now, the person in front of him has made a promise, and there is no reason for the generals not to believe him. In fact, many people have made up their minds to follow Song Nan to the dark this time. A Duke of the Ming Dynasty can resist the pressure of the foreign court cabinet to obtain the emperor's consent, and raise military funds to go to the Tatar by himself. If he is not strong Confidence and confidence to win will never do this.

It can be seen from the work of the officials that Song Nan and other officials of the Ming Dynasty have a completely different temperament. It is a temperament that refuses to give up, does not want to live in peace, and dares to take risks. This stands out so well among the twilight Ming civil and military officials.

That night, Song Nan convened the first pre-war meeting in the temporary tent under the beacon of the Great Wall and clarified several goals.

First, the purpose of this battle is to recover the surrounding areas of Hetao, not to chase the Tartako hometown north of Langshan Yinshan, recover Hetao, rebuild Kaiping Dongsheng and other health centers, and push the Ming border defense more than 700 miles north.

Second, this battle must be fought quickly, because the cold weather is coming, and the Hetao Plain has heavy snow every winter, which is extremely unfavorable to the Ming army, so it must achieve its goal at the end of October or early November. Otherwise, it will not only be difficult to provide logistical supplies, but also the soldiers will not be like the Tar. Cold-resistant and war-resistant.

Third, this battle must not be regarded as a flat sweep. It is difficult to resist with the current strength of the Taran, but they still have 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers to fight, and they must not be taken lightly. In particular, there are 30,000 Harrat soldiers stationed in the front flag of Chahar north of Datong without any losses. Be especially careful of their westward raid.

Once these three goals are clear, everyone suddenly has a general grasp of the battle. Judging from the topographic map set by Song Nan, there are large areas of deserts and grasslands near the Yellow River south of Langshan Yin Mountain, among which there are more than a dozen Tart tribes. From the northwest of Yanchi is the Wuhai Town of the Salt Lake, the Otok River in the southeast of the Wuhai Sea, and more than 100 miles along the Gobi Desert is the important town of Hangjin; Ijinheluo to the east of Hangjin, and Urat, Dalat, Tumut, Yanggu and other places along the Yellow River in the north are important strongholds of the tartars. Now these places Fang was occupied by the large and small tribes of the Tahs. After decades of operation, the Tatarians have built hundreds of large and small castles on the Hetao Plain, relying on the terrain and the valley of the Yellow River, and has formed a defense system.

In addition to these, the weather and terrain problems that plague the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty. The Hetao area is said to be a plain, but in fact, most of the area is a combination of the Gobi desert and hills and mountains. Only the north and south banks of the Yellow River and the area of the Dusi Tu River and the river basin, a tributary of the Yellow River, are large grasslands. It is the place where the salams are most well guarded.

On Song Nan's sand table, a place across the Yellow River is not like small flags planted south of the Yellow River. There is only one mountain range from west to east, which are the three mountains of Langshan Mountain and Daqing Mountain; Song Nan especially explained: "This area is still blank for us. I didn't mark Tart on the sand table. The location of the tribe town does not mean that there are no tribes and soldiers there, but we don't know the situation there at all. Everyone should understand this. In fact, my estimate is that the Tarans will not fight with us in the south of the Yellow River. They will definitely rely on the chas of the Yellow River to prevent our army from crossing the Yellow River, so the key to whether we can cross the Yellow River or cross the Yellow River at a small cost. Once we land on the north bank of the Yellow River, our army will stand firm. The Tartars can either fight a decisive battle or retreat to the north of Yinshan Wolf Mountain; I hope they can choose a decisive battle, but I'm afraid that on the day we cross the Yellow River, it will be the time for the Tartars to withdraw from the river.

The atmosphere of the pre-war meeting was very warm, and the generals expressed their opinions under the inspiration of Song Nan, but they were at a loss about how to cross the Yellow River. Some people proposed not to march from here, but to simply take a detour from Ningxia Town, cross the Helan Pass and then take a detour to the south of Langshan Mountain to raid the north bank of the Yellow Rivertao occupied by Tartans from the west, but this proposal was quickly rejected. The reason is very simple. The large army is large, carrying heavy firearms, not to mention whether tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can cross Helan Mountain. Even if people can pass, the horses and heavy firearms will definitely pass; and once they choose that road, it is a road of no return. Logistics cannot be replenished, and they can only rely on the soldiers themselves. For food, individual soldiers can only carry food for seven or eight days at most. I'm afraid it will be sold out south of Wolf Mountain. Will it be possible to learn from horses to gnaw the grass on the ground?

Song Nan decided not to discuss how to cross the river for the time being, focus on the eyes first, first annihilate the Tatars in Wuhai, Otok, Hangjin and other places near the Yellow River, recover the land south of the Yellow River, ensure the smooth supply line, and then find ways to deal with how to cross the Yellow River. The problem of combat. The weather was only more than a month away from snow and freezing. It was in response to that sentence. The time was tight and the task was heavy. At the end of the discussion between the generals and Song Nan, everyone suddenly realized that the certainty of this re-set operation was actually not very good, and suddenly became a little silent.

Song Nan saw this and smiled and said, "You feel pressure. This is a good thing. People say that proud soldiers will be defeated. When we start to carefully consider this Northern Expedition, it is half of the success. Due to the heavy grain and fodder, it will take a few days to escort you back to the camp to encourage morale and train soldiers and horses. There is another thing we haven't done yet."

"What did the general say?"

"Since we are marching righteously, we will declare war openly. Didn't you say that you can escape to Wuhai to stop the army and rest? We should go and give him a gift. Let him relax quickly and cheer up to fight with us. Don't say that we will fight without declaration.

"Gift? Give him a gift? Last time he spared his life, he burned incense on his ancestral grave. Isn't it just a letter of war?" Jiang Bin muttered.

Song Nan laughed and said, "No, you must give a gift. It's impolite to come and go. He sent us a gift. Now that we are going to war, we will borrow flowers and give Buddha to return the gift. Isn't his son Tuluborot in the camp? You have to return it back."

"What? Return the wolf cub? How can this be? Staying here can also make the little prince of Tatar avoid rats. Jiang Bin shouted.

"Bah, what are you talking about? What do you mean by throwing rats? Are we all mice? There is no level." Xu Tai rolled his eyes and cursed.

Zhang An patted Jiang Bin on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Margrave Jiang is straightforward, but he didn't think about the meaning of the general. The wolf cub was going to be returned to the little prince of Tartar, but he died alive. The general didn't say anything."

Jiang Bin suddenly realized and patted his thigh and said, "I cut his head and sent it to him. Is this still to him?"

Song Nan smiled and said nothing. Xu Tai frowned and said, "Isn't it too much for us to do this?"

Jiang Bin spat and said, "Don't pretend here. Who forced someone to pee on that boy last night? Now come and be a good person, Xu Tai. Don't think I don't know what you think. I'll know what you're pooping as soon as you poop.

The generals burst out laughing.