my days with tyrants

Fishing sea.

"This place needs to be built as a city!"

Yang Feng looked at the grassland still covered in ice and snow.

Although it was almost February at this time, it was still twenty degrees below zero.

And on the wasteland behind him, huge camel cities have been surrounded. Within the line of defense composed of Bactrian camels connected end to end, the cavalry of the Ming army who marched all the way from Kaiping quickly set up tents, but they did not how many bonfires...

"My lord, there is no cow dung nearby. I'm afraid no one has been nomadic here for many years."

Zhang Fu came over and said.

"I told you there was no one here."

Yang Feng said.

This area belongs to the Ming army, which must be patronized every time it raids. How could there be people? The most recent one was in the 25th year of Hongwu, that is, the year he first came, but before he came, the Ming army had just launched an attack on Andanah Led by the last group of Mongols attempting to return east to strike.But the funny thing is that that time Zhu Yuanzhang was actually under the banner of rebelling against Beiyuan, because Yesudieer killed Beiyuan's great Khan Togus Timur, and then sent Andanah back to the east to call Those old Mongolian tribes who had already surrendered to Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to attack them with Yesudieer killing the king.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty crusade against the traitor who killed the king on behalf of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

Of course, don't care about the reason, anyway, if you dare to come back, I will beat you.

So far no one has dared to come back.

"There are no people, how to build a city, not to mention that the garrison is useless if there are too many, and it is difficult to supply more. Even if it is transported from Kaiping to the north, it will have to travel nearly two thousand miles. What's more, it is so cold in winter here that we need to burn firewood to keep warm. The only thing that can be burned on the grassland is cow dung, and there are no herdsmen here.

Cow dung doesn't have to be burned. "

Zhu Di said.

"Why start from Kaiping, why not from Huining?"

Yang Feng said.

He then took out the satellite map hand-painted by the artist.

He was already ready.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang stationed troops here, he would be able to guarantee all the supplies, and if he guaranteed all the supplies here, it would mean that his sphere of influence had crossed the Greater Khingan Mountains. Although it is definitely not possible to reclaim wasteland, but...

There is nothing to but.

In fact, he just wanted to garrison troops in such an iconic place on the grassland.

Purely personal preference.

"From Huining, travel upstream along the Nen River to Xing'anwei by water, and then cross the Daxing'an Mountains by land camel caravan, just take the Tao'er River, and go all the way to the upper reaches of the Halaha River. As for the firewood you mentioned, this is too easy. Logging directly from the upper reaches, and then release along the Halaha River, even those materials can be released, and it happens that the boat does not need to go back, and the materials are also sent firewood.

There is no need to garrison too many troops, one guarding thousands of households is enough.

Fishing sea one.

One in the mountains.

Send another one to Xing'anwei. "

Yang Feng said.

Xing'anwei is the Jimiwei that Huining belongs to.

The guards in Huining have gone as far as Lingbei.

Anyway, it's those small tribes who come to contribute some souvenirs and then take a title back.

As for Nenjiang water transport, you can do it anywhere. In fact, you can go anywhere below Nenjiang County. In the Republic of China, there were stable steamship flights from inland river ships to Da’an, so you can just find a wharf along the coast. In fact, you can also try to see if you can enter the Tao’er River.

Big ships can't get in, and small boats can't get in?

Then the rest is to go to Aershan. In short, find a starting point for shipping on the upper reaches of the Halaha River.

The rest is drifting along the way.

Zhu Di was a little moved.

He is good at this.

"Your Majesty, do you know who the biggest border trouble in this area will be in future generations?
Russian.

Do you know how they expanded to this area by land from nearly [-] miles away?

Just by the river.

Their armed reclamation group used water to move forward among the big rivers, first found a tributary in the upper reaches, and then drifted down along the tributary. There were suitable places along the way, and they stopped to build castles.But now the Mongols we call Wala will send troops to expel them, and they will retreat by water if they can’t hold on. When the Mongols nomad to other places, they will come back to build castles again.

As long as it doesn't drive them away once.

They took root.

Then they will use this castle as a base to keep coming more people until they are ready, and then move forward by land to find the next tributary of the water system, and then build a boat and drift.

In this way, the water systems crossed one by one, moving forward slowly but steadily.

Finally all the way to Triton.

Maokouwei belonged to them at that time.

We have to learn.

Don't be afraid of difficulties, as long as you can actually control the land, what are difficulties? "

Yang Feng said.

"It's such a bitterly cold place and it can't be cultivated. What's the use of us here?"

Tan Yuan said.

"Remember, there is no fear of too much land. No matter what kind of land, as long as it is possible to occupy it, it must be occupied. Not being able to cultivate it does not mean it is worthless. Even if it is a desert, there are minerals underground. The more land we occupy, the more land we have. The richer the family wealth left by future generations, they may discover its value at some point. What's more, even if you can't farm here, you can graze, raise more cattle and sheep for sale, and even raise cows to milk them for milk powder. The road to Xing'an Mountains is opened, and cattle raised here can be sold to Huining wasteland reclamation area.

There is such a vast pasture here, even if it raises several million cattle, it is enough.

Millions of cattle.

There are really millions of cows, is your emperor happy? "

Yang Feng said.

"Millions of cows, how is it possible?"

Tan Yuan looked at the ice and snow in front of him with obvious disbelief.

"At that time, the area around Hulun Lake in the north was called Hulunbeier City, which was similar to a government. A government had more than 100 million beef cattle and nearly a million dairy cows. The total number was more than 200 million, and there were more other livestock. This is the total number of cattle on hand. That is, the ones that are still being raised, and those that are slaughtered and sold are not counted.

Your poverty limits your imagination. "

Yang Feng said.

Of course, there is no need to tell them the difference between cattle and cattle breeds.

Ambassador Yang does not lie.

Just tell them selectively.

"Choose a thousand cavalrymen and let them go upstream along the Halaha River. After entering the mountain, wait for the spring to see if they can cut wood and release it. If they can be released here, keep the wood as evidence. Then go to Xing'an Mountains to Huining, from Huining Returning to Peiping is considered a meritorious service.

As for the others, rest here for ten days and then go to Helin. "

Zhu Di said.

"Remove my big net, and I'll show you why this place is called Fishing Sea."

Yang Feng shouted to the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers hurriedly unloaded what he wanted from a camel.

fishing sea...

That's what fishing is for.

This place is a great place for winter fishing.

So the next day, the [-] troops could already eat fish.

They rested in the fishing sea for ten days. Yang Feng led the fishing team to catch fish non-stop. In this season, the internal organs were cleaned out, and then thrown aside, it was equivalent to freezing directly. When this army set off again, All the horses were hung with dozens or even dozens of catties of fish that had been frozen into weapons.They continued to head west along the Luqu River or the Kerulen River to Helin, but they still did not find any nomadic tribes along the way. Occasionally there were a few scattered herdsmen, who should be escaped households among the herdsmen.

The problem of fleeing households in nomadic tribes is also very serious.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, outside the Great Wall of Ji Town, that is, in the Rehe Mountains, there were tens of thousands of herdsmen fleeing from households and fugitives from the interior wandering for a long time.

These saw the army and immediately surrendered.

Through them, it can be confirmed that there are currently no large tribes in the entire lower reaches of the Luqu River, including the lower reaches of the Onan River in the north.

But Tula River has.

That is to say, the original tribe of Yasudieer.

They were nomadic in the Tula River. Togusi Timur or Emperor Tianyuan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was on the way to Helin. He was attacked and killed when he passed by his territory. Khan moved westward with the tribe. After his death, his son Enke succeeded.

Originally, this part of Yasudeer's tribe fled back to the Tula River.

They are also on the way to Helin.

That's it!
"Let's go, we finally have meat to eat!"

Yang Feng looked at the map and said.

The Tula River is the Tula River, which is south of Ulaanbaatar.

It is certain that their wintering place is Ulaanbaatar.

Twenty-nine thousand cavalry began to attack along the Luqu River.

Five days later.

Night, by the Tula River.

"Thirty miles ahead!"

A team of reconnaissance cavalry returned in the snowstorm, and the leading officer reported to Zhu Di.

"Rocket launch!"

Zhu Di said.

An officer immediately took out the rocket rack on the ground and ignited the fuze. Immediately after the flame spurted from the tail, the rocket went straight into the sky, and soon two similar flames rose in the left and right sky, and then exploded in midair, which represented The left and right wings of this great army received orders to attack.

Of course, it is impossible for a [-] army to come from one direction.

In fact, the attack is in the middle.

The left and right wings will separate to outflank. Once the surprise attack is completed in the middle, the enemy will definitely disperse and flee, and must be surrounded and wiped out.

"go!"

Yang Feng shouted.

Then he spurred on the horse.

As a striker, Zhang Fu also picked up his spear.

They led a forward of a thousand cavalry forward along the Tula River, followed by Zhu Di's central army like eagle wings spread out in the wind and snow, only twenty miles away, half an hour later, there was a storm ahead. The tent in the snow appears.They immediately began to charge at full speed, trampling the horseshoes of the cavalry, and immediately awakened the sleeping tribe, and then someone rushed out of the tent, and then roared in horror, more and more people rushed out of the tent, and some hurriedly blew their horn.

But nothing works.

The surging cavalry crashed into their camp in an instant.

The first wave didn't use spears at all.

They just sprinted between these tents at full speed.

then……

Throw grenades directly.

The enemies, who were already in a mess, didn't have any intention of resisting amidst the constant explosions. They all ran towards their horses regardless of their families.

But the sound of the explosion shocked all the horses.

After all, this is Mobei.

None of these horses had necessarily heard the explosion of a grenade.

Even disregarding their masters, they broke free from the ropes and escaped, and those who caught the horses had to desperately control them because the horses were frightened.

But at this time the second wave arrived.

The cavalry of the Ming army on horseback swept across the entire camp with their spears in their arms. They also didn't get entangled. They stabbed to death when they met the enemy. tent.This kind of large-scale wintering camp is where the whole tribe gathers. Tens of thousands of men, women, old and young are crowded in places facing the leeward river, relying on the forage stored in autumn.And the reason why this place is popular is that there are mountains behind it, which means that there is firewood for heating in winter.

With water, firewood and grass, this is the perfect wintering place.

Then came the third wave.

All cavalry are the same and will not tangle with the enemy.

It's crashing, trampling, one wave after another, so that the enemy can't gather all the time, rushing through one camp before rushing to the next, and behind the third wave is the main force sweeping like a raging wave.

That's the devastating blow.

"Why is there still a city wall here?"

Zhang Fu, who was at the front, looked at a dilapidated city wall in front of him in astonishment.

It is indeed a city wall.

It's just that under the ravages of time, there is only a circle of rammed earth left, and the scale is very small, estimated to be only two miles in circumference, but it still provides a defense that can be said to be reluctant. At this time, the awakened enemy has already boarded The city wall, and then raised the bow and arrow in their hands to them.

"What's so rare about this, there are a bunch of cities here in the Liao Kingdom.

There are also a large number of Han Chinese! "

Yang Feng said.

So it is not surprising that the Han Chinese genes were found later.

Because Mongolia was developed on the basis of various ministries such as Menggu in the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom was the only one in the ancient dynasty except the Yuan Dynasty, and it can be said that it really ruled the grassland.They have [-] troops garrisoned in the grasslands. Not only are there several military prefectures around Ulaanbaatar, but also a large number of Han artisans and Bohai people have migrated to settle here, providing supporting facilities for the garrisoned Khitan army.

After the demise of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Dashi tried to re-gather forces to counterattack in Zhenzhou in this area.

But in the end no one supported it.

He had no choice but to create Xiliao.

He took away a large number of elites, but there were still a large number of Khitan, Han, and Bohai people left behind. These merged with Menggu and other grassland tribes, and finally formed Mongolia that swept across Eurasia.

A bunch of ancient city ruins have been found in modern archeology in this area.

"put!"

At this time, Zhang Fu had already let out a roar.

The cavalrymen who were being forced to circle the city took out fire pockets one by one on their horseback, and then lit the fuse of the three-eyed gun in their hands. While surrounding the city, they sprayed dense flames one by one at the enemies on the city wall.Although those enemies were indeed on the city walls, these walls had already been half-collapsed, and there was no protection like parapets at all. The continuous shooting of the three-eyed guns made them scream and fall.The sudden firearm attack made the rest instinctively run away, and soon a defensive gap appeared on the city wall. Zhang Fu, who arrived at the bottom of the city, stood up directly from his horse, and jumped onto a collapsed place while the horse stopped. the gap.

A few enemies inside swung their knives to fight, and he slammed forward with two maces in his hands.

More cavalry from behind jumped onto the gap from horseback.

Ambassador Yang stood up knowingly, and almost fell off his horse just as he was about to jump. Finally, he became angry and took out a grenade, pulled the safety guard and threw it in.

Then continue to run wildly along the root of the city wall.

Throw grenades into it as you run.

And the camp that was previously stormed by them has been submerged by Zhu Di's army.