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On March [-]th, the first large-scale military operation took place on the Mobei Grassland, which Wushu had been paying attention to.

Chapter 1211 The Battle of Mobei (Part [-])

At noon on March [-]th, Zhao Ning, who had just finished his meal, received an urgent secret report of [-] miles from the north.

The secret report showed that the Kelie tribe located in the southern part of the Mobei Grassland behaved very strangely. The scouts detected the Kelie tribe after the weather got warmer. Not only did they not start grazing, but they quietly moved the sheep.

Not only that, but on Zhao Ning's desk there was also a note from Li Yanxian.

Zhao Ning first picked up Li Yanxian's note and said to Zhang Jun: "The note sent by Li Yanxian last time said that a Tatar cavalry called the Naiman tribe was encountered near the Yanjun Division in Heishui Town. I checked it out. Royal classics, this Naiman tribe is located in the west of the Mobei Grassland, not far from the Gaochang Uighurs, they belong to the White Tartars and speak Turkic language."

The official division of the Mobei tribes in the Song Dynasty was actually very rough. Those who spoke Turkic were unanimously classified as White Tatars, while the Mughals were unanimously classified as Black Tatars.

"These people have already arrived in the capital. Yesterday Sun Fu took someone to inquire. The other party wanted to go south to grab some herdsmen's sheep. He happened to meet Li Yanxian who was leaving for Guazhou from Yan Junsi in Heishui Town. He was defeated by our army. It is consistent with the letter Li Yanxian sent before, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Zhang Jun said: "I feel that right now, the Great Song Dynasty is planning to manage the Western Regions, and it is not appropriate to make too many enemies. We can explain this matter as a misunderstanding, treat these people well, and then let some of them go back and send envoys over. , to discuss business with the Naiman Ministry."

Zhao Ning couldn't help but nodded. Regarding how to tidy up the grassland, Liu Che had given a general strategic idea more than 1000 years ago: pull one faction and fight another faction.

For the Song Dynasty, the position of the Naiman tribe was not valuable, and it was not the first consideration to occupy.

Things must be prioritized and arranged reasonably according to material benefits, personal layout, timing, etc. This is the essence of strategy.

In fact, the Naiman tribe may have already taken refuge in Yelu Dashi.

The Gaochang Uighurs are now also taking refuge in Yelu Dashi.

The Song Dynasty had already had conflicts with the Gaochang Uyghurs, and then they would turn against the Naiman tribe, which meant that two powerful enemies appeared at the same time in the west and north of Yumen Pass.

"What if the Naiman tribe doesn't want to form an alliance with us?" Zhao Ning asked.

Zhang Jun also put forward his strategic thinking of exchanging space for time. He said: "The grassland Tatars are capricious. Our alliance with the Naiman tribe is just a stopgap measure. To gain time to clean up Gaochang, we don't want to stay with the Naiman tribe all the time. Ally."

"Follow what Qing said." Zhao Ning affirmed on the spot, but then said, "The latest information shows that the Kelei Department has already taken action. This is the first time that the Song Dynasty has launched a war with the Tatars on the Mobei Grassland. , My original intention was actually to win over the Kelei tribe, but these Tatars are short-sighted, dare to intercept and kill my business travelers from the Great Song Dynasty, if they don’t show them color, they will only get worse in the future!"

"Your Majesty is worried that the war with Kelei's Ministry will continue for a long time, leaving Anbei Protectorate's defense empty, and is there an opportunity for Jin Guo to take advantage of it?"

"No, there are more important matters being resolved within the Kingdom of Jin. I am afraid that Jin Wushu will not have the energy to send troops in a short period of time. I am worried that our army will enter a protracted war with the Kelie tribe, and other tribes in the grassland will take the opportunity to go south to Anbei."

Zhao Ning walked to the map. Although his eyes were as calm as ever, his heart was actually full of anxiety and uneasiness just like when Liu Che and Li Shimin faced the grassland.

Although it was later proved that both the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty suppressed the grassland.

This does not mean that the Song Dynasty in front of us will definitely be able to suppress the grassland.

Regarding the next step after recovering Hexi, the DPRK and China have long had different voices.

Some people say that the current territory of the Great Song Dynasty is already very large and cannot be expanded any more. Once the army is too far away from the capital, it will inevitably be out of control. In order to be promoted, the border generals will find trouble even if they have nothing to do, which will only increase the court's expenditure.

Just like the border commanders in the Tianbao period, the border barbarians were originally unwilling to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and were even willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty. Apply for more materials and win more military merits.

Everything has its two sides.

Regarding this point, Zhao Ning is very afraid.

"In this way, the war with the Keled Ministry cannot be delayed." Zhang Jun said affirmatively.

Zhao Ning walked up and down, thought for a while, and then said: "The war with the Kret tribe cannot be delayed, and the contest with the grassland tribes cannot be rushed."

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ning immediately wrote a secret letter to Yue Fei, conveying his current analysis of the situation in the grassland ministries.

Starting from the overall situation of the Song, Jin, Mobei Grasslands, and the Western Regions, and then looking at the partial war with the Kelei tribe, and made a clear tone for this war.

On March [-]th, Yue Fei, who was in Anbei City, received intensive information from Mobei.

Although all of this information cannot be confirmed, what is certain is that the Kree people have already taken action.

On March [-]th, Anbei City received the latest information that the Jiuyuan Ranch located at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain was attacked by an unknown cavalry and lost [-] sheep.

Jiuyuan Ranch is a ranch specially set up at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain after the Song Dynasty established the Anbei Duhufu.

The purpose is very simple, that is to herd cattle and sheep.

The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep, that is to say here.

This is a very high quality ranch.

Of course, there is not only one pasture in Jiuyuan in Monan, there are ten pastures from east to west, large and small.

Those who participated in the grazing included Han Chinese, Dangxiang people, and Wanggu people.

The Han people do administrative planning, the Dangxiang people do herding, and the Wanggu people do terrain surveying.

This kind of model of people performing their duties, if fully utilized, can make full use of Monan.

However, the current situation is obviously not optimistic.

The Kelie people do not intend to let the Song Dynasty develop steadily in the south of Yinshan Mountain.

This information angered the senior management of Anbei City. Since the Kelie people came and went without a trace, Yue Fei did not rush to take immediate action, but sent a large number of scouts to investigate their whereabouts.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the Anbei Protectorate began to be reorganized to attack at any time.

On March [-], another even worse news came.

Wuyuan County, west of Jiuyuan Ranch, was raided by the Kelie people. The 500 soldiers stationed lost more than [-] people, and hundreds of soldiers and civilians were massacred.

By this time, the Anbei Protectorate's Mansion had experienced for the first time how the Mobei grassland people behaved.

The raids that come and go without a trace are the same as the Turks back then and the Huns earlier.

"Yue Shuai, please give the last general three thousand cavalry immediately, and the last general will bring back those Tatar heads now!"

Before I saw anyone, I heard Guo Hao's thick and rough voice.

When did my Uncle Guo coax you?

Back then, he was the one who often went to the door of Wu Jie to beat the gong!

Chapter 1212 Hurt the enemy in one go! (Second more)

When Guo Hao walked in, he saw Niu Gao and Yue Yun were there, and Yang Zaixing was also sitting beside him.

Yeluyu saw that it was long overdue.

"They're all here, sit down and talk."

Yue Fei stood in front of a large map. This map included Fuzhou, Dongsheng Prefecture, Anbei Prefecture, Yanyun area of ​​Jin Kingdom, and Heishan Weifu Military Division in Houtao Plain. Yinshan and Daqingshan were also there. in.

But it's not complete, at least the extreme north of Mobei is still blank.

Only the positions of Kret and Tatar are clearly marked.

There is also a special person present today, this person is the leader of the Wanggu Tribe, Alahusuo, who once brought six thousand cavalry and came here enthusiastically to teach Yue Fei how to be a man.

Ala Hushi has been in the Anbei Protectorate for a year, during which time he has been to Bianjing, and was personally received by Zhao Ning.

Explained the situation of Monan and Mobei to Zhao Ning, including the details of Jin Guo's negotiation with him.

The locations of the Kere Department and the Tata'er Department were provided by Ala Kushi.

"Yue Shuai, these Tatars don't take us seriously, we must teach them a lesson!" Guo Hao said angrily.

Niu Gao said: "Guo Zhuangwu, please be quiet, we need to discuss things now."

The Guo Zhuangwu called by Niu Gao was Guo Hao, and Guo Hao's title of military official was a fourth-rank strong military general, equivalent to a lieutenant general.

"What are you talking about! The Tatars are already under their noses!" Guo Hao said angrily, "I only need [-] cavalry now, and I can beat them until their mothers don't even recognize them!"

Yeluyu joked, "Brother Guo, why are you rougher than barbarians?"

"You, a Khitan, know a lot. When I followed Wu Shuai, Wu Shuai gave orders directly. I was in charge of picking up the ax and chopping people down!"

"I think Mr. Guo is right!" Yue Yun stood up and said, "The Tatars have already reached the door. We not only have pastures at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, but also a lot of fertile land. We have newly established a county. Those people can It was the imperial court who spent a lot of money to bring their families here, and now that the Tatars are making such a fuss, many people may flee south."

"Niu Gao!" Yue Fei who had been looking at the map suddenly said.

"The end is here!"

"How many Tatars attacked Wuyuan County?"

"According to the report of the parties, there are about 2000 people." Niu Gao reported carefully, "I heard that the Tatar cavalry has a large number of archers, who come and go like the wind. When attacking Wuyuan County, they used dense bows and arrows to suppress the formation. , They broke through Wuyuan County in less than half a day."

"Half a day?" Gong Cao Li Yan raised doubts. As a technician stationed by the Ministry of Industry in Anbei Mansion, he expressed doubts about this matter, because he personally designed the city wall of Wuyuan County.

Li Yan said seriously: "Although the city wall of Wuyuan County is not high, it is still five meters long. Tatars' living habits on the grasslands, I don't believe that they can capture Wuyuan City in half a day!"

"It was indeed a long time, because someone was supporting them in the city. It was a caravan, and it should be the work of the Kelie people in disguise." Niu Gao continued, "The ten counties in Monan have now started foreign trade, and they want to sneak into the five It is not impossible in the original city."

"These Tatars are very cunning!" Li Yan said with a livid face.

"So from this point of view, the Tatars are not only brave." Niu Gao continued, "Now the enemy's situation is unknown, if we act without authorization, we may be ambushed."

"You mean, the strength of the Tatar troops may exceed 2000?" Guo Hao asked.

"There must be more than 2000 people." Yue Fei took the words, "I have reviewed the historical materials of China's battles with grassland tribes for thousands of years. Come and go tactics."

Yue Fei's tone was very calm. Obviously, facing the war on the grassland, he did not spend less effort to understand it.

Only by understanding deeply can we face it calmly when we actually take action.

"There are very few cities on the grasslands. Most of the grassland tribes have a single army, mainly cavalry. If they are fighting in the Central Plains, one side enters an ambush set by the other side, and they can retreat from the city, or rely on some complex terrain to defend. Buying time for reinforcements."

Yue Fei pointed to the map. This map is not detailed, but the signs of various forces are in it.

"If it is on the grassland, once you enter the ambush point that the opponent has buried in advance, and you are not aware of the enemy's whereabouts, you will be easily defeated by the enemy quickly, and you will not even have a chance to defend."

"From what the Kelie man named Uzda said before, combined with the current tactics of the Kelie people to attack us, the Kelie people have a big appetite this time. Wuyuan County and Jiuyuan Ranch are not their real The purpose." Yue Fei's eyes seemed to be shining like stars, and during his conversation, it seemed as if the entire Mobei Grassland was in the palm of his hand.

"Could it be that their real purpose is to flatten our Anbei Protectorate?" Guo Hao laughed.

Yue Fei said: "Yes, their purpose is to flatten us, and then go south to Taiyuan, all the way south from Hedong, and enter Luoyang, which is quite similar to the route of Anlu Mountain back then."

"It's just a Tatar, but it has a big appetite!"

Yue Fei said lightly: "To use His Majesty's words to describe it, the ignorant are fearless."

The ignorant are the most terrible and the most hateful.

They always wrongly estimate their own strength, and they obviously have no chance of winning, but because of ignorance, they attack brazenly, causing irreparable losses.

In the end, they themselves died tragically, and most others were buried with their ignorance.

"After talking so much, should we fight?" Guo Hao's patience ran out again.

At this time, the voice of a scout came from outside: "Yue Shuai, the capital has an urgent report from eight hundred miles away."

"Enter!"

The scout handed the urgent report to Yue Fei and went out.

Yue Fei opened it, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment, lost in thought.

"Yue Shuai?" Niu Gao called out.

Yue Fei said: "There is no delay in fighting the Kelie tribe, and there is no rush to compete with the tribes of the grassland."

As soon as he said this, the generals around him became suspicious.

"This is what His Majesty meant." Yue Fei added, and then became emotional, "Your Majesty has a far-sighted view, and has seen the overall situation of the competition with the entire grassland."

"Why do you say that?" Bing Cao Du Song asked.

"The Mobei Grassland stretches across thousands of miles, and each tribe is extremely complicated. There are even many small tribes. We don't even know where they are. It can't be done quickly." It was actually Yue Yun who spoke, sitting on a chair with his back straight , with a calm tone, "We have received news before that the Kingdom of Jin encouraged all the ministries to unite against us on the grasslands. Now the Krets are just here to take the lead. Have the other tribes taken action, and whether they have also crossed the Yin Mountain and went south? We don't know yet. Probably sure."

"The best way to break the situation at the moment is to hit the Keled tribe as quickly as possible, and even hit the Kled people's Horudo City in one breath, so that other ministries can see our true strength, so that they We must not dare to go south easily."

Yue Yun said calmly: "In this way, we can send envoys to talk to other tribes, and they will no longer dare to underestimate us, and will choose to sit down and talk with us."

This is the topographic map of the various ministries in Mobei. Temujin was not born in this era, and the west is the territory of Xiliao. Gaochang has basically attached to Xiliao.

Chapter 1213 The Great War Breaks Out (Third Change)

Everyone couldn't help but nodded, agreeing to Yue Yun's explanation.

Ah La suddenly said: "Respected Yue Shuai, the villain feels that this is indeed the case. The grassland's cognition of the Celestial Dynasty has been blurred, so they dare to go south rashly. Adjust your behavior."

Yue Fei said: "Do you know the exact location of the city of Woluduo in the Keled Department?"

"The villain knows it."

Yue Fei was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Yue Yun!"

"The end is here!"

"The commander-in-chief will give you five thousand cavalry. You go to Wuyuan County to find the enemy, and if you find the enemy, fight!"

"Decree!" Yue Yun said, "Shuai Yue, I have a request at the end!"