The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Now that they have plans to go to the grasslands to grab population, the next step is to prepare for this and discuss a feasible battle plan.

Playing on the grassland in May and June is much better than winter. At least this season is not afraid of being frozen into a popsicle if you go to the grassland in this season.

But at present, there is an insurmountable difficulty in front of them, that is, Xia Jing's army does not have enough horses.

The grassland is vast and boundless. If infantry enter the grassland to sweep Beidi, it is tantamount to fantasy and too unrealistic.

For this battle, Xia Jing specially summoned the main generals to discuss together.

Xia Jing frowned and asked, "How many horses can we fight now?"

Now Long Yutian and Ma Qilin are in charge of the logistics of the barracks, and Ma Qilin is in charge. He used to be the second head of Luofu Mountain, but now he has become Xia Jing's logistics director.

This time Ma Qilin did not attend the meeting, so Long Yutian replied on his behalf: "Except for the horses pulling the carriage, there are only about war horses that can really go to the battlefield."

Xia Jing rubbed the center of her brows, and sighed inwardly: "A little less, five hundred cavalrymen driving into the grassland is like a handful of sand entering the sea, and there won't be many waves."

Long Yutian looked around at the crowd: "As the princess said, five hundred riders can't even do a surprise attack when they enter the grassland, they can only do a surprise attack!"

Surprise attack also has the opportunity to be tough with the enemy. Sneak attack can only be killed when it is not prepared and run away, without giving the enemy a chance to react!
Xia Jing: "The Dragon Supervisor Army is right. We can only attack by surprise with cavalry. The deployment of cavalry by the army will not affect the overall situation, and there is no need to wait for the farming. The soldiers who will fight in the next few days will be selected and prepared Alright, let's go."

After hearing what they said, Li Chengmu stood up, and solemnly promised: "Since the decision has been made, then I will prepare. Don't worry, everyone, since I have brought you into the grassland, I will not let you down!"

Xia Jing glanced at everyone present, raised her hand to press down, and signaled Li Chengmu to sit down: "You sit down first."

Li Chengli and Li Chengyi who were sitting on the side were startled. Could it be that the princess is reluctant to send Xiao Wu to the grassland to die, and wants their brothers to go?
Not to mention, their brothers came to Gyeonggi to make up for the mistake they made last time when they refused to fight with their father. They hoped that by following this time, they would make some contributions in front of their father and try to regain their previous face.

Although they came to Gyeonggi, they never thought of risking their lives to make meritorious service. To put it bluntly, they followed to fish in troubled waters.

Xia Jing didn't know what the two brothers were thinking. Seeing Xiao Wu sitting down, she said: "This time I went deep into the grassland. I never planned to let you go. You can stay in the capital with peace of mind."

Li Chengli and Li Chengyi heard this, and what they thought in their hearts was that it really was so.At the same time, I was also very nervous, lest Xia Jing would choose them to lead the team to the grassland.

They felt that five hundred riders entered the grassland not for a surprise attack, but to die directly.

Beidi's cavalry are easy to bully!
Long Yutian naturally noticed the expressions of the masters, and he asked with great interest: "Is the princess already a candidate for the grassland?"

In Xia Jing's two lifetimes, she had never entered the grassland, and she was worried about letting anyone lead the team in when she was leading five hundred cavalry.

Instead of worrying about it, it's better for her to enter the grassland by herself.

"I'm going to lead the team into the grassland myself, and I'll be back in about a month if there is no accident."

The astonishing words scared everyone present.

"Princess, absolutely not. If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, it is extremely dangerous to go deep into the grassland. At least danger is everywhere. You are our backbone. If something happens to you in the grassland, wouldn't our team be successful?" A plate of loose sand!"

The first one to react was Long Yutian, who immediately objected when he came back to his senses.

How can there be a team of generals who go out to carry out sneak attacks and let their generals sit at home and enjoy themselves?
Throughout the hundreds of years of history, the world has never heard of such a wonderful thing.

Then Li Chengmu also raised objections, "Mother and concubine, you are trying to make your son unfilial. How can a mother go out to fight, and the son hides behind and enjoys the happiness? This time, let the son go to the grassland!"

Li Chengyi and Li Chengli were relieved after hearing Xia Jing's words. It doesn't matter who goes, as long as they don't go, he is quite self-aware of his abilities and knows that he is not expected to lead troops into war.

But after listening to Li Chengmu's words, it's not easy for them to hide and play dead.

As the third oldest Li Chengli present, he could only bite the bullet and try to persuade: "Xiao Wu is right, concubine mother, you can always wait for good news in the capital with peace of mind, and leave the matter of fighting the enemy in the grassland to the generals who are good at fighting." Bar."

"Look, everyone disagrees with you taking risks, Wangfei, you have to be cautious of everyone's opinions!" Long Yutian began to persuade again.

Xia Jing smiled and waved her hand, "That's the decision, everyone, don't talk too much. You are limited to three days to select the personnel, two days to prepare dry food, and five days to go!"

Xia Jing made a final decision, so that those who still wanted to persuade had their words blocked in their throats.

Among the soldiers and horses in Lingnan, Sha Yuliang is most familiar with Beidi soldiers and horses.

Because he used to fight the most on the border with Beidi soldiers and horses.So this time when he went deep into the grassland, he was selected first without any surprise.

Feng Tu heard the news and came to sign up, but Xia Jing refused.

Feng Tu is Xiaowu's confidant, and dangers are everywhere when going deep into the grassland this time. She doesn't want to consume too much of her son's confidantes. To be on the safe side, she still brings the soldiers she is most familiar with.

Sha Yuliang was in charge of Xia Jing's selection of the vanguard for this sneak attack, and one of her personal guard captains, Cheng Gu, assisted him.

Since Cheng Gu was assisting, he followed Sha Yuliang all day to select soldiers with good skills and good riding skills in the team.

It's just that this team has not been formed for a long time, and the soldiers are not veterans who have experienced many battles. After a round of selection, Sha Yuliang is not very satisfied.

When it was time for dinner at night, Cheng Gu couldn't help but asked, "I said, Captain Sha, are you tired of picking the tallest among the short guys?"

Sha Yuliang put the food from the kitchen on the table, sat down and asked, "What do you mean?"

Cheng Gu smiled and said, "I just want to ask you, are you satisfied with the person you chose today?"

Of course he was not satisfied. For a veteran like him, the team brought by Lingnan was too immature.

Sha Yuliang didn't speak, but Cheng Gu understood what he meant from his expression.

"Looking at your expression, you should be dissatisfied. If that's the case, why do you still bother to choose something in the team, why don't you choose directly in our personal guard camp!"

At the beginning, they followed the princess, but they were high-quality guards selected by her!

Regardless of martial arts, at least they are much better than ordinary soldiers in the team today.

The height alone is not comparable to ordinary soldiers.Not to mention that they have strengthened their training for so long, and their basic skills are definitely many times better than ordinary soldiers!
After hearing what he said, Sha Yuliang's eyes lit up, Cheng Gu didn't remind him, he really didn't think of the princess's personal guard camp.

He asked excitedly: "How many guards are there in the capital now?"

Cheng Gu stretched out a palm, snapped his fingers and said, "Fang Ji and Hong Fuzhong have been in charge of the salt field in the south of Lingnan, Wei Dong is now transferred by the princess to handle government affairs, and Ding Dazhuang is now in charge of farming. Apart from these people, there are six people left. Captain, about personal guards, you can choose."

Their job task is to protect the safety of the princess. The princess must go deep into the grassland. As a personal guard, she must go with her. Instead of embarrassing the princess, it is better to choose from among them from the beginning, so that their job is done. How nice it is to help the concubine kill enemies and make meritorious deeds, kill two birds with one stone!
Sha Yuliang rubbed his hands, picked up the chopsticks, put a piece of pork belly in Chenggu's bowl, "Thank you brother for your advice, I was worrying about this matter, I didn't expect you to help me solve this problem all at once, sincerely Thanks! Thank you!"
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Soon came the day of departure.

The five hundred cavalry were considered the best of the best in Xia Jing's team.

The equipment is all armor, waist knives and flintlock guns made of the latest stainless steel from Lingnan Iron Workshop.

As for the small steel cannon of the Buddha machine, it is not suitable for carrying due to long-distance raids. Apart from weapons, the remaining supplies are dry food and water.

The dry food is one piece of dry biscuit per person per day, and each person carries 30 yuan, that is, one month's dry food, two water bags, and a small square iron box.

This small tin square box is somewhat similar to the lunch boxes of later generations. It is a military lunch box specially made by Xia Jing's iron workshop. It can be used as a rice bowl for eating, and can be used as a kettle to boil water in the wild.

It is convenient and practical, and it also prevents soldiers from drinking unclean raw water when marching in the field.

This kind of equipment is considered advanced equipment in this era, but Li Chengmu is still worried about Xia Jing going to the grassland.

He didn't know how many times he tried to persuade him in the past few days, but Xia Jing just didn't listen, she made up her mind and vowed not to repent!

He rode forward, "Concubine Mother, why don't my son go with you, don't worry if I'm not by your side!"

Xia Jing scolded with a smile: "You don't have to worry about my old lady, don't worry, I won't do things that I'm not sure about."

"Mother Concubine." Li Chengmu was almost dying of anxiety. What is it like to have a mother who thinks right?
It's probably like him, anxious day and night, and can't even get a good night's sleep.

Xia Jing looked at the team in front of them who were getting ready to set off, and her attitude softened a bit: "Okay, during the time I'm away, you have to take care of the Gyeonggi area, and you have to follow up on various things. If there is anything you don't understand Just ask Mr. Long."

Li Chengmu wanted to say something more, but Xia Jing didn't wait for him to speak, and said seriously: "Okay, don't say anything else, and if you continue, I will deal with you as if you have shaken the morale of the army before the battle!"

Li Chengmu: "."

The others stepped forward to say goodbye, Xia Jing clasped her fists to greet everyone, and then rode her horse and led the troops to set off!
If you don't start again, you will spend the whole morning here.

The dust raised by the horseshoes slowly ran into the distance. Long Yutian watched the cavalry go away, and turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, go back and perform your duties. Before the princess comes back, we must guard the Gyeonggi area and don't let the enemy There is an opportunity to take advantage of!"

On the grassland, it is the season when the pasture is the most tender. The various tribes in Beidi are busy grazing. They wander in every corner of the grassland. They live anywhere with their cattle, horses and sheep, and there is no fixed place.

Under normal circumstances, the herdsmen organize themselves as soldiers in their spare time, and are basically busy grazing and collecting pasture in spring, summer and autumn.

At this time, the Beidi people were most relaxed. They never expected that the Dayu people would take the initiative to come to the grassland to destroy their nests.

"I heard that in summer, Beidi people will drive cattle, horses and sheep to the depths of the grassland, and even the king's tent will move to the river area with abundant water and grass. When the autumn is high and the horses are fat, they will organize soldiers and horses to return to the border of Dayu. Let's grab a wave and collect more supplies to lead the tribe to survive the winter safely!"

While walking aimlessly, Sha Yuliang introduced the customs of Beidi people to Xia Jing.

Xia Jing was holding the map she found from the Imperial Palace Collection Pavilion. Since the drawing was not standardized enough, she could only roughly guess their exact location.

"The nearest to us is the Chahar tribe. The ordinary herdsmen of their tribe will move along with the water and grass, but the Wangzhang will not move around at will. Our first stop is Chahar!"

Speaking of the Chahar tribe, Sha Yuliang briefly told everyone what he knew about the situation in Chahar.

The Chahar tribe has a population of about 3 to . During the spring, summer, and autumn grazing seasons, their herdsmen will disperse in all directions with their cattle, horses, and sheep, and each find their own secret base, which is the area with abundant water and grass. .

If it was really what Sha Yuliang said, then there would be nothing terrible for 500 of them to deal with the Chahar tribe who had dispersed their herdsmen.

Xia Jing put away the map, took out a compass from her pocket, combined with her spiritual powers, even God would not allow her to get lost in the grassland!

Five days later, Xia Jing looked at the tent that looked like a small white spot in the distance, "Sha Yuliang, that should be the king's tent of the Chahar tribe, right?"

Sha Yuliang's eyesight was not as good as Xia Jing's. He squinted his eyes hard, compared the white tent with the tent next to it, and said, "The king's tent is two or three times larger than ordinary tents. I looked at the tents scattered on the grassland. , by comparison, it should be where Chahar's king's tent is located."

Xia Jing glanced at the sun in the sky, "In half an hour, the sun will set. Let's find a place with a slightly lower terrain to hide and wait until we find out the situation at night before we act!"

Bringing cavalry, Xia Jing really didn't dare to make a surprise attack in broad daylight, and waited until night to figure out the situation before making a battle plan.

As the gold fell to the west, the grassland was dyed with a layer of gold. As time passed, the gold gradually disappeared, and the sky became darker and darker.

While eating dry food, Sha Yuliang told Xia Jing about his own analysis results: "The soldiers and horses in Beidi are herdsmen organized by various tribes. The real soldiers and horses are probably the warriors of each tribe, but the number of real warriors is very small. , Therefore, I estimate that there are not many remaining soldiers and horses in the Chahar tribe."

Xia Jing felt that his analysis was very reasonable, and she went out to investigate in person at night. There were about 3000 people left behind in the Chahar tribe, most of them were women and children, and some of them were people captured from Dayu. Dirty work, eating the worst, so the already skinny body is even thinner.

There are about 700 soldiers with combat effectiveness, 200 more than them, and this is not counting the ordinary women and children in Beidi.

"This tribe is quite rich. There are nearly horses alone, not counting the cattle, horses and sheep driven by the herdsmen to graze and the cattle and sheep in the pen."

Sha Yuliang enviously said: "I'm a bit greedy, so many horses can arm two thousand cavalry."

"He hoards grain and I hoard guns, and in the end his home is my granary; in the same way, he hoards horses and I hoard guns, and his home is our horse farm! So don't be greedy, brother, if you have that skill, you might as well grab it directly!" Xia Xia Jing patted Sha Yuliang on the shoulder, and the words she said were domineering.

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