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On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the 15th year of Chongzhen, the second big battle on the grassland started.

The ending was similar to the first one. In less than a day, the Jiangning Battalion led by Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, and Qin Liangyu, the Datong Frontier Army, the soldiers of the Xibe tribe and the soldiers of the Daur tribe cleanly wiped out the left wing soldiers of the Chahar tribe. From this moment on, the troops of the Front Banner, Middle Banner and Rear Banner, the once mighty Chahar tribe had completely declined on the grassland, but because of Su Tiancheng's strict requirements, the army strictly enforced discipline, and the Chahar tribe The tribe is not on the verge of extinction, especially the women and children in the tribe, who have hardly suffered any harm.

The conquest after the army began to become more difficult.

The news that Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying entered the grassland for conquest, and the situation that the Chahar tribe was completely wiped out, quickly spread among the grassland tribes. The powerful Chahar tribe has the left front banner, the middle banner, and the rear banner , as well as the Right Front Banner, Middle Banner, and Rear Banner, with an army of nearly [-], but in less than ten days, they were completely wiped out by the army led by Su Tiancheng. This news made other tribes in the grassland feel fear , no tribe will wait for Su Tiancheng's arrival at the station. Despite the severe cold weather and the difficulty in food supplies, most of the grassland tribes have begun to migrate, moving deeper into the grassland to avoid encountering "destructive" blow.

It was at this time that a lot of information began to be delivered to Qu Qingze.

The coverage of these information is very wide, including information sent from Datong, from Anningbao and Jingbian, from the Xibe and Daur tribes, and even from all over the grasslands. The information sent by merchants contained some crucial information.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival.

The army is all concentrated at the Chahar Left Wing Rear Banner Station, and they are temporarily resting here.

This was a decision made by Su Tiancheng. Firstly, it was for everyone to have a good rest. After all, it was the Lantern Festival.Secondly, it is also necessary to carefully study the intelligence and deploy the next action. All actions must be combined with the actual situation. [

Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, Qin Liangyu, Qu Qingze, Mo Chuo, Tong Chai, and Jiangning Yingwei Commander and above officers, together with Liu Wenxiu, Ainengqi, Li Dingguo and others, gathered in the yurt to discuss together.

Mo Chuan and Tong Cha were not very used to this situation, and in their view, Su Tiancheng was a saint on high.He led the Jiangning battalion to the grassland.Invincible.The Chahar tribe, which was once more powerful, suddenly fell down. Could it be that Su Tiancheng couldn't say the same thing and discuss with everyone.More importantly, the two already knew that the tribe's resident was attacked by the Houjin Tartars. Fortunately, they organized a retreat in advance. I'm afraid there's nothing left for them to take such credit for.Credit goes to Su Tiancheng.

As long as it is fighting and fighting, there will always be losses. When the tribal garrison was attacked, the two leaders and the sergeants below did not show any special surprise.What's more, the family members were not slaughtered. As for the property lost, it is nothing. In the next expedition, more property can be obtained.

Qu Qingze was the first to report the situation.

"The latest situation is that Huang Taiji sent Hauge to lead the Zhenglan Banner, Han Eight Banners, and Han Army, a total of nearly 4 people, into the Mongolian grassland, and the Houjin Tartars entered the Mongolian grassland. This was as early as we expected Among them, it is just that the Houjin Tartars actually ran thousands of miles to attack the garrisons of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. This was not what we expected, and it was also my mistake. The Xibe tribe suffered heavy losses. More than a thousand people and the residences of the two tribes were all set ablaze."

"Judging from the actions of the Houjin Tartars, their purpose of entering the grassland is very clear. It is to unite the tribes of the grassland to defeat us and consolidate the power of the Houjin in the grassland. Even if they cannot defeat us, they must also preserve the grassland. The strength of the tribe."

"The Tumed tribe, Jungar tribe, Dalat tribe, etc. have all begun large-scale migrations. This is also because of the destruction of the Chahar tribe, which spread on the grassland. In order to avoid being wiped out, these tribes , chose to flee, despite the severe cold weather, these tribes still took huge risks and began to migrate."

"Anning Fort, Jingbian, Yulin, and Datong are all on alert to prevent the invasion of the Houjin Tartars. As for the grassland tribes, according to our estimates, they still dare not attack our Daming border."

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After Qu Qingze finished speaking, everyone began to discuss.

Su Tiancheng kept silent, listening carefully to everyone's opinions.

In fact, there are not many opinions put forward, and they are mainly summarized into two aspects. The first is that the army immediately launched a pursuit, according to the predetermined goal, to wipe out the Tumed tribe and the Zhungeer tribe, and then pointed the sword at the Horqin tribe. Horqin tribe, the situation on the grassland will undergo a fundamental change.The second opinion is to adjust the previous combat deployment, use a period of time to consolidate the currently occupied place, effectively integrate the remaining personnel of the Chahar tribe, and bring it to March. After the spring blossoms, directly attack the Horqin tribe. Three opinions, continue to attack, run thousands of miles, and directly attack the Horqin tribe.

The discussion was very heated, including Mo Chuo and Tong Cha, who all expressed their views.

The discussion didn't last long. After half an hour, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"The opinions put forward by everyone have their own reasons and are all valid, but we can only have one choice. What kind of choice we make depends on the current actual situation." [

"It should be said that our soldiers have fully adapted to the harsh climate and weather conditions during the expedition on the grassland for more than half a month. Therefore, it is not a big problem to wait until the spring season when the flowers are blooming before launching large-scale campaigns." Offensive, this is inappropriate, at that time, we may need to make more efforts to ensure the success of the conquest."

"Speaking of which, I need to remind everyone, don't think that if we successfully wiped out the Chahar tribe, we can underestimate the enemy on the grassland, and we can easily take down all the grassland tribes. It is very dangerous to be able to appear. We were able to successfully wipe out the Chahar tribe because we had a lot of advantages. At least the harsh climate helped us. Don’t think that the grassland tribes have no fighting power. Once they attach great importance to it, our conquest , will become even more difficult.”

"The Tumet tribe, the Zhunge tribe and the Dalat tribe started a large-scale migration to avoid fighting with us. Some people advocate that we should launch an immediate pursuit to completely defeat these tribes. This kind of consideration is good, but we must Pay attention to a practical situation, that is, if these tribes adopt the strategy of throwing away the car to protect the commander, it will completely disrupt our deployment. What should we do, everyone should be clear, we carry artillery, and it is very difficult to catch up with the tribal troops fleeing lightly. This kind of pursuit battle is likely to become a protracted battle. The grassland is vast and the grassland tribes are familiar with the terrain. It is difficult to accurately grasp their whereabouts, if it is not done well, we may encounter ambushes of different scales and cause some unnecessary losses."

"There is another situation that we must attach great importance to, that is, Hauge led the post-gold tartars into the grassland, and Daishan also led some of the post-gold tartars into the grassland recently, so that our opponents have become even more powerful. Powerful, Hauge and Daishan will not take the initiative to fight with us in a short period of time, they will go to various tribes, ask the grassland tribes to make all preparations, and even ask many tribes to unite to form an army to fight with us .”

"Haoge attacked the Xibo tribe's garrison and seized part of the artillery. This is bad news. The Houjin Tartars also have artillery, which poses a great threat to us. When the army and the Houjin Tartars start fighting , what we can rely on is the bravery of our soldiers."

"Under such circumstances, I think we need to go all out and attack the Horqin tribe."

"We made such a choice, I am afraid that it will be beyond the expectations of the grassland tribes and the Houjin Tartars. This place is far away from the Horqin tribe's garrison, and there are many tribes nearby. We can even attack the "Cha" tribe and the Han tribe. The Khalkha tribe took advantage of the situation to join forces with the Liaodong frontier army, and connected this piece of grassland into a whole. From the perspective of facilitating combat, this is the best choice."

"But everyone, don't forget, what is the purpose of our conquest on the grassland, and who are the most important opponents? Our two most important opponents are the Chahar tribe and the Horqin tribe. The Chahar tribe has been wiped out by us , this area has stabilized for a long time, and next, we will attack the Horqin tribe."

"No matter how the situation changes, our key tasks still need to be completed. If the situation in the grassland changes, we will not attack other tribes for the time being. The next opponent is the Horqin tribe."

"Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. Many soldiers, take a good rest and enjoy this Lantern Festival. We will set off tomorrow. We need to make a long-distance raid and wipe out the Horqin tribe. We will meet many people Difficulties, but no matter what kind of difficulties we encounter, we must overcome them, leveling the grasslands and cutting off the support of Huang Taiji is a task we must complete."

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After the battle deployment was finalized, Su Tiancheng was not at ease. He faintly felt that the next opponent of the army might not only be the Horqin tribe's army, but also the Houjin Tartars.

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