open sea

Chapter 1452 Worry
Qi Jiguang, who spent the winter in Kazakhstan, is much better than Dong Yiyuan and Wang Minghe.

The thick snow not only did not become a burden for him, but instead became a boost for him to study new tactics.

The biggest problem facing him right now is none other than the large number of artillery carried by his troops. They just passed through the desert by using the method of distributing the pressure planks in partial boxes, and in a blink of an eye they got news of the large swamps of the Siberian Khanate.

How did he pull the heavy gun out of the swamp?

flying fish.

Bigger flying fish.

A flying fish that can carry a thousand or even tens of thousands of catties into the air.

This ideal was too lofty, and Qi Jiguang gave up after experimenting throughout the winter.

The thick snow allows the flying fish soldiers to fall from the sky freely. They don’t have to be afraid of jumping off the flying fish when they are close to the ground and get injured. As long as the reinforced wooden railings are covered with two layers of quilts, the area bordering the Khanate in the north of Kazakhstan The thick snow can offset the impact of landing to the greatest extent.

However, their processing and manufacturing capabilities were far inferior to those of the Armament Bureau where famous domestic craftsmen gathered in the Ming Dynasty. With the same manufacturing process, the flying fish they produced were not strong enough, and even if they were bigger, it would be difficult to achieve the original performance.

The troops led by Qi Jiguang and Dong Yiyuan have been a strategic mobile force for the purpose of grassland warfare since its establishment. Who knew that it would be difficult to go home to the Siberian Khanate far from the border for the Western Expedition.

After the beginning of spring, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces returned to Ilidu along the road to command and envoys. It was right to strengthen the city defense, leaving light artillery to march with the army. Even if they encountered difficult places, the trouble was much less than that of heavy artillery.

Speaking of which, this winter is not considered to have been doing useless work. At least Qi Jiguang's flying fish troops have more low-quality flying fish available. Although the flying fish made in Siberia have no improvement in essence, they have broadened Qi Jiguang's thinking.

In the world, where there is a spear, there is a shield, and where there is a boat, there is a gun. Only the flying fish can be unrestrained, and it can do anything with it.

For example, hand over the telescope to the flying fish soldiers, unload the ammunition and fully load the fuel, and conduct aerial exploration and mapping.

76 flying fish soldiers controlled 24 flying fish and prepared for several days from the Great Plains in the south of the Ural Mountains. Finally, when the wind was favorable, they set sail westward.

The 24 centurions each brought spare horses loaded with food and charcoal as a logistics force on the ground, and galloped westward following the shadow of the flying fish.

As long as conditions permit, Flying Fish will land two or three times a day, deliver the surrounding information to the ground, and continue to set sail.

The progress of surveying and mapping was extremely fast... Not only was Flying Fish condescending and efficient, but also the terrain of this area was flat, except for the birch forest on the ground, it was also the birch forest on the mountain.

There really isn't much to map.

However, as they advanced, the field of vision gradually widened, and traces of human activities finally appeared on the ground.

The flying fish soldiers found a way in the dense jungle, and the good weather did not blow them to the direction of home. Along with the road, they found a large area of ​​abandoned farmland and farms hoarding food.

Then, we saw the fort.

The Cossacks in Dong Yiyuan's hands, who make a living by telling stories, were very excited about this-the appearance of the fortress not only means that the Ming army did not go wrong, but mainly means that they did not lie.

In fact, Qi Jiguang and Dong Yiyuan probably had information about all the fortresses of Yermak Cossacks from Moscow to Isker. These people almost dedicated their Siberian furs to the Ming army during the boring winter. The Tsar's process has been replayed dozens of times.

But what was said or not said basically had no effect on the Ming army.

It's as if Qi Jiguang told a Cossack, "Daming has a city in a place called Gansu, another city in Xi'an, and Kaifeng, and the biggest city is Beijing."

No one can tell where is where.

What's more, these Cossacks are really ignorant. No one knows the distance between one fortress and another, no one knows the number of garrisons, and no one knows the scale of the garrison. It's all hearsay.

If they were allowed to participate in the swearing competition, they might be able to get No. 1 back. Their swearing words have taught many soldiers of the Ming army to failure.

The discovery of the wooden fortress made the Ming army very informative. As a vanguard officer, Zhu Yu excitedly said to Qi Jiguang: "Now we are on the right track, General, we are getting closer and closer to dumpling stuffing."

The so-called dumpling stuffing is another name given by the Ming army to the Stroganov family, the boss of Yermak.

Their name means minced meat and minced meat. When the Ming army was making dumplings, a Cossack captive pointed at the dumpling stuffing and asked Stroganov. Later, this family was called dumpling stuffing by the soldiers of the Ming army.

Qi Jiguang and other Ming army generals now have some understanding of Tsarist Russia’s invasion of the East. If Tsarist Russia is compared to Ming Dynasty, then Ivan IV is Wanli, and Yermak is like the most famous businessman in the Eastern Army. Dumpling stuffing is equivalent to Chen Mu.

So Qi Jiguang never took Yermak seriously, even though this fateful guy did not die in the Ming army's attack on the city of Isker, and later fled to the north and never appeared again, and no one cared about him.

In the final analysis, he was just a small person. As long as the dumpling stuffing family was finished, even if there were a hundred Yermaks, it would not be worth mentioning.

Since Yermak invaded eastward, in addition to his 540 headquarters Cossacks, the Dumpling family has successively provided thousands of mercenary support for him; Ivan of Moscow also provided support for thousands of people, and also prepared two years of luggage .

Without these, Yermak would have been beaten to death by the Shibier Khanate long ago.

So Qi Jiguang's goal at the beginning was to get rid of the family standing behind Yermak first. As long as the Ming army approached this area, they would naturally fight against it.

However, Zhu Yu's joy was not on Qi Jiguang's face. On the contrary, he looked very worried: "The most difficult time has come."

Zhu Yu and the others nodded one after another when they heard the words, and said one after another: "Close to the road, the enemy's support is easy, and our army's supplies are difficult. The most difficult time has come, and we must fight quickly."

Unexpectedly, these words made Qi Jiguang frowned even deeper, and it was not the worried look before, but deep confusion: "What are you thinking, the most difficult thing has nothing to do with the war, what Qi thinks is how to give Meng Qing Allot the land to the family members of the camp.”

What's so difficult about attacking these fortresses? You don't even need to fire cannons. Qi Jiguang has already made up his mind.

No need for artillery.

Falling from the sky, the consumption is less than that of a siege, and the result is greater than that of a siege. Not only can the enemy not fight back, but they may regard it as a miracle, which directly leads to low morale and defeat.

When the time comes, the Mongolian riders will be ready to catch people outside the fortress, and they will be victorious in every battle.

The biggest problem is the family members, these non-elite troops, Mongolian light cavalry with a large number and great enthusiasm for having children.

Qi Jiguang felt worried because of this consideration.

(End of this chapter)