The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 592 Depends on Your Skills
On November 27, the first year of Tianshun, Han Tiankui and Song Kuan arrived at Niangziguan.

After a day of negotiations with the great chief of the Nailin tribe of the Mogu people, Atai, the two sides reached an agreement.

The Tianshun Dynasty canonized Atai as the King of Mogu, assigned the land outside the Great Wall to Mogu, traded with each other on the border between the two sides, and lifted restrictions on all substances including salt, tea, iron, etc., allowing free circulation.

In exchange, the Mogu people sent troops to wipe out the remnants of the former dynasty, Chang'an, Jia Min and other rebels.

These conditions were basically agreed upon originally, so neither side had any objections.

On the terms of confidentiality, the two sides had huge differences.

Artest insisted on announcing this agreement to the world, so as to restrain the Tianshun court and prevent them from breaking their promises afterwards.

However, Han Tiankui and Song Kuan were determined not to back down on this point.

The two sides quarreled for a long time, and the negotiations were close to breaking down.

Just when Han Tiankui and Song Kuan were about to leave, Artest made a concession.

Artest proposed that this can be kept secret and not announced to the outside world.However, the Tianshun court had to pay 20 taels of military expenses for this as compensation.

After bargaining between the two parties, the deal was concluded on the condition that the Tianshun court paid 10 taels of silver.

In the end, the two parties agreed that all the money should be handed over before the Chinese New Year, and the Mogu people would start attacking Jia Min and Chang'an after receiving the money.

The next day after the negotiation was successful, the Mogu people withdrew from Niangziguan, and Han Qi's soldiers and horses entered Niangziguan.

In order to deceive others, before the Mogu people retreated, they cooperated with Han Qi to put on a big show.

Han Qi pretended to lead an army to attack Niangziguan. The two sides fought for more than an hour, but the Mogu people were defeated and withdrew from Niangziguan.

Han Qi led his troops to take advantage of the victory and pursue them for more than 100 miles. Because the Mogu people ran fast and did not catch up, they gave up.

After the battle, Han Qi flew to report to the imperial court immediately, saying that Niangziguan had been recaptured. In this battle, more than [-] enemies were killed and Niangziguan was won.

At this time, He Jialin, Zhou Tong, and Ma Qingshan had already retreated to Shaanxi, but because Chang'an included them in the ranks of the recovery army, they also became the targets of the Mogu people.

Seeing the success, Han Qile settled down at Niangziguan and waited for the good news from the Mogu people.

After the news of Niangziguan's great victory reached the imperial capital, there seemed to be no movement in the court.Middle-level and lower-level officials and ordinary people who didn't know the truth were very excited, and they took to the streets one after another to tell each other.

The threat closest to the imperial capital has been lifted, and people are ready to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

As for the bad news from the south, because the distance is still far away, people still don't feel the direct threat to themselves.Moreover, the imperial court regained Niangziguan, which gave people confidence.Therefore, the current situation in the imperial capital has calmed down instead.

Regarding the threat of Chang'an and Jia Min in the Northeast, people were still a little worried before.But there has been no war recently, and the news from the court that there is a way to deal with Chang'an and Jia Min, people no longer pay as much attention to it as before.

At this moment in Shengjing, the situation has completely calmed down.

The weather this year has been good, almost perfect, so the harvest has been good.This is a plain area with few people and abundant food.

The war that took place here before did not cause much harm to the local area because of its relatively short time.

The Liberation Army and the Beihai Volunteer Army here have good military discipline, and there has been no incident of looting the people. They pay for everything they buy.

Therefore, after waiting and watching for a while, the common people felt relieved to live their lives.

Generally speaking, the living standard of the people here is much higher than that in Zhili area.Every year during the Chinese New Year, as long as there is a little bit of ability, it is necessary to raise a New Year pig, which is killed during the New Year, and the meat for the New Year will be available, and the oil and water for the next year will come out.

In winter, there is not much to do in Maodong. Since the twelfth lunar month, the New Year pigs have been slaughtered one after another.Today the Zhang family, tomorrow the Li family, and the day after tomorrow the Wang family will last almost one after another until the Chinese New Year.

In this way, people in the village eat your house today and eat other people's house tomorrow, taking turns to eat wine and meat.

The situation in the city is similar to that in the countryside, except that it is more lively than the countryside.

From the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the taste of the new year has gradually become stronger.

The difference from previous years is that this year, there are people from the Beihai Volunteer Army appearing in the city almost every day.

In addition to the two companies of Miaoyu and Tamara, there are many soldiers of the Beihai Volunteer Army, often in groups of ten or eight, walking on the street.It seems to be declaring to people that the Beihai Volunteer Army exists here.

However, if there are careful people who observe carefully, they will find that these soldiers seem to be a little different from the previous soldiers.

Although the military uniforms are the same and they all walk in formation, they are always different from those before.

Of course, no one pays close attention to those subtle differences.

In fact, it is these subtle differences that hide huge secrets.

It turns out that these people who often show up in urban and rural areas are all soldiers of the Restoration Army in Chang'an.They pretended to be the Beihai Volunteers, and their purpose was to give people a false impression that the Beihai Volunteers were still here, and they planned to celebrate the New Year here.

In fact, the Beihai Volunteers and the prairie cavalry from South Wendura and North Wendura had already secretly left Shengjing.

At this moment, they were already in the Mogu Grassland.

The first goal of their trip was Hongshan.

Hongshan is the residence and gathering place of the Nailin tribe, the largest tribe in Mogu.

Seventy miles southeast of Hongshan Mountain, there is a village called Taipingdi.

There are about [-] households in the village, because this place is relatively remote, few people usually come here.It snowed here yesterday, and the snow was more than half a foot thick. It is estimated that few outsiders came here for a few days.

As for the people in the village, it is difficult to go out at this time.

However, even if they wanted to go out now, they couldn't.

Because last night, a large army suddenly came here and completely sealed off the village.

Taiping land is on the edge of Hongshan, and the villagers basically make a living by farming. Except for their own use, they sell all the food they produce to Hongshan, which is [-] miles away.

When you get to Hongshan, it is a pure pastoral area, where no one farms the land, but raises cattle, sheep and horses for a living.

There are 5 to [-] people in this team. They are the third and fourth brigades of the Beihai Volunteer Army led by Jia Min, the North Wendura Cavalry and the South Wendura Cavalry.

Today is the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. They set off from Guanxiangtun in Shengjing eight days ago, marched at night, camped during the day, and arrived here secretly.

At this time, in a house in the center of Taipingdi Village, Jia Min was holding a military meeting.

Commanders such as Wei Ruolan, Jia Lian, Chen Yeqing, Shaq, Wadagas, Xi Mairui, Temir, Luo Muge, and Kader were huddled on the heated kang.

Wei Ruolan is conducting intelligence analysis.

"The Nailin tribe is the largest tribe among the Mogu people. At present, the Mogu people have a total of 40 cavalry. If they are fully mobilized, they can reach 60. However, in order to reach this level, many people under the age of 16 and Men over the age of 50."

"The Nailin tribe has [-] cavalry, which belong to the largest force among the Mogu people. It is precisely because of this that the chief of the Nailin tribe, Atai, was publicly elected as the great chief of the Mogu people."

"The Nailin tribe has a total of 23 tribes. Those who currently live in Hongshan are Artai's tribe. Including the power of other tribes, there are a total of 6 horses here."

"These 6 people live in three places, including 3 in Hongshan, 2 in Hongmiaozi, and 1 in Xishuitang."

"This time Artest brought 2 people to Niangziguan. The current 6 people here are led by Artest's uncle Hauge. Hauge currently lives in Hongshan."

"Our goal in this battle is to wipe out the [-] Mogu troops in the Hongshan area."

"According to the combat plan, the combat tasks of each unit are: 3 people in Hongshan, the third and fourth brigades of the Beihai Volunteer Army will be responsible for the attack mission. The 2 people in Hongmiaozi will be attacked by the North Wendura Cavalry .The 1 people in Xishuitang will be attacked by the South Wendura cavalry."

"120 miles away from the West Reservoir is the Hara camp. There are [-] cavalry from the Hala tribe living in the Hara camp."

"After the South Vendura cavalry wiped out the enemy in Xishuitang, they will go forward to stop the reinforcements of the enemy troops in the Hara camp and stop them in the Liangshui River area."

"After the northern Wendura cavalry wiped out 5000 enemies in Hongmiaozi, they left [-] people to clean up the battlefield and take care of the prisoners. The rest of the troops immediately marched westward to the Liangshui River, where they encircled the South Wendula cavalry and came to reinforce them. Pull people. It is best to be able to annihilate them, not to annihilate them all, but also to annihilate most of them, the minimum goal is to defeat them."

After Wei Ruolan introduced the enemy situation and assigned combat tasks, Jia Min spoke.

"Currently, our total military strength is more than 7000 people, plus 500 people in the supply troops and civilian husbands, a total of 500 people."

"The enemy has 6 people in the Hongshan area, plus 2 people from the Hara battalion, a total of 8 people. From the perspective of military strength, of course, the enemy is outnumbered. However, we have always fought like this, so there is nothing wrong with it." It's strange. If it's one-on-one, or if I'm outnumbered, it's a shame for us, but they are always unconvinced and say that we bully them. You see, they don't make sense anymore."

"Hahaha, Chief Min, why do you need so many people to beat them, this time we came out with so many people, it's just to give them face."

Xi Meirui's words caused everyone to burst into laughter.

"However, we can't underestimate them. The Mogu people are still very capable of fighting. Since we sent troops, they are still the strongest opponents we have encountered, so this battle is still somewhat difficult."

"However, they are only able to fight. As for being able to fight, they are far behind. Fighting is not a one-on-one fight, but a group fight, so the tactics here are very important. This is my The reason why you were asked to train the three-on-one tactics of the Fubing Corps before."

"Three-on-one tactics, I think some of you have tasted it back then, and I don't need to say more about the effect. You have to remember that we fight to destroy the enemy, not to fight one-on-one. Fight them."

"I have said before that the lives of our warriors are all very precious. Their families have parents, wives and children waiting for them to go back. Therefore, winning at the least cost is our goal."

"This time, we have equipped each soldier with a grenade. We will use it when necessary. Of course, don't use it all at once. When we hit others in the future, it will be gone."

"In addition, you are also equipped with field cannons, fast Francois machine guns, and machine guns. You must learn to use them well."

"The purpose of all I do is to get you to destroy the enemy in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost."

Jia Min looked at the crowd, paused, and made the final arrangement.

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon. After you go back, organize the commanders and centurions to study your battle plan carefully, and ask them to remember it in their hearts. Rest well tonight and set off at midnight. It will be dawn at six o'clock tomorrow morning , attack at the same time."

"This battle is over. Tomorrow, we will have a feast of slaughtering cattle and sheep. The Mogu people have prepared cattle and sheep for us. It depends on whether you have the ability to get them."

(End of this chapter)