At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 458
In the extreme north, the camp of the Chinese army.

Yu Qian stared at the map, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, almost twisted into a twist.

This time, the Ming army assembled a total of ten thousand people from Mohewei, Duoyan Sanwei, and Beishanwei. With sophisticated weapons and equipment, the troops were divided into two groups and went northward to directly attack the lair of the remnants of the Tatars.

Since the start of the war, the Tatars have retreated steadily, and the Ming army has hardly encountered any decent resistance on the frontal battlefield.

As the coach, Yu Qian's face showed no joy after winning the battle.

Jing Yuan was very puzzled and couldn't help asking: "Yu Shangshu, why do you look like we have lost the battle?"

Yu Qian shook his head slowly, and said, "Julu Hou Mo wants to tease me, I just feel that something is wrong."

Jing Yuan asked, "What's wrong?"

Yu Qian pointed to the map and said: "Since the encounter here, every time we confront each other, the enemy has fled in anticipation, and they don't even have the courage to resist!"

"Our army is as powerful as a rainbow, and the opponent is just a group of remnants and defeated generals, like a dog in mourning, how can we compete with the heavenly soldiers?"

Jingyuan guarded Mohe, and the main military task was to prevent the escaped Tatars from making a comeback.

Over the years, he has been on guard every day. Except for the occasional small group of bandits, he has never seen the main force of the Tatar Ministry.

If Beishanwei hadn't found the Tatar tribe in Liugui country, he would have thought that these people would have frozen to death and starved to death.

However, Yu Qian didn't think so.

"Since the start of the war, our army has been in full swing, with continuous victories in successive battles, but in the end the number of kills is only a mere hundred, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Juluhou, do you think it is normal?"

Jing Yuan still said disapprovingly: "It's freezing cold in this place, and you have to hit it with a stick to urinate. It's not easy to survive. How can there be fighting power?"

"I still feel something is wrong, there is something wrong with this battle..."

Yu Qian kept shaking his head with a dark face.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

It's just that with years of experience, I feel that things are not that simple.

Jing Yuan said: "Don't we have prisoners, the first trial will make it clear!"

Yu Qian sighed and said: "After the trial, these people seem to know nothing."

"They are just stubborn, I will go to the trial!"

Izumi volunteered and stepped out of the tent.

Only an hour later, he came back cursing.

"Damn it, you're really stubborn. You stripped off your clothes and threw them outside. Everyone froze into popsicles. They just refused to recruit!"

Looking at Jing Yuan's angry appearance, Yu Qian knew that he must not have asked anything.

However, he was already prepared and said: "These people are obviously outcasts. It's not that they don't want to recruit, but they really don't know."

"Abandoned son?"

Jing Yuan frowned and said, "Tuo Tuo doesn't spend such a small amount of troops, how can there be any left?"

"This is where I noticed something was wrong!"

Yu Qian pointed to the map and marked several red crosses on the marching route, all of which had been fought.

"Look here!"

Jing Yuan leaned over and said, "Is there something strange about these places?"

"Do you feel that the other party seems to be deliberately leading us to the north!"

"its not right!"

Jing Yuan thought for a moment, shook his head slowly, and said: "The battle route is decided by us temporarily, how could Tuotuobuhua know in advance?"

"I didn't say that he knew it in advance, but that every decision we make may be arranged by the enemy in advance!"

"This... how to arrange it?"

"It's easy!"

Yu Qian clicked on the map a few times, and said: "As long as some remnants and defeated generals are left on these points as bait, we can easily be led by the nose!"

Jing Yuan's expression became serious, and he asked, "If the enemy is really a trap, what will they do next? Will they gather us and wipe them out?"

"I also thought so at the beginning. However, given the difference in equipment between us and the opponent, we need at least five times, or even ten times, or twenty times the strength of our troops. The remnants of the Tatars survive on this land. It is very difficult to get down, how could there be so many people?"

"In that case, then... what is their purpose for doing this?"

Yu Qian shook his head slowly, and said truthfully: "I can't figure it out!"

Jing Yuan slapped the table, and said angrily: "Now that things have come to an end, why don't you just kill him and go all the way to the opponent's lair, and see what kind of conspiracy this old dog, Tuotuobuhua, is planning!"

Yu Qian said: "I'm afraid that the opponent's lair is not in the north at all!"

According to common sense, it must be that the more enemies there are, the closer they are to the opponent's lair.

Therefore, the Ming army followed the opponent's stronghold all the way, trying to find Tuotuobuhua's base camp.

Now it seems that it seems that the other party has arranged it in advance.

If this is the case, the opponent's base camp must not be in this direction!

Jing Yuan also thought of this point, but there was one problem that he still couldn't figure out.

"It's absolutely impossible to defeat us with troops that don't spend money. What's the use of these small thoughts?"

"It is precisely because he has no chance of winning that he will take risks and seek a surprise victory."

"How to win by surprise?"

Yu Qian still shook his head: "I don't know!"

Jing Yuan was helpless, and said: "Let's not worry so much, the army will drive over, and it will be futile to care about his plots and tricks!"

Yu Qian nodded, Jing Yuan's idea is right, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy will be useless.

But the question is, where is this grandson hiding?

The temperature here is extremely low. Although the Ming army is equipped with cotton-padded clothes, they cannot wait for a long time.

Could it be that Tuotuobuhua has calculated this point accurately, and used some old, weak, sick and disabled people who have no combat effectiveness to attract his attention, and tricked himself to circle around on the ice sheet, and when the food consumption was almost the same, he would naturally withdraw his troops.

He said this idea, Jing Yuan nodded and said: "That's the truth, we can't spend it with him forever."

Fighting a war is not an easy task. Nowadays, the equipment and supplies of the Ming army are almost the same as throwing money at them.

Tuotuobuhua belongs to those who are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, just like one is a wealthy landlord and the other is a poor, bare-shouldered beggar.

Even if the landlord wins the battle, what benefit can he get from a poor, naked beggar?
If he can find a way to confuse the public, drag it on for a while, and consume a lot of supplies from the Ming army, it will already be a win for Tuotuobuhua.

Yu Qian said: "Our direction must be adjusted, and we can no longer be led by the nose by the other party!"

Jing Yuan nodded solemnly, and said: "Yes, we will take the initiative to attack next, but the information we have is very limited, and we are not yet sure where Tuotuobuhua's base camp is."

Yu Qian pondered for a moment, and slowly said two words: "Divide the troops!"

While talking, he opened the map again, and said: "We split into two groups, and Mobeiwei continued to pursue to paralyze the opponent. I will take Duoyan Sanwei to find the real base camp of Tuotuobuhua!"

"There are no clues now, how do you find them?"

"It's easy, just do the opposite!"

Yu Qian circled a few strokes on the map and said: "No matter where the enemy is going to lead us, we only need to search in the opposite direction, and we will definitely find something."

Jing Yuan stared at the map for a long time, swipe his fingers back and forth, and finally...

"maritime?"

According to the current offensive route, Tuotuobuhua's base camp should be in the north, where the temperature is lower and the consumption is greater.

However, if what Yu Qian said is right, then all this is just a trap.

If you look at it the other way around, Tuotuobuhua is probably hiding in a port along the southern coast of China, or even an island near the coastline.

This sea area is located between Mohewei and Liugui Country, and Ming's merchant ships cannot go so far, so the route has not been opened yet.

If Tuotuobuhua is really hiding on an island somewhere in the sea, it will be really difficult to find.

Now that things have happened, Jing Yuan feels more and more that what Yu Qian said is right.

"How about this, I'll take Mohewei to look for it, and you take Duoyan Sanwei to continue the pursuit!"

Yu Qian rolled his eyes at him and said, "There are old, weak, sick and disabled in front, so we don't need too many troops."

"Master Yu, since you know that there is no battle ahead, why do you let Mohewei go to fight?"

"If you stop chasing, the opponent will definitely notice. If you let them escape this time, it will be even more difficult to find them in the future!"

"That's why I suggested that Duoyan Sanwei should pursue them. They have 6000 troops, and I wouldn't be able to see anything less than [-]. We, Mohewei, have fewer people, so we can catch that old dog Tutuobuhua by surprise! "

Yu Qian thought for a long time, and said: "How about this, Duoyan Sanwei will continue to pursue, and you and I will lead Mohewei to search south."

Jing Yuan was puzzled and said, "Shall we both go?"

In this battle, Yu Qian was the coach and Jing Yuan was the deputy commander. It was really inappropriate for the two to withdraw at the same time.

Yu Qian nodded and said: "I can't control that much, just leave the front battlefield to Duoyan Sanwei!"

"Okay, I'll explain it!"

Jing Yuan is impatient, since he has made a decision, he will make arrangements on the same day.

The 6000 men from Duoyan Sanwei continued to penetrate, while Mohewei turned to the south and placed their targets near the coastline.
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Five days later, Song Guxi received the information from Li Shenghe.

Although she did not come to the battlefield in person, the information ahead would be sent back in time. Every time, she would carefully analyze the battle situation and give instructions to Li Shenghe.

"what?"

This time, when she heard the news of the division of troops ahead, her willow eyebrows began to frown.

"Why did Yu Shangshu and Juluhou divide their forces..."

Li Shenghe didn't know the real purpose of Yu Qian and Jing Yuan, only that the front line was divided.

Song Guxi was very thoughtful, and when she saw this information, she immediately began to think about it.

After a long while, she saw her willow eyebrows relaxed, and said with a smile: "So that's how it is!"

Immediately afterwards, she ordered someone to fetch a cinnabar pen, and drew some marks on the map.

"Send it to the front line and tell Li Shenghe that it must be handed over to Lord Yu."
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Yu Qian unfolded the map and saw the position circled with a Chinese ink pen, the expression on his face suddenly became dignified.

Jing Yuan was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with this picture?"

Yu Qian asked: "Juluhou, since you guarded Mohe, do you know the situation along the coast?"

Jing Yuan scratched his head and said, "The situation at sea is only limited to Sakhalin Island."

Yu Qian nodded, put down the map, and said, "It seems that Beishanwei has done enough work!"

"What is the meaning of these positions?"

"It doesn't mean anything, it's just places where you can live, or in other words, it's the most likely hiding place for Tuotuobuhua!"

Jing Yuan was a little surprised, and said, "This Li Shenghe knows a lot!"

"It's not Li Shenghe!"

Yu Qian shook his head and said, "It's Song Guxi."

"Song Guxi..."

A mysterious smile appeared on Jing Yuan's face, and he asked, "Is the emperor's concubine still capable of this?"

"This woman is not simple!"

Yu Qian didn't want to explain too much to him, so he said: "Just search according to the location provided by this picture!"
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Three days later, an abandoned port was found.

Yu Qian and Jing Yuan checked inside and out, but there was no one there.

"This port is deserted, damn it, just be happy."

Yu Qian wiped the table with his hand, but there was not much dust, and said: "The furnishings inside are still very new, it doesn't look abandoned, but it seems that someone knew we were coming and ran away early!"

Jing Yuan became excited all of a sudden, and asked, "So we're heading in the right direction?"

Yu Qian nodded and said, "It should be so!"

Jing Yuan hurriedly asked: "Then what should we do next?"

"Take the map!"

The two stared at the map closely, Yu Qian pointed to the south and said, "Look here, is there an island?"

"Not bad!"

"The size of the port is small, and it doesn't seem like it's prepared for large ships. If it's a small ship, going back and forth from the land to the island, it makes sense."

"Then... shall we go and have a look?"

"Naturally!"

With an order from Jing Yuan, five ships were dispatched from Mobeiwei and headed towards the island on the map.

boom!
Just as the ship was approaching the island, there was a muffled sound of gunfire.

Jing Yuan first subconsciously lay down, then got up, looking at the place several feet away from him, only a few waves remained on the water surface.

"This is a solid bullet, not our Ming's cannon!"

Yu Qian nodded and said: "It seems that we have found the right direction!"

Jing Yuan was very excited and immediately ordered to move forward at full speed.

Until the five ships docked, a total of four muffled noises were heard.

However, all four shells fell into the icy sea water, only splashing a few waves.

It is conceivable that this kind of artillery not only has a slow loading speed, but also has big problems with aiming.

Especially for the fort located in the port, the azimuth and angle are fixed and it is difficult to adjust.

The few people on the fort saw the Ming army swarming towards them, and immediately gave up resistance, yelling loudly, and retreated to the rear.

Yu Qian frowned immediately when he heard the shouts of these people.

"Is it a pirate?"

Jing Yuan nodded and said: "Sounds like, I don't know if it is, I'll go and arrest him!"

The Ming army lined up and soon saw a fortress.

The soldiers of Mohewei did not carry large siege equipment, but when a few grenades were thrown over, the simple city wall made of stones and wood was like paper paste, and a big gap was instantly blown out.

"kill!"

The Ming army's momentum is like a rainbow, rushing in like a tide!

(End of this chapter)