Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On May 18th, [-]th year of Wucheng?? Selenge Fort, the seat of Beihai Dadu Protectorate

An Wenhua, the new general guard who just arrived with the rotation troops, is seeing off Kuching. Looking at the old general who is about to retire, An Wenhua asked from the bottom of his heart: "My lord, before leaving What else do you have to say?"

Ku Jin, whose hair was completely gray, thought about it, and warned in the tone of standing on the last post: "Master An, I have already explained everything that needs to be explained. The only thing to worry about is that the old man is still facing backwards. The troops are insufficient, once the Raksha people make a comeback, I am afraid it will be very difficult to expect the Mongolian soldiers to do anything."

"Boss, do you mean that an inland river squadron must be kept in the North Sea?" An Wenhua nodded. "The lower official understands, it's just that this matter needs to ask the boss to return to the back and help run around."

Gu Jin smiled despondently: "Sealing the wolf and living in the Xuxu and opening up the land in the North Sea will at least let the old man's name go down in history. The old man will not be willing to see his achievements fail. Mr. An, it's getting late, so let's just say goodbye."

An Wenhua stared at the lonely back of Kuching and went to the ground: "My lord, please take care of yourself along the way."

Seeing Kujin and his party slowly disappearing from sight, An Wenhua turned his head to several subordinate officials and said, "Master Wang and Lord Murong, I will leave everything to you two for the rest."

According to the latest system of the Chinese imperial court, there are no permanent town troops or field troops under the Dadu Protectorate. At most, it is under the jurisdiction of a number of Shence Army and Mongolian Yicong Army. The Mendadu Protectorate is different. The Khalkha Dadu Protectorate and the Beihai Dadu Protectorate are facing threats from the Jungar Empire and Tsarist Russia respectively. Therefore, apart from the Mongolian Rebel Army, each has a permanent Xia Army field force.However, due to the long road and difficult supply, there is only one cavalry division distributed in the Khalkha Metropolitan Protectorate on the post road of Pingdiquan-Eren-Uzhig (Kulen)-Irgen (Sk) Fort which is under construction. Along the route, as for the surrounding area of ​​Uliasu Terrace, where the Dadu Protectorate is still missing, there are only one or two ranger posts stationed there.The situation in Beihai Metropolitan Protectorate was similar. After Kuching returned south with the rotating troops, there was also only one cavalry army division left behind.Although Xia Jun has been ordered to demolish many small settlements, the 6000 troops in the vast Beihai area can only be said to be a drop in the ocean, and it is difficult to even defend the city, let alone expand the ruled area.

Therefore, Wang Ying and Murong Jingming were embarrassed when they heard the entreaties from the An Da Duhu, but the Shangguan had to reply, so it took a long time before they reluctantly responded: "The subordinates must do their best. All out."

When An Wenhua returned to the Yamen satisfied, Wang Ying and Murong Jingming found Zheng Wenqing, Sima of the Protectorate.

"My lord, although Nerchinsk and Hulunhu City are currently guarded by the No. 17 Division of the Longxiang Army belonging to the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang Fleet, there is no need for the Second Division of the Hussars to divide troops, but I only have 6000 troops in total. Set up garrisons in six fortresses including Fort Ilgen, and are also responsible for the transportation and construction of post roads on the southeast and southeast. There are not enough soldiers and horses to prevent the Rakshas from making a comeback. Let alone continue northward to attack Upper Angarask , Uyansk, Spizzino and other Russian towns." Although Wang Ying, the commander of the second division of the Hussars, was new to Beihai, she had definitely put in a lot of effort, so she spoke clearly and logically. "Now the chief protector wants me to count as a hundred. How can this be done?"

Zheng Wenqing, the Sima, is an official of the Ministry of War and has no right to directly command the troops, so he spread his hands: "My lord, this officer is also a newcomer, and I haven't even figured out what to do. How can I give you advice? I can't become a soldier."

"My lord Wang and I know that you can't turn into a soldier, Mr. Mu, but you have to issue the order to recruit Mongolian volunteers." Murong Jingming is in charge of the Northern Privy Council as the privy secretary of the Beihai Xingyuan to protect Mongolia. He joined the army, so his request is very simple. "Beihai's military strength is insufficient now, and you need to issue [-] Mongolian volunteers quickly."

"5000 people?" If compared with the Kuching era, the 5000 soldiers and horses are indeed not many. However, Kuching wiped out all the local and Horqin people at that time, but now, the ministries that have just stabilized are determined not to be able to take it. There are so many people coming out. "Lord Murong, is the normal team capable of commanding so many troops?" Zheng Wenqing shook her head. "Even if your lord has the ability to train so many soldiers and horses, what about the food and grass? Right now, all the ministries are considered subjects of the imperial court. How can we let them raise their own funds like when they committed crimes and made meritorious service? This is not in line with the imperial court's intention to appease the frontier."

"The purpose of the imperial court to appease the frontier is good, but now that Beihai is still at war with the Oros, how can the Mongols be considered stable? For the future, the Mongols should agree to the Qin army." Murong Jingming argued with reason. "As for the difficulty in getting the Horqin people and the local Mongolians to share food, it's true, but hasn't the general guard formally summoned the chiefs of the various tribes, and taking the opportunity to make some decisions, I don't believe that there will be no oil and water."

"Master Murong's words are reasonable." Wang Ying also chimed in. "The best thing to do is to make it clear to the Mongolian ministries that after signing the [-] cavalry, in the event of a war, the Duhufu will no longer recruit soldiers and horses from the Mongolian ministries to fight."

"Congregation of the Mongolian army is to recruit soldiers, not the army." Zheng Wenqing did not have the guts to do things that clearly violated the court's laws. "Forcible expropriation is not in line with the imperial court's will." Zheng Wenqing also cited Kuching as an example. "Even the ancient generals dared to call Horqin and Buryats in the name of redemption, how dare you and I overstep it, unless the two adults can persuade the general guard of An Da and ask him to give orders in the name of doing things cheaply, otherwise the official I'm sorry."

It's not impossible to ask An Wenhua for orders, but can An Wenhua agree?I'm afraid that he could only give this order when the Russian army appeared on the shore of Lake Baikal -- after all, as the general guard, An Wenhua would only think more about it than Zheng Wenqing.

Although he knew that the possibility was unlikely, Wang Ying still grabbed Murong Jingming's hand and shouted loudly: "Come on, let's go to Mrs. An. We don't necessarily want the horse to run or not to eat grass. If we really want to adjust Bing, losing Beihai is a non-war crime."

"A crime other than war?" Mu Keqing smiled wryly. In this way, neither Wang Ying nor Murong was responsible. In the end, it was still his civil servant who was unlucky. "Why are you two adults doing this?" As a last resort, Mu Keqing had no choice but to relax. "[-] soldiers cannot be recruited. Even if we recruit soldiers from various ministries now, there may not be many recruits. How about this, when the general guard summons all the ministries to announce the order, the next official will tell the Mongolian princes about the recruiting. Let me tell you, maybe we can get some support in terms of manpower, food and grass. As for the issue of military strength, I will write to the imperial court immediately, asking the imperial court to transfer the Mongolian Yicong army from Songmo and other places into Beihai. My lords, I should be satisfied with this. "

Seeing that nothing could be squeezed out from Mu Keqing's side, Wang Ying and Murong Jingming had no choice but to hold their hands: "Satisfied, how could it be possible to be satisfied, but my lord has tried my best, how can we wait for good or bad, just ask My lord should write to the imperial court as soon as possible, we can wait, the Raksha soldiers who came from afar will not give us a chance."

Coming out of Sima Gong's office, Wang Ying immediately confessed to Murong Jingming: "Master Murong, please keep an eye on the matter of Mongolian volunteers joining the army. I always feel that it is not safe to sit on the sidelines, so I will prepare next Personally lead the troops to attack the north, regardless of whether we can defeat the enemy with food, in short, we must not let the Raksha people in the north have any attempt to go south."

Murong Jingming thought for a while before expressing his agreement and reminded: "It is not impossible to go north to harass Eros, but my lord must remember not to be obsessed with fighting. And the Mongolian volunteers who don't know when they will be transferred, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop it."

"If there aren't enough Mongolian volunteers, I'm afraid that if the entire Second Division of the Hussars stays in Beihai, it won't be able to stop the Oros army." Xia Jun couldn't tell the difference between the Russian regular army and the Cossack cavalry, so he took it for granted The previous failure of nearly ten thousand Russian troops would attract several times the enemy, but it did not consider that the transfer of tens of thousands of people from the west would be an unbearable and huge burden for Russia. "But Lord Murong, don't worry, this time I will only take one light cavalry regiment and two ranger posts to go north, and the rest of the mobile force will be under the command of you, Lord Murong. Once you notice that the Russians are trying to cross the lake, you may execute them." Harassment."

"Drove him down to Beihai in one fell swoop while his foothold was not stable?" Murong Jingming chuckled lightly. "If there are more than [-] cavalry troops, it may be possible. Besides, the Raksha people have small gunboats on the lake. Even if they can really defeat their vanguard in one fell swoop, the casualties will be huge." This, Murong Jingming suddenly thought about it. "My lord, the Raksha people in the north are probably insignificant. It is better to go directly to Irkutsk. Maybe they can delay the Raksha people's actions."

"North is insignificant?" Wang Ying asked rhetorically. "How can I see it? As for the raid on Irkutsk, how can we cross the lake?"

"My lord Wang, when the ancient lord besieged the cities of Beihai, did the enemy from the north rush to help?"

Wang Ying responded in surprise: "Didn't you say that the Raksha soldiers from Yakutsk rushed to help Nerchinsk?"

"Yakutsk only sent more than 17 soldiers and horses, and said that it will not be able to support it in the future. Let alone whether this is true, but it can only threaten Nerchinsk, but Nerchinsk can get the upper reaches of Heilongjiang. There is no need to worry about the support of the No.[-] Division of the Xiang Army." Murong Jingming said more and more smoothly. "And Severobaikalsk, Upper Angarask and other places have not sent reinforcements since the establishment of the captives. It can be seen that they may not send reinforcements in the future." Murong Jingming did not know that the Russians in the north also tried to organize reinforcements to go south, but they failed. Then he met the Yunyu tribe who went northward desperately, but he was no longer able to go southward. "As for the raid on Irkutsk, it is not necessary to go from the lake."

"Bypassing the Eastern Sayan Mountains? This road is not easy."

"You can borrow someone from Khalkha Dadu Protectorate." Murong Jingming pointed out. "Didn't the tribes of Tangnu Wulianghai join us?"

Wang Ying reined in the horse chief to test it, and it took a long time before he said viciously: "It's done, Mr. Murong, in addition to the guards and horses of the forts, I will leave you with a heavy armor regiment. I am sorry to trouble you, you must keep an eye on the Oros people in the north. .”

"It's easy to say," Murong Jingming didn't want to be polite, but just persuaded. "However, Lord Wang, there is no need to worry. It will take time to contact Khalkha. It is better to rest for a while and take the opportunity to revise the attack plan. Then we can act calmly."