Chapter 540

(good to Li, really poking a big awesome old chrysanthemum... Next is to keep our tender chrysanthemums.)

Back to the stronghold, it was almost midnight when Fang Xie's white lion entered the stronghold gate, which caused a riot. Fortunately, the white lion seemed not interested in the amazing soldiers, but just followed Fang Xie honestly. In fact, Fang Xie was also surprised that the lion clearly met him for the first time, but why did he show such affinity with himself?

Sun Kaidao and others welcomed Fang Xie into the tent. The generals above the fourth grade didn't sleep. The lights in the tent were very bright and the flame crackled.

"General"

Sun Kaidao explained the situation in detail, then marked it on the map and said: "You see, Gao Kaitai rebelled on Hexi Road, and joined forces with General Wang Yiqu of the water division to block the river, and then captured Hedong road in less than a month. Now the high thief troops are in full swing, and the governor of Hedong Road, yuan Tingshan, did not expect such a change. Before he could summon the county soldiers to rule Yecheng, he has been surrounded."

"When Hedong road was lost, the emperor's way back to Chang'an was completely broken. Even if he crossed Mangdangshan to Huangyang Road, Luo Yao waited there. The road was blocked. The emperor never thought that the people he arranged at the most critical moment would raise the flag to rebel just before the end of the rebellion. Gao Kaitai led more than 200000 soldiers assigned by the emperor, and then Coupled with the nearly 100000 naval divisions in Wang Yiqu, how can the local county soldiers be stopped? "

"So..."

Sun Kai apologized and said, "my subordinates know that the general has returned, so they asked Chen Xiaoru to rush there immediately. Please go back to the stronghold for discussion."

Fang Xie frowned slightly and listened to sun Kaidao finish. In fact, he had straightened out all these things in his mind: "are you worried... The emperor knows that there is no way to go east and no way to go south, and he will return to Jinyang?"

"Yes"

Sun Kaidao leaned over: "If the emperor returns to Jinyang, I'm afraid he will send someone to contact us immediately. My subordinates are worried that although the soldiers have many complaints about the emperor, they have been soldiers in the Sui Dynasty for so many years. If the emperor makes any promises and generous profits, it's difficult to ensure that the soldiers will not change their minds. The emperor is desperate now and must recruit more people to help him get through Chang'an Road... "

"It's not just us. I'm afraid the emperor won't even fight Meng long live and the rebels of Yan Po Shan will not fight again."

Fang Xie said, "you're right. The war situation has changed. The emperor abandoned the black flag army because he thought it was worth it, but now our black flag army has become a knife he must go back."

"Therefore, my subordinates, please make a decision early."

Sun Kaidao pointed to the map and said: "My subordinates have sent a large number of flying fish robes into Huangyang road. Since the general left for more than a month, news has come from Huangyang road. Flying fish robes have assigned several places suitable for garrison, which is quite secret. As long as our whereabouts are well protected, we won't be noticed. After winter in a remote place of Huangyang Road, we'll make a decision according to the war situation after the warm spring next year."

Fang Xie was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "we'd better withdraw all the flying fish robes sent to Huangyang road. We won't go to Huangyang road."

"Ah?"

Sun Kaidao was stunned for a moment. After subconsciously looking at Fang Xie, he suddenly understood: "the general's meaning is to go out of Qingxia to the prairie?"

Fang Xie nodded, sat down and said to the crowd: "For more than a month, I have traveled all the way west from the canyon and traveled nearly ten thousand miles. I also know a lot about the current situation of Mengyuan. There is a fierce battle between the Royal Court of Mengyuan and the Buddha sect. The believers and herdsmen of the Buddha sect have left their homes and rushed to the snow mountain to protect their holy land, and the people and horses supporting kuketai mengge have gathered there. The two sides are fighting day by day and blood flows into a river. There are no people for thousands of miles in Mengyuan."

"From the canyon to qinlingole, I didn't meet a large tribe or a regular army. The victory of this war can't be decided in a moment and a half. Even if the victory is decided, how much damage will the strength of both sides? Besides, we don't settle on the grassland."

Fang Xie said, "we need to rest. The most important thing is to replenish the war horses."

He smiled: "now there are few people on the grassland, and cattle, sheep and horses are not uncommon. Relying on these things, our soldiers can eat meat every day for the winter. Then we can recruit young people and take them to the grassland for training. Before the Mengyuan court and the snow mountain decide the victory or defeat, we will train a light riding team with wind like action."

"And we has the final say in the canyon."

"Yes!"

Sun Kaidao's eyes brightened: "we have built a stone wall in the canyon. We just need to send someone to guard it. Can't the emperor use heavy troops to attack at this time? Since the grassland is already an unprotected place, it's better to take risks than going to Huangyang road. The most important thing is to supplement the war horses, as the senior general said."

"Just one year"

Sun Kaidao smiled and said, "if we are lucky, we can turn all these 50000 people into cavalry!"

The generals haven't adapted to this sudden change, but they think it's really the best choice. They eat the cattle and sheep abandoned by the herdsmen on the grassland, ride their lost horses, and spend the winter comfortably. When the Mongolians have no time to take care of them, they can develop their strength for a year or even longer until they grow stronger Before returning to the northwest, nine times out of ten the emperor was dead.

Moreover, the canyon is in the hands of the black flag army, and they can enter or leave.

"This trip to the grassland."

Fang Xie smiled and said: "My biggest gain is that the chaos of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty is more thorough than that of the Sui Dynasty. I galloped three hundred miles a day and saw herds of cattle and sheep on the way, but I couldn't see a wolf cavalry. The big tribes are in the snow mountain or on the way to the snow mountain. The small tribes are afraid of being involved and move south... Now they are at least thousands of miles out of the canyon No one can see that the grassland people believe in longevity, but now their longevity has prepared gifts for us. "

"Tianyu... How can you not take it?"

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Although Fang Xie's decision was a little abrupt, they immediately got everyone's support. Now their strength is not enough to fight with any party. If the emperor recruits Meng Wansui and Yin Baoshan, and then pardons the rebels, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of troops will be reorganized in a short time. At that time, the emperor will certainly start troops eastward.

At this time, the emperor will not go south to fight Luo Yao.

Luo Yao estimated that he would have to deal with it. He left soldiers and horses to seal all Huangyang road and prevent the emperor from going south. Then he might go to Ye Jinnan's army and command millions of troops to go straight to the south of the Yangtze River. It was once said that those who get the south of the Yangtze River will win the world. There is no shortage of money and food, a large population and sufficient soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as they occupy the south of the Yangtze River, they can row the river with the Yang family.

If there is no accident, Luo Yao must first level the south of the Yangtze River and then move north. His troops are too large. He urgently needs to replenish supplies in rich places. The farther he goes, the longer the front, the more impractical it becomes to transport grain from Xinkou warehouse. Across the river, it is not easy for Xinkou warehouse to transport grain to the south of the Yangtze River.

Although it seems that the retreat of the black flag army into the prairie is a passive or even evasive move, it is indeed very good for the use of troops in the future. Now the grassland is full of water and grass, so you can spend the winter safely by gathering the cattle and sheep abandoned by the herdsmen.

After the emperor and Gao Kaitai fought, Fang Xie came back with the black flag army. At that time, whether going south or East, he had a strong cavalry team with the strongest mobility, and no one could do anything.

After the decision, the army was ready to start.

Fan Gucheng, which has been carefully repaired, cannot be discarded. This is the lookout post of the black flag army. Fang Xie left 2000 men and horses to guard the city, and all the rest left the Central Plains and walked through the canyon into the grassland. A few years later, when the soldiers set foot on the grassland here for the second time, everyone was in a different mood.

In those years, they came bravely, but they were bleeding everywhere.

This time, they did not encounter any enemies. Those small tribes who had no time to retreat dared not provoke tens of thousands of elite Sui soldiers.

Fang Xie ordered fan Gu to rotate the garrison. At this time, fan Gu was an eye, watching the changes in the northwest of the great Sui Dynasty and how the emperor struggled at the last moment.

While the emperor was still gathering the rebels at Mangdang Mountain, Fang Xie also left a group of people to recruit strong people to join the army. The people knew that general Fang loved the people like a son, so the applicants were very enthusiastic.

After arriving on the grassland, Fang Xie chose the garrison of the army to be located in the grassland of mandutu. This is the most beautiful grassland within 2000 miles. After the Manchu flag was destroyed, the neighboring flag owners continued to send people to erode, and some small tribes also moved here to avoid oppression. Later, after the war, the Manchu flag became a paradise for small tribes because there was no flag owner.

Fang Xie sent Chen Dingnan and Xia Hou Baichuan to search the grassland with 1000 light horses. When they met small tribes, they asked their leaders to bring cattle, sheep and horses to the Mandu flag. The leaders of those small tribes did not dare to resist and had to obey orders. In a month, the black flag army gathered no less than 100000 cattle, sheep and tens of thousands of horses on the grassland.

All the generals of the black flag army were so happy when they got it so easily. The benefits stimulated their enthusiasm. The generals of all battalions took turns to go out and expand the scope of search. Whether they had the Lord or not, they would pull back when they saw the war horses. However, according to the instructions of Fang Xie, the black flag army only took half of the war horses from those small tribes. Fang Xie was worried about taking more of them The unity of ethnic groups is also a strong combat power. In this way, we should try our best not to touch the trouble that can be avoided.

By the time it was winter in the northwest, Fang Xie's people had searched all over a three thousand mile radius.

Meng Yuan's war horses are so many that people are shocked. In a few months, the black flag soldiers have one hand!

Such a huge harvest makes the black flag soldiers happy every day.

There is no shortage of horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland. This is the happiest winter for the black flag sergeants since the western expedition. They eat meat every day, much better than on the wolf milk mountain.

Fang Xie sent out a large number of scouts to inquire about the news from Wang Ting, while the soldiers who stayed in fan Gu sent information to Mandu flag every ten days according to his request.

It seems that this winter will pass so easily.

Happiness and satisfaction.

But just when people have gradually become accustomed to ease, a message made Fang Xie pay special attention to it.

November

The northern barbarians pieced together the most powerful army in their history. About 150000 people entered the grassland from the northernmost part of langrushan. On the way, these northern barbarians recklessly attacked the northern Liaoning area and tried to seize the food and grass of war horses. As a result, they were killed by 20000 cold cavalry led by Wan Yan Chongde.

In desperation, the northern barbarians had to make peace, and then walked around 100000 mountains and entered the grassland.

Here comes the barbarian

And this is only an advance army. If they find that there is no defense on the grassland now, they will immediately scream with excitement like the dragon who found the treasure. Millions of northern barbarian tribes will cross the mountains and pour into the grassland. Barbarians who have lived in extremely harsh environments for many years will feel that the grassland is heaven.

If the northern barbarians don't open their eyes to provoke the black flag army to rob territory

Maybe this winter will not be boring.