Xinghe fort's duty is to monitor the grassland and serve as the first round of cannon fodder in case of large-scale enemy invasion.
So that's why there are only two thousand families under Wang Huan's command as a Guard commander.
With more troops, it is difficult to supply and costly, and once surrounded, the other party may fight for help at any time.
As the cannon fodder commander, Wang Huan's character is calm. No, it's too calm, even close to the point.
The Scouts of Jubao mountain guard are well equipped, which makes Wang Huan envy.
But it's too dangerous here, so Wang Huan is worried.
"Xinghebo, alutai people often approach xinghebao to test. Be careful!"
Fang woke up and nodded, "thousands of people can't stop them. Don't worry."
Long knives, crossbows, rifling guns, grenades, and even arson oil.
With such equipment, unless you encounter a fierce and fearless enemy, how can you retreat all over.
After seeing off the scouts, Fang woke up and found Wang Huan.
"You are an old man of Xuanfu. Can King Gu contact Xuanfu recently?"
Fang Xing asked, staring at Wang Huan's face.
Wang Huan was surprised. He remembered the recent rumors and hurriedly said, "uncle, although the lower official is an old man in Xuanfu, he has not contacted the king of valley."
Fang Xing narrowed his eyes and said, "where are those people in Xuanfu? Have you heard of them?"
Wang Huan said anxiously, "uncle, King Gu has left Xuanfu for many years. The people in Xuanfu have changed, and the lower official didn't find anyone communicating."
Fang woke up and was ready to call back the people sent to Xuanfu in a few days.
He also had another task on this trip, that is, to investigate whether the generals of Xuanfu had collusion with Valley King Zhu.
Wang Huan asked in a low voice, "uncle, is the valley King going to be bad?"
Zhu Yu, the king of the valley, was the 19th son of Zhu Yuanzhang and was sealed in Xuanfu. During his term of office, he took Xuanfu as his own territory and made it a great success.
After that, Zhu Di went to King Qin. When he finally saw the defeat, he knew the current affairs and opened the gate to meet him. He was renamed to Changsha, which was greatly favored by Zhu Di.
But this guy has been a little domineering in recent years. He is brave enough to say that emperor Jianwen is in his own house. Then he recruits troops and wants to turn over Zhu Di's face.
Xinghe castle was remote, and Zhu Di made up his mind, so Fang Xing was not afraid to leak the secret.
"The king of valley is recruiting troops and horses. He also planned to collude with the king of Shu. He was denounced by the king of Shu. When Ben Bo came out, his majesty had ordered the king of valley to go to Beijing."
Seeing that Wang Huan was still a little nervous, Fang woke up and comforted: "Xuanfu is an important town. As long as you keep yourself in line, your majesty will not destroy the Great Wall. Be at ease."
Wang Huan was still a little afraid, so he volunteered and said, "there are some old times in Xuanfu. You can ask them to investigate."
Fang Xing said with appreciation, "that's good. Ben will naturally tell his majesty at that time. It's more or less a credit."
……
The endless white, the low hills in the distance are also covered with snow, and the whole world seems to have been frozen without any vitality.
Fang Wu lifted his hat and squinted at several black spots in the distance.
Several black spots gradually enlarged and turned out to be scouts sent to the front.
"My Lord, I found a small tribe."
Fang Wu frowned and said, "how can there be a small tribe nearby?"
"My Lord, this small tribe should be migrating. Looking at the direction, it probably wants to go to the side wall and be ready to take refuge in Daming."
"Look!"
……
A few days later, Fang Wu brought back more than 30 Mongolian Yuan people.
These people were covered with wind and frost and looked silly. Several of them were holding their children with iron faces.
"Master, these are Tatars. After the great victory of alutai, they are integrating the interior. Horqin has tried his best to cooperate, and has destroyed several disobedient tribes. They just escaped and were frozen to death and starved most of the way."
Fang Xing's appearance made these Mongolian Yuan people panic, kneeling on the ground and begging.
"Ask them where the nearest army in arutai is and how many people there are."
Asked a man with an unhealed scar on his face and came back and said, "uncle, they said there were more than 2000 people in the northwest, all elite cavalry, specially used to monitor the movement of Daming, about..."
The interpreter converted it and said, "it's about a hundred miles."
Wang Huan immediately said, "uncle, in the past, their people didn't dare to get so close."
Fang Xing sneered: "alutai saw the hope of unifying the grassland. He wanted to tell Daming in this way, don't annoy me."
Wang Huan was stunned: "uncle, shall we hurry to inform Xuanfu? Or tell your majesty directly."
Daming and alutai haven't completely torn their faces at this time, but Fang Xing doesn't think so.
"No need. Before Ben Bo came, his majesty had given him the right to make arbitrary decisions. It was just a small group of enemies. It should be regarded as a Grass Valley."
Wang Huan was stunned and thought that Fang Xing had two thousand houses under his command, and his troops were equal to each other. Even if it's the bull of Jubao mountain guard, can't you say it's a steady victory?
As for the threshing Valley, Wang Huan was even more confused.
The so-called grass threshing Valley is a grassland alien who sends troops without food and grass and plunders.
When did Daming's army start threshing Grass Valley?
"Uncle, if you annoy arutai, Xinghe castle will be vulnerable!"
Xinghe castle is a castle no matter how powerful it is. If arutai does his best, Xinghe castle can't be defended.
Fang Xing shook his head. When he got back, he explained his purpose.
"To be a general, you must have a vision, not limited to a corner."
The lobby was full of people. A map was hung on the wall. Fang woke up and pointed to Xin Laoqi.
Xin Laoqi went to the edge of the map and said, "the three kings of vara, Mahmud was defeated, but the Department still has strength. As for the two departments of bald polo and Taiping, it can be seen that there are still many internal battles in vara."
Fang Xing interjected, "if you don't fight, you must predict the enemy. Otherwise, even if you win the war, you are just a reckless man. You can't use troops alone."
The generals below all nodded secretly. When Yang Fuhong saw Liang Shun listening attentively, he whispered, "do you understand?"
Before Liang Shun responded, Fang woke up and swept over.
"Why don't you come up and talk?"
Fang Xing's eyes were cold. If it wasn't alone outside the Great Wall, he had to cut someone today.
Yang Fuhong said, "I'm sorry for my mistake."
Seeing that he was soft, Fang woke up and nodded to Xin Laoqi.
Xin Laoqi continued: "arutai thought that defeating Mahmud's headquarters would open the door of warra, but this is wishful thinking! As long as the three kings of warra work together, they can defeat arutai, so uncle said, arutai is a pool of mud and can't help up the wall!"
"Moreover, alutai is very happy and has no determination. According to the spy report, alutai is ready to go, hoarding supplies and preparing to attack the Wara department again this year, so the more than 2000 people are just bluff."
Fang woke up, nodded and got up to replace Xin Laoqi.
Glancing at the people in the lobby, Fang woke up and said faintly: "what alutai should do at this time is to take the opportunity to close down the tribe and expand his strength, but while closing up, he still wanted to attack Wala. His state of mind is unstable..."