"Old Liao Zhongjing." Zhang Yansheng put down his telescope and said to Lu Si: "The Liao Shangjing is in the north, this is the old Zhongjing. Look at that tall tower, it is quite obvious."

Lu Si narrowed his eyes and said, "This is the Ming Pagoda, I have heard of its name for a long time."

There are still many civilization ruins on the grassland, such as the Old Zhongdu of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. They were quite famous large palaces and cities in later generations, as well as Helin ruins, which are not small in scale. There are also old city ruins of the Han and Tang dynasties, such as Old Yunzhou, Fengzhou and other cities. They are small in scale, and there are almost no architectural communities in later generations.

There are also many ancient cities in Liaodong, such as Jinzhou was built during the Tang Dynasty, and some buildings in the Ming Dynasty were preserved in the Tang Dynasty.

The largest scale is definitely the capital. The old Liao Shangjing and Zhongjing were famous buildings. The Liao people were grassland people. However, they had been in operation for a hundred years before the founding of the country. They were a powerful nation that threatened the northeastern border defense during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Later, they established a dynasty and occupied the prosperous land of the Bohai Kingdom in the East Dan and the Youyun Han land. Their national strength was far above the Huns and Turks. The capital built was also quite similar. This was a very important strategic place. It could be seen from the Liao Dynasty that it could control a very vast area and a place with a high position. The Chahars were forced to move eastward, but they still chose the best place.

"The Daning Dusi is here too." Zhang Yansheng sighed: "After fighting this battle, let's go and see the ancient city of the Daning Dusi."

"Well, I heard it's too destructive." Lu Si nodded. He was not very interested in these things, but Zhang Yansheng is his own friend, so he can have a long experience with him while wandering around.

The entire northern border defense line designed by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty also occupied a very important position. With the Daning Metropolitan Department, Ji Town and Liao Town can be regarded as inner towns, Nuergan Metropolitan Department and Daning Metropolitan Department, both outer defenses in the north and important military towns that take the initiative to attack.

From Nuergan to Daning, and then to Dongshengbao, from east to west, the defense line exceeded the Great Wall. During the Hongwu period, the northern defense line of military towns such as Datong and Yulin had to push a few hundred miles north. During the Yongle period, the Dongshengwei and Daningwei were abandoned and the King of Liao and Ningwang were moved to the mainland. Therefore, the old land of the Daning Dusi was given to the three guards of Duoyan. Later, the three guards of Duoyan gradually moved westward and stationed outside the grassland outside Jizhen and the walls of Liaodong. The former land of the Daning Dusi, which is the large area in front of him, was occupied by the Chahar people. The favorable strategic situation in the early Ming Dynasty was actually almost lost between the Yongle and Xuande periods.

When talking about his talent and strategy, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di is far from his father. Whether it is the fifth expedition to Mongolia or the southern expedition to Annan, they are just a waste of national treasury. The unrestrained management arrangement of Taizu of Ming Dynasty is really too far behind. Zhu Yuanzhang's mistakes are not handled well and assumed that the relatives can always be respectful and polite as he was when he was alive, and become the country's guardian vassal. The successor emperor can always trust these relatives as much as he was alive and can play their roles, and is not afraid of these princes who hold military power to rebel.

The two young officers would not think so much, and of course they could not know so much. They just wanted to pay tribute to the past.

Zhang Yansheng sighed with emotion and said, "The Liao Shangjing, Zhongjing, and the Daning Dusi of the Ming Dynasty have had so many historical relics here in this area for hundreds of years. It can be seen how important it is. After we take it down, we must guard it strictly and not ask the Tartars to snatch it back."

Lu Si ignored him and pointed to the opposite side and said, "The other party's outpost has retreated, and today seems to be over."

Zhang Yansheng raised his telescope again, looked at it, and said, "Their main force should be stationed twenty miles away, and within ten miles are the outpost troops. The same should be true for us. It seems that the battle has been going on in these few days."

"I guess tomorrow will be a small-scale cavalry battle. The other party wants to consume our strength and polish it, but it depends on how many people they can tolerate to die."

There is a very miserable picture in Lu Si's telescope.

Although it was a small-scale cavalry battle of thousands of people, and the Mongols dispatched elite armored soldiers, they were still beaten up. At least 200 corpses of Chahar people were left on the battlefield where the cavalry war broke out. There may be some serious injuries, but being seriously injured by a musket basically means death, and they will definitely be killed by a final blow in a while. Dozens of unowned war horses remained in their original place, and more war horses ran away.

The ground was full of dead people and discarded debris. It was originally green and very clean and tidy. The green grass was like a blanket, and the grass was blooming with wild flowers. The grass was full of dead people and dirty relics, weapons, and of course, blood.

Lu Si frowned as if his beloved items were damaged, and it was like a clean and tidy study room that was trespassed in by a muddy person and stepped in countless circles, making people feel a sudden awkward feeling.

"Prepare to send someone to clean the battlefield." Zhang Yansheng said, Lu Si nodded, waved his hand, and several sergeant commanders walked out with the brigade of recruits.

Lu Si and Zhang Yansheng's company were at the forefront of the battlefield, and the hunting cavalry were still exploring the two wings. The lances had stopped their movements when they saw the Northern Lu retreat. The work of cleaning the battlefield must have been done by the new recruits of the Dragoons.

"Fortunately these guys haven't had lunch yet, so they should have almost digested breakfast." Zhang Yansheng said a cold joke, not knowing whether it was a complaint.

The recruits will definitely vomit when they go to the final blow, and some are indifferent, as if they have killed too many veterans, but when they get closer, they will find that most of their hands and feet are trembling. No one has the psychological quality that is so strong that they are indifferent to seeing a large number of dead bodies for the first time, or ask them to hold a short knife and penetrate deeply into a person's body. If they have not done such a thing, it is meaningless to imagine how strong they are, because it is just a fantasy.

Seeing the recruits walking forward with a nervous look on their faces, Lu Si suddenly smiled and said, "If your parents know what you are doing now, please take you back quickly."

"Is it embarrassing?" Zhang Yansheng said squintly: "Which Han people who live on our grassland have never been bullied by Beilu? I don't feel embarrassed to kill Beilu."

"That's not what it means." Lu Si smiled and said, "Your mother thought you were still a guard for Lord Zhang. If you knew you were so far ahead, you would be like a butcher with blood every day..."

"Someone has to do dirty work." Zhang Yansheng said with his own leisure: "I don't think you will tell your wife too much."

"Well, we are the soldiers and eat food..." Lu Si shook his head and said, "Some things are better if you have rotten your stomach."

Screams and wails came from the front. The two young officers saw too many times and didn't care at all. Then Zhang Yansheng and Lu Si walked up to them and urged the timid recruits to finish the things they should do immediately, and not delay the time.

The hunting cavalry gathered in front again. They confirmed that after the Chahars retreated, military orders to lift the guards came from the position. Next, the commander of the middle road Zhou Yao ordered the entire army to stop moving forward, camp on the spot, and prepare to fight the Chahars.

"The battle is finally going to start." Yang Sixun stood in front of the Dusi ruins of the Daning at dusk, looking at the broken city walls and various collapsed buildings, but his face was relieved.

Ren Jing stood beside Yang Sixun, looked uninterested after scanning the old site a few times, and the two rode side by side and continued to move forward.

More than twenty miles ahead is the place where the forward camp is camping. Tonight, the main force and the light artillery regiment must arrive at the camp site.

Following the right wing Xilamulun River to the left nearly a hundred miles away, Zhou Yao arranged the army to form a flat large battlefield situation.

The left wing has already had some contact with the outpost of Li Congye's Third Regiment, and there are more Barhu Mongols and foreign cavalry there. If the middle army formed a huge flat battlefield, then the third regiment looked like a messy group of lines. From the Barhu grassland to the Krulun River, and then to the Daxinganling, there are cavalry of the Third Regiment and the cavalry of the Foreign Regiment everywhere. The scattered arrangement is called Zhou Yao, but Li Congye repeatedly guaranteed that with the efforts of the Third Regiment and the various detachments, it is impossible for the Chahars to break through without a bloody battle. Once the Chahars want to break through from the place where the Third Regiment is in charge, the Third Regiment is enough to resist the main cavalry to come and chase.

"If Lin Danhan ran north, it would be better." Yang Sixun spitted on the ground and said, "The Lancers will not be used anymore, they can only use dragon cavalry and hunting cavalry."

Ren Jing said in a deep tone: "I also like Zhang Shixiong, this kid, simple and direct, and we watched him grow up again."

Yang Sixun laughed and said, "It sounds like you are as old as you are."

"I am old, and I'm afraid there will be no more opportunities in the future." Ren Jing said: "I followed the adults in the 47th year of Wanli. Now it is the sixth year of Tianqi, almost eight years old. I was 31 years old, and now I am almost forty."

Ren Jing pointed to his temples and said, "Look, there is white hair."

"Our group is almost forty."

"Liang Xing is still young." Ren Jing said: "Brother Changfu is almost fifty."

"I have not achieved my achievements, so I dare not say that I am old." Yang Sixun said seriously: "I have not unified the grassland yet. There are Nuergandus, Western Regions, Liaodong, and these territories will take a long time to fight."

"I don't think it's long," Ren Jing said: "Before, we have been doing water grinding skills and accumulating internal strength. This time, Chahar was a large-scale mobilization and also a review of the ability of the Hutchison Army. Now it seems that it is enough to deal with a lot of complex and fierce wars. If we go on, we may finish the battles we can fight within a few years."

"Then you forget your biggest goal." Yang Sixun whispered: "I don't think that lord is willing to put Daming and be the king of the grassland Tian Khan, forget it."

"Zhengming depends on the opportunity. He is only in his twenties and is not afraid of waiting for another twenty years." Ren Jing said: "We are all over 60 years later, and we are still farts."

"I don't have to wait that long," Yang Sixun said in contemplation: "The current emperor is in poor health."
Chapter completed!