Zhang Han felt that he had been on the grassland for a long time and his skin color was not very good. Of course, he didn't care at first, but now he was worried that if his appearance became too ugly, his wives and concubines at home would be uncomfortable.

It’s not that Chang Ning and Yu Niang really think this way, but sometimes Zhang Han can’t help but worry.

Zhang Han was not in a good mood. The bigger reason was the scenery in front of him. There were flowers of various colors blooming on the green grassland. The scenery was so beautiful. In front of him, there were felt bags ignited and burning, herders fled, and Yusheng's cavalry were chasing and killing.

These things in front of him were Zhang Han’s decision, and he would not change his decision, but it does not mean that he can appreciate them calmly. He feels that his heart is not that hard.

After several months of hard work, Zhang Han was located in Shangyi Fort on the east road, and Yusheng's gun cavalry regiment had controlled hundreds of miles of radius. Even if there was no fortress here, it didn't matter. No Beilu dared to enter this area tentatively.

After this pasture was destroyed, no shepherds dared to graze here within hundreds of miles.

The one who burned and killed the pastures of Tushetu Khan's tribe. The Khan in the northern desert showed no sign of mobilizing troops. On the contrary, the obvious change was that a large number of herders removed their felt bags and then retreated to the north. Even if the grassland was not enough, they would not dare to take another step south.

When Han people raise horses and cattle, they always have to feed beans, so that the pastoral animals will grow fat. When the Northern Territory grazed, they let these pastoral animals eat grass by themselves. Horses and cattle and sheep have to spend more than half a day eating grass a day, otherwise the nutrition will be insufficient. Not to mention growing fat and growing up, it will be difficult to maintain life.

So the grassland seems to be very big, and a few herders can put thousands of sheep in a radius. A place with a radius of tens of thousands of acres is only enough for a day to eat cattle and sheep, and then they have to change places to continue eating.

After autumn, the herdsmen will have to make a large amount of grass to dry. When it is reserved for winter, once the number of pastures is insufficient, it means that the herdsmen will not have enough grazing and must reduce the herds. This is a very serious blow, but under the pressure of He Yusheng, they can only accept this extremely unfavorable result.

"Wen Lan," Kong Minxing rode his horse over and said, "Just as soon as there was a horse-ridden report from the Tang Dynasty, the guests arrived."

Zhang Han turned his head and smiled, saying, "Okay, let's go see you."

He said he saw him immediately, but in fact he still had to catch up with most of the day. The more you head south, the more farmland and water conservancy projects there will be. With Kong Minxing accompanying him, Zhang Han could just patrol the way.

Before dark, after changing horses at a military station, everyone rushed all the way and finally arrived outside Xinghe Fort.

This fort was built to defend against the Kalaqin tribe, which was much larger than the Jining Fort in the middle. Now it can be used as a trade transfer station and a point for stockpiling goods at the two exports of Zhangjiakou and Xinping Fort. Therefore, many buildings were built outside the fort. In order to defend against the raids of the Beilu, these buildings were made of giant trees as walls and bricks as foundations, and arrow towers or forts were set up at four corners. The fortifications were very tight. Residents with high defensive walls were also built outside the fort. In the city, there were warehousing areas in the residential area of ​​the commercial area and the military camp area of ​​the official office area.

The landing was in order, and drainage and landfills were all available. When Zhang Han entered the castle city, he happened to meet a squadron leader who was on duty and his subordinates changed shifts. Neat footsteps came from the corridor made of stone bricks. This was a mixed squadron with all kinds of troops. The soldiers were sword players at the top, with a knife player in the right hand, a shield in the left hand, followed by a spearman, and a musketist carrying a smoothbore gun on the shoulder. Since it was a duty, the musketists were equipped with bayonets on the smoothbore guns, which were dazzling and stabbed like a forest.

Zhang Han asked Li Dongxuedao, who was welcomed: "Recently, more and more musketeers have been assembling bayonets. Does the military officer have specific numbers?"

Li Dongxuedao: "The main reason is that the financial resources have been abundant recently. We have strengthened the staff to grind bayonets. The number of workers has increased to more than 100. They can grind five suitable bayonets every month. There are more than 2,000 bayonets that have been grinded in the past few months. I have to check the specific numbers."

"No need to check it." Zhang Han told Li Dongxue: "This level is already OK. By the end of the year, we can install more than 10,000 bayonet soldiers."

Zhang Han thought again: "The military training department should also strengthen the square formation training of the gunners. These gunners do not have to rely on the cover of the spearmen. They should make appropriate adjustments and changes to the training outline of bayonet gunners."

The people around him did not speak, only Zhang Shixiong, who was not far away, agreed. As a military officer, this matter was of course his and the military to communicate and communicate.

At this time, a pond horse ran from the north. People were about to enter the fort, but when they saw the pond horse coming, they stopped moving again.

Tangma rushed all the way and stopped until Zhang Han. After holding his fists and bowing, Tangma said, "Sir, the Military Information Branch on the Erlong River has an important military information report. Please watch the details."

Zhang Han saw from the corner of his eyes that someone seemed to be coming to the military fort. He guessed that the guests couldn't wait to welcome him.

He took the Tang newspaper and opened a rough look. People were waiting quietly around.

There are similar information every day, either the military's military newspaper or the urgent report from the Military Intelligence Department, or the military orders from various places, the Military Affairs Department, the Agricultural and Forestry Department, as well as the incident reports from military supplies, military law and other departments. Everything may be very important, so most of them are urgent matters. In addition to the important daily matters transferred from Lizhuang, Zhang Han is very busy every day, so he has been born more than once when he reads the Tang newspaper immediately.

Zhang Han glanced at him and was shocked.

Kong Minxing looked at Zhang Han with inquiring eyes, but did not ask.

So far, he has not participated in the military affairs at the top of He Yusheng, but has started more in farmland water conservancy. He has advantages that others do not have. Kong Minxing is very smart and knows that it is better to be specialized than to be greedy.

Li Dongxue frowned slightly and did not ask the details. If Zhang Han wanted to consult, he would say it first.

Zhang Han closed the Tang newspaper and smiled and said, "It's good news and a tricky thing. We are going to hold a high-level meeting of the Military Department."

"However," Zhang Han smiled again, "It's better to see the guests first, it's also an important matter."

The guest was Mao Yuanyi. He wore an ordinary blue robe made of lake silk. It was suitable for wearing this kind of long gown in the capital and Shanhaiguan area in this weather, but it was a bit thin on the grassland.

The strong wind blew Mao Yuanyi's robe, which was quite chilling. After all, it was about to come to night. However, Mao Yuanyi did not focus on this small part. His heart was still full of shock until now.

The soldiers had just changed shifts and gave him a great impact. Only then did he have a little understanding of He Yusheng's military system, knowing that there were more than 3,000 people in a regiment, and each infantry regiment had only a small number of cavalry, used as whistle cavalry, beams or pond horses, at most one to two squadrons. The infantry regiment was composed of three brigades, the main distribution of troops was spearmen and musketeers, and then a small number of sword and card combat soldiers, which could also be called jumping combat soldiers. There were also some special compositions, such as pure artillery units and special cavalry units, etc., and the efficient military intelligence department knew that it was because Mao Yuanyi had been accompanied by He Yusheng's people from the time he was ordered to enter the territory of Yongping Prefecture, and he showed his identity and expressed Zhang Han's welcome.

Mao Yuanyi was also shocked at that time. He had just left for five or six days. Not only did he know his whereabouts and purpose, he also notified Zhang Han, and selected people to welcome and escort them one by one!

When he arrived at the grassland, Mao Yuanyi felt even more openly.

The independent military forts outside the Ming Dynasty's border walls were like an arc, firmly protecting the core area of ​​the territory he had captured. The outermost trunks were also guarded by soldiers. During the past few days, Mao Yuanyi had many elite cavalry patrolled the various military forts and military platforms from time to time. In these days, the grasslands on the edge were empty, and no herders came to grazing. After arriving at Xinghe Fort, there were

There is another village every few miles of farmland. Mao Yuanyi walked into one casually and found that the villages were built with green bricks and green tiles. The courtyards were built in a staggered manner. Even the pigpens, chicken coops, stables and thatched cottages were neatly built. Each village was fifty or sixty, with about three or four hundred people living there. The farm was responsible for reclaiming about three thousand acres of land. Mao Yuanyi had at least thirty of such villages.

In other words, Heyusheng has opened more than 100,000 mu of land in this area alone.

Every village has people's livelihood facilities such as grocery stores. Each village is a small town. In addition to grocery stores, there are iron shops and clinics, and there are also various shops, cloth shops, shoe shops, restaurants, hotels, and restaurants opened by grassland merchants. They are really equipped with everything. The entire place where they pass by has over 10,000 people, and there is a vibrant appearance everywhere.

As a military expert, Mao Yuanyi is of course most interested in his army.
Chapter completed!