The Ming army fortress group was constantly advancing, firm and steady. Every time the chariot formation was the first to protect the front and the wings, and then quickly built the fortress, with almost no loopholes in the middle.

Altan Khan discovered in despair that the opportunity he imagined did not come. On the contrary, with the advancement of the Ming army fortress, the tribes under his command first ushered in a crisis.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because the Ming army's fortress group extended from east to west, and all his tribes were concentrated in the northwest of Hetao.

In other words, after the Ming army's fortress advanced for more than two hundred miles, the vanguard's formation had already entered the grazing place of his tribes.

At this time, he had to consider a question: Should he fight or withdraw?

Many times, fighting is not as simple as rushing to death.

There are many factors that need to be considered when fighting. The simplest one is, you have to consider whether you can win by rushing up.

If you know that you can't win by rushing up, and you still rush up, it's not a war, but a search for death!

Altan Khan is not a reckless person. Of course, he knows that success or failure should be considered when fighting.

At this moment, facing the dense artillery of the Ming army, he didn't even have the courage to lead the cavalry to charge. How can he fight this battle?

Obviously, this battle cannot be fought!

Even if he recruited the cavalry and infantry of the Yibula tribe, Buerhae tribe and Uryanha tribe, he would not be able to fight, not to mention that he might not be able to recruit people at this moment.

This is how tribes on the grasslands are. When you are so powerful that they are desperate, they will choose to surrender. Once your strength is no longer enough, they will leave you and even turn around and oppress you!

This is the rules on the grassland, and it has been like this for hundreds of years.

For example, when Yesen was in Japan, the Ola tribe was so powerful that even the Ming imperial guards were defeated by him, the Tatar tribe could only obey his orders and dare not disobey at all. At this moment, Altan Khan was born, and the Tatar tribe was at its peak. The Ola tribe had to listen to their Tatar tribe in reverse.

The overlord on the grassland is not so easy to be. Once you are not as strong as others, you will only be conquered by others.

This is also the main reason why Altan Khan dared not fight against Ming Jun. He was really afraid that his strength would plummet.

If they rush forward and fight hard and destroy all 50,000 elite cavalry under their command, the Tatar tribe will become a vassal of other tribes even if they are not destroyed by the Ming army.

As a hero on the grassland, how could he be willing to surrender to others?

Therefore, he cannot fight with the Ming army, he must preserve his strength. Since he cannot fight, he has no choice but to retreat.

So, the Ming army vanguard just saw the tent of the Tartar tribe, and within a few days, it disappeared again.

Yang Cong is now helping Wang Xuan to direct and dispatch materials at Gushan Fort, because Wang Xuan has already taken Tunwei Jingzhuang to build the railway, so he has no time to manage the dispatch of materials.

On that day, he had just sent a batch of sleepers forward, and the guard outside suddenly said aloud: "Report, General Yu has reported military information."

Yu Dayou reported military information now. Could it be that the Tartars are preparing to launch an attack again?

Upon hearing this, Yang Cong hurriedly said loudly: "Hurry up, come on."

Soon, a guard walked in with an envelope.

Yang Cong took the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and looked at it, and a strange look suddenly appeared on his face.

What Yu Dayou reported was not that the Tartars were preparing to launch an attack, but that the Tartars were gone again!

What does this Tartar mean?

He put down the letter paper in his hand, stared at the map on the table, and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, half of the fortress has been built, and the front has advanced to the central part of the Hetao grassland. In order to prevent the Tartars from raids, he ordered Yu Dayou and Tang Kekuan to send cavalry to venture deep into the grassland to spy on the Tartars' situation.

Strangely, there is no trace of Tartar in the southeast of the Hetao Grassland, and the entire grassland is almost empty.

In other words, the Tartars did not set up an ambush behind them at all, and all the Tartar tribes seemed to have moved to the northwest of Hetao.

Is Altan Khan preparing to give up the Hetao grassland?

He wanted to know what was going on in the northwest of Hetao.

Unfortunately, the Tartars had a very strict defense in the northwest, and the scout cavalry sent by Yu Dayou could not penetrate at all.

These days, I finally met a Tartar tribe, but they disappeared again. What does Altan Khan mean?

He stared at the undiscovered area on the map for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what Altan Khan wanted to do.

Logically speaking, no matter how hard this guy is, he will have to launch a few surprise attacks!

Did this guy give up like that?

It's unlikely. Altan Khan is a hero who has been famous in history. How could he be so cowardly?

How could he know that this is not a question of whether to be cowardly or not. There are no kingly laws on the grassland at this moment. It is not that anyone who becomes a Khan must obey his orders.

At this time, the grassland is just talking with its fists. Whoever has a fist is the boss.

Altan Khan was afraid that he would break his fist and even lose his fist with one move, thus losing his position as the overlord of the grassland, so he never dared to launch a surprise attack.

Altan Khan had never dared to take action, and the fortress was advanced very smoothly. Within a few months, the Ming army had built the fortress to a position less than a hundred miles away from the Ningxia vanguard. At this time, all the tribes of the Tatar tribe in the Mongol Yuan in Hetao were squeezed and all gathered together.

Now, Altan Khan is convenient. If he wants to gather 50,000 elite cavalry under his command, he will gather under his command in less than a day.

Question, so what if we gather together? Go up and fight the Ming army to the death?

If he was desperate and had only such a small territory left, then even if he was unwilling, he would have to fight with the Ming army. Problem, now he is not only such a small territory.

The so-called Hetao in the Ming Dynasty was actually just an Eastern Tak in the eyes of the Takar tribe. In other words, the part inside the Yellow River Bend is not the whole of the Hetau. The Takar tribe also occupies the part west of the Yellow River Bend. That part is called the Western Takar tribe.

Although the Western Tattoo is not as fat as the East Tattoo, there is still no problem with grazing, but the climate is not very good.

In other words, Altan Khan did not have a way out. He could move all his subordinate tribes to Xitao to avoid the edge of the Ming army.

However, this tribe does not mean that it can be moved away just by moving away. He must also consider the consequences after the relocation.

If he moved there, his reputation on the grassland would definitely be severely hit. He was occupied by others and he was afraid to fight back. It was indeed embarrassing.

Question, what can he do if he doesn’t move?

Stay and fight with Ming Jun to the death?

If he stayed and fought with Ming Jun, Ming Jun might not be finished, but he would definitely be finished.

What a joke? There are more than 100,000 people, and countless muskets and cannons. Even if he takes 50,000 elite cavalry to launch a sneak attack, he will be able to kill 50,000 people.

Is it meaningful to kill 50,000 people?

There is no point in it. There are still 50,000 troops left, but he is disabled.

The ending is still the same, he still has to give up the Eastern Condom and flee to the Western Condom.

There was no way. In the Ming Dynasty, some were guards and border troops, but he only had so many strong men under his command that he could not afford to consume at all.
Chapter completed!