Chapter 653: Reassurance

Recently, a large number of troops have been heading north every day inside and outside Jinchuan Gate, and the ranks of chariots and horses have extended all the way to Longjiang Port.

The soldiers carried a large number of Wugang carts. This bulky vehicle had been used by the Central Plains dynasties since the Han Dynasty; but if the Ming army only fought domestically, it would not use this kind of weapon that would slow down the marching speed.

Only when attacking Mongolia in the north would soldiers carry this kind of vehicle! The Ming army not only used Wugang vehicles to transport supplies, but also to set up camps in the unprotected desert grasslands to guard against raids by nomadic cavalry.

The court expected to enter the Tatars' area of activity in the fall, but the mobilization in early summer was known to everyone in the capital. There was really no way to keep it secret. Gathering an army of 200,000 or 300,000 was a huge undertaking in itself...<