In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 133 The whole army advances into the grassland
Guihua City.

Located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain and to the east of the top of the Yellow River, it is a sweat city built by Han craftsmen after the Tumote tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is just a rammed earth city wall with a circumference of ten miles and the wall is only about two feet high, it is already considered the only one on the grassland.

Compared with the earthen cities built by the Horqin people in Mobei and the east, they are much more majestic. It can be seen that the Mongolian tribe with the largest population deserves its title.

At this moment, in a house in the city, looking at the messenger sent by Ye Hebu, Hauge was both excited and a little sad.

What was exciting was that Na Muzhong and the guy surnamed Lin actually came to wear condoms, but what was worrying was that they came in winter.

If it were before, Hauge wouldn't have thought so much at all, and would just kill him with [-] cavalry.

But after experiencing several lessons, he had to accept a sad fact, that is, with just his [-] cavalry, not only would he not be able to save Ye He's tribe, nor would he be able to eliminate Namuzhong, but he would very likely kill him. Get in there yourself.

"You should go down and rest first. Don't worry, your Ye He tribe has surrendered to our Qing Dynasty. I will never sit idly by."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Please send your troops quickly. If it's too late, our Ye He tribe will be doomed."

The envoy was Ye He's confidant. Seeing that Hauge did not say when he would send troops, he looked anxious and pleading, but he had to bow and retreat.

"Obai, Sony, what do you two think about this matter? Should I save him or not?"

After the envoy left, Hauge looked at General Hengha standing aside.

Oboi was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, you can't just sit back and ignore it. Everyone knows that this guy came to ask for help. Once we don't go to the rescue, if Ye He's tribe is really finished, we will definitely be destroyed." If you damage the face of the Qing Dynasty, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the emperor."

"Yes, and it will also damage the majesty of the prince!"

Sony also nodded, obviously both of them believed that they could not ignore death.

After all, Ye He's tribe has long since surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and old Ye He has just been canonized as a county king by the emperor. If he is killed by Namuzhong under their eyes, it will not slap the face of the Qing Dynasty. Does it ring?

"But the cunning gangsters of that group of horse bandits also know that it is winter now, which is not conducive to cavalry operations. Although the weather is not too cold now and it does not have much impact on the horses, they go there so recklessly. Rescue, the dangers involved, I won’t tell you, but you two should also be aware of it, right?” Hauge said with a solemn face.

"Then recruit the Tumut troops to go together!" Obai blurted out.

"Do you think the people from the Tumut Department will go in this cold weather? Even if they are willing to go, I'm afraid we will have to bear the food and grass we need."

Hauge said angrily, if the people from the Tumut Department are willing to go, does he still need to be so embarrassed?

Without asking him, he knew that he would definitely push back and forth again.

Last year, they were sent to the Yanghe entrance to be blocked for half a month, and each of them complained, saying that it was delaying the tribe's reproduction of humans and animals, and that all the food was eaten up.

Both inside and outside the words, they were asking for food and goods from him.

Although Abatai gave him more than 5 shi of food and hundreds of female slaves this time, with more than 1 troops and [-] war horses, and horse chews eaten every day, it was enough for them to last until June next year. This is under the premise that the war horses can eat grass after spring, so there is no way to provide food for the people of the Tumut tribe.

"Your Majesty, for the time being, we only need to gather [-] to ride out. Although we cannot completely destroy Namuzhong and Mr. Lin, it should not be difficult to rescue the Ye He tribe first. At that time, we will use some of the food to provide food to the tribes. Just make up some of it yourself."

Sony finally thought about it and suggested.

Thirty thousand cavalry can go quickly and return without fighting. Ten thousand shi of food should be enough. They can still squeeze out.

"we can only do this."

Haug nodded helplessly, and immediately summoned the leaders of the Tumut tribes. Fortunately, these people were in Guihua City and had not yet returned to the tribe.

When the princes and nobles of the Tumote Tribe heard that they had to collect [-] men to ride to Neihuo to rescue the Ye He Tribe, and that they also had to prepare some of their own food, they all immediately started complaining. Although they did not refuse it explicitly, they He expressed his unwillingness to go both inside and outside his words.

What a joke, it's such a cold weather, let alone having to prepare some food by themselves, even if Hauge provides them with food, no one is willing to go.

If it snows heavily again on the way, everyone might have to tell them what to do. Besides, Ye Hebu is not one of their Tumote people, so why should they be rescued?

I also wish that the Yehe tribe would be finished from now on, so as not to compete with them for pasture in the future.

"Everyone, let's do this. The king will bear all the food. Everyone, bring dried meat and salt. While the weather is still warm and the snow is not thick, let's go back as soon as possible."

Seeing everyone's unanimous resistance, Hauge had no choice but to compromise.

"But Prince Su, what if it snows on the way?"

"Yes, the war horses will have to freeze to death by then. It's better to wait until next spring!"

At this time, the princes and nobles of the Tumut tribe did not know the strength of Namuzhong and Lin Rui, so they were only worried that the weather would suddenly turn cold.

Don't talk about them, even Hauge thought that Namuzhong and Lin Rui's strength was only what it was when they were in Yanghe. If they knew that Lin Rui and the others had recruited more than 2 people for more than 1 years and captured more than [-] Ming troops. , I am afraid that I will choose to give up the rescue without hesitation.But now he stood up and said in a stern tone: "There is no chance. Even if it snows, the worst case is that some horses will freeze to death. Next year, I will pay you compensation. You must bring [-] horses with you within three days." Come to Guihua City to assemble, if anyone dares to delay, I will report to Emperor Ama to deprive him of his title."

After that, he didn't give them a chance to talk anymore, and directly allocated the troops they needed to lead.

Of course, in order to rush for time, those who are too far away will definitely not be able to wait, so this time almost all tribes near Guihua City sent people.

In fact, the reason why Hauge wanted to rescue Ye He's tribe was that although Ye He was slaughtered, it would damage the face of the Qing Dynasty and his own prestige, but he was mainly worried that the three Chahar tribes who were involved would be killed by Namu. Bell annexed.

After all, the three tribes combined have a population of more than 2 and more than 5000 warriors. Once all of them are annexed by Namu Zhong, plus their original [-] cavalry, the number of cavalry will reach [-].

There are over [-] cavalrymen and they are boundless. It can be said that [-] cavalrymen are a watershed. They are not comparable to thousands of cavalrymen. They are enough to threaten the entire Hetao.

Everyone was helpless, and the tribal leaders who needed to send troops had to rush back to their tribes to gather their troops.

Fortunately, when leaving, Hauge promised to take them to the Ming Dynasty to rob them fiercely if he had the chance. All the property and the population would belong to each tribe, which made everyone feel less resentful.

Three days later, Hauge led 7 Jurchen cavalry, 1 Mongolian cavalry, more than [-] war horses, and more than [-] stones of food, and headed southwest in a mighty manner.

It only took two days to reach the Yellow River.

at the same time.

Lin Rui also brought all the men, horses and carts to Ye He's tribe, and surrounded the small Ye He tribe. Ye He sent people to beg for mercy almost every day, while others were frightened as if it was the end of the world. .

If the Lin family army had not attacked and Namuzhong announced that he would temporarily refuse everyone's submission, I am afraid that the warriors of Ye He's tribe would have tied up the culprit Ye He and presented him to Namzhong.

At this time, with the help of the Lin family army's logistics troops, all the Eqiqi tribe also moved over, and a large number of cattle and sheep were slaughtered and eaten every day.

"Sister, what on earth is my brother-in-law doing? He won't fight or attack, and he won't even allow others to surrender. How can there be such a war?"

Ebutu had been impatient for a long time, and he still couldn't understand more. At this time, his mind was filled with question marks.

"Why are you so anxious? Is it possible that this Ye He tribe can still fly out of our hands? Your brother-in-law said that this is not a purely military operation, but also has political purposes to consider."

Namuzhong rolled her eyes at him and explained.

In fact, she herself didn't understand what Lin Rui meant when he said nine points military and one point politics.

"What a mess, the Han people are troublesome. They have been here for so many days and will eat our cattle and sheep every day without fighting. If they continue to eat like this, they will all be eaten!"

Ebutu said to Namu Zhong with an aggrieved face, obviously reluctant to let those cattle and sheep be eaten by the Han people.

"Look at your little potential? Isn't it just some cattle and sheep? With your brother-in-law's ability, this entire grassland will be ours in the future. Are you afraid that there will be no cattle and sheep? Besides, why don't you talk about those steamed buns and dumplings you eat every day? "

Na Muzhong cursed as if she hated iron.

For this cousin, Nhebutu has been very respectful and fearful since he was a child. After being scolded, he just scratched his head and asked: "Sister, when will we go?"

"Whenever the Jurchens come, just wait."

"But what if the Jurchens don't come?"

"Then wait another half a month."

"What, we have to wait another half a month, sister, why?" Ebutu was really confused.

"We have destroyed Ye He's tribe now. When the time comes, the Jurchens will say that it's not that they refused to save them, but that it was simply too late. If we wait another half a month, it will be more than twenty days, and then the Jurchens will not be able to quibble. ”

Although Namuzhong was a little impatient by his question, she still explained patiently, obviously intending to train her cousin well.

In fact, Lin Rui didn't just wait and do nothing. Instead, he trained soldiers when he needed to, made armor when he needed to make armor, and made weapons and arrows when he needed to. He never idled for a moment while making weapons and arrows.

"Madam, I will invite the leader of the Tano tribe over in your name tomorrow. If he continues to pretend to be sick and cannot come, and you bring the army over, I don't think he will be able to get up."

Lin Rui has decided to take down the Tano Department as soon as possible. If he still refuses to compromise, he will destroy it directly.

After all, all the procedures that should be followed have been completed.

"it is good."

Na Muzhong answered quite simply. She was very dissatisfied with the fact that Tano pretended to be ill and only sent his son to pay a visit.

(End of this chapter)