In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 148
"Namuzhong, you are also a Mongolian. Don't you know that there is no war in spring?"

"We have already rejected Hauge's recruitment. From now on, we will never interfere in the battle between you and the Jurchens. Why are you bringing the army here?"

"Do we insist on killing them all?"

This time, Namuzhong and his army came while grazing, so when they arrived at the corner of the Yellow River, more than twenty tribal leaders came with their people.

As soon as the two sides met, the leaders of Tumut wanted to eat Namu Zhong. Although their tone was fierce and indignant, they had no confidence in what they said.

"I'm not here to kill people or grab things this time. The tribes in front of me have all sworn an oath to me. Now that Haug has been surrounded by us in Guihua City, it will only be a matter of time before he is eliminated. If you want to coexist peacefully in the future, you must also swear an oath to me and agree to trade people..."

Namuzhong said slowly.

"We can swear an oath with you, but we will not trade people."

"Yes, we don't trade people. Our tribe has a small population to begin with. The girls you brought are too young. If you replace them one by one, we will suffer a lot."

Compared with the Tumut people in Qiantao, the tribes here are obviously more confident, because there is the Yellow River in the south and the Yinshan Mountain in the north. The location is relatively closed, so there is no need to worry about harassment.

Especially in the Wuyuan area, the Yinshan Mountain at the east entrance protrudes to the south and is only more than ten miles away from the Yellow River, so he wants to negotiate terms with Namuzhong.

After all, the tribesmen in the front condom trade one adult woman for another, and for every two they exchange, an extra girl will be given as a gift. Why should they just trade one girl for another when it is their turn?Not giving it away yet?
Isn't this bullying?
In fact, it is not that Namuzhong is bullying people, but that she and Qiantao have exchanged 13 Hui women. Excluding the [-] that have been rewarded to the Mongols, there are only [-] left now, of which [-] are still ten years old. Above, girls under [-] years old.

So now that they don't agree, I can only threaten: "Don't think that if you are blocked here, I can't do anything to you. Now I really can't do anything to you, but what about winter? Once the Yellow River freezes, where do you want to enter from? , just enter from wherever you want, leave from wherever you want, even if you all spend the winter together, my man will still have a way to kill you all!"

"Now that we are gathering all the Tumut people to naturalize, we can also kill your man." One of the leaders said through gritted teeth.

"Indeed, if all the Tumut people now go to naturalize and fight hard, it is indeed possible to wipe out all the Han people after paying huge casualties, but my husband and I will take the cavalry to the Ming Dynasty to recruit more Han people, we will come back in winter and kill all the Tumuts.”

Namuzhong did not deny it, but nodded and glanced at the man coldly.

"Zakatu, shut up."

The man was obviously unconvinced and wanted to argue again, but was stopped by a shout from an older man next to him.

"Namuzhong, Zakatu is still young. Please forgive his ignorance. We really don't want to get involved in the fight between you and the Jurchens, but the tribes in Qianluo trade like this. We must also be equal. Trading, this is the rule on the grassland, if we agree to such a deal, won’t we be lower than them in the future?”

"Yes, there must be a fair deal."

"Well, let's do it this way. There is no woman left. Either you owe it now and I will take you to Ningxia to fight back in the winter, or I will compensate you with some salt and cloth tea leaves now. Let's see what you choose!"

Namuzhong also took a step back.

The two dozen leaders were also entangled for a while. Although they wanted to pay the debt first, Dong Dong followed Namuzhong to retrieve the people, but they were worried that they would be beaten away by the Jurchens and ruined.

After a final quarrel, we decided to take a gamble and pay the debt first, and then go to Ningxia to fight back in the winter.

After all, Huihui in Ningxia is much richer than them, and whatever he robs him of will not exceed the amount of material he is currently being compensated for.

From the fact that Na Muzhong and the others casually snatched away tens of thousands of women last winter, we can see how wealthy Hui Hui is.

Namuzhong was relieved to see that they agreed.

Then they swore an oath together by killing a cow by the river, and then directly traded the population. It was obvious that each tribe was well prepared and brought a large number of boys and girls with them when they came.

Two days later, each tribe left with [-] Hui women, and Namuzhong's cavalry team also expanded to [-].

This time, since there were no extra gifts and there was still a debt, ten thousand girls were exchanged for only [-] boys and [-] girls.

However, the Mongolian male cavalry still reached a scale of [-]. Ebutu and Takuyan each commanded [-]. Namuzhong was promoted to [-] thousand households, each of which commanded one thousand.

The number of Mongolian female cavalry also exceeded 1000, almost all of whom were barren girls.

In the days that followed, Namuzhong and his cavalry were like gangsters. One day they were grazing on the territory of this tribe, and the next day they were grazing on the territory of another tribe, and everyone ate food.

at the same time.

The offensive and defensive battle in Guihua City also lasted for five days. After the five-day siege, not only did Guihua City fail to be conquered, but nearly [-] people were injured or killed, which made Lin Rui look very ugly.

As the Lin family's army attacked the west city and was defeated by Jiannu again, everyone jumped in anger, but there was nothing they could do.

In fact, on the first day, the Lin family's army attacked the city from all sides. However, Jiannu was too fierce. Although they could easily attack the city every time, they were beaten back in the end.

Fortunately, the city wall is only two feet high, and there are corpses below. You can jump down directly, and you can retreat from the ladder, otherwise the loss will be incalculable.

"Commander, we can't attack like this again. Most of our brothers are new soldiers. We can't use spears and lances on the top of the city. Melee combat is too disadvantageous. We should build some more siege vehicles and directly knock down a section of the city wall. Then Let’s attack from the gap again!”

Huang Ben recalled the scene when he attacked the Hui people and couldn't help but persuade them.The slaves in the city are so abominable that they don't even shoot at them now. They hide directly behind the wall and under the wall, waiting for them to attack the city and then fight out.

"The whole army is ordered to rest for three days."

Lin Rui waved his hand and gave the order. He naturally knew that he could not attack forcefully again, otherwise morale would collapse.

He also saw that this kind of siege battle requires personal martial arts and fighting will. What they lack, whether they are young recruits or young veterans, is to fight alone, and their fighting will is far inferior to that of women. Real person.

After all, the opponent has no way to escape and can only fight to the end. In this situation, even if they attack the city and want to wipe out all the slaves, it may be difficult.

At this moment, Lin Rui finally understood why the ancients always surrounded three people and one person was missing, so as not to push people to death.

I also realized that in the future we should form more trapped camps and recruit more big men who dare to fight and have high martial arts skills to specifically attack the city.

In the past two days, their side still had the advantage at the top of the city. At least they could fight evenly with the opponent.

But as the border troops who later fell into the camp continued to suffer casualties, it became clear that the young soldiers were no match for the Jurchens. They were beaten back almost as soon as they rushed to the top of the city for the last time.

"Master Xu, how long will it take to build the trebuchet?"

"It will take three or four days to get back to the commander." An old carpenter on the side quickly replied. The trebuchet is no better than a wooden ladder. It has to go to the Yin Mountain in the north to cut down whole trees, and the required stones also need to be excavated in the mountain.

"Half of the manpower will be used to build siege vehicles. I will have people cut down the trees and transport them back. You only need to be responsible for building them. Twenty of them must be built within five days."

Lin Rui said without a doubt that if he wanted to break through Guihua City, he could only rely on trebuchets and siege engines.

The trebuchet can cause huge psychological pressure on the opponent, and the siege engine can slowly collapse a two-foot-thick earth wall.

As long as a few sections of the earth wall are broken down, the pikemen and spearmen can line up and advance directly from the gap, giving full play to their advantages.

"Yes!" The old carpenter also responded without hesitation.

In the next few days, the Lin family army did not attack again. Instead, carriages traveled to and from the foot of the mountain dozens of miles to the north, transporting logs and stones back to the camp.

Lin Rui also completely suppressed his impatience.

.........

"Commander, there is a messenger asking to see you. He claims to be sent by the General Soldier of the King of Datong."

"Oh! What did that guy send people to do?"

"Bring it in."

Lin Rui thought for a while, then waved his hand and said.

"Wang Can, the villain, meet Marshal Lin!"

The person who was brought in was a middle-aged man in his 40s, dressed as a butler. When he saw Lin Rui, he saluted with some anxiety.

Lin Rui was in a bad mood, and the other person's temperament was there, so he didn't bother to let him sit down for tea, and asked directly: "Then why did Wang Pu send you here?"

"Go back to the Commander-in-Chief, my master sent a little man here this time. First of all, he wants to thank you for what happened last time. I have prepared a small gift. I hope the Commander-in-Chief will accept it."

Wang Can had a flattering look on his face, and as he spoke, he took out a gift list from his sleeve.

It wasn't until the gift list was sent to Lin Rui that he looked at it and then said: "Secondly, I want to trade some war horse leather with the commander."

When Lin Rui saw that the gift list contained only a dozen pieces of fine silk and a few kilograms of high-end tea and other impractical items, he immediately threw them on the table without interest.

"I think that Wang Pu sent you to give gifts. The sale of war horse leather is fake. Come to find out the situation. Is it true?"

"The Marshal misunderstood. My master really wants to trade a batch of war horses and leather with the Marshal."

When Wang Can saw that Lin Rui had guessed one of the purposes of his visit, he felt nervous and quickly defended.

"It's not easy for you to come all the way, so I will accept the gift and give your commander a war horse in return. As for the transaction, let's talk about it later!"

After Lin Rui finished speaking, he waved his hand.

The interpersonal relationships in the Ming Dynasty were too complicated. He would not rashly trade with Wang Pu until he understood what was going on between Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Pu.

(End of this chapter)