In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 165 The Lin family army is definitely going to die
As soon as food and water were mentioned, Marshal Lin couldn't laugh anymore. The expression on his face suddenly became solemn. He looked at her and asked: "How much food do we have left now? How many days can the water last?" "

"Commander, we only have [-] dan. After leaving the naturalization, each war horse will eat about ten kilograms of food every day, which adds up to [-] dan..."

At this point, Mrs. Lu paused and took a deep breath before continuing: "So in four days at most, we will be completely out of food, and the dried meat is only enough for everyone to eat for another three days. Water is okay. Drink for another five or six days."

Lin Rui took a deep breath and asked again: "What about salt and tea? If we save some, how long can it last?"

"There is quite enough salt and tea leaves, and we can still eat it for another four or five months, but the salt and tea leaves cannot fill the handsome man's stomach. If he goes further north, he will not even be able to eat grass, so he can only eat…"

When Mrs. Lu said this, she seemed to have thought of something, and she trembled all over. She subconsciously took a few steps back, her face turned pale, and her eyes were filled with fear.

"Don't worry, I am also a Han. If it comes to that, I guarantee that we Han people will survive until the end."

Seeing that she had frightened him like this, Lin Rui immediately guessed what she was thinking. Seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he stepped forward and whispered solemnly.

Hearing what he said, the fear on Mrs. Lu's face also disappeared a little. A complicated look flashed in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice after a while: "Mr. Lin, is there no other way to survive?"

Lin Rui shook his head, and then comforted him again: "Don't worry, I won't be hungry for you, aren't there still [-] war horses? The meat will not go bad in winter, save some, it will be enough for everyone until the beginning of next spring."

"But it is said that in the winter in Mobei, water can turn into ice. We only have a few tents. Even if there is no shortage of food, how can we survive this severe winter?" Mrs. Lu raised her head and looked at Lin Rui with a worried look.

You don't need to think about it to know that the winter here is definitely much colder than the inner jacket. They almost didn't make it last year, let alone this year here.

Lin Rui had no choice but to explain to him that the ice house could withstand the severe cold. Even if there was no charcoal fire, as long as a few people huddled together to keep warm and had a hot meal every day, it would be absolutely fine.

Seeing that what Lin Rui said was true, Mrs. Lu finally felt relieved.

Lin Rui asked her again not to talk nonsense, so as not to cause unnecessary panic, and then let her leave.

However, in the next few days, all the cavalrymen dismounted and led their horses directly. They were given a ration of two kilograms a day, and the horses pulling the carts were also reduced to three kilograms a day. All fallen horses were eaten on the spot, and those who were not eaten were eaten. When it's done, break it into pieces and take it with you.

They walked like this for another seven days before stopping at a river pond that was nearly dry.

At this time, we were almost four hundred miles away from the Yinshan Mountains in the south, and the weather was frighteningly cold. Without a fire at night, it was almost impossible to spend the night in a tent.

"Rui Lang, aren't you leaving? Are we going to spend the winter here?"

Beside the river pond, Namuzhong walked up and asked softly.

"We can't leave anymore. We only have about [-] shi of food left. We have to kill the horses. And we finally found a water source. We can't bet on when it will snow."

After Lin Rui finished speaking, he waved his hand with a decisive look on his face: "Go and announce it to everyone, then select a thousand of the strongest horses and kill the rest."

"All right!"

Namu Zhong also gritted his teeth and nodded.

Sure enough, as the weather got colder and the surrounding area became more and more desolate, many people had already noticed that something was wrong, but they could only follow along with their heads down. Now when they learned that they would spend the winter here, everyone was furious.

The Han people were better off, just a little worried, but the Mongols immediately started shouting, especially the Tumuts, who clamored to go back.

"After sweating, if you stay here, you will die. This is Mobei. Once it snows, we will all freeze to death."

"It's better to turn around and go back while it's not snowing..."

"Oh my God, this is Mobei. How did we get here? It's over. It's over. If we go back now, I'm afraid it's too late. It's all over..."

Compared with the Han people, the Mongolians all know how terrible the winter in Mobei is. Namuzhong's comfort has no effect at all. They all have despair and panic on their faces.

"You will definitely die if you go back now. The only way to survive is to stay here for the winter. If you want to go back, just leave. I will never stop you!" Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Lin Rui got on a carriage and shouted loudly said.

After everyone was temporarily restrained, they explained what to eat and how to keep out the cold in the future. Out of their trust and admiration for Lin Rui, the Han people quickly settled down after hearing this, and finally the Mongols accepted it. In reality, I became busy with doubts.

Nearly [-] war horses, except for the strongest [-] that were prepared to be kept, were all killed. The horse meat was directly cut into small pieces that could be cooked and eaten, and then smeared with salt and hung to dry.

All the wood was also moved down and chopped, part of it was used to make charcoal and part of it was used as fuel.

Only a thousand carriages remained, and the remaining nine thousand were also dismantled. Carpenters first made molds to build the igloo. After the igloo was built, the molds were chopped up and used as firewood.

Weeds, shrubs and stones from dozens of miles around were also cleared away, leaving almost no one idle among the nearly 10 people.

Obviously in order to survive, no one is lazy. It can be said that at this moment, the entire Lin family army is the most united.

The two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo at the mountain pass here saw that the Lin family army had penetrated more than [-] miles into Mobei, and there was not much food, and it would snow at any time, so they led the army back to naturalization.

Huang Taiji had also arrived at Guihua with his army a long time ago. After learning that the Lin family army had fled to Mobei, he stopped at Guihua and began to meet with the leaders of the Tumut tribes who came to see him.

Huang Taiji had long been accustomed to these useless people. Instead of punishing them, he comforted them.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Unless they are moved away or all of them are massacred, they can only be appeased.

However, as long as the Qing Dynasty remains strong, these Tumut people will never dare to openly betray the Qing Dynasty. This is enough for Huang Taiji.

"Your Majesty, the group of horse bandits were driven away by my brother and had to flee to Mobei. At this time, they have penetrated more than [-] miles into Mobei. My brother feels that there is no need to pursue them anymore."

"Okay! Haha, Lin Rui was just like that. He actually lost his head and ran to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Fourteenth brother, you did a good job this time, and you should be the first to take credit."

Huang Taiji was in a good mood and couldn't help but praise.

He couldn't help but feel excited. Originally, he thought that Lin Rui and Na Mu Zhong would definitely choose to abandon the large army and flee to Datong or Ningxia with their cavalry.

Even with Dorgon's pursuit and interception, it is estimated that they will not all be eliminated in the end, and they will still leave huge hidden dangers to the Qing Dynasty.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party would choose to take a large force to detour to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain to Ningxia, and now they were forced to flee to Mobei.

It was already September, and the other party had penetrated more than [-] miles into Mobei. It was almost impossible to leave Mobei before winter started snowing.

Therefore, they will definitely choose to spend the winter in Mobei. Even if they can kill horses to satisfy their hunger and burn all the carriages as firewood for warmth, it will be difficult to withstand the severe cold of Mobei in winter.

At most, only a small number of people can survive until the spring of next year, but without the war horses, even if these people survive until the spring of next year, they will not pose much of a threat.

However, just in case, Huang Taiji finally decided to let Dorgon lead [-] cavalry and [-] Han soldiers to stay in Guihua City for the winter.

For this reason, he also kept most of the food and grass, and then hurriedly led the army back to Liaodong.

If it hadn't been for a lot of food rescued from the Ming army's camp, Huang Taiji would not have been able to leave 2 men and horses to naturalize and spend the winter.

With these 2 people guarding the naturalization, even if the Lin family army can survive until the spring of next year, without war horses, trying to walk through the more than [-] miles of Gobi under the eyes of [-] cavalry is undoubtedly courting death.

And if the other party goes to Mobei, after walking through hundreds of miles of Gobi desert, and facing the three major parts of Mobei, the end will not be much better.

When Lu Xiangsheng rushed to the capital with his troops and horses, Azig had already left with a large amount of supplies and prisoners.

At this time, heavy snow fell on the entire grassland.

(End of this chapter)