In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 174 Mobei cannot be cultivated

In the days that followed, the entire Mobei was a peaceful scene. The twenty newly formed tribes, under the leadership of the new leaders, were busy migrating and grazing, taking care of cattle and sheep every day, and had no intention of grieving for their deceased relatives. , gradually accepted the new life.

It wasn't until May that Namuzhong led a large army through the Gobi and arrived at the former Khan's court in Tuxie Tube, that these peaceful and peaceful days were broken.

Because with the arrival of all the Lin family troops, the total population of the southern Mobei region has reached 15, which is more than double the original total population of the Tuxie Tu tribe.

Among them, 10 people are concentrated in the Khan Court, which requires a large number of cattle and sheep from 10 tribes to be killed every day to meet the daily food of [-] people. This makes the indigenous people of each tribe become Gotta panic.

The Khan Court of the Xietu tribe originally had a large number of cattle and sheep, but Lin Rui didn't want to move every now and then, so he chose a place beside a river and distributed the cattle and sheep to twenty tribes for grazing. Only more than 1 war horses were left.

At this moment, in the large tent of the Khan Court, although there was fresh beef and mutton to eat every day, and pregnant women were even given milk and mare's milk to drink, everyone was worried.

"Rui Lang, I'm afraid this is not the way to go. We have too many people. If we eat without restraint, the cattle and sheep will not have time to reproduce and grow. There will be a shortage of food this winter. We will forcibly slaughter the cattle and sheep to survive the winter. Next year It will only get worse, so we have to reduce the population now.”

Namuzhong's belly was already very prominent at this time. She sat next to Lin Rui and spoke first.

No one knows better than her what the consequences will be if a tribe's population more than doubles.

And with every extra day of burden now, the food crisis in the future will become more serious.

"Commander, sister is right. The population must be reduced immediately. It is best to kill all the people in the Tuxie Tu tribe. Anyway, we can also graze ourselves, there is no need to raise them."

Ebutu stood up immediately, and what he said sent chills down the spines of all the Han leaders, especially Mrs. Lu, whose pretty face turned pale with fright.

Lin Rui would never accept the idea of ​​directly killing all the [-] Tuxie Tu tribe members who had surrendered.

The three tribes that were wiped out in the Hetao were to scare the monkeys. The Larut tribe was wiped out a while ago to anger the other side and lure them to take the initiative to attack.

"It would be too cruel to kill them all. You can give them some supplies, cattle, sheep and horses, and let them move westward and leave here."

Namuzhong shook his head, obviously not in favor of killing them directly, but planned to drive away the people of the Tuxie Tube and let them fend for themselves.

When all the Han commanders heard this, they breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Commander Lu, the terrain around here is very open and flat. Can we open up wasteland for farming?"

Lin Rui did not make an immediate decision, but looked at Mrs. Lu.

Among the [-] Tuxietu people, many of them were young girls who were about to reach adulthood, so he was reluctant to drive them away like this.

After all, those young men, equipped with scimitars, bows and arrows, could actually barely fight.

"Come back to Marshal, I've already asked, I'm afraid it's not suitable for growing food here." Mrs. Lu quickly stood up and shook her head.

"There are rivers and water here. We can make waterwheels to bring the water to high places. If the land is barren, we can probably apply more fertilizer. Anyway, there is a lot of cow dung and horse dung, so why is it not suitable for growing food?"

Lin Rui looked at her and said that he had never farmed in his previous life, and he didn't know much about how to grow crops.

"Commander, the winter here is too long. It thaws in early April every year, and it snows around September. The really warm weather only lasts about five months. From sowing, growing to harvesting wheat, it takes a minimum of Six months, so even if you plant wheat now, I’m afraid it will all freeze to death before it can be harvested, and in the end there will be no harvest.”

Mrs. Lu explained helplessly.

Although she has never worked in the fields, she used to manage tens of thousands of acres of fields to collect rents when she was in Yanghe. The quality of the harvest is related to whether she can collect rents, so she naturally needs to have an in-depth understanding of farming. .

"I understand what you mean. In other words, the climate here is not enough for the wheat growth cycle, right?"

Lin Rui rubbed his forehead with a headache. Other problems could be solved, but there was no solution to the climate problem.

"Yes, handsome." Although it was the first time she heard the term "growth cycle", Mrs. Lu still understood what it meant and nodded in reply.

"What about the beans? How many months will it take to grow them?"

"Are there no crops with shorter growth cycles?"

Lin Rui still refused to give up and asked again, if Mobei cannot grow food, then they must find a new site.

Because relying solely on grazing, not only could they not support much of the population, they would also be severely restricted. Once the Jurchens sent a large army to conquer, they would definitely not be able to defeat them.

"This...beans should be tried, but I estimate that even if they are harvested in the end, the yield may not be too high. As for other grains, I don't know much about it either."

Mrs. Lu said carefully, she actually hoped that food could be grown here.

Because if they are unable to grow food, I am afraid that the entire Lin family army will gradually become a nomadic tribe on the grassland, and they will lose their role, and the end can be imagined.

"It seems that this Mobei is not a place to stay for a long time!" Lin Rui sighed and said helplessly as he looked at everyone.

"Rui Lang, in fact, as long as we drive away the people from the Tuxietu tribe, we can barely maintain food. Then we can annex the Zasak tribe and the Chechen tribe one by one."

But Na Muzhong didn't want to bother anymore, and couldn't afford it.

Other Han teenagers who were pregnant with women also nodded and agreed to stay in Mobei.

"But madam, I'm afraid the Jurchens won't give us much time to slowly annex the other two major tribes. If we annex them by force, we simply can't bear the casualties."

Lin Rui shook his head and explained.

Even if the Jurchens don't come this year, they will definitely come next year, and according to Huang Taiji's temperament, once they come, they will definitely be heavily armed.

In order to quickly annex the Tu Xie Tu tribe, they lost a total of eight thousand soldiers. The key was that they were caught by surprise.

Now the Zasak tribe and the Chechen tribe are obviously on guard. Once they are forcibly annexed, even if they succeed in the end, when the slaves come next year, everyone will be finished together.

Na Muzhong obviously understood this truth and fell silent for a while.

The others also looked worried.

"Commander, why don't we take advantage of the warm weather and fight back to the Hetao?" Zhou Meng stood up and said after a while.

"Yes, this is a place where birds don't poop. You can't even grow food. If you stay here, you will be finished sooner or later."

Most of the Han people commanded Qianhu, and many Mongolian generals, including Takuyan, stood up and supported the fight back to Hetao. Even Mrs. Lu nodded subconsciously, obviously not wanting to stay here.

"Rui Lang, in fact, we can also move west. The grasslands in the west of the desert are wider and there are more tribes. We don't need to go through hundreds of miles of Gobi and desert. We can eventually find a piece of land suitable for farming."

Namuzhong suddenly said again.

There are more than 1 pregnant women in the entire army. If you want to return to the Hetao, you have to wait for up to a month before setting off. After all this trouble, you still don’t know how many women will have miscarriages.

"Going to Moxi?"

Lin Rui's eyes also lit up. Going to Moxi is indeed a good choice, and you can also wait until next spring, after all the pregnant women have given birth, before migrating.

The key is that there is also a good place in Moxi, that is, the Ili River Valley, which can cultivate at least millions of fertile fields.

Nowadays, various tribes in Moxi are also divided into several major tribes, and unification has not yet been achieved.

Once he kills and unifies the tribes in Moxi and occupies the Ili Valley, a geomantic treasure, he can continue to conquer the west, annex various ethnic groups in the Middle East, and finally establish a huge empire.

But in this way, it will be difficult to fight back the Ming Dynasty in the future. After he unified the tribes in Moxi and annexed all the ethnic groups in the Middle East, I am afraid that Jianu will have already taken control of the Central Plains.

The key is that there are too few Han people in the army, especially intellectuals. If you want to rely on Mrs. Lu and others, it may be difficult to spread Han culture and assimilate the various ethnic groups in the Middle East.

And without the ability to assimilate in terms of cultural customs, no matter how huge an empire is established and how much territory is conquered, it will only fall apart in an instant.

Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire is the best example. Although it invaded Europe and conquered an unprecedented territory, it fell apart as soon as one died.

"Moxi is indeed a good choice, but it is too far away from the Ming Dynasty."

After some struggle, Lin Rui finally gave up going to Moxi.

After being reborn, if you still watch helplessly as the slaves took over the Central Plains and wantonly ravaged and enslaved hundreds of millions of Han people, then it would be better not to be reborn.

Even if we want to conquer Moxi and reach Central Asia, we will have to defeat the Jiannu in the future, unify the Ming Dynasty, and then expand based on the Han people.

Staying in Mobei, there is no future and no room for development. Returning south to the Hetao, there are too many pregnant women, and Moxi is too far from the Ming Dynasty.

For a moment, Lin Rui also came to the map hanging nearby, looking at the rough outline of the northern territory that he had drawn based on his memory, and remained silent for a long time.

Others also stood up and came behind Lin Rui, looking at the rough map.

"Actually, we still have a way out, which is to take the initiative and go east to the Hulunbuir Grassland to attack the Horqin tribe, or even go directly to the Northeast to spend the winter."

Lin Rui's fingers began to move eastward, his eyes brightening as he spoke, and the last finger pointed at the location of Shengjing in the northeast.

Because Mobei is really not far from the Hulunbuir Grassland, only eight or nine hundred miles to the east, and there is no Gobi or desert on the way, so you can definitely graze all the way there.

(End of this chapter)