In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 190 The Qing Dynasty was almost emptied out
In the north of Liaohe River, Jiannu has never sent an army to encircle and suppress Ao Bai since his defeat in the valley.

Obviously, Huang Taiji had never paid attention to the Lin family troops hiding in the valley, thinking that they were not a big threat.

As long as the main cavalry led by Lin Rui and Na Muzhong are wiped out, the Lin family army hiding in the valley and struggling to survive will be trapped to death.

Originally, the slaves were built outside the valley. When Lin Rui and others built the earth city, a thousand Han soldiers and a thousand cavalry were left to surround them. However, in September this year, they were all taken away by Yue Tuo and went to the Ming Dynasty to plunder. .

Only then did Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu dare to send people out to inquire about information from the nearby Mongolian tribes.

It has been more than two years since Lin Rui left. In the past two years, thousands of people have been besieged by slaves in the valley, living on empty land every day. As food dwindled day by day, everyone gradually became panicked. Zhang Xiuying and Sister Niu even more Most of them were worried about Lin Rui's safety.

During this period, everyone also tried to cultivate some fields in the valley. However, under the harassment of the slave cavalry outside the valley, they finally had to give up helplessly. They only cultivated dozens of acres of land in the small valley behind the mountain col and harvested two crops. Season of wheat.

But everyone knows that a mere few dozen acres of land cannot support 7000 or [-] people. Therefore, after the slaves outside the valley were evacuated, many people suggested taking the opportunity to escape back to the Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu did not want to leave. All he wanted to do was stay here and wait for Lin Rui to come back.

Because the two believed that Lin Rui would never abandon them and would definitely come back.

Although among the 7000 people, there were [-] young men recruited by Lin Rui in the Xuan Mansion, and there were also [-] captured traitor soldiers.

But the remaining people were all saved or exchanged by Lin Rui, and they were full of gratitude to Lin Rui in their hearts. Therefore, even if Lin Rui left for more than two years, with the support of these old people, Zhang Xiuying and Sister Niu would always remain firmly attached to each other. control the power of Shanzhai.

However, after inquiring about the news from various tribes, it was learned that Lin Rui and the others were forced to flee to Mobei last winter after being naturalized as slaves, and there was no news from them. The village was filled with panic and uneasiness.

The young soldiers and prisoners began to make moves again. Fortunately, they exchanged salt with various tribes for a batch of cattle and sheep in time. Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu were able to stabilize the somewhat turbulent situation, but both women knew that this was only temporary.

Because there are too few women in the village, only more than 1000, while there are more than 4000 men.

In the past, there was always the threat of Jiannu outside the valley, but everyone could still work together. Now that Jiannu has left, everyone has become more thoughtful.

At this moment, Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu looked confused on their faces on the wall of the village, looking at the snow-covered valley.

"Sister Xiuying, do you think Brother Lin will come back?"

"Yes, Rui Lang will definitely come back, he said so."

Zhang Xiuying bit her white lips and said firmly.

"But that old guy from Chatu said that you can't survive in Mobei in winter. What's more, it's been a whole year and there's still no news. I'm worried about Brother Lin and the others..."

When Mrs. Niu said this, her eyes became moist again.

In fact, she missed Lin Rui no less than Zhang Xiuying in the past two years. If Lin Rui really had an accident, she felt that her life would be meaningless.

"No, Rui Lang will definitely be fine. It was so dangerous back then and he escaped with me. They must have fled to Mobei and will definitely come back in the future."

Zhang Xiuying shook her head, tears falling down her cheeks as she spoke.

Neither of the two women spoke again. After a long silence, Sister Niu said again: "After the spring, I'm worried that we won't be able to suppress those people. I went to talk to the old man Chatu and asked him to summon the seven tribes. Warriors are here to support us, and those who don’t want to stay can be allowed to leave on their own, but the old guy said that all the warriors from their tribe have gone to the Ming Dynasty with the Jurchens, and they don’t know when they will come back next year.”

"I'm just afraid that they won't be willing to leave honestly, not to mention that the Mongolians can't completely trust them. Even if they are invited to help out, they will only be allowed to stay at the bottom of the mountain when the time comes, and they will never be allowed to go up the mountain."

Zhang Xiuying said worriedly.

"Hmph, if he refuses to leave and makes trouble again, then I'll kill him!"

Sister-in-law Niu said with an angry look. In fact, she was complaining about Zhang Xiuying in her heart. If she hadn't softened her heart and restored the freedom of the one thousand captives, the two thousand young soldiers would not have been led astray by them. How could they have done this? As tricky as it is now.

At this moment, a group of cavalry appeared in their field of vision, running towards them along the valley. The rising snow made it difficult for the two women to tell whether they were Jiannu or Mongolians.

It wasn't until the cavalry team ran down the mountain that the two of them saw clearly that these dozen cavalrymen were all wearing black armor, and the armor was studded with iron nails and breastplates.

The two women's eyes widened immediately, and their whole bodies trembled with excitement, because when Lin Rui and the others left, many cavalry were wearing this kind of armor.

"Who is coming?"

Mrs. Niu suppressed her excitement and roared at the foot of the mountain.

"Third Madam, it's me, Tuka, who used to be from the Chatu Department. The commander sent us back to deliver the message..."

"You guys come up first..."

The two women looked at each other. Although they no longer remembered who the guy named Tuka was, their voices were still trembling with excitement.

At this time, other people in the village heard the sound and rushed over.The dozen or so people who came were all Mongolians. Except for Tuka, Zhang Xiuying and Sister Niu were somewhat familiar, but they didn't recognize the rest.

But after Zhang Xiuying read Lin Rui's handwritten letter, she finally no longer doubted his identity.

"Tuka, so the young master is in Shengjing now?"

Sister-in-law Niu couldn't wait to ask, her pretty face turned red.

"Yes, Third Madam, we now have 10,000 to [-] troops. Not only did we capture the Jurchens' Shengjing City, we also captured [-]+ Jurchens and captured countless grains and materials..."

Tuka started to explain with saliva, and became more and more excited as he talked. At the end of the sentence, he started dancing.

After hearing this, everyone was stunned. Even Mrs. Niu and Zhang Xiuying opened their mouths and were so shocked that they could not speak.

Obviously, the news that Tuka brought back was so horrifying that they could not even dream of it.

"Did the commander say when he would be back?"

After calming down, Mrs. Niu said.

"The commander didn't say anything, and I don't know either." Tuka shook his head.

Zhang Xiuying put the letter away and whispered to Mrs. Liu: "Rui Lang and the others will come back after spring. Let us be prepared to build more thatched houses in the valley."

Mrs. Niu finally let go of her worries and let out a heavy breath.

The next day, Tuka took the people back to Liaodong.

And the entire cottage no longer had the atmosphere of being ready to break up at any time, and no one dared to clamor for unfairness and redistribution of women.

The thousand traitor soldiers and the two thousand young men all became obedient again. They obeyed the tasks assigned by Sister Niu and worked extremely hard.

at the same time.

Lin Rui also started asking craftsmen to build sleds in Liaodong in preparation for evacuation.

Obviously, after some weighing, Lin Rui was neither willing to withdraw nor dare to risk everything and stay in Liaodong, so he planned to make two preparations.

Although he lived comfortably in the big house in Shengjing, he was really not sure that he could capture Yizhou and Guangning under the eyes of the Ming army in Liaodong and completely eliminate the influence of Jiannu in Liaodong without destroying Huangtaiji and Yizhou and Guangning. If we also win, we will not be able to completely win over the Horqin Department.

What's more, even if he kills Huang Taiji and takes Yizhou and Guangning, he will have to defend against the Ming army and resist the counterattack from the grasslands by the main force of the slave establishment.

Once the Ming army mobilizes a large force from within the pass and Wu Keshan does not defect, then they will be the weakest party. In this case, they will have to fight on two fronts, and the outcome can be imagined.

So he planned to leave a way out for himself first, which was to transport all the food supplies, livestock, Han women, Jurchen prisoners, Korean maids, red cannons, etc. to the valley in the north of the Liaohe River, and let Huang Ben lead it The young infantry battalion clung to the valley.

Let Shang Kexi lead [-] traitor soldiers to guard the city of Shengjing, while he and Takuyan led the cavalry in mobile combat.

If the situation goes bad and the battle situation gets out of control, he can withdraw with the cavalry at any time. At most, he will lose Shang Kexi and the [-] traitor soldiers.

But Shang Kexi and the [-] traitor soldiers had all killed the sons of the Eight Banners princes and nobles, and they would never dare to surrender.

In this way, if Jiannu wanted to retake Liaodong, he would not only have to defend the defense line of Yizhou in Guangning to stop the Ming army, but also storm Shengjing City. He would also have to guard against him leading the cavalry to attack at any time, which would put him in the most unfavorable situation.

Of course, the main reason why Lin Rui chose to evacuate supplies and prisoners to the valley in the north of Liaohe River was that it was not far from Shengjing. It was only more than 300 miles away, and he only had to pass through a few not too steep mountains in the middle. In the valley, people and materials can be transported by sleds in winter.

As time entered the end of December, each sleigh was filled with supplies, women and children, and escorted by infantry and Han men, they began to head west. The end of the team could not be seen at a glance.

In order to build more sleds in a short period of time, in addition to the palace, other buildings in Shengjing City were demolished to pieces. The captured cattle and sheep were directly killed and eaten, and the war horses were used to pull the sleds. .

Although the sled has a simple structure and is built very quickly, there are so many materials and people that need to be transported. After more than a month of transportation, less than half of the people and materials are still not transported.

There is no way, now the number of Han people rescued alone has reached 20, and the number of captured Jurchen women and children under ten years old is also close to 20. The number of Koreans and Mongolians is only about [-].

The grain amount reached 200 million shi. Except for the vicinity of Yizhou in Guangning, almost all the grain in Liaodong was taken away by Lin Rui.

Huang Taiji and Qi Erhalang, who were far away in Guangning, were anxious when they saw Lin Rui almost evacuating Da Qing's property, but they had to send people around the grassland to urge Dorgon and Yue Tuo.

(End of this chapter)