In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 193 Da Yuer is only worth five hundred stones
"Sister Xiuying, I have made things difficult for you these past two years..."

Lin Rui hugged the two women tightly, feeling their trembling bodies, and patted their backs passionately.

I really felt a little guilty.

But he didn't expect that after he went south in the summer of the ninth year of Chongzhen, he didn't return until the spring of the twelfth year, and he wandered away for nearly three years.

However, the strategy of choosing to go south was indeed the right one. Otherwise, staying in northern Liaoning would never have allowed it to develop to the scale it does today, let alone looting the Jurchens' home base.

The two girls fell into Lin Rui's arms and were already sobbing. It was not until a while later that Sister Niu choked and said: "Brother Lin, you are finally back. You don't know how worried Sister Xiuying and I have been about you in the past two years. I heard that You were forced to go to Mobei by the Jurchens in the winter. I thought I would never see you again, and I didn’t want to live anymore..."

"Rui Lang, do you want to leave in the future?"

Zhang Xiuying also wiped her tears at this time, got out of Lin Rui's arms, and looked at him nervously, obviously fed up with this kind of separation.

"I'm not leaving. Even if I have to leave, I will take you with me. From now on, we will never be separated again, and Xiaocui..."

Lin Rui held her shoulders, and as he spoke, he opened his arms to Xiao Cui, who was standing stupidly beside him. Only then did Xiao Cui dare to step forward and throw herself into Lin Rui's arms.

"Sir, Cui'er misses you."

"I miss you too..."

Lin Rui and the three girls reunited after a long absence. Wang Wu, Liu Si and other old people all stood there knowingly and did not step forward immediately.

And Hai Lanzhu on the side had long been dumbfounded. After three months of getting along with her, Lin Rui had always given her the impression of being domineering and direct. Who would have thought that there was such a tender side? She couldn't help but look at Zhang Xiuying carefully. The woman is coming.

Then she discovered that among the three women, except for Zhang Xiuying, the other two were only pretty in appearance, and even Zhang Xiuying was far worse than her. So she really didn't understand why Lin Rui cared so much about the three women?

Naturally, she could see that Lin Rui cared about the three women from the bottom of his heart, without even a hint of deception.

It wasn't until the three women's emotions calmed down that Lin Rui greeted the old brothers and sisters affectionately, and then headed towards the valley surrounded by everyone.

"Sister Xiuying, are those prisoners still obedient?"

"Well, with Commander Huang in charge, he is quite honest. It's just that the people and horses consume too much food every day. Fortunately, you brought more food this time."

Zhang Xiuying nodded, her tone also sighing.

Sister Niu interjected with a smile on her face: "Rui Lang, you are really powerful this time. Not only did you evacuate all the Jurchens' lairs, but you also captured more than 20 prisoners. You don't know that you saw so many prisoners and We were almost frightened to death when we were looking for supplies.”

"Haha, it's luck this time. By the way, let me introduce to you. This is Hai Lanzhu. She used to be Huang Taiji's favorite concubine, and she will be your sister from now on. Everyone should get along well in the future!"

Lin Rui then remembered that Hai Lanzhu had not been introduced yet, and quickly waved to her.

The three women didn't say anything. They were all very affectionate. They were just surprised that Mongolian women could be so beautiful.

Elders such as Liu Si, Wang and Wu all paid homage to Hai Lanzhu, the new lady. They were all impressed that the young master had snatched away all the women from Huang Taiji.

After returning to the village, he heard that the two thousand young soldiers and the one thousand prisoners he had recruited from the Xuan Mansion had been dishonest in the past six months. Lin Rui had no intention of disposing of them and would just use them as second-class soldiers from now on.

In the next few days, Lin Rui had no time to spend time with Zhang Xiuying and Sister Niu.

Because not only was he too busy to keep his feet on the ground, but the three women were also not relaxed.

At this time, the total number of people in the valley and the camp outside has reached more than 20, including 20 Jurchen prisoners, 5 rescued Han people, plus [-] Koreans and Mongolians, and more than [-] Lin family troops. So many people, It's easy to manage.

The cavalry and more than 2 horses, as well as [-] traitor soldiers, were all stationed in the camp. Prisoners, women and craftsmen, and more than [-] infantry were stationed in the valley.

This is also spring, and the river in the valley has begun to thaw. Otherwise, with so many people gathering together, just water would be a big problem.

Although he really wanted to count everyone and make a list, Lin Rui knew that those young men with two swords would never be able to complete such an arduous task, so he could only plan to wait until he reached the Loop and let Mrs. Lu take it with him. Those ladies and maids are here to do it.

It was already mid-February, and the snow was melting rapidly. This made the Jiannu army move much faster. Three 10,000+ men and tens of thousands of carts finally arrived in the northern part of the Liaohe River. Compared with Lin Rui was only six or seven days late.

After just briefly inquiring about the situation in the valley and the camp outside the valley, Dorgon couldn't wait to launch an attack, but the Lin family army was already ready.

Both the camp outside the valley and the defense line at the entrance of the valley were well prepared. With the addition of two hundred red cannons, Jiannu attacked for three days in a row, but failed to achieve any results and instead suffered tens of thousands of losses.

This made Dorgon and all the Eight Banners Princes Beile feel angry, hateful and anxious.

"Uncle Fourteenth, the Lin family army clearly retreated here deliberately to lure us into attacking and in order to consume our strength. We must not attack forcefully again."

"Yue Tuo, what do you mean?"

"Don't attack? Are we just going to watch our wives and children being ravaged by those gangs of thieves without saving them?"

"If you are afraid of death and don't have any eggs, get out. I will never return to Liaodong until I eat that thief named Lin alive."

"That's right. I'll fight those dogs tomorrow. I don't believe we can't enter the valley!"

As soon as Yue Tuo finished speaking, a group of senior officials of the Eight Banners went berserk. They all stared at him and wanted to eat him.

"You all calm down. Haven't my wife and children been captured? Don't I want to rescue them? Don't I want to cut the body of Lin into thousands of pieces?"

"But our Qing Dynasty really can't afford to fight. If we continue to attack by force, we will really be doomed. Besides, do you know how much food we consume every day?"

"That's a total of ten thousand dan. Do you know how much food we have left now?"

Faced with the accusations from everyone, Yue Tuo also burst out, kicked the case to the ground and roared. "That's enough, shut up!"

Dorgon suddenly shouted loudly, like a thunderclap, stopping Yue Tuo from continuing to speak. He also calmed down everyone who was running away and shut up one by one.

Dorgon then said with a dark face: "Yue Tuo is right, we really can't afford to fight, nor can we afford to spend any money."

"Your Highness, do we really not care about those clansmen? Just go back to Liaodong?"

"Don't the Han people often say that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years? Sooner or later, we will have to settle this debt with the man named Lin, but the top priority is to return to Liaodong as soon as possible and recapture Shengjing.

This is the news that has just come from the emperor. The Ming army's Qin Wang army has left Shanhaiguan. Chongzhen's son probably already knows the current situation of our Qing Dynasty. The emperor also asked us not to get entangled with the Lin family army here. "

Dorgon explained in a deep voice, with a look of helplessness after speaking.

Others were silent. They just went to the Ming Dynasty. They didn't expect that the situation in the Qing Dynasty would be like this. It was really unacceptable.

At this time, Wu Keshan and a group of Tumote leaders arrived one after another.

As soon as he came in, Wu Keshan didn't hesitate and said directly to Dorgon: "Dorgon, I want to go back immediately to rescue our Horqin tribe. I can't stay here anymore!"

Dorgon frowned and wanted to keep Wu Keshan and the [-] Horqin cavalry, but the two troops in Mobei were still in the Horqin grassland. Wu Keshan was anxious to go back for rescue. It was really difficult for him to stop him, but he still said:

"Brother Wu Keshan, your Horqin Khan City is still there after all. I hope you can stay for a while longer and return to Shengjing with us. How about I give you more slaves then?"

"Hey! It's not that I don't want to go, but the warriors already know what happened in Horqin Grassland, and they are all clamoring to go back immediately, so I ask for your forgiveness!"

Wu Keshan bowed his hands to Dorgon and the princes of the Eight Banners, Beile.

Originally, he was very angry that the Qing Dynasty did not protect Horqin, but now the Qing Dynasty is obviously worse than their Horqin, so it is hard to say anything.

"Forget it, in that case, I won't hold you back anymore."

Dorgon could only nod helplessly when he saw this. He was able to persuade Wu Keshan, but he could not persuade the [-] Horqin people.

Immediately, Wu Keshan said goodbye and left the big tent, hurriedly packed up, and headed north with [-] cavalry and the loot he had grabbed this time.

After Wu Keshan left, the leaders of the Tumut tribe also clamored to go back. Their attitude was much more determined than last time. Obviously, they did not want to go to Liaodong to be cannon fodder, nor did they want to stay here to attack the Lin family army.

Dorgon was naturally reluctant to let them go, but he did not dare to force him at this time. Finally, seeing that they were determined to go back and did not want to go to Liaodong, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and let them leave.

In this way, 3 Horqin cavalry and 4 Tumote cavalry dispersed and left one after another. The [-] people from each tribe in the Liaohe River also went back to their respective tribes. The strength of Jiannu was severely reduced, and only [-] were left. There are many iron cavalry and more than [-] Han soldiers.

In this situation, it was very dangerous to stay here, let alone continue to attack the Lin family army, so Dorgon decided to return to Shengjing immediately without hesitation.

Who would have thought that the Lin family army would actually send an envoy at this time.

"Tell me, what did that thief surnamed Lin send you to do? If you dare to say anything nonsense, I will cook you immediately!"

"Say!"

Dorgon said with bulging eyes. The senior officials of the Eight Banners on the left and right also pulled out the long knives from their waists and stared at the envoy with evil faces. When he finished speaking, they pounced on him and chopped him into pieces. .

It was Liu Si who came. Although his legs were shaking uncontrollably and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he still insisted: "My commander-in-chief sent me to discuss business with your Prince Rui. Others had better stay away! "

"You bitch, I'm going to chop you up..." A group of Eight Banners senior officials suddenly became furious and were about to pounce on them with their knives, but Dorgon stopped him in time and said: "You guys stand down first!" Apparently they were still very curious in their hearts.

Everyone had no choice but to curse, sheath their swords and retreat.

Liu Si then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself that this job was really not done by a human being.

Dorgon showed a trace of disdain on his face and said impatiently: "You can talk now, I don't have much patience to talk nonsense with you."

"My commander-in-chief has heard the story of your Excellency and Concubine Zhuang, so if you want the beauty of adulthood, as long as you spend one hundred thousand shi of food, you can redeem your Concubine Zhuang!" Liu Si did not dare to be nagging anymore.

Dorgon was also stunned, and then he was ecstatic, but he slapped the table heavily in his hand and shouted: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, five hundred stones at most."

"What? Five hundred stones?"

"Haha, is your Qing Dynasty's Concubine Zhuang so worthless?"

"Do you believe that this king will cut you into pieces right now?"

"It's no use even if you chop me into mincemeat. I can't make the decision on this matter. If I want to exchange for your concubine Zhuang, I can't lose even one hundred thousand shi of food. This is what my commander said. If you If you don't want to, you can kill me, but the fate of your concubine Zhuang will probably not be much better." Liu Si simply broke the jar and said.

"Do you dare to threaten the king?"

Dorgon's eyes were full of murderous intent, but he calmed down immediately. He knew that killing such a small character was useless, so he said in a deep voice: "One hundred thousand shi of grain is impossible. One grain more than [-] shi. If your commander-in-chief doesn't agree, I can also use women to exchange for them. This time, I have robbed many of your Han women, and I am willing to exchange them for fifty beauties."

If it were normal, Dorgon would be willing to give out more grain in exchange for Dayu'er, but now the food is not enough. Even if he is willing, others will have objections if they know, but he doesn't want to give up the opportunity to exchange for Dayu'er, so he I plan to exchange it for beauty.

As for the other people abducted by the Lin family army, Dorgon didn't care much, even his own woman.

"This...I need to go back and ask my boss for instructions!"

"Then get out!"

(End of this chapter)