In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 20 Four Allied Forces
"You said that group of Han people not only built a wall but also dug traps?"

In the Chatu Department, Lao Chatu looked at his children in shock.

"Yes, Dad, this time the Kashgar tribe suffered a huge setback, losing nearly thirty warriors. The Kashgar clan leader is probably going crazy!"

Both brother and sister looked gloating.

"It seems that the group of Han people who dare to come to the grassland do have some strength."

Chatu heard that the Kashgar tribe had lost nearly thirty warriors at once, and he had a faint smile on his face.

But I was secretly glad that I didn't be too confused to directly attack the group of Han people, otherwise they would have suffered a big loss like the Kashgar tribe.

The thought of losing nearly thirty warriors at once made me feel frightened.

"Abba, what should we do next?" Hubbell asked.

"The Kashgar tribe has suffered such a big loss this time, and they will definitely not give up. Let's continue to stand still and let them fight to the death with that group of Han people!"

Chatu waved his hands and said with a smile. The brother and sister also nodded, thinking that their father was still smart.

Compared with Chatu's gloating about his misfortune, Kashgar's face was gloomy when he returned to his base. After comforting the tribesmen who had lost their loved ones, they couldn't wait to have the Han slaves in the tribe build ladders and shields.

A large number of carriages were also dismantled for this purpose.

Last year, Kashgar also received a group of Han slaves, including carpenters and blacksmiths.

What makes Kashgar most angry is that even if they followed Huang Taiji in the north and south expeditions last year, they only lost five warriors, but this time they lost nearly thirty warriors. For the Kashgar tribe with only three hundred warriors in total, , which can be regarded as a relatively large casualty.

"Chief of the Kashgar tribe, although your warriors are good at fighting, their numbers are still a little small. Why not contact the three tribes in the north, so that we can at least gather nearly a thousand people?"

Manager Liu suggested that there are three tribes to the north of the Kashgar tribe, all of which belong to the Khalkha tribe. Although those three tribes are smaller than the Kashgar tribe, they still have a combined population of nearly 2000.

"Hey, Guanshi Liu doesn't know something. Without the edict of Emperor Taiji Khan, our Khalkha tribes can only ask for help from other tribes when the tribe is attacked. They can never take the initiative to join forces. Once violated, The consequences will be more serious than attacking other tribes without permission."

Kashi waved his hands and sighed.

The Jurchens are no better than the Khans on the grasslands in the past. Once you violate the rules they set, they will not care about your reasons and will not give you any chance to explain. They will directly slaughter you when the army comes.

Manager Liu also frowned, and after a moment's thought, he understood the intention of Huang Taiji's move. The tribes were not allowed to annex each other, nor were they allowed to join forces to fight in private. This would prevent the emergence of large tribes on the grassland. As for unification, The sweat on the grassland is even less likely.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty's previous strategies for the grassland tribes, the Jurchens, who were also nomadic, were indeed much smarter.

The Jurchens have such a talented and strategic Khan, but on the other hand, the imperial court is ignorant and mediocre. The civil servants only know how to make money and exclude dissidents. The military generals are greedy for life and fear death and only know how to preserve their strength. Maybe it will be like what the master said. The Jurchens will take over the Central Plains and seize the artifact.

Thinking of this, Manager Liu's sense of belonging to the Fan family became even stronger. He looked at Kashgar and said, "Then let me contact you in the name of the Fan family."

"So much the better."

Kashgar was overjoyed. If the three tribes were willing to send people, the casualties of their Kashgar tribe would be greatly reduced.

As for the spoils, they would have to share a lot of them, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Now, he wanted to destroy the Chak tribe more than the spoils.

Manager Liu did not delay and set off for the other three tribes. He was not too worried about whether this would cause the Jurchens' displeasure.

Huang Taiji did not allow the tribes to take the initiative to unite, mainly to prevent the tribes on the grassland from taking the opportunity to grow bigger, which did not exist for the Fan family.Faced with Guanshi Liu's lobbying and promised benefits, the three tribes only hesitated slightly before agreeing. Each tribe promised to send a hundred warriors to participate in the war.

The Kashgar tribe had to prepare for half a month before they built fifty ladders and hundreds of shields. Then they joined forces with the three families and rushed toward the southeast again.

Together with the 600 warriors from the three families, the entire team has almost doubled this time to [-] people. With those ladders and shields, Kashgar is full of confidence.

Manager Liu is also full of confidence.

The Chatu tribe, who received the news, also took out their old soldiers and gathered two hundred warriors to watch the battle.

Neither Kashgar nor Manager Liu said anything about this, and they didn't even bother to ask.

At this moment, looking at the higher earth wall and the much wider trench, Kashgar just frowned slightly.

But the other three clan leaders were shocked.

"Mr. Liu, what's going on? You didn't say at that time that there was such a high wall and a trench outside the Chake Department!"

The three of them all looked at Manager Liu with questioning eyes. They all felt that they had been cheated and already regretted joining.

They are not stupid. With that wall and that ditch, even if there are only a hundred people in the Chak tribe, they will suffer huge losses once they go all out.

"Don't worry, you three. Didn't I make a ladder and a shield? How can a mere low wall and a shallow trench stop the army of our Khalkha tribe?"

Seeing that the three of them were trying to retreat, Kashgar hurriedly patted his chest and said.

The three of them glanced at the ladders and shields, and their faces looked much better. They nodded and said nothing. After all, they were here, so they couldn't leave directly.

But in the ensuing discussion, all three of them were killed in one bite. They had no shields or ladders, so they could only shoot arrows from behind for cover.

But Kashgar required that all parties must send troops, and everyone carried ladders and shields to attack.

As a result, we argued for most of an hour but couldn't reach an agreement. In the end, Kashgar had no choice but to agree. The people from Kashgar tribe took the lead in charging first, but they had to account for [-]% of the spoils.

When the three of them heard this, they immediately became unhappy and only agreed that the Kashgar tribe should take half. The result was another quarrel.

Seeing that it was almost dark, the four of them still couldn't reach an agreement, so Manager Liu had no choice but to mediate, and then the four of them reluctantly reached an agreement.

In the earthen wall not far away, Lin Rui was already waiting impatiently.

The key is that the boiled manure in the big pot was added several times, so that everyone had no appetite at all, and they would rather go hungry than eat lunch.

Lin Rui and the general bannermen and the bannermen were okay, after all, they had fought a battle last time.

But when the forty prisoners first saw the battle formation when the Tatars came, they were all so frightened that their calves trembled.

In fact, Lin Rui didn't expect them to play a big role. Among the forty prisoners, 17 were assigned to be their assistants. They would be responsible for squatting aside and loading arrows. After half a month of modification, each of their seventeen old men could Everyone has three crossbows, and when the time comes, they just aim and shoot.

The remaining 23 prisoners were responsible for the fifteen cauldrons, eight of them were responsible for adding firewood and manure, and the other 15 were responsible for pouring manure underneath.

Each of the forty prisoners was wearing two layers of leather armor and a helmet. The twenty flag officers were wearing the armor of the former Fan family guards. They had knives tied to their waists and guns in their hands. They would be responsible for killing them when they arrived. Tartars climbing the wall.

(End of this chapter)