In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 24 Tatar harassment tactics

"Take this traitorous manager into custody first."

Lin Rui glanced at the two Fan family guards, felt moved in his heart, and waved to Mrs. Niu.

After Manager Liu was escorted away, he looked at the two guards and said, "You must be the caravan guards who escaped that night. You can abandon your master and run away on your own. You can do that. The Fan family would dare to treason against the enemy." Qian, if I know that you are not good at protecting the Lord and abandon the third son to escape alone, I wonder how you will take care of your family?"

"It was you who killed the Third Young Master, and we will fight with you..."

In despair, the two of them got up from the ground and rushed towards Lin Rui with fierce faces. However, because their hands were tied behind their backs, they were easily pushed to the ground by Wang Gouwa and others beside them, and they were punched and kicked. .

"Brother Lin, divide the body into five pieces, or chop it up and feed it to the wolves?"

Gou Wa spat at the two of them, and then looked at Lin Rui.

"Stop it first. We are all Han after all, so we still have to give them a chance." Lin Rui waved his hand to stop the beating, and then came to the two of them.

"I can show you both a way to survive."

"Do we still have a way to survive?"

The two of them looked up at Lin Rui with despairing eyes. They knew better than anyone else how ruthless the Fan family was. In order to prevent other guards from following suit and betraying them in the future, they would definitely bury their entire family alive.

"Why not?"

"As long as you don't go back, how will the Fan family know about you?"

"I will only think that you, like the other guards, all died in the battle, and in order to win people's hearts, not only will I not embarrass your family, I will even treat you kindly.

Even if we send someone to investigate afterwards and find out that some of the guards escaped that night, we still can't tell which one escaped. After all, the Tatars don't know your names, right? "

"But Manager Liu knows..." one of them replied subconsciously.

"Haha, can the dead still speak?"

The two of them were moved. Although they had frequently appeared in the Tatar tribe recently, the Tatars did not know their names, and Manager Liu had not yet sent the news back to the Fan family.

Lin Rui saw that the two of them seemed to have figured it out, so he had them loosened, returned their weapons and horses to them, and then drove out of the camp with Manager Liu.

"Brother Lin, why did you let them go?"

Mrs. Niu and Gou Wa watched the three people leaving and looked at Lin Rui in confusion.

"Now that I have gained some fame on the grassland, people take the initiative to ask for talks. If I kill them directly, who will dare to come to negotiate with me, Mr. Lin, in the future?"

Lin Rui said angrily.

This time it was different from the last time they shot and killed the Tatars who were calling for formation. Last time, the Tatars were fighting at the doorstep. They directly shot and killed the people who were calling for formation. This was a sign of their determination to fight to the end, a tradition that has existed since ancient times.

However, this time the three of them came alone or came specifically to negotiate, so the situation was different.

Besides, there was no need for him to take action at all.

Sure enough, when everyone was still puzzled, the two guards rode back again, one of them holding Manager Liu's head in his hand.

"The villain Huang Ben, the villain Zhou Meng, are willing to surrender to the young master. From now on, only the young master will follow his lead. If you have second thoughts, you will be struck by five thunders from the sky. I hope the young master will take you in!"

After the two people got off their horses, they came directly to Lin Rui and bowed down.

There was no other way. It would be extremely difficult for the two of them to return to the Ming Dynasty alone. It was even more impossible to survive alone on the grassland, so they had no choice but to seek refuge with Lin Rui.

After all, Lin Rui and the others are all Han Chinese. If they seek refuge with other Tatar tribes, they will not only be ostracized, but they may also be inquired about by the Fan family.

"Okay, these two brothers are indeed smart people. Please get up quickly!" "From now on, we are our brothers. As long as these two brothers don't have bad intentions, I will definitely not treat you badly in the future!"

Lin Rui happily helped the two of them up, and then made some comfort and promises before introducing the rules and status system in the camp to them. Finally, he made up a small flag for both of them. After all, they took the initiative to seek refuge. , the treatment is definitely better than those of the prisoners.

Nowadays, there are only three melons and two dates in the camp. Lin Rui still values ​​​​these two guys who have some martial arts skills and seem to be not stupid. At least they know more about the situation on the grassland than the coachmen, otherwise he will I won’t do this trick anymore.

The addition of the two people did not cause much disturbance in the camp. It was nothing more than two more mouths and two more strong laborers. Those who should dig trenches still had to dig trenches.

Half a month passed by and the weather was already very warm.

Through the unremitting efforts of dozens of people every day, the earth wall has been raised to four meters, and the trench has been dug to four meters wide and two meters deep. The mental outlook and physical condition of the prisoners have been greatly improved.

Just when Lin Rui was about to temporarily stop the construction of the earth wall and prepare to cultivate some fields nearby, the rapid sound of horns came from the distance.

I saw Mrs. Niu and the others driving their horses as hard as they could toward the camp.

"There is an enemy attack, hurry up, everyone get inside the wall and prepare to defend against the enemy!"

Lin Rui shouted immediately, and everyone reacted quickly. They rushed to the wall with shovels and tools, and then quickly picked up weapons and crossbows to climb up the wall.

Not long after, Mrs. Niu and the others drove their horses to the front. There were more than 1000 horses, mules and horses, but there were three or four hundred less. As soon as they drove the horses along the suspension bridge into the earth wall, a group of Tatars appeared in the distance.

The Tatars only had about forty or fifty riders. Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their tense nerves.

"What happened to Mrs. Niu?"

"Sir, we were herding horses in the north just now, and suddenly a group of Tatars attacked. Fortunately, I asked Xiaocui to keep sentry at a high place, but they still snatched three or four hundred horses."

Mrs. Niu gritted her teeth and said with a look of distress on her face.

"It doesn't matter if the horse is taken away, as long as the person is fine."

Seeing that she was a little guilty, Lin Rui waved his hand to comfort her.

At this time, dozens of Tatars had already approached on horseback, but they did not rush forward. They just circled around the earth wall a hundred steps away, shouting and screaming.

Although everyone couldn't understand what they were yelling about, they could guess that they were mostly sarcastic and abusive words.

After struggling for half an hour, the Tatars rode away on horseback.

Lin Rui's face was livid with anger. Sister Niu and the others also yelled and cursed, but they could only watch as the other party came and left arrogantly.

After confirming that the Tatars were gone, Lin Rui had no choice but to continue working with his men. Sister Niu and the others also drove the horses out and did not plan to go grazing in the afternoon.

The space inside the earthen wall was too small. Although many carriages were dismantled, after hundreds of horses were driven in, tents were placed next to tents and horses were placed next to horses. There was almost no free space. Everyone had to stay on the earthen wall. So Lin Rui didn't care at all about being robbed of hundreds of horses by the Tatars.

But when an hour later, Xiao Cui on the hillside blew the horn again and galloped over on horseback, everyone was furious.

As a result, there was another round of fighting, and they hurriedly prepared for battle, drove the horses into the earth wall, and the Tatars came to kill them.

There were also only forty or fifty riders, one man and two horses. They circled the earth wall for half an hour and then walked away again.

Lin Rui was not calm this time. The two groups of Tatars should be from the Kashgar tribe. If the other party came here twice a day, it would really torture them crazy.

"Brother Lin, the Tatars don't do this every day, do they?"

The others were not stupid either. They all clearly saw Tatar's intentions and looked at Lin Rui with worried expressions.

(End of this chapter)