In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 67
Winter turned to spring, and it was only until February that the weather got slightly warmer and the snow had not completely melted. Lin Rui couldn't wait to pack up and return with his army.

More than 1000 people drove countless cattle and sheep carriages, heading south in a mighty way, like a migrating nomadic tribe.

From October last year to February this year, during the four months of winter, almost half of the nearly two hundred Mongolian women were pregnant, which made the soldiers who were not assigned women even more envious and unbearable.

In the past few months, there have been frequent incidents of violating military discipline and secretly attacking underage girls, resulting in numerous military sticks being broken.

At this moment, Lin Rui's confidence increased greatly when he saw that all of his 1000-strong army were wearing armor studded with rivets.

In order to strengthen these armors, all the leather and iron tools seized this time were not only used up, but also many scimitars were melted into them, thus meeting the needs of all the armors.

"Rui Lang, what should we do next? Should we go south directly to recruit people, or should we deal with the remaining five Khalkha tribes first?"

Namuzhong, who was also wearing a new type of armor, looked at the little lover beside her and asked, her eyes full of resentment.

Lin Rui naturally understood that she was blaming himself for not letting her get pregnant. He also considered that he would take Namuzhong on frequent expeditions after the new year, so he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​making her belly bigger.

"Take care of the five Khalkha tribes first, but this time we can negotiate a settlement."

He knew that the Jurchens would not give him much time to develop, so they had to quickly deal with the five tribes, not to mention that if they really had to attack one by one, they simply could not afford the casualties.

Although nearly two hundred wounded people have recovered in the past four months, the dozens of people who died in the battle cannot be replaced. If there are a few tough battles like this, even if they win, they will only die in the end.

The three Khalkha tribes were actually not far from Lin Rui's castle, less than two hundred miles away. Even if they drove their cattle and sheep to graze all the way there, it only took six days.

"Brother Lin..."

Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu had also received the news a long time ago. In the past few months, if they said they were not worried, it was absolutely false. When they saw Lin Rui coming back, they excitedly threw themselves into his arms.

The other women were also hugging their men tightly, obviously worried.

Then everyone happily began to slaughter cattle and sheep.

"Rui Lang, the weather is getting warmer now. You should have captured a lot of iron tools this time. It's better to quickly forge some plowshares and reclaim the wasteland in the valley first."

"Yes, we have many people and cattle now. As long as we cast more plowshares, we can reclaim all the wasteland in the valley and plant food."

In the cafeteria in the middle of the castle, all the men and women above the general banner gathered together. As Mrs. Niu took the lead in proposing to open up wasteland for farming, everyone else nodded in agreement.

This winter, Lin Rui and the others were tired of eating beef and mutton every day, but the people who stayed in the village were living a tight life. They only had to cook some dried meat for every meal, and they were already afraid of eating it.

Seeing that it was difficult to disobey the public opinion, Lin Rui had no choice but to nod and say: "Let's do this. Sister Niu will lead the female soldiers to stay in the village to cultivate the fields, and Sister Xiuying will lead the craftsmen and logistics teams to continue building the castle."

After speaking, he looked at Ha Bei'er beside him: "Bi Er, from now on, your reconnaissance team will no longer have to graze and take care of the livestock. You will be responsible for going out to inquire for information."

"Okay, my son."

Hubbell hurriedly replied with a look of joy on her face. She liked her life now better than when she was in the tribe.

There are dedicated people washing clothes and preparing food. As long as you do your own thing, you don't have to worry about anything else.

"Rui Lang, what do you do with the women you brought back? I see many of them are pregnant." Zhang Xiuying was concerned about the more than 300 Mongolian women. She wanted to determine first whether they were slaves or her own people.

"Well, we all count as our own. Those who are pregnant are treated as veterans. Those who are not pregnant and those underage girls are considered new recruits. They are all organized into a logistics team. The logistics team is also upgraded to a logistics battalion. How to arrange the specific arrangements is up to you to decide!"

Lin Rui thought about it and said, Mongolian women are no better than their Han counterparts.

They are like lionesses in a pride of lions. They will not avenge the death of their husbands and children. As long as they get pregnant again and give birth to children, they will continue to live with new men.

"Well, then let the pregnant ones take the younger ones to graze, and the non-pregnant ones can help repair the castle."

Zhang Xiuying nodded and made arrangements.

Now that she has some understanding of Mongolian women, she is not worried about these women running away.

After arranging everything, Lin Rui only rested for three days before he and Na Muzhong led the army to start the conquest of the five southern tribes.

However, these five tribes were not vegetarians. When the leader of one tribe saw the Han people coming with a large army, he immediately asked for help from the other four tribes.

The chiefs of the other four tribes also knew the truth of the death of lips and teeth, and immediately brought the warriors of their tribes to support them.

As a result, when Lin Rui arrived with his army, he found that there were more than 1000 Mongolian cavalry waiting in front of them.

"Han Jialang, you don't keep your word. We agreed not to invade each other at the beginning. Why are you coming to attack us now?"

The strength of the two sides was almost the same. Neither side took the lead in launching an attack, but started negotiations. It was obvious that neither side wanted to fight.

After all, there can be no winner in this fight.

"You were the first to betray your trust. You have attacked us twice. I am not afraid to tell you that I destroyed the three Khalkha tribes in the north last winter."

"what?"

"You actually wiped out three tribes in the north?"

"This is impossible…"

Sure enough, the five clan leaders were all horrified after hearing this, which made them, who were already a little wary of Lin Rui, even more panicked.

"If you don't believe it, send someone to the north to inquire about it and you will know whether it is true or not."

"Han Jialang, you must have used despicable means, but our five tribes combined will not be afraid of you. If you really want to fight, you will definitely not be able to take advantage today. We were also coerced by the Jurchens at the beginning. Only then did we We have to send troops to fight you. As long as you are willing to withdraw, we can compensate some cattle and sheep. How about we continue to live in peace in the future?"

The five clan leaders also knew this kind of thing. Lin Rui would not lie or deceive them. After calming down from the shock, the five people looked at each other and one of them said loudly.

Obviously they planned to take a step back. After all, they were in the wrong. Although the five of them knew that Lin Rui, like them, would never dare to start a war, they were all worried that he would launch a sneak attack in the future.

Their five tribes could not stay together forever.

(End of this chapter)