In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 83 Ideological work is very important

When Hauge arrived with his people, it was almost dusk.

"Sony, how's it going?"

"Back to your lord, that group of horse bandits were driven into despair by the slaves and fled into the Great Wall." Sony replied without blushing or out of breath.

"Oh, they actually escaped into the Great Wall? Could it be that this group of horse bandits were sent by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hauge frowned, feeling that things were a little tricky.

"My lord, that's probably not the case. Otherwise, this group of horse bandits wouldn't have broken down the border wall from here and would have definitely entered through Zhangjiakou." Sony explained carefully after thinking about it.

"Whether they are sent by the Ming Dynasty or not, this group of horse bandits must be eliminated, especially Namuzhong must be caught. They must not be allowed to continue to wreak havoc on the grassland."

Hauge waved his hand.

Immediately, he personally took people to take a look at the Great Wall, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​storming in.

For a moment, Hauge was in a dilemma. He didn't know what to do. He definitely couldn't leave. Once he left, the enemy would definitely come out of the Great Wall again. But if he stayed here and was blocked, the daily consumption of food and grass would be too large.

"Your Majesty, this pass is guarded by this group of horse bandits. A strong attack will cause too many casualties, but the Ming army elsewhere is a mob. Why don't I lead 3000 people to continue guarding here, while Your Majesty leads the army to find another pass to attack, and then Another double attack will definitely catch this group of horse bandits off guard."

"Well, yes, it is indeed a good idea. Sony, if you can eliminate the horse bandits this time and capture Namu Zhong alive, I will count you as the first!"

Hauge's eyes lit up and he immediately patted Sony on the shoulder with admiration. As for whether it would be dangerous to lead 7000 people into the Ming Dynasty, he never considered it from the beginning to the end. Not to mention [-] cavalry, just a thousand , the Ming army in Xuanfu did not dare to come out even though he could kill them.

After some calculation, Hauge decided to directly attack Zhangjiakou, enter through Zhangjiakou, and then only need to take a detour of more than 100 miles to reach the Monolith Fort.

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"Huang Ben, what do you think? Are the hundreds of households in Dushi Castle willing to exchange?"

At this time, Lin Rui no longer worried about the Jurchens outside the Great Wall, but wanted to get food as soon as possible, especially the beans needed for the war horses, and then take a detour to the Hetao.

"Back to the young master, the hundred households did not show up. They only sent a servant to reply on the wall, asking us to exchange elsewhere. They also threatened that the army from the town was already on the way here. I estimate that they are probably worried. We will cheat and steal the fort."

"Hmph! If you don't eat after being toasted, then you can drink wine as a penalty. How high is the wall of the monolithic castle? Is there a moat?"

Lin Rui didn't have the slightest fondness for the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty. He snorted coldly and decided to knock down the Monolith Fort directly.

He didn't have time to waste time now. After collecting the food, he didn't bother to discuss any alternative roads. He went straight to Datong along the official road, then picked a suitable pass and broke through the wall to reach the Loop.

As for whether the Ming army from Xuanfu came here to kill him, he knew better than those hundreds of households. The sentinel responsible for inquiring about the news searched the entire Xuanfu and did not find a group of Ming soldiers stranded in the wild. military.

"Back to the young master, the fortress wall looks quite strong. It's two feet high, and it's covered with blue bricks. The moat is not wide..."

Huang Ben quickly introduced the situation of the Monolith Castle.

After hearing what he said, Lin Rui frowned slightly and regretted not directly attacking the Baihu Fort last night.

Early the next morning, Lin Rui left Hubbell and 1000 people to guard the Great Wall, and then he and Namuzhong led other troops to kill Baihu Fort more than ten miles away, taking the guardsmen with them. .

The reason why Lin Rui wanted to keep Ha Beier was that Namuzhong could better restrain these Mongolian teenagers and prevent them from burning, killing and looting after killing Red Eye.

Although Lin Rui would take some time to give political lessons to these Mongolian teenagers every night during this period, the time was too short after all.In fact, compared to the Han people, these Mongolian teenagers have simpler thoughts and vague national concepts, so they can be easily brainwashed.

Lin Rui's method is also very simple and crude. First, he makes up stories and claims that the ancestors of the Mongols are actually descendants of the Han people, and then he constantly belittles the Jurchens.

The Han and Mongolian families are related, and the ancestors of the Jurchens are just savages in the mountains and forests, and their bloodline is simply not as good as that of the noble Han and Mongolian brothers.

How could a good Mongolian man, an eagle on the grassland, surrender to a savage of low blood?
Then it was a big deal, promising to defeat the Jurchens in the future and unify the grassland, and then they would ennoble the meritorious people and reward them with women, cattle, sheep and horses, so that they could form their own tribes and become lords.

In order to convince these teenagers, Lin Rui also specially made a merit book, indicating that everyone's number of enemies killed in each battle and their merits would be recorded in it.

And the price is clearly marked, how many cattle, sheep, women and acres of pasture can be exchanged for one kill.

Let everyone clearly know how many enemies they have killed, how many livestock and women they can get in exchange, and the corresponding pasture titles.

This kind of strict and meticulous military merit reward system has never happened before in grassland tribes, so it is not a big temptation for these Mongolian teenagers who are eager to make meritorious deeds.

In the end, the Mongolian boys and girls who were the first to join secretly exaggerate his achievements and create a personality cult.

For example, he single-handedly charged into the Jurchen army, killing the Jurchens in rivers of blood. In the end, not only did he escape unharmed, but he also snatched away the Namu Bell.

It is completely the scene of Zhao Zilong entering and exiting Cao Ying from Changbanpo seven times, slightly modified, and the effect is surprisingly good.

Not only did the Mongolian teenagers not think it was exaggerated, but they listened with excitement every time and looked intoxicated.

While I admire Lin Rui, I also wish I could transform into Lin Rui and go in and out of the Jurchen camp seven times to rescue their beautiful and noble queen.

Under such daily brainwashing, not to mention those Mongolian teenagers, even the three hundred Han soldiers in the Zhan Barracks believed it to be true.

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The Monolith Castle is indeed what Huang Ben said. Although it is not big, it is extremely tall and strong. Perhaps this is the reason why Baihu dared to refuse the transaction.

"Rui Lang, I'm afraid this castle is difficult to attack. If we let the warriors attack it, the casualties will be too high."

Namuzhong looked at the castle in the distance, with a trace of worry on her face. She was obviously reluctant to let the warriors dismount and attack the city.

"There is no way, we don't have time to delay, we must attack by force!"

Although Lin Rui was reluctant to let the soldiers do this kind of siege work, he knew that if he wanted to obtain enough food, he had to knock down the castle.

Those ordinary military households are all poor, they don't have much food at all, not to mention they are all hiding in the mountains now.

As for the other nearby castles, they have probably closed their doors for a long time. Compared with those Qianhusuo and Acropolis, Baihu Castle is still much easier to fight.

The main fighting force inside is nothing more than the servants of a hundred households, supporting a hundred to death.

Therefore, as long as the determination of ordinary military households to resist desperately is broken, it is still very easy to attack.

So Lin Rui asked Zhou Meng to take people to a nearby village to collect wood and build ladders, and at the same time asked Huang Ben to take the remaining soldiers and the guard soldiers to keep shouting at the wall.

(End of this chapter)