In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 86: He actually chased me to Ming Dynasty

Outside the Dushi Fort, looking at the nearly two thousand military households in the darkness, Lin Rui first gave each of them two steamed buns for a meal, and then asked Huang Ben and Zhou Meng to take people to screen them one by one.

First, those who looked older were eliminated, and then they were asked to testify to each other whether they were married or had children. Finally, they took off their clothes and checked them again. After three rounds, half of them were eliminated.

Obviously there are not a few people who want to cheat.

Looking at the 1000 people who stayed, most of them were young people, Lin Rui was still very satisfied and fulfilled his promise. He recruited people according to their respective introductions, distributed the money to the dozens of guardsmen, and then asked them to Keep up the good work and continue recruiting.

Originally, according to their Han Chinese scale of 1500 soldiers, it was most appropriate to recruit [-] new soldiers. One veteran would lead five new soldiers.

But the current situation is that there are too many Mongolian cavalry, and Namuzhong is a woman who covets glory and wealth, so he plans to recruit 5000 people in one go. After all, the opportunity is rare.

Anyway, 5000 people only need five thousand stones of food, and half of it is left, which is enough for them to eat for a long time. As for the money, it is just a stone to him now.

Almost all the remaining 1000 people came empty-handed. After each person was given twelve taels of silver, they carried the grain and returned to their homes to settle down under the protection of the cavalry.

Fortunately, these people were not far away. Some came back that afternoon, while others didn't come back until the next day.

"Master, if you place them outside the city like this without guarding them, are you worried that someone will escape secretly at night?"

Huang Ben said worriedly.

"You can escape at any time if you want. You can't defend against it. It's better to use this method to eliminate those dishonest people. Those who didn't run away are either honest people or people who really want to join. It's nothing more than It’s just a waste of money and food!”

Lin Rui waved his hand. He deliberately placed the 1000 people alone outside the city without sending anyone to guard them. The purpose was to eliminate them again.

Anyway, we have plenty of money and food, but if we don’t have enough money, we can build a hundred-house fort.

In his opinion, it is worth using some money and food to find out who is an honest person and who sincerely wants to join.

Because almost those who stay can be trained as confidants in the future.

However, what made Lin Rui happy was that only two to three hundred people escaped in one night. Originally, he was half prepared to escape.

Obviously, most of the military households are very simple, and they also want to follow Lin Rui and others to have a good life. They didn't have the opportunity before, but now that the opportunity comes, they naturally don't want to miss it.

After all, Lin Rui and the others have so many cavalry and good food. Even if they become bandits and horse bandits, their lives in the future will definitely not be bad.

Anyway, with such a generous settlement allowance, they had no wives or children, and their parents at home were taken care of by their elder brothers. Therefore, almost all of the more than 700 people who stayed had no worries and no longer wanted to be singles in military households.

Just when Lin Rui was about to personally make a census of the people who stayed behind, a group of cavalry who went out for reconnaissance hurried back.

"Reporting to the Young Master, the Jurchens have also come in and are coming towards us. They will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest."

"What? The Jurchens also came in?"

"Where did they come from?"

Lin Rui was shocked, and the others also looked at each other. Unexpectedly, they all fled into the Great Wall, and the Jurchens could still chase them.

"Back to my lord, the Jurchens are from the west."

The girl in charge of the investigation was not familiar with Xuan Mansion and could only tell the direction.

"West, you came so quickly. Could it be that you came directly from Zhangjiakou?"

"Fuck, what do those Ming soldiers do for food?"

Lin Rui cursed angrily. Zhangjiakou is an important military town, less than fifty or sixty miles away from Xuanfu City.The general soldiers of the Xuan Mansion, all the commanders, and other big shots watched helplessly as the Jurchen Tatars broke through the barrier and then passed by the city in a swaggering manner.

Thinking of this, Lin Rui also understood that it would be unreliable to rely on the Ming army to intercept the Jurchen Tatars.

I felt a little anxious for a while.

Because the Great Wall nearby resembles the shape of the Yellow River, protruding a large distance to the north, and the Great Wall is built against the mountains on the east, west, and north sides.

The monolithic fort is located at the top of the zigzag. Once the Jurchens come to kill them, they will have nowhere to run.

Even if you run south now, you will definitely bump into the Jurchens.

It's definitely not possible to stay here if you don't run away. This small Baihu Fort can't accommodate more than [-] or [-] war horses.

"Rui Lang, what's the matter? Is the Ming army calling?" Na Muzhong said nervously after being called over.

"It's not the Ming army, it's the Jurchens. They have also come in and are still killing us. Has the group of Jurchens who stayed outside the pass gone?"

If he leaves, he can lead his people to kill the grassland again.

"what!"

Na Muzhong was also surprised, and then shook her head: "I haven't left, I've been stuck outside the pass!"

"It seems that they were sure that the Ming army would not dare to intercept them, so they wanted to come in and attack us from both sides. Damn it!"

Lin Rui was so angry that he gritted his teeth when he thought that there were at least tens of thousands of border troops and countless guardsmen in the entire Xuan Mansion, but even thousands of Jurchens did not dare to intercept and kill them.

"Rui Lang, what should we do now? This castle is too small to accommodate all our war horses. When the Jurchens attack the Great Wall from both sides, they probably won't be able to defend it. How about we just surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Sister Namuzhong, I'm afraid it's too late to join the Ming Dynasty now. The Jurchens will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest."

Hubbell quickly explained, also looking panicked.

This means that in the Ming Dynasty, we must follow the official road. The Jurchens dare not take the night road, otherwise they will be killed tonight.

"For the current plan, if we want to keep all the war horses, we can only capture the other two nearby Baihu Forts before the Jurchens come."

Lin Rui thought for a moment and then made a decision.

War horses must not be abandoned. Once too many are abandoned, the strength will be greatly damaged.

One hundred-household fort cannot accommodate it, so it will be divided into three.

Although the troops were dispersed in this way, it was still more than enough to defend the three castles.

The other two Hundred Household Treasures, like the Monolithic Fort, also belong to the Longmen Guards and are under the jurisdiction of the New Army Qianhu.

One of them is called Banbidian Fort, which is twenty miles south of Dushi Fort. It only takes a quarter of an hour to ride along the river bank. The other one is located to the southwest of Dushi Fort, about forty or fifty miles away, and is called Pine Tree Fort.

After making the decision, Lin Rui asked Huang Ben to stay at Dushi Castle with 50 soldiers and 100 newly recruited Han soldiers. In the evening, Namu Zhong led a thousand Mongolian cavalry from the Great Wall and retreated to the castle.

With a thousand Mongolian cavalry, plus 150 new Han veterans, and Huang Ben assisting him, it was easy for Namuzhong to hold the Monolith Fort.

After some instructions, Lin Rui and Huber took the remaining 3000 Mongolian cavalry, as well as 200 soldiers and more than 600 new recruits, carrying wooden ladders, and headed directly to Banbidian Baihu Fort in the south. .

(End of this chapter)