In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 95 The population finally exceeds [-]

This battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, but it took three days to clean the battlefield and transport supplies to the stronghold.

Because the village was always under bombardment, Mrs. Niu and the others moved their supplies to the small valley. At this time, more than ten adobe houses and several brick and tile kilns were built in the small valley for experimental firing.

"Rui Lang, the main seizures this time are some swords, guns, shields and food. There are also nearly a thousand prisoners."

"Sister Xiuying, don't forget, there are four cannons!"

"Hey, it's just a pity that none of us know how to fight. I've also asked those prisoners, but they don't know how."

After Zhang Xiuying finished speaking, Mrs. Niu reminded her with a smile, and sighed in annoyance at the end.

"It's okay. That thing is actually very simple. As long as you have gunpowder, I will select some people to teach them how to build it. Well, it's best to build four more specialized forts."

Lin Rui smiled and waved his hand, then took the seizure list compiled by Zhang Xiuying and read it.

He had already seen those four cannons. They looked really scary, but he estimated that they were not actually very lethal.

However, they lacked long-range attack weapons. If they were set up on a mountain col, they could hit people from a high position and scare people, so he still planned to take time to play with them.

The seizures this time were really rich. The food alone amounted to several thousand dan, and the knives and guns were piled up into a hill. But since robbing eight caravans, Lin Rui's appetite has grown. Seeing so many After the seizure, he still calmly put down the book.

"Old rule, seal all the swords and guns first!"

"Rui Lang, what about the prisoners? How to deal with them?"

Zhang Xiuying asked again, with a smile on her face in the past two days, but it was more subtle, not as obvious as Mrs. Niu.

"Those traitors are more hateful than the Tartars. Keeping them is a waste of food. We might as well kill them all."

Sister-in-law Niu said fiercely from the side.

Little did she know that her ex-husband was now a traitor in Liaodong.

Lin Rui ignored Mrs. Niu, but looked at Zhang Xiuying and asked, "Where are the coachmen and horsemen we captured last time? Will they still be alive after we leave?"

"Well, they are all obedient. Now there is no need to tie them up at night. The Jurchens were not lazy when they attacked the stronghold."

Zhang Xiuying nodded and replied.

"In this case, let's give them a formal status as new recruits. After observing them for a while, if they are all honest, they can be trained. As for the thousand traitor soldiers we just captured, let's take their place as slaves!"

Lin Rui thought about it and said, after all, those traitor soldiers were all strong laborers. Most of them were captured by the Tatars at the beginning. It would be a pity to kill them directly.

Ordinary traitors can still be given a chance, but Lin Rui will never show mercy to those generals and literati traitors.

Because ordinary people became traitors because they had no choice but to survive, but those scholars and generals had choices, and most of them took the initiative to join the Jurchens.

Together with the 2700 newly recruited Han Chinese recruits, the original more than 2000 old people, and more than 1500 coachmen and horsemen, the number of Han Chinese in the entire Lin family army has reached more than 6000, which has exceeded the Mongols and digested a thousand traitors. Slaves are still no problem.

"That really gives them a leg up."

Although Sister Niu was a little aggrieved, she would not object to Lin Rui's decision.

"Rui Lang, now that we have defeated the Jurchens, do you want to go back and continue building castles and opening up wasteland for farming?"

Although the food now is enough to last for several years, Zhang Xiuying still thinks about farming and building the city.

"Although [-] Jurchen infantry were eliminated this time, the cavalry will return from the Ming Dynasty soon, so we should not rush to open up wasteland and build forts. Moreover, Namuzhong and I will have to leave immediately after Huang Ben and the others return. "Ah! Rui Lang, do you still want to leave?"

The expressions of Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu both changed.

"Yes, our current cavalry is still too small. Besides, you have also seen that with so many war horses, if they are blocked by the Jurchen cavalry in the valley, no matter how much food there is in the village, they will not be able to feed them, so they can only go outside. Fight guerrillas and herd cattle at the same time!"

Lin Rui said helplessly. Seeing their expressions of loss and reluctance, Lin Rui couldn't help but hug the two women into his arms.

"Rui Lang, you have to be more careful when you are out there. The eldest lady is a Mongolian after all."

"Yes, Rui Lang, you should be more careful. Mongolian women are very ruthless. Wealthy people cannot share adversity. You don't have to worry about copycats."

The two women lay in his arms and whispered instructions. Zhang Xiuying was still subtle, but Sister Niu was very direct.

"Actually, ordinary Mongolian women are fine. As for Namuzhong, after all, she has sweated, and she has more thoughts. It's normal to want to follow a strong man. But don't worry, she is also a smart person. She will not be in a desperate situation. You won’t betray me.”

Lin Rui comforted them while patting their backs.

He knew that as long as he did not lose the battle or the losses were not so heavy, Namuzhong would definitely not abandon him and seek refuge with the Jurchens.

But if it were the Ming Dynasty, it would be hard to say. And if Chongzhen personally ordered Namu Zhong to surrender and was willing to make her a concubine, he was sure that Namu Zhong would choose to join Chongzhen without hesitation.

However, the possibility of this is almost zero. If Chongzhen was willing and had the insight, he would have sent people to surrender when the remnants of Chahar were still in the Xihai Hetao, and he would not have waited until now.

Although they suffered defeats every year and were invaded by the Tatars one after another, they still looked down on the Mongols and Jurchens from the bottom of their hearts.

It is absolutely impossible to imagine that Chongzhen canonizes a 30-year-old woman as a concubine from Mongolia.

After all, Chongzhen was famous for his need to save face.

Except for Chongzhen, the other governor generals of the Ming Dynasty were not qualified at all, and they did not dare to recruit Namu Zhong without permission.

The three of them lingered for a while, and then Lin Rui left the house, selected 50 people from the horsemen and coachmen, and began to teach them how to handle the cannons.

In fact, he doesn't know how to be such an old man, but he has never eaten pork or seen a pig running?

So after only playing around for half an hour, I successfully fired a shot. Then I determined the operating procedures and let the 50 people practice loading and aiming on their own.

The next day, Huang Ben and Zhou Meng arrived with 3000 people, and Lin Rui also reorganized them again.

The basic organization has not changed, mainly because 2700 new soldiers have joined. He wants to bring more veterans who can ride horses to follow, so he wants to make some adjustments.

Five thousand Mongolian cavalry were organized into ten cavalry battalions, including six male cavalry battalions and four female cavalry battalions.

Ten combat barracks were also organized, with 2700 recruits and the 1500 coachmen and horsemen mixed into eight combat barracks.

Each battalion has the same 500 people, and 200 people are drawn from the original two veteran battalions to serve as officers of these eight battalions.

The remaining two combat barracks are all former veterans. They are also the two combat barracks he wants to take away. The number of soldiers is also one thousand.

In addition, all the Han women and craftsmen, including the three doctors, were all organized into the rear camp. There were also nearly 500 people, 200 of whom were female soldiers.

Finally, the [-] traitor prisoners were organized into two slave camps, each with [-] slaves. They also adopted the mutual supervision system of one person escaping and the other being killed.

The total strength of the Lin Family Army also exceeded the 23 mark, reaching more than [-] people, totaling [-] battalions.

(End of this chapter)