Wanli 1592

Chapter 538 Suspicious cloud of food
Is this over?
Li Rusong still had such doubts, he found it incredible, when did these northern captives become so vulnerable?Although those cannons are indeed very powerful, this should not be the reason why Beilu was defeated so easily, perhaps it should be said...

The northern captives were knocked down by the iron cavalry after being beaten into a daze without reacting. In order to attack the city, most of the northern captives did not ride horses, and those who got off their horses did not have the familiar foot fighting and formations of the Han people, so they could only be beaten The cavalry slaughtered one-sidedly.

It was the first time that Li Rusong saw the Beilu infantry massacred by his Han cavalry after fighting the Beilu for so many years.

Putting away his thoughts, Li Rusong cast his eyes on the Beilu camp not far away, without thinking too much, Li Rusong directly ordered to attack the Beilu camp, regardless of whether there was an ambush at this time, he didn't care. You must rush in and kill to have a good time.

So Li Rusong's cavalry quickly launched a second wave of attack, and charged towards the Beilu camp. When entering, Li Rusong suddenly felt a strange feeling, which became more obvious as he rushed in.

This is empty camp.

This huge barracks was supposed to have tens of thousands of people stationed there, but there was no one there. Because it was too empty and weird, even the mighty Liaodong cavalry couldn't help stopping their charge and gathered around Li Rusong. , looking around the huge barracks strangely.

Li Rusong felt more and more that something was wrong.

If there was an ambush, shouldn't it have appeared long ago?They should have appeared when they attacked the camp, but now that they have reached this point, there is still no ambush. Could it be that there is really an empty camp and no ambush?Really?

More than 30 years of experience in the battlefield brought Li Rusong a keen intuition, and the idea that this is an empty camp filled Li Rusong's thinking.

"Spread out! Go and check around, remember, be careful!"

"promise!"

The cavalry were skillfully divided into small teams and carefully searched in the camp. They kept their bows and crossbows out of the way, and never galloped easily.

The situation was so unexpected that Li Rusong didn't dare to assert that there must be no ambush, and there must be a monster in an abnormal situation. Now that such an abnormal situation, no one dared to run rashly, for fear of losing their lives for no reason, but it didn't take long At that time, a small group of cavalry discovered the grain and grass camp of the northern captives.

There are mountains of grain and fodder, and some tied up horses.

They immediately went to inform Li Rusong.

Li Rusong quickly brought people over, and was also shocked by the amount of food here.

Could this be a trap?

Li Rusong thought it was impossible.

If this is the trap, then the price Beilu paid was too great, and Beilu is also too tolerant, which is completely different from their usual impression, which is too strange.

While Li Rusong was hesitating, Xiao Ruxun sent someone to deliver an order——

There were no [-] cavalry in this big camp, and the main force of the northern captives had already evacuated at night. The only ones left here were two or three kittens, and basically all of them were killed in front. This big camp has become empty, but Perhaps a large amount of supplies would be seized, so Li Rusong quickly took down the camp to protect the seized supplies and not allow them to be set on fire.

Li Rusong immediately felt cheated.

The fate of deceiving Li Rusong is very pitiful.

By the time it was time to eat lunch at noon, Li Rusong had already taken down the entire camp of the northern captives, and had hunted down five or six hundred remnants of the northern captives who were hiding and trying to escape the catastrophe and then escaped at night. Li Rusong asked Xiao Ruxun for instructions. Xiao Ruxun just waved his hands and let Li Rusong watch and deal with it by himself. Li Rusong instantly understood what Xiao Ruxun meant.

All beheaded.

Xiao Ruxun didn't care about the captives. All his energy was absorbed by the mountains of grain and grass. According to the garrison soldiers, these grains seemed to appear out of thin air.

Obviously these northern captives were still grabbing food everywhere when they attacked their castle, like very hungry wolves, but within a few days, there was so much food, which is really abnormal.

Datong Xuanfu, Taiyuan, Yulin and other military towns were completely devastated, and Datong was not the only one suffering from a food shortage. Since the local garrison had nothing to eat, where did these northern captives get so much food and grass?Could it be that they all fell from the sky?
Also, why did the [-] northern captive cavalry leave at night?Where did they go?What is the purpose?
A lot of doubts surrounded Xiao Ruxun, he felt uneasy, but he didn't know what made him so uneasy.

"Admiral, I saw it. Some veterans in the army also came to see it. These grains are not new grains, they are all old grains. There is no such thing as new grains. It is true that there will not be much new grains this year, so these are impossible. It was the grain that the northern captives looted from the Datong Castle.

As far as the general knows, since the beginning of this year, Xuanfu in Taiyuan, Datong, including Ji Town, which the general guards, has been relying on rice from the south of the Yangtze River. The grain is basically wheat, with only a very small amount of rice, which is very abnormal. "

Chai Guozhu walked to Xiao Ruxun and reported to Xiao Ruxun what he had observed.

"Wheat, old grain... Even if it is old grain, there are not so many. The weather does not get cold every year or two, and disasters do not happen to one family. If the old grain is more than two years old, how rich is it? Can the family store so much old grain?
It is definitely impossible for the common people. The common people depend on God for their food. It is absolutely impossible to have much stored food throughout the year. It is good enough to eat. How can there be so much stored food?If there is food in storage, they will not be sent to Myanmar on a large scale by the imperial court. If they don’t have food in storage, who owns the food in storage? "

Chai Guozhu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Admiral, there are some things that the general will not know whether to say or not."

"speak."

Xiao Ruxun frowned.

"No, admiral, according to a veteran of the last general who has been farming for many years, a lot of this batch of grain is four or five years old, and there are even older grains."

"Four or five years old grain? How is this possible? Not to mention the common people, most big households probably don't have that old grain in their hands, right? What are they hoarding so much old grain for? What..."

Suddenly, Xiao Ruxun thought of something, suddenly realized, and turned to look at Chai Guozhu.

"Could it be that what you want to say is..."

"Yes, admiral, at this moment, here, only those people can have more than four or five years of food storage, and only they can store food and have a place to store it. Apart from this, I will never think of anyone else It can be done."

Chai Guozhu whispered embarrassingly.

Now, Xiao Ruxun has figured out many problems that he couldn't figure out.

In addition to the big families of Shanxi merchants, how many people in the Datong area of ​​Shanxi can have such a large amount of grain stored for more than four or five years?
(End of this chapter)