Daming Military Empire

Chapter 467 The Nomadic Tribe
The Taji tribe is a tribe of Turkic Yaku people. For hundreds of years, they have been nomadic between the two tributaries of the Lena River and the Yeni River, living a self-sufficient life. There are many nomadic tribes like this on the Siberian Plateau. , almost all of which are distributed in the valley grasslands washed out by major river systems.

There are not many people in the Taji tribe, and the total number of men, women, and children is about five hundred. In the past, they belonged to the Xibe Khanate, a branch of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. One hundred precious mink furs are paid to the Siberian Khanate every year, and the Siberian Khanate allows them to nomadic between the two tributaries of the Lena River and the Yeni River.

At that time, the territory of the Siberian Khanate was too vast, and the combined population of the tribes of the Khanate was less than one million. Therefore, they only occupied the Siberian plains with the most fertile pastures, and they didn't bother to care about these small nomadic people who lived in the valleys of the eastern plateau. The tribe, so the life of the Taji tribe is relatively affluent.

However, ten years ago, the ferocious Raksha people came. They robbed the leather goods and all valuables accumulated by the Taji tribe for many years. Setting fires is a crime. What's more, they require everyone to pay seven mink furs every year, otherwise they will be captured as slaves!

From then on, the Taji people began to live in the dark. Cattle, sheep and livestock were often taken away, their wives and daughters could be bullied at any time, and they had to go through untold hardships every year to hunt sables, otherwise, they would be caught as slaves.

It wasn't until one day that a few refugees from the Hawa tribe came here that the Taji tribe ushered in the dawn.

The Hawa tribe is a Yaku tribe only a few hundred miles away from the Taji tribe. The two sides have occasional transactions and intermarriages, so the two sides are relatively familiar.

That night, in the tent of the leader of the Taji tribe, Tucker, Tucker entertained Hasa and others who came from the wasteland with his treasured kumiss.

In the dim light, the old Tucker looked at the dark place desperately and blankly, and said decadently: "Hasa, I sympathize with your experience. What are you going to do in the future? If you can't, stay with me." Here, although it’s been hard, but I can barely survive.”

The middle-aged strong man with hair and beard messed up like a bird's nest sitting opposite him smiled mysteriously: "Uncle Tucker, do you really think I'm here to escape?"

The old man Tucker couldn't help but said in surprise: "Ah, didn't you say that your Hawa tribe has been dispersed by the Ming army?"

Hasa shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, our Hawa tribe is doing well now, as good as ten years ago. The Ming army just captured all the Raksha ghosts, and did not touch anyone in our tribe, nor Take anything from us."

The old man Tucker said in disbelief: "Oh, really, why did you say that outside?"

Hasa explained: "Isn't it just to paralyze those Rakshasa ghosts? Every tribe has their traitors. Be careful what you say."

The old man Tucker sighed: "Yes, there are always people who can't resist all kinds of temptations and betray their own people, so why are you here this time?"

Hasa said excitedly: "I'm here to guide the Ming army. They said that every time they find a gathering place of a small tribe, they will be rewarded with [-] bags of grain, and every time they find a gathering place of a large tribe, they will be rewarded with [-] bags of grain." , that’s half a person tall, and one bag is enough for a whole family to eat for a month!”

The old man Tucker was shocked and said: "You also believe this!"

Hasa nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, why don't I believe it? The Ming army said that if they don't collect our tax, they will confiscate our tax. They don't collect any poll tax or hunting tax. Moreover, we can use sable skins to go In exchange for food, one piece of sable skin and one bag of food, we exchanged all the sable skins that were going to be handed over to Raksha ghosts for head tax, and we got back thousands of bags!"

When the old man Tucker heard the words, his eyes almost popped out. He couldn't believe his ears: "Is there such a thing?"

Hasa proudly said: "There are many good things. After the Ming army came, many traders from the Ming Dynasty followed, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, pots and pans, glasses, and mirrors. There are so many good things. You can exchange it with animal skins, it’s very cheap. And when the Ming army wants to eat meat, they always use gold coins, silver coins and dragon coins to buy cattle and sheep from us. Gold coins, silver coins and dragon coins can also be used to buy things, which is easy to use Very good!"

The old man Tucker asked suspiciously: "Gold coins, silver coins, dragon coins, what are these?"

Hearing this, Hasa took out an exquisite cotton bag from his bosom as if offering a treasure, handed it to the old man Tucker, and said proudly: "This is a silver coin. I bought it with a piece of sable fur. Have you seen this bag? It was given away by a merchant in Daming for free, saying that they were afraid that I would lose the silver coins."

The old man Tucker took the cotton bag and stroked the delicate embroidery on it with his old hands. After touching it for a long time, he opened the bag carefully, took out a shiny white silver coin from it, and held it in front of his eyes. He looked again, and after seeing half the price, he sighed: "It's so beautiful, is it really made of silver?"

Hasa said proudly: "Of course, this one silver coin can buy a big bag of salt, which is enough to feed the whole family for several months."

Elder Tucker finally believed Hasa's words. He handed back the silver coins and cotton bag to Hasa, and said seriously, "Tell me, how do you want us to cooperate with the Ming army?"

Now, it was Hasa's turn to be surprised, he opened his mouth and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "No need to do anything, I have also seen the camp of the Raksha ghosts, and it will be fine to bring the Ming army there tomorrow to clean them up. "

The old man Tucker asked again in disbelief: "Is it that simple?"

Hasa spread his hands and said: "It's that simple, by the way, try to stay in the tent tomorrow and don't come out, don't be accidentally injured by the muskets of the Ming army, their muskets are terrifying, one shot down will be a blood hole You can punch people right through dozens of steps away!"

The old man Tucker heard this, nodded excitedly and said: "Yeah, I see."

At this time, Hasa seemed to think of something, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "And those Raksha ghosts, who often come to your tribe to do bad things, you should remember them all, if they are not killed by the Ming army tomorrow, you You can go up to take revenge, that Rakshasa ghost who spoiled my little sister was beaten to death by me with a wooden stick!"

When the old man Tucker heard the words, hatred immediately appeared in his eyes. He nodded fiercely, wept, and gritted his teeth: "Okay, that's great."

Early the next morning, Hasa and the others left the Taji Tribe as if fleeing, but they returned before noon.

However, this time they did not come alone. They were followed by thousands of well-equipped Ming cavalry.

The cavalry of the Ming army are so fierce. After they came to the Taji tribe, they rode their horses straight to the Luosha camp without saying a word. The Raksha ghosts cried and howled, and after a while, all the Raksha ghosts who were not killed were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and surrendered!

After the Ming army tied up all the living Rakshasa ghosts, the old man Tucker immediately led his tribe up and beat nearly half of the captives to death with clubs.

The Ming army did not step forward to stop them, and when their revenge was almost complete, a Ming army who could speak Turkic came forward and carefully asked about the situation around them.

After the Ming army who could speak Turkic finished asking, he reported it to the leading Ming army general, and the leading Ming army general immediately said loudly: "Immediately send a report to General Qin: This is the Taji tribe of the Turkic people. Li Ye The tributary of the Nihe River is only a few tens of miles away from the Gusi River, please ask for instructions on the next step."

Soon, some soldiers of the Ming Army took out the exquisite hand-operated generator and telegraph from their backpacks, ran to the grass where they came, and connected the copper wires pulled over. After a while, the telegrapher Skillfully opened the code book, checked a few times, then stood up, gave a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "My lord, General Qin ordered us to set up camp on the spot and guard ourselves carefully. He has to ask Marshal Lu for instructions to make sure." One step."

(End of this chapter)