Nanming Engineer

Chapter 393: Grab one first

"Hateful!" Alai slammed his fist hard on the wall brick, his huge fist slammed loudly, and he said in a hateful voice, "It's only been a few days since Prince Nikan's army left, and these rebels are ready to move again!" Now, do you really think that Daqing's knives are not good?"

Zhu Shichang took a breath and said slowly: "Anyone who rebels relies on their momentum. Those who have enough momentum will gather together and have arrogance; once they lose something, they will immediately scatter like birds and animals. It’s just such a breath. Originally, Master Nikan defeated Jiang Jianxun, Jiang Yu’s general, with a thunderous force, which was equivalent to crippling Jiang Yubu’s leg in Jinzhong. Although there are many remaining thieves, it is difficult to achieve. We can definitely By virtue of the strong defense of Taiyuan City, waiting for the end of the Datong war, you can easily recruit the bandits, and then slowly clean them up, beheading their heads year by year, how pleasant it is!"

As if he was imitating Ah Lai, he also slammed his palm on the wall bricks, and said solemnly: "Unexpectedly, a Shaanxi soldier was killed, so tricky! It lifted the spirit of this group of thieves without a leader, in my opinion." Come on, the chaos in Shanxi is about to turn into waves again!"

A Lai nodded, thoughtfully: "I heard that the attack on Datong is imminent. It has been more than half a year since the siege of the city. Jiang Guan is at the end of his strength and can't last long. I wonder if Prince Ying will send someone over at this critical moment."

Zhu Shichang smiled coldly and said: "Don't worry, he will definitely send someone. To say the least, even if Prince Ying is short-sighted and cannot see the consequences of Taiyuan's failure, the Regent heard that he has set off for another expedition in person. He learned that our It's urgent, and I will never sit idly by."

A Lai shook his head and said with a smile: "That's great! Most of the thieves won't be around for long!"

Zhu Shichang smiled, looked at him, and said to him meaningfully: "I also hope that Mr. Alai can work together with this officer to fight this battle well. In the future, there will be wealth and honor, and you and I will share it together." .”

Alai's complexion changed, and he quickly said seriously: "Of course, Governor Governor, don't worry, I never perfunctorily respond to important matters, I have my own discretion!"

Zhu Shichang's backstage was Dorgon, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner. He was a member of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. He had served Dorgon for many years and was eloquent. If he went to Dorgon and read a book, he would say that Alai was avenging his personal revenge and instigating his colleagues. The Mongol tribe general who served as a friendly force went to die, and Alai's head could not be saved, even if Nikan guaranteed it, it would be useless.

Alai couldn't afford to offend Zhu Shichang, but Zhu Shichang was worried that the two slashing Mongols treated him like Kuruk and Darhan, so he spoke out and beat him. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, he stopped talking. The two stood side by side on the wall and looked into the distance. far away.

……

Qingyuan County, Taiyuan Prefecture, is [-] miles away from Taiyuan Fucheng. The county town has a low adobe wall of [-] feet high. Outside the wall is a shallow trench, which is not wide enough to be crossed by horses.

It is too close to Taiyuan. Although there were old officials from the Ming Dynasty making troubles, they did not break into the county town. After arresting and killing a few big households who worked for the Qing government in the village, and cutting some people's braids, they fled far away. Go, so in this county, there are still county magistrates appointed by the Qing court, and the flag of the Qing court is still flying above the city.

Kuruk and Darhan, led by three thousand Mongolian soldiers, arrived at Qingyuan in half a day. They called the door outside the city. The county magistrate thought it was a disturbance caused by thieves, so he summoned the strong people in the county to go to the city to take a closer look. , I found out that it was a Mongolian soldier, and I was relieved just now.

After lowering the suspension bridge and opening the city gate, the Mongolian soldiers galloped past the smiling magistrate, and quickly started looting.

The county magistrate's smile froze on his face, and he watched in bewilderment as the savior turned into a god of destruction. The cries and screams of the people in the city and the fire that soared into the sky made him feel like he had fallen into Abi Hell, and he couldn't tell if it was him who came in. Man is still the enemy.

"There are thieves in the city, and I'm ordered to come and search the city to arrest them!" The Mongol adults rode on horseback and announced in a high-pitched voice: "But there are those who resist, and they are guilty of the same crime as the rebels!"

The looting lasted for half a day, and the Mongols' looting was very orderly. Only 2000 people entered the city, and the other 1000 people kept vigilance at the city gate. At the same time, countless scouts were released from a distance. reaction.

The magistrate of Qingyuan County and other assistant officials were held hostage at the city gate and were not allowed to leave. They watched the Mongolian cavalry laughing and leaving with large bags and small bags carrying the looted things. go.The Mongols also said that these people are thieves, and the braids that were cut off are evidence, and they will be taken away for interrogation.

The county magistrate and others were very clear-eyed. Except for the Mongols, no one would dare to cut off the braids of these people.

But no one dared to say no.

The 3000-strong Mongolian cavalry team had grown to 6000 when they left Qingyuan County. The extra people were naturally Han Chinese who were going to be taken back as slaves.

……

"What? The cavalry from Taiyuan robbed his county first?" Li Tingyu's eyes widened, and he cried out as if he couldn't believe it, his eyes were full of surprise.

"Yes!" the scout who knelt on one leg replied respectfully: "Those Mongolians are arrogant and domineering, and sent a small group of people to escort the robbed people back to the Taiyuan camp, and then headed towards Xugou."

"Xugou?" Li Tingyu immediately lowered his head to look at the map spread out on a rock. Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo, who had been standing there all the time, had sharp eyes and quick hands. He poked his finger first and pointed out a location for him.

"Xugou is on the east side of Qingyuan, which is opposite to the direction of Jiaocheng where we gather our troops." Li Dingguo tapped his finger on the map, looked up and smiled, "What are these Mongolian soldiers thinking? Don't they know us? Where is it?"

Surrounding the map, a group of high-level generals of the Kuizhou Army gathered together, led by Wang Huan, surrounded by generals, and around them, the Kuizhou Army, in units of centuries, was resting in the valley surrounded by several earthy mountains, gnawing Serve with dried steamed buns and jerky for lunch.

Wang Huan also laughed. He is very familiar with the Mongols' tactics, because this is what the Nanming army used to do.

When you send troops to fight, you start from the nearby area and plunder all the way. When you get to the battlefield, everyone has already hidden silver and gold, and they have a lot of money in their waists, and they are still fighting.

He shook his head and sighed deeply: "Of course they know where we are. Ding Guodong's Gansu cavalry has not stopped in the past few days. The battle with the Mongolian reconnaissance cavalry has been going on. Our whereabouts cannot be hidden from anyone. But I didn't expect it. The Mongols once dominated the world and were invincible in defeating all the enemies in the world, but now they have fallen to this point. No wonder the number of slaves is small, but they can treat the Mongols like domestic slaves."

"Mongols have always been greedy for money and profit." Zu Bian said with a grin. He didn't like people who were attached to the Jurchen, and he also despised them.

But Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "No! To be serious, this problem still stems from Daming."

Zu Bian was puzzled: "Why?"

Li Dingguo explained succinctly: "The Mongols have nothing to do but herding cattle and horses. They can't produce the iron, cloth, and rice grains they need. They can only exchange trade with Daming, but Daming closed the mutual market arrogantly. As a result, the Mongols had no source, so they had to rely on robbing. Jiannu took advantage of this loophole, threatened and lured the Mongols one by one, and pulled the Mongols who were originally Daming Ping Fan over to become accomplices. Tell me, did the root cause come from Daming?"

Zu Bian opened his mouth and thought for a long time with a blushing face, before he murmured: "It seems to be such a reason, but..."

"But it's not that simple!" Wang Huan said, "The Mongols and the Jiannu are colluding. There are many reasons for this. What Dingguo said is just one of them."

He patted the map on the stone, and said angrily: "Don't talk too far, tell me, how can we eat up this Mongolian army cleanly!"

(End of this chapter)