Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 141 Are you going to save the Han people?

Zheng Hongda is a qualified businessman. He knows that fair dealing is the basis for a long-term cooperation with the prince. Therefore, the prices he gives are very fair every time.

"Look, in the eyes of the Tatars, it is just a stone, just beautiful, but to us, it may be a priceless treasure. Therefore, we would rather make a mistake than let go. Even if there is a stick on those Tatars, Collect them all and show them to Boss Zheng’s people.”

The Mongols have robbed the Han people for four to five hundred years. At this time, in the eyes of the Han people, many cultural relics and antiques are national treasures. For example, the pot for cooking gruel in front of you is from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In the end, according to Zheng Hongda's bid, the antique jewelry was worth more than 100,000 taels, and the gold and silver were no less than 100,000 taels.

And more of them are cattle, sheep and horses.

In total, there are 10,000 cattle, 50,000 sheep, and 20,000 horses.

After calculation, this tribe with a population of 20,000 provided Lu Mou with a total of about 500,000 taels in addition to horses. He is not far away from his small goal of two million taels.

Then, taking advantage of the suddenness, three tribes were wiped out, huge gains were made, and the goal was not far away. In principle, the soldiers are also tired and it is time to go back and rest.

But just when Lu Mou was about to give it up and go back before the Mongols could react, several Jinyi guards wearing ordinary Mongolian clothes caught up and handed a report to Lu Mou.

In the torch, Lu Mou looked at the report, and the people around him realized that because he had gained a lot and was about to complete his goal, the expression of the prince, who had been smiling like a jasmine flower all day, became more and more gloomy, and finally turned into Sad.

Holding the report in his arms, he walked to the generals who were roasting a whole lamb, sat down by the campfire, and smeared salt noodles on the roasted lamb legs while discussing the next goal with Qi Fei.

We debated whether it would be better to go north, east, or west, but we never mentioned going back again.

Qi Fei suggested: "You can't go north. It gets colder as you go north, and there is a possibility of being cut off by the enemy. No way to go east, because it will get closer and closer to the roots of the Qing Dynasty. Once the Qing Dynasty learns the news, they will come and kill them." , our losses will be great.

If the prince still doesn't want to go back, the best way is to stay close to the Great Wall and head west. This is the safest way. "

After Lu Mou pondered for a while, he shook his head: "To the west, we can easily plunder cattle and sheep and quickly achieve my goal. But to the west, we have to contact Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang to launch the herder slave liberation zone. And to the east, Although the danger increased, there were also many Han slaves in those tribes.

Although we are robbed by horse bandits now, we should not forget that we are the king's master. We set out under the banner of revenge against the Manchus. I have to cherish my feathers. After all, I am still a prince. I cannot make my reputation too bad and make the royal family lose face. So while robbing, we also have a heavy responsibility to rescue us Han people. To this end, I propose to raid eastward. "

This reason is very upright and irrefutable.

"But to be on the safe side, I will send a letter to my prince brother in Shanhaiguan, asking him to send troops appropriately to help me contain the Manchu Qing Dynasty and ensure that the pressure on me will not be too great."

Since the prince has made such an arrangement, let’s carry it out.

Further east, there is the Taiji Camp that took refuge in the Karaqinzhong Banner, the earliest Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Not only did he follow Jian Nu into the Central Plains five times, but he also entered the border to rob from time to time. Among them, he accounted for half of the troops of the Eight Banners of Mongolia. Therefore, he was constantly rewarded by the Manchus.

In addition, it is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral area, where Mongolian and Han people live together. It is considered one of the richest tribes in Eastern Mongolia.

He is a piece of fat to Lu Mou. As long as he is captured, he can almost achieve his small goal.

But fat meat also has bones in it. Precisely because of his wealth, his armed equipment is also one of the most sophisticated in Eastern Mongolia. His soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.

Spreading out a hasty map, it was drawn hastily with guesswork by the Jinyiwei Company with heavy make-up for reconnaissance.

Can only provide a rough reference. "According to the investigation by Jin Yiwei secret agents, this Karaqinzhong Banner has a population of nearly 500,000, and it is said to be 50,000 warriors. In fact, Han people account for no less than 200,000 of them. The young Mongolians are constantly being mobilized by the Manchus, and the real strength is only 20,000. , are on par with us, and they are also scattered in various other places. The real concentration center and the place of wealth is Taiji Camp, with a population of 40,000 to 50,000, and most of them are Han craftsmen and businessmen. The real Mongolian soldiers , only about 5,000, were used to deter the Han people from rebelling.

In this way, in terms of military strength, we have gained the advantage of being concentrated and dispersed. So this time, I decided to take advantage of their paralysis that they would never think that my Ming Dynasty would dare to go out of the country and go deep into the grassland to attack their paralysis. We used the captured war horses, one person and two horses, silenced the flags and drums, regardless of the scattered Mongolian tribes along the way, ran thousands of miles, and penetrated directly into the core of the Karaqin Middle Banner - Taiji Camp. "

This is a very bold plan, a perfect plan.

At that time, Qi Fei stood up and cheered loudly: "Your Majesty's plan is so perfect. Once the black tiger's heart-breaking plan succeeds, our 20,000-strong army will be completely trapped in the sea of ​​300,000 enemies in Karaqin. Then they left and right The flags are dispatched together, and everyone is like a meat bun beating a dog. We are doomed. Brothers, if you don’t want to live and commit suicide but can’t commit suicide, support your prince’s wise decision.”

At that time, the whole tent burst into laughter. Are you praising the prince, or are you doing him a disservice?

Qi Fei practiced the most popular method of satire in ancient times.

In fact, the situation is like this. In this era, there are 300,000 Mongolians, and there is a war. Even teenage children and strong women are soldiers. With 300,000 Mongolians, at least 50,000 troops can be mustered immediately.

As long as they hold me back, their left and right flags will come out again. If I don't die, who will die?

Lu Mou understood this, so he said solemnly: "But I tell you, according to the Jinyiwei report, when the Manchu invaders invaded for the fourth time, among the more than one million people of the Ming Dynasty, they robbed the three banners of Karaqin. , you will get 200,000. And now, less than five years ago, less than 50,000 Han slaves have survived. Among them, there may be your relatives. Not to rob, but to save them, you go Not going?"

During that invasion, no one in the Ming Dynasty dared to fight. They could only huddle in various fortified cities and let the Manchu Mongols plunder the entire capital.

Later, the Manchu Qing announced the results of the war, plundering more than 1.4 million people, 2 million taels of gold and silver, and countless other supplies. The slaves and herdsmen who followed the transportation took a whole month to complete.

As for the horse bandits, they were all northerners from the Gyeonggi region of Zhili. During the several times when they were slaves and invaded, their relatives had been plundered.

There was silence, and the big tent fell into a deathly silence.

Finally, Qi Fei stood up and said: "Brothers, go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow morning, we will gallop with two horses. We must fight to the Karaqin Middle Banner in two days and one night. Let's break up."

The soldiers stood up silently, looking for a relatively complete yurt to sleep soundly.

The next day, before dawn, a hundred brothers who were on duty at night, led the rescued Han people, herds of cattle and sheep, and Zheng Hongda and his army innkeepers, went south to enter the pass.

The remaining more than 17,000 soldiers began to tidy up the horses, feed them beans, and silently ate the dry and cold leg of lamb.

Seventeen thousand people, but all were silent, and the air was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Now that he could see the road clearly, Lu Mou mounted his big white horse again and inspected his troops again.

Then he stood in the limelight and said loudly: "Brothers, this time we are not going to bring wealth and wealth, this time we are going to rescue the Han brothers who have only 50,000 left after 200,005 years.

This time we go deep into the tiger's den, and there will definitely be life and death. Now, I won't force you, I will only take brothers who are willing to die. Let me tell you, even if I can't save those Han brothers and I can't take them back to the Central Plains, I will kill them myself and give them relief and happiness. You must be mentally prepared. If you are willing, follow me. If you are not willing, go south on your own. I will pretend that you have never come with me in the first place. "

Then he stopped looking at them, turned his horse's head, and headed east alone.

Three hundred loyal guards followed.

Qi Fei and the commanders of the first and second divisions followed, and then the entire team followed and began to gallop their horses on the grassland to the east.

(End of this chapter)