Chapter Ninety-One: Can I Descend?

The third Jiala inlaid with the white flag was more unlucky, and Du Anchao and Longgu Da were killed before and after. In terms of troop losses, it is also second only to the fifth Jiala, with less than two soldiers and about 500 people.

After being trapped in Sanlipu, Nuomin, who escaped back from injury, was not punished by the banner lord Abai, but asked him to take the place of Longgu to command the third Jiala.

Originally, there was no problem with this arrangement, although the third Jiala was broken and injured, but it also had 500 soldiers, and it could still be used at a critical time with a little rectification.

But with the increasing lack of food, and the reinforcements were slow to break through the Ming army, the white-flaged armor began to fight for the last bite of food.

Two days earlier, the Third Khala had been ordered by Zomel Ejindokana to hand over a pitiful portion of their stockpile.

This move infuriated the Third Alpha and put Nuo Min, who was temporarily in command of the Third Alpha, in a dilemma.

The reason why Dokana treated the Third Kala like this is only because many of the soldiers of the Third Kala were the former Kurkha people of the East China Sea, and they were originally attached to the Hada tribe, not the old Tunguska of Jianzhou.

In addition, there are many savage Jurchens in the third Jiala.

The savage Jurchens were also called the beggar charmers by the Jianzhou and Ming Dynasty, and their original residence was 3,000 miles away from the original Ming Nuergandusi.

The beggars made a living from hunting in the mountains, and before they were conquered by Jianzhou, they rode deer to collect all kinds of seafood to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty through Jianzhou, and took on the important task of their ancestors guarding the Far North on behalf of the Ming Dynasty.

(Author's note: Historically, the Jianzhou Rebellion caused the Ming Dynasty to completely lose the Nurkan region.) During the reign of Kangxi of the puppet Qing Dynasty, there were still a large number of military and civilian descendants of the Ming Dynasty guards in the north, but there was no communication with China. Interested readers can read Bones' early work "The Evil Slave", a book that I personally consider quite a classic in the second half of the book. )

In the 35th year of Wanli, the battle of Wujieyan took place between Jianzhou and Wula, which not only further weakened the strength of Wula, but also opened up the road from Jianzhou to the Ussuri River basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, that is, the road to the extreme north.

Four years ago, in order to expand the strength of Jianzhou, Nurhachi ordered his fifth son Mang Gurtai to go to the far north to appease the savage Jurchen.

It's called Zhaofu, but it's actually a catch, and the cruelty and barbarism are jaw-dropping.

Although these beggars, charming, and yellow sheep savages who were captured from the far north were incorporated into the Eight Banners, they had a lower status among the Eight Banners because they had joined the Eight Banners for a short time, and they did not understand the language and had many bad habits, and they were only better than the Han Aha.

At the critical moment of survival, the high-level leaders with white flags naturally had to consider allowing the descendants to survive more, so they wanted to cut the few rations of those non-descendants.

The soldiers of the Third Armor, who had nothing to eat, were angry, and they all went to Nuo Min to complain, asking this temporary Ezhen Lord to seek justice for them.

What can Nomin do?

But the crowd below was turbulent, and he couldn't explain it if he didn't say anything, so he went to complain to the third elder brother of the banner owner about his grievances, but the third elder brother didn't see him at all, but instead let Dokana beat him a few times, scolding him for being a coward who escaped from the battle.

This made Nuo Min angry enough.

Cherge was afraid that Nomin would not swallow this breath, so he started fighting first, so he asked Abai for a dispatch, and asked Nomin to take the remaining soldiers of the third Jiala to the northeast of the Ming army to garrison, saying that it was to prevent the Ming army from attacking.

This must be a bluffing nonsense, and who doesn't know that it is impossible for the Ming army to attack them at all!

However, the banner master's military commander Nuo Min did not dare to resist, so he could only obediently take the third Jiala. The kulkha and beggar below saw that this temporary amount was really useless, and they no longer took him seriously, and many people began to discuss killing horses to satisfy their hunger.

Killing horses can satisfy hunger, but it is difficult to digest horse meat if you eat too much, and if you don't have salt and oil, you will die of stomach swelling if you can't eat a few meals.

What's more, the things that can be burned in the Sanlipu area are called chopped and picked up, and if you really want to kill the horse, you can't cook it and can only eat it raw, which is a living sin.

There has been no movement in the west in the past few days, and needless to say, the white flag will definitely not be able to fight. The third Kala understood from top to bottom that the day of their destruction was not far off.

At this time, it is worth a meal if you can eat it, and you can't care about anything else.

At this time, one of Nomin's Goshha didn't know how to hear that the Fifth Jiala was secretly in contact with the Ming army and exchanged weapons for food, and he told his master about it.

Nuo Min was very hesitant after hearing this, if he exchanged food with the Ming army, he would definitely be killed if the flag owner knew about it! But looking at the hungry eyes of the people below, and they didn't take themselves seriously, Nuo Min was also very unwilling.

So he gritted his teeth and asked Nagoshha to secretly go to the opposite side and contact the Ming army. He doesn't make a small fuss, he wants to exchange war horses and the Ming army for food!

...........

The Ming army soon sent someone over to talk about this matter, and it was still Fu Aman, an acquaintance of Nomin, who came.

Fu Aman directly offered thirty catties of rice for a horse, which made Nuo Min angry and wanted to cut Fu Aman on the spot.

"You don't want to change it, but if you don't change it now, the price will be lower, and we won't accept the horses that have lost weight." Fuaman Road.

Nuo Min knew that what the other party said was not a lie, and the further back he went, the more the other party's nostrils rose to the sky.

There was no way, the taste of hunger was really uncomfortable, and Nuo Min could only swallow his anger alive in his stomach, trying his best to squeeze out a smile, hoping that Fu Aman would change more for the sake of their good friendship in the past.

Fu Aman thought about it and set the price of two horses for 90 catties of rice.

The price is not negotiable, just change it, and if you don't do it, he will go back.

Nuo Min blackened his face, pinched his nose and admitted the deal, there was no way, he didn't do it, but his subordinates wanted to do it.

After a while, the Ming army pushed a few small carts out and moved them to the opposite side one by one. When I opened it, it was full of white rice, and there was nothing mixed in it. The Ming army also thoughtfully sent dozens of bundles of firewood to the third Jiala.

The hungry and dizzy soldiers of the Third Armor smiled happily and regarded Nomin as the backbone again. Nomin also fulfilled his promise to hand over sixty horses to the Ming army to bring back.

After making two transactions in succession, Fu Aman once again came to the Nomin army, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the other party, saying that it was from Lord Suohun to Nomin.

This is a letter of persuasion.

In the letter, Suo Hun assured them that as long as the Third Armor was willing to pass, he would absolutely guarantee their safety, and he could also ask the Ming Dynasty to grant them a certain official position.

Nomin hesitated.

"Are you afraid that Nurhachi will harm your family? It doesn't matter, when the time comes, you will all cut your braids, who knows that you have descended to the Ming Dynasty. Besides, with so many people, does he Nurhachi dare to do it? ...”

Fu Aman persuaded him with kind words, he was unwilling to work for the Ming Dynasty before, and he also hoped to pull more people into the water.

There are many people in the water, where are there any Jurchen traitors?

Everyone is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!

"Hmm..."

Fuaman's words made Nomin's heart very excited, although they could still survive by changing horses for a few more days, but they could not hold on without reinforcements, and how many horses could they change?

It's a dead end on the left and right, so it's better to just drop like this, so that you can still be an official of the Ming Dynasty!

That night, Abai received an urgent report, saying that the whole battalion of the 3rd Jiala had surrendered to the Ming army.

Abai was stunned for a long time, and finally muttered to Cherge: "Do you think I can descend?" ”