Chapter 608: Shooting the White Horse
As long as you have a little economic common sense, you will definitely be able to hear the loopholes in Wang Qinian's words.
Wang Qinian's loan to the Mughurs is actually a huge debt trap, and struggling with the price of those iron armors is actually an act that completely fails to grasp the point.
However, the Muguls have no economic common sense at all, and they only care about the price of goods on credit, not the act of borrowing money itself.
They didn't even ask if the interest on this credit was a profit, and after hearing that Wang Qinian could sell the iron armor at the price of 45 cattle and horses, all the Tumut tribe leaders couldn't wait to agree immediately.
After that, the leaders said a word, and verbally prepared to send troops, this family sent a hundred troops, that family sent one hundred troops, and soon gave Wang Qinian enough four thousand cavalry equipped with at least three horses!
It's just that the gap in armor and blades has to be sent by Wang Qinian as promised.
"No problem! I'll prepare 4,000 sets of iron armor for you! Wang Qinian said generously: "1,500 sets of armor, 2,500 sets of chain mail!" ”
These armors were captured by the Chinese army from the Jurchens, and they had been piled up in warehouses for a long time, and they could be moved out for a small fee, and the price might not even be as high as the freight to the grassland.
Using these scraps to hire 4,000 cavalry and enter the pseudo-summer from the defenseless north of the party, Wang Qinian's plan was already half the battle.
After the matter was settled, dinner was almost over, and Wang Qinian proudly exposed the two Mugwu girls and entered the Mughal bag that the local tribe had prepared for him a long time ago.
Early the next morning, Wang Qinian drilled out of Gentle Township, rewarded his partner last night with two Chinese banknotes of one tael, and then walked out of the Mengwu bag in the gratitude of the two little girls who were adults last night.
Outside stood the biting pillar, the Mengwu warrior who escorted Wang Qilai all the way.
There were more than a hundred Muguls standing behind the pillar, these herdsmen were generally short and strong, exuding an aura of rebellion, most of them had wounds on their faces, and their eyes were as sharp as eagles.
When they came to see Wang Qinian, the thieves seized most of their weapons, but left each person with a bow and an arrow.
"The treasurer, as you said, I called them all." Biting the pillar pointed at the people behind him and said, "They are the best warriors, and their archery is extremely accurate!" ”
Wang Qinian asked lightly: "Only such a few people?" ”
"Not a lot." Biting the pillar defended: "There are not many people who are willing to turn their backs on the tribe, and I have specially picked them. ”
Biting Zhu finally decided to take refuge in Wang Qinian, and the first task given to him by Wang Qinian was to connect the various tribes of Tumut, looking for those herdsmen who were willing to leave the tribe and follow Wang Qinian to make a living.
These people are not considered the soldiers of the Tumut tribes, and Wang Qinian will not give them money and property to the leaders of Tumut, after leaving the grassland, they will be incorporated into the horse thieves and become Wang Qinian's personal soldiers, so compared with the 4,000 people provided by the tribes, Wang Qinian attaches more importance to these people.
"Forget it, that's all."
Wang Qinian waved his hand and let the bite stand behind him, and then he shouted loudly in front of these new herdsmen:
"I'm the King of Thieves!"
"From now on, I will be your treasurer!"
"Lao Tzu can tell you that Lao Tzu is a Han Chinese, an officer of the Chinese Empire, but you can't join the Chinese army! People don't like you at all! ”
"So you are all Lao Tzu's personal soldiers! Lao Tzu doesn't care whether you are Han, Muslim or Jurchen, as long as you work for Lao Tzu honestly, the benefits are absolutely indispensable! ”
"Listen! My rules here are simple! That is to obey Lao Tzu's orders! Lao Tzu let you move forward, and you have to go up to the knife mountain in front of you! Lao Tzu told you to retreat, and you have to retreat if there is a mountain of gold in front of you! If you can't do it, I'll cut you down! Your wives and daughters will be divided among others. If you can do it, Lao Tzu will make you rich! ”
"Now, follow Lao Tzu!"
Wang Qinian gave an order, then turned over and got on his horse, and galloped on the vast prairie with more than 100 Muguls.
After a while, a few old horse thieves led a white horse, and then whipped it with a leather whip, allowing it to run quickly in front of Wang Qinian and his party.
This horse is definitely a BMW, with a majestic posture, dazzling white coat color, extremely fast running speed and a shoulder height of more than 1.55 meters, which makes the Mugwu people who regard the white horse as a sacred object send out an envious exclamation.
But......
"Follow me!"
Wang Qinian stood up from the stirrup, let go of the reins with both hands, drew his bow and arrows, twisted his waist suddenly, and shot out with a sharp head and light arrows, hitting the horse's back!
"Wow!"
The screams suddenly sounded, and Wang Qinian actually shot at such a treasure!
"Archery!" Wang Qinian shouted loudly: "One arrow per person!" Those who do not shoot and those who miss are all put to death! ”
A crowd of thieves whistled and surrounded them, each with a bow and arrows, a pair of sabers, and some even guns.
Now the Mughals knew why the thieves had left them with only one arrow.
"Ahh The first Mugultures let out a shout and fired at the white horse.
Should it be said that it is indeed a warrior specially selected by Biting Pillar? The arrow was shot very accurately and hit the horse's leg.
The white horse neighed and screamed, slowing down significantly.
"Archery!" Wang Qinian ordered loudly: "If this horse is dead, all those who haven't shot will be executed!" ”
Immediately more people fired at the poor steed, and the feathered arrows came in a dense manner, almost all of them hit.
Wang Qinian looked at the horse worth hundreds of taels stuck like a hedgehog, screaming and falling to the ground, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
……
Republic November 1792.
The Chinese army completed the work of preparing for war against the party members.
In the north, Wang Qinian's group of horse thieves and the Mughus who were recruited by him to participate in the battle, a total of 6,000 people, not many troops, but all of them were cavalry with two or three horses, and their tactical mobility was outstanding.
A little further south, an army of 100,000 (like the Fusang Expeditionary Force, was mostly reservists and militia) lined up from the Chinese border.
To the southwest of the pseudo-Xia, there were 20,000 troops of the combined forces of Huaxia and the vassal Dangxiang tribes led by Zuo Helin (including the surrendered Yuzang Huama troops).
On the opposite side of the Chinese army, because of the loss of the support of Hengshanfan, the party pseudo-Xia swept the ground as soldiers, and only gathered about 200,000 troops.
Because of the difference in combat power between the two sides in the previous Lanxi battle between Zuo Helin, Yuzang Huama and Meng Zheng, at this time, no matter how stupid people are, they can see that the advantage of 80,000 troops is actually not an advantage at all.
What's more, the mobilization of the Chinese army is far from the limit, and the party members can no longer find more than one soldier.
November 15.
"Forward!"
Lieutenant General Li Jinghuai, commander of the Chinese Empire's Western Expeditionary Corps, issued an order to the whole army:
"Target, Xingqing Mansion!"