Even if the deputy general of Houjin, that is, the general who later changed the position of Houmei Lezhangjing, said so, many people who came here were also resentful about it, and even many smart people had already made up their minds: Now it is enough to promise and agree, and then disperse the gang. Before the hearts of the lower-class people in the entire north were boiling, even at this time, even at this time, there were not a few people among the lower-class people who had the distinction of Huayi and even the concept of loyalty. It's not that they are cornered, even if they are Liaodong soldiers who know a lot about Houjin, not many of them really want to take refuge in the Tartars outside the Guan. After all, at this time, historically, the Hu people have no luck for a hundred years, and this will not leave any good results and a good reputation for future generations.

The middle-aged lieutenant general Houjin, who was in charge of coming to the general at this time, was familiar with the Chinese language, and of course he was also a very intelligent person, and he saw that there were many people who were dissatisfied with this at this moment, and finally felt that there was no need to be taboo. Even from the perspective of detonating the internal contradictions of the Ming Dynasty, it is better to open the skylight and speak brightly.

"Hehe, I know what many of you are thinking right now. Although your two thousand or so may not be the opponents of more than 100 of us, if you want to escape, more than 100 of us will not be able to chase after you. You are not willing to die for us so-called 'barbarians'. It is said that this is also the boundary of the Ming Dynasty. But have you ever thought about it: Ningjin has not fallen, Jinzhou Fuzhou and other places in the southeast of Liaoning are still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Navy Division is still in control of the coastal areas. The border passes and main roads are also heavily guarded, how can we, the stragglers, cross the mountains and mountains almost without leaking a sound, and can so easily gather here with armor, bows and arrows not far from the Beijing Division? Actually, it is precisely the opinion of those people of insight in your court and the people who have asked us to come. Since ancient times, even when Emperor Qin was in power, he had never heard of the Son of Heaven wandering around without greeting the hundred officials and leading his pro-army privately. This is what the barbarian tyrant did, many people feel that they misunderstood this king of faith back then, and they want to change the emperor--- don't worry, it's not my big gold for the time being. In other words, what you are doing today is actually just to get rid of the tyrant who is likely to bring internal troubles for your own Ming. Although our Dajin army is unparalleled in the field, it can have a strong city with firearms, as long as it is above the level of the capital city, it is not so easy to attack. All the Ding Zhuang of our clan are only 70,000 or 80,000, and the men, women, old and children, including babies, are only tens of thousands of households with a population of 200,000 or 300,000. . . You can rest assured, those who are willing to follow my Dajin afterwards can easily get out of the customs, and if they are unwilling, if it is done this time, there is absolutely nothing to debit. Deduction is the habit of your Han people, and we don't want to discount what we say and do. . . ”

This deputy general of Houjin is actually not very eloquent, after all, such a person who is both civil and military will never come out to do such a risky work, this set of rhetoric may not be useful for scholars, but for many northern bandits and horse thieves based on many Liaodong deserter refugees and exploited horse breeders, it is a reassuring pill in the hearts of many people.

"That's fine, but we've heard that the Son of Heaven's Guards are quite powerful, and two months ago they defeated 20,000 people in the five military camps with a few thousand people who had just formed an army...

"At this time, I heard about it when I was in Liaodong, but later it was your people who told us some truths: the young son of heaven still had some means, when he set up camp, he made good use of mines and gunpowder, and built a lot of trenches and dark forts specially designed to deal with night battles, nothing more. However, this kind of new army is likely to be easily ambushed on the march, as long as we carry out an effective ambush against the marching ranks during the day, and the place of engagement is in our surveyed territory, and it is foolproof. Many of you have also served in the army, but do you think what kind of combat power can a team that has only been in the army for a few months from officer to soldier have? Besides, didn't we discuss it and make preparations a long time ago? If those people don't take the bait, if they don't have problems, if they are invulnerable, then they won't bother you. It will be enough for me to lead these brothers to test it alone. ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly remembered some of the things they had prepared before, and they couldn't help but have some bottom in their hearts.

When Xiao Xuan led a team of 2,500 men with a total of 3,000 horses, the team was also several miles long, and in North China, which was not very rich, it was impossible to stay in one place for too long, so it was necessary to requisition horse feed, water and other supplies at any time.

When a march was resting, the person in charge of testing forage and water with animals in the army suddenly reported some disturbing news to Xiao Xuan: "After drinking the requisitioned water source left yesterday, many rabbits in the cage have been prepared... There are signs of the plague ... ”

In this regard, Xiao Xuan was actually prepared and said: "It's time for the team to be ready for battle!" According to the plan we have prepared, we will give a little prepared forage to the military horses that should be ready to be discarded today, and each squadron will also draw at least two squads of people to pretend to be sick according to our previous preparations, and the dozens of juvenile delinquents we prepared in secret custody will also be executed afterwards... ”

In this way, from the outside, the entire team of two or three thousand men and horses suddenly had more and more dead horses burned and abandoned, and many sick teenagers were executed and buried. It seems that there are more and more sick people and horses, and it is only a day or so that they can no longer continue to advance to the depths of the mountains, and the secret code words have been agreed upon in the depths of the mountains.

The watchmen on the hill noticed that at least half of the boys in the entire battalion seemed to have lost their combat effectiveness, and when most of the horses either died of illness or seemed to have problems, they also sensed that the time had come for battle.

"Could they be pretending to do all this?" A soldier of the Houjinhang Battalion, who often carried out reconnaissance missions and was quite experienced, felt that something was not right, not to mention that the epidemic could not spread so quickly in winter, and if this kind of thing really happened, there would definitely not be so many sick soldiers left in the battalion, and only a dozen charred corpses would be discarded.

"I'm afraid it's pretended, intended to attract our army to battle. But it shouldn't be of any use! The action can begin! Tell the teams to get ready to press! Don't let the bandits who came with us cheat and try to see how powerful these baby soldiers are! ”

At this time, the deputy general of Houjin also had some expectations in his heart, and after hearing some relevant details, he certainly understood that this army of the Son of Heaven should not only be as simple as good use of fortifications and mines, but also those who could not win a complete victory. At this time, the situation in this kind of march obviously did not allow for any ambush in advance, and there were no chariots, shields, and earth barriers to protect them, and only some shields were carried. If you don't think about trying to avoid the casualties of these golden elites as much as possible, you shouldn't need those rabble to be able to take it.