Chapter 768: Guide
Everyone was talking about it, Huo Luochi just smiled and listened, and the silver knife in his hand kept cutting the very weak boiled lamb leg meat, and then slowly stuffed it into his mouth, and then sent the meat down with a sip of wine from the Western Regions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the Oirats were unruly and had never dealt with the Tatar Mongols, they did not forget to send several carts of wine to Huoluochi every year.
"Since everyone is not against it," Huo Luochi listened for a while, and finally threw the silver knife in his hand into the plate, making a clattering sound, and he said, "Then do it!" ”
A Taiji greeted and said: "Presumably, Zhang Han's subordinates are still eating sand in Yunnei and waiting for us." When we break the Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion, at that time, the Ming Court will issue an edict to see what kind of face that Han has. ”
"It's just a mess for him." Huo Luochi showed a lonely look on his face, and he said: "Qingcheng is mostly unstoppable, Xi Lingse is a waste, Zhang Han got Qingcheng, plugged the best place for him to occupy, Ming Ting really wants to make him vomit, can he do it?" This man is a hero, I heard that he is only in his twenties, but unfortunately I am old, otherwise I would really like to meet him for a while. ”
Huo Luochi said again: "The fried flowers are also old!" After forty years, he was finally defeated at the hands of a few Jurchens, and he also called Lin Dan Khan to annex the remnants of the tribesmen, and now his whereabouts are unknown! Lin Dan Khan is not a thing, a stone's throw worse than his grandfather. ”
Everyone did not dare to speak out, Lin Dan Khan is no longer a thing is also recognized as the Great Khan of all Mongolia, like Altan Khan is his brother to supervise the country to receive the throne of Khan, and later Altan Khan is too strong, against the Chahar headquarters threatened, during the Jiajing period Chahar was forced to move eastward, the Tumen Zasaktu Khan canonized the five assistant ministers, nothing more than to divide the power of Altan Khan, so that the ministries still obey the orders of the Chahar Khan. In the end, this kind of measure is useless, but as a member of the meeting back then, it is normal for an old man like Huo Luochi to complain.
"Anyway, be careful of the Great Khan." Huo Luochi glared and said, "Let's do our best and get enough benefits from the Ming Kingdom first." In this world, it looks like it's going to be a big mess! ”
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The camp was in a panic, and all the Mongols were alarmed, and they crawled out of their felt bags and looked at the situation in front of them with solemn eyes.
The gray-robed soldiers began to unload the carts, put large quantities of dry rations directly on the horses, and then led the batches of horses away.
The same was true of the artillery position, except that the artillerymen tried their best to remove the things from the wagons, carrying only the necessary war items, and then set the horses and carts, and the artillery wagons were put on the cards as quickly as possible.
The time was shortly after noon, when it was still very hot, although it was the Xiaoice period, the scorching sun in the middle of summer was not a joke, when doing these things, the soldiers were constantly sweating, and the military robes on their bodies were soon wet with sweat on their chests and backs, and there were two very obvious wet marks.
The Mongols did not dare to move, and of course they did not dare to inquire, and then they saw a group of soldiers coming out of the infantry camp, all of whom were lightly dressed, but whose weapons were carried by themselves, and odds and ends, such as marching blankets and water bladders, were inevitably carried by themselves.
"Have you walked through the desert to the south?"
A merchant officer walked up to the Mongols, and a group of jumping soldiers followed with swords at their waists.
The officer had a scar on his face, and his appearance was very hideous and terrifying, and under his momentum, no Mongol dared to stand up and answer.
"Ask again!" The officer shouted, "Have you ever walked through the desert to the southern part of Ordos?" We want ten guides, and there is a great reward, so that they can be exempted from hard labor! ”
Crossing the desert is always dangerous, and it doesn't mean that an army with plenty of resources is not necessarily risky. Under the heat wave, any individual is very small, heat stroke, being bitten by a scorpion, being buried by quicksand, are all very likely to happen. At this time, the Kubuqi Desert was not a tourist attraction that was later developed and utilized, and the desert at this time was still wild, and it was very risky to go deep into it.
It may be that few people have walked by, or they may have been frightened, but anyway, none of the thousands of herdsmen have come forward.
"Come on, take these people down!"
The officer of the soldiers was furious, his Mongolian language was very fluent, and there was no problem in communication, of course, there was no situation that these people did not understand, and under his fingers, a group of soldiers came over and quickly arrested seven or eight northern captives from the crowd.
"Hold it down." The officer strode behind the first Beiyu, an old herdsman in his fifties, kneeling on the ground and weeping.
"Let me ask again, has anyone walked through the desert?" The officer pulled out the short knife at his waist and lay across the throat of the northern captive, the sharp blade had already cut through the skin, and a bead of blood oozed from the skin of the throat.
Baiyin Taiji took a few steps forward and looked at the officer.
The officer glared at him, murderous intent in his eyes, and a sneer on his face.
Bai Yin said coldly: "Didn't Lord Zhang announce that the merchant army was not allowed to kill prisoners without permission?" ”
The officer also said coldly: "It depends on whether the captives cooperate with us, it is still in the war period, and it is extremely risky to cross the desert, if you can't even find a few guides, I will kill from now on, and I can kill all the people here before dark." ”
They replied in Mongolian, and all the captives listened to each other, and there was a commotion.
"Okay." Bai Yin took a step back, bowed down, and said, "I have been to the Ordos Department, and I took the desert route, I know where there are many shrubs, and how to avoid quicksand. But the weather is so hot, the army must bring more water. More than 100 miles away, dry food doesn't matter, water must be guaranteed to be enough. ”
The officer and Bai Yin looked at each other, Bai Yin's expression was very calm, and the officer finally nodded and said, "You, Taiji, are quite knowledgeable and know how to cooperate." But you came out too late, for ......"
His hand slammed into his hand, and the sharp knife slashed the old shepherd's throat, and blood gushed out.
The officer skillfully pressed the other man's head forward, blocking the gushing blood, and then with a kick of his foot, the old shepherd fell to the ground and convulsed, and soon died.
The officer looked at Bai Yin coldly and continued: "In order to warn you and these captives, I hope you will keep this knife firmly in mind. ”
Bai Yin was silent, he knew that this officer was more to warn himself as a Taiji, and to take the life of the old shepherd to remember the change in his identity and status...... He is no longer the Taiji of the Mongols, and the Mongols are no longer the invincible iron cavalry of the generation of Tianjiao, they are just like the old herdsmen under this officer, fish and meat to be slaughtered.
There was a commotion among the herdsmen, Bai Yin glanced around, only to see panic and fear, there were not a few pairs of angry eyes, more people were praying with their palms together, chanting Buddhist scriptures...... He sighed slightly, knowing that this was the after-effect of Altan Khan's back then.
In order to fight against Tumen Khan, although Altan Khan was also recognized as the first Great Khan of other tribes in the Chahar Department, in order to grasp greater initiative and higher authority, Altan Khan reached an agreement with Da Lao III that the leader of the Yellow Sect would take the title of honor for Altan Khan, and Altan Khan converted to the Yellow Sect from then on.
Since then, in the past few decades, there have been more and more herdsmen in the steppe who have Yanghuangjiao, not only herdsmen, but also most of the nobles who believe in Huangjiao for the title of Great Khan.
Bai Yin felt that the herdsmen who believed in the Yellow Sect had completely lost the fierceness of their ancestors, although they grew up in an extremely harsh natural environment and had to ride horses to shoot and hunt, but the current herdsmen were as tame as a dog, and there was no wolf nature at all. The natural environment of the grassland is too harsh, and it is a hard process for people to grow from birth to adulthood, and the herdsmen will become big-shouldered, round-waisted, powerful, and aggressive.
But now the herdsmen are really a flock of sheep, and they no longer expect to change their fate, but put their hope in the illusory afterlife, which makes their character cowardly and timid.
Or maybe it's been too long...... In short, there are many reasons.
One man died, and the rest of the guides were easy to find, and a few frightened pale herdsmen stood up on their own.
Although Bai Yin is Taiji, it is not useful in this matter, it is impossible for the army to run forward with a long dragon across the desert, there must be a front team and the middle army, and the rear team will also be divided into left, middle and right wings, and the guide is a radish and a pit, Bai Yin is Taiji again, how many petals can he split into to use?
After these guides came out, they were beaten by the soldiers, but fortunately, because they were afraid that they needed to lead the way, they did not fight too hard, but they also asked the name of the tribe to which they belonged, and immediately sent people to find the families of these guide shepherds.
The reason is very simple, and there is no intention to hide it from the people of Yusheng, if these guides dare to deliberately lead the wrong way, or secretly escape, what will happen to their families, then there is no need to say more.
After the selection was made, they did not set off immediately, preparations were made everywhere, and at dinner, Bai Yin and the others were taken out and distributed to them different from ordinary prisoners, meat steamed buns, canned meat, and relatively fresh vegetables...... There was originally a ban sheng land on the grassland to provide vegetables, and a dozen vegetable fields must be finished, these vegetables were transported from the Great Wall, and some preservation methods were used, even people of Bai Yin's status felt very rare to eat these green foods.
In the evening, the guides were asleep, and they heard a noise coming from the camp, and everyone was a little worried, from the decision to cross the desert to go south to set off in less than a day, can they be ready?
A guide muttered: "I walked through the desert, more than a hundred miles is not much, but it is difficult to walk, only a few shrubs and weeds grow more places are easy to walk, there is water, the sand is firm, and some soil is underneath, most of the place is sand, there are few places to ride horses, most of them have to be led, and people can step on it to their knees......"
"These Han people are really ruthless, if they don't come to fight, they will attack ...... instead."
"They have less than 10,000 people in total, and there are 100,000 Jinong Taiji over there."
"That's a piece of. Are there fewer soldiers and horses led by the Taijis on our side? Isn't it that you can't fight back after being beaten? ”
The herdsmen were still a little afraid of Bai Yin's Taiji identity, and the best position in the tent was also reserved for Bai Yin, and the last herdsman to speak remembered that there was a Taiji sleeping in the tent, and he was immediately frightened and didn't dare to make a sound.
In the darkness, people stopped talking, and snoring sounded one after another.
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It's only one chapter tonight.,I'm sorry.,I feel like I'm cold.,I'm not feeling well.,It's nothing to do.,I just feel tired.。 I drank a few more drinks in the evening, and now my fingers are wooden.