Chapter 845: The Longest Winter (II)

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After becoming a prisoner of the Ming army, Noyandala was not imagined, and did not enter Jinong City again, so he was escorted south with a cavalry team of the Ming army. Along the way, night and day, I saw the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty the next morning. The scene in front of him almost blinded him:

I saw that the original section of the side wall has become a city with strong walls and deep trenches. When he saw the row of cannons on the city and the spears on the shoulders of the Ming army, his pupils couldn't help shrinking, this battle was really impossible to fight......

After confirming their identities, the Ming army lowered the drawbridge and let them enter the city.

As soon as I entered, it was like entering a large construction site, where thousands of people were busy building fortifications, building houses and warehouses, and there were works everywhere, and there were civil works everywhere, so that Noyandara looked straight down...... Although he was weak, he always had eyesight, knowing that this was the Han people stepping up the construction of the fortress, and when those warehouses and barracks were all built, this was the logistics base for the Ming army to leave the Hetao. From this place to Jinong City, it is only a hundred and fifty miles away, and the road is open, so the difficulty of replenishment will be greatly reduced.

Seeing that the Ming army had invested such a powerful manpower and material resources, Noyandala secretly said: "The Han people are indeed bound to win. After a little repair in the unfinished castle, the next day we were on our way again. Soon after leaving the castle, he took the road between Shenmu and Fugu, and Noyandara couldn't help but think that twenty years ago, when his father Khan was still alive, he had followed him every year to destroy the border wall and invade Shaanxi along this road.

At that time, he never imagined that twenty years later, he would become a captive of the Han people, and be escorted to a bleak future along the road of those years. He didn't know what was waiting for him, he was escorted to Beijing to sacrifice prisoners, and then sent to the market to be executed? Or was he summarily executed, and then the head was sent to Beijing for a reward?

Either way, it seems that death is inevitable. But it's normal to think about it, he should be regarded as the highest-ranking Mongol captured by the Ming army in a hundred years, how could he spare himself?

I was so cranky along the way, and when I arrived at Shenmu County, I went to Yulin again. Along the way, all you saw were people driving mules and carriages, and the troops that drove by, and there was a tense atmosphere. When he arrived at Yulin Castle and saw the three-dimensional and perfect city defense, he finally knew what an impregnable castle was, and Jinong City, which he thought was unbreakable, was just a joke in front of this Yulin Fort.

After entering the city, he was imprisoned in a cell, and then one night, he was escorted out, he thought that his time of death was coming, but the Han people simply transferred himself to a deep house, placed under house arrest in a small courtyard, and then began a long life as a prisoner.

When he said 'prisoner life', he himself blushed a little, because apart from the fact that he had no freedom, his life was actually very good...... Three meals a day, meat and vegetarian matching, color and aroma, and a pot of wine in the evening. Every two days, someone sent him a change of clothes, although they were all Han clothes, but it was definitely not a problem for him.

What makes him most satisfied is that he even has books to read and enrolled...... He had long heard that there was a kind of newspaper in the south of the Ming Dynasty, which specifically recorded the freshest things for everyone to see, and he also managed to get a few copies that had expired for more than half a year, but he still read them with relish, and he had to memorize them over and over again.

At that time, he thought that it would be a happy thing if he had the opportunity to read the latest newspaper every day, but he really couldn't imagine that this wish would come true after being captured, and I don't know if it was a blessing in misfortune.

In this way, he began his life as an otaku day after day, and no one bothered him, and no one paid attention to him, as if the big guys had forgotten him. Noyan Dara felt that it was good to be quiet like this, and as a prisoner, it was already a happiness that could not be desired.

But soon he did not realize how happy it was, because from the newspapers he saw the progress of the war......

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It turned out later that Qi Jiguang was so wise and lucky to take Dongsheng City in one day at all costs.

Because only one day later, the eldest son of Alta, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, led the headquarters of 10,000 horses, under the response of Baisang, Buyangu and Bart, crossed the Yellow River safely, and then killed Dongsheng City without stopping, but at this time the Ming army had already built a basic city defense, especially at the head of the city to place hundreds of cannons, and waited for Huang Taiji to lead the army to approach, only to open fire together.

The sound of the cannon directly scared away the three Baisang brothers, who had become frightened birds, and Huang Taiji wanted to be a hero, but how could his flesh and blood withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the cannon. Before he could rush to the moat, he left nearly a thousand corpses, and only then did he recognize the reality, dispel his delusions, and withdraw in a gloomy manner to join the three Baisang brothers.

A few days later, the other three divisions of Ordos also led the troops to arrive, gathering 40,000 cavalry, which was extremely powerful, but they did not dare to get close to Dongsheng City. The strategy could only be changed to harass and attack the Ming army's transport lines.

However, the Ming army did not plan to open up the transportation line this year, and the grain they carried, plus the cattle and sheep they captured, were enough to support this winter, so they were not in a hurry to take the initiative, but entered a period of recuperation. It is not right to say that there is a period of recuperation, because they are not idle, they hurry up slowly, day and night, and finally before the first snow arrives, the bombed city wall is rebuilt, and forts, corner towers, female walls and other defensive facilities are added, and the former Khan court of the Ordos Department has been built into a base camp in Hetao.

For the Mongolian army, which has gathered superior forces and seen the Ming army's three-plate axe, they are not afraid of anything, but they are afraid that the Ming army will not be able to shrink out. Forty or fifty thousand people gathered in the grassland of the set, and the supply became a big problem, so they could only rely on the wintering grain and grass of the various departments of Ordos to maintain it.

The so-called 'more monks and less porridge' is used to describe the current situation of the Ordos department, they were in a hurry to withdraw from the Hetao, their own use is still insufficient, and they also supply Huang Taiji's soldiers and horses, but also to help the Dahlhut Department who escaped empty-handed, and the headquarters of Jinong City, which was extorted, more than 30,000 people eat horses and chew, and the daily consumption is extremely amazing...... This is also the reason why the Ming army can obviously take prisoners, but let the Mongols go, they really can't afford to eat.

So how to survive this winter has become a difficult problem faced by the Ming and Mongolian armies. For the Ming army, although the supply route was not long, the risk to bear before the Mongols were driven out of the set, but fortunately, the Ming army had already made preparations for a long time without help, and there was no need to worry before the winter passed. For the Mongols, it was necessary to solve the problem of internal distribution of grain and grass and find new supplies as soon as possible...... The problem is, both of these things are tricky.

New supplies were impossible, and in order to cut off their hopes, the Ming army crossed the border, and not a single grain of grain was allowed to flow into the Hetao...... In the past, smuggling was repeatedly banned because Shanxi merchants were omnipotent, but now for the sake of the big plan, the Shanxi Gang will no longer allow merchants to commit crimes against the wind, so the Mongolians can't buy anything no matter how much they pay.

It is also impossible to ask for help from neighboring tribes, Altan Khan's Tumut tribe has been plagued for many years, and it is still necessary to plunder Bansheng to maintain, how can there be surplus food to support them? As for the Western Sea Mongolia in the west, it is a feud, it would be good not to take advantage of the fire to rob, how could it be possible to help them.

Even the last resort, which is their most common method, is robbery. However, because of the need to break through the border line guarded by the Ming army, in the heyday, the Mongols dispatched more than 100,000 horsemen every time, which frightened the Ming army into becoming invincible. At least 350,000 horsemen, no matter how little, it will be to deliver food to the Ming army. However, after the recovery of Dongsheng, the Ming army occupied the hinterland of the set, controlling thousands of miles, if the Mongols moved, the Ming army would definitely cross the Yellow River and go straight to their last refuge - the Houtao Plain, and the wives and children would not be protected. If the troops are divided, it is still possible to be broken by the Ming army separately, so it is not advisable.

The Mongol tribes remembered Noyandara's words at the beginning, and they all regretted it, if God gave them a chance to come again, they would definitely not give up Jinong City, and if they had to add a deadline, they hoped that it would be 10,000 years. However, it is too late to say anything......

The situation of more monks and less porridge cannot be changed, if someone wants to eat enough, there must be someone who can't eat enough, or even can't eat. Those who can't eat will definitely be dissatisfied, and those who can't eat will be resentful. For the Mongols, the arrogant and powerful Huangtai Jibu is the one who must be fed, they think that they are here to fight for the Ordos, and it is very undesirable not to be paid, how can they not even care about food and grass? Therefore, the Ordos Ministry must provide the grain and grass they need in a timely and sufficient amount, otherwise they will have to withdraw to their hometown, regardless of this obscure idle matter.

The Ordos Ministry also pointed to them to help, so they could only tighten their belts and give priority to the Huangtai Ji Ministry, so that they themselves could not eat enough, so they naturally did not want to take over the headquarters of the Jidal Hut Department and Noyandara anymore. For this reason, Amur fell out with his brothers, and even led people to rob the grain and grass of the Banlaza tribe, which led to the crusade of several tribes, and the two sides were tense. In the end, Amur returned half of the stolen grain and grass to Banlaza, which was considered to be an understanding of the matter. But in this way, even the Banlazar Department will not survive this winter......

As for the Jinong headquarters, which was already the most populous, it was sacked twice by the Ming army, and it was already destitute, and the situation was even worse than that of the Dalhute Department, and it was always suffering from hunger and cold, lack of medical treatment, and lack of medicine. This winter is extremely cold, and it has only entered November, and there have been two heavy snowfalls, and the situation of the tribe is undoubtedly worse, and people die every day......

Naturally, it is impossible for all of these situations to be published in the newspapers, but Noyandara also knows that her tribe is in the most dangerous situation, her sons are still immature, and her wives are too gentle to carry the burden, and now she must be at a loss; What worries him even more is that his daughter, who was still in a coma at the beginning, doesn't know what the situation is, whether she can survive this cold winter with little medical treatment.

Once worries arise, they become daily torments, tempting delicacies become a source of annoyance, and they become more and more sad to read every day. Now he can be regarded as having realized what it means to live like a year, miserable, with no one to talk to, and his liver and intestines are broken.

As the days passed, Noyandara knew by the date in the newspaper that it was the end of November. This winter was so cold that he had to wear a padded jacket with a brazier in the house, and the snow outside the door was knee-deep, which made him worry about his people and children to the point of no more.

Finally, after countless sleepless nights tossing and turning, he made the difficult decision to ask the soldier who brought him food to bring a message that he wanted to meet the governor of the Ming Dynasty. However, the soldier quickly replied that he had no way to pass the news to the Governor and could not help him.

Noyandara thought in disappointment all night, and the next day, he began a hunger strike, not eating or drinking, but to see if the Han people really wanted to fend for themselves.

Five days later, when he felt that he was about to return to the grassland, an official from the Ming Dynasty finally appeared and informed him that someone had invited him to dinner tomorrow, and that if he still had the strength to speak at that time, it was best to eat something quickly.

That night, Noyandara ate three full bowls of porridge and wanted to eat some meat, but was stopped by the soldiers who served him, saying that he would not be able to enjoy it and would be sick. So Nuoyan Jinong, who drank a full amount of water, had to lie on the kang, wanting to use sleep to resist hunger, but he couldn't sleep all night, but it was not because he was hungry.

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The next morning, the soldier brought his original garments as requested, and the material of the 'Nashi Lost' was washed and ironed to be as good as new.

Wearing a gold-rimmed Jinong hat, wearing a top and a bottom, the style of the dress is tight, the bottom is short, the waist is pleated, and there are large beads between the shoulders and backs. After his father's death, he inherited the position of Jinong, and also inherited this noble quality and grandson clothes.

Although I have been wearing this outfit for many years, it is the first time I have put it on by myself, so it is inevitable that I will be a little clumsy, and it will take a long time to put it neatly. Looking at the familiar outfit in the mirror, with her pale face and dark eyes, Noyandara sighed secretly and said in her heart: 'Father Khan, please don't blame me, after all, the survival of the clansmen is the most important thing'......

Then he pushed open the door, only to see the snowflakes falling silently, the sky and the earth were vast, Noyan Dara took a deep breath of cold air, and walked out of the small courtyard where he had been under house arrest for two months.

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