Chapter Eighty-Five: Calming People's Hearts
Looking at the front of the platform, it is full of grain, grass, cattle, chariots and other materials brought by Ziren. The people in the www.biquge.info castle felt strange and gathered around to discuss.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Ziren straightened the phoenix-winged general helmet on his head, walked quickly to the general's platform, and said with a lofty attitude:
"Fellow villagers, I am the new castle guard Ding Shouming! Now he led his troops to enter this fort, not seeking fame or profit, just to ensure the safety of one party in Changning Fort. For those who have just arrived, I would like to present a meeting gift to everyone. After that, he gave a look at the wealthy.
Ding Youcai was thoughtful, and hurriedly carried a large basin full of spherical objects and walked up to the platform. Because it was covered with red cloth, it was not clear what it contained for a while.
After taking the plate, Ziren lifted the red cloth on it in front of everyone. I could only hear a sound of "wow~" from the audience, and the people in the fort were in an uproar.
I saw nine bloody human heads, neatly placed in the basin, which was the head of Mengnu that Ziren had previously captured.
Ziren's arrangement was all to show his strength in front of the people in the castle and establish his prestige. Seeing the expressions of everyone in the audience, knowing that this plan was working, he immediately struck while the iron was hot and shouted loudly:
"This official has just arrived, and these blinded dogs and Tartars dare to raise troops to attack, this is the fate of invading my Changning Fort!" After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to Wang Mingqiang and Ding Bi.
The two immediately pressed the captured Mongol Tartars on the battlefield to the podium. He kicked him in both knees and feet, causing him to fall to his knees in front of the people in the fort.
The captive man was also stubborn, and although he knew that he would die today, he was not afraid, and he kept cursing loudly in Mongolian. This person was already born with a fierce image, and his face still has the scars left by Huang Taiji's bite, which makes it look even more hideous.
Mengnu has endangered Liaodong for hundreds of years, and has accumulated prestige in the hearts of the people in the fort for a long time. Many women and children were so frightened that they retreated, and several young children saw this scene and hid in the arms of their own adults, crying and hiding in the arms of their own adults, not daring to raise their eyes to face it.
Ziren was not strange, and continued to say to the audience: "I learned that Mengnu once invaded my city and killed my soldiers and civilians a few years ago, which is really hateful, so I will vent this evil breath for everyone." ”
After that, Wang Xuedao took a brazier, took out a dagger that was burned red, and directly cut off the tongue, ears and nose of the Mongolian tartar.
This red knife can not only aggravate the pain of the victim, but also directly burn the blood vessels of the wound. In this way, it had the effect of stopping the bleeding, so that the tartar could breathe for a while, so that he could suffer a little.
After the execution, Ziren put the dagger back into the basin and said with a solemn face:
"There must have been a lot of flesh and blood relatives and friends who died in vain at the hands of the Tartars. If you have the heart to take revenge, you can come to power now and stab this dog Tartar a few times to vent your hatred. But don't avoid the key points, don't let this turtle grandson go to see Hades so easily. ”
Cui Desheng, who had been waiting in the audience for a long time, was already sad and indignant, so he rushed directly to the stage, picked up a dagger and stabbed at the tartar. Driven by him, many tunding came to power one after another, and in a short time, this tartar was pierced with thousands of holes. Seeing that there is a lot of gas out, but little air intake, I can't live.
In the end, Cui Desheng and his youngest son Cui Xiaoyong tortured, cut off the captive's head, cut out his heart, and sacrificed the soul of the dead in the castle.
Later, Ziren announced that all the soldiers who died in the civil war in the fort would be given a pension of one tael of silver and one stone of rice, and the wounded would be halved, and they would be paid in advance.
If the parents of the soldiers in the bone-buried field have no one to support them, each of them can withdraw five buckets of rice from the fort every month. If there are children under the knee, they can also enjoy the same treatment when they reach adulthood or before marriage.
Although when the Taizu of this dynasty was customized, the pension for the aftermath of the soldiers was very generous. But now, no one cares. In addition to the general's family, he can also get some peace silver after death. After the death of an ordinary Tunding in battle, his family could withdraw some rice from the guard house every month at most. If you encounter Shangguan's harshness, you won't even be able to receive a pitiful amount of rice.
Cui Desheng and Han Shiyong have been working in Liaodong Town for many years, and they thought that after Li Dedi died in battle, no one would care about the aftermath of the fallen soldiers under his command. Seeing that Ziren was so concerned and sympathetic to his subordinates who died in battle, he was in awe in his heart, and he made up his mind to swear allegiance. The bereaved families of the fallen soldiers, after hearing the news, were all grateful to Dade.
While Ziren was busy handing out pensions, he ordered people to drag back dead and wounded horses on the battlefield and cut them into the pot. It was used to reward his men for their hard work during the day, and the rest was distributed to everyone in the fort.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was busy eating meat, Ziren hurried to check the roster of military households. The thirteen piers under the Changning Fort Union should have 300 military households and 10 artisan households.
However, in recent years, there have been frequent wars in Liaodong, coupled with years of grain failures and continuous errands. Military households and artisan households have seriously deserted from service, and now there are less than 200 military households, and only half of the artisan households remain.
What made Ziren even more troublesome was that after the first battle a year ago, most of the soldiers in the fort were killed in the battle. Today, there are only a hundred men between the ages of 16 and 50 in the fort, and many of them are disabled. It has caused great trouble to his plans to expand the army in the future.
Just when Ziren was still distressed, he didn't know that the danger on the prairie was quietly approaching.
Somewhere in a yurt on the grassland of Liaohetao, a Mongolian man who looked like a leader was roaring loudly and slapping several subordinates with a horsewhip.
This Mongolian man's name is Bo Yan'er, and he is the eldest son of the Zalut Department, one of the five departments of Inner Khalkha, and the minister of Wujiaosai.
The reason why Bo Yan'er was so angry was because his most beloved youngest son "Puller" did not listen to dissuasion, and only led more than 30 horsemen and horses into the Ming Realm to plunder, and his whereabouts were unknown after being ambushed by the Ming army.
From the mouths of the subordinates who traveled with the youngest son, it was learned that Tu Dan'er might be captured by the Ming people after falling off the horse. Bo Yan'er knew that with his son's strong temper, he would never open his mouth to beg for mercy, and now he was killed by accident, so he became angry with several of his subordinates who fled back.
Seeing this, his eldest son "pulled the roots" and hurriedly persuaded:
"Abba was angry and left them with a few dogs' lives. Ask who captured his younger brother, so that he could go to take revenge. ”
Bo Yan'er felt that this was reasonable, so he stopped the whip.
One of the people who escaped back was named Bai Cang, and in order to reduce his guilt, he exaggeratedly said:
"Back to the minister, Taiji (prince), we encountered a sneak attack by the Ming army in the area of Changning Fort. The enemy had no less than 300 soldiers and horses, all with bright armor and many chariots and artillery. In order to cover our breakthrough, Xiao Taiji let the Ming people arrest him. ”
After listening to this, he said to Bo Yan'er:
"Abba, the Ming general guarding Changning Fort was just killed by us a few years ago, and the person who came should be the new guard in the fort, it seems that it should not be taken lightly. Let's go to Ebug (grandfather) and Abaga (uncle) to borrow troops and avenge my brother together. ”
Only then did Bo Yan'er cheer up and sent people back to the Zalut Department overnight to move the rescue troops.
(There are relatives from other places who come to Shanghai to see a doctor, and the tumor is not very peaceful at home these days, so everyone who is affected by the update is more forgiving.) )