Chapter 382: Food, Horses, and Flags
"Have the cattle and sheep been slaughtered?"
"Has all the food from the city arrived?"
"Are the horses and carriages ready?"
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Ning Wan I am more concerned about these pragmatic things, he knows that Kong Youde led his troops to escape from Dengzhou definitely did not carry much military rations, and he has been floating at sea for so long, I am afraid that he has already run out of food, so compared to those false welcome etiquette, this direct food will definitely be able to buy the hearts of Kong people at once, so that they will be used by Dajin with their hearts. Imagine that a group of Ming soldiers who were adrift on the sea and had nowhere to go could smell the aroma of food, enthusiastic cheers, and the sound of gongs and drums as soon as they stepped ashore, which was absolutely shocking to their hearts, and they would feel grateful to Daide.
Zhou Wuchang didn't know what my identity was, but seeing that he could come with the old man of Manzhou, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and answered one by one.
"Well, yes, the errand was well done, and there will be a reward for turning back." Ning Wan nodded with satisfaction, turned to Da Su and said, "General, let's go to the beach to meet them." ”
Dasu is just a big guy, at best he is a leader, but Ning Wan I beat Shenyang and called a general, and the name Dasu is very useful, and my good impression of him has increased a few points.
Da Su asked the Mongolian leader next to him, Wu Rigen: "Are the horses prepared for Kong Youde ready?" ”
"It's ready, they are all high-quality Mongolian horses, and the generals are a little reluctant." Wu Ri had a painful look on his face when he spoke, and the two hundred horses were not brought by Ta Dasu from Shenyang, nor were they transferred from Barla, but from his Niulu.
Mengbaqi's Niu Lu is distributed according to the strength, Wu Ri was a small tribe relying on Horqin before he was attached to the Jin State, there are not many people, and this war horse is naturally less, a Niu Lu has a total of more than 500 horses, and now he will take out 200 horses to those Ming Dynasty generals, how can he not feel distressed.
"The general wants to give Kong Youde two hundred horses?" Ning Wan was a little surprised, but he was not as distressed as Wu Rigen, but looked at Da Su with admiration and admiration: "The general's move is much more clever than what I have done, and I am ashamed of myself." ”
Ning finished my sycophant and made Dasu Ha Luha smile, and said happily: "If you are allowed to give food to the scholars, don't you allow me to give the horse?" Didn't you Han people say that you would buy a horse bone with 1,000 taels of gold, and now the official has taken out 200 horses, how can this account be calculated? ”
"The general is really interesting, hehe." Ning Wan laughed twice with me.
Da Su turned his face sideways and said to Wu Rigen, "You are distressed by only two hundred horses, don't forget that they have brought us hundreds of cannons and more than a hundred sailor warships, compared to these, our two hundred horses are not worth mentioning." You take a long-term view, don't always worry about this little profit, and when our big gold occupies the country of Ming in the future, what do you want? ”
"Yes, yes, the last general is confused, the last general is superficial, and the general teaches a lesson." Wuri can't afford to offend Dasu, the Khan's big tent, and his soldiers are shaking their teeth and Da Zhuang, so whatever he says is what he says.
Seeing that Wu Rigen's face was still hanging, Da Su smiled and said, "Go back and ask Barla to dial you some more Aha, so that you don't think it's worth it." ”
Aha is a slave, those Han Aha is very strong, and he is also very good at work, with these Aha to help him farm, the life of the clan is much better. Wu Ri smiled with joy, and said gratefully: "Thank you, General!" Thank you, General! ”
When I saw that the sun had risen in the east, I said, "General, it's already dawn, let's go to the beach and wait." ”
"Good!" As soon as Da Su pulled the reins of his horse, he first beat his horse and ran towards the sea, followed by ten tooth horns with yellow triangular flags behind them.
Ning Wan and I and the two military officials also beat their horses and ran to the sea, and Wu Rigen went out of the fort and ordered the clansmen to lead the two hundred horses to the sea. Ge Mingchang and Li Peiguo, the two Han troops of Niu Lu, had already been ordered to go to the beach to arrange first. Zhou Wuchang handed over the gong and drum team in the fort to his subordinates and brought it over, and then went to ask someone to boil hot water and prepare for cooking. Hearing the announcement, Barla also rushed to the sea with his 80 cavalry.
When the sun rises completely, the entire Wanghai Fort is filled with a strong smell of beef and mutton, in addition to the fort soldiers, those Aha have been mobilized, the meal of more than 10,000 people is not easy to make, in order to do a good job of this welcome meal, Zhou Wuchang has found all the iron pots around more than ten miles, the mother-in-law of the fort soldiers, the mother-in-law of Aha are all recruited, and the trouble is that chickens and dogs jump.
In order to show the prestige of the Dajin Army to those Ming troops, Zhou Wuchang planted all the large and small flags brought by Li Peiguo from Jinzhou. This move made Dasu, who was waiting by the sea, also very satisfied, and repeatedly praised Li Pei for his affairs, and he must ask for credit from King Khan, and Ge Mingchang was jealous when he heard it
Da Su was worried that Kong Youde and they wouldn't be able to make it in the morning, but after waiting for half an hour, he saw big ships appear on the sea.
When the ship appeared, Ning Wan and I were also relieved, don't look at him patted his chest in front of Dasu and said Kong Youde They must come, but this heart is also very uneasy, in case Kong Youde They go in the wrong direction because they are not familiar with the channel or are intercepted by the Ming army on the Dongjiang River, the former is better to say, and the great achievement of meeting the latter is a boiled duck flying!
In order to prevent accidents, Dasu ordered Barla and Wuri to lead the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry to stand by, and once they found that it was not Kong Youde's fleet coming from the sea, they had to stop the Ming army from landing.
There are 80 real Manchurian cavalry in Balla, and 300 Mongolian cavalry in Wuri, plus the ten swinging tooth lamas he brought, Dasu is confident that it is really the Dongjiang Ming army that came, and he can also beat the other party to turn around.
Ge Mingchang and Li Peiguo also led their troops to be on guard, and with the real Manchurian soldiers, Ge and Li were not worried about the Ming army at all. Back then, they dared to chase thousands of Ming troops when they saw a few real Manchurian soldiers with their own eyes.
"Flag!"
According to the agreement with Zhao Deqing, if it is really Kong Youde's fleet that comes, then if the red flag is raised on the shore, the red flag must also be raised on the ship. If the flags raised by the two sides are different, then the golden army will immediately enter combat readiness.
The order to fly the flag was Barla's personal Goshha, who climbed onto the highest rock on the shore and waved a large red flag.
With the waving of the flag, the hearts and eyes of the people on the shore also raised their throats, staring at the sea intently, especially Ning Wan, whose face was tightly tensed, and his heart was "fluttering" and beating.
"Red flag, it's a red flag!"
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, a red flag on a large ship at the forefront of the sea was waving in the sea breeze.