Chapter 20: The Prince's Return (8)
The son of the Basang family lay on his horse, and he finally returned to the crowd in front of the big iron bell, and he breathed a sigh of relief. I felt a sharp pain in the wound, and tears came out.
"How many Mongols are there?" The farm manager who rushed over pushed aside everyone and walked to his side, and hurriedly asked.
The son of the Basang family scolded in his heart, I was injured, why don't you hurry up and call a doctor over? However, he also knew that everyone was anxious, so he could only endure the pain and replied: "There are more than 200 people, all of whom are Mongolians. ”
When the field manager heard this, he became even more nervous, and he shouted, "Go find a doctor." Then he shouted to the horse in Ulantug: "Whose horse is that, let us use it first, and go to the town to call for help." ”
When Ulan Tuge heard this, she was not happy in her heart, she was very precious to this horse, and she didn't want others to touch it at all. Holding the reins tightly, Ulan Tug said, "I'll go to town." ”
The field manager is also a northern Han Chinese, who has dealt with the Mongols a lot, and knows that the Mongols value horses. The people in the ranch, both men and women, knew how to ride horses, and he said impatiently: "Go, go!" ”
After hearing this, Ulan Tug turned on his horse, and was pulling the reins to turn the horse, when he heard the field master continue to shout: "Everyone hurry back and let everyone gather in the fortress, although our cattle are valuable, human lives cannot be bought with money." ”
Hearing this, Ulan Tug's heart was much more relaxed, and she urged her horses to gallop in the direction of the town. The Mongols are good at raising horses and horses, and the road from the farm to the town is raised with earth and is very flat. But when the officials and the field manager asked everyone to work, everyone was very dissatisfied. At this time, Mercedes is on it, and the benefits are fully reflected. The pace of the horses was steady, and Ulan Tug did not feel bumpy. After running for almost two hours, the panting horses had reached the front of the town.
The town is walled, with two rows of logs buried in the ground, connected by four rows of ropes in the middle, and filled with soil in the middle. Ulan Tug jumped off his horse, and the guard at the door asked, "Little girl, why are you in such a hurry?" ”
Ulan Tug shouted to the grinning guards, "I want to see the mayor, the Mongols are coming to plunder, send troops to rescue us." ”
The guard was shocked, there had only been occasional Mongolian bandits in the past few years, and he hurriedly asked, "How many are there?" ”
"More than two hundred! Take me to the mayor. Ulan Tug said loudly.
Hearing this, the guard didn't dare to pause, and he hurriedly took Ulan Tug inside. The town is not big, and it soon gets to the mayor of the center. Ulan Tug looked at the threshold and knew he couldn't bring the horses in. There was a stable, and Ulan Tug took the horse in and tied it up, and said to the keeper of the stable: "My horse has run a long way, don't give it water now." ”
After receiving a clear answer, Ulan Tug followed the guards into the mayor's courtyard. The mayor of the town was born in the government army, and after hearing the news, he was not at ease. There used to be two hundred men in the town, but now halfway through, only one hundred remains. After thinking for a moment, the mayor ordered a cavalry platoon of forty men to be sent to the pasture. At the same time, cavalry was sent to the state city to report.
Two hundred Mongols came to loot, and the mayor of the town didn't know if these bandits would play the trick of encircling Wei to save Zhao or attacking the town.
The cavalry quickly assembled and set off with Ulan Tug. Ulan Tug thought that these heavily armed cavalry would gallop on horseback, but he did not expect them to be very cautious. When they came across a place with woods, they would send cavalry to visit them. When encountering undulating high ground, the scouts will first occupy the high ground, and after making sure that they will not be raided, the large group of people will pass quickly.
Ulan Tuge was in a hurry, so he couldn't help but urge the cavalry platoon commander to hurry up. The platoon commander did not answer, and the deputy platoon commander asked Ulan Tug, "Little girl, you have a good horse, is it time to breed?" ”
Ulan Tug gave the guy a roll of the eye. The horses of the cavalry were not bad, but compared to her horse, they were like relatively large donkeys. But when is this all right, and the mood to care about it.
After such an unpleasant episode, the cavalry finally arrived at the farm. Seeing that the farm had not been burned, Ulan Tug breathed a sigh of relief. The farm's fortified fort was a large house in an open field, which was used to store forage on weekdays, but now it was spring and the fodder had been eaten. Seeing the cavalry rushing to the rescue, the leader was still the familiar Ulan Tug, the musket sticking out of the window was withdrawn a little, and the field commander came out of the crack in the door to greet him.
"What about the Mongols?" The cavalry platoon commander who came with him asked.
"They snatched some sheep and left."
"How long have you been gone?"
"It's going to take more than an hour." The field manager replied.
"Is anyone hurt?"
"Nope."
When Ulan Tug heard this, his heart was much calmer. At this time, someone came out of the defensive fortress, but it was Ulan Tug's parents. Just as the family was reunited, the cavalrymen dismounted, and they armed the boys on the farm to search the farm with the troops. See if there are any remaining Mongolian bandits on the farm.
Before dark, it was finally determined that there were no enemies on the farm. The cavalry sent back to report the news, and the troops remained in the farm. The inspection was lost, and the robbers robbed each house and robbed a large flock of sheep. When he learned that his sheep had also been killed, Ulan Tug cried angrily. At night, everyone did not dare to disperse and go home to sleep, so they all gathered for the night.
On this night, everyone was lamenting and crying, and the atmosphere was very depressing. In the morning, everyone made breakfast, and the cavalry captain said to the village chief while eating that he would go after him. Many young people on the farm also felt angry and signed up to go together. Ulan Tug's brother was also going to follow, and he wanted to ride Tulantu's horse, but Ulan Tug was unhappy in his heart. She gritted her teeth and said loudly, "I'll go too." ”
"What are you going to do, girl?" Ulan Tug's father scolded.
"My gun is very good." Ulan Tug said as he plucked his musket from the wall of his home. All people in the Yuan Kingdom had to undergo basic military training, and firing a musket did not have to be a man who was skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Skillfully holding the musket, Ulan Tug said loudly: "Our sheep must be taken back." Our dog doesn't listen to my brother either. ”
Hundreds of sheep were robbed, and Ulan Tug's father and mother were also extremely distressed. And to bring back those sheep, it is not enough to rely on these two brothers and sisters. The family dog really listened to Ulan Tug's words very much, and he ignored Ulan Tug's brother. Thinking of so many sheep, Ulan Tug's father and mother finally agreed to let Ulan Tug go.
After eating, the pursuing troops assembled. And he saw that all of them had brought their fellows, and every man had horses. Ulan Tug wore overalls and leather trousers for riding horses. He had a flintlock musket on his back and a saber in front of the stirrup on his left. The outfit was similar to that of most farm boys, and what made her look different was the herd of border herders who followed the horses. The little things look alive and energetic. Ulantug's horse lowered its head and sniffed a frontier herd in front of it. Bian Mu shouted happily at the tall man.
The chase began, and Ulan Tug did not want her dog to be trampled on by the horse, so he followed the group. After chasing them out for a morning, during the lunch break, some scouts came back to report that less than ten miles ahead, those Mongolian bandits were driving sheep to the east. This news made everyone excited, and they thought that the bandits had run out for most of the day at this time, and they might have to chase for two days to catch up.
The prince in front also felt that something was not right, he had never seen such a stupid sheep in so many years. Although they are all fat-headed and big-eared, they are extremely disobedient. It is strange that there is no head in the flock. What's even more strange is that when they are driven in the direction of the grass, the sheep actually pick and choose the grass everywhere, and there is no such hardship and hard work that the Mongolian sheep rush over and start gnawing the grass. After driving for so long, the flock walks less than half the usual distance of Mongolian sheep, and they are simply the 'Yuan people' among the sheep. At the current rate, I don't know how long it will take to drive the sheep back to the tribe.
Seeing that the sun was approaching noon, the prince beckoned the team to stop. Let people take care of the sheep, and everyone took out the loot this time. The bread that was robbed, the salt that was robbed, the ham that was robbed, the fish that was snatched. The prince picked up a snatched knife, cut a piece of fatty cured meat, put it in his mouth and chewed. On the prairie, he is not alone. That's it, the snatched cured meat still made the prince almost burst into tears.
A lot of salt was used for the cured meat snatched by the Yuan Kingdom, and in the thick aroma of the meat, there was no bitterness or faint spiciness. Compared with the bitter taste and spicy salt that the prince tasted, it was a heaven and an earth. In addition to the delicious salt, there is also the spice flavor that combines the meat flavor with the salt flavor, which is indescribable in Mongolian.
Ate two slices of meat, and take another sip of the wine you snatched. This wine is completely different from Mongolian mare's milk wine, with a mellow and refreshing taste. The prince ate and drank, and only felt that his life seemed to be fulfilled.
The same is true of the prince's subordinates, they eat the looted bread and the honey they have robbed, and they all smile. This trip is really worth it, it's worth it.
The robbers did not know how to distill it, so they naturally thought that the stolen wine was the same as mare's milk wine, and they would not get drunk if they drank it. But the wine in Yuanguo is all distilled grain wine, and after drinking it, I will be dizzy, although I will not have a headache and will not get drunk, but my attention will still be distracted. When the meal was unconsciously delicious, I saw those stupid sheep walking around.
Like a torrent, the previously silly, slow flock of sheep initially trotted all the way, getting faster and faster, and finally turned into a wild run. When the sheep guards saw the sturdy sheep rushing towards them, they were so frightened that they quickly ducked aside. There are unlucky eggs who run slowly, and are directly knocked to the ground by the running flock.
The stupid sheep at the edge of the flock were scattered, but some black and white lumpy animals pounced on the sheep that were about to run away and drove them into the pile. Listening to the roar and looking at the clever figure, the Mongolian bandits were stunned. Judging by their experience, it should be a dog. But the bandits have never seen such a dog that can chase sheep without relying on human command. Could it be that these dogs are possessed by some god?
A herd of hundreds of sheep, the horses did not dare to stop them. What's more, these people are eating and drinking coolly, and they are also caught off guard by this situation. When they picked up their bows and arrows, they saw the dogs flickering near the flock, and they couldn't grasp their target at all. No one wants to kill a dog too much. In the hierarchy of the Mongols, the status of man was higher than that of horses, and the status of horses was higher than that of dogs, which in turn had a higher status than cattle and sheep. The bandits killed the Mongols, so it goes without saying that if you are caught, you will die. If you kill a horse in a raid, you will probably die if you are caught. Only after the theft of cattle and sheep can the thief be sure that it is not a capital crime.
Seeing that these flesh are so clever and clever, if they are killed, the thieves dare not guarantee that they will not die if they are caught.
So the thieves watched dumbfounded, as the stupid sheep was chased by a few dogs, and returned like a cloud along the way they came. This is more than twice as fast as the thieves were driving sheep. The prince was still clever, and he shouted: "Everyone hurry up, it should be those Yuan people who have caught up!" ”
The thieves mounted their horses and urged their mounts to flee. When the pursuers arrived, they saw only a mess and a lot of discarded stolen goods. As for the thieves, they can't even be seen.
Hao Ren, the lord of the Yuan state, gave an order to the two cavalry divisions to go to the border between the Yuan state and the Kipchak Khanate and stationed them. After the order was given, the Yuan Kingdom convened a meeting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a scholar, and he spends fiercely. Judging from the news, it seems that no one was killed when the Mongols came to loot. However, no one died this time, will it be so lucky next time?
Shang Shu of the Ministry of Agriculture knew that Shang Shu's relatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lived on the border, and after being robbed, he sent a report to Shang Shu. This is even shorter than the time for the local garrison to report from level to level. However, the Ministry of Agriculture did not intend to go against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture reacted violently to the matter.
What the Mongols stood, purely in terms of quantity, was actually very limited. Officials believe that people at the border cannot afford the psychological pressure that exists all the time. God knows when the Mongols will come next, maybe they didn't hurt anyone when they came last time, what will happen when they come again? No one dared to pack a ticket.
The only way to calm these uneasiness is to eliminate the danger of looting. The Ministry of Agriculture, which made such a judgment, was the main battle faction.
The Ministry of Agriculture is still the main battle, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still strong, and the chief of staff of the Ministry of War will not bow to the Mongols. Other departments could not find a reason to bow their heads and give in. Hao Ren watched all his subordinates demand that the Kipchak Khanate be severely punished, and he was helpless in his heart. He did not expect that the Kipchak Khanate would suffer more resentment than the Semu people in the west. According to the reactions from the guards and other ordinary people in the surrounding area, everyone felt that the Kipchak Khanate should be severely punished.