"There's a river ahead, it's good to camp there." Another day later, in the afternoon, the team advanced, and the young general with a wounded leg provided information.

The wounded were carried on stretchers, the captives were responsible for carrying part of the baggage, and their armor was placed on horses.

Ten captives were tied with a rope, and the most commonly used rules were adopted...... Sitting.

One out of ten people is missing, the other nine are all killed, one hundred people are a team, ten people are missing, and one team is all killed.

The captives were quite honest, they knew that without horses and weapons, it was not possible to run alone here, and they would be eaten by wild beasts.

When the camp was set up, some people cooked, some people brought water from the river and boiled it in pots, and threw gauze and bandages to bandage the wounded.

The wounded and the Ming army ate normally, and the slightly wounded and uninjured prisoners ate only half of the barley flour mixed with salt.

However, the supply of water did not shorten them, and even gave them soup, for which the captives understood and thanked.

Otherwise, only a little food a day, no salt, and limited water were the normal way to treat the captives.

A captive who does not have the strength to resist and flee is the best captive, and to feed the captives is to cause trouble for themselves.

The Ming army explained the policy to the captives, telling them that when the battle was over, if they had families, they could take their families with them to the south.

"Have you ever been to the south of the Yangtze River? Haven't been to it yet? The water does not freeze there in winter, there is an occasional snowfall, and only in the high mountains does the snow remain......"

A soldier of the Ming army told ten captives about the affairs of Jiangnan, trying to portray the appearance of heaven on earth.

After the captives passed, they could mine, and they did not need to be abused, and they were given food and drink normally, and they were also paid.

It is better to prevent them from suddenly rebelling here than to kill them.

The captives listened, thought, and prepared to pass, but in fact there was no choice but to choose death.

Those who were more seriously injured hummed quietly after eating, and the humming did not feel so painful.

There are still people who can't survive and die, and everyone has become numb to this.

"The other two route armies don't know the situation, this time we will definitely be able to hit Helin and drive the Northern Yuan out completely."

Lan Yu was eating horse meat, using the seasoning that the team brought with her, but the marinade was dried up, it felt like sauce, and the marinade could not be carried all the time.

The seasoning package is provided by Ju Biqi, and when you are fighting outside, you catch game, or a dead war horse, and you can marinate it if you think it tastes bad if you eat it directly.

Put more salt when marinating, which can be stored for a few days, and it is best to cut it into slices and dry it after marinating.

Many horses were killed in this battle, and those who were seriously wounded were also given a good time, and the skin was peeled, and the ashes of the cooking plants and trees were rubbed, and the meat was eaten.

Xu Da picked up a piece of horse meat: "The package has been collected?" It can be reused. ”

Sappy: "......"

He turned his head and asked, "Have you received the braised pork?" ”

"Put it away, hang it up and hang it up! When it's dry, it's ready. "The place in charge of making braised pork shouted.

Xu Da smiled: "Helin is a strategic place, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty built a city from there because the local land is fertile and there are many rivers, which are suitable for both animal husbandry and agriculture.

However, it is estimated that they will not be able to catch their important people, and now that the grassland vegetation is luxuriant, they can continue to flee north as long as they bring their livestock.

After continuous battles, our army could only stop at Horin, where it strengthened the city and repaired the destroyed houses. ”

When Xu Da talked about what happened in the future, he had a hunch that he would almost face an empty city when he fought over.

Unless you are not in a hurry to fight now, wait for winter to come, and after heavy snowfall, and then go to fight Helin, the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty will not be able to run north with a large number of people and livestock.

However, then his army could not hold on, and he chose this season to fight, precisely because he did not need to bring forage to the horses, but could bring salt.

"Oops!" Lan Yu was annoyed: "If we don't use good weapons, we may lose, and even if we win, the casualties will be great."

With good weapons, after they know it, they will no longer fight with us, and if they leave, they will tear down and burn down the house and other things that cannot be taken away.

Listening to them, the houses and palaces in Helin are good. How nice would it be if they could fight us to the death? ”

"It's impossible, they won't be unable to live because they lose a certain place, during the Yuan Dynasty, foreign conquests never stopped.

Seeing that they couldn't defeat them, of course they would arrange in advance, taking advantage of the lush water and grass, to go to the north to collect the other tribes. ”

Xu Da shook his head, he knew too much about the people of Beiyuan, they would leave when they said they would, and no matter what hardships they went through, as long as they lived, they would grow stronger again.

"They continued to run north, but we couldn't run again in a short time." Lan Yu shook her head.

"Run! They cannibalize the others in the north, better than we encounter directly. We come into contact with those people and don't know whether they are friend or foe.

Replaced by Beiyuan, we know that it is the enemy, and we can deal with it in the same way as the enemy.

Occupy Helin, let's raise more cattle, sheep, horses, and camels to prepare for the future. ”

Xu Da analyzed from another angle, the Northern Yuan promised to annex other tribes in the past, and the Ming Dynasty was hostile to that side.

……

Wang Baobao ran away with people and went back to his place to recruit people, he had already planned, and his people immediately went to Helin.

In Helin, explain the situation, and then prepare to go north at any time, not a single sheep will be left for the Ming army.

Next, we will try to find skilled craftsmen who can build firecrackers that are not afraid of rain and do not need to be lit by open flames.

When the strength is enough, the weapons are also up to date, and then fight back, then Xu Da just relies on the benefits of firearms to win himself.

It is necessary to send a detailed envoy to find out the news and see what is going on with the firearms of the Ming army, and it is best to get a way to build them.

Until then, you must not encounter the Ming army, especially in rainy days, and you must not fight.

"Stop, eat." Wang Baobao also came to a river, took a look at his men, and it was okay, and there were a lot of horses.

More than 7,000 people dismounted and let the horses drink water and graze on their own.

And they themselves took out the fried noodles with salt grains from their pockets and stuffed them in their mouths, chewed them slowly, and waited for them to swallow before drinking saliva.

The group was silent one by one, seemingly uninterested in speaking, and the injured man looked at his wounds after eating a few bites of food.

Easy to dig lead bullets, they dug them out yesterday, and then found horse manure packs in the grass and used the ash inside to plug the wounds to stop the bleeding.

Now look at the situation, if there is pus and blood, it is inconvenient to squeeze it and ask others to help, and then wipe the powder of the horse manure bag.

At the same time, there are other grasses that they will also put in their mouths and chew, such as red peony and astragalus.

These are all things they have learned since childhood, and once they are injured, they must be able to find the corresponding medicine on the grassland.

(End of chapter)