My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Lu Xun once said that there is no road in the world, but when people walk too many roads, there will be no road.

More than 50,000 people lined up in a long snake formation and ran up and down from Jianzhou to North Korea. A road was artificially opened in the mountains.

In the mountains and forests south of Changdiji Fort.

"kill!"

"Run, run west. After passing the Dangerous Mountain Castle, you can survive."

"Anyone who dares not chop off a pig's tail will be killed!"

At this moment, Mao Wenlong's men had just killed some of the guards and were screening the civilians responsible for transporting food.

Wearing light armor, Mao Wenlong stood on the roadside with a gloomy expression.

He left with more than 30,000 people and came back with 5,000 or 6,000 people. They were all young and strong.

Women, children, old and young were either used as slaves to fill the walls of Korean cities, or they were starved to death on the roadside.

When Jiannu asked these people to set off, they didn't even give them enough food.

"Jiannu! Jiannu!"

Feeling really angry, Mao Wenlong took the steel knife in his hand and chopped down the tree beside him.

"Grandpa, everything has been picked out."

Suddenly, Shang Kexi came to Mao Wenlong's side and said.

"We asked each of the peasants to carry three dou on their backs, and all the gold, silver and jewelry have been packed away."

"Let your dad keep an eye on it. Those people are crazy poor. Tell them, don't carry too much on your back. We won't turn around to save them if the slaves catch up."

"clear."

Hearing this, Shang Ke happily handed over his hands and quickly went to the back to spread the message.

Half an hour later, the battlefield had been cleaned, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers were placed on top of bags of grain.

"burn!"

Standing on the side of the road, looking at the wheelbarrows piled up one after another, Mao Wenlong waved his hand, and his soldiers threw their torches onto the cars.

"General, you can't burn it!"

At this moment, there were still some people kneeling in front of the soldiers, begging bitterly.

Kick the man away, a soldier said unhappily.

"Why don't you burn it and keep it for the slaves to eat? Being a slave is taken to the core."

"withdraw!"

Today's work was done. Mao Wenlong waved his hand and led a group of soldiers into the dense forest.

Behind them, there were hundreds of people who were willing to return to the Ming Dynasty.

"Daddy, will it cause a wildfire if we burn it like this?"

Seeing Mao Wenlong walking easily on the rugged path in front of him, Shang Ke couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.

"If there is a mountain fire, there will be a mountain fire. It is not our territory anyway."

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong waved his hand indifferently.

"But, this is harmful to Tianhe."

Shang Kexi said somewhat unbearably.

"Shang Tianhe?"

Hearing this, Mao Wenlong curled his lips in disdain.

"We will harm Tianhe by setting fire to the mountains. If we use the people of the Ming Dynasty to fill ditches, we will not harm Tianhe."

"The sky on the border of Jianzhou has no control over the people of Ming Dynasty."

With that said, Mao Wenlong waved his hand and asked everyone to speed up again.

Of course, Mao Wenlong could not be the only one who was sent by the Ming Dynasty to attack the troops transporting the booty of the slaves.

With Xiong Tingbi's permission, it was natural to attack in multiple ways.

Small-scale troops came out to raid the Jianchang Fort, Gushan Fort, Aiyang Fort, Xin'an Fort, Xianshan Fort, and Zhenjiang Fort.

The two sides fought another round of harassment around the Ming Dynasty's border wall.

On both sides, either I will attack one of your transport teams today, or you will ambush my small banner of soldiers tomorrow.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wanted to carry Jiannu's pig tail to receive the reward, while the soldiers of Jiannu were trying their best to protect the food and grass they had plundered.

Both sides are fighting for their lives.

In this atmosphere, Xiong Tingbi brought Jiang Bi's Wu Jing camp to Crow Falcon Pass in the name of changing defenses.

Crow Falcon Pass was built in the fourth year of Chenghua by Han Bin, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, behind Liting in Chenghua.

The place Han Bin chose was very good. Guancheng was built between the ridges on both sides.

Eighty miles to the northeast from here is Hetuala (Lao Village), the hometown of slaves, and seventy miles to the south is Qinghe Fort, an important town in Liaodong.

After the Battle of Salhu, Jiannu's army captured Crow Falcon Pass with a victorious force.

After annihilating the two white banners of Jiannu this year, Xiong Tingbi took advantage of the situation and took back Crow Falcon Pass.

In the guard house of Crow Falcon Pass, Xiong Tingbi was reading official documents.

"Is there any news from Ye Bushou?" Xiong Tingbi asked, turning to look at He Shixian who came in.

"When I returned to the headquarters, the news came back that all the elite members of the Jiannu clan had gone to North Korea."

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi immediately raised his hands and said.

"Butang, go to war and besiege the old village while the main force of building slaves is not around."

After hearing He Shixian's request for a fight, Xiong Tingbi glanced at the opponent sideways.

"Go out to fight, why fight!"

"I don't believe it. I dare to use my entire army to attack North Korea when my army has not moved."

With that said, Xiong Tingbi dropped the official document in his hand on the table.

"I'm sure that the large army of Jiannu must be waiting for me to lead the army out of the customs."

"What does Budo mean?"

Although He Shixian is a drunkard, he is not a fool.

"It's a lie to build slaves and plunder North Korea, but is it true that they want to lure us into attacking?"

"Not necessarily."

With that said, Xiong Tingbi looked at He Shixian and asked.

"Which one is richer, Daming or Jiannu?"

"Ming dynasty."

Hearing this, He Shixian immediately replied.

"Then do you think Jiannu wants to rob us more, or North Korea?"

"It must be us."

This is very natural to say. After all, Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world.

"Why don't they come?"

"Because I can't beat him."

Hearing this, He Shixian said it more naturally.

"Last year, the army led by the Ministry of Defense defeated the Jiu Nu. This year, they completely wiped out the two white flags of the Jiu Nu. They are already afraid."

"Ah."

Listening to He Shixian's praise of himself, Xiong Tingbi nodded and praised me a few more words.

"Our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. If we lose the battle of Sarhu, we will lose. The imperial court can dispatch elites from each town, transport grain and grass from the capital, and fight Jiannu again."

"But it takes time to deploy troops, so Jiannu is eager to take over Liao and Zhongcheng in one fell swoop. That's why Jiannu sent out a large army to fight us this year."

"As for the Jiannu, they don't do farming, they rely entirely on looting to obtain food and supplies. In this year's battle at Magendan Castle, the Jiannu didn't grab anything, and all the supplies they needed to survive were gone."

"So the slaves had to plunder North Korea in order to have food to survive."

"The emperor issued an order for me to rectify the Liaodong army. What I need most now is time to train troops. But last time, we completely wiped out the two white flags of Jiannu, causing heavy losses to Jiannu. They also need time to train their troops."

With that said, Xiong Tingbi looked at He Shixian.

"When I said this, what did you think of?"

"this..."

He reached out and scratched his head. He Shixian didn't understand what Xiong Tingbi meant.

"Hey."

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi sighed.

This He Shixian might be able to serve as a vanguard of an army, but as a commander of an army, he doesn't have the brains.

You can only be a general, not a commander.

"I'm sure that the soldiers sent by the slave builders to plunder North Korea must be new recruits."

"Soldiers who have seen blood, and soldiers who have not seen blood. Soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and soldiers who have not been on the battlefield."

"The difference is still huge."

"Then we have to attack even more. We can't let the Jian slaves plunder North Korea so safely."

After listening to Xiong Tingbi's story, He Shixian was a little confused.

His first thought was that he couldn't let Jian Nu get his wish.

"..."

As for He Shixian's pig brain, Xiong Tingbi suddenly had the urge to pry it open and take a look.

"Jiannu wanted to kill two birds with one stone."

Xiong Tingbi pointed at He Shixian and said.

"On the one hand, they want to train troops, and on the other hand, they want to lure us out."

"If we don't move, they can safely use North Koreans to train their troops."

"If we move, the roads outside the pass are rugged and it is difficult for the army to move. The elite slaves will be surrounded and killed on all sides, recreating the Battle of Saarhu." (End of this chapter)