Bringing Military Supplies to Ming Dynasty

“General, the cavalry blasted open the city gate with artillery, and now they are killing into the city, our soldiers can’t resist it.” A Thousand-man Commander continued all the way. He crawled to the side of Shebye, who was still hiding behind a battlement, and said anxiously.

“Can’t stop it?” She said goodbye to himself.

“Yes, I can’t stop it. Now many soldiers in the city have surrendered. This… Actually, it’s no wonder that the strength of the two sides is too different, and the brothers have been a long time. I didn’t have enough to eat. Even the warhorses killed half of them. We didn’t have enough physical strength to fight them down.” Thousand-man Commander spoke and explained for the soldiers below.

Since Taisun Khan Khan was first joined by his younger brother Akbarjin in a sneak attack, he retreated to another country under the protection of a loyal general. From that time on, the 10,000 Tatar soldiers guarding the city of Talu had no supplies. Having become a rootless tree, in order to save themselves, they first attacked the Northern Ming area by threshing grass, but not only did not grab much, but they were surrounded by cavalry sent by Northern Ming Wanquandusi.

If it weren’t for the Tatar cavalry to fight bravely, I’m afraid it would suffer a big loss. Northern Ming didn’t get any benefits, and then they had to focus on the grassland and rob some of the individual herdsmen on the grassland. However, this kind of dry fish behavior quickly forced the people in the nearby grassland to flee farther. When the food in the city became less and less, A’mu Gulang had to order the beheading of the horse to satisfy his hunger.

This is why there are ten thousand Tatar soldiers but only five thousand cavalry. Half of the horses that disappeared were eaten by themselves.

I know my own affairs. If the strength of the mercenaries is average, the Tatar soldiers may still be able to summon the courage to have a crazy fight, and perhaps get some food from the opponent. But now, faced with mercenaries whose morale and battle strength are obviously stronger than them, there is only one dead end to resist. Knowing this truth, if a soldier chooses to surrender, he can’t be considered.

“Hey, now that the soldiers under the city have surrendered, let’s surrender too. Tell the brothers, don’t resist, surrender.” A long sigh of relief seemed to be a difficult one. The decision was general, and after saying these words, the whole body was loose. It seemed that from this moment on, the heavy burden on him was relieved.

A white flag was suddenly hung on the gate tower of Lucheng City. Under the shining of the sun, it looked pale and weak. Upon seeing this scene, Hu Mang laughed loudly, “haha, the Tatars surrendered and entered the city!”

The mercenaries entered the city more than an hour earlier than originally planned. Originally, Hu Mang estimated that the street fighting in the city was not at all fully unfolded, which made him full of disdain for the five thousand Tatar infantry guarding the city. In his opinion, with the benefit of city, the resistance is so weak, the general who defended the city is too incompetent.

But all these thoughts have changed because of everything he saw after entering the city.

When Hu Mang entered the city, Suhe and Xin Honghai, who entered in advance, had completely controlled the situation here. Even the farewells and the others were taken down from the gate tower, and they called for pressure. Kneeling to the ground, he waited for Hu Mang to come to inspect and inspect.

Riding a tall horse into the city, I originally thought of sarcasmly to General Fang, which is a good way to suppress the morale of the other party, but when my eyes fell on Shebye and the soldiers around, I was surprised The discovery, where is this still an army, where is the sturdy and mighty look of a grassland warrior? All the faces were yellow and thin, and the clothes looked so generous on them, like a child wearing an adult’s robe, so improper.

Of course, Tatar soldiers are not so poor that they don’t even have clothes to wear. The reason for this is that they are malnourished for a long time, and they are hungry if they have not eaten enough, so that everyone loses weight. A few kilograms or more, which makes them look so dissonant with their clothes.

Hu Mang was riding on the horse, trying to say something and so on, his mouth just opened, and he did not utter a word. Commander Su He seemed to understand something. He rode his horse carefully and came to his side and said, “Tiger head, I have already inquired about it. These soldiers have not eaten enough for a long time, and they even used war horses before. It’s filling your hunger.”

Speaking of these, Su He was also unbearable. For the warriors of the steppe, the war horse is their brother. In many cases, people are on the horse, and people die. And once you have to cook the brother as food, you can imagine how bad the environment will be. Not to mention, horse meat is originally a bit sour and tastes not at all. If it were not for nothing, who would make such a decision?

“This…hey, make arrangements, cook immediately, at least let them eat before talking.” Hu Mang pressed everything he wanted to say in his heart, and he finally understood why he always It seems that Tatar soldiers with strong battle strength will have such incompetent performance today. Presumably, without food, how much power can even a mercenary show?

“Su He, thank you tiger head on behalf of these soldiers.” Hearing the order given by Hu Mang, Su He sighed on his face. How can he say that he is also a Tatar, and these people are flesh and blood. Connected, of course I don’t want to look at the pitiful appearance of my clansman now.

Seeing Su Heyi’s touched face, Hu Mang hehe laughed, “Okay, you go and give me this order right away. By the way, those people should be starving too, right? I told them to go down and make them too, so that everyone can eat as much as possible.”

“Yes.” Su He once again cup one fist in the other hand thanks, and then seems to remember What? I quickly paid another military salute, and then hurried away. Having turned his back, warm tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. This time he was really moved by Hu Mang’s actions.

The news of the big victory ahead reached Yang Chendong, who was walking slowly.

Looking at the battle report, Hu Mang took the entire city of Dalu for less than two hundred casualties and captured nearly 8,000 soldiers. Yang Chendong laughed heartily. “Yes, Hu Mang did a great job. It seems to be quite talented in General.”

“That is, Hutou is actually very capable of commanding the army. After all, he is next to Young Master. Long time.” Yang Er saw Yang Chendong in a good mood, and quickly patted the flattery on the side. Of course, he has a subtext in this sentence, that is, he has been with Young Master for a long time, and he is also the leader of the army.

Naturally, Yang Er will not speak these words directly. He has not forgotten the choice that Yang Chendong asked him to make, either to become a regiment leader and lead an army, or to stay by his side. He chose the latter without saying a word.

For Yang Chendong, besides worshipping, Yang Er still has gratitude, because without this master, he may not know where he is now, even if he is alive or dead. It was because of the Sixth Young Master that gave him everything as good as he is now. Now he immediately has a woman Qi Qige, and the gratitude in his heart is even stronger.

He will never leave Yang Chendong’s side, but if there is an opportunity to lead the army on the battlefield, then he is also very longing for it. After all, the man’s in the bones is like this primordial impulse.

Yang Chendong hehe laughed. He didn’t make any comments on Yang Er’s words, but raised his hand and said: “That’s it, speed up the march, and I will stop in Dalu City today.”

Originally, the distance was not very far. In the afternoon, Yang Chendong and more than a thousand people came to the city, where they entered the city together with the waiting Hu Mang and the others. Along the way, Hu Mang also made a simple report on the war.

The scout had already reported the situation to Yang Chendong before, but now it’s just repeating it, and Hu Mang spoke quickly. After talking about the war, his expression became a little depressed, “Young Master, it’s so difficult for people here?”

“en?” Listen to Hu Mang, the defender of the city. The soldier is not easy, Yang Chendong’s face showed a very surprised expression. How can this be so good that you talked about love for the other party?

“Young Master, this is the situation…” Hu Mang said with a serious face what he saw after entering the city and what he learned later. Speaking of the Tatar soldiers in the city have not eaten a full meal for a long time, and even had to kill the horses to satisfy their hunger, and even some people in the city even made things to eat for children in order to survive, Hu Mang was biting. He clenched his teeth and clenched his right hand, with a very heartache.

Just a simple sentence of changing children and eating, Yang Chendong’s face has also become a lot deeper. Of course he knows what it means. Although he has been in this World for several years, he has seen many poor people, but when he really heard this sentence, he was still very moved. He can even imagine in his mind, under what circumstances will the people do such a thing?

That must be quite helpless, right? Presumably parents who do this will have a conscience for the rest of their lives, right?

“Young Master, I have ordered to go down and take out our rations to let the soldiers and the people eat a full meal first, and I would like to ask you to punish you.” Hu Mang’s voice began to eat again. , But when he said this, he was already an inviting appearance.

Speaking of which, it was said that the army should be distributed to the soldiers. After all, these people may become their own comrades in arms in the future. But for the people, even some women, children and the elderly, it is not Hu Mang who can decide at will. Most of these people have no power to control, even if they are in their hands, they are not very useful. Although the mercenaries already have two thousand acres of greenhouses in Sicheng, which can solve part of the problem of eating, most of the food still needs to be transported by sea from Chihkan City, and the manpower and material resources are too much. Now that the rations are distributed in this way, Hu Mang’s plea is also due.