Chapter 247: Battle of Daling River

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How to find horse thieves, how to fight horse thieves, Huang Yi has such talents in his team.

Because Yu Shaoshan, Luo Buqi, etc. are the horse thieves who were subdued.

Most of the horse thieves who were subdued last spring have settled in Xinghe City, and a dozen of them who are skilled in bow and horse and have made great achievements in battle have become the seventh-rank flag officers.

Yu Shaoshan and Luo Buqi have already reached the rank of Sixth Rank Hundred President, and they cherish their hard-won cleansing.

Seeing that the previously arrogant Haraqin Datai Jisubudi was wiped out, the loyalty of Yu Shaoshan, Luo Buqi, etc. increased a lot.

They simply racked their brains, successfully rounded up the horse thieves many times, destroyed the horse thieves' lair, seized a large amount of gold, silver, treasures and beautiful women, and surrendered seven to eight hundred young and middle-aged horse thieves.

Organized dozens of denunciation rallies for captives from the Haraqin tribes, and used the mass exposure model to uncover the hidden Tabu Nang family.

The new system was established, and the activists who fought against the slave owners, the slaves, untouchables, and the lowest knights who had made military exploits became masters and became grassroots chiefs.

The tribal chiefs who followed Huang Yi into battle were rewarded with population, cattle, sheep, and grain.

There is another reward that the chief doesn't like, but there's nothing he can do about it because the warriors in the tribe like it.

Huang Yi could only allow him to be the absolute authority and regard all the people in the base area as the people. He could not allow the people to be loyal to some people who became grassroots chiefs.

This time the battle lasted longer, and loyal warriors emerged from each tribe who dared to fight. The total number was several hundred.

Already a proletarian chief, the people of five, ten, or fifteen households were given to five, ten, or fifteen households according to their merits, including their property, cattle, sheep, and grain.

To make great achievements, ordinary herdsmen will face two choices.

One is to accept the selection and become a glorious regular knight, receive a monthly salary of two taels of silver and five measures of wheat, and become a public servant.

The second is to be appointed as the chief of a small tribe, leading fifteen to thirty families of herdsmen in production and life.

The result was very good. Huang Yi added more than 300 Mongolian cavalry who were skilled in bows and horses. After deducting the battle losses, the actual increase was 200.

The new chiefs of more than a hundred new tribes were formerly ordinary herdsmen. Some came from the herdsmen groups close to the base areas, and some came from the tribes where the proletariat took charge last year.

Poor herdsmen who were not nobles and had no property could become chiefs, which immediately gave many ordinary herdsmen hope and ambition.

They all understood that obeying orders and not fearing death during a charge would not be ignored. They would all be credited by the governor, and they would be rewarded after the war.

Too many herdsmen thought in their hearts that the next time Huang Yi Batulu recruits them, they will actively participate in the battle and strive to become regular soldiers or leaders of small tribes.

The great revolution that completely overturned the rule of feudal lords and slave owners intensified in Bashang Grassland.

The Haraqin tribes who have milk are mothers no longer become accomplices in establishing slaves. On the contrary, at least 10,000 of the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 men are willing to accept conscription from the base area.

Subudi has the largest territory. The winter camp is more than a thousand miles away from the base area and 600 miles away from Jinzhou.

For the sake of safety, Huang Yi decided to leave a buffer zone and give up three hundred miles of territory, ordering the new proletarian tribes to go west and redistribute pastures.

Calculating the time, Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others should start repairing Daling River City at this time.

This battle is more famous because Zu Dashou played a trick on Huang Taiji, pretended to surrender and gained his trust. He abandoned his son, trusted generals, and all the soldiers and fled back to Jinzhou alone.

Daling River City is more than 30 miles east of Jinzhou. The Daling River Valley was the transportation hub connecting the Northeast and the Central Plains in ancient times. Its location is indeed important.

Therefore, the Ming army needed to build Dalinghe City to shield the Jinzhou defense line. Jiannu could not avoid this place when launching an attack, so the Ming army was determined not to let the Ming army build it.

Huang Yi knew clearly during this period of history that it was not that Zu Dashou, He Kegang and other Ming generals could not defend Dalinghe City, but that they were besieged by Huang Taiji's heavy troops and cut off food and grass, so they surrendered as a last resort.

There was no food or firewood at that time. All the horses in the city were eaten, their saddles were burned, and ten or twenty thousand civilians were eaten.

Huang Yi originally had no idea of ​​changing this period of history, because even if he wanted to change it, he couldn't do it.

But he suddenly thought of his brother-in-law Wu Xiang, who was already the chief military officer of Jinzhou.

Instead of expecting the long-legged general Wu Xiang to go to war, I thought of writing to Wu Xiang to remind him of his proposal and assist Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others in preparing enough food and carbon.

Wu Xiang was not a general, but that did not mean that he had no brains. On the contrary, his brains were even better than those of Zu Dashou and He Kegang.

Huang Yi made it clear to him the importance of food and fuel. For the common interests of Liaodong generals, he would definitely spare no effort to do it.

The distance between Jinzhou City and Dalinghe City is only a few dozen miles. As long as preparations are made in advance, Zu Dashou will definitely be able to avoid surrendering due to lack of food and fuel.

To be fair, Zu Dashou was the least willing to surrender and become a slave, and he was even less willing to see the Ming Dynasty perish.

It's not that he is loyal and brave, but that he is motivated by interests.

What can Jiannu give him? The traitor king who founded the slaves was just a slave.

During the Ming Dynasty, Liao's generals were supported by millions of taels of Liao's salary each year. Their ancestral family had a strong reputation in Liaodong, and they lived like a local emperor, and they lived a prosperous life.

Huang Yi had reason to believe that if Zu Dashou was not hungry and faced with a desperate situation, he would definitely refuse to surrender and would definitely be able to cause a lot of casualties to Jiannu.

Even if Zu Dashou surrendered in the end, being able to kill several hundred more slaves would be beneficial to the base area as it would cost Huang Taiji half a year more.

It happened that Bi Daxi participated in the battle that rescued Wu Xiang in the woods, and Wu Xiang must have known him.

So Huang Yi sent Bi Daxi and thirty-six cavalry to Jinzhou to deliver the message.

Of course, making as many friends as possible can’t just be lip service, there must be emotional connection.

Bi Daxi went to Jinzhou and brought Huang Yi's gift to Wu Xiang.

There is something special about this gift, it tastes so great.

Three days later, Wu Xiang saw Huang Yi's letter, nine real slave heads, and seventy-two Tatar heads, and she was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.

He wrote back not only to thank Huang Yi for the gift, but also to thank Huang Yi for the reminder.

Wu Xiang said that he would personally arrange it and would definitely send 30,000 shi of grain and 500,000 jin of carbon to Dalinghe City within a month to ensure the needs of the soldiers and civilians guarding Dalinghe City for half a year.

He was a showman and a smart man, so he didn't take those heads in vain, so he gave Bi Daxi 5,000 taels of silver notes to bring back.

He also enthusiastically invited Bi Daxi to stay for one night, and hosted a banquet for Bi Daxi and thirty-six others.

At the banquet, Bi Daxi and Wu Sangui actually chatted very enthusiastically. After drinking half the wine, they put down their chopsticks and started competing in archery.

In the end, Bi Daxi, who was one year older than Wu Sangui, won.