By the time the president remembered to send a telegram to the capital, Hunchun's leading troops had already seen the city wall of Pinggu County!
The sudden arrival of the army from outside the Pass shocked the people of Pinggu. At first, people were very frightened and did not know where these savages came from. But later they heard that they were the troops of General Hunchun outside the Pass, and the people's curiosity suddenly disappeared. Lifted it up.
The sky was getting dark, and the city gate of Pinggu was about to close. Hunchun didn't want to enter the city, so he chose to go around Pinggu City and head directly to Niulan Mountain. After crossing Niulan Mountain, he was in Shunyi. If he tosses half his sleeves, he would be able to see the city wall of Beijing tomorrow morning. !
The 20,000 troops made Pinggu miserable as it was during the Chinese New Year. People ignored the night ban and rushed to the top of the city and ran out of the city gate, crowding on both sides of the road to watch the troops coming from the north!
Tigers, bears, leopards in cages, Haidongqing flying in the sky, roaring hounds... and more are these savage troops that the common people have never seen before!
Only one-third of the soldiers in this kidnapping cavalry unit can speak Chinese, and they spend most of their time talking in Manchu. As a result, both sides stare at each other and no one can communicate.
"Xiao'er... is this really the land of the Qing Dynasty? Didn't the general say that the capital has been occupied by us Jurchens for more than two hundred years? Why don't they speak our words anymore?"
"Oh... what a tall city! Is this the capital?"
"Shit! This is Pinggu, a county town..."
The Qing Dynasty was really weird. It took two hundred years to take control of the Central Plains and didn't know how to develop the economy outside the customs. In addition to adding many military facilities in the entire Baishan and Heishui areas, there were very few projects that relied on people's livelihood!
The world outside the customs is still wild. These wild Jurchens have never seen a serious city in their lives. This time they took the Mongolian route south. They saw many cities in the yurt but they all took a detour!
Unsophisticated people, when they saw a county town in the pass, they already thought it was the capital city, which made those Pao Ze who knew Chinese laugh at him!
Hunchun watched everything in front of him silently. What he wanted was this effect. These soldiers were actually carefully selected by him. He wants your brutality!
Among the 20,000 kidnappers, he hid a big secret. This secret he would only tell His Majesty the Emperor and would never make it public to anyone!
The news of Hunchun's arrival alarmed the county magistrate of Pinggu County. Hunchun was a high-ranking Manchu official or the head of the Guanwai military government who had established a government. Of course, a magistrate as big as sesame seeds and mung beans would not dare to neglect!
The magistrate of Pinggu County, together with all the county government officials, knelt down outside the north gate of the city to welcome the general!
Hunchun rode his horse and saw the crowd of people kneeling in civilian uniforms in front of him. He couldn't stand it and hurried over and said, "Sir, please get up! This general is just passing by and will not disturb the place. Please rest assured, sir!"
The county magistrate was waiting for this sentence. Since ancient times, fighting troops has been like crossing water. If the 20,000 troops harass the place, he will not be able to deal with it at all, and the court will not support the ordinary people of Pinggu!
Hearing the general's promise, he quickly bowed his head in excitement, "The general is really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness... I didn't know the news of the general's arrival before, and I didn't prepare anything. I hurriedly ordered hundreds of jars of fine wine from the city, as well as various kinds of wine." meat……"
"It's already evening now, so try to put some space on it to make it easier to walk at night!"
Prepare meals for an army of 20,000 people in a hurry? This can't be done in Pinggu County, but Hunchun doesn't expect these people to prepare food and wages. His army has brought enough field rations!
The soldiers of Guaizima are all equipped with two horses. This time the army brought more than 40,000 war horses, and the free horse backs were used to carry the soldiers' food!
There is nothing good at all, just all kinds of bacon jerky, dried milk bought from the grasslands, and compressed biscuits imported from Vladivostok!
Along the way, many soldiers just chewed a few sticks of meat on horseback for a meal. The wild people outside the pass had strong appetites and could digest steel. As long as they had dried meat, it was already a supreme delicacy. They didn't feel like they were at all. Suffering!
Therefore, the military morale was very stable along the way, and there was no trouble at all because of food!
Pinggu County has a long table along the north city wall. There are sesame cakes, steamed buns, pancakes, braised pork, pork head meat, braised pork, roast chicken, beef...all kinds of them, covering hundreds of meters!
There are hundreds of jars of fine wine at the end of the stalls, all with their lids opened, and the smell of wine is coming out... The so-called fine wine is just village brewing near Niulan Mountain!
At this time, it wasn’t famous yet, it was just an ordinary Erguotou!
A handful of small wooden spoons were inserted into the wine jar, and the passing soldiers scooped up a spoonful and drank it directly on horseback, and they took all kinds of food as they wanted!
However, Hunchun ordered that each person could only drink a spoonful of wine, and only a handful of various kinds of food were allowed. There must be some meat residue left for the brothers behind!
There were more wolves than meat, so Xiu'er and his group of pioneers took advantage. They were the first to taste the wine and meat. When Xiu'er took a spoonful of Erguotou and put it in his mouth, his eyes suddenly turned blue!
Ouch... with a voice, he howled excitedly, "This wine is interesting... it's strong and fragrant! Haha..."
When Hunchun didn't see it, Xiao'er took three spoonfuls of it in a row. Only when he tasted Han food again did he really know what enjoyment was!
All kinds of meat are stewed with different spices. This kind of cooking method is something that the savages from the Far East would never dare to think of!
They have never seen anything called star anise, fennel, nutmeg, cinnamon, bay leaves... In their daily lives, they don't even dare to eat salt!
Do you think the black taste is caused by soy sauce? Is there even a sweet noodle sauce? There is no such memory in their tongue taste system at all!
"Good wine...good meat..." These savages outside the customs were howling on horseback. The Pinggu County officers behind the long table could not understand their words, and they all just looked at each other and laughed!
In fact, there are some Manchus living in Pinggu City. When they hear the conversations of these relatives outside the customs, they whisper in confusion, "I can only understand half of what these people say. What about you..."
"Oh... you, the old man, can understand half of us, let alone us, we can only understand a few words!"
"It seems that the troops brought by General Hunchun are not simple... they are definitely not from Haixi or Jianzhou, they must be far away!"
Different styles are different in ten miles, and customs are different in hundreds of miles! There are actually many dialects outside the Guan, and different tribes speak differently!
Not to mention these more distant wild Jurchens brought by General Hunchun!
Just when people in Pinggu were talking and watching the excitement, an accident happened. The vanguard officer at the front of the team, Hao'er, had a dispute with several soldiers around him. They were all making a lot of noise and didn't know what they were talking about!
Fortunately, these people in the pass couldn't understand it. If they could, they would all be scared and run away!
