Chapter 345
Liaodong, Liaoyang, about ten miles south of the city, temporary breeding farm.
Admiral Ning, who was in charge of the trade and market, was Li Xiaodong, a general under Chang Yu. When he was in charge of the slave trade, he came into contact with a small Mongolian tribe, and the tribe asked two Mongolian beauties to receive Li Xiaodong.
Among them was a Mongolian beauty named Wu Yunna, who was deeply liked by Li Xiaodong, so she became Li Xiaodong's wife. Now Wu Yunna and her brother Timur are following Li Xiaodong to visit Ning Haijun's breeding farm.
The Mongolians yearn for the life of Liaodong people very much. In fact, let alone the Mongols, almost everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty yearns for the life of Liaodong, even the rich and powerful.
A large number of greenhouses have been built in Liaodong, which can grow off-season vegetables and a large amount of beef and mutton. Most landowners in Henan or North Zhili have money but no place to spend it.
But Liaodong is different. Material life is very rich.
Coming to this temporary breeding farm, it was an eye-opener for Timur, who has been herding sheep for more than 20 years. Timur means steel in Mongolian. There are many people with this name, probably just like so-and-so. , the probability of a certain strength is about the same. Wuyunna is also a common Mongolian name, meaning wisdom and cleverness.
Ning Haijun's breeding farm does not graze like the Mongols and Jiannu. They all raise animals in captivity. Even though it is a temporary breeding farm, the scale is quite spectacular. It is surrounded by cement piles and barbed wire. Ten miles of land were enclosed, and the cattle and sheep could graze in this circle.
Ning Haijun had a large number of mules and horses, and they usually consumed a considerable amount of pasture. It was impossible for them to graze everywhere like the Mongols. Ning Haijun planted grass in the same way as grain, watered and fertilized every day, and waited for the grass to grow. They just drove the cattle and sheep in to eat. When the grass in one pasture was gone, they rushed to the next pasture. One family ate there. When the grass in the last pasture was gone, the grass in the first pasture also grew.
The Mongolians don't have this ability. They basically rely on the weather for food. They can only admit that they are unlucky when encountering natural disasters. In cattle farms and horse farms, the cattle and horses are kept in pens, and herdsmen transport carts of feed and put it into the troughs.
Timur glanced over and said, "Hey guys, what they are throwing down is straw cakes!" These grass cakes are refined by adding soybean meal, soybean meal, etc. to rye grass and alfalfa grass powder. A certain amount of sugar and salt are also added when feeding.
Timur looked dumbfounded and said, "Is this how you raise cattle and horses?"
Li Xiaodong smiled lightly and said, "Is there any problem?"
Timur shook his head in disbelief: "It's incredible! If we raise cattle and horses like this, we will go bankrupt! Are you raising animals or serving the master!?"
"There is no way. The weather is dry and cold now, the pasture is scarce, and we are not very familiar with the grassland. There is no way to find winter pasture like you, so we have to use this stupid method."
Li Xiaodong casually took a piece of grass cake and broke it open to show Timur: "This thing has been prepared in summer. In summer, the grass grows vigorously and the livestock cannot eat it, so we have people cut the grass back and dry it. Chop it up, then grind it into powder, and add soybean flour to make grass cakes. This will last all year long, and these grass cakes will come in handy in the winter when pasture is scarce. Look, these animals love to eat it, and they eat it. After that, I kept gaining weight."
Tamerlane said: "They will eat you up! Just the manpower and material resources spent on preparing feed for them will be enough to bankrupt you!"
"How is that possible! If they are well fed, they will produce more milk. We can make cheese, milk wine, and milk powder from their milk and sell it. Not only will we not lose money, but we will also make a lot of money!"
Li Xiaodong smiled and said, "Don't forget, we have hundreds of millions of people. Even if only one or two people out of a thousand like these products, it is enough to make the supply of our products exceed the demand."
Timur was stunned for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh. Sowing seeds in spring, harvesting grass in summer and autumn to make grass cakes and storing them, and using them to feed livestock in winter. The Han people are clearly using farming methods to manage their pastures. However, this method is particularly effective, which has been shown from the beginning. Incomparable and advantageous!
During this period, he had more frequent contact with Ning Haijun. The more he came into contact, the more frightened he became. Ning Haijun's strength was too terrifying. Now the Ming Empire seemed to have found a way to solve the problem of Han people's survival and development on the grassland. It was transforming the grassland Treat it as their farmland and implement it step by step. This business model is not comparable to the Mongolian traditional grazing model. The two parties are not at the same level in terms of resisting natural disasters and operating efficiency. As time goes by, the two parties' The gap will only grow wider!
Now Tamerlane only hopes that the Mongolian and Han peoples can coexist peacefully. While the Han people manage Mongolia, they also leave some living space for the Mongolians, instead of killing them all like they did in the Han and Tang Dynasties. He is satisfied.
"How is this straw cake made?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized that what he said was nonsense. Putting aside whether Li Xiaodong would tell him or not, even if Li Xiaodong told him, he wouldn't be able to do it. To chop and grind the pliable grass into powder would definitely require an extremely sophisticated machine. The Mongolians couldn't even make an iron pot. Come out and expect them to build such a sophisticated machine? It’s too overwhelming.
Besides, even if they have machines, they don't have that many manpower to mow, chop, and grind the grass. Just grazing every day is hard enough!
"I'm not very sure about this. They are all bought from factories. The ranch workers are only responsible for cutting the grass, drying it, and then sending it to the factory. The factory will grind the grass into powder and make grass cakes. We Just pick it up when you need it.”
While talking, Wu Yunna yawned, and they followed Li Xiaodong to the wooden house where he rested. This kind of movable wooden house was very shocking to Timur. Now the army in Liaoyang lives in this kind of wooden house.
In fact, this kind of wooden house is Ning Haijun's simple RV, which is like the folding RV of later generations of car-mounted hotels. When folded, it looks like an ordinary cargo carriage, one foot eight feet long and eight feet wide. Once stretched out, an ordinary four-wheeled carriage can form a wooden house that is one foot eight feet long and one foot six feet wide, approximately thirty-two square feet.
This kind of RV does not need to be in contact with the ground. No matter how cold the weather is, there is no need to worry about frostbite. Generals like Li Xiaodong can have independent RVs. Ning Haijun's military RVs are of the same standard.
The original version of the RV was equivalent to a later-generation campervan, with a vehicle-mounted tent that supported the tent and slept in the vehicle. Now that conditions are better, Ning Haijun’s infantry units each have two four-wheel vehicles and have sixty soldiers. The square meter is a bunk bed, so you can sleep comfortably. Of course, you don’t have to worry about comfort.
However, in Timur's eyes, having an independent RV like Li Xiaodong is not very comfortable.
However, just when Wu Yunna was using the RV for hygiene and convenience, a Mongolian came to Timur anxiously: "Timur, something serious is going to happen!"
"what happened?"
"How long has it been and you are still in the mood to be here? Cherge's soldiers attacked our tribe indiscriminately. They killed everyone they saw and took away our tribe's horses and sheep!"
Timur's tribe was only a small tribe in Mongolia, with less than 500 people in the entire tribe. His face was pale and he hurriedly followed the Mongolian back.
Li Xiaodong received the news unexpectedly and hurriedly reported to Changyu: "General, great, the Mongols are quarreling with Jiannu!"
"what happened?"
"It is said that Zerge's soldiers robbed Timur's tribe!"
"This Zierge is the third son of Eyidu. His mother is the third sister of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing Dynasty. His tribe is very arrogant among the Jiannu people. The troops are undisciplined and plunder wantonly. Not to mention robbing the Mongols, they even rob the Jiannu themselves. He didn’t dare to grab anything but the yellow flag where he was and the straight yellow flag. He even dared to grab Dorgon’s white flag!”
Zhang Yu pondered: "It's a pity that Timur's tribe is too small. Even if we give them some equipment, they don't dare to fight with Zerge..."
Just as he was talking, Cheng Shijie's order came into Changyu's hands.
Zhang Yu glanced at Li Xiaodong and said, "Are you and that Mongolian woman serious?"
Li Xiaodong said: "It is true that the general is humbled, and she is true."
"Li Xiaodong!"
"Be humble!"
Zhang Yu said with a serious face: "Now the slaves are being unreasonable and rushing into your in-laws' tribe, killing all the young people who dare to resist and question them, raping women, and hanging children who are taller than a wheel on wooden stakes. Even a baby in infancy could not escape death. They snatched it from the hands of the wailing woman and threw it on the big rock until its brain burst. You were very angry about this matter and led the troops..."
"I understand how to do it!"
For Chang Yu, this was like giving him a pillow when he was dozed off. Just when he was looking for an excuse, the excuse came. In fact, the internal fighting among the Eight Banners of Jiannu was no less than that of the Ming Dynasty. However, their interests were more consistent, and they gained from robbing the Ming Dynasty. They have significant interests, so they can be twisted into a rope.
Within the Eight Banners of Jiannu, there is also a chain of contempt. The upper three banners look down on the lower five banners, the lower five banners look down on the Mongolian left and right wings, the Mongolian left and right wings look down on the Han military flags, the Han military flags look down on those who are not from Liaodong, and those who are not from Liaodong also look down on the slaves. Clothing slaves look down on slaves.
As a Jiannu of Shangsanqi, it is normal to bully the Mongols. Even Huang Taiji’s father-in-law, Manggus, brother-in-law, Wu Keshan, and even a small Niu Luerzhen within the Jiannu dared to shame them and make things difficult for them. . Not to mention dignity.
Soon Li Xiaodong led more than 4,000 infantrymen under his command to the city and drove out all the Mongols and Jian slaves in the market.
After receiving the news, the Jiannu soldiers Chengzheng Zilge immediately realized that something was wrong. He came to Liaoyang City and said, "General Li, is there any misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstand?"
Li Xiaodong looked serious: "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, you know it yourself. In view of the agreement between us, you must give me an explanation and hand over the murderer within half an hour, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"
Now Zierge was confused: "What's going on?"
He really wants to know what's going on? But the problem is, after asking for a long time, he didn't ask why. There are not many soldiers and horses of Jiannu near Liaodong, less than 5,000 people. In fact, they belong to the Eight Banners, each representing their own master. There are really more than sixty Niu Lu.
All the Niu Lu Ezhen patted their chests and promised that their people must not have caused trouble. In the past few days, no army has entered Liaoyang City at all. All transactions were completed in the temporary mutual market about ten miles north of Liaoyang City. Why? Possible conflict with Ning Haijun?
Seeing that time was running out, Erge had no choice but to come to the city again: "General Li, you can't kill without a bow. Even if you are going to die, you must let me die clearly!"
Li Xiaodong did not speak. A dozen Mongolians appeared next to him. Timur said to Zerge: "It's you. You are so unreasonable that you rushed into our tribe and killed all the young people who dared to resist and question them. They raped women and hung children taller than the wheels on wooden stakes. Even the infants could not escape death. They snatched them from the hands of the wailing women and threw them to the ground so hard that their brains burst! "
Li Xiaodong pointed at Wu Yunna, who was crying like a girl, and said: "She is my wife, you..."
"The Mustang Department!"
Li Xiaodong said: "The Wild Horse Tribe is my in-law tribe. You slaughtered the Wild Horse Tribe indiscriminately. Isn't it justified that you don't give me an explanation?"
Soon, Zerg found the culprit who massacred the Mustang Department. However, Zerg could not hand over this culprit because he was his fifth son Lahada.
While Zerge was looking for how to calm down Li Xiaodong's anger, Ning Haijun had already completed the preparations for the war. Unlike Cheng Shijie who fought in Pingding Prefecture, where he fought with blood and corpses, Liaoyang was Ning Haijun's home ground.
Ning Haijun has the home field advantage, especially the main Liaodong army that has been preparing for the opening of the film. Shen Mingyu leads troops south in Datong, cooperates with Hong Chengchou, and prepares to eat up the last Mobei Mongolia in one go, while Zhao Wencai fights in Lanzhou Blood and blood were everywhere, and Liu Qingsong also killed people in Luzon until rivers of blood flowed.
Changyu didn't catch up in the battle of Xiaoli, and now he has already gone crazy. As one of Cheng Shijie's right-hand men, Chang Yu has learned from Cheng Shijie's true heritage. He likes to fight head-on and smash his opponents to pieces.
Of course, Changyu did not launch a pig attack, but was good at taking advantage of firearms.
"Time's up, pass this general's order to attack across the board!"
Following Zhang Yu's order, on a nearly thousand-mile defense line from Liaoyang to Guangning, the Ning Navy's more than 30,000 regular troops, plus more than 60,000 militiamen, were ready for battle.
This time, Zhangyu gathered more than 260 twelve-unit rocket launchers, more than 120 four-unit rocket launchers, plus more than two hundred Franco machine artillery pieces, sixty-nine three-inch guns, and twenty-six The four-inch cannons simultaneously fired at more than forty strongholds of Jiannu along the line. Especially in front of Liaoyang City, twenty-six three-inch cannons, nine four-inch cannons, and twelve rocket launchers were concentrated to target the Jiannu commanders. A fierce bombardment of one stick of incense.
The entire Jiannu camp was shrouded in flames. The fortress that Jiannu had finally built seemed extremely fragile in the face of this overwhelming bombardment. The stronger ones were burned into a sea of fire, and the inferior ones were directly wiped out. Even At the Zierge camp on the top of the mountain, we also received many shells, killing a lot of people.
Such a violent bombardment really made Jiannu terrified. Such power was simply not something that flesh and blood could withstand! Many slave-building soldiers were shouting wildly and scurrying around. No matter how much the officers scolded them, they turned a deaf ear. They were going crazy with fear!
The bombardment hadn't stopped yet, and Ning Haijun's soldiers came out more and more. Although the accuracy of Ning Haijun's artillery was far less than that of later generations, the problem was that the shelling of two or three miles away was not a big problem.
When Ning Haijun's infantry rushed to the Jiannu camp, the bombardment stopped. At this time, these Jiannu camps had been bombarded to pieces. The Jiannu who held on to the camps suffered heavy casualties, and their defense capabilities dropped to freezing point. Therefore, Ning Haijun's infantry stormed in with almost no effort. Several volleys of guns beat Jiannu, who was rushing towards him wildly and waving weapons, with holes all over his body. Then he charged with his bayonet, and after one attack, there were only a few people left alive.
The Jiannu cavalry under Hu Erqi took the lead in attacking. He directly escaped the Jiannu troops who fled in embarrassment, and said to the soldiers around him: "Don't bother with these stinky fish and shrimps, follow this general into Shenyang City." Eat meat!”
The eyes of the servants of Zhongning Navy lit up. Although killing Jiannu and defeating the army was a military achievement, the problem is that Shenyang City is the real fat. They raised their arms and shouted: "Enter Shenyang City to eat meat!"
(End of chapter)
