Groups of Mongolian armored cavalry came from all over the place. In just a few days, a Mongolian army of tens of thousands appeared around Qingcheng.
Twenty miles away from Qingcheng, yurts are connected one after another, like balls of white catkins, endless, as far as the eye can see.
"Sir, Mongolians have been gathering continuously in the past few days. I'm afraid there are already tens of thousands of people." Wang Yuncheng said to Liu Heng.
On the top of Qingcheng, Liu Heng stood on it, looking towards the grassland in the distance.
The Mongolian army was stationed twenty miles away, but Mongolian sentries would appear around Qingcheng from time to time.
Each of the Mongolian sentry riders is the best rider on the grassland. When these people come around Qingcheng, they will not come into contact with the armored cavalry of the Tiger Flag. As long as they find the armored cavalry approaching, they will turn around and leave without hesitation.
The armored cavalry chased them several times, but failed to do anything to the Mongolian sentries. All they could do was to find Mongolian sentries appearing around, and immediately sent people to chase them and drive the Mongolian sentries away.
Through the monocular in his hand, Liu Heng saw several Mongolian sentries in the distance, and said calmly: "Don't worry, give Bu Shitu enough time to gather troops and horses this time, otherwise he wouldn't have the courage to come. Attack Qingcheng."
"Huang Hong from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau sent news that the Mobei, Ordos and Yongxiebu tribes have sent reinforcements to support Bu Shitu, and they should arrive in a few days." Li Shuheng said on the side.
The fact that Bu Shitu borrowed troops from Mobei and two other tribes of ten thousand households in right-wing Mongolia is no longer a secret in the eyes of the Tiger Character Banner Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Someone has already discovered this news and sent it back.
Liu Heng said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay if they are all here. Let's go look for them one by one later."
"If we win this battle, no one can shake our Tiger Flag's status on the grassland." Li Shuheng said solemnly.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "We have figured out what Bu Shitu and the Mongolian army he commanded are like after these battles. We will win this battle. The only trouble is that the various parts of the grassland are scattered in different places. It’s a bit troublesome to find them, but now that Bushitu has brought all the warriors from these tribes to Qingcheng, he has done us a favor and given us a chance to defeat them in one fell swoop.”
"I really hope the Mongols will attack us earlier so that this war can end earlier and give us more time to reclaim the land here." Li Shuheng said.
Liu Heng looked at the Mongolian Sentinel Riders who were still in the distance, and said: "The Mongolian Sentinel Riders outside the city have appeared more and more frequently in the past two days. I think the Bull Stone Rabbit can't help but take action."
"Should we send some of the soldiers and horses in the city to the camp outside the city?" Li Shuheng suggested.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "No need, we have more than 20,000 troops outside the city. Even if the Mongols have tens of thousands more troops, they cannot be our opponent."
"That's true." Li Shuheng smiled and said, "To be honest, before, I never imagined that the Mongols, who had been enemies of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, would decline to such an extent. Take the Tumote tribe as an example. More than ten years ago, we often went to the Ming Dynasty’s so-called grass-hunting valley, but look at today, facing the soldiers and horses of our Tiger Flag, there is not even the slightest threat.”
Liu Heng said with emotion: "Not only the Mongols are in decline, but the Ming Dynasty is also in decline. Otherwise, it would not have been able to solve the Jian slaves in Liaodong for so long. On the contrary, the land in Liaodong fell into the hands of the Jian slaves."
This is a worse era.
The two most powerful parties were all corrupted, giving a new force like Jiannu a chance to take root.
If any of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang were still alive, there would be no Jiannu today. People like Laonu would have been completely eliminated as early as the time of Saerhu.
"Because of the establishment of slaves, we, the people of Liaodong, suffered a lot." Li Shuheng's tone was slightly low.
He is from Liaodong. After the defeat of Saarhu, he fled to Shanxi. Even though he lived well in Datong these years, Liaodong is his hometown after all.
Liu Heng pursed his lips and said: "There is nothing we can do about this. Ming Dynasty has been trapped in internal fighting among the parties all day long and has no time to take care of Liaodong. Now that the slave-building trend has become stronger, Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to solve the problem of slave-building."
"This damn court." Li Shuheng slapped his palm hard on the parapet and said with a gloomy look, "In order to fight for power, they don't care about the lives of the people of Liaodong."
Liu Heng advised: "Don't be sad. I have ordered Zheng Tie and the others to send ships to Pi Island to pick up the people in Liaodong and take them back to Damuan Island. As long as they get to Damuan Island, they will never have to go to Pi Island again." It’s been a hard time.”
"We can help the people who fled to Pi Island, but we can never save those people who were kidnapped by the Jian slaves." Li Shuheng sighed.
Liu Heng also sighed.
He also knew why Li Shuheng became depressed when he mentioned Liaodong.
Just a few days ago, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau sent news from Liaodong. The old slaves were killing Han people in Liaodong, as well as those scholars among the Han people.
Especially the scholars were almost killed, and many Han people were killed by the old slaves because they had no food.
When he first received the news, Liu Heng felt very heavy.
For a moment, he almost blamed himself. If he had not controlled the Shanxi merchants and not given the future Manchu imperial merchants the opportunity to sell grain, iron and other goods to Liaodong, the slaves might not have killed so many people in order to save food. Han people.
However, he also knew that even without him, the old slave would still massacre the Han people in Liaodong, and this situation continued until the later Emperor Taizong began to relax.
Li Shuheng rubbed his red eyes and said: "Thinking about what happened in Liaodong, I feel a little sad. Fortunately, with the presence of our Tiger Flag, we can more or less save some Han people in Liaodong, so they don't have to stay in Liaodong and suffer. Suffer.”
The Tiger Flag defeated Yan Siqi and others on Taiyuan Island and completely controlled Bengang. The population became a shackle that limited the development of the Tiger Flag on Taiyuan Island.
Dayuan Island has fewer people and more land, or in other words, there are fewer Han people and more land.
In particular, the climate of Damuan Island can even allow food to be harvested three times a year, which greatly alleviates the shortage of food in the entire northern Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the premise is that there are enough Han people on Damuan Island to open up wasteland and cultivate more fields.
The people of Liaodong living on Pi Island have become the most needed manpower for the Tiger Flag. However, Mao Wenlong on Pi Island simply cannot support that many people. The Tiger Flag has successfully moved from Pi Island through business dealings with Mao Wenlong. The island transported a large number of people by ship, which reduced the pressure on the island.
Pidao is an ordinary island, not suitable for growing crops, and Mao Wenlong once defeated Jiannu and took some land from Jiannu. This caused many people in Liaodong to flee to Pidao.
