After a pause, he seemed to be drooling and added: "It shouldn't be wrong, it's the smell of mutton!"
Upon hearing this, the leader Jianlu was still hesitating, but most of the Jianlu suddenly became excited, and many of them shed tears!
The Jianlu who were so excited were actually not the real Jurchens in Jianzhou, but people from the Eight Banners of Mongolia. In the past, they were used to eating beef and mutton, and they didn't think it was a big deal at that time. But since they had nothing to eat, their desire for beef and mutton has been so intense that they have been thinking about it day and night. When they heard the aroma of mutton, it was understandable that they would be so excited.
Among the Jianlu's scouting horses, the leader was a real Jurchen Jurchen from Jianzhou, but most of the scouting horses were Mongolians because of their superb horsemanship.
With most of the people coaxing them together, their leader couldn't hold it in any longer, so he had no choice but to agree and rush over. Anyway, if something goes wrong, just run.
There were no restrictions on the scout battle. It was entirely up to them whether they wanted to run or fight.
After approaching the top of the mountain, these Jianlu began to dismount and touch over. One thing that's strange is that I didn't see Tan Ma responding here: something fishy!
Even so, at this time, they also smelled the faint aroma of mutton in the air, and their mouths watered immediately. In their minds, they automatically imagined that these muttons were boiled in water, right? The most practical way to make it, you can still drink several large bowls of soup!
Smelling this aroma, many people's stomachs made an unsatisfactory "gurgling" sound.
The Mongols are all carnivores. But they haven't eaten meat for a long, long time. If they weren't chosen to be scouts and went on missions, and just stayed in the camp, they could only eat wild vegetables and thin soup. Even if there is a mission and steamed buns, as for the meat? That thing is only the meat of a two-legged sheep!
The desire for mutton kept these Mongolians on guard, but their feet touched it uncontrollably.
After turning a corner, the front suddenly opened up, and they discovered that in their open space, on the upwind side, there was indeed an iron pot, and the water in the iron pot was boiling with firewood burning. Visible to the naked eye, there is mutton in the pot.
The Ming army on the opposite side did not collect as many people as they did at night. This made them bolder. However, they were very surprised when they saw Tan Ma and the two Mongolians who had been left here, their weapons confiscated, and they were wolfing down the food beside the iron pot in the pile that the Ming army had not collected at night. When he saw them coming, he didn't say hello to a piece of sheep bone. He didn't care about the hot soup. He raised his neck and poured it into his stomach.
This scene made those Mongolian scouts' eyes widen!
However, several of the Jianzhou Jurchens among them still maintained their rationality. They clenched their swords and guns and shouted in a low voice: "Get ready to fight. If we capture it, everyone will have something to eat!"
The temptation of mutton is not as obvious to them as it is to those Mongolians.
The Ming army did not stop there at night, but they also saw their appearance. They drew their bows and arrows, or raised their muskets, etc., and began to be on guard. One of them said a few words to the two Mongolian explorers who were eating and drinking.
Then, the two Mongolian scouts were seen reluctantly putting down the sheep bones and soup bowls in their hands, and shouted in the Mongolian dialect.
"The Ming Army said that as long as you surrender, everyone will have meat to eat, and you will no longer have to worry about starvation."
"Yes, this mutton tastes so good. It's from the Aohan tribe. It's all mutton from our grasslands. The taste is definitely not the mutton from Guan Nei!"
"The Ming army also said that they should hand in the certificate of surrender and kill those Jurchens, so that you can be like us."
"When a fight breaks out, they will definitely not be a match for the Ming army. Their firearms are very powerful and cannot be defeated!"
"..."
As the old saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food! This sentence can sometimes be said like this, birds die for food, and people are also crazy for food!
Under the temptation of their fellow tribesmen, watching the Ming army keep their weapons pointed at them at night, many Mongolians suddenly looked at each other and began to communicate with their eyes.
Although the Jurchens didn't understand, they were not stupid. They clearly felt something was wrong, so they panicked. Just when they were about to order a retreat, a Mongolian stabbed him in the lower back just behind him.
At the same time, a voice filled with hatred sounded: "Go to hell, I will avenge my family!"
Some people were shocked, but others followed suit and swung their swords to kill several Jurchens.
Suddenly, they were stabbed by one of their own. Not many of them were prepared, and they were chopped to the ground in an instant.
The Jianlu leader looked unwilling and said with hatred: "You... you Horqin tribe..."
Before he finished speaking, he was beheaded by the impatient Mongols.
That's right, these people who took action were all Mongolians from the Horqin tribe. Moreover, most of these Mongolians had their families starve to death or were suppressed by the Jianlu. No matter how they died, they all attributed their tragic fate to Jianlu.
Originally, the seeds of hatred were planted, but there was no chance. At this time, under the constant confrontation with the Ming army, under the temptation of mutton, under the persuasion of the tribe, the hatred burst out, and they rebelled.
The Mongolians who still had their families were dumbfounded when they saw this situation.
Although they have families, they are all on the verge of starving to death. Therefore, they did not have a very firm will for the scene just now, and they had no time to stop it. When they reacted, the heads of the Jurchens were even chopped off.
The Ming army kept watch all night, the Jurchens were dead, and the tribesmen around them were no longer reliable. Under this situation, they were at a loss.
The Ming army didn't stop there at night, and seemed to be very familiar with this situation, so someone shouted to this side: "What are you still doing? Come on, come on, everyone, come here, each person has two bowls of mutton soup, one mutton bone, two pieces Mutton. If you want to eat it, throw away your weapons and come here."
This statement was made in the native language of the Horqin tribe. They didn't say anything before, just letting their companions say hello, not because they didn't want to say it, but to relax their vigilance. Now that the Jurchens have been killed, there is no need to talk about letting down their guard.
Hearing the Ming army's shouts that refused to stop at night, the stomachs of these Mongolians once again responded unsatisfactorily. They looked at each other, and someone dropped his weapon first.
With a "clang" sound, it fell to the ground, making a magical metal collision sound. It immediately attracted other Mongolians, and they also lost their weapons involuntarily.
First I walked slowly over, and then my pace became faster as I walked.
At first, they were a little wary of the Ming army's refusal to hold back their weapons at night, but as the smell of mutton became stronger and stronger, their wariness became smaller and smaller. In the end, they didn't care that the mutton soup in the soup bowl was hot. , and immediately started drinking "snoring". It was so hot that their mouths hurt, but no one wanted to stop and wait.
After a while, except for the Manchus whose heads were missing, all the other Mongolians in this team of soldiers and horsemen were gathered in a circle, eating and drinking under the watchful eyes of the Ming army who stayed at night. .
The Ming army stayed here all night, obviously they were experienced. When they first started eating and drinking, they didn't speak and just watched them talk. Because they knew that if they spoke at this time, these Mongolians would probably go in with one ear and out with the other, and they wouldn't hear anything at all.
Therefore, when these Mongolians drank a bowl of mutton soup, ate two pieces of mutton, and gnawed the mutton bones again and again, the Ming army, who spoke the Horqin dialect and stayed up all night, began to speak: "If it weren't for you Reinforce Jianlu, but Jianlu refuses to send troops to help you, you will not be defeated by the Ming Dynasty and end up like this..."
When they heard him speak, these Mongolians were soft-spoken at first and nodded politely. But after they understood what he said, they immediately felt the same. In fact, they thought so too.
The Ming Dynasty is an enemy, and there is no need to say that it will be defeated by him. Jianlu was an ally, and his tribe was kind enough to provide reinforcements. However, his good intentions were not rewarded with equal rewards. Instead, he was treated harshly by Jianlu. How many tribesmen were starved to death, and how many tribesmen were on the verge of starving to death?
"... Jianlu is like a rabbit whose tail can't grow. As long as I, Daming, really fight hard, I will definitely destroy Jianlu. Do you believe it? If nothing else, Jianlu will starve to death!"
The reaction to the word "hungry" was the strongest. Upon hearing this, these Mongolians nodded quickly.
"I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, are compassionate and do not want to see you exterminated. Therefore, I have decreed that as long as you can kill Jianlu to show your determination, I will allow you to surrender and give you food. Of course, if any of you still have a family, If it is not convenient for you to surrender, we will not force you to go back. However, you must tell the rest of your tribe about the will of Emperor Ming. This can also give them a way to live without having to die with Jianlu! If you take Jianlu with you Chief, if you bring your family here to join you, that’s fine, at least our Ming Dynasty can guarantee that you won’t be hungry anymore…”
Of course, this mutton is not that delicious. The Ming army launched a powerful psychological offensive. With the help of mutton, the effect is generally very good.
Seeing the Ming army abandoning their well-equipped troops at night, looking at the pot of mutton with not much left, and recalling the happiness of eating mutton just now, who would still be willing to feel confrontational?
After an ideological education, there were young Mongolians, and the Ming army sent them back without collecting them at night, leaving only the Mongolians with certificates of surrender. These people are generally those who have no family background and therefore have no scruples.
It was only then that these Mongolians understood why the Qing side lost more and won less in the recent scout battles, and in every defeat, almost all the Jurchens in the scout team died.
Although they understood it, they did not go back and report this secret to their superiors. Instead, they only secretly told their closest people, or simply told no one.
Because they knew that if they reported it, or if this matter spread, the Jurchens would not trust them Mongolians, and maybe there would be another bloody rain of blood from the Jianruids suppressing the Mongols within the Qing Dynasty. Fishy wind.
Therefore, in the scout battle between Gaizhou and Haizhou, such similar scout battles were repeated again. The Ming army's night-time harvest was different from before. It had an extra weapon called food. This "weapon" was very effective against the Mongols, often allowing them to win scouting battles without much effort.
Unknowingly, the main battlefield of the scout war moved to Haizhou.
"Hahaha..." He Renlong was at the top of Gaizhou City, watching another group of people who stayed at night, bringing a few Mongolians back with the heads of Jianlu, and couldn't help laughing happily for a while. After that, he turned to Cao Bianjiao and said, "I didn't expect that the emperor's move would be so useful!"
"That's for sure. When has the emperor not used this trick before?" After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao said with emotion, "Only the emperor can come up with such a trick! Jianlu's seemingly powerful cavalry, I guess when the war starts again, it will be Silver Gun Candlehead!"
The ancients may have been aware of similar methods, but they definitely did not have a clearer understanding of this psychological offensive than Emperor Chongzhen. This point is actually very clear to anyone who lives under the red flag in future generations.
Don't be reluctant to part with that little bit of mutton. When it accumulates to a sufficient level, the effects will be unpredictable. He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao were a little reluctant to part with the mutton at the beginning, but now they see the summary of the results every day. No matter how slow they are, they still know the impact of this mutton offensive on Jianlu's cavalry.
To be honest, the only thing Ming Dynasty is still more worried about when facing Jianlu is Jianlu's cavalry. If even Jianlu's cavalry can be disintegrated and it's just the infantry, come on, come on, just use the ammunition!
Since the beginning of this year, Emperor Chongzhen has successively shipped ammunition and firearms from the capital and started to reserve them again, waiting for the war to come again.
In the last battle in Gaizhou, firearms and ammunition were consumed as if they were free of charge, which made He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao feel a little emotional. Their martial arts skills may not be of much use from now on!
But at the same time, they were secretly glad that they were not on the opposite side of a hail of bullets, otherwise, they really didn’t know how to fight!
Thinking of this, He Renlong suddenly turned to look at Cao Bianjiao and asked: "Old Cao, when do you think the war will start again? My hands have been itchy for a long time!"
"I guess it will be soon!" Cao Bianjiao said a little uncertainly after hearing this, "We have more firearms and ammunition here than before when we attacked Gaizhou, and the governor's headquarters has also been moved to Changsheng Island. Maybe, It’s just a big counterattack, to completely regain Liaodong, right?”
Hearing this, He Renlong remembered his doubts and asked: "Why did the Governor come to Changsheng Island? In this case, what if Jianlu escaped to North Korea?"
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