Mang Gurtai was shocked when he heard this: "Is this true?"
"I think it's true."
"It's impossible, it's impossible. How can this be true? Although we often see shamans dancing to the gods, we all know that it's just to deceive the slaves. If you really want to get something, apart from a strong bow, it's an iron sword.
It's useful." Mang Gurtai shook his head.
"But if it is true, what should we do?" Daishan asked.
Now he belongs to the Lieping faction among the Eight Banners.
In other words, it is okay to contribute to the Eight Banners as a whole, but it is impossible for him to stand up for a specific person.
He won't be particularly hard-working either.
Mang Gurtai said nothing.
He doesn't want to admit this fact.
After all, we were just plundering so well, and suddenly some monster appeared. It was really speechless.
"There is only one way now, and that is to retreat outside the customs."
"No, we have just taken the lead, and we have just enough food and grass to go back and forth. We still need to make a lot of money. If our trip is in vain, then what is the use of us coming out? You must know that although we won a big victory this time, we also need to make a big profit.
Hundreds of people from the Eight Banners died."
He did not agree to retreat.
"But you have to know that sometimes a trip in vain is better than a complete loss of capital."
"You know, I sent people to inquire. It is said that the monster is poisonous and can spread plague... If we are accidentally infected by it, we will not lose hundreds of people, but thousands, or even tens of thousands, directly injured.
The muscles move the bones." Dai Shan said leisurely.
"No, second brother, think carefully about whether that monster can be tamed by us?" Mang Gurtai suddenly had an inexplicable idea.
Daishan, who had always been stable, wanted to laugh when he heard this: "To be honest, I have thought about taming when you mentioned it, but it is impossible for this kind of monster to be tamed."
"We'd better go back. It seems that the Ming Dynasty is about to end. The Han slaves said that when the country is about to perish, there must be monsters."
"Now that we have this kind of monster, it's just like natural disasters and plagues. We don't know when it will disappear. When we come back after it disappears, we will not only be able to grab property, but also land." Daishan said patiently.
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When Mang Gurtai heard this, he realized that his second brother was the most experienced in Tai Chi, except for the old Eight Emperors.
It's a pity that he had done so much and was feared by the old Khan before. In addition, Lao Ba secretly slandered him for having an affair with the harem. In fact, it was because the second brother wanted to make good friends with the concubines in the harem and prepare public opinion for him to become the Great Khan.
It's a pity that too much is never enough.
In the end, there was no hope at all.
Mang Gurtai also knew that the plague cannot be carried forcefully. If you carry it forcefully, your entire army will be annihilated. It is best to avoid it. Anyway, it is the Ming Dynasty that will be harmed.
"Okay then, let's go, but we have to call back the scattered men first."
Mang Gurtai said this, but he was still unwilling to accept it.
After all, except for the capital city, which is difficult to capture, the Ming Dynasty now attacks and conquers the rest of the country whenever they want.
Especially since their vanguard has entered the land of Ludong, and the provincial capital is about to be destroyed.
That's a lot of money.
Now I have to give up because of the appearance of a monster.
How could he give it up?
You must know that it is not 12,000 or 20,000, but millions of taels of silver, millions of grain and grass, and tens of thousands of young men and women.
Moreover, if you grab Dongshan, you can also go south to Hehuai, which are rich places.
It can be said that they can rob tens of millions of taels of silver and millions of shi of food in this wave.
It can be fattened up in just one batch, enough to last several years of flowers.
It is not an exaggeration to rob millions of stones of grain, because Tong* alone has stored at least several million stones of grain for many years.
You must know that there are millions of people in the entire capital city. If there are millions of people, one person will have to eat at least two stones of food a year.
The basic ration alone must be at least 2 million shi a year.
Otherwise, a large number of people will starve to death, and the capital will not be able to accommodate so many people.
Then there is salary and military pay, and you must save at least 5 million dan a year to be stable.
In fact, the stock of nearly ten million tons of grain is often transported from the south.
Most of it is transported by water, and a small part is transported by sea.
In Mang Gurtai's view, if they Zhushen (Jurchen) wanted to survive the famine, they relied on plundering the Ming Dynasty.
But now this monster appears in the north of the Ming Dynasty.
He agreed to retreat, but still felt very unwilling to do so.
Therefore, he decided to send 100 white-armored men, 300 red-armored men, and 1,000 Han Eight Banners, and he decided to fight in person.
He would never be willing to leave without a fight.
This is a choice that any commander who dares to fight would make.
Daishan is simply lying flat.
Moreover, he was old and had seen plague, smallpox, and severe typhoid fever.
How many strong warriors died inexplicably like this.
Therefore, he is even more afraid of the monster that has been identified.
He thought about going back to retire.
Instead of continuing to fight.
After all, he is over 50 years old and has only a few years to live.
Mang Gurtai wanted to fight on his own, but he couldn't restrain him.
After all, he didn't want to compete with the other party too much.
Soon through cavalry reconnaissance, Mang Gurtai discovered that the seafood monster had moved to the road behind them.
This means that it would be best for them to have a fight.
Otherwise, you have to take a detour and leave.
Taking a detour means that the food looted back will be consumed more, and many young men and women will die.
As for the seafood monster, why did it go around their back road?
the reason is simple.
On the way into the Pass, they captured several cities in succession, and slaughtered every city they destroyed.
And corpses are apparently Seafood's favorite thing to eat.
The seafood monster will naturally follow the scent to find it.
Don't underestimate the monster's sense of smell.
Where did the crow actually come from?
There was a carrion in one place, and soon a flock of crows came.
That seafood monster can do it too.
Mang Gurtai took the mobilized troops and came to a smelly city.
Everyone was slaughtered, and those who survived were taken away by force as young and strong civilians.
There was no one to clean up the body, so the stench continued.
Mang Gurtai had just arrived at the city gate and was shocked after just one glance.
Because behind the city wall, inside the city, there is a huge thing standing!
What kind of seafood is there?
Some say it is as big as an elephant.
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Although Mang Gurtai has never seen an elephant, he has heard of it from businessmen in the south.
At most two bigger than tigers.
And what does this monster look like now?
By the way, it should look like a big ship!
Yes, he suddenly remembered.
Like a big lucky boat!
This is still what the businessmen say.
They say that only maritime merchants make money.
There are large ships in the south, each one is tens of meters long, more than ten meters wide, and more than ten meters high.
He couldn't directly imagine how big that thing was.
Fortunately, he never had the chance to go to sea in his life.
