The 2,000 members of the Wuchi clan have been without water for many days, and most of them can't even stand. These people need to be moved to Yuanxiazhai to recuperate.
Wuchi Village has slaughtered tens of thousands of livestock in the past few days, but only a small amount of beef and mutton has been urgently processed. There are still nearly one million kilograms of beef and mutton that need to be smoked immediately with collected firewood. , need to use a lot of salt for pickling and storage.
In addition, there are tens of thousands of furs that need to be blended with plant ash.
If you don't handle it urgently, with so much meat, the fur will soon rot and smell, and you will eventually have to dig a hole and bury it.
And with so much meat smoked, pickled, and stored in a timely manner, their increasingly tight food reserves can be relaxed.
However, considering so many prisoners of war and so many Wuchi clan members who have lost their financial resources, Xu Huai would not let Cao Shixiong intervene in the later treatment of these prisoners of war and the Wuchi clan members, so he could not expect Lanzhou to provide food and fodder. Therefore, adding so much meat reserves will only make their food reserves a little looser.
The Wuchi clan occupies a favorable geographical location and is the most prosperous among the thirteen tribes of Fanhu in Xishan. This time they handed over nearly two hundred pairs of armor, including forty pairs of pierced armor and scale armor; and more than two hundred crossbows and crossbows were confiscated. There are twenty mulberry stepping bows and six crossbows.
In terms of armor and bows alone, the Wuchi clan's armament is no worse than that of the Motu tribe, and far better than other Xifan tribes. It is a pity that they did not fight the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain in the open field below. Determination has been blocked in the Yuanshangwubao by Tongbai Mountain Soldiers from the beginning, and the sharp soldiers and armor collected by the Wuchi clan over the years have not been put to use.
"The Wuchi clan has the advantage of the southeast of Xishan. No matter who is smuggling tea, salt or iron horses, they have to grease them. It can be said that they make countless profits. However, they are not satisfied and even have delusions about Shuozhou. These are probably their arrogance. Not at all." Looking at the confiscated crossbow armor, Xu Wuqi said with emotion.
"Yelang is just arrogant," Xu Huai said, "and it is always ridiculous to see other people being arrogant, but who would have thought that at this time in Dai Viet, wouldn't the government and the public also be trapped in the arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom and find it difficult to extricate themselves?"
Xu Huai waved his hand. At least at this time, he did not want these negative emotions to affect his current mood. When he saw a team of engineering soldiers leading a group of war horses down to the plains, he said with a smile: "This time, everyone can finally pick one. What a good horse!" He then laughed at Jie Zhong and said, "Master Xie, don't blame us for being stingy. This time, I will let you pick at most twenty good horses first. If there are more, I will feel heartbroken!"
Due to lack of water, the Wuchi family slaughtered most of the livestock brought into the village these days, but the more than 300 horses that were left in the end can be said to be the best breeds.
Tongbaishan was captured at the mouth of Houerwu Gorge and killed nearly 2,000 Tibetan soldiers. However, most of them were Tibetan soldiers who dismounted and entered the inside of the Gorge before being besieged. As a result, the horses captured directly were very limited and relatively common.
The total number of war horses captured by Tongbai Mountain Soldiers through previous transactions was more than 500, and the variety was far inferior to the batch of fine horses captured from Wuchi Village this time.
Three hundred first-level pearls were given to them before they were dismissed. Xu Huai also shared the three small bags of pearls that Wu Chihu brought out to bribe them, but as a military general, how could he see Liang Horse doesn't like it?
Hearing Xu Huai say that they could choose twenty good horses, Xie Zhong smiled and said: "I can take twenty horses from there, but I don't dare to choose."
Xishan Fanhu has been severely damaged. Before the official intervention of the Chihu people, it would be difficult for the remaining forces of Xishan Fanhu to stay. At this point, Jie Zhong's mission of reinforcing Shuozhou can be considered successfully completed.
On the one hand, Xie Zhong himself had various concerns, such as his family was small and his clansmen were all in Lanzhou. On the other hand, his generals and officers were far less united than everyone in Tongbai Mountain.
His reputation cannot be compared with that of Xu Huai.
On the surface, he had to obey the orders of the Governor of the Capital and the Hedong Economic Envoy no matter what. He did not dare to be as bold as Xu Huai and regarded people like Cao Shixiong as if they were nothing.
He looked at what Tongbai Mountain's soldiers wanted to do in the Western Mountains, and did not want him to lead his troops to stay to help. He walked to the gate at the foot of the plateau and said goodbye directly.
He didn't even intend to stay and watch how Wu Chihai and other members of the Wu Chi clan tried the leaders of the Wu Chi clan. These people were just grasshoppers in Xu Huai's hands. He didn't know what tricks these people could pull off.
, to jump out of Xu Huai's palm - since evacuating from Datong, many of Xu Huai's actions seemed so rude, but Jie Zhong thought about it repeatedly and secretly, guessing that this might be the most frightening thing about Yaksha Fox.
This time he insisted on staying to see what happened, but it seemed that he was too fussy and not calm enough.
However, Zhufengtang's caravan had to pass through Guangwu Village, or in Langu and Fuzhou, to traffic livestock and other commercial goods in the name of his ministry, and Jie Zhong also promised to provide all conveniences.
After all, other generals in the army also do this kind of thing. If Xie Zhong didn't do it at all, others would laugh at him as a fool.
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Jie Zhong led his troops back from the narrow gorge south of Wuchizhai in the afternoon.
Although it was much more convenient to go east out of Xishan via Houerwu and then go south, Xu Huai hoped that Jie Zhong would not be afraid of hard work and lead his troops out of Xishan from the south. At least first, they would clear the narrow mountain path that the tea horse smugglers had walked.
Walk it once.
If you are too afraid to walk on a dangerous mountain road of thirty or forty miles, what kind of mobile warfare, deep penetration, and mobile warfare are you talking about?
After Jie Zhong and his troops bid farewell, Xu Huai asked Xu Xin'an and his troops to return to Shuozhou with the captured horses.
Elite cavalry must be able to not only ride their horses into battle, but also gallop and shoot. The requirements are actually quite high.
Xu Huai did not expect that the more than 3,000 Tongbai Mountain soldiers who stayed in Shuozhou could be transformed into elite cavalry in less than a year, but he also hoped to collect as many horses as possible to continuously improve Tongbai Mountain.
The Baishan soldiers' mobile combat and ability to move quickly over a large area.
Now that we have another batch of good horses, we can directly organize the second battalion led by Xu Xin'an into a horse infantry battalion. Of course, the sooner we can conduct training, the better.
Xu Xin'an led his troops to withdraw to Shuozhou City. The soldiers and horses left behind in Shuozhou City, as well as the women and children of the Hu tribe were also transferred in batches to the Zhazhai under the Wuchi Plain.
If the Motu tribe's three forts in Bailuochong are not captured and they are not expelled from Xishan, the Xishan War is not over yet; Xu Huai also intends to continue to use the Xishan War to advance supplies, women and children in Shuozhou City.
Move it into the mountains and completely empty Shuozhou City, so that when necessary, you can decisively abandon Shuozhou City without any regret or hesitation.
Three days passed in a hurry, and Xu Huai once again boarded the plateau with Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun, Pan Chenghu, and Guo Junpan.
In front of the Wuchi Clan Temple, more than a hundred soldiers in armor stood tall and sharp. Xu Huai held the knife on his waist and looked indifferently at Wuchihai and the hundreds of other Wuchi who stood up and were willing to atone for their sins in attacking Bailuo. Clan people.
At this time, almost all the other members of the Wuchi clan have moved to the mountain village. After all, Xu Huai wants to guard against someone who has not completely given up. The Wuchi clan members still need to be separated for a short period of time to take care of them. At this time, there are only Wuchi in the Wuchi village. These people and their families have not left yet.
Seventeen men and women from the Qushuai family of the Wuchi clan, including the patriarch Wu Chihu, were also detained on the plain, and Wu Chihai and others were responsible for interrogating and convicting them.
"The three-day period has come. Wu Chihu and his family will be killed, imprisoned, expelled or released. Can you give me an accurate answer?" The waiter brought a Taishi chair over, Xu Huai sat down and put his sword in his hand. He untied it and held it in front of him, staring at Wu Chihai and asked.
Wu Chihai remained silent.
"Have you found out how many crimes they have committed in the past three days? Can you give me a detailed list?" Xu Huai asked calmly.
But it was a young man who pushed Wu Chihai's elbow, and Wu Chihai took out a dozen pages of rough paper from his arms and handed them over.
The Wuchi family has a strong Chinese culture, but ordinary people have very limited opportunities to read and write. Xu Huai could barely understand the writing on dozens of pages of paper, which was crookedly written.
The sharp opposition between Han and Tibet between Lan Shuo has not been alleviated at this time. Qushuai (leaders) of the Xishan Tibetans such as Wu Chihu and Motu Dunli used this incitement to intimidate ordinary people. Attacked Shuozhou.
The soldiers of Mount Tongbai severely wounded Xishan Fanhu in Houerwu, but they were still unable to erase the conflicting emotions of Han Dong's sharp opposition from the hearts of ordinary Xishan Fan people.
Therefore, Xu Huaite did not let Lifengyuan get involved in the trial and conviction of Wu Chihu and others, but left it completely to Wu Chihai and the others to settle old scores bit by bit.
"Ho ho, it's really exciting. In addition to being beaten with whips and canes for the slightest dissatisfaction, let's count how many members of the Wuchi clan have been dragged to the clan temple and killed with sticks by Wu Chi's guards in the past twenty years. ?There were seventeen people, and they all had names. Let’s take a look at the crimes for which these people were killed with sticks. Haierchi fought with Wuchi Zhenchuan, the son of Wuchihu, and injured his mount’s front legs and killed him with a cane; Hu Mo When herding horses invaded the clan's pasture, they refused to accept the punishment and falsely accused Wu Chihu of taking their horses and killing them with sticks - ah, your Wuchi clan members are so audacious. There were three cases of the clan leader Wu Chi's husband seizing horses and being killed with sticks. Why do you people of the Wuchi clan love to slander people so much? This matter has finally changed. Tengrige’s wife was extremely unkind in serving Wuchihu’s younger brother Wuchichi, and instead falsely accused him of spying on his beauty. Tengrige mistakenly believed his wife’s words. He wounded someone with a knife and killed him with a stick, and his wife was taken as a slave girl by Wu Chi Chiji..."
Xu Huai read through the dozens of pages of paper, then clasped his hands on the armrest, stared at Wu Chihai, and asked,
"Do all these crimes have perpetrators, or did you people join forces to slander the clan leader and take the opportunity to kill him?"
"Everyone has a master of suffering!" Wu Chihai and others knelt on the ground together and said bitterly.
"Have you discussed how to deal with it?" Xu Huai asked.
"Wuchi Hu, Wuchi Chiji, and Wuchi Zhenchuan have committed extremely heinous crimes and should be killed with a stick, and the remaining ones should be expelled from Wuchi Village!" Wuchihai said.
"Okay, all the members of the Wuchi clan are in Xia Zha Village. You can bring Wuchi Hu, Wuchi Chiji, and Wuchi Zhenchuan to the clansmen. After declaring their crimes, you can use the rod to punish them..." Xu Huaihuai
He waved his hand and signaled to everyone in Wuchihai to take Wuchi, Wuchi Chiji, and Wuchi Zhenchuan to the plain for execution.
