Yang Feng looked at the snow-covered grassland like a tourist...
Of course, there is actually a battlefield in front of him.
Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry who escaped from the chaos are being driven by the Ming army towards a trap ahead.
There is a continuous camel wall.
These Mongolian cavalry obviously didn't know what this meant. They were cornered by the Ming army cavalry on both sides. They took this inconspicuous camel wall as a way to escape. After all, there were gaps in the middle of these camels, and behind the camels.
There are no cavalry either. As long as they rush over, they can pass through and get rid of the flanking attack of the Ming army.
Then escape.
On the galloping horses, the Mongolian cavalry raised their bows and nocked arrows, waiting to rush to a close enough distance and then shoot the Ming soldiers behind the camels.
However……
Flames suddenly erupted from the camel's back.
The rapid-fire cannons on the special gun mounts were like salvos fired from the broadside of a sailing battleship, spraying cannon at these Mongolian cavalry.
Smoke fills the snowy grassland.
The running Mongolian cavalry was instantly overturned.
The fallen horse in front forced the cavalry behind to slow down. It was the first time they encountered such a blow. They controlled the horse and looked at the camel opposite in horror. The Ming soldiers behind the camel completed the loading as quickly as possible.
Within ten seconds, the second round of shells was fired, and then more Mongolian cavalry fell. The rest finally woke up and turned around in panic to try to get around, but what they faced was a long camel wall.
In the middle, the rapid-fire cannons on the side kept firing. They kept falling down while running wildly, and their number became smaller and smaller. Soon there were only less than a hundred riders left.
Of course, these can't escape either.
Because the Ming cavalry had completed the encirclement, they quickly completed their submergence.
"Rapid-fire cannons are more useful on the grassland!"
Zhang Fu said.
He looked at the wounded soldiers who were still struggling and wailing in the smoke filled front.
"If these Mongolian cavalry wear heavy armor, it will be difficult for small shotguns to penetrate them."
Yang Feng said.
"But after wearing heavy armor, they can't run."
Zhang Fu said.
These cavalry generals indeed prefer rapid-fire cannons, and these rapid-fire cannons were originally improved by Yang Feng. The air leakage problem is much less severe than in the past, especially those with cannons, which are cartridges, and similar bullets on the front.
The same bottle mouth.
They are all made of brass, and the expansion after firing will form a sealing effect.
In fact, the original version is also available.
It's just that the original version is very thick due to material issues, and the expansion effect is better than nothing.
And there is no wooden plug behind the barrel.
The original version is to plug it with wood and then use a sledgehammer to pound it tightly.
But this is a camel gun.
Not easy to smash.
So after the bolt manufacturing technology was perfected, Yang Feng simply improved them into screws. After installing the cannon, the artillerymen behind would use the screws to push it as tightly as possible and lock it, just like a real breech cannon.
Like a cannon gate.
The power of these rapid-fire cannons finally improved is not weak.
Large shotgun shells can still easily penetrate heavy armor within two hundred meters.
"We have captured more than 10,000 people in total. Your Majesty, you want them all?"
Zhang Fu said.
"Yes, give it all to me, tell the brothers, and I will give it to you as much as you need."
Yang Feng instantly became energetic.
His main goal on this trip was to act as a purchaser. This was the exchange condition he had negotiated with Zhu Di. No matter how many Ming army prisoners there were, whether men, women, old or young, he wanted them all. These people were suitable for life in the cold zone and also understood
In the future, herding will no longer just open up wasteland for farming. Animal husbandry is also an important development project. He is currently studying milk powder technology. This is not to say that it is not easy to do. In fact, herdsmen have it now, but it is different from large-scale industrial production.
Storage and transportation all require technology. However, storage can be done in cans, that is, tinplate cans, and transportation can be solved in this way, but industrial production is indeed very troublesome. The earliest industrial production was drum drying, but that was in the mid-19th century.
, the power has become a steam engine.
Although manufacturing steam engines is indeed an important development goal for him in the future, at least in the short term, this is not easy to achieve.
Then it can only be done by animal power.
In short, the future settlement group will be a trust based on agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, with the food processing industry as its main focus.
Not only Huining, but also Shuofang, there will be more reclamation areas in the future.
He needs someone.
What happened to the women and children?
From now on, each member of the reclamation team will be assigned a wife and a concubine.
Zhang Fu didn't say much. Yang Feng wanted so many people, and his disobedience was obvious. But fortunately, his disobedience was already open. The emperor and the officials were all used to it, but King Yan used this to
Trading with Yang Feng, this seems to be telling Yang Feng something!
"But how do you send them back?"
he asked.
this problem……
"Which of you has come back from the Central Plains?"
Yang Feng looked at the crowd of people in front of him and shouted.
These prisoners were not only women and children, but also many adult men. The Ming army's favorite thing about plowing the court and sweeping holes was actually capturing prisoners. Generally, they would not kill them all. Zhu Yuanzhang was actually very tolerant to the Mongols.
They are even more lenient than those Mongolian nobles. Those who surrender will not be killed, and they will be resettled in the interior. Some of those who surrender voluntarily will retain a pastoral area and give them a guard station, turning them into existences similar to chieftains. Even those who surrender first
Those who betrayed and then surrendered will actually still be pardoned. Even if the consequences are settled later, it will only be for those princes and nobles with special status.
Ordinary Mongolians are living well. It can even be said that there are more Mongolians under the rule of the Ming Dynasty than under the Mongol Khan.
"Sir, the younger one escaped from Dadu."
An old woman stepped forward tremblingly and spoke in stilted Chinese.
Then many more showed their identities.
"Want to go back?"
Yang Feng said.
"I think about it day and night. As for adults, after the children came back, they didn't understand how to live here, and they couldn't stand the customs here. They didn't even dare to take a bath here, and they accidentally caught the wind and cold.
I can't even save my life.
He is not good at grazing and often suffers from hunger.
It’s even freezing to death in winter.
Compared with the past days in Dadu, it was like a deserted place.
When the Korean envoys came, we all cried to them."
An old man came forward wiping his tears and said.
This is true. The North Korean side did remember clearly that when the Korean envoys came to the grassland, a bunch of Mongolians surrounded them and cried...
"I've been stuck in the business since I was born, and I don't want to be polite again today!"
Look, I saw a Korean envoy who cried excitedly and said that he had been taught etiquette again.
Bitter!
It’s so bitter!
After all, it's okay if you have been eating in the wind and drinking snow in the grassland. We have been used to it for generations. But after living a good life in the Central Plains, you suddenly return to the wind and snow in the grassland. It can really be said that people are neither humans nor ghosts. Now
It’s only been more than 20 years, and the days of those days cannot be completely forgotten. Even the living habits of those days still remain. This is also an important reason why Mongolia was eventually divided into Oara and Tatar. These Mongolians who returned to the grasslands in the north, and Oara and others
Those who have always retained the grassland customs are basically two ethnic groups. To the Wala and other grassland tribes, they are just a bunch of lost dogs. They fled back to the grassland to seek protection from them. What qualifications do they have to pretend to be emperors and nobles?
To them, the Wala and other tribes were just a group of vassals. Barbarians who did not understand etiquette and education had to kowtow to superior people like them.
We are sweating profusely!
emperor!
You are just a bunch of savages who never take a shower in your life.
It would be strange if these two sides don’t fight!
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang served as a stable emperor in the south for thirty years, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty fought internally in the north for decades. Guang Dahan changed a lot. After Yuan Shun Emperor, Yuan Zhaozong Aiyou Shili Dala, Tian Yuan Emperor Tuogu
Stamur, the regicide great Khan Yesuder, his son Enke, and Elbek who successfully counterattacked, there have been six of them so far.
Then they continued to change.
Change in a mess.
It wasn't until he separated from his father that he reluctantly used force to reunify the East and West.
Then his son was lucky enough to meet a good opponent named Men Tianzi.
As for the Mongolians who came back from the Central Plains in front of Yang Feng, they had spent more than 20 years in the chaos of six consecutive Khans, in the nomadic life they were no longer adaptable to, and in the hardship of harsh natural conditions.
They really yearn to return to the warm Central Plains all the time. Even if they cannot return to the Central Plains, if they can return to Monan, they can be said to be out of the sea of suffering.
"I'll give you a chance."
Yang Feng said.
The Mongolians looked at him in surprise.
"I am your new master. King Yan has sold you all to me. You will all be my slaves from now on, so as long as you are loyal to me, I can let you return to Monan.
And I will also give you a life without worries about food and clothing.
Of course, if you are not loyal to me, then you will have no choice but to die."
Yang Feng said.
"Sir, you guys are loyal!"
Those Mongolians who knew Chinese quickly shouted.
This question is not important. Originally, they were equivalent to the slaves of those nobles. Being slaves to the Taijis of the Golden Family was slaves, and being slaves to Yang Feng was also slaves. As long as they could get rid of this sea of suffering, they would do anything.
"Really? I don't believe it!"
Yang Feng said.
"Well?"
The Mongols looked at him blankly.
"come here!"
Yang Feng pointed to a man who was obviously in his prime and said.
The latter quickly stepped forward, knelt at Yang Feng's feet in a humble posture, and then dropped a knife in front of him...
"What is loyalty? Loyalty means that if I ask you to die, you will die without hesitation. So now is the time to prove your loyalty. Pick up this knife and plunge it into your stomach."
Yang Feng said.
The man looked at the knife in front of him in shock.
"Why, you won't? You can't even do this, so why should you say you are loyal to me? Hurry up, don't you just pick up the knife and stab yourself in the stomach? Even if you die, I will bring your dead body back.
Find a warm place to bury Monan. If you refuse, you are not loyal to me. Then there is no need to keep you like this. Don't say that I didn't give you a chance."
Yang Feng said.
The man continued to look at the knife.
The Mongolians behind were silent.
"Baltar, don't let others look down upon you!"
The old man behind shouted.
"Yes, take action quickly. We are loyal to your lord. If your lord wants us to die, we must die. We would rather die by your lord's sword than suffer the pain of hunger and cold!"
shouted another.
…
Yang Feng looked at them with satisfaction.
And Balta's hand finally stretched out tremblingly towards the handle of the knife.
"Come on, prove your loyalty!"
Yang Feng said.
Baltar finally grabbed the knife.
Then……
"I want your life first!"
He yelled and stabbed Yang Feng with a knife.
The next moment, Yang Feng's foot kicked him in the chest, and then he flew backwards like he was thrown by a trebuchet, drawing blood in an arc, and fell more than ten meters away, hitting the ground and twitching.
The Mongolians were stunned with fear. They watched Yang Feng walk up to Balta and suddenly stamped down. The hard frozen soil and his brute force finally made the latter's head unable to bear it...
"You want my life? Even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with me. Who are you?"
Ambassador Yang looked disgusted as he wiped the blood and brains from his boots on the snow.
The Mongols were so frightened that they all knelt down instantly.
This is not a mortal, he is clearly a demon...
No, gods and Buddhas.
One by one, they lay on the ground with their heads down in fear...
"come here!"
Yang Feng pointed at the other one and said.
The latter crawled to his feet crying.
"Here, poke yourself and prove your loyalty."
Yang Feng kicked the knife to him.
The man tremblingly picked up the knife, then looked back at the crowd, and finally gritted his teeth and turned the knife upside down...
"Master, this slave is completely loyal to you!"
he said.
Then he suddenly stabbed the knife down.
"Very good, this is a truly loyal and good slave. Take him down. As for you, stay here and wait for me. I have bought livestock for you from King Yan. How you lived before, what will happen next?"
Live your life. After spring, I will come back and take you south. As for where you will go to graze in the future, I will make other arrangements, but you can rest assured that since you call me my slaves, I will be responsible for you.
You will never suffer from hunger and cold again."
Yang Feng said.
"Thank you, Master!"
The old man shouted very sensibly.
"Thank you, Master!"
Those who understood Chinese kowtowed and thanked each other, including the one who stabbed himself. He also struggled and lay on the ground to thank him. He just stabbed himself, but he was not certain to die.
Of course, even if he is bound to die, he is not at a loss, after all, his wife and children can escape the sea of suffering.
"I didn't expect you to let him stab you!"
Zhang Fu said with some emotion as he looked at the Mongolians who were happily preparing for a new life.
"What do you mean? I asked him to stick it in, so of course he had to stick it in. Did he do it, but I broke my promise? Your combination of kindness and power will not work here. It has no use except to satisfy your own self-righteousness.
The purpose here is to make them fear, unforgettable fear. Favor will not exchange for loyalty, it will only make them think you are weak. Short-term gratitude is useless, but you will have to pay more for betrayal next time, but unforgettable fear can.