Fu Shengqi looked down at the negotiators sent by the caravan from a high position on his horse. He said uncompromisingly: "Let your caravan put down all their weapons. We promise not to hurt them. All the goods and money will be left for you."
One horse will be left for every three people, and food will be left for you as well. No more conditions can be imposed."
"General! How can this be done?" The negotiator immediately exclaimed, "Our shopkeeper said that we hope to have a good relationship with the general and will give you five thousand taels of silver and two jars of wine to reward your army later.
Is there any big gift coming afterward...?"
"Zhenyuan City!" Fu Sheng added with a teasing smile for the negotiator.
"Yes! Go to Zhenyuan City to present it. Moreover, we have documents for trade. The Ningyuan Commander Wu and the Supervisory Army Eunuch Gao here have friendship with our Cao family. I hope the general will show his respect. Otherwise, there will always be damage in the confrontation between swords and guns.
!”
"It's so arrogant! We've already been arrogant!" Fu Sheng deliberately pretended to be confused, "If I haven't spared your lives, what else is that if it's not arrogant?"
"General, don't make fun of us. Our Cao family is very sincere." The negotiator also became a little angry when he spoke. To be honest, the caravans walking outside the customs are most afraid of the horse bandits who start fighting without saying a word.
Such bandits often only trade life for money. However, merchants pursue the principle of making money through harmony. As long as there is a chance, they still hope to solve it through negotiation. Problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.
The same is true for the army in front of them. Although their demands were excessive, they did not kill them all, and they even agreed to negotiate, which gave the Cao family caravan a little fantasy. They imagined: This is also an army.
As long as the officers and soldiers who "hunt for wild food" are well fed, they can still discuss the amount in the future.
So the negotiator suppressed his anger and said: "The general will give you a number. As long as it is not excessive, our Cao family can be satisfied."
"Didn't I say that? Keep all the goods and money. Do you think I'm joking? I'm not a businessman, so I don't know what bargaining is. I'll give you a chance to negotiate. For the sake of you being Han people, I don't want to
Carry out more killings. Go back quickly! I’ll give you a moment to burn incense, open up the car array, and put down your weapons, otherwise, we will really be rude.” Fu Sheng said impatiently.
"General! Keep a line in your behavior..."
"Who wants you, a businessman, to stay on the sidelines?" Fu Sheng finally couldn't help but cursed loudly. "I've told you that we are from Zhenyuan City, and we dare to let you all go back. Are we afraid that something will happen to you?
?You must have lost your mind! I won’t tell you any clever tricks you have in the future, we in Zhenyuan City will follow them. But you go through this hurdle first! It only takes one stick of incense time. If you still dare to resist, you will be dead when you get to the underworld.
Don’t blame us for killing you and leaving nothing behind. Get out of here!”
Seeing that the negotiation had reached a deadlock, the negotiator stopped talking nonsense and went back as soon as possible to report to the caravan manager and ask him to come up with another countermeasure.
However, the negotiator also has a good idea of the countermeasures that the shopkeeper will come up with. When doing business on the grassland, it is impossible to lay down your weapons and let others slaughter you unless you have to.
However, caravans who have the courage to do business on the grassland are not good people. If they encounter arrogant and unreasonable horse bandits, the most powerful negotiation method is to give them a severe blow. As long as the horse bandits are killed to a certain extent, it shows
After building your own muscles, many conditions can actually be easily negotiated.
On the contrary, it was easier for the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands to deal with the Manchu regime. In order to maintain trade within the customs, they would protect the caravans and even help the caravans to encircle and suppress horse bandits.
As for the officers and soldiers? The senior civil and military officers of the officers and soldiers have long been bribed by the Eight Shanxi Merchants and will not do anything like killing chickens to obtain eggs. As for the small group of officers and soldiers who "hunt for wild food", they are no different from horse bandits.
Therefore, although the Cao family's caravan has a small number of people, the weapons in their hands are all purchased from the Datong official army. They are all military-standard weapons and bows. There are also a lot of veterans from Xuanda among the guards. Therefore, as long as they are according to the
The vehicle array defense, the more than 500 officers and soldiers in front of us, would definitely not be able to break the vehicle array unless they suffered heavy casualties.
So the negotiator confidently walked towards his car formation. Suddenly, he saw three artillery pieces being pushed out from the cavalry of the government army, and the gunners of the government army were making preparations for firing. The negotiator's pupils immediately
It's enlarged.
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Looking at the dozens of burning carts in front of him, the shopkeeper of the Cao family wanted to cry without tears. The behavior of this army was simply too barbaric. Just rob money! But in addition to the gold and silver they brought,
Except for light cargo and goods that were difficult to destroy, such as armor and iron materials, all other goods were burned, leaving nothing behind for the caravan.
The only good thing is that when he learned that this official army had artillery, the caravan manager made the decision to surrender in time. And this official army can be regarded as being trustworthy. They did not harm anyone, but only left behind people who could survive.
After the caravan members collected the basic supplies for survival on the grassland, they rode away.
"Stop packing! Stop packing!" Hardanbaatar kicked a Mongolian herdsman carrying a heavy package to the ground with high spirits, and then shouted in Mongolian, "Move quickly! Take the horses and livestock away."
Come on, don’t ask for anything else. Burn all the tents immediately.”
Dozens of Runing soldiers beat and kicked more than 200 Mongolian herdsmen in this small tribe, and then poured oil on the tents and set fire to them. Seeing that their belongings were burned, many Mongolians
The herdsmen all cried sadly.
"Why are you crying? Women and children, hurry up and get in the car, and the men and horses are on a horse. If anyone messes around again, I will throw him on the grassland and let him be eaten by wolves." Hardan Bartel, who got on the horse, immediately became a big man.
roared.
The Mongolian herdsmen immediately and submissively accelerated their actions. The law of survival on the grassland is also very simple, that is, the weak eat the strong, so the entire population of the defeated tribe often becomes the slaves of the victor. Therefore, although these Mongolian herdsmen were destroyed because their homes were destroyed,
They were a little sad, but they couldn't resist.
Then Hardanbaatar immediately used the magical skill of changing faces, and his condescending face was instantly replaced by a flattering smile. He drove his horse to Wu Qi, who was leading the team, and reported: "Sir! The harvest this time is good, I just happened to copy it.
Two small tribes. But it would be a pity to burn all those things. Can you leave some for my children in the future?"
Wu Qi was also the original Mongolian guard of Wu Shigong, and he is now the deputy commander of the Runing Army. Wu Qi looked at the more than a hundred newly recruited Mongolian soldiers behind Hadan Battle, and his eyes were full of resignation when he saw them.
He gave up, so he yelled and cursed loudly: "I said, Laoha, why are your people so worthless? Follow our master, it is not easy to live well and drink hot food, why do you need these rags?"
"But...but these are rags to you, but they are treasures to my children." Hardanbaatar still had a flattering smile on his face.
"What's yours and mine? We are all the master's people, and we won't treat anyone badly when the time comes. We are more than two hundred miles away from the city this time. If we carry so many things, we must not be able to go fast, or go fast.
Let's meet up with Commander Fu who is chasing the caravan, and go back to the city as soon as possible!" Wu Qi said.
"Eh!"
"Actually, you all still don't understand how good it is to join the Runing Army. Do you have anything to gain? If you can please the master, your whole family can move to the pass and enjoy the blessings. Let me tell you, the good days are yet to come."
"Oh? What about Mr. Wu?"
"Hurry up and go to Commander Fu's place. It's better not to talk while walking. Don't say that I didn't make it easier for you. I'll let those Mongolian bastards pick out women first. But the rules of our Runing Army are that you can't force women. You have to
Women themselves are willing. But how to make those Mongolian women willing, then don’t ask me to teach you!"
"I understand! I understand! I will tell the children later."
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After Zhenyuan City was built, the first ones to come to invest were several small tribes from Mongolia. They could not survive the severe cold and came to Zhenyuan City after hearing that they were releasing grain to recruit people. After that, the Mongolian tribes who received the grain came
I started to spread the word, and then it became a natural thing.
So now, coupled with the active annihilation of small tribes near Zhenyuan City, the Runing Army has recruited more than 3,000 Mongolian herdsmen, and has harvested a large number of horses, cattle and sheep. The Runing Army has also recruited among these Mongolian herdsmen.
He recruited more than 200 soldiers and put them all under the command of Hardanbaatar.
Of course, these New Mongolian soldiers also received training from the Runing Army. Among them, those who performed well and learned Chinese quickly were even promoted to small bosses, granted Chinese status, and enjoyed the same treatment as the Runing Army.
.
Because when the Runing Army was founded, there were a lot of Mongolian guards, so the problem of discrimination in the Runing Army was not very prominent. In addition, the "Chinese Theory" formulated by Zhang Zhiheng has been widely used in the Runing Army.
Spread, which resulted in the integration of people of all ethnic groups very quickly.
Moreover, Hardanbaatar and the others are secretly promoting that their master, Wu Shigong, is a nobleman with a golden family lineage, so now, those Mongolian herdsmen who have taken refuge have basically no resistance and have gradually integrated.
It became a large tribe, and this tribe was led by Wu Shigong, who was far away in Runing.
Except for those Mongolian soldiers, other Mongolian tribesmen farmed and herded their animals safely near Zhenyuan City. Not that no one fled, but the vast majority of the Mongolians had the food supply from Zhenyuan City.
I can live here with peace of mind. After all, no matter how romantic the life of a prairie eagle pursuing freedom is, it can't survive the real life of herding in hunger and cold!