Although the Mongolian steppe in October is still green, but it has begun to mix some yellow in the green, people who grew up on the grassland understand that this should be the last warmth of the year, and another month of relentless winter will sweep the entire grassland, and the earth will be covered by vast snow, when whether it is cattle and sheep or human beings will usher in the severe test of nature.

After Yang Feng, who had returned from modern time and space, replenished the troops with enough food and provisions, the army began to march towards Mongolia, and the Jiangning army from Jinzhou crossed the Xiaoling River and the Daling River successively after a week's journey, and came to the range of the Khalkha tribe in Mongolia.

"Is this Mongolia? Sure enough, there are endless plains everywhere, which is really beautiful! Looking at the endless grassland, Yang Feng let out a heartfelt admiration.

Today's Yang Feng is wearing a three-color camouflage uniform like an ordinary sergeant, with a pair of black cowhide training boots under his feet, riding a red war horse, looking at the green grassland in front of him and feeling very broad, but some people don't give him much face.

The person who didn't give him face was the guide he had hired, a middle-aged Mongolian man. The name of this Mongolian guide is interesting, it is called Hari Taogao, which translates into Chinese to mean black iron pot.

When Yang Feng and the officers under his command heard this name for the first time, they almost burst into laughter, but they laughed, but everyone admired his ability very much, especially in the territory of Mobei, Hari Taogao is simply a living map, and it can be said that even if you close your eyes, you will not go to the wrong place.

Looking at Yang Feng, who was quite high-natured, Hari Taogao said respectfully: "Your Excellency the General, now you only see the beauty of the Mongolian steppe, and in another month you will see the cruelty of the steppe, if you encounter a white plague, then the herdsmen and livestock on the steppe don't know how many will die?" ”

"White Calamity?" Huang Zhenye, Qiu Disheng, Gou Xingma, Yan Di and other officers who followed Yang Feng all rushed up curiously, and Gou Xingma, who had been promoted to the general manager of Qian, asked curiously: "Hari Taogao, I see that the Mongols on your steppe have a very good life, grazing during the day and drinking at night, such a day is not bad, and what is the white disaster you are talking about." ”

"The White Plague is a super snowfall." "It snows on the prairie after November, when the whole prairie is full of winds and snowflakes. If the wind is too strong, it will form a "white-haired wind", which will cause the herders and sheep to lose their way. And that's not the worst of it, the worst thing is that if the snow falls so much that the snow is knee-high, you won't be able to graze. If the snow is loose, horses and sheep may also cut through the snow and eat pasture; If the snow warms up and then cools down, and the snow surface forms an ice crust, then the livestock will not only be unable to eat grass, but will also be susceptible to scratches from the crust. ”

Speaking of this, Haritao sighed, "Once the white plague occurs, the tribe will suffer heavy losses, and in order not to waste food, some old people in the tribe will come out of the tent in the heavy snow and let the blizzard swallow themselves. ”

"And this? I've opened my eyes, and it seems that the days on the grassland are not easy to mix. Gou Xing Ma was amazed on the side.

And Qiu Disheng on the side saw that Hari Taogao was in a bad mood, and joked on the side: "Old Ha, you just said the white disaster, is there any black disaster?" Isn't the Black Plague better than the White Plague? ”

"The Black Plague?" As soon as Hari Tao Gao heard this, his whole body couldn't help but tremble, and his face changed.

Seeing Hari Taogao's expression, everyone was stunned, and Qiu Disheng couldn't help but ask curiously: "Isn't it, there is really a black disaster?" Tell us about it. ”

"Of course." Hari Taogao was silent for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "If the White Plague will cause our tribe to suffer heavy losses, then the Black Plague is likely to be the demon that devours all life!" ”

Seeing everyone's curious eyes, Hari Taogao slowly explained to everyone.

If the White Plague is a smiling demon when the wind is howling and the blizzard is raging, then the Black Plague is simply a silent Grim Reaper, and the nature of the Black Plague is completely opposite to the White Plague, which seems to have nothing happening, but secretly buries the threat of death.

When the black plague comes, the entire grassland will not snow for a winter. Due to the fact that in the grasslands in winter, people and animals mainly rely on snow for drinking water. In winter, the river enters a freezing period, and if there is no snow for a long time, livestock will not be able to drink water. Where there are wells, the pasture is not good, and where the pasture is good, there is a shortage of water, and there is a contradiction between the water and the grass. In this case, the blood of the livestock due to thirst becomes thicker, causing indigestion, leading to fat loss, miscarriage, disease, and even death.

Sometimes due to the lack of water, the cattle, sheep and livestock of the whole tribe will even die of thirst, and when the black plague comes, the entire tribe will often die quietly.

After listening to Hari Taogao's narration, Qiu Disheng couldn't help but say: "It seems that the grassland is not as peaceful and beautiful as it seems on the surface, and life is quite hard." ”

"It's true that their lives are not very good." Yang Feng spoke, "Hari Taogao is right, the life of the herdsmen in the Mongolian steppe is indeed not very good, but this is not the reason why they are aiming their butcher knives at us. Don't forget, whenever there is a large-scale disaster in Mongolia, it is when they raise troops to go south, since the Song Dynasty, the Mongol iron cavalry southward has caused great losses to our Han people, after the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, they even implemented measures to kill those who are taller than the wheel, at that time the Han people who died under their butcher's knives are not only billions.

Under the slaughter of the Mongols, all the Wanyan family of the Golden Emperor were slaughtered, and there was no Wanyan surname in the world again. This does not include the Dangxiang people lost to the Mongol Empire in the genocide of Western Xia. and the Khitans who were genocided after the destruction of Liao. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Henan, Hebei, northern Jiangsu, and western Shandong were all thousands of miles of uninhabited land.

Under the killing and rule of the Mongols, China lost 130 million people, and it was the Mongols who caused the most serious damage to the Chinese nation throughout thousands of years of Chinese history. So don't look at the pity of the Mongols and have mercy on them, once they regain their strength, it will be my Han people who will suffer. ”

"Kill 1300 million?" The generals were all stunned by this number, and the current population of the Ming Dynasty is probably not just like this, according to this number, the Mongols killed all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Feng is not nonsense, the genocide of the Mongol Empire in China was later put in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as a world record.

Looking at everyone's stunned appearance, Yang Feng snorted coldly: "So don't forget, wolves are wolves, and they will never be able to be vegetarian." Don't forget what we're here for, if any of you have mercy and can't do it, say it now, and the officer will immediately approve him to go back, don't be merciful and can't do anything bad at that time, don't blame the officer for enforcing military law at that time! ”

Listening to the awe-inspiring killing intent coming out of Yang Feng's words, everyone shouted in unison: "Obey the orders of the lord, the last general and others will definitely live up to the expectations of the generals and fight bravely to kill the enemy!" ”

"Good!"

Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction after looking at everyone's statements, and was about to speak, but saw Hari Taogao suddenly jump off the horse and kneel down and kowtow to him, but it made Yang Feng a little stunned, "Hari Taogao, what are you doing here?" ”

Hari Tao Gao prostrate himself on the ground and said respectfully: "Honorable lord, Hari Tao Gao knows that he is only a humble subordinate, I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but I still hope that if possible, I will give those poor herdsmen a way to live, and do not kill them all." ”

Looking at Hari Taogao, who didn't even dare to raise his head, Yang Feng was silent for a moment and smiled lightly: "Hari Taogao, this official knows your worries, although you have entered the Han nationality, but after all, you grew up in Mongolia, and you still have feelings for your compatriots in the past, but you have to remember that today's Khalkha tribes still invade my Ming Dynasty from time to time, killing my Ming people and plundering the property of my people, and the Horqin tribe has taken refuge in the Houjin Tartars, they are our enemies, but you ask me to show mercy to the enemy's subordinates, Don't you think it's ridiculous? ”

Haritao crawled on the ground and choked and said: "The villain knows that the villain does not dare to ask the adults to forgive all the Khalkha tribes, but only to ask the adults to be kind to the women and children of the Khalkha tribes, and bypass their lives." ”

Yang Feng pondered for a long time, his face was embarrassed, and finally he nodded reluctantly: "Okay, since you have this heart, then I can promise you that as long as those women and children of the Khalkha tribe don't behave aggressively towards us, I will take their lives." ”

"Master Xie...... Thank you, Lord for your kindness! Seeing that Yang Feng agreed, Hari Tao Gao kowtowed again and again.

Yang Feng looked at Haritao who was kneeling on the ground and scolded with a smile: "Let's go...... If you don't find the tribe you said before dark today, I won't be able to spare you. ”

"Understood!" Haritao got up quickly, jumped on his horse, and ran to the front to lead the way.

After Hari Taogao left, Qi Yan, the silent pacification officer, rode over and asked in a deep voice: "My lord, are you really going to go around those Mongols?" Over the years, they have followed Houjin Tartar to kill many of our people? ”

"Since I promised Hari Taogao, I naturally want to do it." Yang Feng said indifferently: "You don't have to worry too much, the official just promised Hari Taogao to leave the lives of those women and children, but did not promise to leave the lives of those adult men, is it possible that you are still afraid of those old and weak women and children?" ”

"But if you leave those women, children and children behind, they will not be able to survive on the grassland, so you might as well kill them directly." Listening to Yang Feng's words, Qiu Disheng muttered on the side.

"Who said they should be left on the prairie?" Yang Feng said senranly: "Our Jiang Ningwei has a lot of people who are short of work on farms and wasteland, aren't those women and children ready-made good laborers?" ”

"Huh...... That's right! Qiu Disheng slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "After these women and children arrive in Jiangningwei, they only need to stutter, and they don't need to be paid, where can we find such good labor." ”

Yang Feng's smile was very meaningful, "It's good that you understand, don't forget why we came here this time, we came to buy horses from those Mongols, what if the Mongols refuse to sell horses to us?" Wouldn't the knives and guns in our hands come in handy at that time? ”

After the news that the Jiangning army had crossed the Daling River and came to Khalkha, Jin and Mongolia did not know, because Yang Feng only told Sun Chengzong that he was going to take people to the Chahar tribe in Monan to buy war horses, so Sun Chengzong never dreamed that Yang Feng would dare to take less than 10,000 people to the heart of Mongolia...... The Horqin tribe left, and as for the Houjin spies lurking in Jinzhou City, they naturally didn't know about it.

The abbreviation of the Khalkha tribe is the Mongolian Mobei, it is composed of Shetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, Chechen Khan three tribes, although the Khalkha tribe did not directly take refuge in the Houjin like the Korqin tribe, but their relationship with the Houjin is not ordinary, as early as five or six years ago, Nurhachi and the three tribes of the Khalkha Department eyebrows, the two sides often communicate with each other, Houjin with the stolen grain, iron, salt and all kinds of silk and other things to the Khalkha war horses, cattle and sheep and cattle tendons, cowhides and other things.

The tribe closest to Houjin is the Chechen Khan tribe, this tribe walks on the grassland of hundreds of square kilometers close to the Houjin territory, for them to live in the grass here for generations is their grazing place, since the Ming Dynasty Yongle Emperor Daxing has never entered this land, so they never thought that one day disaster will befall their heads.

Tuku Banner belongs to the Chechen Khan tribe, their small tribe is not a small number, only about a thousand people, these days because the adults and children of the tribe are busy harvesting pasture, collecting firewood for the winter, cow dung and other things, they don't notice that a team is killing them, when the children who are playing outside the tent see the cavalry that is flying towards them from a distance, these children are not only not afraid but curious to look at these cavalry that have never been seen before, Some people even thought that these people were Houjin's cavalry.

"Everyone listen, rush in and kick everyone out, if anyone dares to resist, shoot and kill!"

When Yang Daniu's voice sounded in the ranks, five hundred cavalry of the Jiangning Army had already rushed into the tribe brandishing handcuffs and sabers, and soon bursts of screams, roars, and firecrackers began to sound.

Two quarters of an hour later, when Yang Feng led a large group of men and horses to arrive, hundreds of corpses had fallen in this tribe, and the remaining hundreds of old and weak women and children were being driven out of the tents and various places like ducks by Yang Daniu and other cavalry......