Chapter 205: Seizure
"Your Excellency!"
"Mr. Yokoyama, is that so? Are there any injuries? Chen Yue took Wang Yin's arm and looked up and down, there were only one or two people in the army who could plan for themselves, and he didn't want to see Wang Yin hurt.
"My lord, my subordinates are fine." Wang Yin said gratefully, and gently pulled his arm out of Chen Yue's hand, "My lord, the Khalkha leader and the leaders have been shot to death, and we have won this battle." ”
"No wonder it's so easy to attack all the way!" Chen Yue laughed.
"My lord, the immediate priority is to capture the stables and prevent the Mongols from letting the horses go. In addition, the cattle, sheep and livestock of the Khalkha tribe are all in the sheep and cattle pen in the north, and there are still four or five hundred Han slaves there, and their lives must be saved, and they will be good helpers for us to drive the cattle and sheep back to Qingshikou. Wang Yin said hurriedly.
"Okay." Chen Yue nodded and ordered: "Yu Feng, you take a hundred soldiers to capture the stable, you must guard the war horses inside, and you are not allowed to let me go." Wei Yang, you take a hundred people to the sheepfold in the north and stay there. ”
Yu Feng and Wei Yang promised to lead their own people. Chen Yue and Wang Yin took the remaining 150 people to guard in the middle of the tribal camp, and attacked wherever there were Mongolian herdsmen in formation.
As the day began to dawn, the whole camp was littered with corpses, blood flowing in the snow, and soon it froze, and the snow turned red.
Iron Lion and other generals each came in with their teams from all over the place, and met in the middle of the camp, where the whole camp had been plowed and all the yurts had been captured. In front of the Xishan Army, which was organized and armed to the teeth, the Mongolian herdsmen who could not gallop on their horses were like eagles with their wings broken, and the whole camp fell into chaos and lost the command of the leader, so they could only put up desperate resistance, and then slaughtered in batches.
At last the day was completely bright, more than a thousand Ming troops gathered in the center of the camp, all resistance was suppressed, and all the enemies who resisted were eliminated. Hundreds of men in the tribe were almost killed, and only a few fled into the vast snowfield, but in such a cold weather, even if they escaped, it was difficult to survive, and they would never go far without food and clothing, and they would freeze to death in the snow.
At this moment, in the camp, only more than 1,000 herdsmen, women, children and children are crying and sobbing bitterly, and the women are holding their children in horror, waiting for the verdict of fate.
Groups of Ming soldiers rushed into the yurts, expelled them, and then rummaged through all the riches inside.
"My lord, the war horses have been counted, and a total of 2,520 war horses have been captured!" Yu Feng happily ran over and reported the good news to Chen Yue.
"It's great, it's wonderful!" Chen Yue rubbed his big hands excitedly, with this batch of war horses plus all the previous ones, he was enough to form a cavalry of two thousand people, which could be regarded as a powerful force in the army of the nine sides.
"My lord, all the slaves here have been released, more than 450 in all, of which 300 are men, and the rest are young and strong women. However, these people are miserable, one by one they lack clothes and wear less, and they are very miserable. Wei Yang also came over to report.
"Go and give them the clothes of the Mongols that have been captured, and give them a full meal, and take them with you when you return." Chen Yue instructed, "By the way, how many cattle and sheep have been seized?" ”
"According to the slaves, there were more than 2,000 cows and more than 30,000 sheep." Weiyang Road.
"That's a lot!" Chen Yue was happy at first, and then worried, "On this snowy day, how can you drive these cattle and sheep to Qingshikou!" ”
"My lord, let's rest here for two days, and we are not afraid of being attacked by other Mongolian tribes on this snowy day." Wang Yin suggested.
"Well, these days the brothers are marching in the snow, and they are really tired enough, it's time to take a good rest. It was just through this Mongol camp that everyone had a good rest. Chen Yue agreed.
"What about the women and children of the Khalkha tribe?" Wang Yin asked.
"Mr. Yokoyama, what do you say?"
"It is said that cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is the best way, but the killing of the prisoner is unknown, my lord, you have a bright future, don't be infected with bad luck because of this. These are women and children, so let them fend for themselves. Without men and food, none of these people will survive this winter. ”
"Just do as the gentleman says," Chen Yue nodded, "Let's lock them up in the sheepfold where the slaves used to live." ”
The battlefield was cleared, and the chariots and horses three miles away were also brought back to the camp. All the soldiers slipped into the warm yurt and smiled pleasantly.
The fire was lit, the peeled lambs were roasted on the shelves, and the fragrant oil tea was boiling in the iron pot. The freed slaves changed into clean and warm clothes and wiped their dirty faces with snow, the men were skinning the sheep with knives, and the women were busy making milk tea and roasting mutton.
"Come, brothers, let's have a drink and celebrate this hard-won victory!" Chen Yue raised the wine bowl with a smile, and the generals responded happily and drank it all with the wine bowl. After more than half a month of hard work, today finally has a huge harvest, which makes everyone's mood extremely happy.
"Let's rest here for two days, and return to Qingshikou the day after tomorrow! By the way, let's think about it, how to transport a large herd of cattle and sheep back to Qingshikou! Chen Yue said. Now he is very worried, although the battle has been won, he has also captured a lot, more than 2,000 horses, more than 2,000 cattle, more than 30,000 sheep, and in the tents of the Mongols, as many as 10,000 pieces of gold and silverware, jewelry, silver bowls and silver basins, worth 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver. There are also thousands of cowhides and sheepskins of all kinds of furs, and these things alone are enough to fill all the carts, and the cattle and sheep really can't be transported back to Qingshikou.
But without this batch of cattle and sheep, how can we feed the thousands of troops in Qingshikou? Anything can be given up, these cattle and sheep must definitely be transported away!
After listening to Chen Yue's words, everyone frowned, thinking about the difficulty of marching hand in time and space, bringing so many materials with him when he went back, and bringing tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, it was really difficult for a person to die!
"Why don't you wait until the snow melts?" The iron lion said tentatively, and then shook his head, "When will it be waiting, no, no." ”
"Generals, I have an idea." A slave who was roasting meat suddenly raised his head and said to the crowd.
"If you have any good ideas, tell me quickly, as long as it is useful, I will reward you heavily." Chen Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, and promised.
"My lord, I don't want a heavy reward, I just want to join the army and fight for you." It's humane.
"Okay, I promise you!" Chen Yue nodded.