【Chapter 457】We have a common enemy
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Shaanxi Xingdusi, Gansu Town, Ganzhou City.
Ganzhou City is Zhangye in later generations, located in the core area of Gansu Town. It goes to Liangzhou in the east and Jiayuguan in the west, and is almost equal in distance. Lanzhou at that time was still directly related to Shaanxi Province and did not belong to Gansu Town. This is also the reason why it was selected as the residence of the General Officer of the Gansu Town. The yamen station of the Shaanxi Xingdu Department is also here. There is only such a town in the entire Gansu Town Town. The other places such as Suzhou City, Liangzhou City, Yongchang City, Xining City, Gulang City, Shandan City, etc. are all very desolate.
If you want to choose the most dilapidated border town among the nine border towns in the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the town of Gansu. Due to the complex people's conditions here, a large number of ethnic minorities live together, and the conflicts between them are very deep. From time to time, there are foreign Tatars, which greatly affects the production and life here. There are constant wind and sand, dry climate, and sparse arable land. The food is definitely not self-sufficient. The escape of military households is definitely the most serious. Looking around, there is a deserted area everywhere without any vitality.
Whether it is the governor of the three borders of Shaanxi or the imperial court, as long as it mentions Gansu Town, they have to shake their heads secretly. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, Gansu Town has always only invested and no output. Moreover, the amount of money and grain needed to be invested is very huge. Not to mention anything else, the cost of maintaining the road every year is a huge amount of funds. The cost of controlling wind and sand and digging wells is also an amazing number. Many people sigh that this is simply a bottomless pit, and I don’t know how much stuff it needs to be filled in.
In fact, there is also a green corridor below the Qilian Mountains. This is the famous Hexi Corridor. The Hexi Corridor can grow grain and raise livestock. The famous Shandan horse is produced in the Hexi Corridor. From the perspective of charge alone, Shandan horses are better than *** horses. However, it is not possible to run long distances. However, due to various reasons, this green corridor has never been truly utilized. People living here see only the desolate wilderness and the flying wind and sand every day.
In the morning, there was a lot of slaughter inside and outside the Ganzhou city, and the sound of horse hooves continued, as if waves of zodiacs were rolling by. The sky was gloomy, as if it was about to rain. In fact, there were very few opportunities for Gansu town to rain. The gloomy sky was always put out for people to see, without any substantial effect. With the sound of thunder, a large number of Tatar cavalry surrounded the inside and outside of Ganzhou city. Outside these Tatar cavalry, there were some scattered Ming soldiers maintaining order.
After deducting the vacancy, the Ming army in Gansu Town had 30,000 to 40,000 people, and more than 100,000 military families. With so many people, the Tatars could not kill all of them. If it were the past, just to loot, the Tatars killed the Ming army, or killed useless people, and brought useful strong men and young women back to their tribes as slaves, without any question. But this time, the Tatars were preparing to occupy Gansu Town for a long time, so they had to change their previous practices. Stop killing people would not achieve their goal.
In order to occupy Gansu town for a long time, the Tatars took relatively gentle measures. They used surrendered high-ranking Ming army officials to mix different Ming troops. The original officers no longer brought the original soldiers. The original soldiers did not follow the original officers. However, the organization of the warriors and the guards continued to be retained. Of course, those disobedient officers, or officers who tried to resist, were killed. Only a very small number of officers ran away quietly and disappeared. The purpose of the Tatars doing this was to attack Ningxia Town.
As we all know, the Tatars did not have the ability to attack. Well, to be precise, they did not have strong ability to attack. Because their infantry was too small, the number of siege equipment was not enough. Using cavalry to attack the city is a very stupid approach, and it is easy to cause a large number of casualties. However, after taking down Gansu Town, both problems were solved. The Ming army in Gansu Town was the best cannon fodder. The Tatars were preparing to drive the surrendered Ming army as the vanguard, as the main force of infantry to attack, and at the same time carry siege equipment. The Tatars' cavalry was behind the scenes.
At about noon, Li Maohui and Li Guozhen and other civil and military officials who surrendered to the Tatars all hung their heads and entered the general army in Ganzhou City. This place was occupied by Mo Rigen and became his temporary headquarters. Outside the headquarters, all of them were Tatar archers. These Tatar archers were trained by Mo Rigen and had extremely strong combat power. They all looked contempt for the arrival of the Ming generals.
A moment later, a group of Tatars came over surrounded by a burly middle-aged man. The middleman was wearing a golden armor. Under the armor, there was a golden burqa. Outside the burqa, there was a flying golden dragon. This outfit looked like an emperor of the Central Plains dynasty. This bright yellow color, with a golden dragon, was indeed worn by the emperor. He was Morigen, the Tatars' arrow god.
Due to his strength, Mo Rigen has gradually separated from Zhuang Tulai's troops. He and his tribe both need an independent living space. Obviously, there is not such a large area for him in the north. His eyes can only stare at the south and the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. He feels that the two sides of the Yellow River are pretty good. If he can control Gansu Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town and even Yansui Town, there should be good room for development.
When walking, Mo Rigen's left foot seemed a little unbalanced. Although he tried his best to cover it up, people with sharp eyes could still clearly see it. People who don't know the inside story thought Mo Rigen was injured when he fell off a horse. For riders, it is really common for them to get injured when they fell off a horse. It's like people who drove later in life, and there were no small accidents, and very few. However, people who know the inside story dare not tell it easily.
Because Mo Rigen's foot was indeed injured when he fell off a horse. However, he did not fall off a horse naturally or accidentally, but because the horse was shot to death by Xu Xingxia. That night, Xu Xingxia's arrow shot Mo Rigen's horse. He was caught off guard and didn't notice it all at once, but was injured by the horse. Fortunately, it was not particularly serious. Unfortunately, after the treatment of the shaman witch doctor, he still left sequelae.
Of course, Mo Rigen is already very lucky. It should be noted that at that time, Xu Xingxia's black feather arrow would be over as long as it was three inches up. Until now, Mo Rigen still retained the terrifying black feather arrow. He reminded himself at all times that the owner of the black feather arrow was a terrifying demon, and he must spare no effort to get rid of him. Otherwise, as time goes by, the power of this demon will definitely become stronger and stronger.
This time, Mo Rigen went south in a big way, with the purpose of revenge. He not only wanted to seek a good living space for his tribe, but also cut Xu Xingxia into pieces and smashed him to pieces. Xu Xingxia is now a shadow in his heart. If he could not defeat Xu Xingxia, he and his tribe would not have a better way out. Maybe he would be harmed by Xu Xingxia in the future.
Mo Rigen entered the hall, swept his eyes coldly, and saw that the surrendered generals of the Ming army had arrived. In his heart, he absolutely despised these guys. In order to survive, he actually betrayed his own country. Such people would only be despised by others wherever they went. If it were the past, Mo Rigen would have waved his hand and ordered them to beheaded. He didn't even want to see them. However, for the sake of combat, he would have to use them for the time being.
Among all the surrendered generals of the Ming army, the earliest one was Liu Fengxi, the former general of Gansu Town. He was a fat man, less than five feet tall and weighed more than two hundred kilograms, so that the entire Gansu Town did not even have armor suitable for him. Therefore, he never wore armor. Since he did not have armor, he had never visited the front line in person. This time the Tatars attacked, he was scared and quickly ordered to raise his hand to surrender.
If there is no governor in Gansu Town, Liu Fengxi's official position is the greatest. Liu Fengxi has no ability, but is good at observing words and expressions. He accidentally discovered the murderous intent in Mo Rigen's eyes, and suddenly felt that his prospects were not good. Fortunately, the murderous intent in Mo Rigen's eyes flashed away, and he slowly felt at ease. However, the faint murderous intent of his eyes always lingered in his heart and could not be dissipated for a long time.
"Everyone, I came with great kindness. Therefore, don't be nervous or afraid. As long as you work with my writers sincerely, I can guarantee that your glory, wealth, gold, silver and jewelry will not be less than before." Mo Rigen said with a smile. Like many senior Tatar executives, Mo Rigen speaks Chinese quite well. Before this time, he took time to practice.
"We are deeply grateful for our great kindness and were originally serving the Khan." Li Maohui said hurriedly.
"Okay, time is tight, and important things are important, so let's not talk nonsense. Now, we have a common enemy, that is Xu Xingxia. This time, we must eliminate all Xu Xingxia and his white-clothed army. We must control Ningxia Town in our own hands! I wonder if everyone here has any good suggestions for attacking Xu Xingxia?" Mo Rigen glanced at everyone and said straight to the point.
Chapter completed!