Shi Kefa said unhurriedly: "Li joined the army and the court sent thousands of Han people, but among these Han people, there were nearly a thousand people who did not bring their family members. They were thousands of miles away from home to guard the court, but they were still fighting. Bachelor."
"My lord means..."
"Li Canjun is familiar with the herdsmen, can you introduce some women as wives for the people who are far away from home? It doesn't matter whether you are a big girl or a young wife, as long as they are of the same age."
Li Lun thought for a while, "My lord, now there are many male and female herders. It is not difficult to introduce women as wives to the Han people, but... if there are too many people, I will be afraid that it will be difficult to complete."
"It's okay to be a little late, but it can't be too long," Shi Kefa paused for a while, and then leisurely threw out a sentence: "Well, every Han Chinese married, I will give you ten texts as a reward. If these All Han Chinese have married wives, and I will double your military mansion."
"My lord, really?" Li Lun figured it out. Every Han Chinese married is worth ten coins, and a thousand people is ten taels. In addition to the new military mansion... If the Yiren Inn expands, his income will increase.
"Of course it is true, but you can't be strong, but you have to be patient and do the related work," Shi Kefa lightly touched the square table in front of the table, "If this is done, it will also promote the connection between the Han and Mongolians... Austria Now that they are all Han Chinese, the speed of Sinicization can be accelerated. I must report to the Emperor Ming and ask for credit for you."
"Thank you, sir, the humble job must complete the work assigned by the adult as soon as possible." Li Lun saluted Shi Kefa, "Sir, do you want..."
Shi Kefa waved his hand: "Don't worry about Li Cengjun for the time being. I am a civil servant. It is my duty to defend the territory and open up frontiers for Daming."
"My lord, go ahead and prepare for that humble post?" Li Lun was impatient for the silver and the new military mansion.
Shi Kefa handed it off: "Li Canjun has bothered, and this adult is waiting for the good news of Li Canjun."
One government and two counties in Lingbei Province gradually began to thaw. Shi Kefa took the soldiers allocated to him by Hong Chengchou and separately sent seeds of spring wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and some vegetables to the herdsmen. As for the farming technique, the local Han people In charge of the professor, the Han people used farming techniques to exchange the cattle of the herdsmen, which is considered three birds with one stone.
And Hong Chengchou ordered the garrisons everywhere to send out rangers to all sides.
The Ming army stationed in Beiwang County not only went north to the vast virgin forest, but also along the Shilka River, east to Heilongjiang, where it was already the area of Beihai Province. Unfortunately, they did not meet the Ming army stationed in Beihai Province. Finally, they planted Daming’s Sun and Moon flags along the way and returned to the North Looking Military Camp.
The Ming army of Chita House, under the personal guidance of Hong Chengchou, went out of Yashan to the west and traveled four or five hundred miles along the Shilock River and the Wuda River. They occasionally saw scattered local indigenous people.
In May, the riders finally went west to the east of Yuerhai, where Buryats were everywhere, and the number of riders was too small. They were only responsible for investigating and did not take any naturalization measures. There is no contact with Buryatia.
In June, the tour ride brought back the message of fishing in the sea.
When Hong Chengchou saw one prefecture and two counties in Lingbei Province, the herdsmen were already comfortable with agricultural work and wanted to take the army to fish in Erhai to open up the frontier for Ming Dynasty, but Shi Kefa disagreed.
He opposes the westward fishing in the Erhai. The main problem is food. The people around the fishing Erhai are fishing and hunting. There is no storage of materials for the winter. Now it is too late to plant spring wheat. If the Ming army captures them, the provincial government Can't prepare food for them for the winter.
In addition, the spring wheat has not yet been harvested. This is the first time that crops have been planted in the extreme north. In case the harvest is not good, or the spring wheat will not head or mature at all, the herders have worked in vain for a year, but there is no harvest at all. Will make trouble.
Hong Chengchou had to give up, but he asked the soldiers to repair the road to Yashan Pass in preparation for the future army marching westward.
At the end of June, Hong Chengchou, who was supervising the construction of roadbeds by soldiers, received a return from the wandering horse: "West of Yashan, there is a group of blue-eyed and red-haired people who look like the legendary devil. They are under the guise of buying fur. They robbed local people’s property along the way, even murdered and arson, raped women, and sometimes robbed the people’s wives and daughters."
"Will the local people resist?" Hong Chengchou frowned. It was the first time he had heard of this kind of red hair that looked like a man and a ghost.
"They have guns, similar to our flintlocks, and the people can't get close to them at all."
"Have a gun?" Hong Chengchou was shocked. Are they the Russians Zhu Youjian said? "How far are they from here?"
"They went all the way east, and now they are about two days away from Yashan Pass."
"Two days?" Hong Chengchou calculated. Now that he is out of Yashan to the west, he still has time, "How many of them are there?"
"I don't have anyone too far away, I can't really see it, there are probably nearly a hundred people."
"Nearly a hundred people? They also have firearms?" Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment, "You go back first, then check and report again to see if they have heavy firearms like artillery."
"Military seat, they don't have heavy firearms, only blunderbuss, or muskets."
"It's fine if you don't have artillery, you go first!" Hong Chengchou felt a little relieved.
"Yes, Army Seat." The Ranger made a military salute to Hong Chengchou, stepped on his horse and turned around.
Hong Chengchou immediately stopped building roads and began to dispatch troops.
The artillery regiment under the military headquarters stayed in Xilin with the artillery. There was only one twelfth division beside Hong Chengchou, with three brigades and nine regiments under its jurisdiction. Two regiments were stationed in Hengjiu County and Beiwang County, Chita There are only five regiments, more than five thousand soldiers.
Hearing that there were less than a hundred enemies, Hong Chengchou had no plan to mobilize troops in Hengjiu and Beiwang for the time being. He left two regiments and let the division commander Li Li garrison Chita, and led three regiments out of Yashan in the west.
Yashan Pass has cleared a wide and flat road suitable for the passage of the army, but the traces of manual cleaning are very obvious. Hong Chengchou is worried that Hongmao will find the traces of the Ming army here, so he hides the two regiments in the dense forest on both sides of the passage. He personally led a regiment across Yashan and lurked behind an unknown hill.
The sporadic rangers of the Ming army kept staring at Hong Mao's movements and kept reporting Hong Mao's location to Hong Chengchou.
A day later, Hong Mao finally appeared in Hong Chengchou's field of vision. He quietly poked half of his head out of Xiaoqiu Mountain and looked carefully. It turned out that he was a team with less than a hundred people.
The soldiers were both looking forward and nervous. This was the first time they encountered an opponent carrying a firearm.
Hong Chengchou was also very nervous. He didn't know how powerful the opponent's firearms were. When Zhu Youjian left Chita, he asked him to transport the captured firearms to the capital, indicating that Zhu Youjian, a wise martial artist, did not understand the opponent's firearms. , In case the opponent’s firearms have a long range and great power, the Ming army’s numerical advantage will be offset. Moreover, he does not want to use human lives in exchange for victory.
He squatted down, in order to conceal his nervousness, Hong Chengchou simply leaned on the slope of the grass, closed his eyes slightly, and looked contented.
Seeing that the coach is peaceful, the soldiers are a little relieved. After all, there are only dozens of people on the other side. One regiment of the Ming army has more than a thousand people. There are two regiments with reinforcements not far from the rear. Moreover, the Ming army has horses. Unfortunately, the Ming army can also imitate the cavalry tactics of Jian slaves, using speed and numbers to attack the opponent's position.
The soldiers secretly made up their minds, in any case, these red hairs must stay, even if they are corpses.
This was the first war they encountered after they stayed in Lingbei Province. It was also the first time that the Ming Army in Guanwai encountered an enemy after Zhu Youjian left. They wanted the emperor to understand that even if the emperor was not around, they could be eliminated. Enemy, no matter who the enemy is.
The Ming army had been lurking behind the hill. When Hong Mao was only two miles away from them, Hong Chengchou made a move. Soldiers from one battalion on each side, like flintlock bullets, outflank Hong Mao’s left and right sides. .
The two battalions of cavalry converged at the rear of the red hair side, and the front battalion was added, and the red hair was already surrounded.
The red hairs didn't seem to care, they still talked and laughed, and the Ming army who surrounded them was ignored by them.
The Ming army began to close the encirclement, most of the Ming army dismounted, they held flintlocks, and slowly advanced, the encirclement became smaller and smaller.
Seeing the flintlock spear held by the Ming army, the leading red hair was shocked and his smile froze on his face.
The red hairs babbled a few words, but the Ming army couldn't understand a word.
They strangled their horses, stopped advancing, and then looked at the Ming army on all sides with fearful eyes.
The Ming army was still advancing, with the infantry in front and the cavalry in the side and rear. The encircling circle was getting smaller and tighter.
Like the mouth of a pocket is tied, the Ming army on all sides has been seamlessly docked.
The red hairs finally got off their horses. They gathered dozens of war horses on the outside, and the red hairs extended their barrels from the gaps in the war horses.
"It turns out that Hong Mao's muskets can't be fired from the back of a sports horse. It seems that their muskets are no better than Da Ming's!"
Hong Chengchou originally worried about the red-haired war horses. If the red-haired warriors were unfavorable, they would ride on horses to escape. Therefore, he prepared some cavalry behind the infantry, which was ready to chase the red-haired.
He didn't know if it was useful. If the red-haired musket could be fired from horseback, then the Ming cavalry who chased the past would have huge casualties, and it would not be possible to leave the red-haired.
"Huh huh!" There was only the sound of the Ming army's infantry advancing slowly on the battlefield. They hadn't reached the range of the flintlock, so they didn't need to aim for the time being.
The red hairs in the center remained motionless. They stared at the dense Ming army on all sides, only their war horses, shaking their tails, twisting their necks, and raising their noses, sniffing the air. Strange atmosphere.
Two different big countries and two different civilizations will start to collide for the first time in the west of Yashan.
The Ming army has already formed an encirclement to Hongmao, and has a huge advantage in numbers, and Hongmao has firearms that the Ming army does not understand, and they are quietly waiting for the Ming army to enter their range.