"Your Highness, there is a lot of croton in the grain abandoned by the Tartars!”
"Croton? Wasn't it for diarrhea? What do the Tartars use this for?" Zhu Zhanji asked in confusion.
"The nobles and warriors of the Tartars eat beef and mutton all year round. The grasslands lack fruits and melons to neutralize it, so their intestines are blocked.”Lan Bin replied.
Isn't croton poisonous? It was said that Lin Zexu was poisoned to death by croton in his previous life! The Tartars used this to treat constipation?
Could he make use of it and give the Tartars a taste of it?
Zhu Zhanji ordered,"Grind all the croton into powder and mix it with the rest of the broth and grain!"”
"Your Highness wants to…"
" Although we managed to scare the Tartars, they will definitely send scouts to track us. When they recover and realize that they have been tricked, they will definitely come back to snatch the provisions and supplies…"
"Take the jerky and arrows away. Leave the rest to the Tartars!”
"Yes, this subordinate will do it now!"
The reason why they didn't destroy all the supplies was to numb the Tartars so that they could eat the food without worry.
Zhu Zhanji suddenly remembered something strange and asked Chang Sheng,"
"Where did this Tartar get his white flour? They don't grow food?"
" Your Highness, the Tatars exchanged most of their food with horses, cattle, sheep, furs, and so on. Some of them were looted from the border…Some of them should be Qiu Fu's food and supplies that the Tatars seized…"
After listening to Chang Sheng's words, Zhu Zhanji understood that the meat on the grasslands was very rich, but it was not enough for everyone to eat. A large number of civilians had to starve, and only a few nobles were living well. Therefore, they could only exchange food with Da Ming to fill the stomachs of more people.
The Great Ming lacked good warhorses, so they could only trade with the grassland people. The horses in the horse farm of the Garden Horse Temple were mostly exchanged for food and tea leaves.
Most of the conquests on the grasslands were caused by food. They fought for grasslands, cattle, sheep, and warhorses, raised more cattle, sheep, and warhorses to fill their stomachs, and then fought for grasslands, cattle, and sheep... and so on.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars and Jurchen tribes went south without caring about the damage. It was because the Little Ice Age was at its most severe. The weather was extremely cold. After the grass froze to death, the cattle and sheep also froze to death and starved to death. There was no food. What could they do? Snatch!
During the Little Ice Age, the Central Plains 'grain production also decreased drastically. In addition, the Tartars kept on locking down the pass every year, and the imperial court increased the pay by three times. The people of the Central Plains also had no food. Rebellion!
Then, the Ming Dynasty fell. Emperor Chongzhen, who was wearing a patched dragon robe, led a eunuch, Wang Chengen, and hung himself on a crooked tree in Mei Mountain!
Similarly, if one couldn't afford pork, would they rebel? No, as long as there was rice to eat! Would they rebel if they couldn't afford the rice? The answer was definitely yes! Hungry people would never have a bottom line!
If the granary is full, you can know etiquette. If you have enough food and clothing, you can know honor and disgrace. The words of the old ancestor were all reasonable!
It would take more than 200 years. There would be plenty of opportunities to make up for it in the future!
"Your Highness, our brothers have seen the Tartar scouts monitoring the surroundings. Should we get rid of them?!”
"Let them go back and report!"
"Pass down the order to pack up quickly. We're preparing to evacuate!”
……
Benyashili temporary camp.
After running for more than 20 miles in one breath, he stopped to catch his breath. Benyashili's worried pursuit did not come, which made him feel strange.
Sending out ten thousand heavy armored cavalrymen at once would consume an unimaginable amount of food and supplies. To ensure the horses 'stamina, they had to eat a large amount of refined grains. The men had to eat the food the horses chewed on, and there were also auxiliary soldiers…
After paying such a huge price, they were not going to pursue him? Are you here to scare me? Or did that little bit of baggage just send them away?
Such a large group of cavalrymen actually didn't bring marching drums? He didn't hear a single drumbeat. It was too strange!
" Great Khan, the scouts have reported that there are less than 500 Ming soldiers in pursuit. They dragged branches behind their horses to create the illusion that a large number of cavalrymen were marching to deceive us. They are now eating our meat soup and drinking our koumiss in our old camp…"
Benyashili's guess had been verified, but he was not happy at all. He had been played, played by the hundreds of Ming cavalrymen. He had lost his tent, a large amount of supplies, and ran away like a stray dog…
"Let Ha 'er Da go and capture those Ming soldiers. I want them alive. I want to tie them to the back of my horse and drag them to death!”Ben Yashili shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Yes, Great Khan."
……
In the tent of the Ming army.
"Has Grand Sun not returned yet? Send a fast horse to urge them. The food is already cold, and they still don't come back!”Zhu Laosi urged anxiously.
" Emperor…Little Master, it seems like…he went north, not towards the camp…" Little Snot stuttered as he replied.
"He didn't go to the camp? Didn't you say that you would be back after a run?"
"Why are we going north…"
Zhu Di thought for a moment and was shocked. Did the brat go after Benya Shili? This was really a newborn calf that was not afraid of the tiger. Ambush battles were easy to fight, but chasing battles were not that easy. They only brought 400 cavalry. Was it enough to fill the gaps between their teeth?
Bastard…
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