Chapter 776

"General, the cavalry opened the city gate with artillery. Now they are killing in the city, and our soldiers can't resist it." a commander came all the way and hid behind a battlement and said anxiously.

"Can't you stop it?" he said goodbye to himself.

"Yes, I can't stop it. Now many soldiers under the city have surrendered. In fact, it's no wonder that they are too different in strength. In addition, the brothers haven't had enough food for a long time, and even the horses have killed half of them. We don't have enough strength to fight with them." the commander spoke and explained to the soldiers below.

Since Tuotuo Buhua was attacked by his brother agadorzi first, he retreated to another country under the protection of a loyal general. That is, since then, the 10000 Tatar soldiers guarding Daru city have no supplies. They became rootless trees. In order to save themselves, they first attacked the territory of the northern Ming Dynasty by beating grain and grass, but not only did they not grab much, but they were surrounded by cavalry sent by the Wanquan capital division of the northern Ming Dynasty.

If Tatar cavalry were not brave and good at fighting, I'm afraid I would suffer a great loss. Beiming didn't get any benefits. Next, they had to target the grassland and rob some individual herdsmen on the grassland. However, this behavior of withering and fish soon forced the nearby grassland people to flee further. When there was less and less food in the city, Amugulang had to order the killing of war horses to satisfy his hunger.

This is why there are 10000 Tatar soldiers, but only 5000 cavalry. Half of the disappeared horses were eaten by themselves.

You know your own business. If the mercenaries are of average strength, Tatar soldiers may be able to summon up the courage to fight a crazy war, and maybe they can grab some food from each other. But now, in the face of mercenaries whose morale and combat effectiveness are obviously stronger than them, there is only a dead end to resist. Knowing this truth, it is nothing if soldiers choose to surrender.

"Hey, even if all the soldiers under the city surrendered, let's surrender. Tell brothers, stop resisting and surrender." he breathed out a long breath, as if he had made a very difficult decision. After saying these words, he was relieved. It seemed that from this moment on, his heavy burden was relieved.

A white flag was suddenly hung on the tower of the city of Lu. It looked so pale and powerless in the sunshine. When he saw this scene, Hu mang laughed loudly, "ha ha, the Tatar soldiers surrendered and entered the city!"

Mercenaries entered the city more than an hour earlier than originally planned. Originally, Hu mang estimated that the street battle in the city had not been fully launched, which made him despise the 5000 Tatar infantry guarding the city. In his opinion, with the benefit of the city, the resistance is so weak. The general guarding the city is too incompetent.

But all these ideas changed because of what he saw after he entered the city.

When Hu mang entered the city, Su He and Xin Honghai, who entered in advance, had completely controlled the situation here, that is, even shebie and others were brought down from the city tower, shouted and knelt down, waiting for Hu mang to come for inspection and review.

Riding a tall horse into the city, I originally wanted to say a few words to ridicule the other party's general, which can be regarded as a good blow to the other party's morale. However, when my eyes fell on the farewell and the soldiers around me, I was surprised to find that this is still an army and there is a little brave and powerful on the grassland? One by one was sallow and skinny, and their clothes looked so broad on them, just like children in an adult robe, which was so inappropriate.

Of course, Tatar soldiers are not so poor that they don't even have clothes to wear. The reason for this is that they are malnourished for a long time and don't have enough food to starve, so that everyone loses dozens of kilograms or even more, which makes them look so disharmonious with their clothes.

Tiger mang rode on his horse. He just opened his mouth to say something. He didn't spit out a word. On one side, commander Su he seemed to understand something. He rode carefully to him and said, "tiger head, I've inquired. These soldiers haven't eaten enough for a long time. Even they used to eat horses."

Speaking of these, Su he also looked unbearable. For grassland warriors, war horses are their brothers. There are many times when people are on horses and people die. And once we have to make a decision to take brothers as food, we can imagine how bad the environment will be. Not to mention, horse meat is a little sour and does not taste very good. If there is no way, who will make such a decision?

"This... Ah, arrange and cook immediately, at least let them eat first." Hu mang pressed everything he wanted to say in his heart. He finally understood why Tatar soldiers who always seem to have strong combat power are so incompetent today. Presumably, without food, how much strength can even mercenaries play?

"Su He, thank the tiger's head on behalf of these soldiers." Su he sighed on his face when he heard the order from Hu mang. Anyway, he is also a Tatar. He is connected with these people by flesh and blood. Of course, he doesn't want to look at his own people as miserable as they are now.

Seeing Su Heyi's moved face, Hu mang smiled, "OK, go and pass on my order immediately. By the way, the people should be hungry. Tell them to go down and make one for them, so that everyone can eat as much as possible."

"Yes." Su he hugged his fist and thanked again. Then he seemed to think of something. He quickly paid a military salute, and then quickly beat his horse away. He had turned his back, and warm tears came out of the corners of his eyes. This time, he was really moved by Hu Mang's move.

The news of the great victory ahead reached Yang Chendong, who was walking slowly.

Looking at what the war report said, Hu mang won the whole Dalu city at the cost of less than 200 casualties and captured nearly 8000 soldiers of the other party, Yang Chendong laughed, "yes, Hu mang is beautiful. It looks like he has a lot of talents."

"That's right. Hutou is actually very capable of unifying the army. After all, he has been with the young master for so long." Yang Er saw that Yang Chendong was in a good mood and quickly flattered him. Of course, he also has a subtext of this sentence, that is, he has been with the young master for a long time, and he is also a talent for unifying the army.

Naturally, these words will not be directly publicized by Yang er. He did not forget the choice made by Yang Chendong that time. He either went down to be a commander first and took an army, or stayed by his side honestly. He chose the latter without saying a word.

To Yang Chendong, Yang Er thanked him after worship, because without this master, he may not know where he is now, even whether he lives or dies. It is precisely because of the sixth young master that he has brought him everything so beautiful now. Now he immediately has a woman's character, and his gratitude is a little stronger in his heart.

He will never leave Yang Chendong's side, but if he has the opportunity to take the army to the battlefield, he is also very yearning. After all, there is this primitive impulse in the bones of men.

Yang Chendong smiled and didn't make any comments on Yang er's words. Instead, he raised his hand and said, "that's it. Speed up the March and rest in Dalu city today."

Originally, the distance was not very far. In the afternoon, more than a thousand people such as Yang Chendong came to the city, where they entered the city together with Hu Mang and others who were waiting. On this road, Hu mang also made a simple report on the war.

The Scout had reported the situation to Yang Chendong before, but now he just said it again, and Hu mang spoke quickly. After the war, his expression became more depressed. "Young master, it's really not easy for people here?"

"Hmm?" Hu mang said that it was not easy for Tatar soldiers to defend the city. Yang Chendong showed a very surprised look under his face. How is it good to speak for each other?

"Young master, the situation is like this..." Hu mang said all the scenes he saw after entering the city and what he knew later. When it comes to the Tatar soldiers in the city who haven't had a full meal for a long time, and even have to kill war horses to satisfy their hunger, and even some people in the city have changed their children to eat in order to survive, Hu mang is biting his teeth and holding his right hand, looking very distressed.

Yang Chendong's face became much darker with just a sentence of changing children to eat. Of course, he knew what this meant. Although he had been in the world for several years and had seen many poor people, he was very touched when he really heard this sentence. In his mind, he could even imagine under what circumstances would the people do such a thing?

It must be quite helpless, isn't it? Surely parents who do this will have an uneasy conscience all their life?

"Young master, I have ordered to go down and take out our rations. Let these soldiers and the people have a full meal first, and please punish them less." Hu Mang's voice began to eat again, but when he said this, it was like asking for a pardon.

Speaking of it, it's a thing of the past to distribute military rations to demobilized soldiers. After all, these people may become their comrades in arms in the future. However, the distribution to those people, even some women, children and the elderly, is not a matter for Hu mang to decide at will. Most of these people have no power to bind chickens, or they are in their hands, and they are not very useful. Although it is said that mercenaries already have 2000 mu greenhouses in Shicheng, which can solve some of the problem of eating, most of the food still needs to be transported by sea from chixian City, which takes too much manpower and material resources. Now the military grain has been distributed in this way, and Hu Mang's plea is also due.