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During the decisive battle of Weishui, the Ming army from all walks of life repeatedly attacked the Mongolian right-wing army in disregard of the covenant, and the remains of the Mongolian right-wing cavalry who died in the battle were also cut off by the Ming soldiers one after another, and were used to pass off the heads of the Dzungar cavalry in exchange for military merits.

What's more, Zhao Junchen is now the identity of the Qincha, and his words and deeds represent the credibility of the court and the dignity of the emperor, and he must not do treacherous things - at least not openly, and even if he does, he can't let people grasp the handle.

The most important thing is that for the next step in the plan to recover the Hetao, Zhao Junchen cannot turn against the Mongolian right-wing for the time being, and even has to win their further trust.

Therefore, after learning the news that Qi Gemu came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, Zhao Junchen put on a smiling face and personally stood up to greet him.

Since this period of time, Zhao Junchen has been the only one on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he has not done such a thing as losing a smiley face for a long time, and now he is inevitably a little rusty and unaccustomed to returning to his old business, and his smile is quite fake and stiff.

said that as soon as Zhao Junchen stood up, he saw that the curtain of the handsome tent was suddenly opened, and then a young strong man wearing a Mongolian robe strode into the tent, and a middle-aged man hurriedly followed behind and kept dissuading, and the guards outside the tent did not dare to stop because they did not have Zhao Junchen's order.

Obviously, this Mongolian young strong man is the commander of the Mongolian right-wing army and the son of Qiyan, the leader of the Ordos tribe.

Qi Gemu is about 30 years old, and his appearance and facial features have obvious Mongolian characteristics, but his demeanor and temperament are not as savage and rude as ordinary Mongolians, but more like a child of the Han people, but his expression is too gloomy.

At this time, Siegmu's expression was full of anger and excitement, as if he had lost his mind, but his eyes remained calm and did not fluctuate, and a pair of eagle eyes stared closely at Zhao Junchen's expression change and attitude reaction, it was obvious that his angry attitude was just a means to fight for more benefits.

As for the other middle-aged man, his appearance and facial features are obviously of Han blood, but he is wearing a Mongolian robe, and his demeanor and temperament are quite Han military attaché style, it should be Wei Song, the inner Ying of Zhao Junchen who entered the Mongolian coalition army.

In this decisive battle of Weishui, Zhao Junchen was able to separate the Mongol coalition forces and completely annihilate the Dzungar department.

During this period of time, Zhao Junchen and Wei Song have exchanged many letters, but now it is the first time the two have met, so Zhao Junchen inevitably looked at Wei Song a few more times.

Wei Song's appearance is ordinary, his body is stout, and his face is full of wind and frost, which is nothing unusual, but his forbearance and calm temperament is impressive.

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At the same time that Zhao Junchen was secretly observing Qi Gemu and Wei Song, Qi Gemu and Wei Song were also secretly observing Zhao Junchen.

Seeing Zhao Junchen standing up to greet him with a smiling face, Qi Gemu knew that Zhao Junchen was consciously responsible for the loss, and he was unwilling to tear his skin, so the anger in his expression was even stronger, and he roared at Zhao Junchen in a strange Chinese dialect: "You are the Qincha of the Han court? You Han people have always been a self-proclaimed state of etiquette and a great power of the Celestial Empire, but I think you are all perfidious and despicable villains! How much pressure and risk did we, the Mongolian right wing, take to help you eliminate the Dzungaria? On the battlefield, it is mainly our warriors on the right flank of Mongolia who are resisting the attack of the Dzungar cavalry! Obviously, it was said in advance that the two armies were attacking Dzungaria, and the Han army didn't help, and they even repeatedly attacked our Mongolian right-wing warriors! If it weren't for the constant harassment of the Han army, how could our Mongolian right wing suffer such heavy casualties? Just because of your untrustworthy words, our Mongolian right wing has lost 5,000 warriors! ”

As he roared, Sigmu's spit almost sprayed into Zhao Junchen's face.

But Zhao Junchen still had a smile on his face, looking like he felt sorry for his mistakes and felt guilty, and apologized to Qi Gemu: "Your Excellency must be the commander of the Mongolian right-wing army and the son of the leader of the Ordos tribe, Qi Gemu, right?" This time, it was indeed because I did not restrain the soldiers of the army, so I accidentally injured the warriors of the Mongolian right wing...... But please also rest assured that the Ming Dynasty will never do anything without faith, cross the river and tear down the bridge...... In addition, considering the heavy losses of the Mongolian right wing, Benchincha will also give an additional part of the compensation. ”

Zhao Junchen's statement seemed to stimulate Qi Gemu instead, and he became more and more excited and angry, and said loudly: "The loss of more than 5,000 warriors, all of them are good men on the grassland, how can a mere batch of grain and grass materials make up for it?" Also, you Han people insulted the bodies of our warriors after they died in battle, and cut off all the heads of these heroic soldiers as military merits, how can such an insult be counted like this? …… You—how are you going to compensate us? ”

Hearing Qi Gemu's last words, a trace of disdain flashed in the depths of Zhao Junchen's eyes.

Mongolian Tartars are Mongolian Tartars, and when they see the benefits, they can't sit still, and they don't even care about pretense.

But on the surface, Zhao Junchen still looked reasonable, and after thinking seriously for a while, he gave a definite answer, and said slowly: "According to the original agreement between you and me, as long as the Mongolian right wing is in battle against the water at the time of the decisive battle of Weishui, our side will give the Mongolian right wing 100,000 stone grain and grass, and in addition, we will privately deliver 30,000 stone of grain and grass to the Ordos tribe, a total of 130,000 stone...... Nowadays, the losses of the Mongolian right-wing tribes are much more serious than imagined, and some of the losses are also due to our mistakes, so in order to show our sincerity and apologies, how about raising the amount of this batch of grain and grass to 170,000 stones? Among them, the major tribes of the Mongolian right-wing have a total of 130,000 stones, and the Ordos tribes are privately handed over 40,000 stones. ”

As soon as Zhao Junchen's words fell, Qi Gemu showed a humiliated appearance and roared loudly again: "In other words, you are only willing to compensate us with an additional 40,000 stone of grain and grass?" The lives of 5,000 Mongolian warriors are only worth 40,000 stone of grain and grass in your eyes? Is that how you Han people treat your allies? ”

Zhao Junchen didn't get angry, but patiently explained: "I hope that the leader of Qigmu can understand a thing or two, it's not that I'm stingy with my allies, it's actually that my Ming Dynasty also has no surplus food now...... This time with the Mongolian coalition army, the imperial court has been able to use all the grain and grass to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and even embezzled the officials and the imperial relatives of the grain, but the total amount is only 800,000 stone, but after the victory of this battle, it is always necessary to take out a batch of money and grain to reward the soldiers, otherwise the army is unstable and there is a risk of mutiny, and the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu are natural and man-made disasters for many years, and they must also take out a batch of money and grain to help the people, which is another expense...... Together, the amount of money and grain that the imperial court supported to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu is a drop in the bucket! I can move 170,000 stones of grain and grass to you, which is already the limit, and I really can't take out more grain and grass. ”

In fact, the center of the imperial court supported the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu this time, and indeed used all the surplus grain, but disaster relief and military rations were counted separately, 800,000 stone is just the amount of military food, and the amount of grain and grass that Zhao Junchen can use at present is more than 1.3 million stone, but Zhao Junchen is still sincere when he is crying poor, which makes people unable to doubt.

Hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Qi Gemu was silent, but his eyes couldn't help but fluctuate, obviously secretly thinking about the pros and cons.

After a long time, Siegmu said in an unquestionable tone: "Two hundred thousand stone grain grass! You will give us 200,000 stones of grain and grass! Among them, 50,000 stone grain and grass were delivered to the Ordos tribe in private! After all, our Mongolian right wing betrayed the descendants of Tian Khan's brothers for you this time, and the damage was much more serious than expected, if there was not enough grain and grass, I would not be able to explain to the leaders of the tribes of the Mongolian right wing! …… In return, you Han army will not be held accountable for insulting the remains of our warriors, and I know that you want to use those heads for military merits, so I will not ask you for it! How is it? ”

As he spoke, Siegmu seemed to have forgotten how angry he had been at the insult to the remains of the warriors of his clan.

Zhao Junchen was also silent for a long time, as if he was secretly calculating and considering, and finally gritted his teeth with an embarrassed expression and said, "Okay, I'll give you 200,000 stones!" ”

After seeing that Zhao Junchen agreed to his conditions, Qi Gemu's heart was secretly relieved.

The Mongolian right-wing army is now suffering heavy losses, and it is completely unqualified to negotiate conditions with the Han court, and if Zhao Junchen does not agree to such conditions, or even turns around and breaks the contract, Qi Gemu has no choice.

Siegmu's previous performance seemed to be aggressive, but in fact it was quite weak, which can be summed up as "what a price we have paid to help you", "you are ashamed of us", "you can't ignore us", quite a poor relative borrowing money.

In fact, the Mongol right wing lost more than 5,000 cavalry during the Battle of Weishui, which seemed to be a heavy number of casualties, but all the casualties were borne by many tribes on the Mongolian right flank.

What's more, the main army of the Mongolian right wing is still converging in the east of the Hetao area, containing the forces of the two major military towns of Datong and Taiyuan, threatening the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Gemu didn't care about these injuries, nor did he care that the bodies of his soldiers were insulted by the Han people, but after years of natural disasters in the Mongolian steppe, it is indeed no food for the winter, and the Mongolian right-wing tribes are no longer sustainable, forcing Qi Gemu to ask Zhao Junchen for food.

After negotiating the amount of grain and grass, Siegmu no longer roared loudly repeatedly, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became much more harmonious, and the two even had the leisure to talk a few words of gossip, or compliment each other.

While the two were talking, there were guards who reported to the account one after another, claiming that it was Jin Huyuan, the chief soldier of Gansu, Zhang Chengxun, the same knowledge of the forbidden army, Fang Zhenshan, the chief soldier of Guyuan, and He Zhang, the commander of the new army, and others rushed to the camp of the Chinese army and were waiting outside the tent for Zhao Junchen's summons.

Seeing that Zhao Junchen still had many things to deal with after the war, Qi Gemu also left with interest.

Before leaving, Qi Gemu confirmed to Zhao Junchen again: "After a day's rest, I will lead the Mongolian right-wing army to leave the territory of the Han people, and I hope that Lord Zhao can make the Han army avoid a road...... It's just that when do you plan to hand over the 200,000 stone grain and grass you talked about to us? ”

In this regard, Zhao Junchen obviously had a plan, and immediately replied: "200,000 stone grain and grass is not a small amount, and it takes a certain amount of time to turn around and transport...... In this way, after 20 days, I will send people to transport this batch of grain and grass to the junction of Shaanxi and the Hetao area, and I hope that you will send people to hand over it at that time. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's exact reply, Qi Gemu was naturally much more relieved, and nodded: "Since this is the case, I will wait for the good news from Lord Qincha." ”

After speaking, Qi Gemu bowed his hand to Zhao Junchen to say goodbye, but he looked like he was informed and reasonable, and he no longer saw the momentum at the beginning.

At the same time, Wei Song, who had been silent since entering the tent, also left with Sigmu, who was to remain with Sigmu and take charge of the liaison between the two armies.

Before leaving, Wei Song and Zhao Junchen glanced at each other silently, but they tacitly agreed not to say a word.

In a way, Zhao Junchen's attention to Wei Song is far above that of Qi Gemu, and the past experiences of the two brothers, Wei Song and Wei Huai, are even related to Zhao Junchen's future destiny, but now is not the time for the two to make contact.

In the end, looking at the back of Qi Gemu's departure, a sneer flashed at the corner of Zhao Junchen's mouth.

Zhao Junchen is a Qincha, representing the righteousness of the court and the image of the emperor, so naturally he will not break his promise, and the 200,000 grain and grass will definitely be sent to the Mongolian right wing as agreed.

It's just that whether the Mongolian right-wing will have a good appetite to eat this batch of grain and grass at that time, or whether they will collapse their big teeth when they swallow this batch of grain and grass, that is another matter!

In this regard, Zhao Junchen is quite looking forward to it!

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After sending Sigmu away, Zhao Junchen had just returned to his seat and sat down, when he saw the generals of various armies entering the tent one after another.

Obviously, the military attaches have finished cleaning the battlefield and have come to report to Zhao Junchen.

Among the generals, in addition to He Zhang, Fang Zhenshan, Mao Jiadong and others who are familiar to Zhao Junchen, there are two new faces.

Among the two new faces, one of them is Jin Huyuan, the chief soldier of the Gansu military town, this person is a veteran of the border army, I saw that his face is slightly old, tall, dark complexion, and a white beard is as majestic as the old Zhang Fei, the Gansu military town is far away from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty's territory, and has suffered the greatest pressure from the Mongol invasion over the years, and the border soldiers of the Gansu military town are also better than the rest of the military towns.

It's just that the military town of Gansu is too far away from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty after all, and it is difficult to count on it at a critical moment, so compared with Jin Huyuan, a veteran of the border army, Zhao Junchen pays more attention to another young new face - Zhang Chengxun, a fellow acquaintance of the forbidden army.

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