When the fierce fighting is far away, the river beach on the west bank of Yumendu is extraordinarily quiet.

The waves gently lap on the shore, and the red and white foam continues to cling to the beach rocks and burst. Except for the soldiers who roamed around and collected the corpses everywhere. On the other side of the surging Yellow River, a man riding a felt hat and a thin coat stared at the side horse in the diffuse mist.

"Lord, that's ......"

"It must be Li Chuang." Zhao Dangshi also stood on the river and looked at the horse.

The river is wide, the sound of wind and water is mixed, and the two seem to be making eye contact with each other.

"Isn't Li Chuang rumored to be a golden helmet and golden armor?" Zhou Wenhe frowned.

At this time, the rider on the opposite bank silently turned the horse's head around, and soon galloped away.

"The three holes of the cunning rabbit, there is no shortage of people wearing golden helmets and armor around Li Chuang, all of them are his stand-ins." Zhao Dangshi said in a deep voice, "I won't admit my mistake in that posture and behavior." ”

"Hehe, the golden armor ran away for him, this gold helmet and silver armor are genuine, I didn't run!" A few steps away, Peng Guang snorted and dragged a corpse that had not yet removed his armor, and placed him and seven or eight other corpses arranged separately.

"The thief's heart is heavy on Liu Zongmin, and he found a few people to identify him, and it was me." Huang Degong clapped his hands and strode over, and then his eyes swept over the row of corpses, "Wang Deren, Ma Chongxi, Bai Jiuhe, Lan Yingcheng, Tuo Tianbao, Liu Wenbing, Guo Dengxian, Zhang Youzeng, Feng Yangzhu...... Names and surnames are all here. After more than ten years of suppressing thieves, it is not as great as the results of this battle! ”

Zhao Dangshi saw Huang Degong's left shoulder wrapped in a thick white cloth and asked, "Old Huang, this time it's thanks to you." ”

Huang Degong laughed and said, "Where, good luck." Liu Zongmin's headless fly hit his face and took him away. "He is bold by nature, and he never pushes when he has merit, "As for this little injury, hehe, my surname Huang can't be on the stage!" Then he sighed, "I still let Li Chuang pick up a life, it's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

When Zhao Dangshi heard this, he slowly turned his head, and on the river in front of him, the scene of the hundred boats racing had long been gone, and some were just a shadow of a sail that no one cared about there.

In this big battle, the 30,000 Ming troops who set up an ambush in advance completely defeated the old elite soldiers of the Shun army who hurriedly crossed the river and had no time to stabilize their positions, killed and wounded thousands of Shun troops, captured nearly 20,000 people, and many defeated soldiers panicked and died in the Yellow River. The Ming army itself also suffered three or four thousand soldiers and horses, but compared to the results of the battle, it can be described as a great victory.

The victory is not only reflected here, but also reflected in the overall situation.

According to the estimation of Zhao Dangshi and others, there are at most 20,000 troops left on the east bank and uncrossed Shun, and the main body should be the remaining forces of Liu Fangliang's left battalion, Yuan Zongdi's right battalion, and Li Hou's battalion. That is to say, with the death of Liu Zongmin and other lieutenant generals, the old troops of the battalion, which can be called the pillar of the Shun army, were wiped out, even though there were still 20,000 Shun troops left, but the overall combat effectiveness was inevitably reduced, and its strength was no longer enough to pose a fatal threat to Shanxi, Henan and other provinces under the control of the Ming army, and the strategic situation of the Ming army on the whole line would change from passive to active.

"Now that Li Chuang is gone, will he lead the army to chase after him?" Qin Jin's filial piety is unwilling.

"Don't be in a hurry, the thieves have lost their souls, their morale will be unusable, and they will be destroyed sooner or later." Zhao Dangshi said, "Our army will return to Shaanxi first, take Xi'an, have no worries, and then go all out to march into Shanxi." ”

Qin Jinxiao agreed, and continued to ask: "There are many prisoners here, how to deal with them?" Or ......," he said, placing his palm across his chest and swiping lightly.

Zhao Dangshi said with a smile: "I heard that Lao Qin, since you have been accompanied by a beautiful woman, your temperament has eased a lot, why did you change back again?" ”

Qin Jin's filial piety was revealed, even the brown and black skin revealed obvious red, and he was a little embarrassed to see it, so he bowed his head slightly and said, "This ...... This is not a special situation, for fear of dragging down our army......"

Zhao Dangshi said: "At any time, you must not regard human life as a mustard, otherwise you can't live with the sky and the bottom can't be hearted." He added, "Those prisoners used to be honest and honest people of my Ming Dynasty, but they fell into the abyss because they followed the wrong person." Now that they are willing to abandon the darkness and return to the court, our court is tolerant, how can they be rejected? ”

Huang Degong nodded and said: "What Lao Zhao said is that only by showing the breadth of the imperial court can more people be attracted to get lost. ”

Zhao Dangshi went down and said: "The advance army will place the prisoners safely, and when Xi'an is taken, the two sides will be disposed of in a unified manner." Our army has been fighting for a long time, and there are also casualties, so we can choose the good ones to fill the vacancies, and the rest will be sent to Shaanxi or Henan to lead the yamen, which is also good. Not only to give them a way to live, but also to benefit our army, why bother to kill them all. ”

Qin Jinxiao was ashamed and said: "It's the subordinates who are reckless." At the same time, I couldn't help but think of something in my heart: "Maybe at that time, I should listen to her ......"

Before his thoughts were over, he suddenly heard Zhao Dangshi say loudly: "Pass on my military order, quickly clean up the battlefield, and return the whole army." Within five days, it is necessary to take Xi'an and restore the whole of Shaanxi! ”

Unconsciously, the soldiers and horses of the Shun army, which once had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, have withered and become lonely. Defeating Li Zicheng, this idea that has sprouted in Zhao Dangshi's heart since nearly ten years ago seems to have finally come to fruition.

At the moment when the main forces of the Ming and Shun armies fought in Yumendu, Hou Dagui's army just happened to enter the Datong Mansion in Jinbei.

The north of the city covers the sky, the chariots and horses are like a stream, Jiang Hao, Sun Chuanting, and Hou Dagui will be in Baishan Mountain.

The white mountaineering mountain road is full of colorful flags, the armor soldiers are bustling, and the host Jiang Hao set up a banquet on the mountainside to entertain the Ming army who came from afar. After Hou Dagui was led by Wang Fu's ministers, he followed his father-in-law Wang into the dynasty to climb the mountain, and on the way he saw a big banner with the word "Sun" erected among the trees, and asked: "Sun Chuanting has arrived?" ”

"I just arrived yesterday, and I was stationed in the area of Gudian in Xilu." Wang Jinchao replied.

The scorching sun was scorching, Hou Dagui wiped the sweat stains on his neck with his cuffs, and did not speak, but his face sank.

Soon we reached the mountainside, where there was a small hill temple with a table of sumptuous wine and food in the distance. The bearded Jiang Hao came out to greet him with a smile, Wang Jin introduced him twice, Hou Dagui looked left and right, and asked, "Where is Sun Junmen?" ”

Jiang Hao tilted his thumb back and said, "Sun Junmen is inside." ”

Hou Dagui frowned and said, "Did Sun Junmen have a leg disease on the march?" ”

Jiang Hao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then understood what he meant, patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said: "Sun Junmen Wenru, he is not physically stronger than you and me, and he has been detained all the way, I think he is tired." Later, you and I will have to persuade him to eat a few more glasses! After speaking, there was another string of laughs of "hahahaha" to hide the embarrassing atmosphere.

When Hou Dagui heard this, he didn't press it fast for the time being, and stepped into the temple.

There was already a middle-aged man dressed as a civil official sitting at the table, Hou Dagui was Sun Chuanting, and after sitting down, he deliberately turned around and asked Jiang Jiu: "Who is this?" ”

Jiang Hao hurriedly said: "This is Sun Junmen." In order to liven up the atmosphere, he quickly raised his glass, "Since Sun Junmen and Manager Hou have arrived, let's not say anything else, come, have a toast first!" Wash the dust for the two of you! ”

"No hurry!" Hou Dagui suddenly said with his hand.

Sun Chuanting, who was about to serve a cup, just raised his buttocks, then stopped, staring at Hou Dagui, not knowing which one he was going to sing.

"Sun Junmen." Hou Dagui smiled, "I'll toast you first." ”

Jiang Hao listened, his stiff expression was relieved, and he waved his hand and smiled: "Cough, Brother Hou will come to something." When I saw Sun Junmen, I ignored me, an unsuccessful guy! As he spoke, he said, "Then I'll go on a trip and give Sun Junmen a cup first!" "The news of the reward of the Hongguang Imperial Court has spread to the north of Jin, Jiang Huang did not benefit because of the previous surrender, but he knew that Sun Chuanting was crowned the king, Hou Dagui was crowned the uncle, and in terms of official titles, they were all Sun Chuanting's largest, so it was understandable to obey Sun Chuanting at this banquet.

"Don't, my glass of wine has a name." Hou Dagui stopped Jiang Hao, "It's called respecting people and not respecting the lord." ”

Jiang Hao was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Hou Dagui shook his wine glass lightly and asked rhetorically: "Brother Jiang, you just kept saying 'Sun Junmen', do you know that Sun Junmen is already the prince of Anxi of our dynasty at this time?" ”

Jiang Hao replied: "I know ......"

"Since you are the prince, why do you still have the word 'military gate' on your head? Do you dislike this prince and think that it is not as good as the overseer? Hou Dagui's face is like a spring breeze, but his words are sharp.

Jiang Hao sighed and said, "I don't listen to other people's calls, so I forgot to change my words." If Brother Hou feels that he is rude, he will make amends to Sun Junmen and punish him with a few glasses of wine. ”

Hou Dagui smiled and said: "You are willing to change your words, but Sun Junmen may not be willing to change your words." As he spoke, he deliberately reread the three words "Sun Junmen", full of mockery, "Things are still old habits, even if the superintendent has already been withdrawn, the newly sealed throne is still out of reach." ”

Jiang Huang heard that the target of Hou Dagui's words was not himself but Sun Chuanting, and he was secretly surprised, and looked at Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting had already stood up at this time, holding the wine glass and said, "Before the handover arrives, this supervisor is still there." ”

Hou Dagui was dissatisfied: "The handover person has died a long time ago, so you will hold the superintendent for the rest of your life?" What treasures does this Overseer have that deserves your affection? Don't even pay attention to the prince rewarded by the imperial court? ”

"Why didn't I take the prince seriously?" Sun Chuanting put down his wine glass.

"I have heard more than once that you put aside the decree of the imperial court, and you are in the army, and you never call yourself a prince, and you forbid others to call you a prince. Regardless of military orders, government orders, stamps and signatures, and the title of Inspector of the whole department. I didn't make it up out of thin air, did I? ”

"I have accepted the holy decree, it is my choice to change the name or not, what right do you have to interfere?"

"Huh, I interfere? How dare I interfere? You can't even look down on the prince, I think you want to go to Beijing in this Northern Expedition, and climb to the golden chair by yourself! Hou Dagui was furious, slammed the wine glass on the table, and the wine spilled all over the ground.

Sun Chuanting trembled with anger, shook his head and said: "A bunch of nonsense, I am sincere, and I only want to restore the rivers and mountains and expel the thieves!" ”

"For whom do you restore the rivers and mountains and expel the thieves? For yourself? ”

"For my Ming court!"

"Nonsense! The imperial court did not obey the holy decree, and Tian was shameless and dared to say that it was for the Ming court! ”

"Qinzhou, Ningxia, Yulin, these are not thieves who give them away, you say that I am selfish, where is my conscience?"

"Then tell me, why don't you change your name and obey the order? The imperial court wants you to fight Guanzhong, but you have to fight Ningxia. If you want to stay in Shaanxi, you have to come to Shanxi. Hehe, Sun Chuanting, you are so bold, are you bullying the new emperor and the new court? ”

Seeing this, Jiang Hao hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know whether to take the "military gate" or the "prince" behind, so he simply said directly: "If there is any misunderstanding, let's sit down and talk slowly!" ”

As soon as the two met, they quarreled, which greatly surprised Jiang Jiu. Whether Sun Chuanting or Hou Dagui are both people from the imperial court, and they are both reinforcements from Datong Mansion, he must not offend these two people, otherwise he will not talk about his future in the imperial court, but just say that the matter of helping himself to defend northern Jin at the moment will probably be due to internal strife.

"Talk slowly? Look at his attitude! ”

Sun Chuanting is a native of Zhenwuwei, Shanxi, and his hometown is next door to Datong Mansion, so he can't help but bring his hometown accent when he speaks in a hurry, but fortunately, Jiang Hao heard it clearly, and persuaded a few more words, so he even dragged Sun Chuanting back to his seat.

"At today's banquet, the three of us met friends with wine, regardless of identity. What do Brother Sun and Brother Hou think? Jiang Hao was afraid that this banquet would really become a casual meal in the end, so he said with a smile.

But in front of him, Sun Chuanting tilted his head and was silent, and Hou Dagui blew his beard and stared, who still paid attention to him.

In order to break the deadlock, Jiang Hao deliberately changed the topic, coughed lightly and said: "Shanxi has been a scourge of thieves for a long time, but it is said that most of the thieves are tending to Shaanxi at the moment, and the pressure on Shanxi is light. It's just that I got out of Longtan and entered the tiger's den again......"

"Tiger's Den...... On the way here, I heard that there are Tartars to Datong? Hou Dagui raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, his ministry is stationed in Guangling County, southwest of Fucheng. The Tartar has written to me many times before, asking me to join him, and it seems that his heart is not small. ”

Hou Dagui snorted coldly: "It is said that the Tartar is powerful, how powerful it can be." ”

"I don't know, but to drive the thieves out of Beijing, there must be two brushes."

"What's more, how many Tartars are there in Guangling County?"

Jiang Hao was about to say, but he felt a little embarrassed, so he deliberately didn't say it, turned to look at Wang Jinchao on the side, and asked, "How many?" ”

Wang Jinchao responded truthfully: "About five thousand." ”

As soon as these words came out, Sun Chuanting was shocked, and Hou Dagui couldn't help laughing.