Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao set off, and the scouts had already arrived on horseback, and in the north, a lake was discovered.

Zhu Houzhao cheered up and checked the map, but it didn't seem to be found that there was a lake here.

However, this map is not very fine, along the way, Zhu Houzhao did not remark, he rode on a horse, and all the things he could take away, more than 1,000 people, but he drove and drove more than 4,000 war horses, except for some horses responsible for carrying heavy materials, the rest were all used for long-distance travel when transferring.

Those who can't be taken away are all gathered together and burned to ashes.

Zhu Hou ordered the old and weak women and children to untie the ropes: "Whether you can live or not depends on you, you need to understand that on this desert, grain and livestock are precious, and now except for the only horse meat and the little dry food I left for you, even if you seek relief from other Tatar tribesmen, they will not give you food." The rules in the desert, you know more than the chief officer, you know, here is the weak and the strong, and now, there is a shortage of food, you are either reduced to slaves, or starved to death, want to live, come to Hexi and Datong, if not, it is death without a place to be buried, go! ”

With a wave of his hand, he left these old and weak women and children, and a sky-high fire ignited behind him.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to kill women and children, he claims to be a big hero, and he can't do such things as slaughter.

But...... Zhu Houzhao once discussed these things with Fang Jifan.

The old way, very vicious.

If they do not kill women and children, but burn their grain and livestock, they will either become a burden to other Tatar tribes, and among the Tatars, for food, they will attack and kill each other, because only with food, people can live, once a large number of Tatars lose their food, the entire basis of Tatar rule will be shaken, and among the various small tribes, in order to seize rations, there will be large-scale vendettas. Even the Great Khan of Tatar cannot stop it, because even if you are a Khan of Tatar, it is impossible for your own people to keep these women and children without eating or drinking.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao left them a way to live, these only chance to survive is to migrate, and in the end, the unarmed people obediently went to Hexi and Datong to become prisoners of the Ming army, and there must be a bite of food, but these people are important human resources in the desert in the future.

But...... This trick seems to be beautiful, but Zhu Houzhao is a little unconfident, after all, in his impression, the Tatars and the Han are different, he couldn't help but say to Liu Jin beside him: "Liu Banban, you say, will these people go to Hexi and Datong?" ”

Liu Jin picked the fresh grass, put it in his mouth and chewed it gently, he had recognized what grass he could eat.

Recently, he has eaten too much meat, and needs to eat some grass to promote digestion, so he carried the cauldron on his back, rode on his horse, and said, "Yes." ”

Looking at Liu Jin's determined appearance, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be a little confused: "Why." ”

"Because when a man is hungry, he can do anything." Liu Jin said.

“……”

The cavalry of the brigade galloped towards the north, and sure enough, after walking dozens of miles, there was a lake, but this lake was extremely strange and crystal clear, but there was no grass nearby.

Liu Jin dismounted, stepped forward, scooped up a handful of water, put it in his mouth, and spit it out, salty.

"Your Highness, this is a salt lake, this salt lake is big......"

Salt lake......

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "These damn Tatars, put them in a good salt lake, but they can't make salt, how much salt can be produced in such a big salt lake." ”

He began to bow his head, marked the map, thought about it, and gave the lake a name: "Zhu Houzhao Lake."

It seems that he feels that there is no grass, which is in line with his own image, and he suddenly cracked his mouth and was happy.

"Your Highness...... Three Tatars were taken out, and they rowed on bamboo rafts, and landed nearby, where they were caught by our scouts. ”

But when he saw three Tatars, tied up with five flowers, these three Tatars were very fierce, shouting something, the other cavalry couldn't understand, but Zhu Houzhao understood.

"Who are you, which tribe, I am the right prime minister......"

Hearing the right prime minister, Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

Although the right prime minister is more widespread among the Tatars, there is still a right prime minister in this place where birds do not lay eggs, which at least indicates that there may be a tribe of considerable size here.

Zhu Houzhao dismounted, stepped forward, kicked the Tatar man's heart, and said in Tatar language: "Who are you?" ”

The right prime minister snorted, but he was very hard, he raised his head, and said to Zhu Houzhao coldly: "I scared you to death when I said it." I am the right prime minister of Dayuan......"

Although the Ming Dynasty called them Tatars, these Tatars claimed to be the orthodox of the Great Yuan and regarded themselves as the Great Yuan.

The right prime minister continued: "I am the right prime minister of the Great Yuan, the official of tens of thousands of households in the Great Yuan Water Division, and the Chilu Buhua is also. Who are you? ”

"......" Zhu Houzhao was a little confused, these tens of thousands of household officials, in the Tatar army, are not small officials, the right prime minister also concurrently serves as an official of tens of thousands of households, almost the same as the Ming cabinet bachelor, concurrently serving as the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty.

Tatars, and sailors?

"You sailors, how many people are there, where are they, these two are your personal soldiers?" Zhu Houzhao pointed to the two behind the Chilu Flower.

The other two Tatars bowed their heads, a little afraid.

"These two people, they will scare you to death when they say it, one is the deputy Wanhu official of the Navy Division, and the prefect of the Privy Council, and the other is the Zhongwanhu official and the deputy privy councillor of the Privy Council!"

"......" Zhu Hou looked at the three guys in shabby leather jackets, and couldn't help but say, "What about your sailors?" ”

"Just the three of us." Chilu Buhua looked at Zhu Houzhao viciously, although he was tied up with five flowers and ordered to kneel, he was still holding his head high, and he couldn't be the same.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't believe it, what about such a big official and soldier? Anyway, there are thousands of them.

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "What about your ship? ”

"Didn't you see it yourself? That is the ship of our Great Yuan Naval Division. ”

Zhu Houzhao picked up the binoculars and looked at the bamboo raft that had been dragged ashore by the cavalry......

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "Your uncle, the chief military officer of this army is kind and angry to talk to you, you dare to deceive the chief military officer, how many people and ships do you have, come, let them speak, beat me, kill them, and if they don't let them explain where the main force of this Tatar naval division is, they will be killed in this palace!" ”

Zhu Houzhao really hates this hard-hearted Tatar, and dares to insult my Zhu Houzhao's IQ? Is it a fool to bully Officer Ben? Hateful!

The cavalrymen couldn't bear it for a long time, and they stepped forward one after another, raised their fists and raised their feet.

This Chilu Buhua and the other two senior officials of the sailor were suddenly beaten and screamed, unrecognizable, Chilu Buhua shouted: "It's really just the three of us, there is no one else, there was a captain the year before last, who specialized in supporting the boat, but he said that there was no one to take care of the sheep in his family, so he abandoned the official and left...... I'm telling the truth, the immortal heaven is above, I don't dare to hide it... Eh, eh, stop fighting......... Immortal Heaven, I, the Great Yuan Water Master, have perished here! ”

Zhu Houzhao was unmoved.

He never expected that these Tatars would be so stubborn, gritting his teeth: "Kill me!" ”

"I ...... I...... I said, there is a tribe nearby...... There is a tribe nearby......"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.

He looked at the Chilu Buhua, which had already been unrecognizable: "Come, tell me about ......"

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao has a great interest in the information of all tribes.

………………

Outside the city of Datong.

Fang Jifan temporarily took over the three armies of Datong.

But after taking over, I found that I was fooled by the old fox Zhang Mao.

There are so many things like cow's hair, all of which fell on Fang Jifan.

Clean up the corpses outside the city, bury them on the spot, and collect the bones of their own soldiers, prepare to load them, and take them back to the village.

In addition to this, there is also the dispatch of grain and grass.

and the need for thousands of wounded.

Even, the disputes between the battalions because of the matter of the pit were triggered.

Here's the thing, a battalion of Datongwei dug a huge thatched pit, and because this thatched pit was relatively close to the guest camp, the guest officers and soldiers naturally came here by the way. As a result, Datongwei is not happy, why do you come to the pit we dug?

As a result, the two sides were tense.

Fang Jifan had no choice but to personally take the military attaches of both sides in front of everyone, near the Maokeng, to draw a line with a sword, and announced in public that the two sides would break hands in the future, and they could not take a step beyond the thunder pool, and whoever dared to cross it, our Jifan would beat people.

finally settled the matter, and when they arrived at Xingyuan, another military attache came to the door with a miserable look: "Captain, miserable." ”

Fang Jifan is on fire, I don't know which guy is this guy, your uncle, you are miserable, is there a miserable Fang Jifan? In the past, I slept six hours a day, but now I can only sleep four, Fang Jifan raised his hand and gave him a slap: "Miserable uncle, now is a big victory, a big victory!" What are you crying about, this acting chief military officer, our successor is gone, I want to sell miserably, get out of the way, I'm very busy. ”

With his hands behind his back, he was a little confused with the military attache standing in place with his cheeks covered and at a loss...... This is the captain...... He is a ruthless person, although he has long heard of a little thing about him in Beijing, but when I see it today......

You must know that the military attachés in the border towns are the most brutal, so don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face.

The military attache was also indignant, but after thinking about it, forget it, he couldn't afford to provoke it, so he went back.

Fang Ji grinned angrily, smoked from his seven orifices, returned to the lobby and sat down, took a sip of tea, and began to scold: "From today onwards, let them not look for me if they have something, there is really something, Zhao Yinggong, isn't Yinggong still alive?" I only slept for four hours last night, and I couldn't take it anymore, so I had to catch up on my sleep. ”

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The first chapter was delivered, and I was so sleepy that I really wanted to slap myself twice.