Wang Zezhi collected more than 18,000 border soldiers, and that night he bought tents in the tribes around Guihua City to house these border soldiers.

For these soldiers, Wang Zezhi did not let them go back to Datong Mansion.

Because, when he first entered Datong Mansion, he ordered Xiao Liuzi and Yu Zhong to investigate these border soldiers.

He had in his hands the evidence that these people had looted the village.

So, as soon as the next morning dawned, he ordered the men to wake up with gongs and drums and begin to settle accounts for them.

"Weiping Fort, the general banner Li Sishi, after the battle of Datong, fell into the grass several times, looted the township, robbed the people's daughters, and committed a great crime, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, a capital crime.

The chief soldier has the virtue of a good life and does not kill.

Li Sishi was demoted to a commoner, took away the post of general banner, and was classified as a Class D household registration.

He was sentenced to dig coal in the coal mine for three years, and after three years, he joined the camp and joined the army.

Execute it now. ”

The herald stood on a high place and read it out loud, and there was a panic among the border soldiers.

Li Sishi, the general banner of Weiping Fort, was frightened, and he only reacted when the firecrackers stepped forward to put him out.

"Wronged, wronged..."

"You're wronged, okay, then let you die and understand." Wang Zezhi's face was gloomy, he picked up a piece of information and read it out seriously.

"Li Sishi, the general banner of Weiping Fort, killed one hundred and forty-three villagers in Mo'er Mountain, and robbed forty-seven people's daughters, the forty-seven people's girls you robbed are still in your fort, Li Sishi, are you guilty?"

Wang Zezhi shouted angrily.

Li Sishi had nothing to say, because what Wang Zezhi said was the truth, and these women were in his fort, which was a witness.

It is not an exaggeration to kill him for these crimes he has committed.

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives."

"What are you doing in a daze, drag it out." Li Sishi's appearance, Wang Zezhi looked bored, so he asked the firecracker to immediately put him down.

"No, you can't do this to me, you can't do this to me.

Brothers, he won't let you go, I'm your fate, and he won't save me. Li Sishi knew that Wang Zezhi didn't want to let him go, so he wanted to pull his subordinates to rebel together.

The border soldiers were in a panic, and Li Sishi's subordinates were all ready to move.

"The chief soldier is merciful, only the culprit will be punished, and you should not make a mistake with yourself." Wang Zezhi gave the herald a look, and the herald understood, stood one step forward and shouted loudly.

When these border soldiers heard that Wang Zezhi only punished the guilty, they all quieted down one by one.

However, there are many small flags and general flags who are afraid, they are afraid that the next person whose name will be read is themselves.

"Nagawa Fort..."

This punishment meeting lasted all morning, and the small flags and general flags of various forts and fire piers were all guilty.

These people are the most junior officers.

Only when these people are disposed of can Wang Zezhi be in charge of these people.

After all, that's more than 18,000 people, not a small number.

If they still use their original general flag to control them, the king is not at ease.

After dealing with these guilty leaders, Wang Zezhi began to integrate these border soldiers.

Wang Zezhi first classified their household registration as Category C, and then disrupted all of them.

It was redistributed in a squad of 10 people, a platoon of 100 people, and a company of 1,000 people.

Wang Zezhi was thinking about bringing those veterans in the Fangshan guerrilla camp over to be the squad leader, platoon commander, and company commander.

Therefore, early in the morning, there were steel armored heavy cavalry escorting the heralds back to the Fangshan guerrilla camp to pick up people.

In addition to pulling veterans over to be generals, he also needs a group of instructors.

These people were all in the Fangshan guerrilla camp.

Now he wants to help them lay a good foundation, and as soon as these people are in place, he can immediately control these more than 18,000 people.

The sergeants worked in an orderly manner according to Wang Zezhi's orders. Wanshulou

Wang Zezhi rode his horse and looked around the periphery of the border soldiers' camp before leaving.

As soon as he returned to his room, a sentinel came to report.

The imperial court has come, and they will soon arrive in the city of naturalization.

Wang Zezhi guessed that it should be his reward.

"The Divine Decree has arrived."

This time it was not the eunuch who delivered the decree, but a small man.

However, Wang Zezhi did not despise it in the slightest, and personally went out of Guihua City to greet him.

"The general army of Shanxi, Wang Zezhi, in order to protect the country and the people, recover the lost land of the naturalized city, I am very relieved.

I rewarded the king with the python robe and jade belt, and gave two products.

I hope that Wang Zezhi will serve the country loyally and recover the lost land of the Hetao within a year. ”

After the little man finished reading it, he didn't talk nonsense, and left directly.

Wang Zezhi didn't have time to give him the silver to run errands.

"It's creepy, grace is power, power is grace.

Chongzhen: This is a demonstration.

It's not impossible to recover the Hetao in a year, but you should give some food.

If I can't recover the loop within a year, it's not like I'm going to behead me. ”

Wang Zezhi received the holy decree and felt the indifference of the messenger.

He knew that Chongzhen had an opinion about him.

Wang Zezhi returned to the room, unfolded the map and looked at it.

Hetao refers to the Han region east of Helan Mountain and south of Wolf Mountain and Daqing Mountain in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia.

Because the Yellow River flows through here to form a big bend, hence the name.

"Hetao" began in the Han Dynasty, because of its land in the past dynasties are known for the abundance of water and grass, so there is a folk proverb "the Yellow River is harmful, only one set of wealth", belongs to one of the Han lands.

During the Zhu Di period, the Daning Dusi and Dongshengwei were successively withdrawn to the interior, which made a loophole in the complete defense system of the Hetao area in the early Ming Dynasty, and the Hetao area was directly exposed to the Tatar forces, and the Tatar tribes frequently went south to the border areas of the Kou Ming Dynasty and the Central Plains as a permanent place.

During the Xuande period, the Tatar tribes began to enter and leave the Hetao area.

After his death, the Varat tribe gradually weakened, and the Tartar tribe became strong from then on.

During the Tianshun period of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar leader A Luo led his troops to sneak into the Hetao area.

In 1461 A.D., in the fifth year of Ming Yingzong Tianshun, the Tatar tribe invaded the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty many times, and entered Kou Yongchang and Ganzhou, but was defeated by Mao Zhong, the governor of Liangzhou, and sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to sue for peace and beg for tribute.

Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen approved his request, but one of the requirements of the tribute was to pay tribute from Lanxian County, Shaanxi.

Originally, the Tatar tribes entered the interior to pay tribute, all from Shanxi Datong into the capital, Datong is an important border town of the Ming Dynasty, heavily guarded, and Lanxian is the only way to enter the Hetao grassland.

As a result, the Tatar envoys paid tribute through Lan County, then returned to the Hetao Plain, and then did not leave.

Later, it settled here.

There are more and more Tatars entrenched here, and every time the autumn harvest arrives in the Central Plains, the Tatars go out in groups to rob.

In 1465 A.D., the first year of Chenghua of Ming Xianzong, Xiao Lai and others led their troops into the Hetao area.

Later, other Tatars came into control of the Loop.

Since the Tatar military forces occupied the Hetao area, they were stationed there, and since then the Hetao has become a major base for the Tatars to harass the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Loop" has become the main border trouble in the middle of the Ming Dynasty; The Tatar tribes went deep into the border areas of the Ming Dynasty every year, killing and looting, but the Ming Dynasty government at that time was unable to recover the Hetao, and the border troubles have been affected until the period of Ming Wuzong.

After the "I answer the tribute" during the Ming Muzong period, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia eased.

However, in 1591, the governor Wei Xue ordered the commander-in-chief Du Tong and others to lead troops to take retaliatory action.

Every autumn, troops are sent deep into the grasslands to set fire to the grasslands, which is called "burning famine", so that the livestock in the pastoral areas cannot survive the winter due to the lack of grass; The Ming army also often attacked Mongolian camps and drove away a large number of livestock, which was called "driving horses"; Using the mobility of the cavalry to carry out a quick and accurate decapitation operation on the Qukui garrison and destroy the opponent's living forces, it is called "smashing the nest".

In the end, they killed the Hetao minister Ming An, causing the Hetao tribes to start fighting with the Ming Dynasty again, which became a major disaster.

The trouble of the Hetao lasted until the Chongzhen period.