It was almost late at night, Li Xiao and a group of cavalry followed the original route and returned to the hillside where Xu Xiu and others were stationed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Xu Xiu and the others had already cleaned up the battlefield, and the soldiers who sacrificed their own sacrifices were incinerated on the spot, and then packed into urns, ready to be brought back to Jintang City after returning from Tumut.

The corpses of the men and horses of the Mongol cavalry were piled up in the distance, burned into a pile of white ashes, and then scattered by the wind.

Different from the previous few days when there were no stars and moons in a row, this night, the moon was bright and starry, and the silent grassland was gently covered by the moonlight as white as milk, and the whole grassland was immersed in a dream.

In a tent erected for Li Xiao, Li Xiaofu talked with Xu Xiu for a long time.

It's just that at this time, the focus of the discussion between the two has changed from the battle during the day to how to develop and utilize the former Abahanar region newly occupied by Li Xiao.

"Xu Xiu, you have performed well in this battle, and you are calm and proper on weekdays, and this official intends to let you take charge of the development of this Abahanar region after returning from the Tumut Ministry." Li Xiao said with a smile.

Seeing that he had been appointed to such an important position by Li Xiao, Xu Xiu's heart was hot, and he said continuously: "Lord Li attaches so much importance to him, although he is not talented in Xia, he is determined to do his best to manage this Abahanar region for Lord Li." ”

Seeing Xu Xiu's loud promise, Li Xiao nodded his appreciation, and replied: "Xu Xiu, according to this official's understanding, this land of Abahanar is located in the north of Inner Khalkha Mongolia, and it is a key place for transportation on the Mongolian steppe. Further north of this place is Mobei Mongolia, to the west is the Tumut Department, Keshiketeng Department, to the east is the Naiman Department, Horqin Department and other tribes, and to the south straight line, is the boundary of my Xuanfu North Road. Our army can now take advantage of the rebellion of Bahhanar and occupy this choke point, but it will be of great benefit to our army's control of the entire Mongolian steppe in the future. ”

Li Xiao continued: "This Abahanar region, not only rich in water and grass, can raise cattle, sheep and livestock, but also rich in minerals, especially coal mines, after you go, you need to send people around to explore and understand the location of minerals, and then build a city nearby, so that production and transportation are more convenient." ”

Xu Xiu sighed secretly in his heart, how could this Lord Li know so much about this Abahanar region, but in view of how far away Li Xiao had been in the past, he did not delve into it deeply, but asked another: "Lord Li, if our army goes to Abahanar to build a city, how big a city do we need to build?" ”

Li Xiao pondered for a while, and then said: "Xu Xiu, the city here, the garrison is set up, but it does not need to be very large, in order to speed up the construction, the official believes that it is enough to build a city with a circumference of 2 miles in the inner city and 8 miles in circumference in the outer city." Among them, the inner city is the seat of various government offices and garrisons, while the outer city is built into various large warehouses, coking coal processing plants and other industrial buildings and related residential buildings. ”

Li Xiao paused, and then said: "As for all kinds of commercial buildings, they are still like Jintang City, and they can be set up on both sides of the official roads outside the city. If this city is built well, in addition to becoming a military base for our army to base itself on the Mongolian steppe, it can also become an important commercial city for trade and trade with various Mongolian departments. In the future, the Mongolian ministries and our army traded goods, wool, cattle and horses, etc., all of which could be traded in this city. In this way, because commercial activities are carried out outside the customs, they will not be taboo by the small people in the country, and our army is in the Ming Dynasty, but there is a lot less criticism. In addition, it is no longer necessary to trade with the Mongol tribes only twice a year, as was the case before, but can trade at any time, so that the connection with the Mongol tribes will be closer. ”

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Xu Xiu praised: "Master Li is far-sighted, and I really admire him. At present, although the Mongolian tribes are superficially subservient to the Qing Dynasty, after all, except for the Horqin tribe and the other tribes that are married to the Qing Dynasty are relatively close, the rest of the Mongolian tribes still have weak ties with the Qing court, and if our army can strengthen economic and trade exchanges with it, it can gradually let them deviate from the Qing court and turn to secretly submit to our army. If our army strengthens again in the future and expels the influence of the Qing court on the steppe, then these Mongol tribes, even on the surface, will have to bow down to our army. ”

Li Xiao nodded and smiled: "Xu Xiu, what you said is exactly what this official means in his heart. This official intends to let the chief soldiers and horses of the Golden Wolf Battalion, and all the flying harriers of the Golden Wolf Battalion, be stationed in the new city for a long time, in order to protect the army. With such a military guard, the Mongol tribes will never dare to have any dissent towards our new city. ”

Xu Xiu also smiled: "But I don't know what name Master Li plans to give this new city?" ”

Li Xiao smiled and said: "In this land of Abahanar, there is the Xilin River flowing through, in the eyes of this official, it is named Xilin City in the name of the river." ”

Subsequently, the two chatted again for a while, and after all the major matters were basically discussed, at this time, Xu Xiucai suddenly remembered that he had not yet reported to Li Xiao that Yagren had met on the way.

So, he hurriedly said to Li Xiao: "Lord Li, when my courtship team was heading towards the Tumut Department, two days ago, on a slope, I met a Qing woman named Yagren. She said that she didn't want to become the concubine of her subordinate Niu Lu Ezhen, so she escaped from the Qing Kingdom, and was later captured by the Mongols, and escaped again. Finally, on that hillside, because his mount was injured and unable to move forward, at the dangerous moment of being attacked by wolves, he was fortunate to meet our courting team, and he was saved and taken in by us. Lord Li, this woman is now arranged in a separate account, can you see her? ”

Li Xiao sighed, frowned, groaned slightly, and immediately said, "In this case, bring this woman to see me quickly." ”

Soon, Xu Xiu took Makata and entered Li Xiao's tent.

Seeing Makata's cold and indifferent eyes, Li Xiao subconsciously felt a pang in his heart.

Li Xiao quickly looked her up and down, and saw that she was dressed in a wide robe that only Mongolian men wear, her hair was unkempt, and her face was dirty.

Li Xiao waved his hand lightly and motioned for Xu Xiu to step back first. Xu Xiu made a promise and withdrew from the tent first.

The candlelight swayed, and in the cowhide tent, Li Xiao, who was sitting on a chair, and Makata, who was standing silently, were silent.

"Your name is Yagren, right, can you understand Chinese?" Li Xiao finally spoke.

Makata nodded slightly.

"Then tell this officer how you were saved by our army."

Makata frowned, lowered his head and told the story of being rescued by the Ming army, but it was no different from what Xu Xiu said.

Makata bowed his head and finished speaking, and Li Xiao did not speak for a long time.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Makata was a little weak-hearted, and when she looked up, she found that Li Xiao's gaze was like a knife, poking at her face, and his thick eyebrows were full of complicated expressions.

Makata thought that Li Xiao would get to the bottom of it and interrogate himself in detail. Unexpectedly, Li Xiao was silent for a long time, and finally just said to himself: "You can't return to the country, and you have no relatives, why don't you go to the Tumut Department with our army, and then you want to return to Jintang City with our army, or stay in the Tumut Ministry, it's up to you." ”

Makata replied softly, in agreement.

Li Xiao waved his hand and asked her to go back to rest.

After waiting for Makata to go down, Li Xiao sighed, stood up, and paced in the tent repeatedly.

What a wise man he was, and from Makata's words he continued, he had guessed that this woman, Jagren, was most likely the one who had escaped.

Li Xiao combined the narratives of Xu Xiu and Makata, and quickly restored Makata's escape in his mind.

This Makata, most likely, was pursued by the Qing army after fleeing, and it is very likely that Ezhe and the guards were desperately trying to keep her out, or died on the way, or were captured by the Qing army. And this Makata, all the way to the hasty escape, unfamiliar with the place, so after breaking the mount, on the hillside, fell into a coma, and when the wolves attacked, luckily by their own courting team, emergency rescue.

Originally, Li Xiao wanted to expose her identity immediately and then ask her what was going on, but he finally controlled his thoughts.

Because Li Xiao could see from her eyes that she had just fallen into the hands of the Ming army for a few days, she was still full of vigilance and distrust of everything now. If Li Xiao strongly exposed her, he was afraid that she would bite her to death and refuse to admit it.

However, after Li Xiao paced for a while, he had already thought of the best way to quietly accommodate her and make her an extremely valuable weight for himself without exposing her lies for the time being.

After dawn the next day, Li Xiao's whole army continued to set off, and went to the Tumut Division.

Two days later, in the afternoon, Li Xiao's whole army finally arrived at the location of the Khan's court in Situmut, and he was warmly welcomed by Tumut Khan Dapur.

Seeing this son-in-law Li Xiao, who has heavy troops and extravagant wealth, this heroic appearance with extraordinary armor and bearing, Dabur and Fujin Qilege are very happy, and their faces are full of brilliance.

And when he saw that Li Xiao sent him a whole car of silk, cloth, ironware, salt, grain and other items in short supply on the grassland as a dowry, Tumut Khan Dapur and his Fujin Qilegh became more and more overjoyed and full of face.

Next, under the guidance of others, according to the customs of the Mongolians, Li Xiao carried out a wedding ceremony.

Li Xiao put on a gorgeous silk Mongolian robe, tied a ribbon around his waist, wore a bowled red tasseled hat, high leather boots, and a bow and arrow. Afterwards, Li Xiao rode on horseback with these people, carrying floats and gifts, and first circled the yurt where the Khan King lived.

Then, the best man presents a "door sheep" and other gifts to the woman's family.

Then, the groom Li Xiao, together with the best man and the celebrants, entered the yurt with hata and wine in their hands, and toasted the bride Ingmar's father Dabur, mother Qileg, and the eldest relatives one by one, and bowed down.

After the ceremony, Li Xiao, under the leadership of the Zhusong people, and a group of groomsmen, entered the sheep five-fork banquet that had been placed, and carried out the traditional ceremony of seeking names and asking Geng with unique Mongolian characteristics, and then served wine and food, and the whole family feasted.

At the same time, Tumuthan Dapur arranged a grand banquet outside the tent and entertained all Li Xiao's people who came to greet him.

That night, the male members of the entire Khan family held silver cups and drank heartily, while the female members sang along with the horse-head fiddle.

For a time, the banquet was staggered, singing and dancing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

As the groom Li Xiao, he is the key person who was toasted by various royal family members, Li Xiao is also very bold, and he does not refuse to come, and he will drink bowl by bowl, which is quite massive.

Seeing Li Xiao drinking like this, Tumut Khan Dabul felt even more dignified.

In fact, according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao already had two equal wives, and Ingmar could only be married as a concubine, which is said to be quite low. But in the Mongolian steppe, which is not formal, the so-called title is not particularly valued, so Dabur, who has a bright smile on his face, is very proud in his heart.

He secretly felt proud of his daughter and the woman who could become such a heroic Li Xiao. I am even more happy to be able to have a powerful helper like my son-in-law Li Xiao on the grassland.

It was night, and Li Xiao was drunk.

He was then helped by his best man into the elaborately decorated yurt where the bride Ingmar rested.

Wearing an elaborate headdress made of red coral and turquoise and a large amount of sterling silver, and dressed in a bridal dress of bright red and many ornaments, Ingmar had been sitting for a long time in this yurt, on the wide bed covered with soft wool cushions, and her heart was happy and impatient. Now that she finally saw her lover Li Xiao, who she missed day and night, come in, she screamed happily and immediately rushed to the door to greet her.

She took the paralyzed Li Xiao from the hands of the snickering groomsman, and carefully helped him to the bed to rest.

Subsequently, after helping the drunk Li Xiao remove his clothes, Ingmar, who was blushing, blew out the bright red candle.

The moonlight, which is as gentle as water, silently enters through the window of the cloth yurt, reflecting the two people in the gauze tent, the lingering and intertwined bodies, and the intimate voice of the low roar and moaning, the whole yurt is like a beautiful dream.

The two of them came and went back and forth many times before they gasped and stopped.

At this time, Li Xiao, who had already woken up from drinking, hugged Ingmar without a wisp in his arms, breathed in the moving feminine fragrance on her body, and was very emotional.

"Ingmar, according to your Mongol customs, tomorrow you will return to Han with your husband, will you be reluctant to leave this Tumut tribe?" Li Xiao stroked Ingmar's inky black hair and asked softly.

"Husband, what are you talking about? I'm your woman, so naturally no matter where you go, I'll go with you, so what's there to be reluctant to. What you say is life-threatening. Ingmar deliberately sneered.

Li Xiao laughed, and then kissed her deeply on her smooth forehead.

At this time, Li Xiao suddenly thought about something, and he said to Ingmar tentatively: "Ingmar, on the way for your husband, I picked up a lost woman and gave it to you as a maid?" ”

Ingmar was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Oh, do you know the origin of this woman?" ‘

Hearing Ingmar's question, Li Xiao relayed what Makata had said to him again.

After hearing this, Ingmar sighed lightly and said: "Alas, listening to you say this, this woman is also quite pitiful, well, let her be my maid, and give her to me tomorrow, and I will take her back to Jintang City with you." “

Li Xiao smiled and kissed her deeply: "Okay, I'll hand her over to you tomorrow as a husband." Trust my Ingmar and will treat her well. “

As the night deepened, the two whispered and murmured, becoming more and more entangled, and the man and the woman loved 。。。。。。