Chapter Seventy-Five: Sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils, "My lord, Lord Zhang is here." Brother Erdan galloped back, followed by Zhang Chi, who had just arrived here with the centaurs.

Zhang Chi and Wang Chonggu are both famous border generals, and the two naturally recognize them. When he got closer, he raised his eyes and swept it, and Zhang Chi saw Shen Chongming in front of Wang Chonggu. Although he didn't recognize it, the only person who could stand in front of Wang Chonggu here was the Governor of Qincha.

"The last general, Zhang Chi, meet the Governor!" Zhang Chi turned over and immediately stepped forward, bowed down and clasped his fists. Although it is not a big gift, he can do this as a dignified deputy general soldier of the second rank, which can be regarded as giving Shen Chongming enough face.

Shen Chongming is not the kind of person who likes to be polite, I saw him smile and step forward to help Zhang Chi up. "Lord Zhang, hurry up and excuse me, I've worked hard for you this time."

Zhang Chi smiled slightly: "Your Excellency is polite, this is just the duty of the lower officials." "Speaking of this, my expression couldn't help but darken." It's just that the loss of the army failed to capture me, but was pursued by the Tartars, which really disappointed your expectations. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh and looked back. The Tartars in the back had already discovered that Lord Shen had rushed here with his people, but they had wisely chosen to stop and wait and see and not dare to move again.

"Hehe, I would like to answer that a dying old guy is of little use if he can't catch it. This time, the Tartars have lost a lot of troops, and we have already won a big victory. Shen Chongming smiled, and at a glance, he really couldn't tell that he was forcing a smile.

Seeing that everyone was still not a little happy, Shen Chongming made a half-truth joke: "Your Excellency, don't be depressed anymore, wait for the reward from the imperial court." ”

Wang Chonggu and Zhang Chi glanced at each other, and the bitterness in each other's eyes was in full view. Although I was really unwilling to retreat like this, I couldn't do anything more. As Shen Chongming said, it is now deep into the enemy territory, and if it is entangled, the victory or defeat of the two sides is really unpredictable. The lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are at stake, and this risk is not easy to take.

"Okay, since the Tartars don't chase, then let's go, otherwise so many war horses don't know where to go, hehe." Shen Chongming smiled, and without much explanation, he stepped on his mount and whipped away.

Hearing this, Wang Chonggu's face looked good. That's right, the imperial court is short of horses, if so many war horses can be included in Guanzhong, the military strength of the border pass will definitely increase. When the time comes, if a large number of cavalry is trained, I will have to weigh it carefully if I want to think about Koubian again. With fast fighting, I am really not afraid of him.

Zhang Chi was confused, and it wasn't until he stepped forward and heard Shen Chongming's military order to drive the horse formation in front of him forward. Immediately dumbfounded, this is fighting with the Tartars, this is clearly to steal other people's horses.

"What, the Han people are retreating with our horses?" Hearing the news, I was also dumbfounded. Originally, I thought that the Han people would come back with reinforcements, so I had sent people to continue to gather people to come. Once the Han people really continue to pursue, they must continue to lead them deeper, and then when the people and horses gather, they will be surrounded and destroyed, only in this way can the evil anger in the chest be vented.

But I never expected that Shen Chongming would withdraw directly with people. That's it, they didn't even let go of those war horses when they left, such a shameless act was really hateful!

"Grandpa, it's all Najib's bad, please punish the Great Khan." With a thud, Bahannaji fell to his knees with a pitiful expression. They all had to say anything to send a horse formation to disrupt the formation of the Ming army, but now it's good, nearly 50,000 war horses were carried away by the Han people and never returned, which can be regarded as a heavy loss.

I smiled and bent down to help Bahannaji up. "Han people are cunning and full of moral articles, how can you expect them to do such things, I can't blame you for this matter."

That being said, Bahannaji felt the weight of his guilt for losing so many horses in vain in this year of great calamity, and he was sullen and refused to speak after being helped up by me.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Shen Chongming, who rushed back to Baiyangkou with more than 30,000 soldiers at noon on the first day of the first lunar month, finally drove more than 90,000 Mongolian horses to Datong City after a few days of rest.

"Lord Shen, I don't know what the imperial court plans to do with so many war horses?" After holding back for several days, Wang Chonggu finally pulled down this old face and asked about it.

Although he said that he was talking about the imperial court, everyone understood that what to do with these war horses obtained out of thin air was all up to Shen Chongming, the governor of the Qincha.

"My lord, my Xuanfu has suffered heavy losses this time, and the 30,000 cavalry that I have managed to get together over the years are now just over 10,000 left, do you think you can transfer a batch of men and horses to our Xuanfu first?" Zhang Chi also had a smile on his face.

The army under his command had returned to Xuanfu as early as the day before yesterday, but in order to get a batch of war horses, Zhang Chi was cheeky and stayed, for fear that Wang Chonggu would take advantage of the front.

For this matter, Zhang Chi even learned the skill of patting sycophants, and surrounded Shen Chongming all day long, and even suppressed the sycophant brother Erdan.

Wang Chonggu and Zhang Chi's thoughts Shen Chongming didn't know, but instead of having no disgust, he was happy that they could do this. There are such generals at the border, so why worry about the injustice of the world.

"Well, there is some truth in what you said, this horse naturally has yours, go back and write an envelope and hand it over, and the court will make arrangements." Shen Chongming said in an official tone.

Zhang Chi's heart moved, and his face was a little embarrassed: "My lord, I won't tell you, the lower official is a martial artist, although he knows a few big characters, but it is difficult to make a fuss, how to write this fold to the ground, you have to teach the lower official." As he spoke, he looked at Shen Chongming with a pleading face.

"Hehe, okay, let's talk about it when we get to Datong." Shen Chongming nodded. It's also a little funny in my heart, it seems that this Zhang Chi is not a person who can panic, you must know that the most taboo before lying is that the two eyeballs are rolling around.

For Zhang Chi, Wang Chonggu also knows very well. Although this guy seems to be reckless and vulgar, he is a delicate person. And although he looks five big and three thick, people who are familiar with him know that he Zhang Chi is a military general born in Xiucai, otherwise he would not want to be mixed into the position of deputy chief soldier from the second rank if he is less than forty years old by virtue of his military exploits. Said that he couldn't write articles, and liars didn't believe it!

But it was really inappropriate to expose it on the spot, Wang Chonggu pondered it and decided to show this old face to pretend to be his grandson.

"My lord, the brothers of Xuanfu have suffered heavy losses, and this is even more true of our Datong Town. You have also seen that there are less than 10,000 of the 30,000 horses left after several battles, so you can take pity on the subordinate and give us some of the horses. The old tears were rampant, and Wang Chonggu, who was talking, couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Shen Chongming was stunned for a while, he was a fucking master, a veteran who had fought on the battlefield all his life could force tears out.

I really couldn't stand it anymore, and Shen Chongming, who was afraid that the two of them would make some more moths, didn't bother to pretend anymore, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, the 90,000 war horses captured this time are divided into 30,000 by each of your Datong Xuanfu, and the rest of the officials are brought back to the capital to equip Jingwei, you have no objection, right?" ”

Although the losses of troops can be described as heavy, there are a lot of war horses left in the two families. The original plan was to be thankful that he could get 20,000 war horses from Shen Chongming, but he didn't expect that he would directly transfer 30,000 horses with one mouth, which made Wang Chonggu and Zhang Chi excited, and they rode on horseback to express their gratitude.

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Shen Chongming couldn't help but feel like he was sitting on the ground and sharing the spoils, which was not a good thing.

"More than 40,000 enemies were annihilated and more than 90,000 horses were captured. More than 90,000 horses, 90,000 ......" Holding the fold in his hand, Emperor Longqing muttered while unfolding it from time to time to look at it a few times, for fear that he was dazzled by the mistake.

Fortunately, there was no change after watching it several times, so I calmed down and laughed. He looked up at Chen Hong and asked, "Chen Hong, what is the market price of horses now?" ”

Emperor Longqing is an emperor who cares about the suffering of the people very much, although he is in the palace, he often asks people around him about some folk things. And this price is the most important thing.

In order to satisfy Emperor Longqing, Chen Hong put a lot of thought into it, although he couldn't talk about the prices in various parts of the world, he could still say that he couldn't leave it. It just so happened that he knew the price of horses on the market very well.

At this time, when he heard Emperor Longqing ask, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Master Qiqi, the market price of this ordinary horse has always been around twenty taels of silver, and if the price of a horse that can be used as a war horse is higher, it will cost thirty taels of silver, let alone thirty taels of silver." ”

Chen Hong replied in detail, and originally expected Emperor Longqing to praise him, but he waited for a long time and did not move. couldn't help but look up, only to see Emperor Longqing's face stupid.

"Obediently, thirty taels of silver, then these 90,000 Mongolian horses are not ......" Speaking of this, Emperor Longqing asked Chen Hong fiercely: "Quick, calculate how much silver these 90,000 Mongolian horses get!" ”

"Your Majesty, is it 2.7 million taels?" Asked by Emperor Longqing like this, Chen Hong said with some uncertainty. Such a large number, if you don't fold up 90,000 horses, you can't even think of it!

Emperor Longqing didn't show an ecstatic expression like Fang Cai this time, but just nodded and said, "Yes, it's two million and seven thousand taels." Chen Hong, you should immediately go to the military department and the household department to inquire about the money, food, and military salaries of this large army. ”

Chen Hong took the order and left, but Emperor Longqing took Shen Chongming's expedited express and read it again. "In the battle, more than 40,000 Tartars were annihilated, more than 90,000 war horses were captured, and more than 36,000 casualties were inflicted on our troops. 50,000 stone of military rations, 200,000 stone of horse material, 310,000 taels of soldiers' salaries, and a total of about 400,000 taels of silver. The specific number should be subject to the household military department, but Wei Chen secretly thought that the court in this battle can be called a complete victory in any way! ”

Emperor Longqing also has an account in his heart. These expenses are all accounts on the surface, and the bulk of the pension for the dead and wounded soldiers who are about to be accounted for should be about 1 million taels.

Despite this, the total expenditure was at most 1.5 million taels of silver, which was still a difference of more than 1 million taels compared to the war horse worth 2.7 million taels. This is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has encountered a situation in the past hundred years, and it can still make a fortune by losing money and food to fight with people, which may be the reason why Shen Aiqing compromised the court in all aspects.