"I see!" Liu Renyu listened to An Zhengman's words, nodded first, and then continued to say to the person standing in front of him wearing white clothes and a red belt on his arm: "Who among you is a Mongolian?" And stand up. ”

Those people dressed in white and with red bands on their arms looked at each other, and I looked at you, but their faces were full of hesitation and refused to stand up.

"You don't have to be afraid, if I want to kill you, I don't have to call you out, I just have a few words to tell you." Liu Renyu said gently.

Those Mongols looked at each other several times before they stood up tremblingly, and listened to what Liu Renyu had to say?

"After this battle is over, I will take you back to the Jingbian Fort where I am guarding, and when you get there, you all have to register your household registration and receive your identity plate. What I want to make clear to you is that after you arrive at my Jingbian Fort, you must wear Han clothes, speak Chinese, celebrate our Han people's festivals, believe in the ghosts and gods of our Han people, and be an authentic Han person from now on. ”

Those Mongolians listened to Liu Renyu's words, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at their husbands or wives, and they didn't immediately express their position.

"Of course, if you refuse to go to my Jingbian Fort, you can also follow your family back to their hometown, and I won't stop you." Liu Renyu also said that they had concerns, so he pointed out another way.

"Master Jun, we won't go back. I heard that some Han slaves who escaped were killed by the official army as Mongols, and the way we are now, we are very similar to the Mongols, and we will not be poisoned by the official army. An Zhengman immediately denied the path of returning to his hometown.

"According to what you say, we are also officers and soldiers, aren't you afraid that I will kill you to receive merit?" Liu Renyu asked with squinted eyes.

"No, you're not like the rest of the military. And if you want to kill us, you have already killed us, so why wait until now! An Zhengman replied in an extremely firm tone.

"You are a man of understanding, so you should quickly come up with an idea, whether you should follow me or not? If you don't depend on me, fend for yourselves. ”

"General, although the world is big, where is there a place for us, stay here with the Mongols, we will lose our camp, we will be executed, and when we return to our hometown, we will be killed by those bad officers and soldiers as a capture, if you are willing to take it in, we should follow you and listen to it under your hands." An Zhengman said.

"I'm not asking about you, it's about them." Liu Renyu pointed at the Mongolians who were still hesitating, and said coldly.

The Mongols looked at their husbands or wives again, and when they saw that their husbands or wives nodded with hope on their faces, they nodded helplessly, and said in unison: "It's all up to the military master, we are willing to be Han Chinese from now on, and never be Mongols again." ”

"Okay, welcome to Jingbian Fort. Now the conditions do not allow, your clothes and hairstyles can be kept as they are, and when we return to Jingbian Fort, you can change into Han dress. ”

"Yes, Master Jun, we know." The Mongols replied in unison.

"That's it, An Zhengman, everything here is over, you pack up, and drive the cattle, sheep and horses with us." Liu Renyu commanded.

"Hey, Master Jun, the villain knows." An Zhengman agreed, and then said to his companions: "Go back and clean up, let's get ready to leave here." ”

When An Zhengman and his companions went to clean up and drive the cattle, sheep and horses, Liu Renyu instructed Liu Renjie: "Renjie, you take people to search around to see if there are any gold and silver treasures. ”

"Yes, General." Liu Renjie received the order, so he led his subordinates to search for gold and silver treasures in the camp of the Helaowen Department.

After half an hour, Liu Renjie replied to Liu Renyu and said: "General, I took my subordinates and others to search in the camp for a while, and I got a total of 600 taels of silver, in addition to a number of antique jade, but not much?" ”

"That's it!? Didn't they often go south to loot money? Liu Renyu said in surprise.

"The Mongols have always been poor, and the steppe lacks everything but meat, so even if they occasionally go south to loot some money, they will use it up when doing business with us, so they have no savings." Boss Hua Anhua, who had not shown much face before, stood up and explained.

"That's right. It's good to get some cattle, sheep and horses from the Mongols. After all, cattle, sheep and horses also cost money to buy. Liu Renyu said to himself.

After a short time, An Zhengman and other Han slaves, as well as the naturalized Mongols, packed their bags and saw what Liu Renyu commanded.

Liu Renyu saw that everyone had already packed up, so he first said to his generals: "Gentlemen, let's go to the next tribe, let's attack at dawn, surround on all sides, kill the Mongols, and rescue our Han compatriots." ”

"Yes, General." Yang Desheng and other generals responded.

"An Zhengman, you and your companions drove all the cattle, sheep and horses, follow me, and let me take you back to Daming." Liu Renyu ordered at An Zhengman.

"Yes, Master Jun." An Zhengman happily agreed, and then said to his companions: "Let's go, follow the military master back to Daming." ”

*****

In the next half month, Liu Renyu led his men all the way on the grassland, killing all the Mongols they encountered on the way to prevent anyone from leaking the news, and then repeatedly launched surprise attacks at dawn, slaughtering four small Mongolian tribes along the way and rescuing more than 400 Han slaves.

After defeating these tribes, Liu Renyu counted the results of the battle and found that he didn't get much silver, only 3,000 taels, and the rest of the antiques and jade were not much, only the captured cattle, sheep and horses, which was really a lot.

In this battle, Liu Renyu's Jingbian Fort Army captured a total of 428 Mongolian soldiers' heads, 420 cattle, 15,600 sheep, and 2,430 horses, which was really a great harvest.

In the face of such a spectacular harvest, Liu Renyu's mouth was about to smile crookedly, with such a record, he could report to the emperor when he went back, and make the emperor happy.

To say that at this time, when the Ming Dynasty invaded the south, the Ming Dynasty had almost no strength to fight back, but the emperor didn't care about this, he was a monarch with the bad idea of 'wages can not be paid, and work must be done'.

Therefore, as long as the border pass suffers a defeat, the emperor never listens to any words such as insufficient military pay and soldiers refusing to sell their lives, so he just arrests the officials in charge and punishes them.

So it is conceivable that this time the Mongols went south, Gansu, and Ningxia were bound to lose, and at this time, Liu Renyu asked Hong Chengchou to report a good news, which could completely cover up the ugliness and help Yang He avoid the blame of the imperial court.

After all, Governor Yang takes care of Liu Renyu very much, and Liu Renyu thinks that it is okay to help his immediate boss at a critical moment.

As for the captured cattle, they could be used to divide the land among the people; Sheep, Jingbian Fort can't raise them, so they are killed and made into dried meat and stored; Horses, which can be used to arm the Jingbian Fort Army.

Feeling that the harvest of entering the Hetao grassland this time is great, Liu Renyu thought happily: "In the future, when you have time, you can go to the grassland more, the risk here is small, and the return is high!" ”