Li Zicheng took his own soldiers and routinely went to various barracks to investigate, and when he returned to the big tent and just lay down, He Xiaomi came to report: "Governor Dadu, the rangers are back, and they have brought back General Gao's message!" ”

"Ranger?" Li Zicheng turned over and got up, he couldn't rest assured whether they had taken the Jurchen camp or not, and why they didn't withdraw the army and come back.

Out of Wolf Mountain, it is already a strange area, and the Heavenly Mandate Army has never been involved, and even the Han Qing Bureau has not paid attention to it.

Although Li Zicheng said that he was full of confidence in Gao Yigong, he still had a trace of worry, the Jurchens had conquered most of the tribes in southern Mongolia, who knew if there would be any moths?

He lit the candle and dressed neatly, and then said to the outside of the account, "Let the rangers come in!" ”

The ranger followed He Xiaomi's entry into the big tent, and when he saw Li Zicheng, he turned over and knelt down, "My subordinates knock on the governor!" ”

"You've worked hard all the way, don't be polite, get up quickly!" Li Zicheng said indifferently: "How are they doing?" Took the Jurchen camp? ”

"Go back to the Metropolitan Governor, take it," after the ranger got up, he stood in front of Li Zicheng with a somewhat nervous expression, "General Gao asked his subordinates to report back to the Metropolitan Governor, Dolgon has already escaped, and there should be no turning back!" ”

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Why didn't they go back to the camp for that one?" Did something happen? ”

"General Gao, they found the Mongolian Aibiri Midzha Heiqi bandit at the foot of the Wolf Mountain, and there are almost no men in the tribe, all of them are old, weak, women and children!"

"Old and weak, women and children?" Li Zicheng was stunned, where did the strong man go? After thinking for a moment, he realized that the last time he went out of the camp with a red flag to ask for help, and brought back more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry, it should be the strong men of the Abrimidza Heiqi bandits, and the entire Zhuangding is only more than 1,000 people, and the scale should not be large, "The Abrimidza Heiqi bandit department should be less than 1,000 households, right?" ”

"How does the Metropolitan know?" The ranger was very surprised, "According to General Gao's preliminary estimate, the remaining population of the Ibrimidzahei Qi bandit department should be seven or eight hundred, and the number of households is also limited......"

"Only seven or eight hundred?" Li Zicheng suddenly understood that Gao Yigong must have killed the old and weak of the tribe, leaving only the woman who could give birth, so he sneered: "And they are all young women, aren't they?" ”

"Yes...... How did the Metropolitan know? General Gao said......"

Li Zicheng interrupted him, "What did General Gao say?" Also, what did General Wang say? There was anger on his face, "What are they going to do?" ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was angry, the ranger became even more nervous, "General Gao said that he would return to the camp tomorrow, but ...... But General Wang, he ......"

Li Zicheng said angrily: "What does Wang Junzhuo want? The old and weak who have already killed other people, and they will never succeed? ”

"Subordinate...... The subordinates didn't know what General Wang thought, but they only heard General Wang say that it was a fat pasture, and it was a pity to leave it to the Jurchens......"

"Ranch?" Li Zicheng knew that Wang Junzhuo was born in Mongolia and had a natural sensitivity to pastures, so it would be a good thing to occupy the pastures under Wolf Mountain, so that he could advance eastward from there in the future.

Originally, he wanted to encroach step by step, temporarily relying on the Yellow River and the Great Gobi to protect the Hexi Governor's Office, if the Wolf Mountain could be included, the power of the Heavenly Mandate Army would break through to the east# to add a security barrier to defend the Hexi Governor's Office.

However, who will give such a ranch to?

The closest to Wolf Mountain is the newly recovered Watabu Ministry, which has followed the Mandate of Heaven Army and participated in the battle against the Jurchens, which is to cut off their own back road, as long as the Kyushu military flag does not fall, they should not betray.

However, the number of people in the Watabunbu Prefecture is too small, except for the Helan Mansion that has been established, there is no strength to protect Wolf Mountain, and even if some of them are relocated, it will only help them expand the population, and it will not help the safety of the Hexi Governor's Mansion.

Seeing that Li Zicheng was silent, the ranger was nervous, and he didn't dare to speak for a while, and after a long time, Fang trembled and said, "The Metropolitan Governor ......."

Li Zicheng suddenly had an idea, since Wang Junzhuo has taken a fancy to this ranch, then ......

He said in a cold voice: "A lot of cattle, sheep and property have been seized from the Ibrimidzaheqi bandits, right?" ”

The ranger hurriedly said: "Back to the Grand Governor, the grass here is vigorous, and the Ibrimidza Heiqi bandit department is quite rich, according to the estimation of General Gao and General Wang, cattle, sheep and property, if they are grazed in place, can at least supply food for three thousand cavalry, and ...... War horses can also graze here......"

"What do they get besides women, sheep and cattle, and possessions?"

"War horses," the ranger said: "The tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry chased the Jurchens' butts to the camp, the Jurchens were unable to organize effective resistance at all, the camp was taken, and the Jurchens stayed in the camp and the war horses were all captured, plus the war horses gathered in the middle of the road, more than two thousand ......"

Li Zicheng was overjoyed, if all these war horses remained, it would be enough for the first battalion to convert all the 2,000 auxiliary soldiers into soldiers, so that the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department would reach 3,000 households.

On the battlefield today, more than 1,000 war horses have been gathered, which can be handed over to Li Guobu, and the cavalry of the second battalion will also reach 3,000 households.

With these more than 6,000 cavalry, even if he was facing the Ming army head-on, he had a little more confidence.

Li Zicheng nodded silently, thought for a long time, and finally made a decision, he said to the ranger: "It's late today, you go to rest first, and tomorrow morning, go back, I will be accompanied by someone, and then convey the military order to Gao Yigong and them." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The ranger was already sweating with fright, and when he heard Li Zicheng's words, as if he had received an order from the emperor, he hurriedly kowtowed to Li Zicheng, turned around and went out.

Li Zicheng sat down at the small square table, thought for a moment, and wrote on the paper:

1. In addition to Guo Futu's department, the wolf cavalry was temporarily stationed in Wolf Mountain, guarding the Hexi Governor's Mansion, and inquiring about the information of the departments east of Wolf Mountain, and cooperating with the tiger cavalry for six months, leaving sixty percent of cattle, sheep, and property, and self-sufficiency on weekdays;

After Wang Junzhuo himself received the message, he immediately came to the camp, and the governor of Pontus would give him a face-to-face lecture;

2. Guo Futu's department returned to Long's capital, Geng Dachang's department returned to Heishui Mansion, and Dalde's department returned to Helan Mansion;

3. The captured war horses were handed over to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion for disposal, and all the captured women of the Ibrimidza Heiqi bandit tribe were escorted back to Helan Mansion, and Helan Mansion would build a fruit building, leaving 300 women;

Fourth, the tiger cavalry was stationed in Helan Mansion to assist the prefect Ren Tongzhou in stabilizing the situation, opening the prefecture and establishing a county for a period of six months, and the women, forty percent of the cattle and sheep, and property were escorted back together;

5. Li Guo's second battalion was withdrawn along with the fifth and seventh battalions, and the horses were handed over to the second battalion;

6. If the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry left behind are short of food and grass, the Helan Mansion will provide assistance, and the Helan Mansion will levy taxes on the herdsmen on the land at the rate of 15 taxes and 1......

Li Zicheng thought about it repeatedly, and finally determined these seven principles, in fact, the reason is very simple, but too many tribes are involved, so the content is more cumbersome.

The tiger cavalry and the wolf cavalry stayed, on the one hand, to prevent the Jurchens, and more importantly, to assist Ren Tongzhou in opening a county in Helan Mansion and assimilating the Watabun Division.

Li Zicheng was originally worried about the food problem, and the small Watabu tribe could not feed the tiger cavalry and wolf cavalry at all, but the big gift from Dolgon not only allowed him to get thousands of war horses, but also obtained all the cattle, sheep and property of the Ibrimidza Heiqi bandits, helping the two departments to basically solve the grain and grass problem.

Even if there is a small gap in grain and grass, it will be made up by the taxes paid by the Wata Bu Ministry, which is basically all the residents of Helan Province, although they are still herdsmen, but they must be like the Dragon Capital and Heishui Fu, open this city to settle down, animal husbandry, and at the same time "become Han nationality and serve God".

The Tiger Cavalry stayed in Helan Mansion, except for some soldiers who herded cattle and sheep on weekdays as food for the headquarters, and most of the soldiers would assist in building the city and completely confined the Watabrang Department to the land.

Li Guo's 2nd Battalion, Zhou Bin's 5th Battalion, and Song Wen's 7th Battalion will all return to Lanzhou to join the auxiliaries.

On the afternoon of the second day, Wang Junzhuo returned to the camp with his own soldiers, met Li Zicheng, and the cavalry who were preparing to return to their respective territories also returned with him.

Li Zicheng first summoned Gao Yigong, Wang Junzhuo, and Dalde, except for Dalde who was going home, Gao Yigong and Wang Junzhuo were all staying near Helan Mansion, and the three departments must strengthen cooperation, in case of an enemy attack, the three departments must work together, and he appointed Gao Yigong to command the operation in a unified manner.

Dald was frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and that day, with Gao Yigong, Wang Junzhuo fighting against the Jurchens, and the reason for being held hostage, he still had a wait-and-see attitude in his heart, but the Heavenly Mandate Army defeated the Jurchen cavalry and made him give up all illusions.

There is no need for Li Zicheng to force it, he took the initiative to "join the Han nationality and serve God", and obeyed all the orders of the Mandate of Heaven.

Li Zicheng gave Dalde "Zhao" and renamed it "Zhao Erde", as the thousand-household official of the Tiger Cavalry, and concurrently served as the magistrate of a certain county in Helan Prefecture.

The Watabun tribe no longer existed, and all the herdsmen were divided into two, south of Helan Mansion, led by Zhao Erde, and north of Helan Mansion, which re-established the Thousand Household Officials and belonged to the wolf cavalry.

Li Zicheng summoned Wang Junzhuo, mainly to test his mind, if he dared to be single to see him, it showed that he had no intention of betraying.

However, when Li Zicheng interrogated him, he said that he wanted to teach him face-to-face, and he couldn't say nothing, so he ran twice in vain, and after thinking for a while, Li Zicheng told him two points: one is to build a city on the west bank of the Yellow River, in a place with convenient transportation, anyway, they have nothing to do on weekdays except grazing; The second is to investigate the Mongol tribes to the east, do not alarm for the time being, and when the time is ripe, especially when there is a shortage of food, you may as well plunder.

Such words were very much about Wang Junzhuo's thoughts, but he was still worried about something, so he looked at Li Zicheng with his eyes, but he didn't dare to speak.

Li Zicheng understood his thoughts, smiled faintly, and said, "Junzhuo is thinking about the fruit building?" Rest assured, the fruit building of Helan Mansion is only open to the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, in addition to the monthly ticket for military exploits, each strong man can also get a free guaranteed monthly pass every month, however, the management of the fruit building cannot be handed over to the Tiger Cavalry and the Wolf Cavalry, but handed over to Helan Mansion, and the prefect is responsible for the same state. ”

Wang Junzhuo knew that the soldiers were rude, and once the fruit building was handed over to them to take care of, it would be difficult to ensure that nothing would go wrong, so he nodded and agreed.