Four days later, the envoys sent by Lin Dan Khan, accompanied by the Mandate of Heaven Army, came to Kadang City again.

The cadres of Mai Li have all been exterminated, and Mai Li and several of his sons have been killed by Lin Dan Khan.

Lin Dan Khan had swept away the belongings, cattle, sheep, and women of the Mailigan tribe, and the pastures had also belonged to his Chahar tribe.

At this point, the main tribe of the Chahar tribe of Lin Dan Khan occupied the entire Datong Mountain Range west of Kadang City, and assumed the responsibility of defending the northwestern part of the Triangle City.

According to the original agreement, Lin Dan Khan sent the captured 38 strong men and 126 war horses to Kadang City by the envoys.

"That's it?"

Li Zicheng was very dissatisfied, and after he later summoned the prison army alone, he learned that Lin Dan Khan, who was killed by Huang Taiji in Monan, was eager to neutralize the tribe, and he was very cruel to these fellow clans in Datong Mountain, and often the entire tribe was slaughtered.

If it weren't for the singles and strong men of the Chahar Ministry, I'm afraid even the women would have been destroyed!

How Lin Dan Khan treats his fellow clansmen, that's his business, anyway, Li Zicheng is not the executioner, but he is quite respectful to Li Zicheng.

In the letter carried by the envoy, Lin Dan Khan expressed his heart to Li Zicheng: once his troops settled down in Datong Mountain, he would personally take Namu Zhong to Xining to visit the Metropolitan Governor.

In addition, along with the arrival of the envoys in the city of Kadang, there were two young Mongol women.

One was the youngest daughter of Meligan, and the other was the daughter of a tribal chieftain, and according to Lin Dan Khan, they were two of the most beautiful women captured, so they were left to the Grand Governor.

Li Zicheng had little interest in these two women, and the Maili cadres had been uprooted by Lin Dan Khan, who was also a Mongol, and they were of little use.

Li Zicheng accepted Tian Fen in Haomen County that day, mainly to appease her father and brother Tian Zhongshi and Tian Tianhao, but when he left Haomen County, he still left Tian Fen in his mother's house, until later, in order to appease the Hui people of Longyou, Tian Fen rode thousands of miles to Longyou and made great contributions, so he brought her back and officially recognized her as his wife.

He has enough women now, and for women of different races, if it is not very necessary, he will definitely not accept it.

However, these two women are women sent by Lin Dan Khan, and it is not appropriate to go back, if they stay in Kadang City to open a fruit building, the two women are obviously insufficient, in case they hook the gluttony of the soldiers, and they cannot fully satisfy them, there may be bloodshed...... If the conditions are not met, don't force the opening of a fruit building in Kadang City.

What to do with these two women?

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of Zhou Bin and Li Guo who were in Kadang City, yes, they were them! There happened to be two daughters, and they just gave them a warm bed, and it was not in vain that they had a few battles with the Mongols in Kadang City.

It was Lin Dan Khan who hurt them, and it was Lin Dan Khan who comforted them!

Seeing off Lin Dan Khan's envoys, Li Zicheng immediately summoned Zhou Bin and Li Guo in Daying, gave them these two Mongolian women, and then gave them the task: Zhou Bin was stationed in Kadang City, and Li Guo returned to Xining.

The war horses captured last time, in addition to the delivery of Li Guobu into the army, there are still dozens left, together with the war horses sent by Lin Dan Khan this time, it is close to two hundred, all of which were handed over to Zhou Bin.

In addition, the garrison of the Song Ministry of Culture in Kadang City has returned to Xining to rest, and the soldiers of the Song Ministry of Culture in the Triangle City will also return to Xining, which will be taken over by the Zhou Bin Department, and the two cities of Triangle and Kadang will be handed over to Zhou Bin together.

"Rest assured, his subordinates will use their lives to protect the safety of the two cities, as well as the nearby copper and iron mines." Zhou Bin patted his chest and made a promise to Li Zicheng.

"I believe in your ability," Li Zicheng had great trust in Zhou Bin, that day in the Triangle City, in the face of the combined Mongolian cavalry of Mailigan and Bayar, everyone in Zhou Bin's department was wounded, and the soldiers died more than fifty percent, and he still refused to retreat, and defended the Triangle City with blood and life, "I will hand it over to you in the northwest, or ten days, or half a month, and release some of the rangers to go to the Mongol camp to investigate." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Zhou Bin understood Li Zicheng's thoughts, the Mongols were willing to be under the Mandate of Heaven for food, once they developed strength, who knows what the consequences will be?

You must always send out rangers to supervise, so that you can know what to expect.

The biggest threat to the two cities of Triangle and Kadang is still the Mongols, if the rangers go deep into the Mongols' garrison and grasp the movements of the Mongols, in case the Mongols have different intentions, at least they can be warned in advance.

Only then did Zhou Bin understand the reason why the Metropolitan Governor left the war horse.

All for the Mongols!

But Zhou Bin thought of another question, "Governor, what should I do with these Mongolian strong men?" ”

"Them?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "The Heavenly Mandate Army can't raise them in vain, let them enter the mining area, just be miners!" ”

Li Zicheng rested in Kadang City for half a day, stayed for one night, and after dawn, he returned to Xining with his own soldiers and Li Guo's cavalry.

They were all cavalry, and they had a lot of baggage, and they marched very fast, but in a day and a half, they rushed back to Xining.

Li Zicheng did not rush back to the Dadu Governor's Mansion as soon as possible, but went straight to the military camp to visit Song Wen.

When Song Wen heard that the Metropolitan Governor was coming, he hurriedly led his soldiers to bow to the ground, "The Metropolitan Governor! ”

"No need to be polite, get up quickly!" Li Zicheng helped Song Wen up and twisted his arm, "How is it, has your body recovered?" ”

"It's recovered, it's recovered, my subordinates are all skin injuries, just rest for two days," Song Wen was not at ease about the later battle situation, "Dadu Governor, have the Mongols withdrawn?" ”

"It's not a withdrawal, it's a surrender!" He Xiaomi briefly recounted the agreement between Lin Dan Khan and the Mandate of Heaven Army, "At least for a short time, the Mongols will no longer threaten the two cities of Triangle and Kadang." ”

Song Wen is also embarrassed, once upon a time, the Mongols invaded the border, even the imperial court could not, the north set up a border wall, or often harassed, and even had to be in the border to appease the Mongols, this time in Kadang City, the Mongols are also menacing, Kadang City faced danger several times, but the majority of the governor went to Kadang City, the number of people only increased slightly, and immediately subdued Lin Dan Khan, this metropolitan governor, it is really incomprehensible......

Li Zicheng saw Song Wen pondering and knew that he was immersed in the battle of Kadang City, so he smiled and said, "How are the brothers, how much can you recover?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, the brothers who returned to Xining, most of their lives are fine, but if they want to go to the battlefield again, I'm afraid it will be difficult," Song Wen smiled bitterly, "The Metropolitan Governor, my subordinates are worried about the brothers' pensions......

"You can rest assured about this, according to the rules of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the brothers are killed, the whole family is compensated, the children are given priority to be sent to school, if there is no source of livelihood, the brothers who are slightly injured and must be retired, arrange for them to go to various prefectures and counties to serve as head catchers, seriously injured and disabled, and care for a lifetime until the end of life!"

Unlike nomadic tribes, once a soldier is killed, the deceased's wife and concubines and children are integrated into the new family, and there is no need for a special pension within the tribe.

The Han Chinese had different cultural traditions from the nomadic tribes, and they could not move directly, otherwise they would arouse the resentment of the soldiers, or war-weariness.

However, Xining belongs to the border land, and the people are still life-oriented, uneducated, and greatly influenced by the periphery and mixed alien races, unlike the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which is deeply infiltrated by Cheng Zhu Lixue, and if the widow of a soldier remarries, the Mandate of Heaven Army generally has an encouraging attitude.

Once a soldier's widow is married, there will be a new source of livelihood, and the Mandate of Heaven will suspend the payment of bereavement benefits, but when the widow is married, the local government will give a large amount of money, which is not only a one-time subsidy for the soldier's widow, but also a congratulatory blessing to the newlyweds.

Within the Heavenly Mandate Army, these have basically been conventional, and they are almost written on paper and become a law, Song Wen suddenly mentioned that Li Zicheng thought that something went wrong in the place, "What, is there something wrong with the pension?" ”

"No, no, the subordinates just drafted a document of military merit and pension, the Metropolitan Governor has just returned to Xining, and he has not yet seen it, and his subordinates have not gone to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to ask for pensions!" Song Wen hurriedly took out a stack of white paper from the bedside, "Metropolitan Governor, this is the document that his subordinates are preparing to report......

Li Zicheng took it and flipped through it casually, there was an application for war merits in the document, and there were also names and amounts of soldiers who needed to be compensated, but there was still a certain gap compared to Li Zicheng's heart, and the most important thing was that the document did not have Song Wen's own military merit application at all, so he returned the document to him, "Song Wen, this document needs to be rewritten!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......" Song Wen didn't know why, but said in his heart that when he was asking for merit for the soldiers, in order to reduce the expenditure of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, he was already very harsh on the soldiers.

"Song Wen, I understand your thoughts, the silver of the Dadu Governor's Mansion is indeed not very rich, but since the brothers are fighting bloodily in front, they should get what they deserve, if the silver of the Dadu Governor's Mansion is insufficient, it will deduct the soldiers' pensions and military merits, how to win the trust of the soldiers in the future?"

"Ah...... Subordinates ......" Song Wen was at a loss for a while, Li Zicheng's attitude made him grateful, the casualties of the soldiers, those were all his subordinates, when he derogated from military exploits, he was more distressed than anyone else.

Now that Li Zicheng has to act according to the rules, the military exploits of the soldiers will definitely be mentioned, and the soldiers may even be promoted to the rank of small flag officer, or even the chief flag officer.

Such a metropolitan governor, fortunately, he has already joined the Heavenly Mandate Army, if he is in the imperial court......

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "At present, there is no problem with the military salary, but it is indeed a little difficult to reward the silver, but that is the matter of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, since I promised the soldiers, I will fulfill my promise!" ”

"The soldiers of the 7,000th household of the subordinate generation, thank you to the Metropolitan Governor!" Song Wen turned over and knelt down and bowed to the ground.

"Get up, don't be polite, they are not only the soldiers of the 7,000th household, but also the soldiers of the Dadu Governor's Mansion," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I didn't approve this document, there is another reason," after a pause, Fang said: "On this document, there is no application for Song Wen's military merits!" ”

"The Governor ......"

"This time the town guarded the city of Kadang, Song Qianhu fought to the last soldier, and he was personally injured in battle, and he was able to protect the city of Kadang, and made great contributions to the initiative of the Mongols in the later period, how could there be no military merits?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "I approved your combat exploits first...... From now on, Song Wen was promoted to guerrilla general, and his subordinates were expanded to 2,000 households, of which 500 households were soldiers, and Xining rifles were issued, and the other 15 hundred households were temporarily auxiliaries. ”

After a pause, he said: "The officers who need to be replenished due to the expansion of the army are all promoted from the meritorious soldiers, and General Song will use his talents and merits, and then report to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion!" ”

"Subordinate...... Thank you, Governor! Song Wen prostrate on the ground and knocked on the ground with his head.

"General Song doesn't have to be polite, this is the honor you deserve," Li Zicheng suddenly smiled, and said: "General Song, you see, the soldiers have made war exploits and have been rewarded and promoted. ”