Fang Yuan ordered Chigutai and Jing Jie to lead the cavalry battalion to count the results, while Qin Zhan led the Jinyi Guard to take charge of Anmin, and conveyed instructions to the people that they would not continue in the direction of Xuanfu Military Town, but would turn the road to the southwest and march in the direction of Shaanxi, and promised that after arriving in Shaanxi, each person would be paid one or two pieces of silver.

Most of these people fled from Henan, homeless homeless people, and they were incorporated into the grain transportation team by the Fan family to beg for a living, and they didn't care where the grain went, not to mention that Fang Yuan also promised to give silver.

Chigutai and Jing Jie counted the results of the battle and reported the results to Fang Yuan.

In this battle, more than 1,200 enemies were annihilated, 200 war horses, 900 pairs of leather armor, 800 fine iron sabers, and 15,000 taels of silver were captured. The cavalry battalion of their own side suffered 25 casualties, the Jinyi guard suffered 5 casualties, and the drone team did not suffer any casualties.

This is a great win!

Fang Yuan recorded the casualties of the cavalry battalion one by one, and then gave them a pension afterwards, and then distributed the spoils according to their exploits.

Chigutai has made the first contribution this time, Chigutai will be rewarded with 200 taels of silver, the two centurions Nashu and Liu Qishan will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver each, and the 300 soldiers of the cavalry battalion will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver each;

Jing Jie made a contribution, Jing Jie was rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and each soldier of the drone team was rewarded with 10 taels of silver;

Qin Zhan made three contributions, Qin Zhan rewarded 50 taels of silver, and Jin Yiwei rewarded 5 taels of silver each.

Of the 15,000 taels of silver seized this time, Fang Yuan took out 7,000 taels for the distribution of combat power, and he did not take a penny of the remaining 8,000 taels, and allocated all of them to Jing Jie for the military expenses of the new army.

As soon as the new-style army entered the battlefield, it returned with a full load, and the morale of the people was high, and the other side was happy and convinced.

Fang Yuan distributed the spoils of war, and secretly recruited Chigutai, and ordered him to recruit the Mongolian mercenaries who were scattered in this battle, and those who were willing to accept Fang Yuan's jurisdiction in everything would enrich the battle losses of the cavalry battalion and continue to expand this new army.

Chigutai led fifty musketeers to gather the wandering Mongol mercenaries, while Fang Yuan and Jing Jie commanded this huge grain transportation team and turned the road to the southwest.

All the way south, when passing through the Kaiyang Military Fort, Fang Yuan transferred all the brocade guards, and ordered Wang Qian and the three hundred Shenji Battalion sergeants to stay in the Kaiyang Military Fort, and continued to pretend to guard hundreds of large boxes containing stones.

And Fang Yuan took 400,000 taels of real money and silver and marched to Taiyuan Mansion with the grain transportation team.

Fang Yuan discussed with Jing Jie, or decided to follow the route of Li Yuan's army in Taiyuan to attack Guanzhong, pass through Huoyi and Longmen, cross the Yellow River and then go all the way south, through Hancheng, Jingyang, and then through Weishui to Xi'an.

Chigutai also brought one or two hundred newly recruited Mongolian mercenaries to catch up with Fang Yuan's large army, and after Fang Yuan's assessment, only one hundred were left willing to abide by military regulations and military orders, and the rest were dismissed after spending some silver.

The Mongolian mercenaries newly recruited into the new army were temporarily issued with bird guns and three-god god guns, and Chigutai was responsible for the use and training of firearms.

Qin Zhan, who was in charge of the outpost, reported that a cavalry team of 3,000 people appeared in the northeast, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

In Shanxi, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, the number of troops with more than 3,000 cavalry is only the total army of Shanxi, Datong and Xuanfu.

Fang Yuan's previous estimate was not wrong, the Fan family did collude with the two military towns of Datong and Xuanfu, no, the Daming border army that chased grain for the Fan family came.

With 3,000 cavalry, Fang Yuan's new-style army would definitely suffer heavy losses if it was carried head-on.

However, in Fang Yuan's view, he came to collect grain on behalf of Chongzhen and the capital, which was a matter of military and political affairs, although the general soldiers of the two military towns supported the army on weekdays, but they did not dare to do it to themselves, because it was a blatant rebellion, and they did not have the courage to do so.

Fang Yuan ordered Qin Zhan to take the Jinyi guards to guard the people and continue to advance, but he took Chigutai and Jing Jie and led the four hundred sergeants of the cavalry battalion to meet the pursuing Ming border army for a while.

Fang Yuan chose a river valley that was conducive to ambush, and had 300 of the most elite musketeers ambush behind the mountain, while 100 newly recruited Mongol mercenaries abandoned their horses and ambushed in the dense forest, fighting on foot to meet the enemy.

If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, if this pursuing Ming border army can understand current affairs, then go their own way; If you forcibly stand up for the Fan family, then do it directly, and then go back to the capital to report the truth to Chongzhen.

Fang Yuan was fully prepared, and only then did he and Jing Jie lead the sergeants of the thirty drone teams, and they stood in the middle of the official road in such an open and honest manner, welcoming the pursuing Daming cavalry.

At noon, the pursuing Ming cavalry finally arrived, led by Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and beside Wang Chengyin was the old fox Fan Yongdou, who had dealt with Fang Yuan.

Fan Yongdou thought that he had closely monitored Fang Yuan's every move, but he didn't expect to be caught off guard by one of Fang Yuan's strange soldiers, and lost all the 100,000 stone grain and grass transported to the Manchu Dynasty.

Fang Yuan looked at Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier who didn't do anything serious, but came to interfere with the grain transportation of the imperial court, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, "General soldier Wang, you took so many people out to rescue Kaifeng?" ”

Wang Chengyin was choked back by the words he knowingly asked, and looked at Fan Yongdou beside him, Fan Yongdou came out of the horse and said straight to the point, "Lord Fang, as an official of the imperial court, you came to rob my Fan family's food, what kind of system have you become?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Fan, do you admit that this batch of grain is yours?" I was about to settle accounts with you, this time I went to Gong City to buy and sell grain, I went to Shaanxi for disaster relief at the behest of His Majesty, which is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, since your Fan family has grain, why don't you sell it? Where is this grain going to be shipped? ”

Fan Yongdou coughed and looked at Wang Chengyin, and said calmly, "This batch of grain is going to be sent to Xuanfu Military Town, Lord Fang, you even robbed the military rations of Datong and Xuanfu, if there is a mutiny, can you afford this responsibility?" ”

He suddenly found such a reason, defused Fang Yuan's rhetorical offensive, and poured out Fang Yuan's expectations, secretly thinking, "This Fan Yongdou is worthy of being an old fox, and he is really sharper than that soldier leader Wang Chengyin." ”

Wang Chengyin comprehended the interface and said, "Yes, Lord Fang, as soon as you grab the military rations, the 30,000 border troops in my Xuanfu military town can only fight with the Manchus hungry!" ”

Fang Yuan knew that the breakthrough this time was actually on Wang Chengyin, as long as he knew the difficulty and retreated, Fan Yongdou would be a lotus flower with a tongue, blowing into the sky, and he could only roll back in the dust.

He put on a smile and said, "General soldier Wang, are these grains really transported to Xuanfu Military Town?" ”

Wang Chengyin didn't think about it, so he responded, "Yes, it's all the military rations of my Xuanfu Military Town." ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "There are 30,000 officers and soldiers in Xuanfu Military Town, and the imperial court has allocated military rations until April, and there are still three months left before the farming season, and only 20,000 stone military rations are needed." General Wang, you ignored the imperial court's instructions to go to Shaanxi for disaster relief, and hoarded 100,000 stone of military rations without authorization, do you want to plot against the capital and attack the capital?! ”

Wang Chengyin was caught by him by the loophole between his words, and directly buttoned up a rebellious hat, and his face was bloodless with fright. Although he disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, and colluded with the Jin merchants behind his back to smuggle firearms and grain to the Manchu Qing Dynasty to make money, he was always the general soldier with the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and if he was convicted of rebellion, he was afraid that he would be immediately attacked by the troops of the Jinggi Guard of the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't dare to carry this pot.

Wang Chengyin shook his hand again and again and said, "Misunderstanding! Misunderstand! Lord Fang, I am loyal to the country and bloody on the battlefield, I am really more wronged than Dou E! ”

Fang Yuan said with a smile, "Then this 100,000 stone grain, do you want this general soldier Wang?" ”

Wang Chengyin looked at Fan Yongdou in embarrassment, Fan Yongdou had already prepared his rhetoric, and said coldly, "This 100,000 stone military rations, in addition to the military rations of Xuanfu, there are also military rations from Datong, and the military rations from the Shanxi Guard Station of Taiyuan Mansion?" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Then please ask Zhou Yuji, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and Jiang Jian, the chief soldier of Datong, come to me in person to ask for food." ”

Fan Yongdou was speechless, and glanced at Wang Chengyin, and the two retreated dozens of feet and began to discuss in a low voice.

Fan Yongdou said in a low voice, "General Bing Wang, if this batch of grain can't be transported to Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji and Prince Rui will be very angry. At that time, as soon as the Daqing Iron Cavalry enters the customs, my Fan Yongdou's head will not be able to be saved, and your Xuanfu will inevitably be slaughtered. ”

Wang Chengyin was embarrassed and said, "However, this Fang Yuan came to collect grain on behalf of the imperial court, if he attacked him, it would be a rebellion!" ”

Fan Yongdou said in a deep voice, "If Chongzhen is really dizzy and wants to punish Wang Zongbing, Wang Zongbing will join me in the Qing Dynasty!" ”

He changed his words and said, "What's more, as long as Fang Yuan's group is killed and not left behind, it can be inferred that these displaced people who transport grain are causing a rebellion, who knows that it was General Wang's hand?" ”

Wang Chengyin thought about it, since he led the troops to catch up, Fang Yuan returned to the capital and impeached, it was inevitable that he would die, and if he did the first day of the junior high school, it was better to do it with the fifteenth, as long as he didn't leave a single living mouth, he would kill thousands of homeless people and return to the capital to repay his merits.

Fang Yuan immediately went to the official road, saw Wang Chengyin, Fan Yongdou and the two of them didn't greet each other and went back, and he was shocked, it seems that Wang Chengyin is ready to take a risk, and an internal strife is inevitable!

Fang Yuan gave an order to Jing Jie, ordering him to retreat immediately, and to prepare the musketeers of Chigutai for a surprise attack!