Li Shenming was sitting in the middle of the big tent, Liang Xing was on his left hand side, and Zhu Dayong, Yang Sisun and others were already seated.

The trade route to the west has been taken over by Duo'er, Li Xuan and others, and most of the infantry have withdrawn to the Xinghe Imperial Palace, and more than half of the cavalry is here.

According to the agreement between Sun Jingting and Li Zhiye and others, Zhu Dayong would send a part of the cavalry to the side of the Xiaohei River.

The entire cavalry is now two divisions that are not full, one division has more than 860 people, the other division has less than 400 people, and the whole cuirassier has more than 1,200 people.

There are also pond horses and beams of each division, and the number is not large, only about 20 cavalry in one division, and less than 300 cavalry in the infantry division.

More than 1,500 cavalry had to take care of a thousand-mile-long route, and the strength of the troops was really insufficient.

"In the next gust of wind king ......"

"Under is Lu Bukuan, nicknamed a lamp......"

"Under the ...... of Lee Baxiong"

These men, who are dressed like Beiyu, are all speaking Chinese, although some people do not speak Chinese very well, and their accents are so strong that they are almost difficult to hear.

Li Shenming has always been smiling no matter what his perception of people is, although some people say that he is a "smiling tiger", but he has always given people a good impression, but at this time he is sitting awe-inspiring, majestic and difficult to offend.

"You are not good people, and you have never known the importance of the rules, although you come to serve, but you must not use it suddenly, first enter the barracks of my army, and after training, and then come to call you to serve, if you do not want to, you can leave now."

Wang Chuangzi, Lu Bukuan and others all looked at each other, and they didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

They are all horse thieves who are active in the Mobei and Karaqin areas, and there are quite a lot of people who attack and Yusheng together with Su Nang and Bu Nang, after the death of Su Nang, Bu Nang is a foreign Taiji in the left wing of Mongolia after all, unable to maintain the situation, the horse thieves can only scatter, until this time they found that all Mongolian departments are preparing for war, and Yusheng has also greatly strengthened the vigilance, due to the shortening of the route, the power here on the east road has been strengthened, these horse thieves have been seriously compressed The space for activities, Li Shenming went to the grassland, sent people to recruit a little, The Han people and horse thieves with large stocks are leading the troops to invest.

It's just that the leaders of the horse thieves didn't expect that they would have to be trained by He Yusheng.

"What's the use of you not practicing?" Li Shenming has been in the Shogunate of the General Army for a long time, and he knows how to deal with these people, so he said with a frosty face: "It's not that you haven't fought with us, how about it?" If you don't practice, you won't be qualified to help! ”

These words were extremely serious, and the leaders of the horse thieves had humiliated expressions, Li Shenming smiled slightly at this time, and said: "But you are loyal and righteous, in the end, the Han people are still reliable at the critical time, you can rest assured, you will not break up your subordinates, how many people you originally bringed, or how many you bring." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

The leader of the horse thieves was overjoyed, and they all knelt down and slammed their heads on the ground.

After the horse thieves left, Liang Xing said to Li Shenming: "Sir, these guys can't fight hard, I'm afraid there is no use for birds." ”

"Don't worry." Li Shenming said: "This matter has its own arrangements, and there are also people who come to use them." ”

……

Zhang Han sat behind the table and calmly listened to the report of a staff officer: "One hundred and seventy miles from the Dahei River to the Xinghe Imperial Palace, from the Xinghe Imperial Palace to the pasture of Harashen, the straight line is two hundred and ten miles, from the Harashen Department to Karaqin, the distance is two hundred and seventy miles, and from Karaqin to the Inner Khalkha Five Divisions is five hundred and ninety miles......

"Now from the western set to the Ordo period, this more than 500-mile long trade route has been abandoned, and then from the Xiaohei River to the Dahei River, to the Xinghe Guard, and then to the Halashen place, there have been many enemy attacks."

In the room were Sun Yao and other staff officers, almost none of the military bigwigs were present, Liang Xing was in Xinghe to guard the palace, Wang Changfu was in Daheihe, and even Sun Jingting and others were all on the grassland.

Now the whole Li Zhuang is almost empty, only trained officers and a small number of cavalry and artillery, the garrison is almost gone, and the Li Zhuang, which has always been very lively, has become silent.

And in the north, almost a thousand miles long, the territory was full of harassing herdsmen and Mongol soldiers.

Zhang Han said: "I don't know which one came up with this trick, but it's quite effective." ”

"It's not us who are worried." Sun Yao said: "There is already news from the Military Intelligence Bureau, and General Du seems to be complaining, because there seem to be signs of instability in the trap, and there are many border offenders, which will make the border always on guard and cost a lot of money." ”

"This guy is just thinking of a way to ask for money...... Zhang Han said with a smile: "The main force of the northern captives did not move, and most of them were driven by some herdsmen to make trouble, and they couldn't even hurt their fur...... But he should still give it, he is no better than Ma Zongbing, and he is not intimate. ”

Zhang Han was worried that Du Wenhuan couldn't bear the performance, and he was really passive at that time.

As for Datong here, we also need to be wary of one or two.

"It seems that this situation needs to be reversed as soon as possible...... Zhang Han sighed lightly, "call him here." ”

"Yes, sir."

Xia Xiping turned around and went out, walked through the corridor, arrived at the door of a room, and said to a man sitting under the shadow of the lamp: "Your Excellency summons." ”

The man stood up, his face was full of calm, but Xia Xiping felt nervous, the aura on this person's body was like a beast in the mountains and forests, hideous and terrifying.

"Subordinate Zhou Yao, I've seen adults."

"Well, you don't have to kneel, get up."

Zhang Hanxu stretched out his hand and ordered Zhou Daniu, who was kneeling in front of him, to get up.

"My subordinates should also thank my lord for giving me my name."

"I gave you this name because I hope you can be famous in the future and do a good job!"

The muscles on Zhou Yao's face twitched, and it was obvious that Zhang Han was talking about what he was looking forward to the most.

From a small army in the guard to being recruited as a town soldier, then transferred to Kaiyuan after the first battle of Sarhu, and then narrowly escaped in the battles of Kai and Tie, then became a deserter, and then became a bandit, his experience so far has not been glorious, and even disgraced his family and ancestors. Only the person in front of him, Zhou Yao is convinced that he can change his fate, so that he can not only return to Shenyang Zhongwei in the future, but also glorify the name of the Zhou family.

This is a knot in Zhou Yao's heart, Zhang Han caught it, and it was enough.

"Li Shenming has recruited some horse thieves on the grassland, and now he is undergoing simple training, and you have also trained more than 100 horsemen in Lingqiu Mountain, adding up to less than 500 horsemen, I hope you can use these cavalry as my swords and swords, and go to peace for me."

Zhou Yao said: "Can the subordinates use all means, as long as they stop those tartars?" ”

"Let it go." Zhang Han said: "It can be regarded as my formal order. ”

Zhou Yao's expression was calm, but there was a look of respect in his eyes, he gave a military salute, turned around and strode away.

Zhang Han sat still and continued to read his paperwork.

……

April is already late spring, Qingming is past early, and the peach blossoms and apricot blossoms along the way have fallen, leaving only the eyes full of green. Zhou Yao and his subordinates set off from the mountains of Lingqiu, they had already changed into He Yusheng's military uniforms, and everyone's faces were full of pride.

There are more than 700 people on the armor platform, and Zhang Han has not needed to use bandits to consolidate his position recently, so Zhou Yao has continuously eliminated those old bandits who have accumulated too many habits, and the unqualified old and weak have also been eliminated.

When Zhou Yao led his troops to the grassland, the horse thieves happened to be trained from the barracks, and the military secretary designated a assembly point for them to replenish military resources and call the two sides to converge.

When the two sides met, they all looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

After a short period of military training, the horse thieves only learned some fur, and their temperament did not change, but the cavalry behind Zhou Yao had the temperament of Yusheng cavalry, which made the horse thieves feel a little uncomfortable.

"You are all ......from a business background with no capital" Zhou Yao's face is very dark, there is an obvious scar from the eyebrow bone to the chin, his breath is also terrifying, gloomy with violence, this is the breath that can only be experienced by people who have lived under pressure for a long time, and as a leader, and a perennial murderer, it is very mysterious to say, in fact, people will have more or less opportunities to meet some gloomy and violent people in life, that kind of breath is different from ordinary people, Zhou Yao's breath is much stronger than ordinary tigers and gangsters, and everyone present is knowledgeable, Everyone watched him speak silently.

"I'm also a person who doesn't have the money to do business...... So my lord ordered my generals, formed this ranger, and told us to specialize in this kind of business again. Zhou Yao continued: "In these years, whether it is business, farming, or herding horses and sheep, it is better to rob others. But now I can't grab it, I have surrendered to Lord Zhang, and so are you, since a pot is stirred up, and I am ordered to come to the main general, you have to listen to me, if you don't listen to me, I will kill you, there is nothing else. ”

The horse thieves were in a commotion, and the person in front of them was indeed the same person as them, and he spoke so straightforwardly.

"Those came out to make trouble, loot, and kill people, what we have to do is rob them and kill them......" Zhou Yao continued without moving: "Listen to me, we will hand over half of the things we have stolen this time, and half will be left to divide them equally, and everyone will have a share." ”

This is also a discount given by Zhang Han, and everyone is moved at this time.

Someone is supporting in the back, just killing and robbing, and many people are red-eyed all of a sudden.

Zhou Yao pointed to the southwest direction and said: "There is a big ranch there, there are thousands of northern captives, let's go there first, the two-legged ones will be killed when they see it, and the four-legged ones will be taken away." ”

Wang Chuangzi said: "Happy, I followed Zhou Tou'er." ”

Li Baxiong snorted and said, "If you don't follow, you can't do it." ”