The grassland of summer is the most beautiful in the four seasons of the year, with endless green grass, blue sky without a trace of clouds, coupled with the quietly flowing streams and rivers, if there are herdsmen carrying long whips and shouting to graze cattle and sheep, it is a perfect picture. However, the herds of cattle and sheep that used to graze and graze even on the edge of the Great Wall at the most presumptuous time have now moved a lot north, and the herdsmen are often cautious to avoid the Great Wall, which is very different from the situation in the past.

The reason is simple, this most fertile pasture has just fought a big battle! The Great Khan's henchman, the general Dehuochi, led the vanguard men and horses to fight a beautiful victory in Xuanfu, and swept back tens of thousands of cattle and sheep at once, God knows if the Ming people will come to retaliate!

"Ming talents will not come, that Baoguo Gong is the most bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, where do you dare to provoke the sweat!"

On the edge of the old city of Xinghe, an old herdsman confidently added this sentence after telling the young herdsmen around him about the battle not long ago. His eloquence was excellent, and he spoke as if he had seen him in person, even if the young herdsmen had only seen him in these days, but he couldn't do anything to drive those dozens of sheep, and the people had been grazing here leisurely for several days, so they naturally did not have any suspicions.

"Uncle Batu, you can say so, if you can have someone to introduce you, maybe the Great Khan will summon you into the Golden Tent to give lectures, and then you will be developed, don't forget us at that time!"

The red-faced young herdsman coaxed together, and the others laughed and agreed. The old herdsman, whose face was wrinkled with wrinkles, was suddenly annoyed and angry, and after a burst of angry scolding at the crowd, he stood up and took his horsewhip and shouted at the mute grandson on the side, and in a short time he had driven all the sheep together.

Seeing that he was going north, the red-faced young herdsman just now hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, the area around this Xinghe ruined city is big enough, you have to graze to the south, don't go north, a few days ago I also met the soldiers and horses of the Guoerlus Department on the side of Shacheng, so I said that I promised ten sheep to go out, so I escaped, be careful that your sheep fall into the wolf's mouth!" ”

When the old herdsman heard this, he immediately stopped, turned around and asked in surprise, "The pastures of the Gollus tribe should be further east, why are they here?" As soon as the words fell, he patted his head and smiled, "Ah, look at my surname, the Great Khan issued a conscription order, so the warriors of all the departments have gathered, and besides, it is the detachment Chi Nuoyan who leads the team, and of course the people from the Guoerlus department are indispensable!" But the people of this Gollus department are really weird, why are they stationed there in Sand City......"

"There's the noyan butler Agoura, supposedly watching his master's spoils this time!"

Several young herdsmen laughed, some agreed, and some or three gossiped about the strict order of soldiers and horses on the side of Shacheng, and there was envy in their words. Although all the Mongols were soldiers, the Great Khan recruited warriors from all tribes, and these small tribes who did not stand out could not stand the edge, and could only watch as the spoils of gold, silver, cattle, sheep, slaves, etc. were divided. When the old herdsman drove the sheep and staggered south, and the young mute grandson waved his whip loudly, seeing that it was not early, the others also got up one after another, and dispersed for a while, and the edge of the ruined city of Xinghe, which had just been lively and lively, immediately fell silent. No one noticed that several dark shadows had quietly sprung out of several places in the ruined city and hid them again.

The old herdsman and the young man went out far and wide, and then they both stopped. The young mute stopped the whip and turned to look back, all the while smiling shyly, as if he was the most honest, he suddenly opened his mouth, and spit out the words in Chinese: "Look at the situation, they should have already followed." ”

At this moment, the old herdsman couldn't help but shudder, and when he opened his mouth, it was not the same Mongolian language that he was fluent before, but a genuine Chinese: "Master Qian, they are just ordinary herdsmen......

"It's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one, otherwise what's wrong with leaking the news? Besides, isn't there a saying? Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Qian Ning clasped his hands and put down such a sentence, and when he saw that the old herdsman was silent, he grinned and showed his white teeth, "But you don't have to worry, although you are of mixed Mongolian and Han blood, since I dare to let you be a guide, of course I believe you." As long as this trip can be found accurately, in addition to the fifty taels of silver I gave you first, the five hundred taels of reward will also be indispensable to you! ”

The old herdsman was a long-time resident of the Acropolis. His wife is a Han Chinese, and he was taken captive by the Mongols for six years, and then when he was released, he was a kid like him, and he had a hard time at first. But he spoke fluently, and when he was a child, he remembered the road in the grassland, and not only did he follow the caravan to the north as a guide at the age of sixteen, but he had been so mixed up all these years, and he was easy to talk about. This time, he pretended to be a Mongolian person to go out to graze to inquire about the news, and he originally refused to agree no matter what, but he couldn't stand Qian Ning using his little grandson as a threat, and he could only take out the silver for nothing, so he could only reluctantly embarrass him.

However, at the moment, he was really a little frightened by such a murderous master. When the sky gradually darkened, Channing forced him to drive the sheep back to the ruined city of Xinghe, where he had been sheltered from the wind for several days. He trembled to the ground with his whip, but found that there were many more sheep inside, and more than a dozen black shadows came out of the compartment.

"It's all done?"

"Back to Master Qian, it's all done clean!"

What followed Qian Ning was not the avant-garde sergeants of the government army he picked before, but the people he found after he went around after he arrived at the Wanquan Right Acropolis. Most of them are military surpluses, but there are also a few civilian households, and even black households that don't even have household registration, the only thing they have in common is that they are bold and ruthless. At this time, a man with a scar on his face made a throat cutting motion, and then said with a smile: "Fortunately, Qian Ye thought it through, didn't go anywhere, waited for the rabbit here, and let us follow the old firewood to learn a few tricks to drive the sheep, otherwise such a large group would not be able to get it back." Even if it's half a tael of silver for a sheep......"

Scarface licked his lips, his face revealing greed that was hard to hide. At this time, the old herdsman, who was called Lao Firewood, took a look at the abandoned city, and found that the sheep driven by the young herdsmen had all been gathered here, and there were seven or eight hundred of them here. Even though he told himself in his heart that he was a guide, and not those blinded herdsmen, and that these bloodless fellows would never attack him, he still had palpitations.

"It's not promising, what is half a tael of silver for a sheep, you know, my family said that a Tartar's head is thirty taels! Moreover, if you behead the fifth level, you can change an officer to be the officer, and leave a piece of money and food for your children and grandchildren. As soon as Qian Ning said it, seeing that everyone's eyes were red, he waved his hand and said, "In short, take a long-term view, behind me is the lord of my family, and behind the lord of my family is the emperor, this time the matter is done, what are the benefits?" ”

If it weren't for the sake of fighting hard, why would he not stay at the Acropolis of the Right Guard, but risk out of the new opening fort to the north? Although this is a violation of Xu Xun's military order, as long as there is a gain, that adult will never blame!

"Master Qian, that's right, it's just that if you have to rush all of them to Shacheng, it's too much. Besides, there will be a mark on the cattle and sheep of each department...... "The old firewood has lost the momentum of talking in front of those young herdsmen at this time, and when he said this, he was immediately choked by Qian Ning's glance.

"What the old firewood said is that you go and see if there is any sign on the sheep, and if there is, then bring it back, as if we have taken it from the north. I got the news before that the adults were going to the Wanquan Right Acropolis, so you will go to Zhangjiakou Fort with the surname Suo, and when you get there, you will divide some of the sheep up and down, and those heads just now may be able to be used as a decapitation! ”

Hearing the roar of the promise up and down, Lao Chai Huo's face suddenly became even longer.

The grassland of Xia said that the sky was very early, and early in the morning, everyone parted ways. Lao Chai Huo and Qian Ning set off north again, while the other people left a small part of them to hide in Xinghe and the ruined city to prepare to respond, and more than half of them drove the sheep back, one to find Xu Xun to deliver news, and the other to avoid encountering those who came to find those missing herdsmen. Along the way, Qian Ning found that the old firewood was stuffy a lot, but he didn't pay attention to it, and only thought about what to do when he got to Shacheng. However, just when he could see the ruins in the distance, he suddenly heard a shout from all directions, followed by a dozen people surrounding him. When the leader came up, he shook the whip beautifully, and then shouted, "Where are you from, and whose family is this sheep?" ”

Lao Chai Huo was taken aback by this sudden encounter, and after a long time he suddenly came to his senses, he took a deep breath and stammered out a string of Mongolian words: "Venerable lord, may the immortal heaven bless you and all the warriors, I am the master of Yong Shebu, and I will not beg the shepherd Batu under the tent of Nuoyan, these sheep are Lao Batu's own." ”

The Mongolian man led by Batel, saw that Lao Chai Huo's Mongolian dialect was fluent, and he was a little less suspicious. Looking at the flock, which there were two or three hundred sheep, although he wanted to ask for it, he was not without worries in his heart. Of course, this war plundered countless cattle and sheep, but half of them were returned to the Great Khan's Golden Horde and the Great Khan's sons, they did not gain much, and the cattle and sheep have been brought back, here are the more than 1,000 captive Han slaves, ready to be brought back on the return journey, and their leader Dehuo Chi Nuoyan is leading the elite to prepare for the next attack.

Although the Great Khan was able to conquer the east and west, and even the most rebellious Warat submitted to the Great Khan, and the once invincible Yismain of Yongshebu was also defeated, the two right-wing lords of Yongshebu and Ordos have always been in disobedience, and even the Khan's court only turned a blind eye to them. Even though their lord was trusted by the Great Khan, he could not afford to offend this master.

However, the big man was thinking about whether it was better to leave people behind, or not to let people go for his own sake, and there were more than a dozen horsemen galloping over, led by Agula, the big butler of the defire red who stayed behind this time.

"But you found out that there is a thin annihilation?"

"The big butler is a person who will never thank the Buwan household and will not be ashamed."

Seeing that the person who led the team was dressed luxuriously and obviously had some status, Qian Ning hurriedly glanced at the old firewood, and the latter hurriedly shouted: "I am Batu, the herdsman of Yongxieb, and this is the mute grandson I picked up." Although he can't speak, he is proficient in riding and archery, but it is a pity that my Noyan's guards have always refused to ask for him, and my Noyan's butler has not written his name on the book. If you will take him in, I will sacrifice my sheep to you noble warriors! ”

(To be continued)