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The leader of the Xibe tribe tied himself and knelt in front of Su Tiancheng.

Thanks to Su Tiancheng's timely dispatch of scouts to inform Hong Chengchou not to attack the army of the Xibe tribe for the time being, and clearly told Hong Chengchou that he led the troops and defeated the army of the Daurian tribe, and the specific matters were discussed after the two met, so Hong Chengchou continued to confront the army of the Xibe tribe, but did not attack.

On the eleventh day of the first month, the army led by Su Tiancheng finally met with Hong Chengchou.

At this time, the leader of the Xibe tribe had already known that the Jiangning battalion had captured the leader of the Daurian tribe, and the Daurian tribe suffered a crushing defeat under the attack of the Jiangning battalion, and the resistance had lost its meaning, and it was naïve to think about negotiating conditions with the Jiangning battalion, so he listened to the advice of his subordinates, surrendered to the Jiangning battalion, and bowed his head.

There is another very important reason for the surrender of the leader of the Xibe tribe, that is, after the leader of the Daurian tribe was captured, the Jiangning battalion did not massacre the women and children of the tribe except for taking some gold and silver treasures.

Population is a vital factor for the steppe tribes, life is hard, the birth rate and survival rate of the population are not very high, if the women and children of a tribe are slaughtered, the tribe will inevitably decline, lose the basis for fighting with other tribes, in addition, the Mongolian tribes believe in the idea that the strong is king, which is also the truth they have come to on horseback for a long time.

After settling the two leaders of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou slowly walked into the wilderness.

Hong Chengchou didn't quite understand what Su Tiancheng meant, such a good opportunity, as long as the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe were slaughtered, there would inevitably be chaos on the grassland, and there would be a war between the tribes. It was undoubtedly ignited, even if Houjin sent troops to intervene, it didn't have much effect, on the grassland, the principle of the law of the jungle is an iron law, and only a certain tribe has become stronger. It is possible to restore temporary peace, if the grassland falls into civil strife, on the one hand, the border passes of the Ming Dynasty can be peaceful, on the other hand, Houjin also has a headache, and it will take a lot of energy to settle the tribes of the grassland.

It can be said that Hong Chengchou's understanding still exists in the preliminary stage. It is impossible to be as far as Su Tiancheng thought, nor can it be as ambitious as Su Tiancheng.

"Lord Hong, aren't you surprised, such a good opportunity, I ordered Lu to stop the attack, and also accepted the surrender of the leader of the Xibe tribe and the leader of the Dauria tribe."

Hong Chengchou nodded and did not speak.

"Indeed, this question. I also changed my understanding all of a sudden, if we were to follow the predetermined plan. The Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe have been exterminated, the two most powerful tribes on the grassland have been wiped out, and the entire grassland will inevitably be in chaos. This used to be the Ming Dynasty set up by the Ming Dynasty, and this is the territory of my Ming Dynasty, over the years, because of the rise of the Later Jin, the imperial court has lost control of here. Everyone seems to agree that it is impossible for the imperial court to regain control of the area. ”

Hong Chengchou raised his head violently and looked at Su Tiancheng, his eyes were full of horror.

"What ......do you mean, sir?"

"No, we haven't reached that point yet, according to our current capabilities, it is still difficult to control this place, let alone other ideas, the lesser of two powers, between the extermination of the two tribes and the retention of the two tribes, I think that leaving the two tribes, we can get more benefits."

Hong Chengchou was obviously thinking.

"The grassland has the advantage of the grassland, especially in the Hetao area, where war horses are produced, to put it mildly, even if the people of my Ming Dynasty came here and raised the war horses, they are not as good as the war horses raised by the Mongolian tribes, besides, the mutual market at the border has always existed, if we can firmly control the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, on this basis, the mutual market of expenditure, will not be able to get the greatest benefits."

"My lord, but the grassland tribe is poor, if the expenses are in the market, just the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, there will not be much benefit."

"Hehe, of course, there are conditions for the mutual market between us, we will trade grain, ironware, silk and other items with the two tribes, the price is of course not ordinary, we also have to secretly support these two tribes, let them develop and grow, let them plunder the rest of the tribes on the grassland, let them gather wealth, and give it to us in a steady stream, we need to get war horses, cattle and sheep, gold and silver from them."

Hong Chengchou's eyes were a little straight, he obviously couldn't consider such a far-reaching idea.

Quickly, Hong Chengchou thought of the actual problem.

"The thoughts of adults, I can't reach them, I only admire them, but they are in the same place as the two tribes, and they are also in the places controlled by Ningxia Wei, including the places controlled by Yulin Wei, how can the Jiangning camp be controlled, and the whip is beyond the reach of the whip."

"I've also thought about this question, didn't we defeat the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, then ask the two tribes to hand over the hostages, that is, their tribal heirs, we will take the hostages to the capital, go directly to the emperor, explain the reason, and take this opportunity to control the places controlled by Ningxia Wei and Yulin Wei, to be honest, I have long thought about reforming the guards, just the guards in Shaanxi, not to mention, they occupy a lot of arable land, and they are also changing the fish and flesh of the people, such an army, There is a need for what exists. ”

"Big, my lord, such a big thing, wouldn't the imperial court want to make a fuss."

"Hmph, I don't care for a long time, if everything is done according to the advice of the cabinet, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to come to the Hetao area, let alone defeat the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, I have decided, as long as it is beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, I will do it boldly, one day, everyone will understand."

Hong Chengchou nodded cautiously.

"My lord is so high-spirited, I will definitely support it, but this grassland tribe is murderous, after we left the Hetao area, they rebelled and disregarded the safety of the hostages, what should we do."

Su Tiancheng smiled.

"Lord Hong, I have confidence, although the grassland tribes advocate force and use force to determine their status and status, they are simple and credible, since they have surrendered, there will not be much of a problem, of course, no one dares to completely guarantee such a thing, if they dare to rebel, then we will kill the Hetao area again, completely exterminate their tribe, and support a new tribe."

The conversation took place in the tent, of course, this was not an equal conversation, in fact, it was a matter of Su Tiancheng saying the conditions, and the leaders of the Xibe tribe and the leaders of the Daouri tribe nodded.

But Su Tiancheng is very smart, he first expressed his attitude, he still has to maintain the leadership status of the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe on the grassland, and does not require the two tribes to oppose Houjin, but the two tribes are not allowed to enter the customs to harass, otherwise the Jiangning battalion will send troops again to completely exterminate the tribe, and no one will be left.

With this premise, it is easy to say a lot later, the two tribal leaders are most concerned about whether they can continue to be in the Hetao area, whether they can maintain their current status, as for the conditions for sending the heirs of the tribe as hostages, they agreed without hesitation.

Speaking of the mutual market, the leaders of the two tribes were overjoyed, it was a complete failure, according to the rules of the Mongolian tribes, they need to give their property unconditionally, and they didn't think that the adults of the Ming Dynasty proposed to carry out the mutual market, so that their tribes could get enough food, ironware, cloth and other things, and the adults of the Ming Dynasty also said that they would only start a mutual market with their two tribes, and they would sell them grain ironware, cloth and even tea, silk and so on.

The two of them hurriedly agreed to such conditions.

Of course, the Lord of the Ming Dynasty also proposed that the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe should continue to be strong, be the leader of the grassland, and stop the rest of the tribes from stirring, especially to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, if Houjin has any requirements, they need to send people to report the situation in time, etc.

After the conversation, the leaders of the two tribes were a little grateful, and felt that they were a big country, with the demeanor of a general, although it was said that they had won a complete victory, but they did not plunder the population, did not massacre women and children, and gave so many preferential conditions.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou led the army and left the Hetao area.

In this expedition, the Jiangning battalion lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and the remains of these soldiers were all collected, and the Jiangning battalion burned the remains and brought the ashes back in accordance with the rules.

Of course, they took away a large number of supplies, including 5,000 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, as well as tens of thousands of taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, and left some grain, tea, cloth, weapons and other materials.

With such a rich income, Hong Chengchou was overjoyed, and even happier was Xiong Zijian, seeing that these riches belonged to the Jiangning battalion, and the expenses were guaranteed, and through the mutual market, the wealth could be further gathered to ensure the expenses of the Jiangning battalion, and the next step, the recruitment of sergeants and training, there was a sufficient guarantee.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, the vanguard of the army returned to Xianyang.

Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou will not waste time, they must rush to the capital, take the heirs of the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe to the capital to report to the emperor, Su Tiancheng has already written out the secret fold and sent it to the capital.

With this victory, Su Tiancheng has full confidence and will definitely be able to convince the emperor. (To be continued......)