The Mongol cavalry plucked a bundle of fur from their horses.

The Han soldiers surrounded him and sent them to the warehouse for temporary storage.

Some of the furs here are intact and very precious, and they can only be owned by dignitaries in the capital.

Zuo Ruo is hungry and does not choose food or clothing, regardless of the cost, as long as the Mongolian tribe can take it out, he dares to ask for it. It makes no difference whether you owe 20,000 taels of silver or 50,000 taels of silver, it should be the worry of the household.

Thinking of the household, Zuo Ruo's heart was inevitably angry.

He was so hard in Shaanxi, and the household department was still worried about the food and salary of the righteous army. He wanted to form cavalry, but he suffered from the lack of war horses, and the household department refused to be accommodating.

After the fur handover was completed, Ge Riletu dismounted, walked to Zuo Ruo to give a salute, and said, "General Zuo, the furs that the two Mongolian tribes can take out are here."

Zuo Ruo returned the salute and said, "Thank you for your help" He said the truth.

Amur followed behind Gřiltu, his gray beard cocked, and did not say a word. He was merely showing his wares, which were not provided by Tumut alone, but also to the merits of the Chahars.

Ge Ri Letu said: "I just came back from the grassland, and I heard that the Qing Dynasty was rampant, and two county towns were attacked. Maybe we should take the initiative and cause some trouble for them?

Amur pouted behind him, Geriletu was too attentive to the Han Chinese. The Mongols were just assisting the Ming army, and it was so cold that no one wanted to go out to fight. If Zuo agrees with this, he will be in trouble.

Zuo Ruo beckoned the two of them to follow him to the house, and said as he walked: "No, the Qing captives only have cavalry to cross the river, and there is no iron cannon to assist, and they will also suffer heavy losses when they capture a county town." If they are willing to spend the lives of their soldiers on every city, then let it be as they wish."

As if he was talking about something very ordinary, Amur behind him knew the details of the destruction of the city, and he shuddered to hear it.

The Qing captured three county seats, but did not obtain a grain of grain.

After the Ming army moved most of the people east of Yan'an, they implemented a wartime food supply system in each city. All the food in the city was in the hands of the defenders, and the food was distributed daily according to the status of the young and strong, the old and the young, and the women.

On the day of the Qing army's breakthrough, all the granaries of the three county towns were burned down, without exception.

In winter, the snow is thick, making it difficult to replenish supplies.

Nilan, the general of the Qing army, who was wearing a yellow flag, was furious and wantonly slaughtered the people to release his anger. As a result, the people of Shaanxi knew that once the Qing soldiers broke the city, they would not escape the fate of slaughtering the city. So the strong man was even more fierce and not afraid of death when defending the city.

So far, Zuo Ruo is very satisfied, and the guards he placed in the county town have unswervingly carried out his order to destroy grain. Only a military general with the courage to burn jade can carry out this task, and the president of Qian, who died in the three county towns, is all his favorite general.

He has been quietly watching the changes, and there are at least 100,000 people killed in the three county towns.

In the cold weather, even if a few people can escape the pursuit of the Qing captives, they will fall in the vast snowfield due to cold and hunger.

It was windy in the hall, and the three of them walked into the inner room and sat down as guests.

Zuo Ruo raised Erlang's legs.

Amur and Geriletu sat opposite Zuo Ruo, both feeling a little nervous in their hearts. Neither they had such a sense of urgency when they faced Ezhe Khan, or when they had ever faced Zhai Zhe.

Zuo Ruo said: "Shaanxi's current troops can barely fight a tie with the Qing Dynasty, if there is no external force to join, the situation in Shaanxi next year is only afraid that it will still be a stalemate." But we're not in a good position. Therefore, I asked the Mongols to increase their troops, but I wonder what the result of your return will be? ”

Amur and Gřiltu looked at each other.

Ge Ri Letu said first: "Tumut is the eternal friend of the Han people, and the princess of Tumut is now the princess of the regent, as long as the princess orders, the Tumut tribe will never give up." ”

After he finished speaking, Amur said slowly: "The Great Khan is very willing to send warriors into the Ming Dynasty again, but the east of naturalization is very unstable, and there is news from Modong Mongolia that the Horqin tribe is likely to gather the Modong Mongol coalition army to invade the west next spring." Seeing Zuo Ruo's expression a little unhappy, he added: "The Great Khan said that next year, Chahar can station some soldiers and horses in Hetao to move, and if there is difficulty in the pass, he will enter the pass to help, and if Modong Mongolia invades and naturalizes, he can be transferred to the western front, which can be said to take into account both." ”

Zuo Ruo spewed a heavy breath in his nostrils and said, "You didn't understand my intentions. I asked the Mongol warriors to enter the customs to help, not to gather more soldiers and horses by the Yellow River, but to let your troops enter Longxi. ”

"Longxi?" Amur was surprised. It was in the southwest of Shaanxi, at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, and the Qing Lu did not have the ability to control such a remote place.

Zuo Ruo explained: "This autumn, we have trafficked a lot of goods back and forth from Longxi. When Azig set his sights on it, he often sent scouts to harass him, and the trade route was cut off. The regent ordered me to protect the roads of Longxi, and you know that only cavalry can have a deterrent effect in that kind of place, so I thought of you.

Amur and Geriletu bowed their heads at the same time, both of them secretly estimating how much pressure there was on maintaining the safety of the Longxi trade route.

Zuo Ruo continued: "Longxi is vast and sparsely populated, and the Qing army cannot survive there, so you only went there to deal with some scouts. The regent promised to give him 3,000 knives and 20,000 arrows as a reward. ”

Amur and Geriltu raised their heads almost at the same time, and they had seen the sharpness of the Ming army's Qi sword. Three thousand Qi knives can be exchanged for three thousand war horses in the grassland As Zuo Ruo said, this is a simple and affordable opportunity to send troops and win a favor.

Geriltu was the first to change his words: "Tumut and the regent are one family, the prince has difficulties, and Tumut can't refuse." ”

Amur thought a little more and asked: "Longxi is not far from Hanzhong, and the Guanning cavalry under the command of the king of Zhennan is famous all over the world, why didn't the regent ask the Guanning cavalry to maintain the trade route?"

Zuo Ruo said: "The Guanning cavalry has multiple armor, and it is far inferior to you Mongols in scout fighting and exploring the enemy's tracks. In the order he gave me, the Lord Regent also mentioned that I should seek your help. ”

"I see" Amur suddenly realized, and then bowed his hand like a Han Chinese, and said: "Chahar is also willing to solve the difficulties of Longxi, which is also to protect our Mongolians' own trade routes." ”

No matter how it can be expressed, it is the same meaning in Zuo Ruo's ears. He immediately made a decision: "In this case, each of your two tribes will send 1,500 cavalry to Longxi after the ice and snow thaw. I will send a general to take command, so as not to cause trouble in Han land by the Mongols. ”

Amur heard the question, but held back.

Taking advantage of the vague hostility between Tumut and Chahar, Zuo Ruo succeeded in taking command of 3,000 cavalry.

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