"In return, just say I asked. Did they drop more than 120,000 people, or did they even drop their families? My promise remains the same, no matter what they choose, to guarantee each person an income of one hundred taels of silver per year. If their families really surrender to my Ming Dynasty, I will protect their Tulupan City and become one of the three major cities in the Western Regions. ”

"My lord, is it worth it?"

Bai Minghe leaned against the window and approached Wang Cheng's ear: "Do you know about nitrocotton explosives?" ”

After Wang Cheng nodded vigorously, he knew this thing too well, although it was very unstable, it was definitely several times stronger than the original gunpowder, and it was definitely the best gunpowder for artillery.

"Sue you, the only place in the world, a natural saltpeter mine. Moreover, its associated ore is anhydrous miscanthus salt. Remember, there is only one place in the next place. At least I know, if you want to find another place, you will probably have to run tens of thousands of miles away. ”

...... hiss, Wang Cheng understood.

Fan Liang was startled when he received the callback, this will still be a thorn, does Bai Minghe want to take Turpan by the way?

The newspaper was directly placed on the table and pushed over, and there was no need to explain.

Han dialect East Asia's real aristocratic dialect, who can't speak Han in their own small states and small countries, absolutely belongs to inferior people.

"We're all small people, but it's not a problem to get a king there. The old khan also has a daughter alive, although she is younger, as long as you are brave enough, you can help her up! ”

It's really the power of silver, and these people's eyes have changed.

If nothing else, if you use the power of the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the original nobles in Tulupan, then these people will be the emerging nobles. The original native Lupan was split from Yili, and it hasn't been decades yet, and none of the people alive at the moment are big shots.

The biggest one is just a king's tent and a thousand households.

"So, what's next?"

Fan Liang still couldn't be the master, so he continued to write it down. Then send a telegram to the white crane.

Shira-naka had already thought about it and quickly replied to the telegram. When the newspaper was placed on the table, these people were suspicious of their eyes, really thinking that they were reading it wrong. They really suspected that this Lord Bai was crazy.

The telegram read, leaving the old and weak and the disabled to enter the customs. Da Ming is in charge of taking care of it. Select elite soldiers, Da Ming can replenish some high-quality steel weapons, and then go north to Yijinai, and prove their sincerity with the blood of the tile thorns. Then, he was strong and well-armed, but he was not an elite soldier, and together with the logistics troops of the Ming Dynasty, he transported logistics materials from the customs to Yiji Nai.

Not to mention that the people of Tulupan thought that the white crane was crazy, even Fan Liang thought that the white crane was crazy.

But since it has been authorized by the Ming Emperor. Then he had no choice but to obey.

Bai Minghe also sent a telegram to the capital, and the content of the telegram was: If you choose to believe, you must show extremely strong self-confidence, so that the whole of Turpan can truly surrender.

Although it has been authorized, the white crane is really too big this time.

It was Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty who felt a little chill on the top of his head when he saw the telegram, and a little chill behind him.

"Hooray, this minister...... Old! Hu Hui, as the secretary of several ministries of rites, gave Bai Minghe an evaluation of this operation. The white crane is really not good to evaluate.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the telegram newspaper: In the affairs of Tulupan, Bai Minghe has the right to arbitrarily decide on large and small affairs.

Soon. Yu Qian's telegram also came: Long live, the minister thought that Bai Minghe's move was bold and careful, and the art of war was cloudy: Attack the heart first!

That's right, there are no big names here in Turpan, and the largest is a thousand households. They are also nobles, but in the whole steppe they belong to the inferior aristocracy. On ambition. Their goal is to become a middle, or upper-class aristocracy. In terms of vision, they saw only gold and silver and women.

Bai Minghe sent three more telegrams to Fan Liang.

This was for Fan Liang, but Fan Liang still took the table and showed it to himself.

The content of the telegram was: A telegram has been sent to the capital to prepare rice, cloth, tea, and salt. The caravan of the Ming Dynasty was only responsible for transporting to Lanzhou. Let them carry it home on their own. But it's not for free, it's something to be earned. From Ningxia Zhongwei to Yijinai, the logistics materials were priced by the Ministry of War. For transportation from Lanzhou Mansion to Hami Weizuo, the freight was negotiated by them by themselves and the merchants.

The second is about the war: the ordnance was lent to them, and the heads of the thorns and military exploits were exchanged for silver, and the accounts were paid, and the excess was earned by them.

The third wrote: After Turpan established the Ming Tulupan Metropolitan Division, a reward of one million taels of silver was given, and they were allowed to share it themselves.

The three telegrams were addressed to Fan Liang, and these people could also see it. I also believed in the things that could spread the sound for thousands of miles, and this was written for them. If there is no Wanli Transsion, then someone in Daming may predict the future, which is more terrible than Wanli Transsion, so Wanli Transsin is credible.

"From Ningxia Zhongwei to Yiji, most of it is desert. We need one stone and a half of supplies, and no matter what we transport, it will be the same. ”

It's a full four hundred miles, whether this price is high or not, Fan Liang doesn't know. asked too Qian, Yu Qian agreed without saying a word, because this price was about 20% lower than Daming's own fortune. But Yu Qian still didn't dare to believe it completely, so the list of materials only allowed grain to be transported, and gunpowder definitely didn't dare to hand it over to outsiders.

How much trust the people of Turpan have in the Ming Dynasty and how much trust they have in the white crane.

They were also watching, but they were really shocked by Fan Liang's arrogance, so under the huge amount of silver, they chose to believe it.

There was food, clothing, even meat, and wine.

40,000 elite soldiers is not the limit of this group of Tulupan people, they can be said to be elite soldiers, but they don't dare to bring all the troops to Bai Minghe, so they pick the best of the best, and the people left behind are in charge of the transport team.

Ningxia Zhongwei and Ningxia Wei, Tongguò rear transported a large amount of grain.

Wagon after army pulled into the Turpan camp. The soldiers threw the sacks directly on the ground, and one soldier picked up the sack with a machete, and then poured the whole bag of soybeans into the camel camp.

Not only this soldier, at least tens of thousands of catties of soybeans have been poured into the trough when the people of Tulupan are in a daze.

The people of Turpan were a little crazy at that time, and countless people rushed over to cover the soybeans with sacks on the ground.

Fan Liang was puzzled, and asked the temporary leader of the Tulu Pangong who accompanied him on patrol with him, he claimed to have a Chinese name, called Hou Tianci! The surname Hou is a very noble surname given by the people of Turpan, because it was Hou Jun who destroyed Gaochang back then, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty has been spread among the nobles of Turpan until now.

At least in the later Song Dynasty, and now in the Ming Dynasty, the Turpan aristocracy did not think that it could be compared with the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Fan Liang said: "This grain is available, you don't have to worry." ”

"Camels will get sick if they eat soybeans, and it is estimated that a camel of 700 catties will not be able to eat five catties of soybeans. You can only eat a little, and the camels still eat miscellaneous food. Soybeans can be given to horses, but not to camels. ”

"I've been taught, but I'm ignorant!" Fan Liang cupped his fists and saluted back.

"General Fan is polite, it is normal for the people of the Central Plains to be unfamiliar with camels. And when I see the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty, these soybeans are worth a lot, not to mention the snow-white rice that our ordinary soldiers have never eaten, as well as the snow salt. It's because we're underestimating. Hou Tianci said very sincerely.

Fan Liang smiled: "You first believe that I have no malicious intent." But I want to say, after you really see our Lord Bai, you will know what wealth is. The ordnance and equipment of a battalion of men and horses beside Lord Bai is more than 100,000 taels of silver, if I have such a battalion at hand, I will not retreat that day! ”

One hundred thousand taels of silver for a battalion of soldiers.

On average, it is two hundred taels of silver per person, and where does the silver go, is it because the armor should be covered with gold leaf?

"Anyone who hears this number will think it's gorgeous, but I know that every penny is spent on combat. The defense power is first-class, and the attack power is ......" Fan Liang stopped when he said the attack power, looked up at the sky, and took a deep breath: "I can't describe the attack power, and I can't think of anyone who can stop it!" ”

Waiting for the letter from God, my heart is full of anticipation.

He really wanted to see how strong the combat power of this huge amount of money was to the teeth.

Ningxia Zhongwei's side, after a day and a half of rest, Fan Liang took his remnants of the rest of the horses, the seriously injured remained, and none of the lightly injured were willing to stay, and there were still more than 3,800 combat strength.

Four days later, on the night, Fan Liangbu was still forty miles away from the location of the white crane.

And the white crane has already set up camp with the whole army, this is not a marching camp, but a preparation for war.

The white crane biting a cigar sat in front of the camp gate, watching the soldiers digging into the camp defense. Several old generals stood next to the white crane, their faces full of excitement, because they had already been rewarded by the scouts, and they also came at them first, there were not many people, 100,000 people. And you can see the golden tent.

Several veteran generals predicted that they would be able to meet the Watters at noon tomorrow by waiting here.

And the Tile Thorns estimated that they also found the White Crane army. This big war can't be avoided.

At about nine o'clock in the night, Fan Liang took Hou Tianci to the Chinese army camp, the guards were all on the periphery, and only two people entered the Chinese army's tent.

Bai Minghe was wearing a scribe's robe, not wearing military armor at all, and he was sitting at the top of the seat and listening to several veteran generals analyze the battle plan. Yu Qian thought that the troops had also been divided first, so the plan of encirclement would need to be revised, and each army should be careful of the rest of the troops of the Tile Thorns, because it was impossible for the Tile Thorns to send only such a few people.

Fan Liang was allowed to enter the account, and the account was debating the tactical arrangement.

Shirana Crane sat alone on the top and played Go with himself.

"My lord, this is the current commander of the army, and his name is a godsend."

After Fan Liang's introduction, Hou Tianci saluted very respectfully, and he didn't look around on the way into the camp, but only felt the soldiers of the Ming army rising in the inner camp.

Facing the young man Bai Minghe, what he saw was the dragon pattern jade belt, which was only qualified for the Ming royal family.

"Let's go, change the camp and ask you for a drink." Shirana Crane stood up. (To be continued......)