Looking at the boundless fields and the darkening sky, Duan Fei decided to set up camp in this tribe, and by the way, wait for the 60,000 infantry who had been left far behind.

The cavalry carrying the captives, the cattle, sheep and horses arrived, and the captives were driven together, and by the time all the captives had been gathered together in a pen that had been used to keep the cattle and sheep, it was late at night, but the 60,000 infantry had not yet arrived.

While Duan Fei was meditating in the tent, Jiang Hui came to report: "My lord, the prisoners have been counted, a total of 836 young and strong prisoners, 4,750 old and weak women and children, including 1,212 young children, 2,367 women, and the rest are old men and old women, and they have all been imprisoned separately. ”

Duan Fei asked, "How are they feeling?" Can anyone try to resist? ”

Jiang Hui said: "Fortunately, there are a few men who want to do it, but they were cleaned up by everyone, and they are much more well-behaved." ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, these men on the grassland, give a good greeting to those soldiers and ruffians who have been recruited to Beijing from all over the country, it is strange if they are not obedient, and the methods they use do not have to be investigated.

Duan Fei ordered: "Watch them carefully, let them camp and rest on their own after those infantry catch up, and talk about anything tomorrow." ”

Early in the morning, Duan Fei walked out of the tent, and there were more than ten times more tents in front of him than last night, and the 60,000 infantry finally caught up.

"Good morning, adult." Jiang Hui hurriedly walked over and saluted Duan Fei, "My lord, Han Xing's generals Guo Jian, Liu Zhong and the others and the two tigers of the Rong family are already waiting for adults in the big tent. ”

Duan Fei bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Are they in a hurry, are they worried that Tatar will get the news and run away?" ”

Having said that, Duan Fei still came to the big tent, only to see Han Xing, the three tigers and the four tigers of the Rong family, Guo Jian, and Liu Zhong fighting for something in the tent, and everyone quieted down when they saw Duan Fei coming, Duan Fei smiled and said, "What are you fighting for?" How about having this official arbitrate for you? ”

Han Xing grinned and said, "My lord, let's fight where to go in order to wipe out the Tatars of Dongtao." ”

Duan Fei smiled: "All in one go? You have a good appetite, and I don't dare to say that I can kill all the Tatars in one go, so let's talk about it, what are you going to do? ”

Han Xing said: "My lord, I think we should go straight to Juyanhai, attack it and save it, it will be decided in one battle, and if there is another big victory, it will be easy to recover the Hetao, and even fight farther, and even the thorns will be cleaned up." ”

Guo Jian shook his head and said: "General Han's discussion is too risky, we only have 5,000 cavalry, and the 60,000 infantry is simply a drag, my lord, with those 60,000 infantry, we can only advance step by step, actions like yesterday are considered to be adventurous, if the enemy suddenly comes with a cavalry, the 60,000 people are simply at the mercy of the mermaid." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Those 60,000 people are not a drag, the official has a purpose in taking them into the prairie, you wait and see......

Duan Fei returned to his seat and sat down, he spread out a map, and said, "Now that the matter is over, this official should also tell you the general plan of this operation...... Han Xing is right, this official is going to smash the Yellow Dragon, kill the base that Huo Sieve turned to the grassland back then, and painstakingly established the base - Juyanhai! ”

Duan Fei said: "However, our marching route is not to directly kill Juyanhai, but to loot these tribes marked on the map along the way, and drive the Tatars all the way to Juyanhai, just in Juyanhai, we have a series of tough battles to fight!" ”

Han Xing only listened to it with great joy, but Guo Jian said worriedly: "My lord, we only have 5,000 cavalry, although the muskets and grenades are very useful, but they can't last long, fight all the way, and it is estimated that there will be no ammunition on the way to Juyanhai, how can we fight with the Tartars at that time." ”

Duan Fei said: "This depends on a three-pronged approach, the first tube is called to nourish war with war, try to save ammunition, and the second tube is called changing steps to horses, we have captured so many horses, and the 60,000 foot soldiers can be transformed into cavalry one after another, even if they can't participate in the war for a while, follow behind to control the prisoner assembly, right?" This third tube is called borrowing strength, today in one day we have captured thousands of Tatars, of which there are several hundred, if we can successfully persuade them to join us, and voluntarily play for us as a striker, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? You don't even need to ask for a guide. ”

"How is this possible!" Everyone's eyes widened, and a ridiculous thought came to their hearts at the same time: "How can these captured Tatars be made to turn their heads against their compatriots unless the adults have the legendary Ecstasy in their arms?" ”

"Nothing is impossible." Duan Fei faced the more than 800 Tatar youths and said loudly: "As long as you are obedient, your parents, wives and children will be absolutely safe, after the Hetao returns to the Ming Dynasty, you will be the people of the Ming Dynasty, you can still graze here, and even get rewarded for your duties and become a rich leader, otherwise in order to save food, this official can only order to kill all the prisoners, which is also the habit of your Tatars, and now the official asks again, are you willing to join the righteous master and crusade against the traitor Arsaberrot?" ”

Duan Fei's words caused a commotion after being translated by the Three Tigers and Four Tigers, some of the Tatars shouted angrily, Duan Fei clapped his hands quietly, and a group of old Tatar people were dragged in front of these young and strong Tatars, and the cursing voice suddenly became much quieter, Duan Fei shouted: "Hasn't anyone changed their minds yet?" ”

The audience was lonely, those old people struggled excitedly, if it weren't for stuffing something in their mouths, they would definitely shout out something like leave me alone, Duan Fei slowly raised his arm, although he couldn't understand the words, but he guessed that when that arm fell down, those old people would immediately be in a different place.

"I ...... I...... Surrender, please let my grandfather go......" A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy shouted with a crying voice, but just as he spoke, Duan Fei's arm waved down violently, and in an instant, exclamations arose, big knives flew, blood spilled, and more than a dozen heads fell to the ground......

"Grandpa! ......" the big boy cried out angrily, "Why! I've already said I'm going to surrender! Why kill my grandfather! ”

The other Tatars were also excited, the scene was a little chaotic, Duan Fei said coldly: "Shut up for me, otherwise I will kill another batch, anyway, there are more cattle and sheep to be slaughtered in the circle." ”

Duan Fei's coldness suppressed the angry Tatars, they bowed their heads in dismay, only to hear Duan Fei say coldly: "What this official wants is an army, not one or two slaves, what's the use of you surrendering alone?" What's more, when you shouted, your voice was so small, and it was too late, the next time the official asked you again, you have to answer cleanly and loudly, understand? ”

The big boy bit his lip and glared at Duan Fei angrily, Duan Fei sneered and shouted: "Come on, drag another group of people over, I want to see if it is the hard edge of the sword of Bailian, or the hardness of your heart!" The wolves on the steppe seem to have a good meal......"

"Enough!" A Tatar man came out in line, he glared at Duan Fei angrily, and said in Chinese: "We surrender, we can make you cattle and horses, but if you want us to attack our own people, this will definitely not be possible!" ”

Duan Fei looked at the Tatar man in front of him and smiled, "What's your name?" Can you speak for everyone? ”

The big man replied, "My name is Alehan, and I am the patriarch of this tribe, and I have the final say in the radius of a hundred miles around here." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "Okay, come on, behead Alhan!" ”

The two Taurus guards pounced on Alkhan and was about to drag him down, when he shouted, "Why? We are willing to surrender and be your slave, why do you want to kill me? ”

Duan Fei said: "I want a soldier, not a slave, if you don't want your compatriots to die more, the best way is to obey my orders and make contributions to my siege of the city, if you can persuade your compatriots to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, this official warmly welcomes on behalf of the Son of Tomorrow, this ...... Isn't that nice? ”

Alehan was faced with the most difficult choice in his life, but Duan Fei didn't give him much time, another team of old people was dragged over, Alehan looked at a pair of sad and angry eyes, and finally bowed his head to Duan Fei and said, "I promise your conditions...... I...... I will be the sword in your hand from now on, and I will do anything for you, but I beg you not to kill my people indiscriminately. ”

Duan Fei laughed loudly: "What did you say? I can't hear it, be louder! Otherwise, I'm going to kill again! ”

Alhan's heart was crossed, he shook his arm hard, broke free from the two Taurus guards, bowed to Duan Fei on one knee, touched his heart with his right hand, and said loudly: "I, Alhan, will be the handle of the knife in the master's hand from now on, I will do whatever the master wants me to do, please forgive our unreasonableness, and don't hurt my people at will." ”

Duan Fei laughed loudly, and the more than eight hundred Tatar young men saw that the patriarch was already like this, and they also knelt down in humiliation, and their eyes were tearful to show their submission to Duan Fei.

Duan Fei was very satisfied and said loudly, "Very good, Alhan, how many other clansmen do you have around here?" Gather them all back, this official wants to build a city here, it takes a lot of labor, you follow this officer to fight on the front line, don't worry about your relatives in the rear, because this official will take care of them in every possible way, haha......"

The more than 800 Tatars regained their horses and weapons, Duan Fei's first order to them was to attack a nearby Tatar tribe, Duan Fei only sent a hundred Shenshu battalion musketeers to the battle, including Han Xing and the Three Tigers and Four Tigers, Guo Jian was a little worried that there were too few people sent, and ran to talk to Duan Fei, Duan Fei smiled and said: "General Guo doesn't need to worry, Tatars can abandon their parents and wives, but they will never abandon their children, because that is their hope for the future, Alehan is not that kind of affectionate person, He would not abandon his people and escape alone. ”

Guo Jian said worriedly: "My lord, is the method of persecuting the Tatars too much today? ”

Duan Fei said disapprehantly: "What's this, in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, we are here to recover the Hetao, but in the eyes of the Tatars, we are outright invaders, can the invaders reason with others?" Don't worry, how many Tatars have not had Han blood on their hands? These old Tatars didn't know how many bad things they had done when they were young. ”

Duan Fei's three-pronged strategy worked wonders in just a few days, more than 10,000 of the 60,000 infantry galloped on the steppe for a few days and then turned into cavalry, and the 'crusading army' led by Alehan also grew stronger and stronger, and the army soon swept the East Hetao and arrived at the foot of Helan Mountain......