"Your Highness, it seems that these Mongols are coming for the Wolf Castle?" After some investigation, Luo Guanzhong came to report to Zhu Han.

It turned out that the fortress tactics of the Ming army had worked, and the Mongolian tribes around the Wild Wolf Fort could not graze at ease at all, and they were worried about being attacked by the Ming army at any time, so they wanted Wang Baobao to ask for help, and asked for three thousand Mongolian soldiers and horses, and united a group of Mongolian tribes around them, wanting to break the nail of the Wild Wolf Fort.

After all, the Wolf Castle didn't look very tall, as if the Mongols could break through it with a single rush.

"Hehe, the Tartars are here to die, how many soldiers and horses do they have?" Zhu Han looked outside the fortress and saw the Mongols with an arrogant attitude.

"Back to His Royal Highness, there are about 10,000 Mongols who have come this time, all of them are equipped with Mongolian scimitars and bows and arrows, as well as shields and spears, and the armor is also fully equipped, and there are even a lot of siege ladders?" Luo Guanzhong said.

Zhu Han smiled and said, "Hmph! They came just in time for us to train. ”

Guo Ying, Zhou Dexing and others were secretly surprised when they saw Zhu Han so confident.

This Wild Wolf Fort is only one zhang high, and the Ming garrison is only more than a thousand people, Zhu Han is not panicked at all, but is full of confidence, which makes them confused.

However, Guo Ying, Zhou Dexing and other generals did not ask, but chose to remain silent.

The general of the Mengyuan army outside the city was Wang Baobao's younger brother Aru Timur, who saw that the Ming army's wolf fort was only one zhang high, and immediately ordered the Mongol army to attack, not giving the Ming army reinforcements a chance to come to the rescue.

The Mongol army was soon outflanked from all sides.

And began to concentrate on the fierce attack on the fortress.

But they underestimated the defense capabilities of the Ming army.

There were quite a few artillery pieces in the fortress, and while the enemy was attacking, the artillery opened fire on the Mongol army.

"Bang bang bang ............" There were loud and deafening sounds, and one after another the shells hit the Mongol army, and the thick smoke of gunpowder spread out, obscuring the sky.

The front army, composed of Mongolian herdsmen, was suddenly in disarray, and it was impossible to organize an attack.

At this time, the lookout post at the top of the fortress immediately shouted, and then a dense number of muskets were immediately fired from the city wall, killing and wounding a large number of Mongolian soldiers and horses in an instant.

And Aru Timur, who was outside the city, saw this scene in front of him, and his face suddenly changed color!

He never imagined that this Wolf Fort would be so powerful!

However, he quickly calmed down and decided to personally lead his own soldiers to attack.

There are 500 people around Aru Timur, and these 500 people follow Aru Timur to conquer the south and the north, and they can be regarded as the elite of the elite.

The five hundred men rode on tall horses and charged after Aru Timur, and they galloped with scimitars in their hands and rushed straight to the wolf castle, and if they rushed to the bottom of the fortress, they could climb the low wall with ladders and take the fortress.

However, when they were still more than ten meters away from the Wild Wolf Fort, the Ming musketeers in the Wild Wolf Fort suddenly raised their heads, raised the arquebuses in their hands, and shot at the cavalry on Aru Timur's side.

I only heard bursts of gunfire, and the Mongol cavalry continued to fall in pools of blood.

However, Aru Timur did not care about these casualties in the slightest, and he continued to lead the cavalry to charge towards the wolf fort.

Finally, Aru Timur led five hundred cavalry to a distance of only seven or eight paces from the city wall, which was enough distance for them.

Aru Timur led his soldiers and began to dismount and climb to the fortress with ladders.

Seeing this, Zhu Han smiled contemptuously, he waved his hand and ordered the defenders' artillery to start firing.

"Boom ......."

On the tower of the Wolf Castle, artillery shots continued to fly.

At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry really realized what the power of firearms was, and one after another shells smashed on the Mongols, beating the Mongols' corpses all over the ground.

"Retreat!" Aru Timur shouted.

At this time, the Mongol army thought of retreating, but it was too late, and hundreds of musketeers appeared in the wolf fort, shooting at the fleeing Mongols.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Aru Timur turned around and wanted to flee.

But it was too late, and a shotgun hit him right in the back of the head, killing him instantly.

The rest of the Mongol cavalry was no better, and although they were lucky enough to avoid musket fire, they were still blown up or shot by the Ming artillery.

The Mongol army suffered heavy losses, and in the end less than half of them escaped, while almost all of the rest were killed.

At this time, the Mongol army outside the city saw this and immediately turned around and ran.

Meng Yuan responded to the sneak attack of Changfu this time, and originally wanted to pull out these fortresses of the Ming army on the grassland, but they never expected that the defense of the Ming army would be so strong, and those inconspicuous fortresses had such powerful firepower, which not only made them break their heads and bleed, but also damaged a general Aru Timur.

After getting the news, the entire Mengyuan was frightened, and no one dared to think that Yingchangfu would attack, and even Wang Baobao could only endure it after knowing the situation.

As a result, the Mongol tribes in the entire Monan steppe were almost abandoned by the Mongol and Yuan courts, and they quickly changed their original positions and began to surrender to the Ming army.

After Zhu Han learned of this situation, he immediately ordered Luo Guanzhong, Zhou Dexing and others to rapidly expand this kind of fortress on the grassland.

It's just that this kind of fortress needs to be garrisoned with a lot of soldiers and horses, and each fortress must have at least two or three hundred people, and if you want to build enough fortresses in the entire Monan grassland, you must allocate enough soldiers.

With more than 10,000 soldiers, it was simply impossible to meet Zhu Han's plan to completely control the grassland.

In order to solve the problem of insufficient soldiers, Zhu Han immediately sent a letter to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, requesting that a part of the military households in Huaixi, Henan Province be allocated to the Northern Parallel Capital Division to serve him, and the conditions for these recruits were very generous.

Of course, military households are stationed on the grasslands, and it is impossible for every military household to have the land they originally had, so they can only greatly increase their military salaries.

You must know that there are many children of military households in Huaixi, and they have not inherited the identity of military households.

Their way out is a big question.

.....

Daming, Xuzhou Mansion.

Li Shan is seventeen years old this year, and his father Li Sanming was a member of Guo Zixing's Red Turban Army.

first followed the marshal Guo Zixing in Haozhou, and later took refuge in the current emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Unfortunately, less than a year passed.

Li Shan's father died in a glorious battle, and Li Shan's eldest brother inherited the position of the military household, that is, the 150 acres of vocational land, as well as 64 acres of tax land, and the rest of the mounts, pack horses, armor stomachs, bows and arrows, etc., all belonged to the elder brother.

Li Shan and another brother.

Except for a suit of clothes and two houses, there was nothing to be found.

There is no way, according to the laws of the Ming military households. All the fields of military households and soldiers are not allowed to be divided and inherited.

Because, the field of a soldier is the source of most of his supplies when he goes out.

If the occupation field of a soldier is divided, there will only be twenty or thirty acres left, and it will be impossible to support the self-financing of weapons, grain and grass, pack horses, and leather armor.

Therefore, according to the inheritance law in the military household law, Li Shan's brother became a wealthy military household soldier.

And Li Shan and the second brother became ownerless.

On the outskirts of Xuzhou City, a garden of ten large houses is where Li Shan now lives.

This is his eldest brother Li Zhong, a house of 100 households in the Xuzhou army.

Today, the eldest brother Li Zhong went to Xuzhou City.

I heard that I went to listen to the latest military orders.

"Third child, I can't live this day!"

Li Shan had just laid down on the broken bed in his room when he heard a shouting outside.

This voice was none other than the voice of his second brother Li Yi.

As soon as the voice fell, a short, black-faced man pushed open the wooden door and broke in.

"Second brother, what's the matter? Why can't you live your life? ”

Li Shan slowly got up and asked.

They are a military family with mud legs, and there is very little red tape between brothers.

Naturally, getting along with each other is also very arrogant.

"Humph!"

When Li Yi heard this, he first spat very angrily.

"What else could there be!"

"The mother-in-law who is not the boss is really hateful."

"Arrange work today, treat you and me as tenants, and collect our food money!"

"This thief mother-in-law, have you forgotten that this family was created by our father?"

Li Yi said that, he picked up the coarse porcelain bowl on the table and poured two sips of inferior rice wine.

When Li Shan heard his second brother's words, his brows were also furrowed.

He was really embarrassed.

Now this family has long been the boss in charge.

No.

It can't be said to be the master.

This family is completely owned by the boss Li Zhong.

Li Shan and his second brother Li Yi, according to the decree of the Ming military household, the children who have not obtained the inheritance right of the military household, if they want to continue to keep this family, they are all reserve auxiliaries at home.

Once there is a war, these auxiliaries are used as 'cannon fodder' for the regular soldiers.

Moreover, it is very difficult for auxiliary soldiers to get the opportunity to go into battle and win military merits.

Even if you have the opportunity, you have to attribute the majority of the credit to the regular soldiers.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Ming military households, Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang had already agreed that they would give very preferential treatment to the military households under them.

"Second brother, didn't I say you, isn't this a matter sooner or later? Can you be so angry? Li Shan said with a nonchalant expression.

His sister-in-law, who is also the wife of his eldest brother Li Zhong.

It's just a rough woman of twenty-seven or eighteen.

was originally the daughter of a butcher in Haozhou City, although she hadn't read any books, she had a lot of eyes.

The two brothers, Li Yi and Li Shan, although they have the names of two auxiliaries in this family.

But they eat more and do less.

The eldest daughter-in-law has long wanted to kick them out of the house.

It's just that the boss Li Zhong has always refused because of brotherhood.

"We are all biological brothers, the eldest daughter-in-law is too much to do!"

Li Yi said angrily.

"Biological brother?"

Hearing this, Li Shan sneered.

"What about biological brothers, now the boss is a military household, he has errands and land, and he has the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service in the future."

"What do our brothers have, we can only send our names here, and we will be exempt from taxes for two seasons a year."

The brothers Li Yi and Li Shan, in the name of this family, are all auxiliaries.

But they would not be used as cattle and horses to farm, nor would they go to the company of their own servants.

It's almost the existence of eating rice.

Naturally, it is not welcomed by the eldest daughter-in-law.

"Alas, our brothers, we have to think of a way out!"

Li Yi sighed and said.

"What is the way out, this way out has been given to the boss."

Li Shan said depressedly.

"Our brother is also a martial artist, not much worse than the boss, it's just that he lacks the name of a government soldier, as long as he has a way, how can he not mix up a name?" Li Yi patted his chest and said.

"In these days, how can there be any good way out?"

Li Shan sighed, and then continued.

"If you want to get ahead, you must either study to take the imperial examination, and then become an official, or you can become a soldier and lead the army."

"But our two brothers are not the seeds of reading at all, and it is impossible to rely on reading."

"If you become a military household, there are already 100,000 military households in the world, and it will be difficult to become a military household if you squeeze your head."

When Li Yi heard this, he was also sad in his heart.

Today's Ming military households are not the time before.

In the past, as long as he went to join the army, he was basically a military household soldier with at least 100 acres of professional land.

However, in the past two years, the world's military households have already been almost full.

If ordinary people want to be a military household again, it will be a lot of effort, and it is not easier than going to the imperial examination.

Even the conditions for recruitment are very harsh.

"Whatever, it's a big deal, our brothers, drink and eat meat here every day, anyway, what eats and drinks is the boss's family wealth, he doesn't feel distressed, and we are not in a hurry!"

Li Shan said.

However, this kind of life is not a long-term solution.

I'm afraid it's going to be harder and harder.

The two brothers sat opposite each other in the house and drank.

I drank until the sun was past noon, and I was about to find lunch.

At this time, the ground was already empty of four large jars of wine jars.

"Second brother! But in the house? ”

Just when the two of them were confused, a soft female voice came.

The sound was coming from outside.

"Who?"

Li Shanmi got up with two eyes and walked out of the door.

I saw a woman of eighteen or nineteen years old standing outside the door.

Although this woman is not a natural beauty, the more she looks at it, the more she tastes it.

Especially the plump upper position, as well as the twisting waist, made Li Shan take a look, and his heart was Hu Tengteng's wild jump.

Good-looking romance

"Hehe, Yueniang, what are you looking for us?"

Li Shan asked with a smile.

A pair of eyes kept looking at the woman's body.

Seeing this, Yueniang showed a look of disgust on her face.

She took half a step back, avoiding Li Shan's naked gaze.

"The master has returned, and he wants you two to go and see him."

"The Boss is back?" When Li Shan heard this, he was immediately a little surprised.

In the past, the military household soldiers were trained for at least a day or two.

Why did you come back in less than a day?

Could it be?

Did you know that you peeked at Yueniang taking a bath the day before yesterday?

Anyway, no matter what it is, today is indispensable to be reprimanded by the boss.

Li Shan's heart couldn't help but panic, and the second brother Li Yi next to him was not much better.

The face of the second Li Yi is also extremely ugly.

At a glance, you can see that there is no shortage of things that must be lost.

The two came to the front yard and met the boss of the Li family.

Li Zhong, the eldest sitting in the right seat, took in the expressions of these two brothers.

Li Zhong couldn't help crying and laughing in his heart.

These two younger brothers are both rogue personalities.

Especially after inheriting his father's military status, both of them gradually became more resentful in their hearts.

"In the past two years, the two of you have done your best in this family, which can be described as merit and hard work."

When Li Yi and Li Shan heard this, they immediately felt uncomfortable.

Is this the boss sarcastic about himself, or is he sincere?

"Big brother, don't say that, contribute to your own family, isn't that what it should be?!" Li Shan pretended to be generous and said.

Seeing this, Li Zhong was not angry at all.

"Yes, yes, yes, it should be given to your own family."

"However, both of you are very skilled, but unfortunately there is no way to enter the army, and it is really aggrieved to be an auxiliary soldier here."

"Big brother, what do you mean by that?" Li Shan's face fell.

"Boss, don't you want the Dusi Mansion to remove us as auxiliaries?" Li Yi's face was not angry.

When Li Zhong heard this, he shook his hand.

"Where are you two going to go?"

"How could I remove you two from the Metropolitan Mansion? In that case, wouldn't you be forced away by taxes and forced labor every day? ”

Now, although the Ming Dynasty has risen, the life of the ordinary people has not been better.

Ordinary people pay taxes twice a year, and there are dozens of days of forced labor, or other miscellaneous labor.

This situation is still the result of Emperor Hongwu's 'recuperation' in recent years.

Compared with the days of the Ming military households, the common people are much harder.

"And what do you mean?" Li Yi asked with a frown.

"Haha, of course it's a good thing."

The boss Li Zhong then told him what happened today.

"You don't know yet."

"The British king's Northern Parallel Capital Division has issued a military order to set up twelve guards in Beiping, recruit soldiers from Henan, Huainan and Jiangbei, and the imperial court will give the official body and Lu, and all other armaments will be allocated by the imperial court."

"The future military merit lords will be the same as military households."

Hearing this, Li Yi and Li Shan were both surprised and delighted.

I was shocked, how could such a good thing still recruit soldiers, shouldn't it have been crowded a long time ago, and it was all crowded?

The joy is that because of this way, my martial arts can have a way out.

"Brother, then these twelve guards recruit soldiers and they all have to be stationed there?" Li Yi asked.

"Hehe, it's all in Beiping, if there is a war in the future, then move with the military order." Li Zhong said.

When Li Yi and Li Shan heard this, their faces were overjoyed.

The two looked at each other and then continued to ask.

"Great, Beiping is a good place, if it's a job field there, then it's a lot of money." Li Yi said with his hands in his hands.

"Yes, Beiping is the original capital of the Mongolian Tatars, a good place! The surrounding vocational fields are beautiful when you think about it. Li Shan also said.

"Ahem, you two may have thought a little wrong." Li Zhong cleared his throat with some embarrassment.

"Bad?"

"What's wrong?"

Li Yi and Li Shan were stunned.

"The twelve guards in Beiping recruited soldiers are all for Yu Lu and official positions, but as for Zhitian, there is none." Li Zhong said.

"No job?"

"How can there be no job field?"

Li Yi and Li Shan refused to believe it.

"Alas, you two don't want to think about it, the fertile land in this place has long been almost divided, and some of the remaining wasteland also needs time to be cultivated."

"Besides, what a good place around Beiping, how can there be idle fields to divide the fields."

"These twelve guards are all rich in Yulu, but in fact, they are no worse than Zhitian."

Li Zhong's words made the two of them finally feel better.

"Brother, how much is the 12 guards recruiting soldiers in Beiping?" Li Yi asked.

"Thirty dollars!" Li Zhong stretched out three fingers and said.

However, these words made his two younger brothers look confused.

"What? Thirty dollars? ”

"What round and square?"

Li Yi and Li Shan are full of doubts.

"Thirty silver dollars, that is, thirty silver coins."

Li Zhong said.

He took out a money bag from his bosom.

Crash!

With a soft sound, he poured out all the money bags.

I saw a bunch of white flowers and round silver dollars rolling out.

"See, this is the silver dollar."

Li Zhong held up a silver dollar and said.

"Daming discovered the silver mountain in Wadao, and in the future, the coins in the world will be slowly exchanged for this silver coin."

"Oh, it's called a silver dollar."

"One is one yuan, and the recruitment of soldiers in Peking is thirty silver dollars a month, which is enough to get tens of thousands of dollars."

"If you calculate it, it is much stronger than a hundred acres of thin fields."

"Moreover, you don't have to worry about the harvest of the fields, and there are thirty silver coins every month if the thunder strikes, isn't it beautiful."

"What's so good about the vocational field, not only to manage the seeds and harvest, but also to prevent insects from biting and gnawing, and to prevent thieves at home from stealing.

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”

When Li Zhong said this, he suddenly felt a little bald, and quickly closed his mouth.

"This is the silver dollar!"

"Sure enough, when you hold this silver coin in your hand, it is more comfortable than a copper coin!"

Li Yi and Li Shan grabbed a handful of silver dollars one after another.

In the gambling stall in the city, they once heard someone talk about the fact that Ying Tianfu had issued silver coins.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for him to catch it in his hand.

"Hahaha, you two like it, let's go back and clean up today, and you can go to Beiping with the people of the Dusi Mansion in two days." Li Zhong said with a smile.

"What? Going to Beiping? ”

"I haven't said yes yet!"

Although Li Yi and Li Shan love this white money, they haven't agreed yet.

After all, whether this matter is reliable or not, they still feel that they should take a second look.

"Hehe, I don't need you to agree to this." Li Zhong said with a 'honest' smile.

"Now that my father is gone, the so-called eldest brother is like a father, this kind of good thing, if you miss it, there will be no more."

"So, today's military mansion in Xincai City, I have promised for you."

Li Yi and Li Shan both grew their mouths in surprise.

For a moment, neither of them knew what to do with the problem.

"Well, these silver dollars in your hands are the settling-in allowance issued by the Dusi Mansion in advance."

"Everyone is twenty silver coins, and if they are exchanged for copper coins in Xuzhou City, it will be nearly ten thousand dollars."

Li Zhong said, and took out two more paper envelopes from his arms.

"Also, here's your military registration paperwork."

"You all take it, with this thing, when you arrive in Beiping, you can directly enter the twelve guards, and you don't need to assess your skills and family background."

Li Yi and Li Shan were stunned and took the two paper envelopes.

Then, they each carried the money into their arms.

was so dizzy and 'sold' by his eldest brother Li Zhong.

When they heard that they had already registered in the Dusi Mansion, they didn't dare to turn their faces rashly.

Who knows if it's going to get into big trouble?

Two days later.

When Li Yi and Li Shan took their own bags and went to Beiping with other Xuzhou heroes.

The Yinshan Mountains are bordered by the Yellow River in the south and the Saibei in the north.

The tall mountains divide the north and south sides into very different scenes.

To the north of Yin Mountain, there is an endless grassland and desert.

In the south of Yinshan, in addition to grassland, there is also land suitable for farming.

In later generations, the plugging of the Yangtze River is the two sides of the Yellow River south of Yinshan.

A dilapidated city stands by the Yellow River, which is the capital of the Western Xia Dynasty, Xingzhongfu.

"Xingzhong Mansion City is already so dilapidated, if it is built again, I am afraid that it will be impossible without half a year."

Xu Da looked at the ruined city wall in the distance and said with some disappointment.

Since the end of the Western Xia, the Mongols have invaded the south on a large scale.

Later, when the Western Xia was destroyed, Xingzhong Mansion was directly abandoned.

By the time Kublai Khan established the Great Yuan.

The Mongols set up the Ningxia Prefecture in this area, and only then did they slowly begin to repair the city walls.

"Don't worry, Dashuai, we have captured so many Tartar captives this time, let them build the city wall as coolies, and we can build a city in three months at the earliest." Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal on the side, said.

After Xu Da returned to the northwest, he led the Ming army to launch a continuous attack on the grassland, he led 30,000 Ming troops to attack from Xi'an City in two ways, and after sweeping the Wanggu Department near Yinshan, he had already captured tens of thousands of prisoners, as for cattle and sheep, it was as many as 100,000.

However, these captured Wang Gubu people will only graze and rob, if they are used to build the city, Xu Da is really not worried about the quality.

"These Wang Gu captives, I don't know if they can do it, if they delay the construction of Ningxia city defense, they are afraid of delaying major events."

In the spring of the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an order from Yingtian.

The Ming Dynasty was to build a fortified city in Ningxia to block the southward path of the steppe tartars.

Because of the entrenched in the steppe, Wang Baobao, the Taishi of Mengyuan, has already entangled a large number of Mongolian soldiers and horses, and is ready to break out at any time.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the war, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Han and Xu Da to lead the army to act together.

Among them, the main force of the northward attack was still the Beiping Dusi Army and the Liaodong Army led by Zhu Han, while the soldiers and horses led by Xu Da only needed to be stationed in the Ningxia Mansion area to hold on and cooperate immediately.

Xu Da received an order to rebuild a new city on the site of Ningxia City, as a base camp to deter the Mongols near Yinshan.

"If you dig up the earth to build a city, you can't do such a simple thing, and those Wang Gu people don't have any need to keep it." Chang Yuchun said.

Chang Yuchun has always been known for his ruthlessness towards prisoners of war.

If Xu Da hadn't been in charge this time, Chang Yuchun would have killed all these Wang Gubu people a long time ago.

"Marshal, Your Majesty's intention is to use this new Ningxia city to deter the surrounding Mongolian tribes, if in the process of building the city, you can make all the tribes fearful, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort." Chang Yuchun suddenly said again.

"Do more with less? What do you mean? Xu Da didn't understand his words.

"There are too many Wang Gubu captives we have captured this time, if we don't give them a little bit of power, we will let them go, who knows if it will be a tiger returning to the mountain."

Chang Yuchun exposed his ruthlessness with one mouth.

His plan was to take the opportunity of building Ningxia City to consume at least half of these captives and reduce the population of Wanggu as much as possible.

In this way, the city of Ningxia, built with the blood of the captives, was enough to make the surrounding Mongolian tribes frightened and obediently obeyed.

The abnormal Yuchun has long understood that the tougher the means to deal with these Wang Gubu people, the better.

Chang Yuchun's words spoke to Xu Da's heart.

Although the imperial court re-established Xiliang Mansion and Ningxia Mansion.

However, both of these places have been entrenched by the Mongols for a long time, and the proportion of Han Chinese people is very small.

Xu Da must establish his prestige in the shortest possible time, so that the surrounding departments dare not act rashly.

"Okay, then bring all the captives and let them dig up the mud and get the soil, at least before the rain, and build the foundation of the wall of Ningxia New Town."

Xu Da immediately nodded in agreement.

The tens of thousands of Wanggu captives he captured are now following behind the ass of the army.

The horses of these Wangubu people have been confiscated, and they are not afraid of them escaping at all.

The absence of horses on the prairie is like the absence of legs.

Even if they flee to other tribes on foot, the fate of these people is to become slaves of other tribes.

The prairie is not a place for kindness.

Therefore, when Xu Da and the others expressed to these Wangubu captives that they would spare their lives and not plan to assign them as slaves, but would directly stay here to build the city wall, almost all the Wangubu people were grateful.

This situation greatly surprised Xu Da and the others.

They had already ordered their subordinates to prepare their swords and guns, and once they encountered a thorn that dared to object, they would be killed on the spot.

"Marshal, do you have any other orders besides letting us build a city here?" One of the leading Wang Gu captives plucked up his courage and asked Xu Da.

Seeing this, Xu Da said slowly.

"Building a city is an order now, and the other orders will be said later."

When several leading captives heard this, they all looked surprised.

"General, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, General Ben's words are naturally true." Xu Da's heart was full of doubts.

The leading captives immediately fell to their knees in surprise.

shouted the words of gratitude to Dade again and again, and kept kowtowing to Xu Da to thank him.

Xu Da was confused, and turned his head to look at Chang Yuchun.

Chang Yuchun was also puzzled.

What the two of them had just envisioned, but if they wanted to use these captives as coolies to die, they might have to destroy half of them.

However, it is incomprehensible that these Wangu captives are grateful to Dade.

Chang Yuchun immediately sent someone to interrogate, and then he understood the reason.

"These people were afraid of other tribes, even more than Daming."

"What do you mean?"

"These captives said that if they fell into the hands of other tribes, they would be slaves through and through, not only would their lives not be guaranteed, but their wives and children would no longer belong to them, and they would be rewarded to others."

"Therefore, these Wanggu captives did not feel that there was any surprise in being punished as coolies for building the city, and they did not force their wives and children to separate, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy."

These captives can continue to stay with their wives and children, and with the ties of women and children, these captives will have a lot of trouble if they want to run.

With these captives building the city walls, the city of Ningxia soon took shape.

Xu Da and Chang Yuchun built a strong fortress with Ningxia Mansion as the center, and all the surrounding land for hundreds of miles was controlled by the Ming army.

In addition, Zhu Han won a big victory in Yingchang Mansion, and although the tribes of the entire Monan grassland were dissatisfied with the Ming army, they could only honestly express their submission.

A large area of land from Ningxia City to the north to the foot of Yinshan Mountain was reclaimed by Xu Da's order to be reclaimed into army farmland.

These Juntun farmlands are all sown with the latest high-yielding crop seeds provided by Zhu Han.

Xu Da had already estimated the fertility of these lands, and only after the autumn harvest, the harvest in Ningxia Prefecture alone could meet the food needs of 100,000 Ming soldiers.

The Ming soldiers of Ningxia Mansion no longer need to transport grain and grass from the Central Plains at the cost of manpower.