"Da Da Da..."

Just when all the Ming troops cheered loudly, and the Warat captives hung their heads.

A fast horse galloped from a distance, and the soldiers on the horse shouted as they ran.

"Urgent... Urgent..."

The cheering soldiers stopped, looked at the soldier who reported the news, and their hearts suddenly became vigilant.

At this time, there was an urgent report.

There is no other possibility than an enemy attack.

The soldier rode his horse all the way and came to Zhu Di and others, turned over and dismounted and reported loudly.

"Your Majesty, fifty miles to the east, the Arutai Legion was found, numbering about 20,000 people, and now it is approaching our army."

In an instant, the whole scene became tense again.

The old man glanced at Mahamu's corpse, glanced at Dongfang and sneered.

"Hehe, I just killed a wolf, and here comes another jackal."

"Leave one to guard the prisoners, clean the battlefield, save the wounded, and the other legions line up to meet the enemy."

"Command!"

Although everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, the enemy could not fail to fight.

Soon the order was conveyed.

The slightly lightly wounded soldiers were formed into a makeshift regiment to treat the seriously wounded while guarding the prisoners.

The other legions were quickly regrouped, and their formations were ready to meet the incoming Arutai.

"Your Highness!"

Just when Zhu Zhangui gathered his legions, Yu Qian, who was covered in blood, staggered over.

Zhu Zhangui looked Yu Qian up and down, and when he saw that the other party was not missing any parts, he nodded with a smile.

"Good boy, I thought you were gone!"

Yu Qian smiled, rubbed the pain in the back of his head, and said: "When I was charging with you, I was hit by an enemy soldier, and I didn't know what I hit, so I passed out, and when I woke up, I heard that I had won, so I hurriedly came to find you." ”

Reaching out and patting Yu Qian's shoulder, Zhu Zhangui glanced at the entire team.

"Don't participate in the battle with Arutai, I'll send you a team of people, you go to the back and take a look, there are a lot of good things in the Wara herdsman's camp, if other legions rush over, the things won't be ours, by the way, let's see if it's handled over there."

Yu Qian nodded slightly and gave a look that I understood.

Turning over a war horse led by a soldier, he led a group of soldiers to the Warat herdsman's camp quickly.

Not long after Yu Qian left, Zhu Zhangui also sorted out the legions.

After quickly meeting up with the main army with the soldiers, Zhu Zhangui rushed to the old man's side.

The old man, who was waiting for the arrival of Arutai with his eyes closed, glanced at Zhu Zhangui who came over, and said with concern: "Are you injured?" ”

Zhu Zhangui shook his shoulder, which was wounded by the arrow.

"I was bitten, I didn't hurt my bones, and I just had to recuperate for a few days."

Hearing that it was just a few minor injuries, the old man was relieved.

If Zhu Zhangui was seriously injured, he really didn't know how to face that big family when he went back.

"You brought people here, how did you arrange it over there in the Warat herdsman's camp."

After caring for his grandson, the old man asked about the Warat herdsman's camp.

How many people Zhu Zhangui took away, the old man naturally knows.

He had just taken a quick look.

The cavalry corps gathered by Zhu Zhangui still had at least three or four thousand people.

Counting the battle damage just now, the old man came to the answer in his heart that Zhu Zhangui was dispatched by the whole army.

"I gathered a Han slave army over there, and they were all Han sons and daughters who were captured by Wara."

"Considering that my side has few men and may not be able to break through the military camp in Warat, I organized them and formed a temporary legion to let them watch those Warat herdsmen."

When the old man heard this, he nodded as if he had realized something.

"Then we can't keep the captives here."

Handed over the herdsmen of the Warat people to the persecuted Han slaves, and the old man could think of the fate of those people with his toes.

He estimated that the herdsmen would have been killed a long time ago.

The herdsmen were killed.

Then these surrendered Warat soldiers could no longer remain.

If you put them back and learn that their family members have been killed, there will definitely be chaos in the future.

"When the battle is over Arutai, transfer that legion and let them watch over the prisoners of the Warat army!"

When he said this, the old man didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and he accentuated the tone of the word detention.

Zhu Zhangui naturally understood what the old man meant, and hurriedly responded.

After talking about the captivity, the old man seemed to have the idea of testing Zhu Zhangui, and asked with a smile.

"Do you think Arutai will fight with us when he comes over this time?"

Zhu Zhangui shook his head directly without thinking about it.

"How is that possible!"

The old man smiled and continued.

"Tell me what you think!"

Zhu Zhangui understands that this is the old man who is testing his strategic vision.

After thinking about it for a while, he said to the old man.

"If Mahamu is not defeated and even has an advantage, it is difficult for Arutai and Uliangha to say."

The old man nodded slightly, motioning for Zhu Zhangui to continue.

"Now that Mahamu has been defeated, the forces on the steppe will be redivided."

"The Aru Taibu, which is bent on regaining the position of the supremacy of the grassland, will definitely not let go of this opportunity."

"I guess they came over with two ideas!"

Zhu Zhangui held out a finger.

"If we and Mahamu are still in a state of anxiety, we are even on the disadvantaged side. Arutai will definitely join forces with Mahamu and pounce on us fiercely to bite us. ”

"If we are still fighting against each other, Arutai will let us both bid, and whoever offers the highest price will help him."

After saying two thoughts, Zhu Zhangui said with a smile.

"But now I guess they should have a second thought."

"Hahaha..."

The old man laughed with satisfaction.

"Yes, this old bastard Arutai is very cunning, and this battle can't be fought!"

Just as Zhu Zhangui and the old man thought.

Arutai was invited by Mahamu to come over this time.

His thoughts are the same as what Zhu Zhangui said.

Whoever has the greatest advantage will help whichever side.

If it's more or less balanced, it depends on the price offered by both parties.

However, when they were about to arrive, they received the news of the complete defeat of Warat and the suicide of Mahamu.

Hearing this, Arutai fell silent.

"Taishi... What do we do, do we move on, or do we retreat. ”

Seeing that Arutai fell into silence after receiving the news, he waited for a long time without seeing him speak, and asked in a low voice.

"The soldiers and horses are stationed in place, and the heads of all the departments will follow me to see Zhu Di."

Arutai thought about it for a long time, and finally decided that in order to dominate the entire grassland, he would first give in to the Ming army.

He sent people to attack Zhu Di's logistics line in front, if he didn't go, with Zhu Di's temper, he would definitely not spare him.

So he decided to relent.

It's not the first time anyway.

A great general of the Han people has also been humiliated by his crotch.

For the sake of the entire grassland and the grand plan in my heart, how about giving Zhu Di that old man a soft one.

As long as you can dominate the entire grassland, don't say that you are soft on Zhu Di, you can call your father.

Soon, the Ming army received the news that Arutai wanted to see him.

The old man sneered and did not refuse, and asked Arutai to tell him that he would meet him in the military formation.

Wait for the herald to leave.

The old man touched his chin and thought about it, and explained to Zhu Zhangui.

"This guest is here, we can't do without something to entertain, you go and cut off Mahamu's head, take it and use Mahamu's head to entertain the guests later."

Zhu Zhangui clenched his fists in response, but just turned around and said, "Grandpa... Do you want to decorate the outside, after all, the guests are coming, and the façade is not decorated, which does not show much respect for them. ”

"Yes, don't you say that I almost forgot, the two sides of the passage where they came in were filled with the heads of the Warats, so that it looked a little grander."

Soon Arutai came over.

But as soon as they arrived, their faces changed.

Although the blood on the armor of the Ming soldiers had dried up, the strong and pungent smell of blood made them dizzy.

"The emperor is already waiting for you inside, come with me!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was sent out to greet him, glanced at Arutai and the others with solemn faces, and stretched out his hand with a chuckle.

"Thank you, little general."

Arutai smiled unnaturally and thanked him.

Then he noticed that the knife on Zhu Zhangui's waist was hung with a bright yellow royal symbol, and he hurriedly asked again.

"I haven't consulted the little general's name yet!"

Zhu Zhangui walked forward with the other party side by side, and said with a smile: "My surname is Zhu Zhangui." ”

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Taisun, Arutai was a little rude just now, I hope His Highness won't blame."

Arutai, who knew something about the Ming Dynasty, immediately thought of Zhu Zhangui's identity when he heard his name.

He'd just heard about it.

It is the grandson of the Ming Emperor in front of him, who led 8,000 soldiers to learn from the Han Dynasty when Huo Qu was sick and traveled thousands of miles to attack the Mahamu herdsmen's camp.

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

Looking at Zhu Zhangui's tall figure and the blood covered in blood that had not yet had time to be cleaned, Arutai was a little worried in his heart.

The grassland where Zhu Di fought could no longer raise his head.

If there is another heir who is similar to him, will the grassland still have a bright future?

I was worried about the future of the grassland.

A group of people walked to the passage reserved in the military formation.

Come to the entrance of the passage.

Arutai and the others paused slightly.

I saw that on both sides of the passage left by the soldiers, two large piles of human heads were piled there.

On the pile of heads, there are also the flags of the Maham and the Warats.

The heads of these people had angry eyes, and their faces were full of fear of death and longing for life.

"Shhh

Some people behind Arutai couldn't help but gasp when they looked at these two piles of no less than three or four thousand heads.

In the past, when they fought with the Ming army, although there were many defeats and few victories, the number of casualties was not large.

The worst casualties were only three or four thousand.

And the number of heads in front of them is almost worth a big battle between them and the Ming army.

And more importantly, that's just part of the story.

On both sides of the passage where the Ming army flowed, every few steps, a soldier stood there with a spear in his hand and a warat head.

The long passage in front of me is at least a thousand steps.

Counting on both sides, there are thousands of heads, to say the least.

In this case, we will not mention those who were captured.

In this battle between the Ming army and the Warat people, the Warat side lost at least tens of thousands of people.

Thinking of this, Arutai felt a little heartbroken.

It's all his subordinates in the future.

"Master Arutai, please!"

Zhu Zhangui didn't seem to notice the expressions of Arutai and the others, and invited everyone into the passage with a smile.

Arutai smiled reluctantly, and hurriedly said politely.

"Taisun please!"

That's it.

Arutai and his party, under the contemptuous eyes of the Warat people and the Ming soldiers, walked into the passage.

Along the way, all the people in Arutai were terrified, for fear that these Ming troops would rush up and hack them to death.

Fortunately, nothing happened what they were worried about, and the group walked safely in front of Zhu Di.

"Aru Taibu see His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

When they came to the Chinese army, Arutai and others hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted.

If you don't kneel, you can't do it.

The generals around them, covered in blood, pressed the hilt of their swords with their forehands and looked at them with slightly squinted eyes.

If they do anything rude, these Ming generals are likely to rush up and chop them into meat sauce.

"Who is the one who kneels?"

The old man, who was sitting on the chair and looking at Mahamu's head in the tray, as if he was looking at some rare treasure, asked without raising his head.

Arutai raised his head slightly, glanced at the head of the Mahamu man placed on the imperial eucalyptus, cold sweat flowed from his forehead, and replied loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the subordinate is Arutai!" ”

The old man seemed to hear clearly, but he still didn't look at Arutai, picked up the tea cup next to him, and looked at Mahamu's head while sipping the tea.

"See what's the matter with me!"

Cold sweat fell from Arutai's forehead.

The momentum on the old man's body now is too compelling, even Arutai, who has been crisscrossing the grassland for a lifetime, is a little unbearable at this time.

After taking a few deep breaths, Arutai reported loudly.

"It's just because the subordinates didn't restrain their subordinates well, and let some people collude with Ma Hamu and accidentally injured the soldiers who transported grain and grass to His Majesty the Great Emperor, and they came here today to ask for their guilt!"

"Whether it's accompanying cattle, sheep and horses, or accompanying gold, silver and fur, I just ask His Majesty the Emperor to forgive Aru Taibu for his recklessness."

After Arutai's words were finished, the old man glanced up at him.

"Oh, it turned out that your men attacked my logistics line, I thought it was your brother who messed with me."

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Arutai hurriedly explained.

The old man reached out and stopped him.

"I have killed and wounded so many soldiers, and the supplies behind me can't be transported, which almost affected this battle, and you can't restrain your subordinates, so you plan to end it."

The old man leaned on the brocade couch behind him, looked at Arutai and spread his hands, and said helplessly.

"You're making it hard for me to do this!"

"Let me explain to the families of those dead soldiers, how to explain to the people of Daming!"

Arutai was speechless.

Looking at Arutai, who didn't know how to justify, the old man said with a serious expression:

"I'm glad that you can come and explain, but I'm not satisfied with your attitude."

He waved his hand slightly.

"Let's go back, come back when you figure it out!"

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor!"

Seeing that Zhu Di didn't plan to talk about it, Arutai stood up excitedly.

"Zeng, Zeng, Zeng..."

But he just moved.

Zhu Zhangui, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui and other generals drew their swords one after another.

Zhu Di didn't pay attention to him, and waved his hand at Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward and said to Arutai with a cold face.

"Everyone, please!"

Arutai looked at Zhu Di, who had already turned around, and then looked at the head of Mahamu on the table, sighed and turned around and walked out.

Zhu Zhangui stared at a group of people and sent them out of the military formation.

Out of the Ming army's military formation, Arutai looked at the heads of people on both sides, and suddenly turned around and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Zhangui.

"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Grand Sun to give us a chance, we are sincerely repentant, as long as His Majesty the Great Emperor can forgive us, we are willing to pay more cattle, sheep, horses, beauties, gold and silver."

Zhu Zhangui shook his head speechlessly.

This guy is so sincere in his words, but he doesn't say anything in his actions.

You let me say good things, and you don't bribe me, how can you let me help you do things?

"Master Arutai, Your Majesty is very angry at your behavior of attacking the logistics line, and even decided to wipe you out after defeating Mahamu some time ago."

"His Royal Highness!"

Arutai anxiously wanted to speak.

Zhu Zhangui reached out and patted him on the shoulder to soothe.

"You came here today to explain, which eased Your Majesty's mood a little and gave you a chance."

Arutai thought about it, Zhu Di didn't seem to say anything just now.

Seeing that this guy hasn't figured it out yet.

Zhu Zhangui was even more speechless.

How did this guy's IQ become a master?

Seeing that he didn't understand, Zhu Zhangui reminded him vaguely.

"I heard that your ministry has plundered a lot of Han family sons, and Your Majesty is very concerned about this matter."

"Let them go as soon as they go back."

Arutai immediately came back to his senses and hurriedly assured loudly.

Zhu Zhangui nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed out.

"After all, someone has to come out and carry it, just apologizing is not sincere enough, leaving no blood to kill people, and Your Majesty's side is not like the people and the families of the fallen soldiers to explain."

Arutai now understood.

Zhu Zhangui meant to hand over a part of his subordinates for the Ming army to kill, and they went back to explain to the families of the fallen soldiers and the people.

"This..."

At this time, Arutai hesitated.

If he really handed over the people to confess, then how could he still lead the herdsmen in the future, and who would dare to believe him.

Zhu Zhangui didn't say much, and arched his hand with a smile.

"I've already said what I should say, as for what to do, it's up to Master Arutai to think about it himself."

"Actually, we don't want the two sides to have a conflict, but the people's grievances are difficult to settle!"

After speaking, he nodded at Arutai, turned around and returned to the Ming army formation.

Looking at the departing back, Arutai was silent for a long time, and finally threw up his sleeves and turned to leave.

After all, the battle between the two sides did not break out.

When it was dark, Arutai chose to withdraw his troops.

It was not until the other party retreated to a hundred miles away that the Ming army lifted its vigilance.

That night, the old man did not order a celebration, but told the soldiers to rest early and celebrate the victory three days later.

The soldiers were so tired that even now that the delicacies of the mountains and the sea were in front of them, they didn't bother to move their fingers.

After arranging the patrol and guarding the prisoners, the old man saw the many generals with tired eyes, and did not say anything more, and asked everyone to hurry back to rest.

Zhu Zhangui, who was extremely mentally exhausted, returned to the camp without even washing, and fell asleep directly on the bed.

This sleep was a day and a night, until he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, Zhu Zhangui got up.

took out some snacks, put some on the bar casually, Zhu Zhangui washed up briefly, and then went to the old man's tent.

When he arrived, the old man was sitting by the fire roasting lambs.

"Wake up, hurry up, it's time to be hungry, it's just cooked, hurry up and eat!"

Seeing Zhu Zhangui come in, the old man happily asked Zhu Zhangui to come over and try his craftsmanship.

Zhu Zhangui was not polite, cut off a large piece with a knife, and gnawed it down.

Looking at Zhu Zhangui who took a big bite of mutton, the old man talked about his next plan.

"This battle is over, Arutai will definitely compromise, and after turning back to seal Zen in Wolf Juxu Mountain, we will withdraw our troops."

Zhu Zhangui stopped eating mutton, looked at the old man and said suspiciously: "Didn't we say that we would go to Beihai to seal Zen?" ”

The old man smiled and shook his head.

"Although I really want to go, but now it's almost August, and it will snow in a while, and I can't let the whole army suffer here with me just because of this little vanity."

Picking up a book of music next to him, the old man patted it.

"Your father's side has begun to urge, this year's national food is in short supply, and the food of the household department is no longer available, so we have so many heads, and if we stay for one more day, we will waste countless food."

"It's good to go back early, Ling'er's girl is about to give birth, let's go back early and you can accompany her, and I can see my great-grandson early."

"As for Beihai Fengzen, I'm not too old yet, and I will have the opportunity to go in the future."

Since the old man said so, Zhu Zhangui didn't say anything more.

Now that the imperial court is in difficulty, it cannot waste its national strength because of its own selfishness.

gave up attacking Arutai, and Zhu Zhangui was also a little unwilling.

But fighting a war is not a child's play, and it is not something that Zhu Zhangui can fight if he wants to.

Hundreds of thousands of troops moved at will, and the amount of food consumed every day was astronomical.

In addition, this year's Daming, many places have been affected, and the food itself is a little tight, with 500,000 troops plus logistics manpower.

More than 1 million people eat horses and chew them, and Daming is really a little unbearable now.

In addition, the old man wants Arutai and Uliangha and others to eat dogs, so it is not impossible to give up attacking Arutai for the time being.

And Zhu Zhangui is also very worried about Zhao Ling'er.

In ancient times, a woman gave birth to a ghost gate, and Zhao Ling'er was not very old and was the first child, so she said that she was not worried that it would be fake.

As for how to arrange the grassland next, Zhu Zhangui didn't think much about it.

He is not an emperor yet, and these things are worried about Zhu Di and the Manchu Dynasty.

Some of the ideas he put forward now, even if they are correct, the imperial court may not necessarily have the ability and financial resources to do it.

Iron also needs to be hard.

If you want to completely solve the problem of the grassland in the future, Daming's current national strength is still a little worse.

If Mahamu is defeated, the grassland will also fall into infighting, and it will not be able to recover in 10 years.

In the past ten years, Daming has worked hard to improve with his help, and when he ascends the throne, he will have the time and financial resources to completely solve the grassland problem.

ps: Zhu Di's Second Northern Expedition is over, and the next stop is reported.

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Although today is two changes, it is also a 10,000-word update.