The Yellow River, like a lion with its back rising and its head high, crosses the lofty mountains of Qinghai and Gansu provinces from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, crosses the Hetao Plain of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, and rushes in the high mountains and deep valleys between Shanxi and Shanxi.

In the early morning, a burst of melodious horns came out, and it was heard from far and near on the Hetao Plain.

The gate of the Mongol army was opened, and 16,000 elite cavalry troops rushed out. The infantry began to dismantle the camp, took the wounded horses with them, and withdrew northward.

After another full hour, the Ming army camp was surprisingly quiet, and not a single soldier left the camp.

Tuhuan nodded to the generals beside him, "I guessed that it must be so, let's withdraw!" Hearing this, Ha Leng and Huo Tie Zhen looked regretful, and they took a deep look at the camp of the Wuguo army, and turned their horses away.

"General Zhang, General Zhou, the Mongol army has been walking north for more than two hours, and no ambush has been found." The detective army entered the handsome account to report.

"Probe!" Zhang Tiebao ordered to go down, and the spies hurriedly left the tent.

"Laughing is not arrogant or impatient, extremely rare!" Song Qingfeng twisted his beard and smiled. "I have sent the light martial arts masters of the Wudang faction to quietly follow the Mongolian cavalry! In some cases, fireworks and rockets will be fired to warn you. ”

And so it went on for another two days and one night. At the second watch, Tuhuan and more than a dozen generals sat on horses and waited quietly on a hillside.

"Whoosh", Tuoba Lie led seven or eight masters, appeared on the side of the hillside.

"Is there any movement in the Ming army?" Tuohuan asked.

"Great Khan, the Ming army still hasn't risen. In addition, we found traces of the Wudang faction's light martial arts masters nearby, but in order to avoid startling the snake, we did not dare to do it. ”

"Awesome!" Zhehuali couldn't help but sigh, and all the generals showed expressions of admiration.

"As it should be, we are not unjustly lost!" Tuhuan nodded, "Disperse the dark whistle and withdraw to the grassland!" ”

The horses neighed, and the Mongol cavalry rushed north like a torrent of steel.

In the early morning of the third day, the spies continued to report that the Mongol army had not moved.

After an hour, Zhou Yunbi led the two Wudang masters back to the account and informed them of the news that the Mongolian cavalry had retreated last night, and everyone was overjoyed when they heard it.

Qiao Wanyun exhaled a long breath, "This Dehuan is really powerful, if it weren't for my brother's command, we would have to be bitten by him." ”

Li Tianba's face was pale, and he was secretly shocked in his heart.

Dugu Xiaotian got up and hugged his fists, "Everyone, we can also go home." Ask the head of Song to place five light masters ten miles to the north, and if there is an enemy situation, use two fireworks and rockets to warn. ”

"Now bury the pot and make food, and nourish the spirit. After noon, the artillery army went first, the infantry army was in the center, and the cavalry army and the masters of the martial arts sect broke behind. ”

Two days later, more than 80,000 soldiers of the Ming army returned to Datong City, and the people of the city greeted each other and cheered.

Dugu Xiaotian rode on a horse, looking at the jubilant crowd, his heart was warm. He smiled and said to himself, "It's time for me to go home too." ”

Song Shuling looked beaming on the sidelines, and quietly muttered, "I'm going to your house!" ”

In this battle, the 100,000 elites of the Mongolian Wara lost nearly 70,000 people, the Ming army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and the martial arts heroes suffered more than 700 casualties. For more than ten years, the Ming Dynasty has never won such a big victory against Mongolia.

Zhou Yunhu wrote to the imperial court, and the specific military situation and the merits of the people were made clear to the current Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed and pardoned Dugu Xiaotian's ten-year sentence, and rewarded a large number of gold and silver treasures to Datong soldiers and martial arts heroes.

"Shuling, this is 350,000 taels of silver tickets, you can distribute it to the families of the martial arts heroes who died." Dugu Xiaotian took out a few silver tickets and handed them to Song Shuling. "Back then, when I assassinated King Shen, I inadvertently obtained a large number of silver tickets. I was going to give it all to the beggars, but Brother Qiao left a few for me. I've only used five thousand taels for more than a year, and that's the rest. ”

Song Shuling took the silver ticket and smiled. "I, the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, am short of money. Of the martial arts heroes who were killed and injured this time, more than 100 were small sects and loose cultivators. They need extra money to pay for the pension, and I'm worried about it, but your money is timely. ”

Dugu Xiaotian smiled slightly, "I will return to the north with the beggars tomorrow, and you can go to Xinghai Village in Liaodong to find me if you have something." ”

"Wait!" Song Shuling's eyes fluttered, and she took out a 50,000 taels from the silver ticket and handed it to Xiaotian. "Each household has a pension of 2,000 taels, 300,000 taels is enough, and you can keep this silver ticket for your own use."

"It's useless for me to keep so much silver." Dugu Xiaotian shook his head and didn't answer.

"Silly melon, you have donated half of the treasure, leave some silver for our future life." Song Shulingqiao's face flushed, and she said in a low voice.

Dugu Xiaotian scratched his head, understood what she meant, took the silver ticket and put it in his arms.

"I'll finish dealing with some martial arts alliance leaders, and I'll go to Xinghai Village to find you." Song Shuling lowered her head and ran out of the living room, and soon disappeared.

"Brother Xiaotian!" Dugu Xiaotian was about to return to the small courtyard to practice martial arts, and Li Xiaoyue, who was dressed in red and was charming and moving, ran to the living room.

"Xiaoyue, what's the matter with looking for me in a hurry?" Dugu Xiaotian asked softly. "Brother Xiaotian, I want to set off with you tomorrow and return to Xinghai Village, I haven't seen the villagers in the village for many years."

"Is there anything going on with your master and brother?" Dugu Xiaotian asked.

"There's nothing I can do with Master." Li Xiaoyue replied in a coquettish voice.

Dugu smiled for a long time, and said helplessly: "Okay, you go back and pack your bags, we will leave tomorrow morning, and you will come to the beggar's courtyard to find me." ”

"Okay!" Li Xiaoyue happily prepared to go.

"Brother Dugu!" Zhu Cuixian, dressed in white and masked with light veil, appeared in the living room.

Dugu Xiaotian saw Zhu Cuixian and smiled bitterly, "What does the county lord command?" ”

"Can we go back to the Northeast together tomorrow? I want to ask Brother Dugu about martial arts on the way. Zhu Cuixian smiled slightly.

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate." Dugu Xiaotian hesitated. "County Lord, when we were fighting for the treasure of Houyuan, the beggar gang was damaged, if we go all the way, I am worried that Brother Qiao will have a bad heart."

"At that time, we were not familiar with it, and each was his own master. I have already made amends to Qiao Daxia and presented 500,000 taels of silver tickets to compensate the brothers who died in the beggar gang. Qiao Daxia has forgiven him. Zhu Cuixian looked at Dugu Xiaotian and said with a smile.

"Okay, we'll leave tomorrow morning." Dugu Xiaotian said helplessly.

"How did Brother Dugu come up with those clever plans to deal with the Mongol army? Have you delved into the art of war before? Zhu Cuixian gently took off the veil, looked at Dugu Xiaotian, and asked slowly.

When Dugu Xiaotian saw her take the veil, he was wary. He immediately lowered his eyes, looked at his nose and mouth, and looked at his heart, stabilizing his mind.

Dugu Xiaotian smiled indifferently, "My parents died when I was a child, where have I read any military books, and those strategies are all out of the imagination and improvised ideas." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Cuixian was shocked when she heard this, she grabbed Dugu Xiaotian's hand, "You haven't read a military book before, and you haven't been on the battlefield to lead soldiers?" ”

Dugu Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, and then quickly pulled out his hand. Zhu Cuixian found that she was in a momentary tense, her face was red, and she bowed her head and was silent.

After a while, Dugu Xiaotian gathered his mind and said softly: "It's true, I haven't read the military book before, and I haven't commanded the army to fight." He scratched his head, "It seems that there is nothing difficult about fighting, I understand it when I think about it." ”

"Flutter" Zhu Cuixian smiled and glanced at Dugu Xiaotian. Dugu Xiaotian's heart was pounding when he was watched, and he hurriedly collected his heart.

Zhu Cuixian bowed down and said solemnly: "Today I know what the pride of the sky is, thinking that Genghis Khan, who doesn't understand words, is the same!" The frog at the bottom of the cuixian well, who has been offended a lot before, and hopes that Dugu brother Haihan! ”

Dugu Xiaotian hurriedly helped Zhu Cuixian up, and as soon as the two touched their skins, Zhu Cuixian blushed and hurriedly took half a step back.

"The county lord has won the award, how can he be compared with a generation of Tianjiao." Dugu smiled and waved his hand again and again.

"Those who get the 'laughing man' win the world, the military books and treasures are all vain, and God bestows it!" Zhu Cuixian laughed loudly and departed.