high official

Chapter 596
For the next two days, Wang Xian devoted all his energy to accompanying his wife and daughter. It really took out his whole body to take care of the princesses, one big and one small.You have to take into account the emotions of Ling Xiao, a younger sister.

Mo Wen and Cheng Zheng were in a difficult situation, one of them organized the army in the Borzigit department, and the other organized the army in the Wala department.Wang Xian's distribution in this way makes sense. Mo Wen is deep and thoughtful. He can suppress the self-reliant generals like Du Hai. Cheng Zheng's ability is relatively weak, but now the Wala tribe is like a bereaved dog, and the leader has been killed. , so nothing can go wrong.

Two days later, Shuai Hui arrived with a thousand Datong soldiers and horses. Coincidentally, the next day, the Tatar army, which had been watching from afar, also came and camped fifteen miles to the north.

Only then did Wang Xian raise his account to discuss matters.

"Brother-in-law, the Tatars are already here, when will the Celestial Army arrive?" Baduhai and the others looked anxious. The courage to fight them to the death.

"The leading troops have arrived, and the follow-up troops should be coming soon." Wang Xian said lightly.

"A few days ago, the march was hindered by the heavy rain. After the rain stopped, the path was muddy, so the army failed to arrive as scheduled." Shuai Hui knelt down on one knee and said, "Please punish me, my lord."

"Forget it, there are unpredictable things, and no one thought that the Tatars would come so soon." Wang Xian shook his head generously, turned to the Mongolian generals and said, "Everyone, within two or three days at most, The army will arrive soon, and within two or three days, we can only rely on everyone to hold on."

The Mongolian generals looked at each other. They didn't have the courage to fight the Tatars to the death, but if it only lasted for two or three days, it shouldn't be a big problem.Thinking of this, the generals finally burst out with courage and said one after another:

"No problem! We are not made of clay!"

"That's right, I don't know who wins and who loses in a real fight!"

"If they want to eat us, they have to lose all their teeth!"

"Haha, good," Wang Xian stood up and said with a big laugh, "This is the Mongolian warrior in my impression. Don't you often say that you have lost your courage and determination and are not worthy of a foothold on the grassland?"

The Mongolian generals were ashamed when they heard the words: "Forehead, we really shouldn't have done it before."

"Okay, don't mention the past, from now on cheer up and cheer up the boys, and don't let the Tatars look down on you tomorrow!" Wang Xian stepped down from his seat, patted their shoulders one by one, and encouraged them loudly : "Don't worry, I will remember your performance. At this time of crisis, those who can turn the tide are the great heroes of Borzigit and Wala. In the future, the Hetao Grassland will be yours." pasture!"

One of the land-breaking rewards implied by Wang Xian's words is actually ambiguous, at least the Han people like Shuai Hui would not take it seriously, but the Mongol men like Du Hai are very sincere, and they get excited when they hear the words.

"One more thing." Wang Xian smiled and said: "I planned to announce it after a while, but it doesn't hurt to tell you now."

"Forehead son-in-law, please tell me!" As soon as the generals heard it, they knew it was a good thing. In the big tent that was still messy, they immediately heard the sound of needles falling.

"Baoyin Beji and I have already agreed that we will mobilize 30 Han people to build two cities in Tumochuan and Kundulun. At that time, the grassland will still be free for you to gallop and graze, but you will no longer have to worry about no iron pots or tea bricks. , no cloth, no salt and sugar. More than that, you will live a noble life, no famine, no fear of frost, no fear of strong enemies, no worries about descendants. All these, those two cities will bring For you guys!"

"Oh..." All the Mongolian leaders were just a little excited just now, but when they heard this, their blood was racing and they couldn't control themselves.It is difficult for Shuaihui and other Han people to understand, isn't it just two cities, what are these Mongolians so excited about?

This is called a full man does not know a hungry man hungry.Shuai Hui and the others are Han Chinese, and they are accustomed to the prosperous city and a life of sufficient material, but they don't know that the Mongols were driven out of the Central Plains by the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty 60 years ago, and were repeatedly defeated by Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and other generals. After the hunt, even the last capital city was destroyed, the Mongols bid farewell to urban civilization and returned to the nomadic state of their ancestors.

There is a saying that 'it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality'. Mongolians who are accustomed to city life suddenly feel that life is so hard when they return to the state where they have to rely on their own production for everything they need.They don't know anything except grazing, they can't grow food or vegetables, they can only eat meat and drink milk.But without the city, it is impossible to buy tea bricks that can relieve greasy, which makes them miserable.It's okay to wear it, at most, it's covered in animal skins, but you don't even have needles and threads to sew clothes. The result of using horsehair and animal bones instead, it always looks like a savage's attire.

What's even more tragic is that there is no iron pot for boiling water and cooking, and there is only one pot for several people. If it is accidentally broken, there is no place to repair it. You can only use horsehide instead of iron pots to cook water and meat, and there is no salt. … Not to mention that children and livestock can’t find a doctor when they are sick; there is nowhere to sell the extra cattle and sheep, and in winter, in order to save feed, they have to kill them. It is really miserable...

In short, thousands of tragedies converge into one sentence, which is the extreme lack of supplies and the extreme hardship of life.Ordinarily, they were extremely vicious, so they had to go and rob them, but they caught up with the two generations of emperors Hongwu and Yongle, and they would burn incense if they didn't beat them. How dare they rob Daming?He could only honestly ask Daming to do business with them, but Daming closed the mutual market and prohibited border trade, and only allowed the Mongolian princes appointed by the imperial court to bring goods as tribute when they came to Beijing for court visits.But that was just a drop in the bucket, not even enough for their own tribes, let alone those tribes that couldn't earn tribute.

For the Mongols, if they could have a city of their own, where they could trade and live freely, in exchange for what they needed...the picture would be so unimaginable.

So as soon as Wang Xian proposed the twin-city plan, there was a quiet cup of tea in the tent.

"Why, what's your opinion?" Wang Xian couldn't let them stay any longer, so he coughed and broke the silence.

It didn't matter, it was like a spark thrown into the oil tank, which immediately detonated the emotions of the Mongolians. They wailed, sang and danced, and rushed to Wang Xian, lifted him high, and threw him away. To the sky... Fortunately, I caught it again.Shuaihui and the others were dumbfounded.

This is not over yet, the small tent can no longer hold their happiness, and the Duhais rushed out of the tent again, announcing the great news to their subordinates, the next moment, the whole camp was boiling, men and women killed Slaughtering oxen and buying wine is to hold a grand celebration banquet.

"I'll go, why are you so happy? The enemy is facing a bonfire party." Shuai Hui and Cheng Zheng opened their mouths wide.

"Zifeiyu, An Zhiyu's joy?" Mo Wen said with a faint smile: "It's good to have a carnival, at least the morale has finally reversed."

"That's right, I'm so worried." Wang Xian sighed and said, "As far as they were so desperate before, if they were really drawn to the battlefield, wouldn't they collapse at the first touch?"

"But please don't be overjoyed, what if the Tatars come to steal the camp tonight?" Cheng Zheng worried.

"Haha, no." Wang Xian shook his head and said with a smile: "What kind of Abu, if he was a reckless person, he wouldn't wait until now to attack the country with troops." Princess, here is our Daming army again. That Abu’s father, Alutai, who was just punished by the emperor a few years ago, is crying father and mother. Don’t look at it now, showing off its power like a grassland overlord. But their men know their own affairs, and they Even if they follow the lions to pick up cheap wild dogs, even though we only have 1000 people, they dare not touch us!"

"Yes." The generals believed this, and they were angry with the pride of a great country and proud people in their hearts. They knew that if something happened to them, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would send a large army to conquer the grassland and kill Arutai to the last.Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away, and this is what Wang Xian really relies on!He is not fighting alone, there is a powerful Daming behind him!
"However, for the sake of caution, the soldiers still have to work harder tonight and spread out to be on guard." Wang Xian was not dazzled, "We are the only ones awake at this moment, and we can only stand guard for them."

"Okay." The morale of the generals has also risen, and there is really a heroic feeling of rushing into the herd and taking what you want.

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After all the generals left, Wang Xian only stayed behind Mo Wen, his domineering arrogance was completely suppressed, and his face was replaced by worry.

"Is the military commander worried that it is easy to defeat the enemy but difficult to retreat?" Mo Wen asked softly.

"Worthy of being my bosom friend." Wang Xian smiled approvingly: "Yes, as long as we are here, even if Arutai comes personally, the tartars will not dare to act rashly, but they know that Shuaihui and the others are coming, but they will not back down Come on, let me think hard."

"Actually, it's easy to understand," Mo asked, "Prairie people are wolves, and Alutai and his son have proved this point more concretely. Then Abu followed Oala for thousands of miles, and expelled the Borzigit people as well." In Kundulun, it is like a wolf stalking its prey, driving it into a desperate situation, and only attacking when it collapses. This way of fighting to obtain the greatest victory with the least cost is exactly the style of the wolf."

"In the end, they were about to harvest delicious food, but we interfered and disrupted their wishful thinking." Wang Xian said with a smile: "They dare not annoy Daming, but they are greedy wolves, but they are not willing to waste their efforts. Returning empty-handed, that’s why you’re bluffing, instead of retreating, you’re advancing?”

"That's right," Mo Wen clasped his hands together and said, "They're just bluffing, to see if they can scare us into chaos, and it would be best if we can be defeated without a fight. fee."

"Well, not bad." Wang Xian nodded and said: "But to make them retreat, apart from wielding a big stick, they also need a few sweet dates."

"That's simple," Mo Wen said with a smile, "The military division just rewards them both."

"Hahaha." Wang Xian burst out laughing and said, "You bastard, you're so weak!!"

(End of this chapter)