However, the trophy that Zhu Linmiao cares about the most is the military horse. In this battle, more than 5,500 war horses were captured, and all of them were tall and sturdy horses, which is a good thing that is difficult to buy with silver at present.

After this battle, Zhu Linmiao found that the Dragon Guard still had a lot to improve, such as the speed of this march. And in this era, if you want to increase the speed of the march, you must have a large number of war horses.

War horses, especially healthy horses in the north, are strategic materials.

"By the way, can you find out who burned down the camp?" Zhu Linmiao suddenly remembered this very strange thing. When the war was in full swing, the Qing army camp caught fire. Although it had little impact on the situation of the battle, it also somewhat weakened the morale of the enemy army.

"Lord Hui, it has been found out that it is a leader of the rebel army named Gan Hui." Yu Xin immediately said, "He was originally captured by Jiannu, but today he took advantage of the fact that the captives left the camp to fight and the guards were reduced, let go of the captured people, and led the crowd to raise fire." ”

"Gan Hui?" How is the name so familiar? Zhu Linmiao squinted and thought, isn't this one of the five tiger generals under Zheng Chenggong in history?

Before Zheng Chenggong gathered troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, this Gan Hui seemed to be the commander of the righteous army, and later joined Zheng Chenggong, and has always been the commander of the Central Governor, and once accompanied Zheng Chenggong on the Northern Expedition and made great achievements.

Later generations also fabricated that he had a lot to do with the Heaven and Earth Society, and even said that he was the head of the five ancestors of the Heaven and Earth Society.

It's just that I don't know if this Ganhui is another Ganhui. Zhu Linmiao thought in his heart, but he couldn't miss it when he passed by, he should be left in the Dragon Guard Army first, if he was really a fierce general, he would definitely show his head and feet soon.

"Where is he?"

Yu Xin immediately said: "Go back to your lordship, just outside the camp." ”

"Invite him in."

"Yes!"

Moments later, a muscular man with a square face and small eyes was brought into the tent along with three of his men.

Yu Xin saluted: "My lord, Gan Hui brought it." ”

The strong man had been told that what he saw was King Chen, so he immediately knelt down and bowed respectfully: "The grass people Gan Hui pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Chen." ”

Zhu Linmiao stepped forward to hold him up, but heard Gan Hui say again: "The grass people were about to see His Highness to thank him, so he was summoned. ”

"Oh, what do you want to thank me?"

Gan Hui solemnly arched his hand and said: "The grass people took their three brothers and dozens of people to be surrounded by thieves under the wall, and they almost died here. Fortunately, His Royal Highness's heavenly army arrived, and the grass people and others picked up a life. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded slightly, "The capture is a matter within our army's responsibility, and the righteous don't have to worry about it." ”

As he was talking, he saw Huang Qishou, the commander of the second battalion, enter the account and salute, and said, "My lord, my subordinates have caught a captured profiteer among the fleeing enemies. The subordinates wanted to see him disposed of with the other captives, but they didn't want him to say anything......"

Huang Qishou suddenly stopped when he said this, glanced at the other people in the tent, and when he saw Gan Hui, he was immediately surprised: "Eh, why is Gan Zhuangshi in the adult's tent?" ”

Zhu Linmiao looked at him and said, "Oh? Do you know? ”

"Lord Hui, my subordinates had a relationship with Gan Zhuangshi yesterday." Huang Qishou said, "Gan Zhuangshi is a real hero!" With only a single knife to fight with seven or eight Jiannu, he can also protect dozens of people behind him, and he seems to be at ease. ”

Zhu Linmiao was overjoyed when he heard this, if it is as Huang Qishou said, then this person's skills are indeed quite good, it seems that he should be Gan Hui, the middle commander under Zheng Chenggong in the future, and now he has picked up the treasure again.

Thinking of this, he turned to Gan Hui and said, "I wonder if Gan Yishi is interested in joining my Dragon Guard?" Without waiting for Gan Hui to answer, he continued, "I want to send the righteous man to the Royal Officer Academy for further study." Now that Fujing has been decided, the Dragon Guard Army will definitely expand the Northern Expedition in the near future, and when you return from your studies, you can be awarded the rank of Long Guard. ”

Huang Qishou whispered to Gan Hui from the Royal Officer Academy next to him.

When Gan Hui relieved the siege of Huang Qishou yesterday, he was deeply shocked by the Long Wei Army - the army was mighty, the battle array was neat, and the combat power was extremely strong.

To join such a strong army, you can show your ambitions and serve the country. And as a rebel, being able to become a court officer is also unwanted, Gan Hui knelt down at the moment, and bowed to him: "Thank you Your Highness for cultivation, the grass people should die for the country!" ”

Zhu Linmiao helped Gan Hui up and encouraged him again, and told Shi Lin to take him to rest first, and send him out of Shanguan to Longnan on a certain day.

After Gan Hui left the big tent, Zhu Linmiao asked Huang Qishou again: "Just now you said that you caught a profiteer who surrendered to the captivity?" ”

"Yes." Huang Qishou hurriedly said, "My subordinates didn't care about it, but unexpectedly, this captive merchant actually said that he was the son of the Liang family in Shanxi, and he wished to ...... May you redeem your freedom with ten thousand taels of silver. ”

"Shanxi Liang family?" Zhu Linmiao frowned and said, "What is the origin?" ”

Zhang Jiayu said on the side: "My lord, long before the captives entered the customs, there were traitors who went back and forth inside and outside the customs. In order to make a little profit for Jiannu, they ignored the ban of the imperial court and smuggled a large amount of military supplies to the Manchurians. This is the fundamental reason why Jianyu can still store a large number of armor and swords under the strict prohibition of the imperial court.

"As the power of the captives grew, these traitors not only delivered food, grass and weapons to the captives, but even sold all kinds of intelligence in the customs to the enemy army, and even helped Jiannu to buy the Ming officers, steal the city gates, etc., and did almost everything!

"And among these traitors, the ones who have done the most harm are Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, Zhai, and Huang. This Shanxi Liang family is one of the Liang guests. ”

"Eight traitors? Merchant? A word immediately flashed in Zhu Linmi's mind, and he blurted out, "Eight locust merchants? ”

"Imperial Merchant?" Zhang Jiayu wondered.

"It's the 'locust' of the locusts." Zhu Linmiao didn't have a good breath, "These guys are like locusts eating the Ming Dynasty, ruining the country and fattening themselves." ”

"Adults describe it aptly!" Zhang Jiayu and Huang Qishou said in unison.

In fact, the origin of the name "Locust Merchant" is that a few years later, Shunzhi named these eight traitors "Imperial Merchant" in recognition of their great contribution to helping the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the customs, and even Fan Yongdou, who was the leader, was also appointed to preside over the trade affairs inside and outside the customs. In order to humiliate these eight traitors, the people of later generations deliberately called them "locust merchants".

However, at the moment, Shunzhi is still young, all this has not happened yet, and Zhu Linmiao can't tell the generals.

"What else is there to hesitate about this kind of goods?" Zhu Linmiao said to Huang Qishou, "Don't say 10,000 taels of silver, even if it is 100,000 million, you don't want to buy back his dog's life!" Chopped! ”

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute," Zhu Linmiao said again, "It's too cheap to cut him, and the five horses are still Ling Chi ...... to divide the corpse."

"My lord! Good news! Zhao Shichao shouted excitedly when he was still far away.

After entering the big tent, he first signaled several hussars behind him to press Yi Jianyu to the ground, and then turned to Zhu Linmiao and saluted: "Your Excellency, you have captured the captive chief Azig!" ”