Fan Yubin actually didn't run far, and the people who ran away later didn't escape far, there were a lot of messy horses' hoof prints and mule hoof prints on the snow, which looked disorganized, and they couldn't tell which ones belonged to Fan Yubin and them. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Cao Lei chased along the horseshoe prints for a while, and kept encountering sled soldiers who were chasing the people along the way. Seeing them, Cao Lei beckoned: "Let the cavalry do the chasing of the people, let's go after the surnamed Fan!" ”

chased for several miles and met Cai Zhichao, who was escorting the captives back. Three Ming soldiers sat on the sleigh and drove the horses slowly, and a long line of prisoners was tied to the snow, and there were more than 20 people, one foot deep and one foot shallow. There were mules and horses on the side, following the sleigh and walking back.

"Zhichao, did you catch the guy dressed as three bodyguards?" Cao Lei asked.

"I didn't see it, we caught more than 20 people, and more than 10 animals." Cai Zhichao replied.

"Give the men and cattle to the cavalry behind, and let's go after the old dog surnamed Fan! The general explained, don't let the dog thief surnamed Fan escape! Cao Lei said. After speaking, Cao Lei urged the soldiers who drove the car to continue the pursuit, leaving Cai Zhichao and them in place.

Cai Zhichao looked at more than 20 people and more than 10 animals, and was a little reluctant. But at this time, another group of cavalry came from behind, and Cai Zhichao handed over the prisoners and livestock to the cavalry, and ordered Zhang Paparazzi to turn the horse's head and chase Fan Yubin.

More and more sled soldiers joined the pursuit, following the horseshoe prints and mule prints along the way, catching up with many men and livestock.

Cao Lei's sleigh stopped a group of people who were fleeing on horses and mules, and the muzzle of the gun on the sled was aimed at the people: "Dismount!" Tie yourself up! Wait where you are! Waiting for our people to come! ”

The minfu honestly dismounted the horse and mule, and Cao Lei threw the rope over and let the minfu tie each other by himself. The men were soon tied up in a string and stood honestly in the snow waiting. Soon after, the cavalry behind caught up and brought back the captured men and livestock.

More and more men and cattle were recovered, and there were fewer and fewer horseshoe prints in front, but more and more sleds joined the pursuit procession, reaching as many as eighty-two.

"Stop!" Cao Lei made a gesture and motioned for everyone to stop advancing.

There were messy horseshoe prints in the snow in front of him, Cao Lei squatted on the ground to check the horseshoe prints, and finally found that a total of six war horses left traces, which went in six directions.

Cao Lei estimated the distance, from just now to now has run more than 20 miles, even if Fan Yubin is one person and two horses, if they run for a while, they will be sleepy and tired, after all, they are running in the snow, so deep snow, the physical energy of the war horse is very expensive. So Cao Lei ordered: "Divide the troops into six routes!" Chase all the way! The surname Fan is definitely not far ahead! ”

Fan Yubin and the others were indeed one man and two horses, but after escaping in the snow and running for more than 20 miles, the war horse stepped on the two-foot-deep snow, and the horsepower consumption was too great. I changed horses once, but I still ran sleepy.

The three of them ran out of the road again, Fan Yubin vaguely felt the danger, so he ordered the three of them and six horses to scatter, he and the two bodyguards each rode a horse, and each of the other three horses whipped a whip to make them run in three directions, and then Fan Yubin and his two bodyguards also fled separately.

Cao Lei chased for a while and caught up with an ownerless war horse. The horse, which had no one to drive, had run some distance in the snow in pain, then stopped, and stood helplessly in the snow, screaming.

Seeing someone coming, the war horse greeted him happily as if he had seen a long-lost reunion.

Cao Lei asked a sleigh to take the horse back, and he and the other brothers pursued in the other direction.

Cai Zhichao and the others caught up with a bodyguard, and originally planned to capture the guy, but the guy not only refused to surrender, but also shot an arrow and wounded a Ming soldier. In desperation, Cai Zhichao had no choice but to shoot that guy with one shot.

On the other side, the sled team led by Liu Yuchen also caught up with a bodyguard, who was also a diehard, just like the bodyguard Cai Zhichao they met. This kind of dead soldier raised by the Fan family since childhood, has strong martial arts and absolute loyalty to the head of the family. Seeing the Ming army catching up, he turned around and rode his horse and rushed over, already picking up a dart in his hand.

However, Liu Yuchen didn't give him a chance, and just before the bodyguard shot the dart, the Thunderbolt Bolt in Liu Yuchen's hand shot again and again, knocking the bodyguard off the horse.

And Zhao Shiliang was lucky to catch up with Fan Yubin! When the sled team he led chased after him from behind, Fan Yubin rode his horse and fled desperately. But he didn't run far, and he was caught up by Zhao Shiliang behind.

The four sleds divided into two ways and outflanked them from both wings, blocking Fan Yubin's way.

Seeing that he was cornered, Fan Yubin slipped off the horse, knelt in the snow with his knees weak, and kowtowed to the sled soldiers surrounding him: "Don't kill me!" I will surrender! ”

Looking at Fan Yubin, who was wearing coarse cloth clothes, the hat on his head had fallen off, revealing an ugly money rat tail, and there were still blood stains on his body, Zhao Shiliang asked: "You are Fan Yubin?" ”

"Yes, yes, the villain is Fan Yubin, don't kill me!" Fan Yubin knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Take it back!" Zhao Shiliang said.

Fan Yubin was escorted to Xiao Gongchen, and at this time he knew that it was not the Rakshasa people who came to attack the Horqin Grassland, but the Ming army of Zheng Raid!

"Spare your life! The villain's family has money! As long as the adult is willing to spare the villain's dog's life, the villain is willing to give as much as the adult wants! Fan Yubin knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

Xiao Gongchen roared angrily: "The surname is Fan!" Back then, it was your Fan family, for a little silver, that actually provided the Jurchen Dongyu with the iron tools and food they urgently needed! Every tael of silver earned by your Fan family is stained with the blood of our Han people! If it weren't for your Fan family, the old slave would have been wiped out at that time, and there is still a Tartar today? ”

Fan Yubin said with a sad face: "My lord, that was when my grandfather was here, and the villain was not born at that time!" Those things really aren't about the villain. ”

"Father's debt is repaid!" Xiao Gongchen threw down a sentence.

"The villain is willing to pay it back, the villain is willing to pay it back! How much silver do the adults want, as long as the adults say a word, the villain will immediately write a letter to the family in the capital to send it. Fan Yubin kowtowed again and again.

"Still?" Xiao Gongchen said angrily, "Can your Fan family still afford it?" Later, Jin Dongyu plundered Jinan, how many Han people were killed, and how much property was looted? Later, the Tartars entered the customs, Yangzhou for ten days, the three slaughters of Jiading, the slaughter of Guangzhou, the shaving of hair and the ease of clothing, and the text prison! The Tartars owe us a lot of blood debts, and a large part of these accounts will be counted on your Fan family! With so many lives and blood of the children of the Han family, can your Fan family afford it? ”

"Spare your life! As long as the adults are willing to let the villain live, the villain is willing to help the adults do things! Hearing what Xiao Gongchen said, Fan Yubin's face turned pale with fright, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell one by one.

"I don't need a dog thief like you to do things for me! That's an insult to me! But don't worry, you won't die so soon! I will take you back to Temple Street, and only after a righteous trial will you get the punishment you deserve!" Xiao Gongchen said coldly.

Fan Yubin had long been incontinent and collapsed on the ground.

"Drag it off!" Xiao Gongchen yelled.

Two pro-soldiers walked in and dragged Fan Yubin out like a dead dog.

"Now that we are making such a big noise, there must be a lot of Tartar reinforcements on the Horqin grassland, and we don't need to stay here for a short time, only fifty sleds are left here, and they stay here to harass the Tartars at night! Don't forget to retreat to Temple Street before the snow melts! Everyone else retreated! Xiao Gongchen ordered the withdrawal of troops.

After attacking the convoy of the eight families of the Jin merchants, they seized a large number, not including the war horses seized by the Mongols before, just attacking the eight families of the Jin merchants, the Ming army captured more than 600 war horses, more than 700 horses, more than 1,000 mules, 1,500 carts, 6,000 stones of grain, more than 3,000 pieces of cotton cloth, more than 100 quintals of silk, more than 5,000 catties of tea, more than 5,000 catties of salt, more than 8,000 catties of ironware, more than 20,000 catties of charcoal, in addition to some green onions, vegetables and other items.

More than 2,000 people were captured, and various gold and silver treasures worth more than 500,000 taels were seized.

Together with the more than 3,000 horses captured before and after the attack on the Mongol tribes, the attack was fruitful.

However, to bring back so many goods, it needs to travel more than 2,000 miles. It was really inconvenient to drive a cart for such a long distance in the ice and snow, and the walking speed was too slow, and it was easy to be intercepted by the Qing army halfway.

So Xiao Gongchen came up with a solution: simply modify the cart and change it into a sled.

It is very simple to change a cart into a sled, as long as the wheels are removed, and then a few pieces of the car are removed from the cart, and two pieces of running gear that can slide in the snow are nailed into two pieces of running gear that can slide in the snow, and fixed to the cart, so that the cart is changed into a simple sled.

As for the animals pulling the sled, there is no need to worry at all, and after so many horses and mules have been captured, they can put the horses on and pull the improvised sled. The grain and grass are also more than enough, the grain and grass brought out from the temple street before have not all been eaten, and a lot of food and forage were seized by plundering the Horqin Department, and this time the caravan of the Jin merchants was robbed, and a large amount of grain and forage were seized.

All the goods were loaded onto the captured carts, and the original baggage sleds were turned into battle sleds, and more than 2,000 captured men were escorted by more than 2,000 Ming troops on the way back.

The route home had been designed a long time ago, in the ice and snow, it was impossible for the Qing army to come out and move in such a cold day, and the thick snow on the ground restricted the activities of the Qing cavalry. At that time, it was sparsely populated outside the Guan, and thousands of miles of ice fields were often deserted for hundreds of miles.

The captives are still very honest, they were originally coachmen, and now let them follow the Ming army in their own sleds, and Xiao Gongchen is not afraid that they will escape halfway. In the ice and snow, if a person breaks away from the big team, it will be a problem whether he can even live, as long as he still wants to live, he will not do such a stupid thing.

The victorious Ming army embarked on the return journey, and when they reached a sparsely populated place, the team set up camp and began to light a fire to cook.

Most of the grain transported by the Jin merchants to the Horqin grassland was wheat flour, and the Ming soldiers made some of the flour into steamed cakes, and the other part of the flour into fried noodles, which were taken to the people as dry food on the road.

On the way, the Ming army also improved the lives of the people, because the captured beef and mutton were too much to eat, so the Ming army divided some of the beef and mutton for the people to eat.

It's just that ice, snow and severe cold are the biggest enemies of the people, and on the way back, many people froze to death on the way, or fell ill. For these people, who only have torn cotton jackets on their bodies, once they fall ill, they basically can't survive.

"Among the seized supplies were cotton cloth and cotton, and that part came out and used as quilts for those sick. The sick man lies in the car and covers the quilt! Xiao Gongchen said.

Hong Hao is a fifteen-year-old man, because his family is poor, he came out to work for people. It happened that the Jin merchants were preparing to deliver goods to the Horqin grassland, so he went to work as a people's husband. Who knew that before the caravan reached its destination, it was plundered by the "Rakshasas", and Hong Hao and the people became prisoners.

Later, Hong Hao learned that it was not the Rakshasas who robbed them, but the Ming army.

After all, they are all Han Chinese, and the Ming army did not embarrass these people, and it is not bad for them. It's just that the road is too far away, and Hong Hao, who only has a torn cotton jacket on his body, can't stop the cold at all, so he falls ill.

Hong Hao developed a high fever and lay on a large car. The cold wind was swishing, and the torn cotton jacket full of holes couldn't resist the cold that was cold to the bone marrow.

"Mother, I'm going to die!" Hong Hao, who was lying on a simple sled, was talking nonsense.

Just when Hong Hao thought he was going to die, someone made him lie down on a cart full of hay and gave him a thick quilt.

Wrapped in a thick quilt and hidden in a haystack, it suddenly felt less cold.

In the evening, the convoy stopped to camp, and Hong Hao smelled the aroma of noodles and the smell of boiled meat. In a daze, he fell asleep again. When he woke up, he was served a steaming bowl of beef knife-cut noodles. Inside the big bowl is a steaming beef broth with a few slices of fragrant beef floating on it. The aroma of the beef and the aroma of the white flour are mixed together to whet your appetite.

After drinking the steaming noodle soup, Hong Hao felt much more comfortable.

For the next few days, several of their patients had a special supply of hot water. The Ming army poured boiled hot water into a jar, put it in a straw pile and a quilt to keep it warm, and provided it to the sick to drink.

Due to the careful care he received, a few days later, Hong Hao's illness actually cured on his own. After all, he is a young man, he has good physical fitness, and he can get better quickly if he has a little illness.

"Master Jun, will we be stopped by the Tartars?" Hong Hao asked a Ming soldier very worriedly. Because they are all captured people, if they are captured by the Qing army, I am afraid that the Qing army will wave a butcher's knife at them instead.

The Ming sergeant said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have special people harassing the Tartars, and they are dragged by our people, and they can't take care of us at all!" (To be continued.) )