When Shen Yiyuan heard this, he still seemed to be a little unwilling, and he didn't answer, but just looked up into the distance, as if he wanted to see a flower.

When God saw this, he sighed in his heart. Even if he is himself, how can he be willing to be under Li Zicheng all the time. Judging from the current situation, the imperial court has vigorously built the Hetao area, which is obvious to all. Whether it is a Han Chinese or a Mongol, as long as they are under the rule of the naturalized governor, they can at least ensure that they have no worries about food and lodging. Without worries, who doesn't want to take another step forward and get ahead!

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Shen Yiyuan shouting, "There is someone in front! ”

Shen Yikui hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, at the end of the small lake, there were some black dots moving. It's just too far away to see clearly.

"Let's go, let's catch up!" Shen Yiyuan did not hesitate, and immediately drove the horse to start accelerating, and at the same time shouted loudly, "Go with me!" ”

The five hundred cavalry army followed and accelerated, and Shen Yikui, who was following him, was still a little hesitant, thinking that if it was a Mongol, this side would obviously be someone else's territory!

Unlike his hesitation, Shen Yiyuan seemed to be beaten with chicken blood, and he couldn't wait to rush to those black spots. Shen Yikui wanted to remind his brother several times, but looking at his brother's excited demeanor, he probably wouldn't listen to what he said, so he had to stop talking.

Getting closer, getting closer. Faintly, I can already see a little bit of the situation ahead. At this moment, Shen Yikui was taken aback.

I saw that the front of those people in the distance, judging from the clothes and flags, should be the people of Daming. And behind them, there were dozens of times as many people as them, and there were probably five hundred riders. It was not an escort, but a chase and kill more than a dozen people from the Ming Dynasty who were desperately escaping in front.

"It's a messenger sent by Lord Zhongcheng!" When Shen Yiyuan saw it clearly, he really ignored those Mongols and shouted, "Brothers, those rabbit cubs are chasing and killing messengers, kill me!" ”

As he spoke, he sped up again, and there was a faint sign of riding in the dust.

When Shen Yikui saw this, he hurriedly turned his head to look at his subordinates behind him, and shouted: "Our opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service has arrived, and those who want to glorify their ancestors will be killed by me!" ”

"Kill!" The five hundred horsemen were all excited, naturally none of them wanted to open up the wasteland, nor did they want to build houses, and now they really encountered the opportunity to kill the enemy, how could they miss it!

Those in the distance had apparently spotted the cavalry as well, and the Ming people who were currently on the run immediately redirected themselves and fled towards them. The Mongols who were chasing slowed down noticeably, but it seemed that the leader was shouting something, and then began to pick up speed again. But just such a delay, and the object of their pursuit is a little farther away.

Both sides were cavalry, and they were still accelerating, and it didn't take much time for the two teams to meet. As the saying goes, when two armies meet, the brave wins! Most of the cavalry troops of Shen Yiyuan are the former border army cavalry, and they are just like Shen Yiyuan, eager to make military achievements, so they all bravely step forward. The Mongols, on the other hand, were obviously hesitant, and this gap in morale was immediately reflected in the war.

A hedge, both sides dropped a lot of people down. Shen Yiyuan's cavalry did not hesitate to turn a corner and began the next round of impact. But the Mongols hesitated, some stopped their horses, some turned to hedge, and some turned and fled into the distance.

After the second round of hedging, it was obvious that the Mongols had fallen a lot, and by the third round, the Mongols no longer had the courage to rush again, but ran away.

"Yikui, you clean up the battlefield!" Shen Yiyuan shouted loudly, and waved his hand again and shouted: "Brothers, chase me!" ”

"Big brother, be careful!" After shouting in response, Shen Yikui immediately commanded his men to clean up the battlefield, capture the enemy, treat his comrades, and collect the heads and dead and wounded horses. And he himself greeted those wise people who had come back again.

The person at the head, sure enough, was a civil official, brought by Yang Sichang, the governor of Baotou, who was so tired and panting, but his face was grateful, grateful, and he hugged his fists on horseback and said: "Thank you brothers for saving you in time, this official will definitely ask for credit for you in front of Lord Zhongcheng!" ”

Shen Yiyuan was very happy to hear this, and he hurriedly asked, "My lord, what's going on?" ”

When the civil official surnamed Wang heard this, he gave a general explanation of the situation.

It turned out that he was sent to the western steppes to visit the Mongol tribes. Declare the ownership of the Hetao area, and announce that the border city can be opened on the Baotou side, so as to befriend the Mongolian tribes in the west and stabilize the situation in the west, so as to give the Hetao side time for construction.

In the beginning, everything went well, and all the Mongolian tribes were interested in the border market. However, they are not stupid, they know what the Ming Dynasty needs at this time, so the larger tribes, such as the Jungar Department and the Heshuo Special Department, have to negotiate conditions, trying to expand the scope of border market transactions, reduce the price of Ming goods, and get enough benefits from it.

The smaller tribes, such as the Dulbert and Turghut, were happy at first. But later, the attitude suddenly cooled down. Later, it happened to be found that it was Bu Shitu's people who visited these Mongolian tribes and proposed to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Ming Dynasty to jointly seize the Tumo River, that is, the Hetao Plain, and then divide the Saiwai Jiangnan together.

The Mongols who pursued and killed them were Bu Shitu's men and horses. Trying to kill them destroyed the hope of friendship between the Mongol tribes and the Ming Dynasty.

By the time the explanation was almost complete, Shen Yiyuan had already returned excitedly and had obtained more than ten more heads. In this battle, one hundred and twenty-five men were killed and sixty-eight were taken prisoner; On his side, sixty-three people were killed and eighty-five wounded.

As soon as they returned to Baotou, the situation was reported to Lord Zhongcheng. Yang Sichang immediately sent someone to send the news to Naturalization City with an expedited message.

At this time, on the side of Guihua City, the auxiliary minister Xue Guoguan also escorted a batch of grain over. The military situation was reported to Emperor Chongzhen of Jingshi through Li Guo and Lu Ruipeng. He immediately convened the cabinet and the six ministries of Shangshu, and held a special meeting on the naturalization side.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how should I deal with this matter?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a serious face.

Wen Tiren listened, and first came out and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Korean side is preparing for war, the minister thinks that the western Mongolian side might as well agree to their conditions first, so as to isolate the Bushitu tribe and win time for the construction of the Hetao area." When Liaodong's side comes to an end, our Ming Dynasty will gain a firm foothold in the Hetao, and then settle accounts with these Mongolian tribes! ”

His focus at this time was the domestic economy, so he did not want a war on both sides. This point of view of his was supported by the head of the household.

However, Hong Chengchou expressed his opposition through the chat group.