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For the sudden increase in horse thieves, the nobles up and down the body are extremely angry, the grassland is vast, the big tribe and the big forces dominate, and it is impossible to send the county governor to each county like the Ming Dynasty, there are officials and officials to manage and control, although the Ministry of Answers is to dominate the grassland, but it is not possible to maintain the stability of the grassland, mainly relying on the long-established deterrence, and the strong power of the tribe itself. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But suddenly, the caravan was robbed, and the significance of the robbery of the Ming caravan was even greater than that of the Ministry of Response's own caravan being looted, because many of the materials necessary for the Ministry of Response needed input from the Ming side.

Judging by the experienced cavalry of the Ata Division, who were skilled at tracking, there should have been three or five horse thieves moving around the trade routes and the foothills at the beginning.

But after the second half of November, there were almost twenty or thirty horse thieves in this area, and the caravan from Daming had already decreased greatly.

Some caravans hoarded goods for the time being, anyway, now that the trade route is almost cut off, everyone knows that the price is skyrocketing, and after the horse thieves are cleared, they will not lose money, and they will make more money.

If you really want to go out, you will also be accompanied by as many caravans as possible, often a team of more than 100 carts, and the escort alone will cost 300 upwards.

The horse thieves have gathered too much, Shanxi Taiyuan Mansion, Datong Mansion, Pingyang Mansion and Fenzhou four places of the six big merchants because they had a contract with the Naturalization City, did not dare to delay the delivery date, together together more than 400 carts, each family and the warriors who can be hired have been obtained, nearly 800 guards, in Datong right guard out of the customs.

But such a huge team had been running for a day, and when it was still an hour before dark, the horse thieves surrounded it, and the distance was extremely awkward.

Although the cavalry of the Alda Department is rampant, they have to guard some proportions, and they often do not move within a day from the distance from the border wall of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming cavalry has been timid for so many years and does not dare to come out.

Invisibly, this is also a two-way realm, and the horse thieves just took advantage of this loophole, and the guards of 800 people, among which there are quite some outlaws and skilled archers.

The horse thieves are coming, and these people can resist it, but it is such a big piece of fat that the horse thieves who have not opened for a long time are going crazy, and this time there are more than a dozen of them, and they are all hugging up.

At the beginning, the caravan was at a disadvantage, and it could only be a passive defense, so it was good to die, and after half an hour, the caravan guards were in chaos, and several groups of people suddenly began to slash and kill their companions.

It was already in a stalemate, and there was such a mess inside, and the barely maintained defense line immediately collapsed, and was directly broken through by the horse thieves, and the entire caravan immediately collapsed.

There are not many people in Shanxi who dare to follow the customs to transport goods at such a time, and naturally they will not pick and choose when recruiting, and there are even horse thieves mixed up.

The horse thieves who attacked this time were not like the beginning, they did not kill or hurt the caravan of the Ming Dynasty, and they had already played out in the attack and defense, and after rushing in, they naturally killed and vented their anger.

When the Tartar cavalry arrived, they could only see corpses everywhere and chariots that had been set on fire, and the shopkeepers of these big merchants had a place to speak in front of the monk Guleng, and the Tartar cavalry generals did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent people to pursue.

Unlike the horse thieves who were able to hide their traces and flee after looting, these are not so smart today, and many large goods that should not be carried are also loaded in horse-drawn carriages, which means that they cannot go fast at all, and the Tartar cavalry can easily catch up.

Even after seeing the Tartar cavalry coming, they were reluctant to drop their goods, and the smallest size of the Tartar cavalry was five hundred horsemen, so how could these horse thieves be opponents.

The caravan was robbed, and most of the Tartar cavalry teams that attacked the next day pursued their targets, killed and captured many horse thieves, and recovered a lot of goods.

However, the goods would not be returned to the merchants, which was considered the spoils of war of the cavalry of the Alta tribe, and after he had embezzled some of the ink, he would go back and hand over the Great Khan.

The horse thieves had a hard time surviving the torture, and they also asked a lot of things, from different sources, some of whom were from Shaanxi and Xuanfu, some of whom were from the Ming Dynasty who came from Shaanxi and Xuanfu, to Mongolian horse thieves who operated from the east and north, and even cavalry sent by small tribes from the vicinity to fish in troubled waters.

After this very effective cleansing, the grassland was suddenly much cleaner.

At this time, it was already Layue, and the monk of the Ministry of Response, Guleng Khan, naturally knew that the 20,000 soldiers and horses and a forbidden army transferred from Jizhen to Datong Town had already arrived in Datong Town, and they were all stationed near the right guard of Datong.

Previously, the cavalry on the grassland came out in all directions, and it was normal for Daming to react like this, but now it is clean, and Daming no longer knows how to gather heavy troops, which is a provocation to the Ministry of Response, and the monk Guleng Khan is ready to send a messenger to Daming after the purge is completely over. …………

"Lord Wang, this general is Yang Jin, the deputy general of Jizhen to guard the West Road."

"Xiaguan Yang Jin has seen Lord Wang!"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, burly and thick, the whole person looked like a square, beard, dark face, eyes always squinted, and there was a calm air between gestures.

In the land of the nine sides, there is often a general soldier, one or two deputy generals, Jizhen is a little different, he does not have four deputy generals in the east, west, north and south, this Yang Jin is one of them.

"Vice General Yang has worked hard, can you still be satisfied with the camp stationing and the supply of grain and grass? If you need anything, just tell the official, don't be polite. ”

The other party bowed down, but Wang Tong didn't put on any shelf, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and Qi Wu, who had transferred troops in the past, followed behind Wang Tong and opened his mouth to introduce it.

"The camp has been arranged, the supply of grain and grass is also sufficient, and the soldiers of Jizhen have thanked Lord Wang for his concern."

Yang Jin glanced at Qi Wu behind Wang Tong, paused and said with a smile:

"Don't hide it from your lordship, when the lower officials came here, they were still very worried about the camp, grain and grass, and thought that the lower officials would have to lead the people to be busy themselves, but I didn't expect such a regulation, it's really amazing."

"Let you help, naturally there is no reason for you to worry about these things, this time you brought a total of six battalions and a battalion of horse teams? 、

"Yes, there are 3,000 people in each battalion and 2,000 horses in the cavalry battalion.

Wang Tong nodded with a smile and said:

"There are some things that Lord Qi must have informed in advance, and he should have said it on Qi Wu Road, so the official won't say much, and ask your department to be stationed in the camp and wait for the official's order."

Yang Jin glanced at Wang Tong, and bowed with his fists again, which was regarded as receiving orders, and Wang Tong also owed slightly, which was regarded as a return gift.

After saying a few words, Wang Tong instructed Qi Wu to lead Yang Jin down, there were only three of them in the military tent, and the noisy and chaotic sound came outside, and the soldiers and horses of Jizhen had just arrived and were camping and preparing.

After coming to Datong Right Guard, Ma Dong, who was temporarily acting as the general army of Datong, prepared a good mansion for Wang Tong, but Wang Tong did not live there, but set up a camp tent at the pre-set camp, and everything was in accordance with wartime regulations.

As soon as he did this, the generals and Ma Dong who guarded the right guard of Datong would not be able to enjoy the happiness in the house in the city, and they could only set up camp outside.

Of course, scolding in each heart is indispensable, thinking that you young people may feel that fighting is fresh, but I don't know that Lao Tzu has worked hard for so many years, and he is unwilling to suffer this crime again, but Wang Tong beheaded the big shopkeeper of the Huang family business house in front of Wang Shizi, and directly removed the prefect's official position in the Yamen of the Datong Prefect, this news has already spread here, and who dares to touch his tiger power can only slander.

Here Qi Wu led people out, and then there were people who wanted to see Wang Tong, but these people were not as well-behaved as Yang Jin, and they heard the sound of talking and laughing outside the military tent.

The curtain was opened, and a group of people rushed in, Wang Tong did not have an annoyed look on his face, he also smiled, and said:

"It's only been a long time, and the tiger's head is tall again!"

"Big Brother ......" "I've seen Brother Wang......"

"I've seen the old man......" "I've seen the ...... of the adult"

The gossip sound sounded, the regimental commander-in-chief of the first and second regiments of the Huwei Army, as well as the generals at all levels, all walked into the military tent, smiled and saluted, naturally Li Hutou, Li Tao, Sun Xin, Tan Bing and others, everyone is an acquaintance, so the reunion is different from the official article of Fang Cai.

"Everyone, the master is a messenger, and there are all the military sanitation, although we are a family, we must also make an individual unity, so as not to be laughed at by others!"

But it was General Tan, who led them in, who spoke solemnly, everyone looked at each other, and hurriedly arranged according to their official status, bowed down in unison, and said in unison:

"The two regiments of the Huwei Army have a total of 7,800 people from each team of auxiliary soldiers and baggage, and they have come here to obey the dispatch of Lord Qincha, and the lower officials have seen Lord Qincha!!"

Li Hutou, who was at the front, got up, couldn't help but smile with his eyebrows, a group of people couldn't help laughing, looking at Tan Jiang and going to say more, Wang Tong shook his head and said:

"It's just that everyone has seen each other, and it's not yet time for the military to discuss and fight, so it doesn't matter whatever, why don't you see the prison army?"

"Cai Jianjun is outside to inspect the camp and discuss military supplies with the people of the trading house."

While he was talking, the curtain of the tent was lifted, but it was Cai who dragged in, Wang Tong walked forward with a smile, hugged his fists and said:

"The prison army has worked hard, but it looks darker and stronger than before."

They spoke casually, and Cai Nan also smiled and bowed, and replied:

"Adults are also hard, our family is black and strong, so we don't have to stay in that carriage all the time in the future."

"Father-in-law Cai has to check all over the barracks every day, and at night he has to reconcile accounts with the quartermaster and the people in the craftsman's workshop, and he sleeps late."

Li Hutou on the side interjected, and seeing Wang Tong's gaze, Cai Nan hurriedly smiled and said:

"The adults handed over this stall to our family, why can't they be carefully organized, otherwise they won't live up to the trust of the adults."

With these people, there is no need to calculate, no need to deduce, Wang Tong didn't say anything, just stepped forward and patted Cai Nan on the shoulder, smiled and patted it.