Gradually, the leaders found out after a while that they had clearly said that they would elect seven members, but now there were only five, so the tribal leaders who were not selected thought that there was still great hope, and some people even pretended to have the courage to ask Li Xin if he wanted to elect the members of the sixth and seventh alliance committees.

Through the translation of the Guò Book Office, Li Xin informed the leaders of the ministry.

"The tribal alliance includes all the tribes of the Mongolian steppe, and as long as they abandon the darkness and turn to the light, break away from the Manchus, and are willing to reform themselves, they can be given a chance to join the alliance. Therefore, the remaining two places are reserved for those tribes who are willing to return to the prodigal son, but there are more than dozens or hundreds of tribes in the Mongolian steppe, and as the first fathers, the number of members is naturally two-out of seven......"

The rest of the tribal leaders were disappointed, and whispered that this Ming Dynasty general soldier didn't seem to be talking casually, and he really set his sights on the entire Mongolian steppe. However, there are more than thousands of heroes on the grassland, can such a brilliant plan be achieved with just one Ming Dynasty general soldier?

Of course, they will not question it face to face, but then after seeing the grand military parade of more than 10,000 elite soldiers of the Three Guards, this concern will be quietly diluted, and even many people fall into excitement again, even the Qing army may not have such military might, and it is probably not difficult to sweep the grassland.

Driven by this idea, some of the more prescient tribal leaders asked the Ming generals to help them build an iron army like the Three Guards. Li Xin naturally responded, but he actually had other ideas.

The Mongol army was a herdsman who had grown up on horseback, and was accustomed to being free and loose, and was not suitable for the discipline of the agricultural civilization, and if it was really strict with strict military discipline, it would not only cover up the natural advantages of the Mongols, but also stifle the unusual creativity of the Mongol cavalry on the battlefield.

The reason why the Mongol army has been defeated in the face of the Manchu Tartars is not because of bravery. Therefore, to improve their bravery and expect them to be able to compete with the Manchus is tantamount to carving a boat for a sword, and going in the opposite direction.

The strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was due to the strength of the Eight Banners system, not the inevitable result of personal strategy and military bravery. Therefore, if the Mongolian tribes of the tribal alliance can be independent outside the wings of the Three Guards, it is necessary to start with the system and organizational form of the Mongolian ministries.

First of all, Li Xin drew up a very detailed plan, deciding to follow the existing Manchu system, unite tribes into organizations, graze cattle in leisure time, and in wartime draw strong men from each organization in proportion to form a tribal alliance. At the same time, it is necessary to establish a complete set of systems for rewarding meritorious service and knighthood. Tie all the tribes, big and small, to the chariot driven by the interests of the tribal alliance, which makes everyone want to stop.

Of course, Rome was not built in a day, and you can't get fat in one bite, and you can't rush these Mongol tribes that have been initially blended together, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Therefore, this kind of reform should be adapted to local conditions and take one opportunity after another as a breakthrough point to make progressive progress.

However, for Li Xin's grand plan, several of his henchmen have huge worries.

Among them, Lu Jiu is the most, he has been following Li Xin for a long time, and he has fewer worries than Zhang Shi, Cheng Mingjiu and others when he speaks. "Brother Thirteen is not afraid of raising an unfamiliar wolf and tiger if he does this? Don't look at these Mongols who are as docile as sheep, isn't it because the strength of our Three Guards is strong enough? If they are also strong, it is difficult to say whether they will be completely revealed. ”

In the Three Guards system, except for Tian Fuzhen, who can talk to Li Xin on an equal footing, everyone else is more often obedient to his words and fights wherever he directs. At this moment, they can all come together to advise Li Xin, and it can be seen that their worries have reached the extreme.

Li Xingang was about to explain this one by one, but a personal soldier came to report.

"Someone outside the camp asked to see the general, claiming to be from Xuanfu."

As he spoke, he handed over a pitch-black token with no visible material, Li Xin was immediately overjoyed, and he didn't care about rapping with a few people, and asked his own soldiers to invite the person in.

After a while, the soldiers led a swarthy man into the yurt.

"Huang Sheng has seen the general!"

After bowing and saluting, he straightened up and leaned in the center, waiting for Li Xin's question. Li Xin looked him up and down a few times, Huang Sheng was obviously darker and thinner than when he left Taiyuan. Suddenly, I remembered Huang Yulai, who didn't know where she was, and couldn't help but be moved: "Brother Huang has worked hard all the way!" Come, please take a seat. Then he commanded that warm mare's milk wine be served, and a pot of boiled cooked mutton.

"Wind and dust, eat and drink first!"

Huang Sheng has been walking in the home of the rich gentry and powerful since he was a child, acting straightforwardly and without pretentiousness, and immediately shouted that he was thirsty and hungry. He took a big bowl and poured a large sip of mare's milk wine, picked up a piece of cooked mutton that was still steaming, tore it with his teeth, chewed it, and shouted loudly.

After Huang Sheng ate this mare's milk wine and took a sip of cooked mutton, he chewed the meat in his mouth and said: "Huang Sheng is here, there is good news and bad news, I don't know if the general wants to hear the good news or the bad news first?" ”

Seeing Huang Sheng selling Guanzi, before Li Xin could speak, Lu Jiu urged: "Don't sell Guanzi, it will make you die in a hurry!" ”

Huang Sheng smiled, he didn't have the same knowledge as him, swallowed the mutton in his mouth, tore off another piece and chewed it, and said vaguely: "Then let's talk about the bad news first, seven or eight out of ten military households in the Xuanfu guard have run out of food, and famine is inevitable." Sanwei's foundation is thick, Dingkou is few, and it can still maintain its own situation, but it is only afraid of Taiyuan Mansion and Pingyang Mansion in the south of Shanxi, and it is difficult to avoid it. ”

Li Xin had been worried about this matter for a long time, and had been waiting for Tian Fuzhen's official document about the famine, but he didn't see any movement for a long time, so he thought that he was fine, but from what Huang Sheng said, he suddenly realized that Tian Fuzhen's emergency document had not arrived, which did not mean that the famine had not happened.

As the situation in Taiyuan Province gradually stabilized, the residents from all over the country who fled and left returned to their hometowns, and even some foreigners who had taken refuge have poured into Taiyuan Province, due to the lack of necessary manpower, Li Xin did not impose more restrictions on the crazy influx of population, but the scale of refugees was far beyond his imagination, and Tian Fuzhen also thought of many ways to make them self-sufficient, including letting some of them participate in the cultivation of jade wheat. In this way, they are paid to achieve the goal of making them self-sufficient.

However, there is always a day when the work is done, and there is always a day when the wages earned are also spent. In this regard, Li Xin was not without countermeasures, and he had already stocked a batch of official warehouses in advance in a number of populated areas, and once a famine occurred, he would give porridge and relief in order to reduce the number of people who died of famine as much as possible.

It was precisely after various arrangements were in place that Li Xin sent troops north to deal with Hong Chengchou's plot to seize the elite of the Three Guards, and to unite Mongolia for the use of the Three Guards, in order to clamp down on the possible battle of Jiannu after the beginning of the autumn.

Each of these three things was a top priority that was imminent and had to be solved immediately, and Li Xin was almost incapable of doing so, so after weighing it, he handed over the matter of civil affairs to Tian Fuzhen, who was more adept, and he concentrated his efforts on solving the internal and external threats from the north.

However, what is strange is that after Hong Chengchou was deflated, he didn't move at all, which was really a bit strange. Soon, Huang Sheng's next words answered Li Xin's question.

"Xuanda Governor Hong Chengchou is already anxious at the moment, and the guards are facing a situation of running out of food, so he has to take out the food from the pockets of his own Shaanxi soldiers. According to rumors, this duke scolded the big eunuch Li Fengxiang, scolded him for misleading the country and things, and deserved to be killed, and went up a few folds to ask Li Fengxiang to be killed, and he didn't even care about the dark stick that Brother Lu and others gave him. ”

Huang Sheng said lightly, but it became more and more heavy in Li Xin's ears, Hong Chengchou is no one, even he is anxious, it can be seen that the situation is corrupting quickly, he only hopes that Tian Fuzhen can lead Taiyuan to survive this festival unharmed.

Huang Sheng sighed again: "Thanks to the famine, Huang Sheng only raised a thousand stones of grain here, ashamed and ashamed, and entrusted by the general." ”

Li Xin sent troops this time, until after defeating the Tumut tribe, a bold idea suddenly took shape in his mind. With the elongation of the battle line, and then mobilize food from Sanwei and Taiyuan, the huge cost is far beyond imagination, it is better to eat in the Mongolian tribes, and Batu and Dari Achi have promised that the tribal alliance will do its best to cooperate. In this way, dependence on food in the rear can be greatly reduced.

Huang Sheng's thousand-stone grain, although it is not much, is as straight as charcoal in the snow, but it is very rare.

"Hey, I said that you, the people are flustered, the bad news is over, it's time to talk about the good news."

Lu Jiu continued to urge, Huang Sheng raised his hand to wipe the greasy on his mouth, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu is anxious, okay, let's say it now." Before Huang Sheng left Xuanfu, he received news from the imperial court that the emperor promised the officials sent by Taiyuan that he could allocate 200,000 taels of silver to help Shanxi several prefectures tide over the difficulties. Our general has a big face, and after Hong Chengchou heard about it, he was very crazy. ”

At this moment, Dalantai, the leader of the Yirut tribe, suddenly broke in despite the obstruction of his own soldiers.

"General, you have to be the master of the Yirut Department for Dalantai!"

Li Xin was surprised: "Why are the Dharlandai brothers so flustered? ”

Dalantai cried: "The other part of the Yilut Ministry, Dalantai's own brother was grazing in Daqingshan, and was attacked by Wuen and others, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and the people were killed and captured, but fortunately, there are still herdsmen who escaped by luck, otherwise it ......"

Dalantai didn't finish a word, he was already crying loudly.