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After hearing this, Shen Yiyuan seemed a little unwilling, and did not answer. He just raised his head and looked into the distance, as if he wanted to see a flower.

When Shen Yikui saw it, he sighed in his heart. Even he himself would not be willing to remain under Li Zicheng. Judging from the current situation, it is obvious to all that the court is vigorously developing the Hetao area. Regardless of whether they are Han or Mongolian, 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 accommodation. Without worries, who doesn’t want to take another step forward and get ahead?

As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Shen Yiyuan shouting loudly: "There is someone in front!"

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

"Let's go, let's go up to you!" Shen Yiyuan did not hesitate, and immediately started to speed up his horse, while shouting loudly, "Follow me!"

The five hundred cavalrymen accelerated. Shen Yikui, who was following him, was still a little hesitant, thinking what if it was the Mongols. This was obviously someone else's territory!

Different from his hesitation, Shen Yiyuan seemed to be in a state of excitement and wanted to rush to those black spots. Shen Yikui wanted to remind his brother several times, but looking at his brother's excited expression, he probably wouldn't listen, so he had no choice but to say nothing.

Getting closer, getting closer. Faintly, I can already see a little bit of the situation ahead. This time, Shen Yikui was surprised.

I saw the people at the front among the people in the distance. Judging from their clothes and flags, they should be people from the Ming Dynasty. And behind them, there were dozens of times as many people as them, about five hundred riding. They were not escorting, but chasing and killing the dozen or so people from Ming Dynasty who were desperately trying to escape in front of them.

"It's the messenger sent by Master Zhongcheng!" After Shen Yiyuan saw it clearly, he was as if he had been given blood. He ignored the Mongols and shouted loudly, "Brothers, those bastards are chasing the messenger, kill them! "

While speaking, he speeded up again, and there was a faint sign of Qi Juechen.

When Shen Yikui saw this, he quickly turned to look at his men behind him and shouted loudly: "The opportunity has come for us to be rewarded for our meritorious service. Anyone who wants to honor our ancestors must be killed by me!"

"Kill!" The five hundred riders all became excited. Naturally, none of them were willing to open up wasteland or build houses. Now that they really had the opportunity to kill the enemy, how could they miss it!

Those people in the distance had obviously discovered the cavalry, and the Ming people who were currently on the run immediately adjusted their direction and fled towards them. The Mongolians who were chasing them obviously slowed down, but it seemed that the leader was shouting something, and then started to speed up again. But with just such a delay, they were further away from the target they were chasing.

Both sides were cavalry, and they were still accelerating. It didn't take long for the two teams to meet. As the saying goes, when two armies meet, the brave one wins! Most of Shen Yiyuan's cavalry were former frontier army cavalry. Like Shen Yiyuan, they were eager to make military exploits, so they all stepped forward bravely. But the Mongols were obviously hesitant, and this gap in morale was immediately reflected in the war.

A hedge, both sides lost a lot of people. The cavalry of Shen Yiyuan turned around without hesitation and started the next round of attack. But the Mongols hesitated. Some reined in their horses and stopped, some turned to prepare for hedging, and some turned and fled away.

After the second round of hedging, it was obvious that many Mongolians were defeated. By the third round, the Mongols no longer had the courage to charge again, but fled away.

"Yikui, clean the battlefield!" Shen Yiyuan shouted loudly, and then waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers, chase me!"

"Brother, be careful!" Shen Yikui shouted in response, and immediately ordered his men to clean the battlefield, capture the enemy, treat his comrades, and collect heads and dead and wounded horses. And he himself faced those Akito who had turned around again.

The man at the head was indeed a civil servant, brought by Yang Sichang, the governor of Baotou. He was panting from exhaustion, but his face showed gratitude. He clasped his fists on the horse and said, "Thank you brothers for your timely rescue. The official will definitely ask for your merits in front of Lord Zhongcheng!"

Shen Yiyuan was very happy to hear this, and he quickly asked: "Sir, what is going on?"

Upon hearing this, the civil servant surnamed Wang briefly explained the situation.

It turned out that he was sent to the western grasslands to visit various Mongolian tribes. Declare the ownership of the Hetao area, and announce that a border market can be opened in Baotou to make good friends with the Mongolian tribes in the west, stabilize the situation in the west, and give the Hetao area time to build.

At the beginning, everything went smoothly, and all Mongolian tribes were very interested in the border market. However, they are not stupid. They know what the Ming Dynasty needs at this time. Therefore, the larger tribes, such as the Zhungeer tribe and the Heshuote tribe, have to negotiate conditions, try to expand the scope of border market transactions, and lower the prices of Ming Dynasty goods. Get enough benefits.

The smaller tribes, such as the Duerbot tribe and the Turgut tribe, were very happy at first. But later on, his attitude suddenly cooled down. Later, I happened to find out that it was the people who predicted Shitu who visited these Mongolian tribes and proposed that while the Ming Dynasty was not yet stable, they could unite to seize the Tumo River, which is the Hetao Plain, and then divide the south of the Yangtze River outside the Great Wall together.

The Mongols who were chasing them were Shitu's men. Trying to kill them destroyed the hope of those Mongolian tribes to have good relations with the Ming Dynasty.

By the time the explanation was almost complete, Shen Yiyuan had returned excitedly and obtained more than ten heads. In this battle, one hundred and twenty-five people were killed and sixty-eight were captured; on their own side, sixty-three were killed and eighty-five were wounded.

As soon as they returned to Baotou, they reported the situation to Master Zhongcheng. Yang Sichang immediately sent someone to rush the news to Guihua City.

At this time, in Guihua City, the assistant minister Xue Guoguan also escorted a batch of food. The military information was reported to Emperor Chongzhen in the capital through Li Guo and Lu Ruipeng. He immediately convened the cabinet and six ministers, and held a special meeting on the naturalization side.

"My dear friends, how should I, the Ming Dynasty, respond to this matter?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a serious face.

After hearing this, Wen Tiren first went out to report: "Your Majesty, North Korea is now preparing for war. I think that Mongolia in the west might as well agree to their conditions first, so as to isolate the Bushitu tribe and win the victory for the construction of the Hetao area. Time. When Liaodong comes to an end and our Ming Dynasty has established a firm foothold in Hetao, it would be better to settle accounts with these Mongolian tribes!"

His focus at this time is the domestic economy, so he does not want to start a war on both sides. His view was supported by Bi Ziyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue and others.

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

The next chapter will be around noon. Thanks to warrior Tao Yuanming for the reward!