Ming dynasty grand dude

"Retreat!"

The fire sieve slowly put down the teacup, looked at Young Master Zhang and said softly.

"This winter, Ben Khan and many grassland tribes will die a lot!"

Looking at the fire sieve, Yu Chihu smiled, "It's possible that no one needs to die, or so many people don't need to die."

Huozhai fell silent again, and after a while he said in a low voice with difficulty, "Ben Khan, there are not so many cattle and sheep..."

"You can sell your life."

Zhang Xiaogong was not surprised by this, he smiled and said softly to the fire sieve.

"Or... Da Khan can choose to continue to fight with the general, never to die."

Hearing these words, the guards behind Huo Sha could not stand still.

Unconsciously, she pressed her hand on the handle of the knife, and Miss Miao An looked at them with eyes like looking at a fool.

Ashikaga was even more straightforward, he didn't even look at them and just sat quietly beside his husband.

"What kind of life-saving method?!"

The fire sieve only needs to sweep it to know that this young master Zhang is not only capable of himself, but also the women around him are not easy.

When Mo Zhigen went back, he also said that the one who captured him was the maid next to the young master.

"The post roads of my Ming Dynasty have been broken in recent years, and they need to be repaired..."

Grandpa Zhang looked at the fire screen, and said softly, "The Guochao is already discussing this matter."

"It will probably be handed over to the capital and a few cargo associations of the empire. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is only responsible for acceptance..."

Road construction, of course, requires a large number of workers.

If you use labor, it costs money!

Is there a way without spending money? !Of course there are.

"Where do people come from?!"

Even if you don't use your brain to think about it with your toes, the fire screen knows that Mr. Zhang is telling him to arrest people and sell them!

"It's up to you, as long as it's not a citizen of Daming, you can arrest it."

Young Master Zhang said flatly, "But there is a premise..."

"First, this time knocking down the customs, the people you arrested must be released or not detained!"

"Secondly, the Tatar Ministry must compensate for the losses caused! It can be deducted, but compensation is a must!"

Looking at the fire screen, Zhang Xiaogong's pair of red phoenix and peach blossoms are extremely serious.Word by word, "This is the foundation!"

The fire screen was stunned by what he said, compensation? !

Mr. Zhang spoke very seriously, not as if he was joking.

Huosie did not immediately refuse or agree, but asked in a low voice.

"So, what can Ben Khan and the tribe gain?!"

"Iron wok, food, tea, tents..."

Grandpa Zhang paused, and said softly, "It's not that I can't give you some cotton armor."

Hearing the word "cotton armor", Huo Shi's eyeballs lit up immediately, cotton armor is a good thing.

Before the completion of the Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis Khan was still in constant conquest, they made all kinds of armor in response to the war.

This includes iron Zhajia, leather Zhajia, and its unique Zhajia-Luohuanjia.

This kind of heavy armor is basically only equipped by charging heavy cavalry, and [-]% of light cavalry who cooperate with heavy cavalry are wearing cotton armor.

Because the cotton armor is light and easy to use, it was also inherited by Daming.

However, it was the Qing Dynasty that fully developed the cotton armor. In the Qing Dynasty, almost all the army was made of cotton armor.

Zhu Pinghan, the first assistant in Ming Dynasty, wrote "Yongzhu Xiaopin", which contained the method of making cotton armor.

It said, "Cotton armor is made of seven catties of cotton, sewn with cloth like a jacket, with both arms overstretched and kicked firmly with the feet, so as not to become fat and swollen, it is dried in the sun and used..."

And the effect can be achieved "the rain is not heavy, the mildew is not rotten, and the bird gun is not seriously injured".

Cotton armor is more attractive to nomads, because in addition to being light and defensive, it can also keep out the cold!

"Jade Chihu is serious?!"

Huozhai stood up suddenly, staring at Young Master Zhang as he spoke word by word.

"Don't lie to Ben Khan, Daming don't say that cotton armor is cotton and he won't sell it to me..."

That was before, now it's different!

Young Master Zhang smiled reservedly, cotton armor used to be pretty good.

But it won't be the case in the future, especially after the construction bureau gradually grows.

"Cotton armor is not impossible to sell, and even some warm clothes are not impossible."

Looking at the fire screen, Zhang Xiaogong said softly, "But...it depends on the sincerity of the sweat."

"After all, only enough sincerity can impress me to ask His Majesty to approve this matter."

After saying this, Huozhai's face was cloudy and uncertain, and after sitting down, his eyes kept flickering without saying a word.

Young Master Zhang was not in a hurry, he lightly raised his hand, "Tea please!"

Huozhai's face was cloudy and uncertain, but he drank the tea cup with both hands in one gulp.

It looked like he was not drinking tea, but drinking the water of the Yangtze River in one gulp.

"King Anhua, this Khan will give you all the people who were arrested at the pass!"

But Huozie raised his head slowly, as if he had made up his mind.

"But... I still need to discuss other matters with the chiefs of the tribes!"

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Chapter 5 The turbulent waves on the shore and the reef finally collided, causing storms and clouds to disperse (XIV)

"Waiting for the good news from a certain Khan!"

Young Master Zhang picked up the teacup and smiled slightly, "Let's leave some tea leaves in the sweat!"

Huozhai nodded but didn't thank him, and waved his hand to let the guard behind him take the tea.

"Three days with Ben Khan, whether successful or not, Ben Khan will lead the army out of the customs!"

After drinking the tea in the cup, he stood up and nodded, then got up and went back.

Zhang Xiaogong took the people back to the car formation and waited, and Huoshai did not break his promise.

About a quarter of an hour later, the gate of the Huoshai camp was opened, and then a large group of people were driven out in a panic.

There were men, women and children in these crowds, wearing single clothes and crying to be expelled by the Tatars.

Grandpa Zhang's eyes dimmed a bit, and he ordered people to go and bring all these people back.

Basically, it can be seen without distinguishing that these people are indeed common people.

Even those generals who belonged to Zhu Zhixie could be distinguished from ordinary people.

It is too difficult for the Tatars to eat meat and ride war horses with red faces. It is too difficult to blend in with these disheveled people.

The same goes for the generals who followed Zhu Zhixie, as long as they didn't look pale, they basically followed Zhu Zhixiu.

In this era when most people only eat two meals a day with little meat, it is difficult for them not to suffer from malnutrition.

There is also a lot of horse meat in the camp, which is cured and smoked.

Jean made soup for them with horse bones, and then got some horse meat and cooked gruel to eat first.

Only then did Grandpa Zhang return to his camp silently, but Xiong Lieshan quickly found him.

"Do you think Huosai will agree to the mutual market?!"

In the cabin of the train crew, the water was boiling "gurgling, gurgling", and the water vapor permeated it, making it not so dry.

Raising his hand to let Xiong Lieshan sit down, Grandpa Zhang sighed and said, "It is more likely to disagree."

This sentence did not surprise Xiong Lieshan, and he nodded in agreement.

"A Tatar will not bow his head unless he is beaten and disabled."

Grandpa Zhang blinked at his pair of red phoenix and peach blossoms, and said with a wry smile, "This time I just forced them to retreat."

It is possible to force the troops to retreat, after all, there is a car formation stuck here and they cannot advance or retreat.

Ruojin will be followed and attacked by herdsmen to cut off his supplies, and even be harassed from time to time.

When the Guochao army came to surround them, they would have no choice but to run away.

The only thing they are stronger than Guochao is their mobility, after all Guochao only has so many cavalry.

The logistics can't be like them, and the herdsmen just drive the cattle and sheep to keep up.

In many cases, when they knocked on the gate and came in, Guochao hurriedly began to prepare the army for battle.

When the army arrived, they had already finished looting and fled without a trace.

There are also these families from the Nine Sides as internal support, they simply don't want to run too fast.

Daming is mostly infantry at this time, and the marching speed is probably not far behind the herdsmen on the other side.

Under such circumstances, if you can catch up with others, you will see a ghost.

The next thing Zhang Xiaogong did was to wait, and after questioning, he confirmed that so many people were arrested.

It is true that no Ming people were detained in the Tatar camp, so Young Master Zhang was willing to wait for a while.

There seemed to be no change in the Tatar camp, and Xiong Lieshan stepped up his defenses on the first day.

The light and shade sentry was placed one mile away, and at the same time, someone was sent to inform Suiyan behind of the situation here.

Then send it back to the capital through the station channel, at least let the capital know about the battle situation.

On the second day, there was still no movement in the Tatar camp.

It's just that their herdsmen seem to be packing up their tents, and they seem to be evacuating.

Young Master Zhang frowned and stood on the wall of the car, looking at the Tatar camp without saying a word.

In the early morning of the third day, the Tatars began to evacuate from the camp rumblingly.

Ask Xiong Lieshan to send a team of people to follow and monitor their evacuation, while Grandpa Zhang personally went to the Tatar camp to check.

In fact, he already felt something was wrong on the second day, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

When they arrived at the camp and walked around, Zhang Xiaogong's beautiful face was so gloomy that it was about to drip water.

Xiong Lie Mountain is a bit inexplicable, this camp seems to be no different!

"Damn it! You're an old bastard!!"

Grandpa Zhang raised a middle finger viciously, "Amazing! I've played labor and capital!"

"This... what's the situation?!"

Xiong Lieshan was dumbfounded, he didn't see any difference in this camp.

Zhang Xiaogong sighed and explained to Xiong Lieshan that the first thing was the issue of war horses.

After arriving just now, the first thing Zhang Xiaogong did was to observe the place where they tied their horses. The war horses would inevitably be trampled when they were tied to the stakes.

There is a significant difference between the place where you have been trampled for several days and the place where you have not been trampled for several days.

On the side of the piles where the horses were tied, it was obvious that the horses had not been tied for several days.

In other words, many war horses of the Tatars have not been in the camp for several days!

Where did those war horses go? !

do not know.