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However, he had to guard against it. The nearly [-] cavalry stationed at Kuoluanhaizi (Hulun Lake) was a deterrent to Alutai.
This cavalry is all musketeers. Although there are only 2 cavalry, they can have an absolute advantage even against the [-] cavalry in the Tatar headquarters.
Although he knew that Alutai would not dare to use force, it was his own life after all, and it was considered a risk to break into their headquarters with 3000 people.
But everything went smoothly, under the pressure of nearly half a month of wrangling and intimidation, plus temptation.Arutai finally nodded, and was willing to send [-] cavalry and [-] servants to march west with the Ming army.
Although it is only 2 people, for the already underpopulated Tatars, this is already half of Arutai's troops.
Zheng Heng was already satisfied that he could send so many troops.
The news of his smooth return was sent back through the hang gliding signaler early in the morning, and the big tent has already made preparations.
Before Zheng Heng led the cavalry back to the trench outside the big tent, his son Zheng Neng had already led other troops to wait by the roadside.
Although Zheng Heng had a peaceful personality, he was very strict in leading the army. In the barracks, Zheng Neng did not dare to address him as his father, but instead called him commander-in-chief.
"Commander, if you don't come back today, I will send someone to look for you. I received a letter from His Royal Highness today that Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, will take over the position of Commander. Now Xue Lu is carrying six thousand newly trained young troops. Arrive at Beiming Mountain next month."
"Yangwuhou Xuelu..." Zheng Heng frowned, and couldn't help but said, "This person is stupid and ignorant, how could His Highness arrange for this person to come to Beiming Mountain?"
Chief Shi Zhou Xu shook his head and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief's words are wrong. Xue Lu can be promoted from a soldier to Marquis of Yangwu, how can an ordinary person do it? Over the years, except for eating in front of Ji Gang once Unfortunately, who else has gained the upper hand in front of him? This person looks stupid, but he is actually a traitor and loyal!"
Zheng Heng had dealt with Xue Lu during the Jingnan Campaign in the early years, and for nearly 20 years since then, the two have been separated from each other and have never been in contact.
Hearing Chang Shi's reminder, he frowned again and pondered for a while before saying, "Thinking about it carefully, it is so. I just heard that he competed with Ji Gang for a beautiful female Taoist priest, and Ji Gang smashed his head with an iron melon. Almost died, thinking that this person was a reckless person.
But to be able to be promoted from a small soldier to the current Lord Hou, and to be valued by His Highness, is obviously not an ordinary person.Nenger, send someone to collect information about Xue Lu. Before he arrives, I want to know what kind of person he is. "
Zheng Neng bowed in response, and said again: "Yesterday, I received a letter sent by Chen Cheng, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry. Father's military order has arrived at Jiayuguan smoothly. The military guards have already started preparations to welcome the Western Expeditionary Army. But at least it will take about three months." , the arrangement can be completed.”
Zheng Heng came back smoothly this time, in a happy mood, and said with a smile: "Go back to the big tent first, and now the Tatars have dispatched troops in a unified way, so we can only go west all the way when the weather suddenly turns cold."
Although in the official documents of the imperial court, Zheng Heng was required to send troops after the new year, but Zheng Heng absolutely did not dare to send troops at that time.
If he travels thousands of miles, if he delays for any reason during the trip, if he misses the time of the war, then even ten heads are not enough for him to chop off.
In his plan, troops would be dispatched after the autumn harvest, and all the troops would travel lightly, allowing the military guards to provide supplies along the way.
This saves the cost of dispatching troops and does not need to carry too many supplies.But for the military guards along the way, it is not an easy task to provide supplies for 10,000+ people.
It is already fast to be able to send the supplies needed to various places in three months.
After returning to the big tent to rest for a moment, after drinking half a pot of tea, Zheng Heng came to rest, rubbed his thighs and said, "It's too late to refuse to accept the old age. I've only been riding for half a day, and my legs are so heavy."
Zhou Xu said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief is in his prime, how can he be called old? I still want to follow the commander-in-chief and be able to guard one side, so I will have no regrets in this life."
After chatting a few words, Zheng Heng sat up straight, and the other generals also stood still immediately.
Zheng Heng issued a series of orders, and the army immediately packed up their bags and deployed defenses. They packed up today, rested for a night, and returned to camp at dawn tomorrow.
After the subordinates were ordered to leave one by one, and only Chief Shi Zhou Xu was left in the camp, Zheng Neng said in a low voice: "Father, Your Highness has arranged for Marquis Yang Wu to succeed Father. Please show me what the next rules are." .”
Zheng Heng shook his head and said: "You, your vision is still too narrow. It is His Royal Highness's reward for my father to be stationed at Beiming Mountain. You must never think of Beiming Mountain as your own.
Whether it is Marquis Yangwu or others, everything must follow the regulations and no favoritism is allowed.In addition, I have saved 5 taels of gold in the past few years, took out 2 taels, and deposited them directly in the development bank, and deposited the other 3 taels in commercial banks.
3 taels of gold is 30 taels of silver. A few years ago, why did my father ever think that he could leave you such a large inheritance, and he should be satisfied. "
Although Zheng Neng was a bit reluctant, he knew that he had to do this now.The imperial court now prohibits the transshipment of large amounts of gold and silver, and the family business that the Zheng family earned before is all in Beiming Mountain, so it is difficult to transport it back to Daming by themselves.
5 taels of gold, which is too eye-catching.After handing in 2 taels, His Royal Highness should not be staring at the remaining 3 taels.
Zheng Neng responded in a low voice, and then said: "Then this Beiming Mountain will be ignored from now on? Such a big portion..."
"Shut up!" Zheng Heng glared at his son, looked at Zhou Xu and said with a smile: "I still have less experience now, and I lack some vision!"
Zhou Xu laughed and said, "Beiming Mountain originally attracted people's envy, but in the past two years, no one has slandered the Commander behind his back. Has the Commander ever thought about why?"
Zheng Heng said with a smile: "Naturally, it's Nanzhou, and the news of Xizhou has attracted the attention of those people."
Zhou Xu asked again: "Have you ever thought about going to sea to occupy a large area, Commander?"
Zheng Heng smiled bitterly and said, "I was so dizzy that I couldn't even sit on the river boat. How can I go out to sea?"
"What about the Far West? Or Samarkand?"
Zheng Heng's eyes were fixed, and he couldn't help lowering his voice and asked, "What does Chen Guang want to say?"
Zhou Xu also said solemnly: "Then Lin San, Tang Sai'er and his wife are just rural farmers, and His Highness can grant the title of city lord and earl. Although everything has to be started from scratch, there is also a goal to strive for.
Now that I am using troops against Timur, and the commander-in-chief is also the commander-in-chief of our Northern Route Army, have I not thought about what to do if Samarkand is captured? "
Zheng Heng was silent, but Zhou Xu said again: "Your Majesty will not stay in the Western Regions for a long time. After defeating the Timur Kingdom, when His Majesty returns, the thousands of miles in the Western Regions will naturally need a reliable general to lead. The commander is already here in Beiming Mountain After many years of experience, he is proficient in intercourse with other races.
If the expectations of the subordinates are correct, the commander-in-chief, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, has taken advantage of the right time, place and people, and this Samarkand may be stationed by the commander-in-chief in the future.Therefore, the subordinate suggested to the commander-in-chief not to hand over the gold, but to keep it as the capital for future development. "
Zheng Heng was greatly moved. He knew why he was selected as the head coach of the North Route Army. It was because he was good at dealing with foreigners.Otherwise, when it comes to fighting, there are countless people in the court who are stronger than him, and it is impossible for him to get his turn.
Now other people's eyes are fixed on Nanzhou, Xizhou, this Western Region, and I am afraid that no one will snatch it from him.
Thinking about it this way, there is a great possibility that he will guard the Western Regions in the future.
After thinking about it for a while, he raised his head and said, "No, from this point of view, not only can this gold not be kept, but all should be handed over to His Highness. The gold produced in the Western Regions, gold is not a scarce thing. But silk, spices, porcelain, etc., That's what's really rare...
Also, since 13, countries in the Western Regions have begun to plant a large amount of cotton, and now most of the cotton in the Western Regions has to be transported back to Daming all the way.If you can get His Highness's permission to directly weave cloth in the Western Regions, it will be worth more than a gold mine. "
The more he talked, the more excited he became. He looked at Zheng Neng and said, "Nenger, before sending out troops, I want you to bring a team of troops to escort the gold back to Beijing, and hand over the gold directly to His Highness. In front of Your Highness, there is no need to hide anything, just directly express my Zheng family's desire to guard the Western Regions, let's see what Your Highness says..."
Although this is what he said, Zheng Heng did not expect Zheng Neng to be able to handle this matter well, because everything depended on him to confess to Zhu Zhanji in the letter.
Although Zheng Neng, the son of Zheng Heng, seemed a little too upright, he knew very well that Zhu Zhanji liked people with such a straightforward personality, and he might be able to win the favor of His Highness because of this.
Cultivating the relationship between the next generation and His Highness is Zheng Heng's real purpose.
On the second day, the army broke out of camp and returned. Because they were all cavalry, it took only three days to return to Beiming Mountain.
Zheng Heng made preparations for a few more days, and asked Zheng Neng to return to Daming with three hundred private soldiers and the bank's gold transport vehicle.
At the same time, Xue Lu took the family's nephew and [-] newly trained young troops to receive the farewell wine from Zhu Zhanji at the Yuejianglou pier in Yingtianfu.
Although he had been ordered to go to Beiming Mountain to take over Zheng Heng, but because the training of the young army had not been completed, and Zhu Zhanji must have asked him to bring six thousand young troops, it was delayed until now.
Zhu Zhanji's young army is almost all reliable sources of soldiers recruited from the Jianghuai area. Everyone is the second or youngest son of the family, and the family is prosperous.
They started training after the year. What was different from before was that what they first trained was not physical strength or martial arts, but formation.
All this is not much different from the training of Habayashi Eyaku, except that there is no cultural class of Habayashi Eyaku, and there is no professional course of Habayashi Eyaku.