Ming politicians

After receiving Su Tiancheng's letter, Sun Yuankun, after discussing with Song Sijun, Liu Ji and others, decided to send Liu Ji to the Hetao area to convey Su Tiancheng's order, asking the Xibo and Daur tribes to be ready and ready to move out at any time. He needs to think about how to carry out the specific battle, and he has to wait for Yan Yingyuan to come to Anning Fort. Sun Yuankun is not familiar with Yan Yingyuan. Since Su Tiancheng sent Yan Yingyuan to Anning Fort to assist him, it means that Yan Yingyuan is a capable person.

Without wasting time, Liu Ji set off immediately to the Hetao area.

Liu Ji is a Han Chinese who was plundered by the Xibo tribe. After submitting to Su Tiancheng, he began to give full play to his own advantages. , Liu Ji felt that Su Tiancheng was the master he wanted to rely on.

A few years later, Liu Ji worked very hard, and gradually gained the attention of Sun Yuankun and others, and his responsibilities became more and more important. After Yue Gaofeng left Fort Anning, Liu Ji was basically in charge of intelligence matters. Including many coordination matters, and Liu Ji also knew that this was an order from Su Tiancheng. In private, Liu Ji also hoped to go to Dengzhou to fight the Houjin Tartars in an upright manner and prove his ability.

As the governor of the seventh rank, Liu Ji is very lucky. With his status, he can become an orderly officer of the imperial court. It can only be said that his ancestors have accumulated virtues. In fact, this is all due to Su Tiancheng.

Regarding the situation in the Hetao area, Liu Ji is a little anxious. He has already discovered that the Xibe tribe is a little ready to move. He always wants to dominate the Hetao area. The method is of course clear, which is to defeat and exterminate the Daur tribe. This is very dangerous signal of.Once the two tribes develop, the result will be unacceptable to the Ming court.

Liu Ji has his own analysis. Both the Xibo and Daur tribes have become stronger. After they become stronger, they want to show their strength and want to conquer.If you want to forcibly hold down the two tribes, it is better to let them conquer the tribes of the grassland and completely change the situation of the grassland. It was the Ming court that ruled the grassland.

After Liu Ji thought maturely.This suggestion was made.

Unexpectedly, Su Tiancheng adopted this suggestion and decided to start the conquest of the grassland, and the Jiangning Battalion would also directly participate in the conquest.

This made Liu Ji overjoyed. After receiving the order, of course Liu Ji will not waste time. He will rush to the Hetao area immediately to convey Su Tiancheng's order and at the same time appease the Xibo and Daur tribes.Ask them to be prepared and not to provoke each other.Prepare to conquer other tribes in the grassland.

Liu Ji moved very quickly, and in less than ten days, he entered the area controlled by the Xibo people.

Along the way, Liu Ji was still very careful. Recently, the Hetao area has not been too peaceful.The main reason is that there are too many small fights between the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. They are all fights between Shuangfa herdsmen, which often lead to bloodshed. The work of mediation is getting more and more difficult. Liu Ji has participated in it many times.I feel that Shuangfa's misunderstanding mainly comes from above. To put it bluntly, it mainly comes from the above of the Xibe tribe.

Those who followed Liu Ji into the Hetao area were a hundred soldiers from the Jiangning camp.

The herdsmen of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe are very tough, but they respect the soldiers of the Jiangning camp or the Han merchants and never dare to offend them.

While the team was advancing rapidly, the scouts in front came back to report, their faces turned pale.

"Master Liu, there is a herdsman's fight ahead, and my subordinates noticed that there seems to be a sergeant involved."

Liu Ji's body shook for a moment. The previous fights were all between two tribes of herdsmen, and no army was involved. This also reassured Sun Yuankun, Song Sijun, and Liu Ji. Civilian fights are always easier to coordinate. This also shows that the upper echelons of the two tribes are restrained and do not want to make things big, but now that the army is involved, it means that the nature may have changed. This situation must never happen, and we must be firm stop.

"How many people were involved in the fight."

"My subordinates have observed carefully. There are about a hundred people. Among them, there seem to be sergeants from the Xibe tribe. Both sides are at war with each other. It seems that they are about to fight."

Liu Ji's face was livid, he swung his whip and urged the horse to gallop forward, followed by the soldiers.

In winter on the grassland, the climate is very cold. This kind of cold is pierced into the bones. The cold wind of the grassland seems to penetrate into your body, making the heat in your body disappear continuously.

Starting from Fort Anning, Liu Ji was fully prepared, with three horses per person, and soldiers who were responsible for cooking. The weather is inherently cold, so you must eat hot meals, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it. Liu Ji Ji is very familiar with the route. He knows where to rest and where there are herdsmen living, so there will be no delay on the road. The person who invited here thought that it was Grassland Pass, and he would not go in the wrong direction with his eyes closed, so the speed of the army is very fast. of.

The military uniforms of the Jiangning Battalion are very special, they are all red, because they are on the road, so the soldiers don't wear armors, they all wear red cotton clothes, the armors are put aside, only when they are fighting, everyone will wear armors.

Liu Ji, who was running ahead, stopped suddenly and asked all the soldiers to put on their armor.

Everyone felt strange. They didn't know what Liu Ji meant. Could it be that he was going to attack the herdsmen who were fighting between the two tribes? Ordinarily, there was no such need.

Liu Ji did not explain, and asked the soldiers to wear the armor in the shortest possible time.

Without wasting any time, the soldiers dismounted quickly and began to put on their armor.

A few minutes later, the team set off again.

A quarter of an hour later, the team arrived at the place where the battle took place. At this time, the battle between the two sides was over. Some injured herdsmen were lying on the ground. Blood could be seen on the grass and snow. Under such severe cold conditions, the wounded It means death. The medical conditions in the grassland are very poor. It is impossible for the injured herdsmen to go back to the yurt, and they can only wait to die in place.

The winner was the Xibe tribe.

Liu Ji discovered that there were indeed sergeants among the members of the Xibe tribe.

With a livid face, Liu Ji didn't say anything, and waved his hands in an enveloping motion.

The sergeants and herdsmen of the Xibe tribe were a little flustered when they saw the soldiers of the Jiangning camp suddenly appearing. Some people unconsciously wanted to escape, but they knew the bravery of the Jiangning camp, and the favorable terrain around them had already been occupied by the soldiers of the Jiangning camp. Even if you want to run, you have no chance.

Soon, the sergeants who participated in this battle were escorted in front of Liu Ji.

Liu Ji looked at the dozen or so sergeants, and spoke to the guide beside him.

"Ask them if they are soldiers from the Xibe or Daur tribes. If they are not, they will be killed."

The guide spoke in Mongolian, and several soldiers rushed to answer in Mongolian.

The guide spoke quickly.

"My lord, they said it was a sergeant from the Xibe tribe."

"Ask them again, since they are soldiers, why do they participate in the disputes between herdsmen? If there is no reasonable explanation, I will not forgive you. You can tell them that I am Liu from the Jiangning Camp. base."

After the guide spoke again, a dozen soldiers of the Xibe tribe quickly fell silent, and no one spoke.

A trace of uneasiness floated in Liu Ji's heart.

The sergeants of the Mongolian tribes are very forthright, they don’t know how to tell lies, or they just don’t tell the truth, if they don’t tell the truth, there must be something wrong.

Liu Ji told the guide again.

"You tell them, if they don't want to say anything, I will escort them to the Xibe tribe and execute them on charges of treason in front of everyone in the tribe."

After the guide said these words, the faces of the dozen or so soldiers immediately changed. Among the grassland tribes, treason is the biggest crime. If it is determined to be treason, it is not only me who suffers, but also my family. , the tribe doesn’t know how to take care of them, they are bullied by everyone, they can’t get food, they can’t live at all, the end result is either to become someone else’s slave, or starve to death, there is no other way out, now it’s the severe cold season, leave the tribe , is a dead end.

Finally a sergeant spoke, who seemed to be a small leader.

The guide's expression also changed, and he hesitated for a while before speaking.

"My lord, the sergeant said that they were ordered by their superiors to observe the terrain of this generation. When encountering a struggle between the herdsmen, they naturally helped the herdsmen of their own tribe."

"Ask them if they know why the higher-ups arranged this way."

The guide asked a few words, and the sergeants shook their heads.

"Ask them again, which places need to observe the terrain."

Soon, the guide asked again. This time, the sergeant answered very frankly. He already knew that the opposite was the soldiers of the Jiangning camp. If he could not answer the question well, he could really say that he The rebellion is, anyway, the task assigned by the superiors.

Soon, the guide spoke again and mentioned several places. While the guide was still talking, Liu Ji's expression changed again. Liu Ji couldn't be more clear about these places. The training places, including some of the Daur army's garrisons, and the purpose of scouting these places, is no need to guess.

The guide opened his mouth, meaning if there was anything else he needed to ask. Liu Ji shook his head. He knew very well that it was impossible for these lowest-ranking sergeants to know the arrangements of the higher-ups, and they just followed the requirements of the higher-ups. It is impossible for ordinary sergeants to ask about the purpose of the above, just obey the order. (To be continued..)