The large group of people arrived not far away and gradually slowed down. Zu Keyong and Zhang Chen rode out from the crowd, came a few steps away from Yang Zhen, turned over and dismounted.

"Sir! I am not going to disgrace my mission. I am the big proprietor of Zhangjiakou Shanyou Chamber of Commerce. The person in charge of the Fan family is Fan Sanba. The person in charge of the Wang family is Wang Yuqing. The person in charge of the Huang family is Huang Yunfa. The person in charge of the Zhai family is in charge.

Zhai Zhuangfan, Tian Lichang, the person in charge of the Tian family this time, followed the last general across the river, and now they are all captured here!"

Zu Keyong dismounted and went straight to Yang Zhen. He first clasped his fists and bowed, and then spoke in a sonorous voice with excitement.

Zu Keyong, who had always been calm and unsmiling, now had a face full of joy that could not be concealed.

This was the first time since he followed Yang Zhen that Yang Zhen asked him to lead the team alone, make the decision on his own, and do something important that was almost related to the overall situation.

Fortunately, he lived up to his mission and succeeded, which gave him an inexplicable sense of accomplishment and felt that he had proved himself in front of Yang Zhen.

"Very good! Very good! Brother Zu's contribution to this trip is very important to us! It is very important!"

Yang Zhen was overjoyed after hearing what Zu Keyong said. He quickly took two steps forward, held Zu Keyong's arms with both hands, lifted him up, and then continued to say to him with a smile on his face:

"Brother Zu is not only a brave general, but also a very wise general! In such a short period of time, it is really incredible to be able to find out and bring over the proprietor and person in charge of the Zhangjiakou caravan.

Not impressed!"

If Fan Yudong hadn't been tortured before and asked some things, then even if Yang Zhen had been a man for two lives and had some knowledge of the behavior of the traitor merchants in Zhangjiakou in the late Ming Dynasty, he would not have been able to

Quickly figure out the composition of this caravan.

Therefore, what really surprised him at this moment was not that Zu Keyong had successfully deceived the trust of these people, led them across the river, and captured them all.

On the contrary, what really surprised him was how Zu Keyong was able to cross the river with him in such a short time, in such a hurry, and even when he could only speak Mongolian before crossing the river.

Make sure you know the names and identities of the leading figures in the caravan heading east and write them down.

This was what made him truly surprised, happy and overjoyed.

However, what made Yang Zhen even more unexpected was that just after he finished speaking his words of praise, he saw Zu Keyong laughing, suddenly turning his head and pointing at the large group of people behind him and said:

"My lord, the commander-in-chief, is praising the last general! This time it is not all the fault of the last general! Mr.-general, look who that person is? In the final analysis, it is your original strategizing that is responsible for this!"

When Yang Zhenchu ​​heard what Zu Keyong said, he thought it was because he was being modest and what he said was modest. However, when he heard it at the end, he felt that something was wrong, so he followed his direction and saw a tall man riding a horse, coming from the brigade.

He rode out from among them.

This man was also riding a horse a few rows ahead, but he was not wearing Tatar armor with white flags and was mixed in with the crowd, so Yang Zhen didn't bother to notice him carefully.

At this time, this man left the group and rode out of the crowd. After hearing Zu Keyong's words, Yang Zhen took a closer look.

At first glance, Yang Zhen discovered that this person was actually Ma Zhuang!

He was just wearing clothes, not the official and military uniforms that he was used to seeing in the past, but rather a bodyguard outfit with leather armor and shorts.

However, the appearance of this man with a muscular face and a heavy back did not change at all. Upon closer inspection, Yang Zhen recognized him immediately.

"Ma Zhuang, Ma Zhuang, you finally showed up!"

In front of everyone, Yang Zhen pointed at Ma Zhuang with his hand, said this to him with a smile, and directly called his name.

Yang Zhen now doesn't shy away from mentioning Ma Zhuang's name at all. Even if it is heard by the few traitorous businessmen who left him alive, he doesn't care.

Because now that these people have fallen into Yang Zhen's hands, he will no longer give them the chance to return to Zhangjiakou alive or escape back to Zhangjiakou. He has treated them as dead people and as if they no longer exist.

When Ma Zhuang saw his chief military officer Yang Zhen, he recognized him at a glance. He immediately got off his horse, walked quickly to Yang Zhen, knelt down on one knee, smiled and clasped his fists, and said:

"Sir! It's the people in the humble position who underestimated the vigilance of these profiteers. Master Yang also underestimated the thoroughness of these profiteers. I really couldn't find a chance to report the news before!

"Even this time, I spent a lot of money to bribe the head escort manager from my hometown, so I got involved in this escort mission! Otherwise, I still wouldn't be able to get out!"

When Yang Zhen heard that Ma Zhuang didn't say anything else when they met, he first complained about his sufferings. As expected, he was still a veteran, so he laughed and scolded him and said:

"You kid, you can't leave some clues, but you still have to come out and report the news yourself. Isn't it in vain that you have been working under me for so long and haven't learned this skill?"

Yang Zhen complained at any time, but he looked at Ma Zhuang with a smile and stretched out his hand to pull him up from the ground. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that he had no intention of blaming him.

Na Ma Zhuang was originally a man as good as a knife, but when he saw his chief soldier like this, he took advantage of the situation and said in a low voice with a smile:

"How can that be possible! The low-ranking officers followed the caravan to the entrance, and they left many marks for Yang Shen and Yang Shou-bei along the way. If the low-ranking officers expected it to be true, Yang Shou-bei should have been with the caravan with the newly recruited troops.

It’s falling far behind!”

When Yang Zhen suddenly heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately asked Ma Zhuang: "You mean, Yang Shen and the others may be to the west of Hongmiaozi now?!"

When Ma Zhuang saw Yang Zhen asking, his expression finally became serious. He changed his playful smile from before, looked at Yang Zhen, nodded heavily, and then said:

"I just heard that Yang Shen's garrison did not march along the Laohua River and did not send anyone to the three towers. So unless he got lost or was intercepted and killed, he must be in the Hongmiaozi area now.

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After saying this, Ma Zhuang may have felt that he was a little too sure, so he immediately returned to his smiling look and added with a grin:

"This is Beizhong's own speculation. It is a bit of immature opinion. If I am wrong, please don't blame Beizhong. Beizhong is a rough man after all! Haha!"

"You kid!"

After hearing what Ma Zhuang added later, Yang Zhen saw that he had picked her off cleanly again, so he couldn't help laughing and scolding him, and kicked him in a pretentious manner.

Of course, it was impossible to actually kick him. When he saw Ma Zhuang ducking away with a playful smile, Yang Zhen was not too surprised and waved his hand to tell him to go aside and rest first.

Yang Zhen had a general understanding of the situation, and he himself believed that Ma Zhuang's judgment was correct. First of all, Ma Zhuang had been in the army for so many years and had gone through many battles and even been defeated without dying on the battlefield. This shows that this man has a very keen sense of smell on the battlefield.

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Secondly, Yang Zhen also believed that Yang Shen would not get lost on the grassland so easily, or be surrounded and annihilated by other tribal cavalry on the grassland.

The grassland is so vast that it is difficult to encircle and annihilate a team, especially a team with a considerable number of war horses.

Unless you are like yourself, you have prepared for a rainy day and made careful and detailed arrangements beforehand, setting the ambush site at a confluence area where two rivers are flanked by two rivers and are surrounded by water on three sides, making it difficult to escape.

Terrain like this is not common on the grassland, so small-scale wars on the grassland are more common in close-quarters encounters.

In such an encounter, it is impossible to say that more than a thousand people were surrounded and killed at once, and then no one could escape. Such a situation is almost impossible to occur.

Even if the whereabouts of Yang Shen's troops were detected and they entered an ambush set by others without knowing what was going on, then in the relatively open grassland area, judging from Yang Shen's past performance, any team that wants a

In order to avoid annihilating all his troops, I would probably have to surround him with ten times the force.

So, judging from the area they traveled through, the Duolun tribe closest to the mouth did not have such strength.

The Haraqin tribe does have such strength, but unfortunately, if Haraqin did this, then Fan Sanba and the others' trip to the north with the caravan would definitely be affected, and it would not be what it is now.

progress.

Therefore, after Ma Zhuang's judgment and reminder, Yang Zhen could basically conclude that Yang Shen and his party must be not far behind the caravan.

Similarly, after making this judgment, Yang Zhen just glanced at Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen and others who had been escorted by Fan Sanba and others, and Fan Sanba and others were preparing to surrender to Duduo, the tenth prince of the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!