Although the pursuing Eight Banners soldiers had disappeared, Zhao Shujiao did not stop. Instead, he continued eastward and galloped for dozens of miles before stopping at a place called Qianxi Town.

This is a small town with a population of two to three thousand, located in a flat valley in the mountains. Zhao led the teacher and passed through this town when he came. At that time, he also conveyed the order to build a strong wall and clear the country, asking the people in the town to go to the city to take refuge. However, now, Zhao led the teacher

It was discovered that most of the people in the town did not move.

"General Zhao, why are you back again?" Gong Chao, a prominent figure in the town, came out after hearing the news.

Gong Chao was once a member of a thousand households, but now he has retired from the army at an advanced age, and his military position was inherited by his eldest son. Most of the families in Qianxi Town are military families, and most of them have men serving in the military.

To the north is the Fengdun garrison of the Great Wall. Because they are both military households, the people in the town are not afraid of the Ministry of Education led by Zhao passing by.

"Didn't I tell you a few days ago that I asked you to evacuate the town, why are you still here?" Zhao Shujiao did not answer, but asked.

Gong Chao smiled bitterly and said: "I also want to evacuate, but where can I evacuate? The border walls and beacons are all dilapidated, how can there be room for so many people? And the nearest Qian'an County is nearly a hundred miles away, and there is no way to bring a family with you.

We can't go. Winter is about to begin, and if we leave home, I'm afraid most of the people in this town will freeze to death and starve to death..."

The weather is getting colder year by year. The people here are already living a hard life. No one has enough food. They can stay at home to avoid starving to death. If they do anything to clear out the wilderness, they will at least starve to death and freeze to death.

Half, this is an obvious thing. So no one is willing to leave their hometown unless they have to.

Besides, since Jiannu chose to break through the border with Zunhua, which is more than a hundred miles away from here, Jiannu may not come to move to the poor country in the west to open up land. From Zunhua to the south and west, it is the fertile land of Gyeonggi.

Wouldn't it be wrong for a slave to go there to rob? Why did he come to Qianxi Town?

Not only ordinary people, but also Gong Chao, who had the financial resources to withdraw into the city, also chose to stay in the town out of luck.

Zhao Shujiao was naturally aware of this situation, but...

"Gong Qianhu, didn't you ask me why I came back? Because Zunhua City and Santun Camp were captured by Jiannu, and I led my men to fight to the death to break out of the siege. Gong Qianhu, do you know that Zunhua City and Santun Camp were captured by Jiannu?

How is the camp now? Let me tell you, they were all massacred.

All the people were slaughtered by the Jian Nu, and the Jian Nu did not even spare their infant babies. Not only Zunhua and Santunying, but also dozens of villages and towns, wherever the Jian Nu passed by, they were all slaughtered.

, food and property were robbed, and everyone was killed.”

Zhao Shujiao said harshly, his words were a bit exaggerated because he had not seen many things with his own eyes, but they were basically close to the facts.

"This, this, Mr. Zhao, will Jiannu come here?" Gong Chao was immediately frightened. Thinking about the consequences of Jiannu coming here, he shuddered.

"How do I know?" Zhao Ledjiao shook his head, "Jiannu is as cruel as an animal. The officers and soldiers of the third camp in Zunhua have been completely wiped out. It is not certain that they will divide their troops and plunder everywhere."

"General Zhao, you must stay and help us!" Gong Chao suddenly thought that maybe Jiannu would really come and chase Zhao and lead the education department. His face suddenly changed and he begged quickly.

"If Jiannu comes to kill you, I can lead my subordinates to help you block it, but don't expect me to be able to block it for long. You should still evacuate this town." Zhao Shujiao sighed.

"But where can we go? There are more than 2,000 people in this town." Gong Chao was very embarrassed.

"It is best to evacuate Qian'an City. If you really don't want to go to Qian'an, you can evacuate to the mountains and find caves or something to hide in. Don't stay in the town. Maybe some people will starve and freeze to death if you evacuate, but stay in the town and build a

If the slaves really come to kill, everyone in the town will die." Zhao Zhijiao also couldn't bear it, but he still said this.

Only by resolutely implementing strong walls and clearing out the wilderness can we cut off as many channels as possible for the Jian slaves to obtain food. Only when there are more people in the city can we have enough strength to defend the city, and the city will not be breached by the Jian slaves. As for the losses caused to the people because of the strong walls and clearing the fields.

, but there is no other way.

The news received from the Ministry of Education led by Zhao frightened the entire Qianxi Town. After hearing the tragic situation in Zunhua and Santun Camp, the people no longer dared to take chances. Now they brought their families and prepared to move. The wealthier ones

The family chose to go to Qian'an County. The poor, old and weak families couldn't bear the long journey, so they chose to go up the mountains. There were many mountains nearby. Looking for a cave might help them avoid the war and come back to farm the next spring.

Zhao Lijiao stayed here for a day and rested. In order to improve the morale of his men, Zhao Lijiao announced that he would reward the soldiers with all the war horses they had snatched from Jiannu, and then distribute the heads of the captured soldiers equally.

Give each soldier. According to the imperial court regulations, one person has at least twenty taels of silver as a reward. According to the rules, half of the reward must belong to the general. Now Zhao is not taking any rewards, and all rewards in the future will be given to his subordinates.

Each soldier grabbed two horses, plus the captured heads, and each soldier could get fifty or sixty taels of silver. It can be said that he made a lot of money!

Immediately, morale soared. I was still immersed in the grief caused by the casualties of my comrades, but now I completely forgot about the grief.

Zhao Lijiao took the opportunity to announce that after resting, he would take a detour to Jizhou to wait for an opportunity to fight Jiannu again.

"General Soldier, we have broken through the Jiannu camp and gained a lot. The casualties among our brothers were too great. We should go back to Shanhaiguan. Why do we have to fight with the Jiannu?" a confidant asked in confusion.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, we have already sacrificed too much, there is no need to fight anymore." Others also said.

At this moment, most of the soldiers did not want to fight anymore and just wanted to retreat to Shanhaiguan.

"I also want to go back, but think about it, what will happen to these war horses if I go back? Can you afford these war horses? Who will sell these war horses to Shanhaiguan?" Zhao Shujiao asked.

"This..." The subordinates were dumbfounded. When they heard that Zhao Shujiao had rewarded them with war horses, everyone was very excited. After all, these were high-quality war horses, not those horses pulling carts, but they were quite good.

It's valuable. But as Zhao Shujiao said, raising horses also costs money. These are high-quality war horses and must be fed with good food. The food and grass that a war horse eats in a day can feed a dozen soldiers, so they will definitely not be able to raise them.

Since then, the imperial court will certainly not allocate food and fodder to them to raise horses privately.

And if we want to sell it, who can we sell it to in Shanhaiguan? It can’t be sold at all, and no one can afford so many horses.

"So we still have to go to Beijing. Now that the slaves are invading, there will definitely be armies from all walks of life gathering outside Beijing. In this case, there is still a shortage of war horses. Especially those guest generals from the mainland are in serious shortage of war horses.

In order to save his life when fighting against the Jiannu, he would definitely be willing to spend a lot of money to buy a horse. In Shanhaiguan, a high-quality war horse could be sold for twenty taels of silver. In Beijing, it would definitely be sold for thirty taels or even forty taels." Zhao said.

Be quick to teach and be good at teaching.

"Yes, go to Shanhaiguan and sell the war horses!" The subordinates were excited by Zhao Shujiao's words.

"We can't just pass by like this. We should get some benefits from the Jiannu. The Jiannu in the Santun Camp have lost a lot of war horses, and their mobility has been greatly reduced. Now we have three horses per person, and the Jiannu can't catch up at all.

Let's go up. This way, we go south and build

The slaves will inevitably divide their troops to plunder the people, so we will follow them and look for opportunities to attack them. Kill more slaves and avenge the brothers who died in the battle. We can also gain more harvests and get more rewards from the court.

Silver." Zhao Shujiao continued.

"The commander-in-chief is right, we have so many horses now, we don't need to be afraid of building slaves, just go with them!" one of his subordinates yelled.

"Yes, avenge the brothers who died in the battle!"

"Killing a Jiannu and beheading him will be rewarded for meritorious service!"

Others also shouted, and their morale was suddenly boosted by Zhao Zhijiao. They attacked the Jiannu camp and won a great victory, leaving them without any fear of the Jiannu.

Most of these soldiers are extremely simple-minded. As long as the generals who lead them are not afraid of battle, they will not. And Zhao Shujiao's men are all elite cavalry, trained by Zhao Shujiao, and they are very powerful.

It is not comparable to other frontier troops.

After resting, Zhao led his teachings and set out again with his men. Instead of returning to the Santun camp, he went south first, detoured through Fengrun County, and then turned west. Along the way, Zhao led his teachings and sent out sentries to investigate the construction.

Slaves move quietly.

A batch of clothes was also seized from the slave camp. Because winter was about to enter and the weather would get colder and colder, Zhao Shujiao asked his men to bring these clothes and gave up some food for this purpose. Now these clothes are distributed

To use it, Zhao led his troops to let the sentries wear them to confuse the slaves.

One person and three horses took turns to ride, and the speed was much faster than before. Three days later, they caught up with Mang Gurtai tribe again. Because they were dressed as Jiannu slaves, the outpost cavalry even lured several Jiannu sentry riders and tortured them.

After interrogation, it was learned that Huang Taiji attacked Jizhou

After failing, they had abandoned Jizhou and continued southward, preparing to go straight to Gyeonggi. The Manggurtai tribe was ordered to join forces with Huang Taiji. Because they lost a large number of horses, the speed of the Manggurtai tribe was reduced a lot, and it would take two days to arrive.

Arrive at the meeting place.

"Commander, there are hundreds of Buddhist slaves who are killing and plundering in a village ten miles away." A sentry came to report excitedly.

"Where is the main force in building slaves?" Zhao Lijiao was refreshed.

"The main force of the slaves is camping twenty miles away," the sentry rider reported.

The march speed of the slaves was not too fast, sixty or seventy miles a day. They set out at dawn and camped in the afternoon. While camping, they would send small groups of troops to plunder and attack nearby villages and towns. The main purpose was to rob food.

War feeds war. Of course robbery will be accompanied by brutal killing.

"Let's go and destroy this gang of slave builders!" Zhao Shujiao said immediately.

Four to five hundred cavalrymen dressed in Jiannu costumes acted as the vanguard and rushed towards the village ten miles away under the stolen Zhenglan flag.

"Hey, you are from the Zhenglan Banner? Didn't Wu Beile ask you to go to the south to loot and loot? How did you get here?" The Jiannu cavalry standing guard at the entrance of the village came over and asked in surprise.

However, what he answered was a spear, which knocked him off his horse.

The cavalrymen rushed into the village at an unstoppable speed, like a whirlwind, with "boom, boom, boom" and the roar of three-eyed blazing guns.

Being prepared and unprepared, they attacked with three times the force. In less than half an hour, the village became quiet. More than 300 of the 500 slaves were killed, and the remaining 100 escaped on horseback.

Many of the murdered slaves were still in shock when they were about to die. They were all members of the same family, so why did they suddenly use the knife on themselves?

Zhao Lijiao did not pursue the escaped Jiannu. Instead, he ordered the heads of the Jiannu to be cut off, led their horses, and quickly left the village. As for the surviving Ming people in the village, Zhao Lijiao

He just sent someone to inform them to flee the village quickly, because Jiannu would come back soon. As for the others, Zhao Shujiao had no time to take care of them.

Sure enough, just a moment after Zhao led the teacher away, a large group of Jiannu cavalry swarmed in, leaving them with only hundreds of headless corpses.

"Asshole, damn Zhao Shujiao, I will kill you!" Mang Gurtai roared loudly in the camp.

Although he did not capture any Ming soldiers, he was attacked in the same way. Mang Gurtai was not a fool, and he immediately figured out who was attacking him.

"Fifth brother, the Great Khan ordered us to go to Sanhe County to join forces. We can't cause trouble." Abatai advised.

"More than three hundred bannermen died, can we just forget about it?" Mang Gurtai stared at Abatai with red eyes.

Abata said: "Of course not. However, this Ming army only has more than a thousand people, and it only relies on the speed of its horses. It is not worthwhile for our 20,000 army to waste time for these more than a thousand Ming army. In my opinion, we might as well leave one

The cavalry, each with two horses, is responsible for chasing down this Ming army."

Mang Gurtai calmed down and felt that what Abatai said made sense and that the overall situation should be the most important thing at the moment.

"Well, let Azig lead three thousand cavalry, each with two horses, and be responsible for killing this damn Ming army!"

Zhao led the teacher to feel that he was in trouble. In the morning, the sentry cavalry met the Jiannu sentry cavalry again, but they failed to trap and kill the Jiannu sentry cavalry. Instead, several people were killed by the Jiannu sentry cavalry. The remaining sentry cavalry fought hard to come back.

Report. Zhao led the teachings and realized that something was wrong, so he immediately led his troops to

He ran away, but before he could get far, a thousands-man Jiannu cavalry suddenly chased him. What shocked Zhao Lingjiao was that each of the Jiannu cavalry had two horses, and the speed was not slower at all.

In addition, his riding skills are even better than those of his own cavalry.

After chasing for dozens of miles, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. At a critical moment, a close general took the initiative to stay behind and led more than a hundred riders to meet them, giving the army time to escape.

When it got dark, Zhao Zhijiao had a chance to leave the battlefield.

After this battle, Zhao Lijiao did not dare to have other thoughts, and quickly went south with more than a thousand remaining cavalry, galloping towards the capital. And his decisiveness also allowed these more than 1,300 cavalry to escape Azig.

of pursuit.
Chapter completed!