Fortunately, the cavalry were slowing down, and the dust gradually subsided. Large groups of cavalry began to slowly walk along the river bank, and the generals of Yulin Town began to go along the river bank towards the town.

But when they left, the generals under the banner seemed to be waving to the distance. Even though they were separated by a big river, they could still see the respect and respect of those people, and even their attitude was quite timid.

These are all generals of the Western Army, and they should be tough and conceited. However, their greetings were just as attitudes as they could only be towards big men like the governor or governor, and even more respectful.

Hong Chengchou's doubts became deeper. The Ming generals quickly walked away. At this time, another cavalry of hundreds of people came from north to south. They soon approached the river. No one would think that this cavalry was the Ming army. There were not many flags, only a few red flags. The generals were surrounded by a large number of iron armored cavalry. Everyone was bright helmets and bright armor. The bright iron armor seemed to be wrapped in a whole piece of fine iron. The spears in the hands of the cavalry were raised high, like shining steel from the forest. Not only that, there were also quite a few cavalry holding muskets in their hands, either standing horizontally in front of the horse or holding diagonally towards the sky. There were also shiny sharp knives at the front of the muskets. Hong Chengchou and others didn't know that it was a bayonet, but they could feel the sharpness and threat of the bayonets through the river.

Among these cavalrymen was a crowd of officers wearing ordinary gray jackets, with dozens of people looking like they rode their horses slowly to the riverside, and then the people in the middle dismounted and walked closer to the riverside.

Someone was dispersing the guards by the river. In the middle, there was a tall man wearing a standard gray military jacket for Hutchison soldiers. He walked by the river, as if he was watching casually.

"Zhang Han!"

Even though it is still separated by a river, Hong Chengchou is still 100% sure that is Zhang Han.

When Hong Chengchou was studying in Datong, he inspected many places of academic affairs and met Zhang Han in Lizhuang and Tianchengwei's Acropolis. At that time, Zhang Han's career was booming and strong, and even the governor forced him to leave, but it was not yet so far. Lizhuang's group training was fighting bandits everywhere, which was quite in line with the Ming Dynasty's group training standards.

Later generations thought that the Ming Dynasty did not have a group training, but it was not accurate. In many places, the government's strength was insufficient, and the Ming Dynasty still advocated a group training. However, the Ming Dynasty had never regarded the group training as a supporting force to maintain its rule. This was different from the Qing Dynasty during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had no formal armed forces at all, and all battles had to be fought by the group training organized by the Han landlords. The situations of the two were different, and of course the attitude towards the group training was different.

Since there were many refugees in the Xunyang area and poor local security, there were many armed forces in the regiments. Many Han landlords recruited private soldiers to maintain local public security in the name of hereditary command or garrison. On the border of the Datong area, due to the strong strength of the border troops, there was no need for regiment training. Zhang Han's regiment training made up for the local shortcomings. The main reason was the abandonment of military equipment. It is hard to imagine that before Chenghua, merchants would allow merchants to organize their own regiment training, even after famous officials.

At that time, Zhang Han was already full of energy, but he often walked on the street market to ask about people's sentiments, even prices and logistics. Not only many people had seen him, but many ordinary people had also talked and chatted with this big man. Zhang Han had no airs and basically did not wear the military officer robes of the Ming Dynasty, so many people simply forgot his identity as the commander of the Tianchengwei Seal, and only regarded him as the owner of a big business. Even Hong Chengchou himself was also at that time. Although Zhang Han was very powerful and enough to fight against the governor, there were some things different from ordinary people, such as his gang training and his various schools. Overall, Zhang Han was humble and gentle, kind and not ostentatious at the time, and it was not like the behavior of a young man in his early twenties. This made many people less vigilant invisibly.

Looking back now, it may be a kind of cover, not a real state.

When Hong Chengchou thought about it, he had nothing to regret.

Even when he was targeting Zhang Han and Hutchison, it was useless. Ti Xue was not a person-friendly official and had no responsibility for local government affairs. Therefore, his misconduct from Hutchison and Zhang Han's ambition were useless. Instead, he would be scolded by his superiors for being troubled. Hutchison had a deep connection with the eunuch party at that time. At that time, he had an indescribable relationship with the eunuch party. Even if the Donglin party sent a famous censor over here, he had no choice but to do anything to Zhang Han and was finally defeated.

It is conceivable what consequences would be if Hong Chengchou had not been able to remember Hutchison at that time. Perhaps now he was a state official in Hunan or Guangxi, or a magistrate in the grand mansion, and his career would plummet.

Zhang Han seemed to have seen Hong Chengchou too, and it seemed that he had seen nothing.

Hong Chengchou only saw this tall young man standing by the river and watching for a while, then turned around and left. Everyone surrounded Zhang Han like stars and the moon, and then hundreds of people left like the wind, leaving only the dust formed by the yellow sand.

"Has he defeated the trap?" Seeing this situation, everyone was stunned at first, and then the aide from Yulin Town was shocked and actually started to scream.

Hong Chengchou did not blame the aide for being incompetent, he was stunned by himself.

Judging from the situation in front of him, the Ming army came out of the side wall and returned from the north and south, and they must have cooperated with the Shang army's war against the Takun Army. Of course, the Ming army and the others did not hold back and would not have really contributed. At most, they would have cooperated in the rear. If the Shang army did not achieve a decisive victory over the Takun Army, these Ming generals would not have appeared here, and would never have been so respectful and polite!

This is how martial artists are. They only respect the civil servants on the surface and have long been dissatisfied in private. However, their respect for stronger warriors comes from the heart, because what they are proud of is not as proud as others!

"Go to the town!"

Zhang Han had already left, and Hong Chengchou had no intention of staying here for a long time. He immediately got on his horse and rushed to Yulin Town not far away.

...

After receiving the news, Chen Hongfan and others rushed over to pay homage to the new soldiers.

Hong Chengchou is their direct boss. The gangsters and guerrillas in the city have all come over. Everyone has distinct armor and is just wearing it to meet. When they meet, they nodded and smiled. After this incident, everyone has become much closer.

Hong Chengchou changed into a new official robe and waited in the lobby. After the general and others came in, everyone bowed and bowed. Hong Chengchou raised his hand to return the greeting. Then everyone signed up. Hong Chengchou had already learned about the names and characteristics of these generals before coming. He spoke and greeted each other one by one according to his temperament, making people feel that this new military preparations did not have too much airs.

After the ceremony, Hong Chengchou asked Chen Hongfan: "Does General Chen lead the generals out of the border wall to fight the Northern Territory?"

Chen Hongfan said without saying a word: "Sir, Returning to the army, this is indeed true." "Why leave the land of faith without permission?"

Chen Hongfan bowed and said, "The last general dared not leave without arbitrarily. It was because the northern barbarians appeared near the border wall. Thousands of cavalry seemed to have broken holes. The last general only knew that the generals of this town would go north to defeat the northern barbarians, so that they would not dare to invade the territory. They would also protect the people of this town, and they would not initiate border quarrels."

"So that's it." Hong Chengchou pretended to be calm and asked, "How come he has achieved?"

"Beheading more than 300 levels."

"Can the trap retreat?"

“Everything retreated.”

Hong Chengchou couldn't help it and said, "It seems that there is a Shanxi Shangtuan Tenglian also fighting with the Ministry of Disaster?"

"The last general met." Chen Hongfan said: "Because it is not a town of soldiers, I dare not talk to him."

Hong Chengchou said earnestly: "It is not wrong for General Chen to send troops to protect the territory and safely. However, if the enemy fails to attack the enemy, he will be besieged and lose his troops. The court will definitely be furious when he learns it. Moreover, the battle between the Daomen and the Shang Gang is on the grassland. If our Yulin Town rashly intervenes, it may cause the Daomen to come to the border, which is not worth the loss."

"Reply to my lord," Chen Hongfan said with a sarcastic look: "We have seen with our own eyes that the team has been destroyed by the merchant army."

"Hmm?" Hong Chengchou felt his heart sinking. Although he saw Zhang Han having a prediction beforehand, he still couldn't believe what Chen Hongfan said was the fact.

"What the last general saw with his own eyes." Chen Hongfan said with a smile: "The Tao Army has been completely finished. The Shang army has captured more than 100,000 people. The two slave chiefs of the E and Tao Army and the Tao Army are now in the hands of the Shang army. The Baichengzi area is also occupied by the Shang army. The Western Front has cut off the return of the Tao Army. The fleeing enemy cavalry will definitely not be able to escape. After this battle, the Tao Army is only the old and weak in the Qinghai area, and it will no longer be a threat to our Ming border."

"There is also the E tribe, Tumote." A ginseng general couldn't help laughing: "I have been completely destroyed in one hundred years of border troubles in the Ming Dynasty!"

All the generals laughed happily. No matter whether they were greedy for money in this battle, they were all border generals from the general family. They could see the Mongols in the pits and valleys giving up their war horses and throwing their bows and arrows. Sulu ingots were thrown all over the ground. The felt bags were full of crying and wailing, and surrendering bare-handed shepherds everywhere. They saw the Mongolians walking towards the assembly location specified by the merchant army with their own eyes. There were many Mongolians crying while walking. That kind of misery was exactly the fun of the Ming Dynasty. The enemy for a century, how many blood debts were, this time it was a snow wash.

Many generals even wished they hadn't received the money this time. On their way back, they talked about this matter. If they had no money and went out to war, it would be like a reconciliation battle that they had made a contribution. When they went home to the ancestral hall to burn incense to their ancestors, their backs would be more solid. Unfortunately, no one expected that Zhang Han and his merchant army could do this!

At this time, firecrackers were already sounding outside. Hong Chengchou was unintentionally and the obviously bought Qiu Bashu said something and strode out of the gate.

The entire Yulin City has become a sea of ​​firecrackers and fireworks.

People set off firecrackers everywhere, and there were jubilant laughter everywhere.

When the news first came, many people couldn't believe it. Then one general after another confirmed that the Takuen was destroyed and the Hetao area was taken back by the merchant army.

The entire Yulin City was in full bloom.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!