The autumn was clear and the air was cool. Gao Jin stayed in Hekou Fort for more than half a month. Until Mulan gave birth safely, he stayed at home with his twin sons for three days before he and Fan Xiu'an arrived at Camel City.

During these days, Hou Sanzi, who returned to Shuofang tribe, sent someone to send the news back. As Gao Jin expected, the Sunan tribe did not care about who was established by Shuofang tribe. As long as the Hetao tribe was still without a leader, each tribe will take him as the main one.

Sitting in the carriage and lifting the curtain, Fan Xiu'an looked at the harvested farmland under Hekou Fort, and there were farmers harvesting everywhere. He couldn't help but envy him, "It was only under Brother Gao's rule that there was such a peaceful harvest. There was no tax collector and family employed, so the people lived and worked in peace and contentment."

With the dam in Huilong Bay, water storage is regulated and various compostings, the deserted fields reclaimed under the control of Hekou Fort have become fertile land, and the yield per mu is higher than other farmlands in Shenmu County.

Gao Jin asked someone to build an Okura in Hekou Fort. Currently, 70% of the fields in Hekou Fort are under his name. The military households who came to settle in the neighboring fortress and refugees from Motianling are all his tenants.

If Gao Jin hadn't been unwilling to collect the fields he had invested, he would have been afraid that the 30% of the fields left in the Hekou Fort would have been under his name. Nowadays, the burden of self-cultivation farmers is too heavy, and it has become a trend for various places to pay off the imperial court to collect taxes, grain, and money.

There is no second person in Shaanxi who is as generous as Gao Jin, so even if Gao Jin feels that the people under his rule need to have their own constant property to have perseverance, but they cannot withstand this world. If he distributes the fields, it will make people feel confused. He can only continue to be the big landlord for the time being, and then wait until the time is ripe in the future and then qualify for the land.

"This year is quite good, and I don't know what it will be like in the future."

Gao Jin sighed. It was the autumn of the 45th year of Wanli. Shaanxi was about to usher in a day of constant natural disasters. At that time, most of Shaanxi would suffer. All he could do now was to hoard food as much as possible to prepare for famine.

Fan Xiu'an also fell silent when he heard this. There was insufficient rainfall in Shaanxi and the distribution was uneven. For example, the Shenmufu Valley in Yulin was quite good, and other places were said to have poor grain harvests.

"Brother Fan, I have to ask you to go to the south a few more times to buy grain for me."

"Brother Gao, don't worry, this matter is for me."

Fan Xiu'an was excited. He was also clear about the deeds of Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, "building high walls, accumulating grain, and arguing king!". Although he had not reached the point of chaos in the world, he could see some clues, and he would naturally accumulate grain for Gao Jin.

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People say that when autumn is high and horses are fat, it is time for the barbarians to move south.

In the past, people from Hetao tribes always took the lead in connecting with each tribe and plundered the side walls, such as the Mengkeshli tribe and the Shake tribe are among the best.

But now these two groups have become Gao Jin's loyal dogs. They have no courage to worry about the offensives of each group. Instead, they annexed the small tribes on the Hetao. In the end, they even confronted the majority of the groups.

The Shuofang tribe is like a big crocodile in the original small pond, and those little fish and shrimps are no longer able to survive. After all, other turtles have to protect themselves, so they can only eat more fish and shrimps to strengthen their size, so as not to be swallowed by the big crocodile.

The bright red blood was soaked in the soil, and the half-human-tall grass was dyed blood red. This small tribe, which originally had more than a hundred people, has now completely turned into ruins, and the cavalrymen in the tribe were scattered to capture the fugitives.

One by one, the lasso was thrown out from the hands of the knights on the horse, and trapped the fleeing herders and pulled them back. However, even so, several cavalry ran away. Some cavalrymen were planning to pursue, but they were stopped by the Taiji who led the troops, "But a few lucky people escaped, let them go, let's go to the next place."

Thoriller turned his horse's head and watched the warriors tied up the captured herders with ropes, but he headed towards the next small tribe's garrison. The grassland facing Hetao is already in chaos. Even after Kutuk Taichechen Hongtaiji died, the Taku tribe (Ordos tribe) was divided and it was not as chaotic as it is now.

Tuli felt a little heavy when he thought of his father's orders. The trap was split into forty-two divisions back then, and everyone was mainly Tumote. Unexpectedly, Tumote had an internal conflict. Now that Shunyi King Bushitu and Sunan Dataiji are still confronting each other in Guihua City and Dabansheng City. Now that Hetao is so chaotic, the Sunan Dataiji doesn't speak, obviously he has other thoughts.

Among the Hetao tribes, the one who could truly be called the leader of the Hetao tribe in the past was the Chetunate Tribe, because they were the headquarters of Kutuk Taichechen Hongtaiji. It was only in recent years that the three divisions of Mengkesh, Huo Luo Chi and Sha Jian jointly suppressed the Chetunate Tribe.

"The two cowards, Chaganbara and Haribari, have completely lost the face of our Golden Family."

Thinking of the Mengkeshli tribe and Shake tribe who were the first to start the war, Tuoli couldn't help but curse. If they hadn't had they crazily annexed the small part, plundered the population, and exchanged various goods from the Shuofang tribe for all kinds of goods, in just two months, these two parts not only recovered their vitality, but also had a huge population increase. How could they ask their father to order the surrounding small part to be annexed?

It is obvious that everyone is Mongolian, and this autumn is high and fat. It is a good time to lead the bow south, but they kill themselves into a ball, but they are afraid that the grass will be much more plump next year.

In addition to being out of the inside, there are many people in the Hetao tribes who have the same ideas as him. However, now everyone is red-eyed. If you want to protect yourself, you have to strengthen your own tribe. How can you care about anything else?

At present, the Mengkesh power plus the Shake and Shuofang tribes have more than 40,000 troops, becoming the largest force among the Hetao tribes. However, the Shuofang tribe has never been in operation, and it is said that even if most of the three Ji Neng want to unite to deal with the Mengkesh power and Shuofang tribe, they have always had some concerns, so they can only annex the surrounding small divisions first and add their tribes.

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"Now, there are two thousand soldiers in our Shuofang. Should we move?"

After practicing troops on the grassland for several months, Zhang Jian, who was so tanned that he looked like a thin monkey, could no longer help but find Chen Sheng, "Master Sheng, it's not that I am greedy for me, but now Hetao is fighting in a mess. Those fugitive herdsmen who come to our Shuofang to join have blood feuds, and the morale in the army is available at present. It's good to be able to make a statement, and it's too scary to make a statement."

"Yes, after sweeping these three parts, this Hetao belongs to the Grand Master!"

In the tent of the Central Army Commander, Zhang Chonggu couldn't help but agree that Chaganbara and Haribari, the pair with filial sons, had fought in the east and west during this period, and their subordinates had doubled. If it weren't for the endless supply of goods transported to the camp in Gubeizhai, they would probably not be able to keep up with the speed of the two guys' looting.

Chen Sheng didn't say anything. Not long ago, my second brother asked him to bring a letter to him, asking him to be calm. No matter how chaotic Hetao is, it has nothing to do with them. As long as you manage Shuofang's troops well, Chen Sheng saw that Hetao was like a bird, and Chaganbala and Haribari could still provoke all three of them with great enthusiasm, and he was afraid that they would start fighting sooner or later.

"Mr. Hou, what do you think?"

Chen Sheng was temporarily in charge of the custody affairs, and he could not express his opinion easily. As for his brothers, he didn't need to ask, and they all hoped to fight. Therefore, Hou San, the chief minister who was in charge of the civil affairs of the Shuofang Department, was extremely critical.

In everyone's mind, Hou San, who has the reputation of a scholar, is similar to a strategist, and everyone is willing to listen to what he says.

"There are forty-two tribes in Hetao, and they have been fighting and annexing for years. Now, I'm afraid that there are only those most of them left."

Hou San spoke slowly and explained a set of reasons. Wouldn't it be beneficial for them to annex the large part of the Hetao population to be added to the future? As for the Tartars who still have to fight, why should they join in the fun?

"I have seen that Su Nang Da Taiji. He is an ambitious person. If we don't move, he will not be able to control the trap and kill the life and death of the trap. If we move, unless we can achieve the best in one battle, we will be able to kill all the people. Ji can do so. He will definitely send troops. At that time, we will fall into the siege of various troops, so everyone is a little patient and will talk about it when the master comes back."

Hou San's words made Zhang Jian and Zhang Chonggu lose his voice. Although they were eager to fight, they still knew what the overall situation was, so they could only train their troops more frequently. However, the desire for battle in Shuofang's tribe was not suppressed, but became more and more intense. Whether it was the old tribe or the new tribe, they were all looking forward to Gao Jin, the Protector, coming back, flattening the various tribes, and conquering Hetao.

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In the Camel City, Gao Jin, who rushed to the General's Mansion, did not know that the situation on the grassland had changed drastically. The Hetao tribes had now formed a vague formation and confronted the two major forces of Shuofang. Even if he didn't want to take down the entire Hetao in a hurry, except for the Mengkesh and Shacha who were defeated by him, most of the remaining Hetao tribes had made up their minds. After the small tribes were annexed and the troops were rectified, they would fight to the death with him, even if they killed the Hetao blood flowed into a river.

On the large sandalwood table, on the unfolded map of Yansui Town, Gao Jin pointed his finger outside the wall of Shenmu Fort, and the Shuofang tribe was now stationed in the mud, and said to Du Hongyu, "Grand Prince, this time I destroyed the python and the two Aji tribes on the grassland, and defeated Mengkeshli and Shaji tribes, killing and cutting more than two thousand heads. I would like to congratulate the eldest prince."

Because of the Qin King's rebellion case, Du Hongyu was promoted by the court as appropriate and became the general of Yansui and led the seal of the general in the west of the town. It was the limelight. However, compared with his father Du Wenhuan, Du Hongyu's qualifications and contributions fell in the eyes of the generals in Yansui Town, which was not enough. So even though Du Hongyu is now the general, those generals are still the same.

If Gao Jin's two thousand heads achieve military success, he can not only stabilize the position of general in Du Hong's territory, but also greatly shock the generals in the Camel City.

"Xiao Gao is indeed my humeral minister. How do you think of fighting this battle?"

When Du Hongyu heard about two thousand Tartar heads, he couldn't help but suck. If this was not considered the three major battles, it would be the first military merit of this dynasty.

"The eldest son, according to the last general's intention, when the last general returns to the grassland, he will lead troops to the outer wall of Shenmu Fort to appear. After the beacon tower ignited the beacon, the eldest son only brought his troops and Shenmuwei camp troops, and went out of the frontier with light troops, passing Gubei Village and then to Jiugu Shuipanheng for a few days. It is only necessary to clean up other spies in the army at that time. When it snows this winter, the eldest son will win the triumphant victory with the two thousand heads. I believe that the world will be shocked by the time."
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