Huang Chang, Pei Lun's aide, the facilitator of the peace talks between Dayin and the Tartars, who is about to become the prefect of Shuozhou, has been staying in Zhao Muyun's army in the past few days.
He saw with his own eyes that the Tartar troops gradually withdrew from the Zishui River Valley to the grassland, and Zhao Muyun also released the Tartars' families in batches.
This peace talk was successfully and smoothly implemented.
For the sake of his family, King Zhelan not only decisively gave up the victory that was about to be achieved, but also paid with a grassland in Fengzhou, 2,000 war horses and 2,000 taels of silver.
On the other hand, Dayin lost a thousand elite cavalrymen, five thousand soldiers died in battle, five or six captains of the Zhechoufu, led by Yang Jian, died, and there were countless grassroots officers such as centurions and sergeants.
This battle further exposed the combat effectiveness of Dayin's border army.
I thought it was bad, but it was actually worse than I thought.
For example, in the ambush deployed by Fan Nan, although the two ambushes were discovered in advance, they both had 8,000 soldiers and horses, while there were only 2,000 cavalry to intercept them.
Despite having such an absolute numerical advantage, they actually fled without fighting.
There was also the Shuozhou Zhechoufu, which was known as the most powerful fighting force in Hedong Road, but it had nearly a thousand people without pay, and it retreated before it could hold the Jingbian Army for a single day.
The thousand men under the command of Sun Jizong, the captain of the Guoyi Army, could not hold out as long as a centurion like Zhong Dahu.
The disuse of Dayin’s military equipment did not happen overnight.
Huang Chang came to Zhao Muyun's army, bringing with him Pei Lun's secret instructions, and gained an in-depth understanding of why Zhao Muyun was able to roam hundreds of miles behind the Tartars with only a dozen men and cause chaos.
The three hundred Wuhuan cavalry and the one thousand three hundred captured Dayin people might be a great help.
But Zhao Muyun, a squad leader, was able to integrate so many people to be under his command and obey his orders, and he defeated a total of 700 Tartar defenders.
And the casualties were negligible.
This is the core issue.
After understanding the situation of the people under Zhao Muyun, Huang Chang came to a conclusion:
Zhao Muyun knows how to use people well, integrate resources, and is brave and resourceful.
This further strengthened Huang Chang's resolve to dissuade Pei Lun from doing his utmost to win over Zhao Muyun.
King Zhelan's 10,000-strong army lost only two to three thousand men when they marched south this time, but they were still a threat to Hedong Road.
Next time, we will not be so lucky to capture the Tartar's family and force King Zhelan to withdraw his troops.
Look, another envoy from Pei Lun has arrived from Shuozhou!
After meeting Huang Chang, the envoy told him that Pei Lun wanted to summon Zhao Muyun urgently.
So Huang Chang immediately sent someone to invite Zhao Muyun to discuss the matter.
"Master Pei wants to see me?"
Zhao Muyun must not be surprised to hear Huang Chang say this.
The Wuhuan people and the rescued Dayin people followed his lead, and he played a decisive role in the Tartars' retreat.
Now, with his brilliant achievements and strong strength, he has become a person that Pei Lun must pay special attention to.
"Yes, Sergeant Zhao's current ability is a blessing for Shuozhou and even more so for Hedong!"
"When I was at the Shuozhou headquarters, I strongly recommended Sergeant Zhao to Lord Pei. Lord Pei wants to see you this time. I believe it's because he has reported to the court about the position of captain. The result has been reached, and Sergeant Zhao will take up the position immediately."
Huang Chang seemed to be downplaying his recommendation to Pei Lun, but in fact he intended to remind Zhao Muyun not to forget the favor of recommendation in the future.
"Mr. Huang, you and I will be working together in Hedong Road in the future, so please take care of me." Zhao Muyun smiled slightly.
Huang Chang is a close friend of Pei Lun and someone he can talk to. It would be beneficial to have a good relationship with him.
When people reach a certain position, the environment they are in is different.
In the past, as a squad leader of a beacon tower, as long as you had the ability and had a good relationship with your superiors, you could live a very comfortable life.
But once you become a captain, you are in charge of the food, drink, defecation and urination of thousands of people. In addition to maintaining good relations with the military of the Jiedushi, you also have to deal with officials at the provincial and prefectural levels.
"Okay, okay! Then Brother Zhao, get ready and go back to Shuozhou with me to meet Lord Pei!"
Pei Lun agreed to arrange for the position of Shuozhou prefect to be given to Huang Chang. Although the military and political affairs were two separate lines, Pei Lun said that if he could make it work, he could make it work. Huang Chang still believed in Pei Lun's ability.
"Okay, but you need to give me another day!" Zhao Muyun thought about it.
"Give us another day?" Huang Chang looked surprised.
If others heard that their boss had summoned them, they would have set off impatiently.
But Zhao Muyun refused for one more day, which is really confusing.
"Well, there is something that needs to be prepared."
......
One day later.
All the Tatar troops withdrew from the Zishui River Valley and retreated to the north of the boundary marker of the original buffer zone.
Zhao Muyun finally released the three sons of King Zhelan who were held hostage.
Threatening with hostages can only be done once.
In the future, the game with King Zhelan will be more of a fight with real swords and guns.
The 1,300 men under his command had nothing to do, so they started building this temporary earthen fort on the bank of the Zishui River and reinforced it into a beacon tower.
The beacon tower fort was built on the mountain, with the Zishui River flowing below, and it was surrounded by trenches.
Except for the lack of living facilities such as shops, its scale is even larger than Jingbian Military Town.
After all, there were 2,000 people living here before, including 300 Wuhuan cavalry and 400 Tatar family members.
"Zhuzi, Shi Yong, the two of you follow me to Shuozhou!"
"Han Zhong and Tang Yanhai are jointly responsible for the defense here. Lin Feng and Shi Gang participated in the discussion, and Han Zhong was ultimately in charge!"
Zhao Muyun explained in detail.
Huan Naxue brought three hundred tribesmen to find a place in the Black Camel Mountain to raise the two thousand war horses!
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