After hearing this, Colin immediately agreed and said: "Honorable Lord Marquis, don't worry, we people are grateful for your generosity and kindness. We will not resist. You can send people to take away the trophies we deserve! But next time I have a humble request, I hope you can agree!"
Liu Haojia said: "Let's talk and listen."
Colin prayed: "Please leave as many weapons, leather armor, and enough horses for us as possible! Otherwise, we will not be able to resist when attacked by other tribes, and we may not be able to wait for your envoy to arrive. It’s time!」
Liu Haojia thought for a while and said, "Okay, your scimitar and leather armor are of no use to me anyway."
Colin kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Thank you to the kind Lord Marquis, the Immortal God will bless you! Don't worry, I will send the best herdsmen to collect the scattered cattle, sheep and horses. What you need will be sent to you soon."
Liu Haojia waved his hand and signaled him to hurry up and make arrangements. At the same time, Liu Ren, Guo Zhankui and others also arranged soldiers to search the camp.
What happened next turned out to be weird! The Mongolians were very tame and cleared the entire camp under the command of the soldiers. Donate everything of value one by one. The soldiers received a large amount of gold, silver, jade, fur and other valuable things. And, of course, there are plenty of heads!
In fact, this is no loss to the Mongolian herdsmen. The real loss is the leadership of the tribe. Only they have enough gold and silver treasures and fine furs. The most wealth that ordinary herdsmen have is cattle and sheep!
And the herdsmen sent by Colin did carry out his orders seriously. It took the herdsmen a short time to gather back the scattered cattle, sheep and horses. And judging from their happy expressions, the loss was not big! So the soldiers picked out the fattest cattle and sheep and the horses sent by Colin, and happily embarked on their return journey.
Moreover, Colin thoughtfully sent dozens of people to help drive the cattle, sheep, and horses. So this team, which was much larger than when they arrived, began to rush back to the camp.
The camp was closed at night and I saw a large group of people returning from a distance. After confirming the news, the camp was immediately notified. Then the whole camp cheered thunderously, and a large number of soldiers ran out to welcome the heroes in triumph!
When the soldiers left, they were empty-handed, but when they came back, they were all proud and proud! Because when they came back, their backpacks were filled with trophies, their carts were filled with heads, and there were a large number of cattle and sheep following them. They were so proud that they couldn't be more proud!
After arranging everything, Liu Haojia announced that he would celebrate tonight and got into the tent to sleep. He had been thinking about it for two consecutive days, which had already made him exhausted. And the soldiers naturally killed cattle and sheep, and feasted and drank!
Those who went out to fight carried the leg of lamb and boasted endlessly about their military exploits. The people guarding the camp held beef in their hands and listened with relish to their companions describing the battle scenes. When they talked about the happy moments, they even drank a sip of wine together. The whole camp was extremely happy.
The next day the group broke camp and set off, without encountering anything else on the road. Just when they were still two days away from Zhangjiakou, a cavalryman caught up with their team. This cavalryman is Hutch's personal soldier and is here to deliver a message on Hutch's behalf.
When he was searched and brought to Liu Haojia, he was sure that Liu Haojia was the rightful owner, so he knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Sir, my head originally wanted to come in person to apologize to you, but after the tribe suffered a disaster, we have to beware of attacks from surrounding tribes. , so he really can’t come here in person. I hope you will forgive him!”
Liu Haojia said: "No need to talk nonsense, what news did Hutch ask you to bring?"
The cavalryman said: "The leader asked the villain to tell the noble man that the people from the Zhang family in the northwest were the ones who ordered him to attack the noble man. They provided the exact route and the date when the gentleman would leave the country. Moreover, the Zhang family promised each tribe two hundred pairs of iron armor. As reward."
Liu Haojia was very angry when he heard that iron armor was used as reward! On the one hand, it is because iron weapons are prohibited from leaving customs, especially armor, which is a top priority! Even within the Ming Dynasty, private possession of armor was prohibited! The fact that the other party can promise so much iron armor shows that the other party is strong and has great hands and eyes. On the other hand, he is only worth two hundred pairs of armor, which is a bit cheap!
But he suppressed his anger and said, "Which Zhang family is the northwest Zhang family?"
The cavalryman looked up at him and said, "Just
It’s the Zhang family that gave birth to the prime minister! "
Liu Haojia understood clearly after hearing this, but the faces of the people around him changed a little when they heard this! They all know that Mongolians don't speak of elders, but only prime ministers, and the only family that has a prime minister is Zhang Siwei's family!
Moreover, the Zhang family in the northwest has been entrenched in the northwest for many years. It can be said that it is intricately connected and extremely powerful! If Zhang Siwei wants to touch Liu Haojia, it will be really difficult to guard against him! And no one understands the deep hatred between Zhang Siwei and Liu Haojia that leads them to use this method!
Liu Haojia thought for a moment and said, "How did you get in touch with the Zhang family? You know, the Zhang family is quite powerful!"
The cavalryman said: "The Zhang family has a lot of business in the northwest. Among them, there are several caravans doing business with the grassland. We are also one of the main customers of the Zhang family's caravan, so we are very close."
Liu Haojia understood immediately and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"
The cavalry said: "Noble sir, there is another person who came with the Zhang family. This person has never appeared on the grassland. But the leader said that this person seems to be on an equal footing with the Zhang family, and he once promised, If anyone can get the noble man’s head, I will give you another two hundred steel knives.”
Liu Haojia immediately asked him what his last name was and what he looked like. But as time passed, Hutch couldn't explain clearly. It becomes even less decent when paraphrased, sounding like an ordinary middle-aged Ming Dynasty scholar.
After repeated questioning, Liu Haojia went over the whole thing. Knowing that the cavalryman could no longer tell anything new, he sent him away.
After the servants took the people out of the tent, Liu Ren stepped forward and said, "Second Young Master, why did this family suddenly attack us?"
Liu Haojia shook his head and said, "I don't know either! I asked myself that I have never offended Zhang Siwei, why did he target me like this?"
The ancients rarely used their names directly when addressing people, because it was no different from swearing. Now that Liu Haojia directly mentioned Zhang Siwei's name, it only shows that his anger has reached a certain level.
Guo Zhankui said loudly: "Why don't my subordinates dress up as horse bandits and attack the Zhang family, get revenge and then torture the prisoners, and they will definitely be able to find out!"
Liu Ren immediately said: "Lao Guo, don't drag yourself into the world! What's the use of attacking the Zhang family? As long as Zhang Siwei is still in the position of the elder, the Zhang family will not fall!"
