The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

The imperial court's five thousand cavalry were all wearing armor made of fine steel, and their weapons were so sharp that they could easily cut off their scimitars, and each of them had one man and two horses.

Some people even have three horses per person. One of the three horses has no saddle, which shows that it is a horse snatched from the grassland.

The Beidi tribe warriors who did not escape slashed at each other with their swords, but they easily blocked them with their swords.

With a "dang" sound, a gap appeared in the scimitar of the Beidi warrior.

"Damn, what happened to Dayu's sharp weapons? Is it possible for everyone to have access to them in Dayu?"

The leader of the Tumut tribe did not give up, and with his strong martial arts, he feinted with his sword, turned the scimitar in the opposite direction, and slashed at the opponent's back.

With another "dang" sound, his knife not only had a gap, but also sparked lightning when it hit the opponent's back.

When the leader saw this scene, his heart suddenly went cold, because he knew that facing the 'invulnerable' Dayu cavalry, their tribe was finished, completely finished!
Not to mention that they were attacked hurriedly to fight, even if it was a fair fight in normal times, they would lose a lot against the equipment of Dayu's soldiers and horses.

Faced with such an elite cavalry of Dayu, the leader did not hesitate at all, tightened his reins, turned around and fled north.

Seeing this, the other warriors of the Beidi tribe did not care about facing the enemy. They adjusted the direction of their horses and fled.

"The leader ran away with his elite!"

"Stop fighting, we surrender!" Beidi warriors forced back the sword that was coming at them.

As soon as the imperial cavalry heard that he was about to surrender, they stopped attacking. The Beidi warriors took advantage of this opportunity and whipped their horses. The horses jumped out in surprise, and fled westward with the hunched man behind them.

When the imperial cavalry saw that they had been fooled, they immediately chased after him.

The Beidi warriors on the battlefield fled in different directions, and Dayu's cavalry also pursued them in different directions.

Ning Keng, who had been watching the battle, was anxious when he saw this scene!

"Don't chase! Don't chase the poor bandits!"

Feng Zhang was on the battlefield, so he naturally noticed this situation. After killing an enemy, he ran towards where Ning Keng was.

Ning Keng saw that his cavalry was about to chase away, so he kicked his own bodyguard, "Hurry up!"

On the grassland, it is the world of Beidi cavalry. They break up and run away. You cannot catch them if you want to.

If they had to disperse and pursue them, they might be the ones defeated in the end.

The imperial cavalry who were chasing the enemy excitedly stopped their pursuit when they heard Ming Jin's signal to withdraw their troops.

Feng Zhang stopped his horse and looked around. He saw that the green figures who were chasing him had stopped, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. "Burn all the tents. The frightened cattle, horses, sheep, and prisoners all gathered in one place and killed them." The Tartars cut off their heads and piled them up in the capital!"

Most of the captives were herdsmen living at the bottom of the grassland. The life of the herdsmen at the bottom of the grassland has been equally difficult in recent years. They basically do not have their own cattle and sheep, and most of them earn living supplies by helping the nobles of the grassland to herd animals.

Now they are captured, just like the frightened cattle and sheep in the pen, with eyes full of confusion and fear.

These people wanted to drive back to Dayu with their herds of cattle, sheep and horses. Just like the Gyeonggi area, they also had large areas in Youzhou where they could settle these herdsmen.

The battlefield was quickly cleared, and the imperial cavalry drove back the cattle, sheep, horses and prisoners quickly.

The Beidi tribe warriors who escaped, led by their leader, returned to the tribe in the evening of the next day.

As far as the eye could see, all they saw were tents burned to ashes, the headless corpses of countless tribesmen, and the jingguan piled up.

This is a proper warning and deterrent!
Dayu's horse came as fast and violent as a strong wind. After blowing, it left a mess and disappeared without a trace.

Then he turned to look at the remaining tribesmen who had escaped. They were all like puppets that had lost their vitality. They had nothing but embarrassment.

"Chief, we must report this matter to Khan as soon as possible!"

The Tumut tribe was not a big tribe to begin with. It was hit hard this time. How long will it take to recover?
In addition to those who went out to herd and the tribesmen who escaped, the tribe lost about to % of its personnel and property this time.

Especially population, it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. As a tribe grows, population is very important, and it cannot be developed just by thinking about it.

This time, being attacked by Dayu's cavalry was an unbearable pain for the Tumote tribe!

I am afraid that it will be difficult to grow in the next hundred years, and in the days to come, I will have to struggle to survive under the oppression of other tribes.

The leader was on the verge of crying, "So what if he reports it? Do you still expect him to take revenge for our humble little tribe?"

The livestock that the tribe relies on for survival are all gone. How will the tribe survive this year's cold winter?
"Are we going to swallow this bad breath like this?" the tribesmen asked in confusion.

The leader endured his grief and snorted coldly: "If other tribes learn about our tribe's current situation, what do you think they will do?"

Tribe: "."

To survive on the grassland, the weak eat the strong.

At this time, the tribesmen also realized that the current situation of their tribe, the weak tribe would definitely be suppressed by other tribes.

"Then what do you want to do?"

The leader gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Keep this secret for now. We can still survive in the Hetao Plain. If word spreads, I'm afraid we will be driven out of this plain within a few months!"

In fact, the leader still had something to say, and the news of Dayu's cavalry raiding their tribe was not spread.

At that time, other tribes were unprepared, and Dayu's cavalry raided other tribes. He hoped that other tribes would be as unlucky as them, so that everyone was on the same starting line, and no one could bully anyone! ——
"These Beidi people in the grassland are really rich. Like in our Dayu, a family with one or two sheep is considered a large property, but the Beidi people are counted in groups, and a group is hundreds or even thousands."

If someone had a few herds of cattle, sheep, and horses, that would be tens of thousands of livestock, how rich they would be!

Fengzhang glanced at his servant Sanwu, "Do you think there are already a lot of livestock here?"

Sango nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Yes, tens of thousands of all the livestock are not too many, so how many are too many?"

Feng Zhang looked at Ning Keng, who was riding beside him, and suggested: "On the way back, let's deviate a little bit. We can reach the next Beidi tribe in two days. Should we take a little detour this time?" , one more harvest?”

Ning Keng glanced at Feng Zhang in surprise. In fact, he was also thinking about this matter in his mind, but he didn't expect that this kid would bring it up first.

Now the two people's opinions were unified.

Then naturally, Dayu's cavalry deviated slightly from the direction and ran to another tribe to raid. In the same situation, the imperial cavalry harvested many cattle, sheep, horses and many prisoners.

Looking at the exponentially growing number of livestock behind him, Feng Zhang smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. "When I go back this time, it won't be that easy to go out and launch a surprise attack next time. Beidi is on guard, and Lord Feng Yanrong is not." They will let us out easily again."

Ning Keng shook his head: "That's your father!"

Feng Zhang glanced at him: "I know, you don't need to remind me!"

The five thousand cavalrymen came out of the customs and came back smoothly as Xia Jing expected.

When they came back, the team behind them was obviously several times larger, which startled the border guard.

"My dear, are Beidi's cattle, sheep and horses so easy to snatch?"

"Hurry up and report to the Empress and the Governor that the eldest son and the chief soldier are back!"

When Feng Yanrong heard the report, he was the first to run to the Dajingmen Gate Tower to take a look.By the time Xia Jing arrived at the Dajingmen, the team had already arrived outside.

"Welcome my heroes of Dayu on their triumphant return. Thank you for your hard work!"

Ning Keng, Feng Zhang, Zheng He and other generals dismounted one after another and stepped forward to pay homage: "I have seen the empress."

"I have lived up to your Majesty's expectations. This trip to the grassland has been very fruitful. It can temporarily satisfy our frontier army's meat needs for half a year." Ning Keng reported excitedly.

"Okay!" Xia Jing glanced at the team behind her and felt happy in her heart. It was the Beidi people who bullied Dayu in the past, but now they finally got revenge on them.

Then her eyes fell on Zhenghe, "How do you feel about coming out of seclusion this time?"

Zhenghe took a step forward, with a look of annoyance on his face, "It's a pity that I almost captured the leader of the Tumut tribe, but he was too cunning and escaped. I have failed my empress!"

Xia Jing waved her hand and said nonchalantly: "You don't have to blame yourself. Let him escape. It proves that his life should not be taken. When the time comes, he will not be able to escape."
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In the first year of the founding year, in mid-July, Ning Keng, the commander-in-chief of Dajingmen, Fengzhang, the eldest son of Youzhou, and Zhenghe, who had surrendered to the rebels, went out of Dajingmen and went deep into the grassland, and successfully attacked and severely damaged the two tribes of Beidi in the grassland.

Nearly livestock were seized and numerous prisoners were taken. Ordinary herdsmen were resettled in Youzhou and other areas near Jizhou.

As the autumn harvest was approaching, Xia Jing passed through Jizhou and along the Great Wall in early August and arrived in the Gyeonggi area.

After two years of reconstruction, the Gyeonggi area has become increasingly prosperous.

The wheat waves dance with the wind, the fields are golden, and there is a harvest scene everywhere.

Autumn shows its charm to people with its attractive autumn colors and abundant fruits.

Xia Jing and all the generals were stunned by the beauty of autumn.

It has been a year since I left Beijing, and it has gone by so fast.

Li Chengmu led everyone to stand on the tower. When he saw Xia Jing's team, he led everyone down the tower in a hurry.

"Queen Mother!" He knelt down and worshiped Xia Jing in front of the people.

In order to establish her son's image outside, Xia Jing did not stop him from saluting.

After he finished his salute, he pulled him up and asked, "How long have you been in the capital?"

The corners of Li Chengmu's lips curled up and Lao Gao replied: "You will be back within ten days, just in time for the palace officials to clear out your palace."

Xia Jing smiled and nodded before she had time to look at the people behind him.

"Wei Chen has met your Majesty. Your Majesty, you have had a hard journey!"

"The servant has seen the empress!"

Hongmei and Baimei did not go out with Xia Jing this time. They had not seen their master for almost a year. When they saw her this time, their eyes were red with excitement.

Xia Jing smiled at Wei Dong, Ding Daqiang and others who came out of the city to greet her: "If there's anything else, let's talk about it when we get back. Let's go back to the palace!"

It was really hard to travel all the way. Xia Jing returned to the palace, took a hot bath and lay on the bed not wanting to move.

"Mother, would you like to eat something before going to bed?" Li Chengmu came in with a bowl of bird's nests.

Xia Jing turned over and sat up, smoothing her long hair, "Why did you come in? Where are Bai Mei and the others?"

"I sent them away." Li Chengmu put the bowl in front of her, "Eat some food before going to bed, otherwise you won't be able to sleep well if you go to bed hungry."

Xia Jing took a sip, looked at him and asked with a smile: "Want to discuss something with me?"

Li Chengmu shook his head: "My son is just waiting for his mother to eat. He doesn't come here because he has something to do."

Xia Jing said lightly "Oh" and drank all the bird's nest in the bowl in a few mouthfuls.

She put down the bowl, wiped her lips, and said, "I've finished eating now. You can go back first. I want to rest."

"Oh, the son will leave first. Mother, please have a good rest. My son will take care of you in the evening!" Li Chengmu stood up and left without hesitation.

His operation made Xia Jing a little confused.

"Are you really just here to bring her food?"

Forget it, no more!

Xia Jing yawned. Since Xiao Wu didn't say anything, she just pretended not to notice.

Li Chengmu really had nothing major to report immediately, so there was no need to disturb Xia Jing's rest with some trivial matters.

Back in the study, Wei Dong stood up and asked, "Your Highness, what did the empress say?"

Li Chengmu walked to the desk and sat down, and replied calmly: "I didn't tell my mother about it. It doesn't matter what decision we make about this matter. What's important is that you prepare the information you need to prepare tomorrow." , don’t disturb the queen’s rest today.”

The next day.

Xia Jing rested for a night and her energy was basically restored.

In the morning, I was dealing with the accumulated affairs in the study, and all the officials who were staying in the capital came over.

Wei Dong is the Jing Zhaoyin of the capital. He must report to Xia Jing whether it is a major matter that has been resolved or an undecided matter.

"Now the cement roads in the Gyeonggi area have been fully built, and in order to prevent the prisoners who built the road from being idle, I asked them to build the post road south of the Gyeonggi area."

"The post road going south has almost reached Yuzhou now?" Xia Jing looked down at the project schedule, and she was surprised.

After all, the construction tools and machinery at this time were limited, and it was extremely time-consuming and laborious to build a house or palace.

Wei Dong nodded: "Yes, according to the minister's idea, I want to build the post road all the way south to Lingnan, and open up the post road from Gyeonggi to Lingnan to make it easier for people to travel."

Xia Jing had no objection. If she wanted to get rich, she should build roads first.

She looked down again. The next few items were all problems that had been solved and did not require his signature.

Further down, there is a piece of news about Lingnan, which is also good news.

Last year, Lingnan's iron workshop developed the first version of the steam engine.

So Xia Jing asked them to carefully read the drawings she gave them and made the first generation steam train.

Now more than half a year has passed, and even the steam train track construction has reached the Nanling Mountains.

I just don’t know how this so-called steam train, which can only travel on flat roads, can cross the mountains?

"Lingnan sent a letter asking you if the train cannot cross the Nanling Mountains. Do you want to continue building the railway in Guiyang County?"

Xia Jing raised her eyes and looked at him: "The train can't cross the Nanling Mountains, so we have to dig holes in the mountains and build bridges in the rivers. The north-south artery from Lingnan to the capital must be repaired!"

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