After He Qi led his troops out of the customs, Duke Jingguo also returned to the capital.

As the chief general, He Qi has too many things to be busy. He inspects the military camps every day and leads troops to practice. He decides all major military affairs. It would be good if he can take a day a month to go home.

Cheng Jinrong is also busy. He goes out early and returns to the clinic every day to save lives and heal the wounded. The name of the miracle doctor resounds throughout the border.

Cheng Jinyi led a pair of children to Guyuan Town quietly.

The border army won a great victory and then came out of the customs again. During this period, the court officials were also very busy. No one had time to pay attention to the fourth daughter-in-law of the He family and led the children to the border.

Occasionally, someone noticed it, but he would not talk about such trivial matters.

After Cheng Jinyi arrived at the border, he went to the clinic with Cheng Jinrong every day. When he was free to take care of the children, he was helping him, so Cheng Jinrong was a little relieved.

After He Silang was promoted, he also took errands in the army. He was much more idle than his brother and came back every ten days, so that the couple could get together for one night.

Cheng Jinyi was very satisfied and said to He Silang: "In the past year, when I think of you going to fight to kill the enemy, I can't sleep or eat. Every time I send a letter back to my home, I feel nervous and scared."

I was looking forward to writing to myself, but I was afraid of seeing any bad news in the letter.

Only those who have experienced it can experience the feeling of worrying about it.

He Silang was full of pity and hugged his wife and whispered: "Jinyi, I am the He family's son, and I can't stay by my wife and children like an ordinary man."

Cheng Jinyi had red eyes and choked and said, "I know. I have never regretted marrying you. Now I have come to the border, and I am much closer to you. You can come back every ten days. I am already satisfied and have no more demands."

Compared with her eldest and second sister-in-law who has been staying in the capital, she is already very lucky.

Furthermore, after the border army won a great victory, there was no war to fight for the time being. He Silang worked in the military camp and had no worries about his life. It was better than He Zhi, Zheng Qinghuai and others who sacrificed their lives to come out of seclusion.

...

The days passed like flowing water, and it was the tenth year of Xuanping.

Although he wanted to fight with war, He Zhi did not fight when he saw the tribe. He sent a scout camp to search for whereabouts of the outside world. The smaller tribes were not cared about for now, and he only chose the bigger tribes to take action.

In the first battle, the battle was straightforward. Ten thousand elite soldiers wiped out a medium-sized tribe with 6,000 people. All the males were killed, and the elderly, weak, women and children were captured and sent to the pass.

He Qi and He Qi had a tacit understanding and immediately sent two thousand soldiers to come, one to replenish their forces, and the other hand, it also meant to intimidate the tribes.

This move shocked many small tribes.

Wherever the army went, the resistance encountered was getting less and less. There were many small tribes with about a thousand people who surrendered directly without the courage to resist.

Anyway, when they arrive in the pass, they will be enclosed with pastures and can continue to grazing. They can also reclaim wasteland. It is said that the border troops will also give them grain and send people to teach them how to farm.

The time is still short and the harvest has not yet been completed. However, as soon as this spread, the small nomadic tribes that had already had difficulty in survival were moved.

Their life was already difficult. Most of the cattle and sheep they raised had to be tributed to the Tatar nobles. It was quite difficult to fill their stomachs. Now there is a way to survive in the pass. It is nothing wrong to regard the emperor of the Great Chu as the supreme emperor!

By the way, I heard that the tribes that surrendered voluntarily could live in one place. If they were defeated and captured, they would be assigned to each tribe.

Thinking of this, it would be better to surrender directly to Da Chu.

As a result, the frequency of wars in large armies has been much lower, and the number of times they have sent "submission" tribes to pass the pass has increased.

Every few months, He Qi would send more soldiers out of the customs. The original 10,000 troops removed the number of casualties, and the number of troops increased instead of decreasing.

That's right, He Qi sent 10,000 soldiers out of the customs. However, he never said that he would not send more reinforcements!

All the ministers of the court: Haha!

Emperor Xuanping, sitting on the dragon throne, did not say a word, obviously had a tacit understanding with He Qi.

Occasionally, there were ignorant ministers who made suggestions, Emperor Xuanping said softly: "I trust General He. In my opinion, General He did this reasonably. Over the past six months, more than a dozen battles have been fought in all parts of the pass, and 30% of the people were killed or injured. We must replenish our troops."

"I heard that six or seven small tribes surrendered, and they were all deterrent by force. If they were not defeated, how could they bow their heads?"

"The border army has worked hard enough for war. This little thing is not worth mentioning."

So the talkative minister quickly shut up.

...

Time passes by in a hurry, three years are in a blink of an eye.

The most difficult battle that the border army fought outside the pass was in the autumn of the 13th year of Xuanping.

Many tribes outside the pass were killed and surrendered. One fell swooped and the other fell, the Tatar tribe

Batu's younger brother gathered the remaining troops and set up an ambush. Although the border troops were very cautious, they were ultimately unable to defeat the Tatars and were familiar with the terrain and were ambushed.

However, after a brief defeat, the soldiers of the border army were not defeated, but became more and more brave. In this battle, 30% of the border army suffered casualties and also won the final victory.

He Qi also made great contributions in this battle and killed Batu's younger brother.

At this point, the Tatar tribe finally collapsed and completely pacified outside the pass. Next, after the war, it was to appease Shun people and govern the land outside the pass.

These things are not a day or night.

He Qi submitted a memorial and asked the court to send officials to govern. He was a military general and only cared for war. He was not in charge of governing the matters in the area.

He Qi did not support his troops and interfered in this matter, which also made the court officials relieved. Soon, several civil servants were sent to the court.

He Qi was also seriously injured in this battle and was unable to fight again. He returned to the border army camp to recuperate. Even Cheng Wang had to say that He Qi was really lucky and actually came over again.

Wei, who was far away in the capital, heard that her husband was seriously injured and cried.

The court soon received a reward, and He Qi was promoted to general and commanded the Left Army. The Wei family also had the imperial edict of the second-rank wife.

He Zhi, who was lying on the bed to recuperate, had a slightly red eye after hearing the imperial edict.

All his hard work is worth it.

Zheng Qinghuai also made many military achievements in the past three years, and his official position was promoted to two levels. Now he is a fourth-rank general. All the army returned to the military camp, and he also had a half month vacation to accompany his wife and children at home.

In recent years, the Pei Zhang brothers have successively conquered native tribes in Lingnan.

Emperor Xuanping issued an order to grant Pei Zhang a fourth-rank official position, and ordered Pei Zhang to be the commander of the garrison in Jin. Pei Jue was a fifth-rank official position and went to the garrison in Shaanxi.

The children did not have to be taken to the office. Because of the phoenix decree of Empress Dowager Pei, the two sons and daughters of Pei Si and Pei Jue were summoned to the capital.

On winter of this year, He Chao and He Yang and He Yao brothers also received the phoenix order summoned by Empress Dowager Pei to the palace.
Chapter completed!