North of Yin Mountain, manhole.

This is a small place under Jingzhou, north of the Hongwu boundary line, but later the Yongle Emperor invaded the grassland several times and incorporated this place into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that Yongle passed away later, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost its former prestige, and this piece of land was repeatedly contested, which can be regarded as a disputed area.

Then, with the gradual rise of the Mongolian steppe, it has become a completely steppe territory today.

The manhole is small, but it is strategically important. The Mongol royal court once again stationed a battalion of soldiers all year round, which can be regarded as an outpost to monitor the southern Ming Dynasty.

Today, Alborot is temporarily stationed here. The Right Khan had returned to the royal court, he was wounded by an arrow, and the covenant of the city had been signed, so he had to return to Dayan Khan for both public and private purposes.

In fact, in the heart of the Right Tent King, he couldn't wait to get out. These days are almost equivalent to being tied up by Alboro's side, and he really can't say what he has to say. Now that I can finally leave, I finally have a breath of relief in my heart.

This Qitaiji, who he watched grow up in the past, has now become so cunning and ruthless, which makes him shudder a little. So after arriving at the manhole, after only a short rest, he couldn't wait to return.

Alborot has basically achieved his goal, and he doesn't keep it at the moment, but just sends it away, and those who don't know see it, like a scene of deep love between uncle and nephew.

After drinking the wine from the bowl, the King of the Right Tent turned and got into the car. It was only when he got into the car that he couldn't help but soften his heart, so he turned around and looked at Alborot in the car, and after a little hesitation, he said solemnly: "Al, you have to be careful of that Sumer." ”

Alborot was stunned, seemed to be in a trance, and a touch of warmth flashed in his eyes. But he recovered in an instant, and said with a slight smile: "Uncle Wang, don't worry, I know." ”

The King of the Right Tent frowned, and stopped talking. But finally sighed softly, nodded and turned into the carriage.

The curtain was lowered, the emperor shouted, and the carriage began to set off amid the sparkling sound of the carriage. The guards of the sweat tent on the left and right whistled one after another, and followed with their horses.

Alborot watched the car of the King of the Right Horde drift away, and the smile on his face faded. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his face was thoughtful.

Before leaving, the king of the right tent made a special admonition, which seemed to mean something, which made Alborot can't help but be vigilant.

In fact, he already attaches great importance to Su Mo, after several previous battles, he can be said to be deflated again and again, where can he ignore Su Mo? But he is not negligent, but he does not think that he really lost.

As for those kinds of deflated anger, most of them are just the appearance of his deliberate making. Su Mo was calculating him, why wasn't he calculating Su Mo? Now that the royal court had made a return, the Haoqi Special Department had assembled an army of 5,000 people and was about to rush here to use him.

The Haoqite Department, also known as Artemisia Qite, belonged to the Chahar at this time, and was one of the most powerful under the command of the Upper Chahar Department. In real history, this tribe eventually became the sub-fiefdom of Alborot.

But today, after the birth of Su Mo, this tribe appeared far more than ten years earlier than in history.

With the 5,000 soldiers of the Hozit Ministry, Alborot thought that he could completely crush Sumer. So, these days, he does have a little slack. But today, after being reminded so solemnly by the King of the Right Horde, he suddenly felt that he was indeed a little careless.

"What's going on over there?" he asked, standing with his hands in his hands, without looking back.

Duolun turned around and beckoned a guard to whisper a few words, then took two steps forward and said respectfully: "Lord, that Su Mo is not in place, but in a place called Dongsheng. There are some supplies that are constantly being delivered, and there is an endless stream all day long, but ......"

He paused at this point, as if hesitating about what to explain.

Alborot couldn't help but stare at him, Huo Ran turned his head, looked at him and said, "What did you just say, he wasn't there?"

Duolun sighed and nodded, "Yes." But then he reacted and explained: "He is in Dongsheng, which is the place where the city of Yong was finally chosen that day." ”

Alborot's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he nodded to indicate that he understood. He went back and forth for this day, and even had a fight for it, of course he knew that place. While it was a fertile place, it was a big place.

And the reason why he was surprised was that Su Mo actually went to that place in person. Could it be that he really attached so much importance to the matter of the city, or was that guy doing some tricks? With his understanding of Su Mo's urine, he had to think a little more.

I just thought about it for a while but couldn't think of anything, so I shook my head and asked instead, "Go on, but what?"

Duolun then said: "Yes, our spies reported that they were all transporting bags of things, which looked like grain and straw or something. Moreover, the quantity is very large, and if calculated according to military rations, I am afraid that it can fully supply the needs of 10,000 troops for three months. ”

Alborot's brow furrowed, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "What else, continue." ”

Duolun replied, and said: "Also, there is no transportation of materials related to construction over there, but Dongsheng has suddenly had a lot of materials these days, and there are a large number of craftsmen. It is reported that these craftsmen all came from the Ming Dynasty, and they came with them, as well as many thick stone pillars, whose functions are unknown for the time being. Dongsheng's patrol is extremely strict, and our scouts can't get by, and we can't find out the details. ”

Alborot's brow furrowed even more when he heard this. Thick stone pillars? There is a need to build a city, but do you need to use any thick stone pillars to build a city? Something is wrong, I am afraid that there is a big difference here!

It can be said that if this matter were replaced by someone else, Alborot would be curious at best. But once it was replaced by Su Mo, a deceitful and shameless guy, Alborott felt frightened and didn't dare to be careless.

That guy can't afford to make a profit, how can he do useless things for nothing? In this case, those thick stone pillars must have something to do with it. But what exactly is the connection...... Stone pillars, stone pillars, is it possible, he wants to use stone pillars to enclose the fortifications of the city?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head to put the thought away. What are you kidding, to build a fence defense, there are large trees nearby that can be used for local materials, which should be enough to build a strong village, where do you need to take the trouble to transport stone pillars from the interior of the Ming Dynasty here.

Did he want to build a stone fortress? But that doesn't make sense. Fortress such a thing, of course, Alborot knew. In the previous dynasty, there was a Song generation, in order to resist the Western Xia, on the border line at that time, a huge fortress group was built, which can be called a great miracle.

It's just that the kind of fortress is mostly made of stone loess, and where do you need any stone pillars? unless the fortress he wants to build is so large that it is as big as a small city......

Wait!Wait!Wait!Wait!Wait!Wait!.......Wait!Wait

A thought flashed through his mind, but then he shook his head again, denying himself. What are you kidding, is it so easy to build a city? Even the smallest city is hundreds of meters away in length and width, let alone on a larger scale.

That kind of city, once it is built, it will take a year or two to build, which is the minimum. Take the Tongwan City built by Helian in the past as an example, it took 100,000 people to build the city, and it took six years to build the city.

Of course, that Tongwan City definitely belongs to the big city. The city is divided into east and west, and their respective circumferences stretch for more than five miles, adding up to more than ten miles. And even if Su Mo builds a small city, he must have a tenth. Otherwise, not only will it not even be able to open the city, let alone use it for military purposes.

Besides, it's too late in terms of time alone. Even if it is a small city, according to what I said before, it is only one-tenth the size of Tongwan City, and it will take almost a year. This is still under the guarantee of sufficient manpower and material resources......

Well, sufficient manpower and material resources...... He suddenly remembered what Duolun said just now, Dongsheng gathered a large number of craftsmen, in addition, that guy came to Dada at the same time, didn't he also come with nearly 10,000 craftsmen......? It seems to be barely enough.

No, no, I can't be too careful with that guy. This matter must be clarified!

Thinking of this, he immediately turned to Duolun and said, "Do you know where the original batch of Daming craftsmen who came with them are now? Recently, on the Datong side, are there any signs of people gathering on the Dongsheng side?"

Duolun was stunned, thought about it, shook his head and said, "Back to Taiji, there shouldn't be." There's been a lot of trading there, and we're full of herdsmen, and there's no big team going to Dongsheng. As for the craftsmen...... Well, Taiji forgiveness, we don't know for the time being. ”

Alborot's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was half silent. Just when Duolun was getting more and more worried, he suddenly said coldly: "Immediately! Contact the fine work in Datong Pass immediately and check it out for me! We must find out whether those craftsmen are still in the pass or not." ”

Duolun was stunned, bowed down and answered loudly, turned around and went down to arrange.

Alborot turned his head to look in the direction of Dongsheng and looked silently for a while, then Huo Ran turned around, turned over his horse, and with a soft click, urged the horse to go back.

That guy...... Alborot sat on his horse, his body undulating as the horse galloped, and his mind fluctuated.

If, if that guy really wants to play the trick of building the city, then he is looking for his own death. When the time comes, I hope that Le Tuer will not blame his brother for this. Da Ming actually wanted to build a city on the grassland, which was a matter involving military strategy, even if he wanted to release water, it was impossible.

Once the city was built, there would be no reason for the Mongols to stop it, after all, the other side was building a city under the banner of the city. To build a city as a city, at most it can only be said that people are not local tyrants.

But how could that city be so easy to build? Wait and see, when the situation is found out on the other side of Duolun, and when the men and horses of the Haoqi tribe arrive. If it is really the other party who wants to build a city, then run over it directly and completely give Daming a bloody lesson!

Thinking like this, a fierce color flashed in his eyes, and there was a faint blood color......