As soon as Cao Gan said this, Gao Mo and Gao Jue immediately understood: Don't look at me, I have been crisscrossing the south of the desert for decades, invading the Ming Dynasty countless times, but in fact, he has not been able to really capture any important towns in the Ming Dynasty, and for some prefectures and counties that are unable to resist, they will only be plundered, and they will soon retreat.

If you talk about the reason, it is actually very simple: I am full of cavalry, and I am not good at attacking cities, and it is difficult to defend cities.

Therefore, even though I Da accepted the surrender of the remnants of the White Lotus with his excellent political vision, and agreed to accept the Han children who fled north under their persuasion, and even allowed them to build cities and open up arable land, etc., but his subordinates would never allow these Han children to build Dabansheng City as strong as the city of the Ming Dynasty in the south, otherwise once these people turned against the water and became the internal response of the Ming Dynasty, according to the Dabansheng City, the cavalry under the command of Da Tan may not be able to take it immediately, in that case, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty immediately have a strategic support point in Monan?

No matter how eloquent I was, there was no guarantee that this would not happen, so he had to agree, and Dabansheng became a toothless tiger—or more accurately, a thornless hedgehog.

While speaking, on the not very high tower of Dabansheng City, the "officials" who worked part-time as city gate guards had noticed the arrival of Gao Mo's caravan, perhaps because they couldn't see the flag clearly from a distance, so Dabansheng City immediately sounded a whimpering horn and a rush of drums, and the city gate was quickly closed.

It wasn't until the Blood Wolf Howling Moon Banner clearly came into their eyes that the officials who were part-time city guards on the city tower were relieved, and shouted one by one, "Open the city gate!" "It's a caravan, a caravan of the Ming Dynasty!" "That's the Blood Wolf Howling Moon Banner, don't be nervous! ”……

The wooden gate, which was reluctant to rivet a few copper nails, creaked open again, and a group of knights, about seventy or eighty, all dressed in Mongolian costumes, rushed out of the gate. The group of knights did not immediately rush to the caravan, but formed an anti-crescent formation not far from the city gate.

Although their numbers were much smaller than those of the caravan, they did not lose at all, and this was a formation that seemed to be "semi-outflanked".

However, after all, this was just a show, and soon he rode out of the formation on a prancing horse, and the knight was about forty years old, dressed in Mongolian clothes, and spoke in a Chinese with a serious Shanxi accent: "You are a caravan in Bailixia, and I am the deputy city lord of Dabansheng City who writes the deed with a Han pen!" Who is the shopkeeper you are leading this time? Please come out and answer! ”

Deputy City Lord? Write the deed with a Chinese pen?

Gao Mo and Gao Jue glanced at each other, Gao Jue frowned and said, "This person doesn't look like the big round plate face of the Mongolians. ”

Gao Mo on the side didn't speak, just looked at Cao Gan, but saw a smile on Cao Gan's face, but whispered in his mouth: "This person is Li Zixin, the second person of the White Lotus Sect and the master of Shanxi Hall, who wrote the deed in Han pen is his Mongolian name, and I will go to answer with him." ”

After he said that, he had already left the caravan with a horse's belly, hugged his fists on the horse from afar, and raised his voice: "Hall Master Li is not harmed, in Cao Gan in the Lower Baili Gorge, I have admired the name of Hall Master Li for a long time!" ”

When Li Zixin heard that someone called himself Cao Gan, she couldn't help but subconsciously squint her eyes, looked carefully through the gap in her eyes, and then hugged her fists and saluted back, saying: "It turned out to be Cao Tianwang, I have been looking up for a long time, and I have heard your name for a long time, but I only saw it today, but it was a little late...... However, looking at Cao Tianwang's posture, those who know know that you are here to do business, but I don't know, I am afraid that I still think that you are coming to attack our Daban Shengcheng! ”

These words are soft and hard, of course Cao Gan knows the threats and fearlessness contained in them, but after all, he is also an old Jianghu, how can there be a reason for stage fright, at the moment he looked up to the sky and snorted, and said loudly: "Hall Master Li said that he laughed, and he came to run this trip in person, naturally there were more goods than usual, and he was really a little relieved if he didn't look at it himself." As for Dabansheng City, there are at least tens of thousands of people, and I have a few hundred people, how dare I have any ideas? ”

Li Zixin also smiled and said lukewarmly: "Dabansheng City is just a foothold for some homeless bitter haha people on this grassland, if Cao Tianwang really wants to have other thoughts, we can't stop you hundreds of elite riders." But he paused slightly, and then continued: "It's just that the wise king of the steppe, Altan Khan, has a large army on all sides of this Dabansheng City, and if someone really makes trouble in Dabansheng City, the iron cavalry will come in an instant, this is our reliance, presumably with Cao Tianwang, you must know the relationship between you and the Great Khan, right?" ”

Cao Gan laughed and said, "Hall Master Li, you and I are obviously meeting for the first time, why do I always think that you have a misunderstanding of me?" I, Bailixia, would never do anything to someone for no reason. In terms of discipline, my Baili Gorge is much better than the Ming Border Army, when did you hear that I did it in Baili Gorge? ”

When Li Zixin heard this, she seemed to believe it, and said with a slight bow: "Cao Tianwang, it's not that I can't believe you, I just want to remind you that right now Dacheng Taiji is entertaining distinguished guests in my Dabansheng City, although he has always had a good attitude towards you Mingren, but you are all fierce knights in this line...... I looked around, and there were no less than five or six hundred people who could control the strings and swing the sword. King Cao Tian, although you have the Great Khan's decree and can lead your troops in and out of Monan, I still want to remind you: Since all the tribes in Monan have received the Great Khan's edict, naturally no one will dare to attack your idea, why do you have to work so hard? Next time, I'll bring fewer people to avoid misunderstanding. ”

Cao Gan smiled and said: "Hall Master Li is too worried, I brought these people and horses, but I didn't protect myself from Mongolian friends." ”

Li Zixin's face changed slightly, and she said abruptly: "Oh? I see. What, is there any movement in the south? But I heard that you, Cao Tianwang, are now hugging the thick legs of the court officials, and even the two general soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong are polite to you, are there still ignorant juniors who are not long-sighted, and dare to beat your idea? ”

Cao Gan began to fool half-truthfully, and said: "Alas, doing business, it's nothing more than that, how can there be any thick legs that are not thick legs, even if there is, I Cao Someone can really hold it steadily." ”

Li Zixin frowned slightly when he heard this, this answer was very slippery, he couldn't hear anything at all, he still wanted to inquire about the situation in the south, and was about to ask again, but who knew that Cao Gan continued: "Hall Master Li just said that Dacheng Taiji is also in the city?" That dare is good, in the goods brought this time, but there are a lot of good things that have been transferred from Yangzhou for thousands of miles, since Dacheng Taiji is also there, presumably with his identity, he will definitely be interested in these things, can Tang Master Li point out where Dacheng Taiji is driving? ”