Ah Shan led 1,500 men and horses to Helinger, and when there were only 100 miles left from the Qingshui River, he suddenly received a report that a group of grain trucks claiming to be the Fan family was heading west along the Qingshui River, and it should have reached the Tumao River at this time.

Ahsan asked carefully, then frowned.

"My lord, is there any deception in this?"

Turush, who was on the side, saw him frowning and couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

Ah Shan still frowned: "The order clearly said that the Fan family would leave the customs from the Biaotou Pass, and this batch of grain was as much as 7,000 stones, but the grain transport team did not come from the direction of the Biaotou Pass, and besides, they only had 200 mules and horses, and the grain they transported was at most 2,000 stones, which was a huge difference from the number of 7,000 stones, which was not normal." ”

Turushh smiled nonchalantly: "Give the Fan family ten dares not dare to cheat with our Dajin Kingdom, unless they don't want to go out of the customs to do business in the future, not to mention, a small Fan family, just a few hundred guards, what kind of deception can they play?" ”

"In my opinion, there should be something wrong with the partial pass, they can't get out of the customs from there, they can only find another way, the grain trucks may also be delayed, they can only be transported out in batches, there should be a batch of grain trucks behind."

Hearing his words, Ah Shan also felt that there was some truth, and when he stretched his brows, he asked back, "Has anyone seen anyone from the Fan family?" ”

The subordinates in the back shook their heads.

Turushh said again: "The people who used to connect with the Fan family were either the big businessmen of our Dajin Kingdom, or the Gushan Ezhen of the banners, and even the banner owner and Beile Ye, we slaves only went into battle to kill the enemy, how can we know how to do business, no one here should have seen the Fan family." ”

Ah Shan was a little helpless, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Brother Turush, you lead a force of Niu Lu, and three hundred horsemen from the Zalut Department to investigate, especially to check whether the two hundred mule carts are loaded with grain, and then send sentry horses along the Qingshui River to the east, to the border wall of the Ming court, to find out if the Ming army has moved." ”

"Remember, this transaction is very important to our Dajin country, seven thousand stone grain can allow many warriors in our country to survive this winter, so when you get over there, don't be careless, you must pay careful attention to the Ming army and the remnants of Chahar, as well as the grain transportation team, not only to confirm whether the car is loaded with grain, but also to verify the identity of that group of people, whether it is the Fan family."

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I know that I will bring back that batch of food safely."

Turushh said nonchalantly, then turned his horse's head and went to the back to transfer the horses.

Not long after, he took a Niulu with 200 soldiers and 300 people from the Zarut Division, a total of 500 troops, and rode south.

Of the two hundred soldiers of the Niulu, there were eighty men in armor and twenty Bayalas, and they were the most elite warriors of the Khala, all of whom were brave and good at fighting, and they were all one against a hundred.

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On the morning of the ninth day of the expedition, Qin Chuan finally arrived at the junction of the Qingshui River and the Tumao River.

The place may have been a village or a bazaar, because there were some houses on the north bank of the Qingshui River, which were now mostly burned down, and there were some fields overgrown with weeds along the river.

On the south bank, there are some thatched huts or ground nests, and there is a large open space by the river, scattered with some wood chips and other debris.

The Qingshui River had almost dried up, and only a few feet wide of water still flowed in the middle of the beach, and there were a few burned boats, thick hemp ropes trapped in the mud, and a few thick planks scattered in the mud.

Obviously, there were often Jin merchants trading with the Mongols in this area, and the merchants placed their goods on the south bank, and the nearby tribes exchanged cattle, sheep, horses, and skins.

The way to cross the river is to use wooden planks on the river beach as a bridge in the dry season, and to cross the river by pontoon bridge in the rainy season.

Now that there is a great drought, there are a dozen or so planks laid on the mud of the river, which can drive mules and wagons across the river.

Qin Chuan asked his subordinates to park the grain cart on the south bank, and set up camp on those thatched huts and ground nests, and all the horses were fed with water and forage, and then one pound of beans, and another two catties from afternoon to evening, so that the horses could be fed well and ensure that they had enough horsepower for the next two days.

Not long after setting up camp, Zhao Wu came back and brought back two prisoners, one was a sentry sent by the Fan family, and the other was a Jiannu with a money rat tail.

Liao Sangun and Batu have not yet returned, and are still intercepting the spies on the road.

According to Zhao Wu's report, they encountered more than 20 spies, including Jiannu, Mongolian tribes who had already joined Jiannu in the vicinity, and small groups of horse thieves and the rest of Chahar.

Among them, of course, the most are the spies of the Fan family, there are about fifteen or sixteen, eight of them were killed, one was caught, and the remaining ones escaped.

For now, there should be no spies from the Fan family who have crossed the blockade line, unless they cross the Yellow River to the north and then cross the river and turn back.

As for the spies of Jiannu and the Mongol tribes, Zhao Wu killed them as soon as they met, creating the illusion that they were horse bandits.

Most of those people ran away, only a few Jiannu rushed over and killed one of the three clansmen of Emperor Guan and Batu, Zhao Wu and others took the opportunity to surround each other, most of them threw javelins and died, leaving only one alive to catch back.

In addition to the captives, a dozen horses, five pairs of cotton armor, two pairs of cloth iron armor and a pair of chain mail were captured.

Qin Chuan directly gave the two pairs of cloth iron armor to Zhao Wu and Liao Sangun and asked them to wear them, and the pair of chain mail and a few pieces of cotton armor were given to Batu, this time to intercept the sentry detectives, Batu and their Chi'er Mountain people also went all out, and two clansmen died, so it was right to give them a few pairs of armor.

Mengjiazhuang lacked iron armor, and after fighting so many battles, only thirty-five pairs were captured, all of which were worn on the old bandits of Jiujishan, and none of the others were there.

Zhao Wu and Liao Sangun wore cotton armor, plus a cloth iron armor, it would not be a problem to overturn Jiannu's Bayala at all.

In fact, the Jiannu who was captured was Bayala, who ran to the side wall to catch him, but he never thought that he would be captured alive by a group of thieves.

With captives, things are much easier.

First of all, on the Fan family's side, before Liu Youzhu had time to torture, the Fan family's spies recruited and told him what he knew.

In fact, a few days ago, when Fan Yongdou had not yet reached the partial pass, he sent someone out of the customs to investigate.

Fan Yongdou didn't react much to the riots outside the border in the past two days, thinking that some Chahar remnants colluded with the Ming court border army to loot everywhere, or the horse bandits outside the border came out to do business, and this kind of thing has long been strange.

Now the entire Hetao region is under the control of the Later Jin, and there is no longer any large-scale power except for the Mongol tribes that have joined the Later Jin.

Therefore, Fan Yongdou is still preparing to transport the grain out according to the plan.

At this time, the grain transport team should have arrived at the partial pass, and even had already left Laoniuwan, and would arrive at the Qingshui River in two days.

Liu Youzhu tortured, and after repeatedly confirming that the spy did not lie or omit, he dragged the spy out and beheaded him.

Before the war, Qin Chuan did not intend to keep any prisoners.

Compared with the Fan family spies, that Jiannu Bayala is completely a tough guy, obviously he had broken a leg when he fell off the horse, and he was beaten on the road with a blue nose and swollen face, but when he saw Qin Chuan, he still glared at Qin Chuan viciously.

Liu Youzhu came back with a blood-dripping knife, and happened to see him like this, so he went up and cut off Nabaya's ear.

The other party only screamed, still staring at Qin Chuan fiercely, and his mouth was still croaking.

Zhao Wu said that the other party was swearing, scolding very harshly, and said that as soon as their Mele Ezhen army arrived, they would kill all the Nikans here and feed them to the dogs.

Qin Chuan tried to ask Zhao Wu to ask him how many troops there were in Guihua City, how many Jiannu, how many Tartars, etc.

But as soon as Zhao Wu spoke, the other party laughed wildly.

Qin Chuan knew that it was not easy to get this guy to speak, so he simply handed him over to Liu Youzhu, served him with great punishment, and tried to pry open this guy's mouth.

It didn't take long for screams and cheers to be heard from the river, which continued on and on.