Although it is said that the Khalkha tribe also sent hundreds of cavalry this year to accompany the Manchu Eight Banners into the pass to rob the Ming Dynasty. However, these people are not Manchu Qing people, they are not even Mengbaqi, and they can only fight some peripherals after entering the customs, and the actual benefits are not their turn at all, and the materials they snatched back from the Ming Dynasty are limited, and most of them are things that are not of much use. Therefore, the arrival of the caravan made many herdsmen overjoyed, and with the various materials brought by the caravan, their nomadic life for the next year was guaranteed.

The trade by the Crescent Lake lasted for five days, and the large number of goods brought by the caravan were sold one by one, in exchange for a large amount of silver, cowhides and sheepskins, and more than four hundred war horses. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a strict ban on war horses to the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Emperor's holy decree could not control it, and correspondingly, the caravan also brought more than 1,000 catties of pig iron and more than 500 quintals of grain to the tribe, which were all materials that Mongolian herdsmen could not buy with money. After all, people can't eat meat every day, and they still have to eat whole grains, and pig iron is a military substance for making arrows, knives and guns, and with it, a tribe can be regarded as having teeth.

"Mr. Fan, can you come again, there are many tribes of herdsmen coming from afar." The old man of Khalkha discussed with Fan Tianyu and asked him to come again this year. This time, Fan Tianyu's caravan carried fewer materials, far less than the needs of the Mongolian tribes, and in the north, there were several small tribes subordinate to the Khalkha tribes, and they also needed materials from the Ming Dynasty.

"This ......" Fan Tianyu hesitated a little, seeing that it was about to be November, maybe it would snow heavily soon, and if it happened again, it was very difficult to walk in the snow, and it was not easy to get together the material goods.

"Mr. Fan, we are already friends, don't you Daming have a saying, called sticking a knife in the ribs for a friend, my Khalkha tribe will not forget you." The old man continued.

Fan Tianyu thought about it and nodded heavily, although it was very difficult to come again, but he knew the importance of a trade path, as long as he was regarded as his own by the Khalkha tribe, whether it was the Huang family or the Tian family, no other caravan could compete with him for business, and the business of the Khalkha tribe would be monopolized by himself in the future!

After another bitter drink, the caravan began to walk towards the meeting in the fierce cold wind. The goods on the wagons were gone, but in their place were carts of sheepskin and cowhides, whipping deer antlers, and more than 400 horses. Each guard controlled four or five war horses, galloping in the grasslands of the wilderness, and the power of hundreds of war horses galloping was extremely amazing, and even the horse bandits hid far away, not daring to come to find bad luck at all. Although there are many horse bandits in the grassland, they are only a combination of some wandering herdsmen, and the scale is not very large. Because as long as it is a slightly larger horse bandit that can threaten the existence of the tribe, it will definitely be exterminated by several tribes together.

The wagons were lighter, the horses were more numerous, and the return was faster than when they came, and on November 6, it took less than ten days for the group to return from the Khalkha tribe to Qingshikou.

Looking at the large group of war horses entering the customs, Chen Yue was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Lord Chen, there are a total of four hundred and twenty-three war horses, according to our agreement, three hundred of them will be sold to you, and the price will be according to the price of this side of Xinjiang, and a high-grade war horse will cost forty taels of silver, what do you think?" Fan Tianyu said.

Chen Yue knew that a high-grade war horse in Jingshi would cost about sixty or seventy taels of silver, and it might not be able to be sold, and forty taels was indeed not expensive.

"Forty taels is forty taels, don't have three hundred, you can keep all these war horses." Chen Yue waved his hand and said briskly. With these more than 400 war horses, plus the original more than 300 war horses in the army, he can form a cavalry of 500 people. Among the newly joined mountain people, some are good at horseback riding.

"Okay!" Thinking that he would enter the grassland again, there was another batch of war horses at that time, and it was a big deal to promise the war horses of the Xuanfu defenders to be given to them later, so Fan Tianyu agreed to Chen Yue.

Because he wanted to raise goods and commodities as soon as possible, Fan Tianyu took the money from selling horses and left quickly, he wanted to mobilize goods from Xuanfu from Jingshi, and strive to enter the grassland again before the snow fell.

"How is it, have you remembered the path to the Mongolian tribe?" Chen Yue called Yu Feng over and asked.

"Write it down," Yu Feng took out the map he had drawn, "But my lord, this Fan family caravan will enter the grassland again." Yu Feng told Chen Yue what he had seen and heard about the Khalkha tribe in the grassland.

"If you go to trade again, it will snow immediately, this Fan Tianyu is really making money!" Chen Yue touched his chin and shook his head.

Since the Fan family caravan will enter the steppe again, will he sneak attack the Mongols before them or after them?

"My lord, I have an idea, would you like to hear this?" Yu Feng looked around, and whispered in Chen Yue's ear the ideas he had carefully thought of along the way.

Listening to Yu Feng's words, Chen Yue's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he punched Yu Feng in the shoulder, "Your kid's brain is really bright, yes, it's a good way!" ”

"Anyway, I heard that you found a lover in the Mongolian tribe, or the daughter of the Mongolian headman, what's the matter? Aren't you worried that your lover will be hurt? Chen Yue looked at Yu Feng with a smile and said.

"My lord, don't you listen to that Liu Neng's nonsense, what kind of lover, he Liu Neng changes his bride every night, and he still talks about me!" Yu Feng was anxious all of a sudden, "They Mongolians have this rule, women don't value chastity at all, sleep with me today, and go to someone else's bed tomorrow." ”

"Hahaha, teasing you, I'm still in a hurry." Chen Yue laughed.

Under Chen Yue's secret order, some soldiers who knew how to ride horses were gathered together, and they rode horses and galloped through the valley every day, training their kung fu on horses. Three-eyed firebolts and crossbows built by the Ordnance Division were also distributed, ensuring that each cavalry had one.

The newly recruited 400 cavalry, together with the original 100 personal guards, a total of 500 people, if you add Wei Yang and Liu Neng's night retreat, a total of 600 cavalry. Half of the 400 men were selected from among the newly recruited military households, and many of the people who lived in the frontier all the year round, especially those of these generations, could ride horses, and some were selected from the soldiers who were good at riding in the army. Although the cavalry has a certain scale, it is still incomparable with the Mongols who live on horseback all year round, and Chen Yue did not plan to let them fight with the Mongol cavalry on horseback, but used them as mounted infantry, so a large number of firearms and crossbow arrows were allocated, and even a small flag carried a tiger squat cannon.

The army to be sent was also determined, and in addition to the six hundred cavalry, there was also the Iron Lion sentry infantry, with a total number of 1,200 men. As for Yang Zhengping, he took his headquarters, as well as the newly recruited recruits and more than 3,000 township soldiers from the Xishan Coal Mine, guarding Qingshikou while training.

Now everything is ready, just waiting for Fan Tianyu's caravan to come.

ps: The third update, Lao Ren is still very diligent. One chapter of debt was paid, and ten chapters were owed!