After resting for three days in a row, Chen Yue eased up, but fortunately, he was young and in good health, so he could persevere in such a march.

After more than a month of marching and fighting in the snowfield, the cold weather, and the heavy snow flying all over the sky, it can run thousands of miles in this weather, and not many soldiers are left behind. Even Chen Yue couldn't help but be proud of his subordinates, after this long-distance attack, this team already had the characteristics of a strong army.

However, although the victory was achieved, the losses were also large, more than 40 soldiers froze to death, and dozens of people were frostbitten and amputated, and they could no longer hold their swords, so it can be said that the number of losses reached almost 100 people, accounting for nearly 10% of the attacking team, and what is regrettable is that they were not killed or wounded in the battle with the enemy, but caused by severe cold and heavy snow.

But in any case, it was still a victory, because a large amount of materials were brought back, and the carcasses of more than 10,000 sheep were enough to feed the seven or eight thousand people in Bluestone Fort for more than a month, not to mention two thousand cows, as well as a large amount of food such as seized cheese and millet seeds. According to Zhang Chenglei, who is in charge of logistics and food, these things plus the original grain are enough for everyone to eat until April of the next year, and Chen Yue knows that he will not be able to stay here for April at all, because in March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, there will be a great change!

There is no shortage of food, weapons, war horses, and the Xishan army, and Chen Yue is now looking forward to the great change happening as soon as possible, because only at that time can he justifiably take the army to wherever he wants. The north has become a mess, completely out of control, Chen Yue thinks that he has no ability to deal with the two armies of Li Chuang and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what he can do is to retreat to the south with the team, with the strength in his hands, there is no problem at all to occupy a side of the territory and become a warlord, Liu Zeqing Gaojie and others can become the warlords of the four towns, and he must be stronger than them. As long as he gives himself a period of quiet development strength, Chen Yue believes that it is not impossible to reverse the situation in the world..

After his body recovered, Chen Yue convened a meeting of his henchmen as soon as possible, and the meeting was attended by Yang Zhengping, the chief of the two sentinels, the iron lion, the Xishan military town Fu Shan Minglei, the chief staff Wang Yin, the staff officer Yuan Kewang (Yuan Keli and the old military department have the same name, many people feel awkward, and they will be changed to Yuan Kewang in the future), and He Lu, the clerk in charge of the record.

After more than a month of expedition, there must have been a lot of things accumulated in Qingshi Fort, and some things could only be solved by Chen Yue, the supreme leader.

"The guard training of the troops is normal, and many people in the mountains have chosen to go down the mountain, and now the total number of troops in Qingshikou is nearly 10,000, thanks to the huge capture that you brought back, so many people will not lack clothes and wear less." After Chen Yue left, Yang Zhengping, who stayed behind, was the supreme commander of Qingshikou, responsible for training and guarding, and told Chen Yue about the army one by one, in short, everything was normal here.

"My lord, just a few days ago, several businesses in Qingshikou have withdrawn their people, and now there is a shortage of various living materials in the fort." Yuan Kewang frowned and reported to Chen Yue.

"Oh, how so?" Chen Yue was taken aback.

"It's not that you arrested all the people in the Fan family's caravan before you set off, causing everyone in the other merchants to be in danger and evacuate from here one after another." Yuan Kewang said helplessly, he has always been quite complaining about Chen Yue's approach.

The Fan family, the Huang family, and the Tian family, although several firms are in competition, after all, they all belong to the Jin Shang family. Chen Yue couldn't help but say that he detained Fan Tianyu and others for no reason, and arrested all the personnel of the caravan and robbed all the material goods, which made the Huang family and the Tian family extremely frightened, Chen Yue can treat the Fan family like this now, and he will be able to treat the Huang family and the Tian family like this in the future. In Qingshikou, where its own safety cannot be guaranteed, it has lost the premise of doing business.

First, the living materials of Bluestone Fort are extremely scarce, and after some time, I am afraid that even oil and salt will not be available.

"A few days ago, the Fan family sent people to question several times, and even their eldest young master, Fan Chun, came over in person, but my lord, you are not in the castle, I dare not agree to release people." Yang Zhengping said, "Tang Tong, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, also wrote a letter to him, so that you don't embarrass the Fan family for his sake." ”

"Hmph, these profiteers, officials and businessmen colluded to smuggle military materials, and they felt distressed when they confiscated a little of their things. If you want me to say my lord, you just take Fan Tianyu and the others as hostages, and force the Fan family to send some more silver and two materials over, and then you can release them. The iron lion pursed his lips and proposed to Chen Yue.

"We adults are not kidnappers, how can we ask for a ransom?" Yuan Kewang glared at the iron lion dissatisfied, what does a reckless man know about such a military event?

"Why can't we, if we can snatch material from the Mongols with knives, why can't we snatch some from these profiteers? I Lao Tie hates these traitors the most, and it's already cheap not to kill them! The iron lion glared at a pair of ringed eyes and shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Brother Tie is angry for the time being, if we really do this, I'm afraid that no one in this world will want to do business with us anymore, so we can't send troops to purchase materials from all over the world." Chen Yue smiled and said to the iron lion.

When the iron lion wanted to argue again, he seemed to think of something at once, and he closed his mouth and said nothing.

"My lord, since you are in the officialdom, you naturally have to follow the rules of the officialdom, Fan Tianyu and the others let it go first, and then think about it." Wang Yin, who had been silent, spoke.

It was only now that Chen Yue realized how reckless he was in seizing Fan Tianyu and taking all the goods, because the Fan family and other Jin merchants smuggled grain and iron tools to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he had always subconsciously regarded the Fan family and others as enemies in his heart.

As everyone knows, people are deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty, and there are strong forces in the court, army, and people, and now they have no other actions, just a move to withdraw all the businesses, they have already made themselves very uncomfortable, and they can't send people to Beijing to Xuanfu to purchase oil and salt and other living materials, right? And Chen Yue knew that even if he sent people to Beijing, he might not be able to buy enough materials for nearly 10,000 people to live. The trade of this Jingshi is in the hands of these merchants, I am afraid that my actions have spread all over the Jingshi, where will anyone do business with me!

And the impeachment of himself is probably now full of Emperor Chongzhen's books!

"Yokoyama Gong, do you have any good ideas?" As soon as he heard Wang Yin say that his idea had come true, Chen Yue hurriedly asked for advice with an open mind.

"Well, there is a way, that is, your lord, you personally write a letter to the court to report the victory, we exterminated a Mongolian tribe attached to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after all, it is a meritorious service to the court, and Fan Tianyu, the shopkeeper of the Fan family, understands the righteousness, in order to help you, I do not hesitate to lend the entire caravan to you to use, it is under the cover of the Fan family's caravan that our Xishan army can successfully deceive the Mongols, and the inside and outside should take this tribe!"