The Mongolian outer domain of the Qing Dynasty was vast, reaching the border wall in the south, Heilongjiang in the north, Duolunuoer Lake in the west, and the Liao River in the east. Although the territory here is large, but the population is sparse and poor, except for horses, camels, cattle and sheep almost nothing, and the large and small tribes are numerous, sparse and scattered all over the place, it is almost impossible to set up officials to govern, the Qing Emperor took the tricky and made a Zaksa system - to the Mongolian chieftain size a name, and then set aside a piece of grassland for them to graze, and the tax does not have to be paid, only need to pay some war horses and livestock every year, you can get the emperor's reward.

The Zaksa system is obviously too loose, the Qing Emperor still has the most powerful hand - the Manchurian royal family and the Mongolian princes intermarried, the daughters of the Mongolian princes, regardless of whether they are handsome or ugly, were almost all swept away and married to the Aixin Jueluo family, Duoduo was assigned to a black and fat little girl, pinched her nose and carried home, of course, the Mongolian prince's pillow also has a Manchurian clan girl, Aixin Jueluo's family and the people of the Er's Jin family sleep together, at least the Mongolian prince is the emperor of the soil at the same time, but also have to recognize the Qing Emperor of Shengjing as their Bogda Chechen Khan.

Fengzhou regards the outer feudal Mongolia as a buffer zone, of course, the tribes can not become monolithic, Fengzhou merchants take advantage of the situation, there is a source of goods in their hands is the best weapon, the Qing court can buy a few princes, but can not give others benefits, Mongolian nobles are so poor that they panic, it is not difficult to pull them into the water, there are these people as a protective umbrella, coupled with the armed support of horse thieves from all walks of life, Fengzhou merchants smuggled in Mongolia in the outer domain, and gradually became a force. Another powerful force in the steppe, Lamaism, was also influenced by the Lama of Qiuerji, and the lamas became the defenders of Mongolian traditions, firmly embracing their "Hutuketu", and rejecting the Manchurians as shamanic savages - Fengzhou's influence in the outer Mongolian vassal had actually surpassed that of the Qing state, but it was not interested in this poor place, and the burden had to be carried by the Qing state, and it was enough for him to occasionally play prestige, and the Qing emperor still understood this.

Zhao Ji led the cavalry left association and the right battalion of Chahar to rush to the Xilamulun River, and crossed the Laoha River to attract the Qing army to attack, Li Yu led the main force along the Luanhe River to the south of the Jianchang camp, after obtaining military rations from Lengkou Pass, swept the Karaqin tribes, and peeped into the Daling River valley to disturb the enemy's audio-visual, and then went north to meet Zhao Ji to enter the west gate of the Qing Dynasty - Duerbi City.

The army of the South Road had a smooth journey, did not encounter any resistance, some of the common people also came to see the excitement, the soldiers shouted a few nosy, they honestly let the sheep go, some nobles and lamas got excited, the backstage boss came, naturally to welcome warmly, but people can't take care of them, the team passed in a blink of an eye - the border tribes and Fengzhou have already mixed up, everyone knows the roots, there is really nothing to be afraid of. The army walked unharmed for three days before it encountered its first trouble, when a large tribe of tens of thousands of people blocked the way, and the leader came to the door to complain.

The Sunits were bullied by the Chahars and begged the Qing Emperor to send troops to support them, but Ahsan's group came fast and walked faster, and drove the Chahars out of the country and left, leaving the Sunits alone. His own backer said to leave, the Chahar people will definitely kill back and retaliate, not to mention that there is also a backer behind the family, this is bad, it is better not to ask this group of plague gods for help, the leader Teng Jisi decided to run away immediately. It is easy for the Mongols to move, but it is difficult to settle down, where to find a suitable pasture for 10,000 or 20,000 people, when they are scurrying around the Luan River, the Fengzhou army arrived, Teng Jisi thought that he was looking for him to settle accounts, and he was so angry that he burst into tears - I have given up the pasture, why am I still chasing and fighting, no, I have to explain the reason clearly. So Teng Jisi gathered his troops on the main road, and deliberately invited the surrounding tribes to watch the excitement, and he came to the door to reason with a huff.

"It's true that I took refuge in the Qing Kingdom, but I have to find a way to survive between the two powerful countries, the Sunit are also Mongols, and they know the rules of the grassland, we can't beat you, but we can find all the tribes together to judge." Teng Jisi finished telling what had happened, and finally stamped his feet and shouted.

"It's the Chahar people's fault for this matter, but I didn't plan to beat you, you go back to the old ranch first, and I'll just say hello to the Chahar people." Li Yu figured out what was going on, and persuaded angrily and funny.

It turned out that he wasn't looking for me, Teng Jisi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and put forward a new request with confidence: "Don't go back, Chahar's Tuba is the most domineering, this matter was provoked by him, we don't be neighbors with this kind of person, since you are the defender of Mongolia, the adjudicator, and Hutuketu Batulu, you should impartially judge the matter to find a new pasture for us, and put us into the guard to go to Fengzhou for grazing." ”

The people present burst into laughter, this guy wants to be beautiful, and he wants to live a good life in Fengzhou if he suffers a little loss, Chang Shu said with a smile: "You have to join the Naturalization League first, and serve Tuketu Batulu as the president, and then you are eligible to wait in line to join Fengzhou, but you defected to the Qing State and married the Qing State Gege, I don't think it will be your turn, so let's live with the Qing State." ”

Teng Jisi jumped up and shouted: "Isn't it okay for me to respect the president anyway, the president is the righteous son of the emperor of the Qing Kingdom, and it is said that he is still the king of Jinjun, you can fight the Qing Kingdom, and we Sunit people can also fight the Qing Kingdom, I also heard my wife say that the president used to have a bit of that with the Rao Yu Belle family, that ......"

"Don't talk nonsense," Li Yu immediately covered this guy's mouth and said with a smile, "Brother Tengjisi, you are still a very good person, but Fengzhou really can't find grassland, so let's go to the Khalkhas, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and I will write a letter to Gunbu and Shuolei." ”

Of course Teng Jisi didn't do it, he still hoped to get a piece of pasture in the south, Li Yu and Chang Shu persuaded this guy for a long time before agreeing, but put forward one condition - to give him the rations to eat on the road. Li Yu agreed, follow me to the side wall to move food, and I will definitely share your share.

Teng Jisi said goodbye to leave with satisfaction, and when he got to the door, he turned back and whispered, "President, do you want me to hand over my wife." ”

"Take your wife to Khalkha!" Li Yu shouted with a smile.

The Fengzhou army continued to move south along the Luan River, and behind them were 3,000 sown, who were driving cattle and pulling carts, and Tengjisi rode on his horse, standing proud—he had finally been allowed to join the Naturalization League last night.

After more than ten days of traveling, the Fengzhou army arrived at Lengkou Pass, the governor of Zunhua and the general of the Jianchang battalion hurriedly ran to see Li Yu and repeatedly apologized: the imperial court thought that the army would walk on the road for more than a month, but it didn't expect to come so quickly, and the grain was still in Hexi for transfer, but it didn't matter, there were still more than 10,000 stone grains in the warehouse, which could be used as military rations first.

"The army is fighting for thousands of miles, the consumption of grain and grass is huge, and it is difficult to say how long 50,000 stone grain can be supported, you must not be careless, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Li Yu stared at the governor of Zunhua and the general of the Jianchang battalion for a long time before agreeing, and then waved his hand to Xue Xianguang, Zhang Liwei, and Zhu Riga and said, "You take armed auxiliaries to stay here to accept and transfer food at any time, this is the lifeblood of our army. ”

"Our family and Mr. Yang also stayed, who dares to make trouble with our family, the first one can't spare him." Liu Wenzhong, the eunuch of the prison army, hugged Yang Tinglin and shouted, these two people suffered a lot of sins on the road, Liu Wenzhong has experience, and he sat in the car at the beginning, Yang Tinglin was annoyed when he saw the dead eunuch, and he had to be able to ride a horse, but he couldn't stand it after two days, and he squeezed into the car with Liu Wenzhong, and got along day and night for more than ten days, and the two opponents seemed to have a little affection.

After arranging the matter of grain and grass, Li Yu waved his army and went straight to Kara City - this is a rare city outside the fortress, not too far from the side wall, and it is best to set up a grain platform. The Fengzhou army marched day and night to the city, and the Karaqin people defending the city refused to surrender, and also shot arrows to drive away the Fengzhou army. The earth city was not strong, and two rounds of shelling smashed a gap in the wall, and the Karaqin lamas and merchants in the city stopped doing it, pushing the frightened defenders aside and opening the city gate to meet the Fengzhou army.

The attack on Karacheng was easy to succeed, Li Yu ordered the artillery Left Association to stay and recuperate temporarily, and he led Kubai's cavalry front association and Meng Ke's cavalry right association to sweep wantonly in the Karaqin grassland, no, it should be said that it was an armed procession, most of the young and strong horses in Karaqin were transferred to the Jinzhou battlefield, and the remaining old and weak women and children were neither able nor unwilling to resist, but followed the local lama to meet the Fengzhou army - the Qing Emperor was really open, and let Li Yu toss in the foreign domain.

"The beautiful girl listened to me, I have land, I have military salary, ride my horse and hug my waist, and go back to my home in Fengzhou with me" - Fengzhou soldiers are welcomed by the people everywhere, riding on horses and singing their songs proudly, there are many Karaqin people in the iron horse, they are very excited when they return to their hometown, and they hug and cry when they see the clansmen.

The soldiers of Hutuketu Baturu are our Mongolian soldiers, and the Manchurians are nothing, but they are just savages in the mountains and forests - the Karaqin people accepted the Fengzhou army, and with their help, the Fengzhou army successfully approached the Daling River Valley, and boldly penetrated dozens of miles, and took the old nest of the Karaqin minister Gulu Siqibu in Dayingzi, and then, and then did not dare to move forward. Li Yu estimated that there was a Qing army waiting for him in front of him, and he also set up an ambush, if he was blocked in the difficult and narrow river valley, then he would definitely have a dead end.

Enough commotion, Li Yu quickly withdrew from the valley, leaving the cavalry front battalion Dehun An at the mouth of the valley to monitor the enemy's situation, and then the whole army rushed to Ulan Hada - Fan Erxi led the merchant army to go first, and Ang Tun Lama was also with him, so he should have succeeded.

Ulan Hada is the trading place between Fengzhou and the Qing Dynasty, only dozens of veterans of the Eight Banners and a group of Mongolian young men defend the city, these people are dreaming of making a fortune every day, and the ghosts are willing to fight, and this earthen city is basically in an undefended state. Fan Erxi rushed to the city and shouted-I'm back again, surrender immediately, Qiu didn't commit any crimes! The branch of the Fengzhou Silver Banknote Bureau in the city and the Daqing State Commercial Bank quarreled and made a rule: the soldiers of the two families can come to anyone, but one is not allowed to loot and extort, and the other is not allowed to obstruct business. As soon as the city gate opened, Fan Erxi immediately rushed in and resumed his work as a trade ambassador, except for the city defenders who replaced the merchant army, everything else was as usual, and many lamas and nobles came - Angdun Lama made a move, to hold a lecture conference in Ulan Hada.

The venerable Lama of Qiuerji was old, and began to gradually transfer the power of the church, and Lama Aung Tun was his designated successor, and others could not help but give face, and within three days thousands of people gathered outside the city. Lama Aung Tun and some virtuous lamas took turns to give lectures on the stage, and when they were fascinated by the teachings, they must curse the Manchurians who believed in shamans, and call on everyone to respect their leader, Hutu Ketu Batulu. Li Yu led the army to Ulan Hada, ordered the whole army to camp outside the city to rest, and at the same time the artillery Zuo Xie immediately rushed to the rendezvous, and the lecture meeting also showed up and said a few words, and then dragged an old acquaintance from the crowd back to the camp.

"Brother Selgulun, I haven't seen you for many years, I heard that you did a good job!" Li Yu said with a smile and staring at his old friend.

"Where, you are the president, my brother is just a small leader of more than a thousand households, far worse than you, and I have to learn from you in the future." Sergulen replied with a smile on his face, the big man in front of him is a role model, and he is the only one in the world who has played the two boats perfectly.

Selgulun has been emulating Li Yu over the years, showing loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, hard work, and resentment, he runs the most actively in big and small affairs, and is willing to suffer losses and suffer for the princes and beylorians to do private work, and is unanimously praised by the Qing court, thinking that he is a rare material among the Mongols, and he is even more attentive to Fengzhou, reporting to Fengzhou, taking silver from the Qing Dynasty, smuggling with businessmen, and even creatively selling Fengzhou bonds in the Qing Dynasty, Fengzhou also thinks that he is a talent, At one point, I wanted to promote him to be the head of Ulan Hada Titang, but this guy was smart, he could step on two boats, and he didn't do anything on the boat at all.

After Li Yu said a few words, he glanced around and asked in a low voice, "How are my wife and children?" I want to meet them. ”

"My brother has already brought their mother and son, so I'll call them." Selgulen smiled mysteriously and ran away.

In less than a meal, Sergulun brought people in, and Li Yu's eyes suddenly moistened - the second girl was already a young woman, showing a little dignified and serene, but still so pretty, those big eyes were looking at herself with tears, and a ten-year-old boy next to her was a little overwhelmed, pulling her clothes hard.

"Erlu, he's your Amma, go, call Amma!" Erniu wiped away a handful of tears, pushed the little boy forward and pointed at Li Yu and said, the little boy shook his head and hid behind Sergulun.

"Your mother is right, he is your pro-Amma, you grow up, you should be with your pro-Amma." Of course, Selgulun has been willing to take a green hat over the years, and he didn't dare to move a finger to Erniu, but he did treat Xiao Erlu as his own son, taught him to ride a horse, taught him archery, and invited Han Xiucai from Shengjing to teach him to read.

Li Yu felt a sour feeling in his heart, strode forward and picked up Xiao Erlu, and then took Erniu in his arms, and shouted loudly outside the tent: "I don't want to be a great khan, let alone an emperor, no matter what others think, my family will be together." ”

This night, Li Yu left Erniu and Xiao Erlu in the big tent, looked at his sleeping son, and the two whispered for a night.

Early the next morning, Li Yu came to Sergulun and said that he owed Erniu and his son too much over the years, and this time he must bring them back, and the family will never be separated in the future.

"It should be so, you take their mother and son away, I will tell the Qing court, you can't give up the old love and snatch them away, and others can't grasp the handle and have nothing to say." Selgulen nodded understandingly.

"Brother Selgulun, thanks to you all these years, what can I do for you?" Li Yu asked gratefully.

"My brothers are desperate and stubborn about the Qing Kingdom, staying on the grassland will be a big disaster in Fengzhou, you can arrest their families and go to Fengzhou, don't stay any of them." Sergulun blurted out a bad idea.

Li Yu was taken aback by Sergulun's righteous extermination, but immediately understood, this is all caused by family property, Mongolia has the custom of "dividing the sons", Sergulun's father Seleng is the big leader of the Bahrain department, with thousands of households, tens of thousands of livestock, but there are many wives and sons, after the death of the old man, there are less than 1,000 households under the name of Sergulun, and there are only two or three thousand livestock, this guy obviously wants to borrow a knife to kill people and rob the family property of his brothers.

"This is not very good, we have not yet turned against the Qing State, and it seems inappropriate to arrest people loyal to the Qing court." Li Yu shook his head a little unhappily.

"Then change the charge, the Qing Dynasty has the "Leaving the Lord Regulations", they have all done bad things such as raping the wives and daughters of the ministry and robbing the property of the subordinates, I will find someone to sue them, you will arrest people as the king of the Jin Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, but don't let them come back." Selgulun had already calculated, and when Li Yu took all his brothers away, he would immediately go to Shengjing to carry out activities, and the emperor should give him all his Lao Tzu's family business, then he would be a rich man.

This guy is ruthless enough, and he will definitely have a future in the future, but the forces loyal to the Qing court should be suppressed, and he will be fulfilled - Li Yu stared at Sergulun for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

Two days later, Ding Qiming led the artillery left association to escort the Sunit people to transport grain to Ulan Hada, Li Yu fulfilled his promise, and very happily distributed 2,000 stone of grain to Tengjisi, urging him to go on the road early to strive to settle down in Khalkha before winter, the Sunit people have never received so much food, wiped their tears and left. Erniu and Xiao Erlu should also go, Li Yu sent more than ten miles before stopping, hugged Xiao Erlu and kissed again, and handed a letter to Erniu, telling her that if she was wronged, she would go to the Qierji Lama - it is really troublesome to have too many wives.

Zhao Ji wrote that Dai Shan, the prince of Qing Guoli, led 5,000 banner soldiers and 15,000 allied troops of various Mongolian tribes to appear on the east bank of the Laoha River, and he was trying to lure it across the river, hoping that Li Yu would go north as soon as possible and attack the Qing army on both sides.