Li Jianji's eyes lit up, Lao Shen is really a talent, with the support of Fengzhou Banknote Bank, this method of repayment and leasing in installments can also promote other goods, the business of Xuande Iron Works and Black Eagle Trading Company must be hot, no, my naturalized silver banknote store must also follow up, otherwise the business will be robbed by Lao Shen.

"Yongnian, this is to go to war, you are not afraid of losing money?" Sun Tingyao said with wide eyes, Shen Shoulian and Wu Langha's Black Eagle Trading Company expanded everywhere to grab business, and even Qin Shang's forbidden belly - Dongsheng and Chahan Nao'er did not let go, so the two were a little estranged, but Sun Tingyao couldn't help but remind his old friend.

"I bet that Fengzhou won, and the soldiers can come back with the spoils to pay off the debts, and I want to open a little, if Fengzhou loses, we won't be able to keep any of them." Shen Shoulian replied nonchalantly.

"This is what we businessmen should do, have you heard, we can make money by fighting, and we can use the money to smash those damn slaves." Li Jianji clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

The businessmen seemed to be awakened, and the ghost ideas came out one after another, in short, it was a sentence, whoever opposed them would be stoned to death with money, and at this moment everyone felt that they were from Fengzhou, full of words of "freedom and equality" and "free trade".

Fan Yongdou said that he was excited, jumped up and shouted: "Jiannu is worse than the Ming court, dare to step into Fengzhou and destroy them in half a step." ”

The merchants were agitated, and after a vicious shouting and shouting, they sang in unison: "Let's fight, Fengzhou, Fengzhou will fight the world, and the people of Fengzhou will never, never, never be slaves." ”

In the middle of June, the Butong River, yesterday it rained overnight, the river rose a little higher, and the river could not reach the chest on foot, several pontoon bridges had already been erected on the river, and the scouts of the Fengzhou Army with the triangular black eagle flag on their backs kept coming and going. On the higher ground, not far from the west bank, a wide and deep trench surrounds three tall fortresses, which stand in the shape of a zigzag, about a thousand steps between each other, and the walls of the fort are wrapped in bluestone, and four platforms more than three zhang high stretch out, on which artillery and guns are erected, which can strike at the other side of the river and block the road to naturalization.

Li Yu was at the top of the fortress, holding his clairvoyance to look into the distance, he had only arrived here with the Flying Tiger Battalion in the morning, and he couldn't wait to get on the fortress, and kept staring at the east. Liu Xingzuo chatted with Asari and Terrig for a while, then walked over and said softly: "Don't look at it, the Jin Army is still far away, Fei Yangwu has been staring, they have no time to drill." ”

"When I think of confronting Sibeile, my heart is a little weak, big brother, our troops are too small, and Sibeile has 80,000 people!" Li Yu replied in a low voice with a red face - in addition to the right cavalry battalion and the front infantry battalion of the Fengzhou Standing Army, the main and auxiliary troops of the other six battalions came, plus the Flying Tiger Battalion, the Gun Battalion, the Xinghe Weibu Cavalry Battalion, a brigade of Guanshan Shouyu Qianhu, and the temporary cavalry battalion of the Naturalization Mansion of Borshu, the total strength is less than 18,000 people, and the difference between the enemy and our forces is indeed huge.

"Jin Guo Khan used to be good to you, it's normal for you to be a little in awe of him, but I think he may be more afraid of you, the Eight Banners are not the past, the old Zhushen keeps dying, the younger generation has not suffered hardships, far less strong than their parents, this kind of decline in combat power is not something that can be solved by supplementing some Han and Mongols, I heard that Jin Guo began to select Kabush virtuous soldiers from the Baijia Bayara, which means that their white-armored soldiers are not good, and they can only choose the elite of them as the vanguard, 80,000 horses In my opinion, in addition to the 20,000 or 30,000 Zhushen elites, The others are a rabble. ”

Liu Xingzuo took a few breaths and said: "In contrast, we are getting stronger and stronger, not to mention the battalion soldiers, the garrison is also well-trained, well-armed, and supported by a fortress, which can completely withstand the offensive of the Jin army." I withdrew all the grazing people, and sent the old and weak women and children into the mountains, and although the young and strong were busy working in the fields, they were ready to recruit another five or six thousand men at any time, and these forces were sufficient, as long as they held out until after the autumn harvest, the garrisons of the various guards could be transferred, and then the Jin army would be defeated. ”

Li Yu nodded and asked, "What is the situation with Weining Haizi and the old Shangdu City?" ”

"Xue Xianguang went to Weining Haizi, this person is capable, not afraid of hardship, is a young and promising good seedling, I handed over the nineteenth and twenty-two brigades to him, and if he can't beat it, he will retreat to the fortress, no matter how many people the Jin army comes, it can't be broken without a month. However, the Chahar people are afraid that there will be changes, Tuba asked to send troops to protect them, so I refused, and only sent Chaolu to lead the cavalry rear battalion deputy army to meet their retreat, but they just don't move, they are still arguing, some people even openly declare that they want to take refuge in the Jin country, Yuzi, the Chahar people are not incorporated into the guard, it is always a hidden danger! ”

"I know, but now is not the time," Li Yu touched the cannon on the fort wall, and asked Liu Xingzuo again, "This is your leather cannon, can it be used in a war?" ”

"We've tested firing, and it's no problem to shoot thirty or forty cannons, but any more of them may blow up. We had no money, and we needed a hundred guns and a thousand guns for the two fortresses, so we had to buy them cheaply, and we were in debt. Liu Xingzuo laughed, and immediately gasped heavily.

"Big brother is not in good health, let's return with me after this battle." Li Yu hurriedly supported Liu Xingzuo.

"Forget it, if you are over fifty people, you can do as much as you can, and I will guard the east gate of Fengzhou for you." Liu Xingzuo coughed and waved his hand, and then asked with a smile, "Yuzi, what do you guess Jin Guohan is doing now?" ”

"I'm definitely going to find the Chahars, get out of here, if you want to join the enemy, you can be a prisoner next time you come back." Li Yu waved his hand and shouted to Asari and Terrig not far away, "This is our preset battlefield, don't retreat a step, Asari, you are familiar with the road, go and lead the Jin army over." ”

Tiancong Khan had already arrived near the Dushikou of the Great Wall outside Xuanfu, but he was not in a hurry to find the Chahars in the old upper capital, but stopped and gasped - it was not easy for the army to expedition thousands of miles, and the Mongolian foreign vassals did not want to come, and there were few responders, they had already been scared by Fengzhou, who was willing to shed blood and lose money? Tiancong Khan had to announce that this expedition could not be carried out in Fengzhou, but it would definitely bring everyone into the customs and make a fortune. When Tiancong Khan arrived at the Turner River, he was greeted with a grand welcome, and the Mongol chiefs came with Ding Zhuang and livestock, including the Chahar people who were scattered everywhere - they really couldn't live anymore, Chahar Khan's reputation was too bad, and the Chahar people who fled back to their hometown became wild dogs that no one took in, and since the Dajin Kingdom was willing to support them, Princess Taisong and her gang also rushed into the arms of Tiancong Khan.

After years of disasters and wars, the national strength of the Jin State has declined, unlike the last westward expedition when everyone has horses, this time only more than 50,000 war horses were gathered, and the camels, mules, oxen and donkeys that can be used to transport baggage have also been greatly reduced, and nearly half of the people must march on foot. There is no horse on the grassland is a fatal thing, thousands of miles down the road, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin, the most unlucky is the Liaodong Han Army, Tiancong Khan has suffered the loss of Fengzhou firearms, you must bring this technical arm, which can make Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi suffer - there is no road on the grassland at all, if you want to catch the people, there is nowhere to find someone, the gun, the small cannon is easy to do, the artillery above a thousand catties is in trouble, along the way the car overturned and the nest accident continues, let the three difficult brothers jump up and down to no avail, Tiancong Khan for these treasures, He also had to slow down the march, and in the end he couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply threw away the heavy artillery and moved forward lightly, which freed Kong Youde and his group and dragged them behind the team.

It's almost time to get here, let's rest here, Erlu's scouts have appeared, and it is better for him to come to the rescue of the Chahars, just in time to destroy them on the spot - Tiancong Khan ordered to camp outside the Dushikou, but secretly hid the elite cavalry in the nearby mountains, and at the same time sent scouts to the old capital to intimidate the Chahars.

Li Yu doesn't seem to care about the life or death of the Chahar people, except for a few Fengzhou iron cavalry appeared near the old upper capital, the Jin army has never seen the shadow of the main force of the Fengzhou army, the Mongolian departments in order to wait for Li Yu to rob the camp, but also stayed up for a few nights without a good night's sleep, the most angry thing for Tiancong Khan is that the Chahar people are bold, they actually dare to expel the Jin State scout cavalry by force, and they also killed people, the big Jin soldiers can not wait any longer, Wu Bai and Turushh led the elite iron cavalry to kill the old upper capital.

In the old upper capital, the Chahar camp, Darhan and Martyr's Rite strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, and threw five human heads that were still dripping blood on the ground without saying a word, and Chaolu followed suit, looking at the pale nobles in the tent with a smile.

"You guys, you really killed the people of the Jin Kingdom! This is a big disaster. Tuba was stunned, then slammed the table and shouted to everyone: "You guys have had enough, whether to withdraw or surrender and get an idea immediately, otherwise we will be finished together." ”

"Stupid pariahs, you have brought disaster to Chahar, surrender to the Kingdom of Jin."

"Arrest them and make amends, and the Great Khan of the Kingdom of Jin will forgive us."

"Untouchables, may Tengger punish you."

……

The nobles angrily surrounded Darhan and lost the ceremony, and a group of elected officials led by Tongzhi Zhu Riga immediately stood beside the two, and the two sides first scolded each other, and then invariably pulled out their knives - since Li Yu forcibly reformed, this scene happened twice in three days, the nobles had money and slaves, and they could not tolerate the untouchables under their feet to stand up, and the civilians had Fengzhou as the backing, and they were never willing to lose the power in their hands, and both sides had died for this, and the contradictions were getting deeper and deeper.

"The Great Khan's edict named Li Yucha as the Great Jinong, loyalty to Li Yucha is loyalty to Chahar, if you dare to be a rebel, I will kill you." Zhu Riga, who was born as a leathersmith, glared at Tuba viciously and said, still holding the knife tightly in his hand.

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Li Yu is a wicked person, he broke the rules of the grassland and deceived our Great Khan, the most dangerous enemy of Chahar is him, and he can only keep Chahar by defecting to Jin Khan." A stout Taiji shouted.

Chao Lu was angry, rushed up and kicked over the Taiji, holding a knife and shouting: "A group of things that don't know what to do, give you food for nothing, Dajinong is also what you can scold?" Believe it or not, I slaughtered you! ”

"Chaolu, you are just a slave of Princess Wulangha, you dare to beat the nobleman and take him down!" Taiyoshi, who fell to the ground, shouted.

The nobles were angry, waved their hands and beckoned a group of slave soldiers, Chaolu did not show weakness, whistled, a group of Fengzhou soldiers with swords and spears broke in, and then Darhan, the soldiers of the martyrdom also came, and the two sides inside and outside the tent confronted each other.

"I'm the commander of Chahar, put down the knife and listen to me," Tuba stood up helplessly, raised his fist and said, "We don't have time, the people of the Jin Kingdom may be on the way, since everyone is arguing, simply break up, willing to defect to the south of the Jin State, willing to follow the Great Jinong to retreat west with Zhu Riga, let's act immediately, it will be too late!" ”

"What about you? Commander of Tuba. Zhu Riga asked with a sneer.

"I, of course I'm defecting to Jinguo, don't think crookedly, I took the risk to cover you, Da Jinong knows me best, let him leave a place for me, and I will come back in the future." Tuba blushed and left.

The 30,000 Chahars were divided into two, the nobles and their subordinates almost 10,000 followed Tuba first, and the remaining 20,000 were mostly civilians and ownerless slaves, and they quickly packed up their belongings and fled westward, and the wide Jinlian River grassland became empty in a short time.

Wu Bai and Turushh did not fire a single arrow, but they brought back 10,000 people to Tiancong Khan and the bright smiling face of Tuba, who exposed Fengzhou's evil deeds of provoking the untouchables to oppress the nobles and forcing them to work to earn money, and thanked the benevolent Great Khan for liberating Chahar, and at the same time asked the Great Khan to provide relief so that they could have enough to eat. Tiancong Khan resisted the idea of inciting Tuba to slap him, and told Tuba with a smile, in fact, you have to work to eat the food of Dajin Kingdom, you either find work in the team, or find food for yourself, in short, Dajin Country does not raise idlers.

Tiancong Khan sent Tuba away in a few words, and now it is the Fengzhou army that has to deal with it, although the main purpose is to enter the customs and grab a handful, but it is better to teach Erlu a lesson first by holding the grass and beating the rabbit, if this guy is defeated, it is not bad to go to Fengzhou by the way, and after figuring out these truths, Tiancong Khan ordered the whole army to go west to Karamangnai.

The Jin army, which had rested for a few days, set off, and the huge team dragged out for several miles, and the Mongols in the team were full of suspicions, and they should go south to get rich, and they would definitely fight with the Fengzhou people when they went west, did the Jin people lie to us? The Chahar people who lagged behind complained even more, and the people of the Jin country finally gave them some food, but forced them to hand over a lot of war horses, cattle and sheep, and it was too much to treat the guests in this way. However, no one cares about the scolding Mongols, not long after the team set off, a large number of Fengzhou scouts appeared in front, since they crossed the Karamulun River, these guys are like flies and can't drive away, and now the frequent appearance can only prove that there are Fengzhou iron cavalry nearby, and the Jin army can't help but be vigilant.

On a small hillside in the distance, Asari let out a sigh of relief and moved the clairvoyance away from his eyes, Fei Yangwu, the commander of the Xinghe cavalry battalion, and Chaolu, the deputy officer of the cavalry rear battalion, immediately reached out to grab it, and Asari shouted in fright: "This is the treasure of the deputy commander, there are only two branches in the whole Fengzhou, you take turns to watch, don't break it!" ”

"Good baby, even the eyebrows and beard of the person opposite can be seen clearly, I want to have one." Chaolu preemptively opened the foreign meat, chattering while watching, Fei Yangwu urged for a long time before he was willing to hand over the baby, Fei Yangwu took the clairvoyance and looked at it for a while, and shouted in a fuss: "Good girl, Jin Guo is poor and crazy, so many people come out to rob." ”

"Enough of it, let Dehun An also have a good time, we are ready to work!" Asari said, gesturing to Poor Baba'an, who was waiting on the side, the former captain of the 15th Xuandewei Brigade who had been transferred to serve as the deputy battalion officer and left sentry commander of the Xinghe Cavalry Battalion.

The Fengzhou Iron Cavalry was launched, the soldiers came out of the woods, roaring and pounced on the Jin army, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was also prepared, and immediately rode up to meet it, and the two armies fought together with bows and arrows - the deputy army of the cavalry rear battalion and the Xinghe cavalry battalion added up to only 2,000 people, Asari did not have the courage to fight hard, but it was no problem to harass the other party, if it was possible, he also wanted to take advantage of a small advantage.

Fengzhou cavalry to a sentry as a formation, each person after shooting three arrows in their hands to run, each post cycle to launch repeated attacks, but never close to the Jin army, this light cavalry style of play soon made the Jin army suffer, constantly someone fell from the arrow, the Jin army wanted to retaliate, but could not catch up with the other party - the old problem appeared again, people and horses wearing heavy armor of the Eight Banners iron cavalry is not as fast and flexible as the Fengzhou cavalry wearing light armor, Tiancong Khan and Baylor once racked their brains for this, unloaded the heavy armor and the Fengzhou people who grew up on horseback to fight for horseback, that is looking for death, If the Mongols of the outer vassal are also trained as light cavalry, who dares to guarantee that the Mongols will be obedient? After much deliberation, we still have to maintain the status quo.

Since there is no hope of eliminating the other party, Tiancong Khan can only expel the situation in front of him, but the other party escapes quickly, and the comeback is not slow, like a dog skin plaster sticking to it, it has been entangled from morning to dusk, and at this moment, something happened to the Liaodong Han army behind.

Dehun An has long been eyeing the Han army in Liaodong, there are not many armored soldiers on the other side, only the officers have horses to ride, but there are a lot of guns, most of the soldiers are driving cattle and pushing carts to march, he estimates that the combat power of this Han army should not be strong, if it weren't for some Eight Banners soldiers nearby, they would have started a long time ago.

At dusk, the opportunity finally came, and the Chahars, who had fallen behind, were anxious to find a place to camp, and the team suddenly dispersed, and Dehun An took the opportunity to blend in, and the Chahars let them go without even letting out a fart. The rest of the matter is simple, the left post of the Xinghe cavalry battalion in Dehun An is all Zhu Shen, and he also wears the uniform of the Jin soldiers, fools a few groups of Eight Banner soldiers, and rushes into the Liaodong Han army and slashes and kills, and also set fire to a few carts of gunpowder, the Liaodong Han army was caught off guard, and thought that the Jin soldiers were going to kill them, and they were so frightened that the chickens and dogs jumped. The surrounding Eight Banners soldiers were also stunned, watching this group of Zhushen kill the Han soldiers, and when they noticed that the other party did not have braids on their heads, they reacted that it might be the same clan in Fengzhou who committed murder, but Dehun An had killed enough people and had already left.