Caught between the two major forces, Omulun has always been very bitter, the Jin State in the east used him as a buffer, forcing him to live outside the Xuanfu Border, while the Fengzhou in the west regarded him as a rebel and clamored to arrest him. People are forced to be embarrassed, Omulun played the signboard of the heir of the king of Shunyi, begged the governor of Xuanfu to give him the right to trade promised by the imperial court to the kings of Shunyi, completely ignoring the fact that he had been on the thief ship of the Jin State, but he didn't expect the government to really agree, Omulun shed tears excitedly, this is an opportunity to sit on the ground and share the money in the Zhangjiakou horse market! He immediately called his friends to do a big job, and specially sent the housekeeper Mao Han to be in charge of business affairs.

Trade was a matter of life and death on the steppe, and beef and mutton could be used to deal with no grain, but cloth, ironware, and tea were completely dependent on imports from the Ming State, but the Jin State absolutely forbade the Mongol tribes to trade privately with the Ming State, so as to jam the necks of the Mongol tribes—this was the same as Fengzhou's insistence on being a two-way dealer between the Ming and Jin states. Omulun suddenly poked open a window, naturally welcomed by the various tribes on the grassland, after all, the Ming Kingdom is the master, no one wants to be inserted in the middle, at the beginning there were only a few merchants sneaking to the market, to April and May, a large number of merchants from all over the place, Zhangjiakou Fort suddenly became lively, Omulun counted the money every day and couldn't keep his mouth shut, but he was going to be unlucky.

Yue Tuo was stationed in Weining Haizi, and when he received the report of the scout, he was immediately furious, and Omulun not only privately set up the horse market, but also recruited the Khalkhas, who had always been hostile to Dajin, which was simply bold. Yue Tuo couldn't take care of Fengzhou, so he led the Jin soldiers to Zhangjiakou quickly, and beat the Khalkha people to scatter in a hurry, and Omulun was also so frightened that he hid to avoid the limelight, but the old Maohan who was in charge of the horse market for him was cut off his head, and then, and then Yue Tuo took over the horse market with a smile and continued to wave to the traders, come on, the horse market in Dajin Country welcomes you, and you can do business by paying money.

Omulun's lungs are about to explode, the dead housekeeper Uncle Maohan is the husband of his wet nurse, his father Boshuo Ketu Khan rarely takes care of him, it is this old couple who has worked hard to pull him up, and he is closer than his father and mother - okay, don't give me a way to live, kill my people, rob my horse market, Lao Tzu is gone, Omulun and two cronies Hang Gao and Tobok discussed, there is no place to stay here, and the tribe will go to Fengzhou.

When the news of Zhangjiakou's opening of the horse market reached Naturalization, angry Fengzhou businessmen held a demonstration in Naturalization Square, demanding that the Great Commander's Office send troops to crusade against the unruly Jin people.

"You talk about 'free trade and free trade' all day long, and people are wishful thinking about doing business, what's in your way? I don't care about this, you can figure it out for yourself. Chang Shu replied very dissatisfied.

"How can this be reasonable, we work hard every year to transport goods to Liaodong, take care of your food and clothing, but you are ungrateful, hook up with the Ming Kingdom and want to kick us away, Fengzhou people will never agree!"

"The Ming government is greedy for ink, and you can be tax-free by stuffing a few dollars, we all know very well, you collude with the Ming Kingdom is to damage fair trade, believe it or not, we let the Fengzhou Army teach you a lesson!"

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The businessmen surrounded Chang Shu and scolded him, frightened the guards of the Titang Division, and hurriedly reported to the Shangguan, Zhang Shi'an personally ran to appease the businessmen, promising to destroy the Zhangjiakou horse market at any cost, as long as they found the Ming merchants who did business with the Jin State, they were all reported to the Jingshi Jinyi Guard on the charge of collaboratory, so that his family was ruined, and the merchants felt relieved, so they let Chang Shu go.

The Regent's Office also convened an emergency meeting of the Consulate Office, and everyone felt that they had to send an arrow on the bow - Li Jianji, the head of the Xiangli administration, reminded everyone that the trade between the Ming State and the Jin State would not only damage the commercial interests of Fengzhou and cause a large amount of tax loss, but also affect the confidence of merchants in Fengzhou, and it must not be ignored. Ortai, on the other hand, held that the situation had developed so far that it was no longer a matter of stopping trade between the Ming and Jin countries, and that the Jin army's collection of taxes in Zhangjiakou was definitely a naked provocation to Fengzhou, and that it should occupy the border of Xuanfu in advance, and that it could not hesitate any longer.

"How many days will it take for the army to drive outside the Xuanfu?" Li Huai asked Du Wenhuan.

"At the moment there is not much need for troops, one cavalry association is enough, and it will take up to three days from mobilization to arrival on the battlefield." Du Wenhuan replied silently.

"The battalion soldiers will not move for the time being, tell Liu Xingzuo to act immediately, the strength of Xinghewei and Chahar is more than enough to deal with a thousand Jin troops." Li Yu waved his hand and ordered, hesitated for a moment and added, "Let's transfer a battalion of infantry troops, and now we must prepare for the counterattack of the Jin army."

"Let the old border businessman Fan Yongdou lead the merchant army, the inspection department, and the tax collection department to also go up, and expel the illegal traders in the name of righteousness, and take over the border of Xuanfu with confidence, and by the way, let Liu Xingzuo say hello to Yue Tuo, talk first and then fight!" Li Fugui added.

That night, Asari was sent to the east to assist in military affairs, and Fan Yongdou also gathered more than 1,000 merchant troops, inspectors, and tax collectors of Bake, Han Dagong, and Bilige, and hurried to Xinghewei the next day.

In the middle of May, outside Zhangjiakou Fort, the traders were stunned by the sudden appearance of Fengzhou soldiers, and the other party surrounded the big city in the blink of an eye, brandishing leather whips and sticks to make the crowd follow them, and for a time there was a lot of trouble. Most of the businessmen outside the border are unruly and unruly, and they have guys in their hands when they go out, and many of them also bring bodyguards and thugs, so they can see clearly that the other party is just some official errands, and they have the courage to form a gang and fight against law enforcement with swords, spears, bows and arrows. Fan Yongdou was enraged, and ordered Buck's merchant army to block the retreat of the traders, and personally commanded the inspection and tax collectors to suppress the mob - the vast majority of the inspection and tax collectors in Fengzhou were veterans who had fought and killed people, and they were willing to suffer in vain if they had horses and weapons, so they immediately put out two leather cannons and dozens of guns, and killed more than a dozen troublemakers.

"It's so shameless, you don't pay taxes when you do business, there is no royal law, and you dare to obstruct official business with weapons, I think you are tired of it! What, you said that you have already paid money to the Jin State and the Ming Kingdom, do you know it, the boss of this territory is my Fengzhou, Lao Tzu is standing here, you go and ask them if they dare to come over to collect taxes. Bi Lige, the governor of the Taxation Department, jumped his feet and pointed at the vendors and scolded - the Ming officials and officers and soldiers who were in charge of the horse market had already hid in the side wall, so they would not grab land with this gang of outlaws, and the Ming merchants were also threatened that the Jinyi Guards would investigate their Tongkou, and they were so frightened that they fled.

"This territory belongs to our Fengzhou, even Omulun has been submitted, you have to listen to what Lao Tzu says, and whoever is not convinced will come out to challenge!" Han Dagong also threatened with murder.

It's too domineering, it's just bullying and dominating the market, the traders dare to be angry and dare not speak, Fan Yongdou came out to speak at this time: "Everyone, I don't blame you for the previous things, but from today onwards, I will take over from Fengzhou, and we will arrange how to do business, Weining Haizi will have a ready-made market to do business, and we will open a big market in Duolunuoer next year, and the tax must be paid, but the goods in Fengzhou are absolutely genuine, and I promise you that the business will be more and more prosperous. ”

Fan Yongdou's entourage brought a large box and took out the goods one by one to display, and the vendors were also people who knew the goods, so they couldn't help but be curious and came over, and commented on the quality of the goods, Fan Yongdou was full of interest and started the work of sales.

"My Fan's tobacco is the first in the world, smell this tobacco, how fragrant the smell of tobacco and tobacco powder is, look at how exquisite this cigarette stick and snuff bottle are, this is the latest woolen cloth, thick and beautiful, you can't buy it anywhere else, and these iron tools, iron nails, iron wires, iron needles are everything, so many good things you don't buy, but go to buy the knockoffs of Ming profiteers, will you do business?" Fan Yongdou spat at the stars, and the vendors nodded frequently, and finally patted their chests and shouted, "Look at the goods, if you want to do business, follow me to Weining Haizi City, I have all the rations and horse materials on the road." ”

What else is there to say now, the traders are also interested, and they follow Lao Fan to Weining Haizi in a hurry, and the outside of Zhangjiakou Fort will become deserted after a while, leaving only a mess.

The Jin army is actually twenty miles away not far away, and they are very aware of everything that is happening outside Zhangjiakou Fort, but they are also difficult to protect themselves - the Fengzhou army is moving too fast, and when the situation is found to be abnormal, the Fengzhou garrison in the west and the Chahar cavalry in the north have pressed over, and the Jin army can only concentrate its forces as quickly as possible, and choose a place near the mountains and rivers to form a formation to protect itself, and the opposing infantry cavalry has thousands of people, and it must not be able to fight, but at least it cannot be broken.

Erlu really started, I only have a thousand people, but I am just putting on a façade for Dajin Kingdom, it doesn't hinder you from anything, why are you looking for trouble - Yue Tuo really regrets that he shouldn't have forced Omulun to jump over the wall, although this guy is very annoying, but he can deal with Erlu for a while, and now the chickens are flying and the eggs are fighting, and the border of Xuanfu must be thrown away in his own hands, the more Yue Tuo thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, and he simply runs to the Fengzhou army to reason.

"Aita, the ink of the peace treaty between the two sides has not dried, but you have treacherously seized my territory, this is a blatant declaration of war against my Dajin, you want to fight, right, do you think we really can't clean up the small Fengzhou!" Yue Tuo rushed to Liu Xingzuo and shouted.

"What is the basis for saying that the border of Xuanfu is the territory of the Jin State? The owner of this land is us, and it is already tolerant for you to be stationed here, you did not report to my Grand Commander's Mansion for permission, and you dared to trade and collect taxes with the Ming State privately, there is a big crime first, and it is reasonable for me to recover the land in Fengzhou, and it is based on the law," Liu Xingzuo did not back down, waved to the side and said loudly, "Omulun, you explain it to him clearly." ”

"How can this be reasonable, this is obviously the place where our Yongshao Bu people have lived and pastored for generations, when did it become the territory of the Jin Kingdom, Yue Tuobeile, you better go back to Liaodong." Omulun immediately stood up and said, the Great Law Division has announced that he is ****, and the Great Commander's Mansion has also given him a great credit, and now is the time to show it.

"The people of Jin are liars, we will not fall for them anymore and drive them out of the Mongolian steppe!" Hang Gao and Tobok also jumped out and yelled.

"A group of two-faced things," Yue Tuo sneered, and then turned to Liu Xingzuo and said, "In this way, you are determined to fight, then we will accompany you to the end, we are not afraid that you will be overwhelmed." ”

"This is just an illegal inspection operation, as long as you don't interfere with official business, we don't need to fight, Yue Tuo, if you want to leave, we can say goodbye, and if you want to stay, you can do it yourself, but you have to solve it yourself." Liu Xingzuo replied with a smile.

"Let's go, you guys just wait outside the Xuanfu!" Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and turned around and left.

Not long after, Yue Tuo led the Jin soldiers to the east with their heads down, and the cheers of the Xinghe guard garrison and the Chahar cavalry rang out, and Liu Xingzuo immediately ordered Xue Xianguang to lead two thousand cavalry to send the Jin army, and the iron cavalry held swords, spears, bows and arrows and laughed to sandwich the Jin army in the middle, and sent them to Duo Lunor.

When the news reached Yanghe, Yang Sichang's face showed a rare smile, although the naturalized general army dragged on, but he was finally obedient, in the end he still recaptured the edge of Xuanfu, with this barrier in hand, it would not be easy for the Jin army to attack Xuanda again. Li Yu poured bitter water in the letter, the territory was snatched down, but he also put him in danger, it is still very early before winter, the Jin army has time to make a comeback, with the current strength of Guihua Town and the Jin army, Xuanfu border will definitely not be able to hold, the governor or send Xuanfu Town to take over.

Yang Guozhu also sent a letter to the Governor's Palace, refusing to accept the Xuanfu border, the reason is very simple, the use of troops outside the fortress is mainly field warfare, whether the Xuanfu army can hold the border wall is a problem, where there is the ability to fight in the field, the battle out of the customs is equivalent to death, the territory of the naturalization town is still the naturalization town to guard, he is absolutely not interested in the credit of others, in addition, he also thinks that the Dushikou Fort is lonely and hangs hundreds of miles outside the fortress, and the supply of food and salary, and the increase in troops and rescue are all problems, not only can not arch the border wall, but have become the burden of Xuanhua Town, and now hundreds of old and weak soldiers are stationed in the fort, If you start a war, you can only wait for death, and it is better to be included in the defense area of Naturalization Town, and maybe it can also have the effect of supporting defense.

After thinking about it again, Yang Sichang felt that what Yang Guozhu said made sense, but the adjustment of the town defense areas required the approval of the Ministry of War, and it was best not to provoke this trouble, he wrote a letter to Li Yu and ordered that the town of Guihua must do its best to defend the border of Xuanfu, and at the same time send the elite into the Dushikou Fort to assist in the defense, and never take a step back without authorization, in order to appease Li Yu, he also said that he would transfer three thousand taels of silver and three thousand stone rice beans to Dushikou within ten days - it was too little, Yang Sichang himself felt blushing, but he could only take so many things in his hands.

A few days later, the Black Eagle Banner was raised at the Dushikou Fort, and the fort wall was full of Fengzhou troops who were taking over the defense, and the soldiers were using several sets of pulleys to hang the camp cannon on the city wall.

"The situation is worse than expected, the fort wall has been damaged in many places, and it must be repaired as soon as possible, the guns in the fort are rusty and can no longer be used, and other ordnance is also damaged, and the Jin army must be enough to choke when they come." Zhou Yuji, deputy assistant commander of the Left Infantry Association, accompanied Li Yu to inspect the fort wall while complaining - among the generals of the Fengzhou Army who advocated attack, Zhou Yuji was inexplicably considered to have the most defensive potential, and with the unanimous approval of the generals, he was ordered to lead the right battalion of the Left Association to garrison Dushikou.

"I transferred some leather cannons and gunpowder from Xinghewei to you, and I can't take out the rest, I have too few belongings, and I can't get money and food if I want to send more troops," Li Yu shook his head and lamented, but then said solemnly, "Dushikou is our only support point outside the Xuanfu border, gritting our teeth and holding on, as long as we hold on for five days, my main cavalry force can arrive." ”

The two got off the fort wall and walked to the general's mansion together, and saw a few ordinary people arguing around the sentry at the door, and Ding Chenglu, the deputy battalion officer of the right battalion, reported that these people were Khalkha merchants who were locked up in prison, and they forgot about them when the Ming army withdrew, and now let them go without the rations and horses to go home, and they are pestering the Fengzhou army to ask for travel expenses.

"It's not easy to come all the way to give them livestock and rations on the road." Li Yu glanced at the people as he spoke, and found that one of the tall and stout men was staring at him, this person seemed to be a little familiar, he looked at the person for a while, and then stepped forward with a shout, "Brother Dege, is it really you?" ”

"Brother Erlu, I am the Khalkha Derge, your head is too conspicuous, I will look like you," Li Yu fled from the Jin Kingdom to Kuku and met on the road to Kuku and Tun The Khalkha merchant Derge appeared again, this guy hugged Li Yu and didn't let go, "Good brother, I still owe you a good Khalkha horse, but unfortunately the horses brought were robbed by the Jin soldiers, and the belongings were also looted by the Ming army, and now there is nothing, you are a big official, help the old brother again, I will definitely give you two good horses next time." ”

The two entered the general's mansion with a smile, Derge boasted that his fame was getting bigger and bigger, and the three Khalkha Khans all asked him to help with business, this time he accompanied the Chechen Khan to the south to explore the road, I didn't think that there was also a Jin army here, the Chechen Khan was beaten away, and he ran slowly into the hands of the Dushikou Ming army who took advantage of the fire to rob. Derge asked Li Yu how big an official he was, and Li Yu said a few simple words embarrassedly, which stunned Derge.

"Tengri, you are really my nobleman! Business will be easy to do in the future," Derge rubbed his hands and walked around excitedly, "There are a few tribes that have taken refuge in the Jin country between Khalkha and Tumut River, and the news from the south has been incompatible, and I thought that Humba Tulu of Tumut River is a person of Chahar Khan, and he has never dared to associate with you, but now it is easy to do, take your soldiers and fight to the north, I will show you the way, this trade route is open, we will all get rich!" ”

"I'm afraid not this year, as soon as next spring." Li Yu thought for a while and replied.

"Then I won't leave yet, you lend me some money, I want to do some business here."