If it weren't for the fact that Zhuolu Trading Company had learned the news in advance and arrived in time, the people of Dalintai would have been very face-saving, and nine times out of ten they would have died.

In the end, the matter ended with the trading company taking out the collateral of these people to compensate the Mongolian people, of course, if these people still want to continue to work afterwards, it is inevitable to pay the collateral, and in order to punish them, they will naturally have to collect more collateral than others.

"Heaven and earth conscience," the three of them cried out in unison, "we have never done such an eggless thing." ”

The words of the three of them are true, but it's not that they don't want to cheat and play tricks, it's really because the three of them are all old rivers and lakes, and they know that doing such things will not last long, and once they are discovered, they will definitely face a double blow from the Darin Taibu and the trading company, and they may even be expelled, which is really worth the loss.

"I know you haven't done it." Although there are a lot of people who collect wool, there are not too many who gather in a team to act alone, and Sun Kewang is quite familiar with them.

Many people often jointly fund to make up collateral, and then act together, and the courage of the many people is also greater, after all, if there are too few people, it is difficult to guarantee their own safety outside the plug, and those small pony bandits of three or five people are like this, usually seven or eight groups or even more than ten groups of people gather together to act.

Zou Qun is the same, his team usually has fifty or sixty people, one person and two horses, and the strength is not weak, but so many people, not all of them are his subordinates, Daming has a sentry and a horse, and there are only forty-eight people at full.

At least one-third to one-half of the vacancy must be set aside for the generals to eat empty salaries, Zou Qun's own outpost, but only thirty people, and he also left seven or eight people in Zhangjiakou to show off.

The extra people are all soldiers from other posts who are friendly with him, and the horses also have other posts, otherwise how can one person and two horses.

Speaking of which, this is also thanks to Hao Qing's well-informed, they reported the loss of a lot of weapons early, and when this information was widely spread, and the people from other sentinels also wanted to follow the cat and draw the tiger, there were not so many blades and armor in the armory, and those who had the heart to go outside the fortress to earn money and food had to find Zou Qun.

Zou Qun can't wipe his face first, and secondly, he also needs manpower, and there are more than 20 people outside the plug, and his strength is a little thinner.

As soon as these lower-level generals and officials were summed up, they simply put together the men and horses of several sentinels, and all of them were handed over to Zou Qun to command the action in a unified manner, because Zou Qun was not only skilled, but also had a set of command operations, and everyone obeyed him, except for the two sentinel commanders who stayed in Zhangjiakou to cover up, the rest followed Zou Qun out.

"And you, I also remember what you did," Sun Kewang pointed at Zou Qun and continued, "It's right that you made a contribution to the Han Division, but the trading company didn't treat you badly afterwards, and rewarded you with a lot of money and food, have you forgotten?" ”

"I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten." Zou Qun sneered, he didn't expect Sun Kewang to have such a good memory, and he could remember this matter so clearly, they had a lot of credit for that incident, but the reward of Zhuolu Trading Company was indeed staggering.

At first, they took the initiative to show goodwill, and those who wanted to collect wool either ignored them, or the lion opened their mouths, and the price was so big that Zou Qun and others had no profit at all.

Some teams ignored it, and went straight to the herdsmen to collect the wool in private, and the herdsman was naturally not happy when he found out, and the two sides fought a lot of battles on a small scale, and the wool collectors suffered a lot.

Later, several tough herdsmen of the Han Department simply joined forces and sent troops to patrol the fringes of both sides, and as soon as they found Zou Qun and these people, they shot mercilessly, completely cutting off their way to the west to collect wool.

Zou Qun they are stationed in Zhangjiakou all the year round, and they are most familiar with the Sunit tribe group that faces them directly, as well as the slightly westerly Han Department, since Sunit and Dalintai can't get started, then the best choice is naturally to insert the Han Department, there are more people and more sheep, and it is not too far from the Dalintai sweat tent, if you can collect wool, you will definitely be able to earn a lot.

If the Han Department can't do it here, the entire road to the west will be cut off, and you can only fight the idea of the east, not to mention the long distance, and not to be familiar with it, compared with others, Zou Qun and their border soldiers have no advantage at all.

Zou Qun was reluctant to admit it, as the saying goes, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, gritted his teeth, united several border soldiers like him, and together formed a cavalry brigade of 300 people, and on a dark and windy night in a certain month, he raided a herdsman in the east of the Han Department who was the most unfriendly to them, had the strongest attitude, and had good strength.

That night, the shouts of killing were incessant, and the whole family of the shepherd, together with his private guards, was killed by the Zou Qun, and then the fire rose to the sky, burning the place to a white ground.

Zou Qun's losses were not small, more than 20 people were killed and more than 30 people were injured, which made Zou Qun regret it afterwards and wondered if it was worth it.

But the Zhuolu Trading Company reacted quickly, and after roughly investigating the matter, it sent a reward to Zou Qun, not to mention money and food, and the pension was so generous that it was worth it, one hundred taels of silver for the war dead, fifty taels for the wounded, and medical expenses.

As a result, the other teams aimed at the Han Department had no worries, as if they had beaten chicken blood, and frantically went to the Han Department to find faults, and the Han Department was overwhelmed, and they also thought about fighting back, but Zou Qun They were well-informed, and as soon as there was a disturbance, they retracted the territory of Dalintai, and the army assembled by the Han Department, even if they destroyed a few small teams, it was useless.

The big men in the Han Department didn't think about waving their troops to take Dalintai directly, but in that case, it would mean a war with Dalintai, Sunit, and even the entire Mongolian left wing, and the left wing had surrendered to the Houjin, so it was tantamount to turning the other cheek with the Houjin.

The Han Dynasty is a Mongolian clan, and its leader Lin Dan Khan is the nominal Mongolian co-master, but his people are ambitious and talented, and he was naturalized in the Western Expedition, under the guise of revenge for his ancestors, and did not have the intention of avoiding the Jianzhou Jurchen edge, and now Lin Dan Khan is old, his health is deteriorating, and he has no ambition.

The rest of the big and small leaders, no one has the prestige and courage to dare to fight, and the matter is so deadlocked that it cannot be resolved.

Then, several herdsmen closest to the east, who could not stand this kind of beating and killing, and being harassed endlessly, accepted the conditions of compensation money and grain and opening up the purchase of wool after communicating with the Dalin Taibu and the Zhuolu Trading Company.

Of course, their conditions are much worse than Sunit's, and everything has to be first-come, first-come, first-come, not to mention that the Han Department is subdued, not the one who takes the initiative to surrender.