Heavy snow has stained the mountains and mountains between the Mongolian steppe and the Daling River in eastern Liaodong.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they surrounded several chariots and horses for protection, and then divided some of their men to unload the bulging sacks from their carts, or carry them on their shoulders, or on their backs, or with mules and horses, and marched towards the mountains step by step.

After crossing a mountain range, camp tents appeared one after another in the col, and in the middle of them there were bright fires, hot water vapor, and noisy human voices, which were completely different from the scene at the foot of the mountain.

"Xiao Jie! How are you here to deliver food. Zhiwen stood at the mouth of the mountain pass, smiling, and gave Song Caijie a strong bear hug.

"There's no way, my mother misses you, she's busy weaving and spinning, she really can't leave, so I have to come to see you." Song Caijie spread his hands and glared at the girls next to him.

Xiaoying stuck out her tongue, secretly moved a few steps, and hid behind Zhiwen.

At this time, it was already the middle of the winter of Chongzhen's fourth year.

After withdrawing from the Daling River, Zhiwen has been searching for the Mongolian people who fled west at the eastern foot of the mountain, not long after Sun Kewang pursued Jiannu and turned around, in view of the fact that the Mongolian people were no longer traced, Zhiwen then led the men and horses over the mountain and stationed at the western foot of the mountain, that is, the place where Sun Kewang hid before.

The reason why he did not return to Dalintai immediately was because these people, including himself, must have the plague germ on their bodies, which is what the Great Ming official called the plague gas, and if they did not clean up and quarantine and observe for a period of time, they would rush into the grassland like this, which would inevitably bring disaster.

rescued two teams of Han people before and after, plus their original soldiers and horses, close to 30,000 Dingkou, the demand for food is not small, although Zhiwen can conjure up out of thin air, but it is also shocking.

So Feinu passed a letter and asked the Zhuolu Trade Union to issue a task in Dalintai to transport food to this place, provided that the mercenary group and its recruited porters must have some refugees who fled from northern Shaanxi, and when the food was handed over, these northern Shaanxi people would leave after putting it at the designated place, and Zhiwen would send someone to pick it up for himself, in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

In the past few months, half of the original sick number has died, half recovered, and the source of the plague (the rats in the furniture of the Han people) has also been thrown far away on the other side of the Daling River.

This is the fourth time to send food, in view of the fact that no one has become ill, and it has snowed several times, which can effectively kill the plague bacteria, Zhiwen felt that his gang had no possibility of spreading the plague, so he agreed to let people send food directly into their camp, so that the two sides could come into direct contact, but I didn't expect it to be Song Caijie, who I hadn't seen for a long time.

"Zhiwen, my mother asked me to ask, when can you go back, it's winter, and there are less than two months to celebrate the New Year, she is looking forward to you going back for the New Year." After entering the camp tent, Song Caijie took a few sips of hot tea and asked.

"Go back for the New Year?" Zhiwen pondered.

Since there is no possibility of spreading the plague, he can actually leave now, but he still wants to see what the situation is on Jiannu's side, especially whether the epidemic has been controlled, if he goes back at this time, he will have to come over to investigate after the year, Zhiwen is too frustrated.

The two mercenary groups of Ye He and Heishui have already asked him several times when they will be able to go out of the mountain and continue to trouble Jiannu, although they are not worried about eating and drinking, but they are no longer idle.

"Xiaojie, if you don't leave in a hurry, wait for me for ten days, and I'll give you an answer in ten days." Zhiwen replied.

"Brother, what do you want to do?" Nan Nan asked alarmedly.

"It's nothing, it's just to go to Liaoyang, where Jiannu is now, to have a look." Zhiwen told him calmly, there is nothing to hide, and he can't hide it if he wants to.

"Forget it, you go alone, don't enter Liaoyang." I heard that I was going to Liaoyang, but I lost interest and didn't worry.

Although they moved to the western foot of the mountain, a small group of Tanma was constantly sent to Liaodong by Zhiwen and them, and they still knew the situation there.

In addition to the Daling River and Jinzhou, the Ming Dynasty withdrew from Shanhaiguan, and the Jiannu all gathered in the Liaoyang area, they all know that the current Jin people are the phoenixes that have lost their hair and are not as good as chickens, as long as they don't enter their nest Liaoyang, there will be no danger.

"You are not allowed to go, Zhiwen does not enter the city, there will be nothing delicious waiting for you." Song Caijie spoke first, and after blocking the snack Xiaoying's mouth, he replied to Zhiwen, "Okay, I'll wait for you for ten days, forget it, I'll go with you to have a look." ”

"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow." Zhiwen replied that although Song Caijie was only in charge of internal intelligence, it was good to know some external things and have a long insight.

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Zhiwen and his entourage of more than 30 people, found a few ox carts, pretended to be a small caravan, and went straight to Liaoyang after entering the Liaodong Plain.

Along the way, there were no people, extremely desolate, and abandoned fields and villages could be seen from time to time, until it was close to Liaoyang, and it began to have sporadic popularity.

"This is Jiannu?" Song Caijie looked at a half-dead person in front of him and asked.

This person's eyes were so numb that he was completely deprived of vitality, his face was yellow and thin, and he didn't even have a piece of cold clothing on his body.

This person is very different from the arrogant, fierce and strong Jianzhou Jurchen in Song Caijie's mind, listless and energetic, not to mention, when he saw them, he actually showed a flattering smile on his face, nodded and asked them if they were from the grassland.

Due to the retreat of the Ming army to the south and the strict defense of Shanhaiguan, the west and north directions were strictly ordered by Zhiwen not to allow anyone to enter Liaodong, and the left-wing Mongolia was subjugated by Zou Qun and others with soldiers and horses in the interval of the battle of the Daling River, and was already under the orders of Zhuolu Trading Company.

In the eastern part of Linhai, those Ming troops and pirates in Dongjiang Town were as cunning as foxes, and they also knew the situation of the rampant epidemic in Liaodong, and no one was willing to risk life and death to set foot in Liaodong.

The whole Liaodong has become a de facto forbidden land, and no one has come to trade with Jiannu in the past few months, relying on the little grain they planted, as well as the grain stolen from the Daling River, barely getting by, but fortunately, many people died before, but it was still enough.

But there is an abnormal shortage of other things, Da Linghe can be said to have found nothing except to grab some food, Shengjing and Hetuara have been destroyed one after another, they have been short of too many things in the past few months, and it is difficult to survive this winter.

Therefore, as soon as Jiannu saw Zhiwen and them pretending to be Mengren, he didn't even interrogate them, but asked if they were here to do business.

These Jiannu actually have private goods left, and Zhiwen and their cars are mainly green salt and tea, which are very sought-after, and they have exchanged a lot of gold and silver, and they have also taken the opportunity to find out a lot of news. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future