Chapter 458: Idle people are not idle, there is a battle everywhere

In the middle of March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, more than 20,000 cars were built, nearly 180,000 cavalry, and the superintendent Hou Sui led the army out of Tongguan to prepare for a decisive battle in the Shun army. The general soldier Bai Guangen is the forward, the general soldier Xu Dingguo, He Renlong and the supervisor Hou Sui are all in the Chinese army, and the general soldier Gao Jie is the rear team, and they are the first to go.

Although the land of Henan Mansion in western Henan is in the hands of the Shun army, from Tongguan to Shaanzhou and then to Luoyang, the Shun army has not set up troops and city guards, so the Ming official army marched, along the way invincible, invincible, the supervisor Hou Sui that was born in Hanlin, the daily flower of the merit document sent by the fast horse to the Beijing division.

In April, the official army marched to Luoyang City, and Niu Chenghu, a garrison of Henan Prefecture hiding in the cottage, led more than 10,000 militia groups to the meeting, and was immediately named a deputy general, and Bai Guangen was the vanguard together.

Until this time, the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty had already entered Henan, and the Shun army began to act, and the first engagement was in Xin'an County, west of Luoyang City.

Guoyi's general Liu Fangliang led 10,000 cavalry to appear in Xin'an County, and Bai Guangen and Niu Chenghu led the army to attack, and the chariots built earlier played a role at this time.

After the battle, began to line up, the battlefield display array in front of the front as a rejection horse, the cavalry of the Shun army rushed over and was stopped by this side van, and the Ming army bombarded with bows and arrows and firearms behind the car, when attacking, everyone was pushing the cart slowly, and Liu Fangliang led the light cavalry.

At the beginning, it was inevitable that the enemy was a little underestimated, thinking that it was the same as usual, as long as the cavalry was scattered and rushed over, everything would be fine.

When the Ming army marched forward, the front and both wings were layers of side vans, and for the Shun army, it seemed like a hedgehog covered in thorns, and it was impossible to swallow at all. Now that Dashun has been established, the official system has been decided, and generals at all levels are pondering to make great contributions in order to be promoted.

Moreover, since the beginning of the homeless army, they have fought against the Ming official army, and it is common for them to win battles, and whoever wants to lose is a great shame.

Liu Fangliang came this time, wanting to promote his name as General Guo Yi, after all, there are still the ranks of General Zhi and General Quan. I didn't expect it to be a setback, and when I went back, wouldn't I want to be teased by my colleagues, and I would also be despised by the prince of Chuang, Liu Fangliang decided to try his luck when he was about to retreat.

This time, there was still no way to take the Ming army, but the losses were even more, so they had to withdraw in disgrace. Fortunately, the speed of this cavalry still has an advantage, and if it does not engage in a rout and flee, the chariot battalion of the Ming official army will not be able to catch up.

The victory in the first battle was really a great thing for the Ming army. Supervisor Hou Sui happily celebrated the achievements of himself and several generals under his subordinates, and at the same time asked all the general soldiers to move forward with all their strength, so as to win the battle.

It is conceivable that this victorious news is really a shot in the arm for the lifeless Ming court. From Emperor Chongzhen to the ordinary officials below, they were all jubilant and excited, and they approved the requests of the Governor Hou Sui one by one, and asked the Ming soldiers and horses in the world to cooperate and support.

For example, the officers and soldiers of Sichuan, the border soldiers on the three sides of Shaanxi, and Zuo Liangyu's troops all went to Henan and Huguang to attack the thieves and horses and support the large army of the Governor Hou Suidi.

But. The fact is quite sad, the documents of the imperial court are already orders not to move the soldiers and horses in various places, and the border soldiers on the three sides of Shaanxi are constantly being looted and transferred by the imperial court, and now there are no troops that can be handled, but even if they are the only remaining troops, they still have to face the pressure of the tribes of Western Mongolia and cannot leave lightly.

And the general of the thief, Zuo Liangyu, did not pay attention to the orders of the imperial court at all, but united the Hunan and Guangdong soldiers and horses in the south of Huguang. The cities occupied by Zhang Xianzhong's so-called Great Western Army south of Wuchang were recaptured one by one. Anyway, Zhang Xianzhong's main force is already in the Sichuan-Chu border area, and this side is very empty.

Especially Wuchang City. Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, is very coveted, this territory is the richest piece of land he occupies, and he will definitely send troops to take it back.

In fact, Wuchang was indeed not in the key defense range of Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses were easily captured, and in April, Zuo Liangyu reopened the general's mansion in Wuchang.

The Sichuan soldiers and horses to be requisitioned by the imperial court are now trembling and gathering in the Sichuan-Chu border area to guard against Zhang Xianzhong's troops, who are gathered here.

After a short rest, the governor Hou Sui went south from Luoyang City and went straight to Ruzhou, although the Guoyi general Liu Fangliang suffered a loss last time, but this time he and Yuan Zongdi led a total of 30,000 cavalry infantry to attack, and the two sides fought again in Baisha Town between Luoyang City and Ruzhou City.

Although this time, Yuan Zongdi, who was also the general of Guo Yi, transferred the artillery in the Shun army, but the Ming army also had artillery, and the artillery on both sides was half a catty and eight taels of goods, and the range and power were comparable, and no one could help anyone.

This time, the peasant army's most feared Ming army general He Renlong personally led his own soldiers to attack the Shun army formation, and Bai Guangen led his troops to cover the flank. Although Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi led both times were directly subordinate troops of the Shun army.

But the second time was defeated more severely than the first, because the foot soldiers who came here were charged and killed by the cavalry led by He Renlong and Bai Guangen, and it was too late to escape and retreat, and the army could not be defeated.

This battle can barely be called shaking the world, according to the literati of the Ming court, the so-called "people and people, hearing this good news, are all happy." ”

However, the record of killing 1,200 enemies and capturing more than 3,000 enemies can be said to be a rare victory of the Ming Dynasty against the exile army in the past ten years, and the results can also be compared with the great battle commanded by Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others, which is called the "Great Victory of Baisha".

In addition, Zuo Liangyu led the army to break into the empty Wuchang City, and the cities in Hunan were recaptured by the Ming army, and the situation was extremely good for a while, and the situation was about to be calmed down.

Inspector Hou Sui was really proud, thinking that he led the army to have such an achievement, and the famous ministers of the Ming generation are probably just like this, I don't know if he is the so-called Zhongxing famous minister, who will leave a name in the history and spread it through the ages.

At this time, Hou Sui could still be regarded as sober, although the army was victorious, he still restrained the soldiers and horses to move slowly, and he could not leave the brigade without authorization. Be cautious here, but the fast horse that repays the merit is sent to the Beijing division to recite the merit and ask for a reward. According to the news from the Jingshi, it is said that Emperor Chongzhen has been smiling in the court for several days, and he is ready to issue an edict to increase the title of Governor Hou Sui, which is nothing.

What's even more amazing is that Hou Fangyu, the son of Hou Suidi, was actually appointed by Emperor Chongzhen as the magistrate of Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture, with his background as a person, and he also has the title of loose official, and it is said that his term of office will expire. It is necessary to go to the state capital and pastor, and people can be the magistrates, but those can only be those remote places.

And Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture, which is one of the richest places in the world, if you want to make a real shortage here, it is extremely difficult, not to mention the places like Changzhou Mansion and Jiangyin County above. To be treated like this is really precious for the son from the father.

Li Zicheng had already led a large army to Xiangcheng and Jiaxian in early March, urging the soldiers to repair the city, and in early April, two-thirds of Dashun's soldiers and horses had already gathered in this area.

Relative to the victories of the Ming soldiers and horses. Recently, the Duke of Qi seems to be a lot more peaceful, and there are often gentry officials in Lianghuai and Hejian Mansion who cry, saying that Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, drove his subordinate soldiers and horses to forcibly occupy the land of the good people, and the people are not happy. But more gentry and officials applauded, saying that since the Duke of Qi guarded Xuzhou and Lianghuai, local thieves have been good for the people, and hundreds of local industries have prospered.

The public security of the Qi State was divided into peace, and the imperial court had no way, especially in February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, there were major incidents of "bandits" harassing Tuntian Grange in Hejian Mansion and Yongping Mansion.

As for the result, the "bandits" who came to harass the Grange were all beheaded, or the old rules. The head was hung on a wooden frame on the side of the road to show the crowd in awe.

Although there was news that the Jiaozhou battalion had found all kinds of signs of the officers and soldiers of Jizhen and Jingying on these bandits, there was no noise after all.

To the relief of some people who have ghosts in their hearts, the Jiaozhou battalion did not take the next step of revenge, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and everyone made up their minds that in the future, such local gentry would spend money to ask them to preside over the fair deeds, and they would never do it. Those who went were all beheaded by the Shandong soldiers and horses.

Until now. There are a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses from Shandong on the side of Yongping Mansion, and there are no less than 5,000 guards who can be mobilized by Tuntian Grange. Of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses attacking the general army may not be enough, but they are completely more than enough for self-protection.

After all, Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, is a border pass in Jiuzhen, and he doesn't know much about the strength of Shandong's soldiers and horses, since Zhang Kun led his troops to be stationed in Zhongtunwei, he felt that a nail was nailed to his flesh, and if he didn't pull it out, he couldn't feel comfortable anyway.

However, after Zhang Kun left Kaiping Zhongtunwei, Zhang Jiang, the chief soldier of Hebei, personally sat in Kaiping Zhongtunwei, and the deputy general Wang Tao was responsible for the town guard of Hejian Mansion.

What made Gao Di even more depressed was that it was originally only the soldiers and horses of Shandong and the village protection team organized by local farmers to fight, and these few harassments, those officers and soldiers who came back reported that there were actually Mongolian cavalry to help.

Gao Di, the chief soldier, was furious, thinking that Lao Tzu spent money to hire those Mongolian horse thieves on the grassland to enter the country to fight, how can you Shandong also hire these Tartars, this is not a matter of rules.

However, these Mongolian cavalry that appeared in the Jiaozhou camp was a headache for the general soldier, and the Hebei general Zhang Jiang was cautious with his troops, and after defeating, he chased out for thirty miles at most, but the pursuit and attack of these Mongolian cavalry were never restrained, and they often followed all the time, like a hungry wolf chasing their prey.

At present, these harassments, although everyone knows who did it, but still can not be carried out on the surface, if you really tear your face and start a war, it is the Shanhaiguan general soldier Gao Di who suffers, but these Mongolian cavalry may not be how strong they can fight, but they can follow and follow are first-class good hands, and they are extremely troublesome.

For this, Gao Di didn't dare to send troops to harass Kaiping Zhongtunwei easily, but at the end of March, he got a piece of news that made him breathe a sigh of relief.

It is said that more than 1,000 Mongolian horse bandits around the Zhongtun Guard in Kaiping have all exited the pass along the Xifeng Pass, but Gao Di did not organize a new attack. Because Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, sent him several urgent reports, saying that the Manchu general Duoduo led the army to be stationed in Guangning.

This time the Tartars mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but there is such a sentence "Jurchen is invincible if it is full of 10,000", this time it is more than 10,000, if the soldiers and horses of Jizhen and Liaozhen are not fully prepared, I am afraid that things will become big trouble.

The net worth of Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, is all in Yongping Mansion, and there is no here. He is a warlord who leads an army and wanders, so he naturally refuses to give up easily, and when he heard Wu Sangui begging for help in such a panic, he also mobilized most of the soldiers and horses, ready to fight with all his might.

As for the Shandong soldiers and horses behind him, after dealing with them for a few months, Gao Di believed in the character of these Shandong soldiers and horses, and when he went to fight against the Tartars. These Shandong soldiers and horses will definitely not sneak attack from behind.

This year's strange events are extraordinarily many, the Manchu Duoduo Division, which was stationed in the east of the Quang Ninh Central Rear Station, withdrew after mid-March, leaving only the original garrison of soldiers and horses.

Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan's regimental training, did not dare to relax in the slightest, for fear that this was a plan by the Tartars to lure the enemy, if he really started fighting, Wu Sangui knew in his heart that he would definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Manchu Tartar general Duoduo. But why did the other party suddenly want to evacuate.

Who heard that the meat was put in the mouth of the wolf and tiger, and the wolf and tiger did not eat the meat, but turned around and left, but this Liaozhen territory to the east of Shanhaiguan is still one of the best places in Liaozhen, why didn't the Manchus attack. Just go.

The weather has been getting warmer in recent years, and in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's North Korea, in the middle of February, the north and south can be trafficked, but the road is more difficult to walk.

North Korea is such a good place. Everyone knew that it was a comfortable errand to come here to defend it, and Dorgon sat in the position of regent, and the two white flags were his descendants, and there were other flags that had to have personal contacts.

Naturally, it is impossible to let this weakest Zhenglan Banner Leader Wen Lihan always stay in Seoul to enjoy happiness, and it is enough for him to be comfortable for three or four years.

A staff member with a white flag led 500 banners to receive a visit, and this time the number of troops placed in Korea was even smaller, because the prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in Shengjing after the collegiate meeting. The decision was to put the main forces in the west of Liaozhen, that is, in the Shanhaiguan area of the western Liaoning corridor.

Originally, I thought that the Ming Dynasty was a big tree that was already hollow, and under the continuous internal erosion and external felling, it was already crumbling, and the Manchu army could break it and overturn it as long as it added a little strength.

Who would have thought that this strong army suddenly appeared in Shandong, fortunately, Shandong is not yet the leading of the Ming Dynasty, and the Duke of Qi Li Meng may want to usurp the throne, but he has not succeeded yet. In other words, Daming is still infighting. As long as there is still infighting, there will still be a chance on the Manchu side. The Ming Dynasty did not do it again.

In a weak and small state like North Korea, 500 people can defend it, even if there is chaos, the army can rush over to pacify it, and there is no need to worry about it.

Among the 500 bannermen with white flags, there were also 200 Han military flags and 100 Mongolian soldiers with eight banners, and when they arrived at Kaesong, they found out that something was wrong.

It is said that North Korea, which was conquered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, should have a four-color flag and North Korea's own flag on the city wall, but now whether it is a four-color flag or this North Korea's own flag, it is all invisible, but the city is fluttering with a big flag with black characters on a red background, and there are soldiers with the Han army flag who know the characters, looking at the black characters, it is vaguely a Li character.

The royal family of North Korea is also surnamed Li, so if he changes the royal flag and wants breakfast, this new white flag leader does not believe that the hundreds of bannermen in Wenlihan will be assassinated by these Koreans.

The gate of the city was still wide open, and the people who entered and exited the city saw hundreds of tartars outside, and ran back to the city in a panic, and the white flag leader saw such a panic, and judged more and more that something was really wrong in the city, and immediately ordered his soldiers to take their weapons and prepare to start a war and attack the city.

In such a small city as Kaesong, don't look at the Manchu Tartars, there are only 500 people, and they still dare to attack the city and start a war, to deal with weak people like North Korea, the Manchu Eight Banners and even the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Banner are confident enough.

According to the idea of this officer with a white flag, the people who came up and down Kaesong saw the warriors of the Eight Banners coming, and their reaction was definitely to close the city gate and defend it, or to lead the crowd out to surrender and plead guilty.

The Manchu soldiers and horses fearlessly approached Kaecheng, but the gate of the city was never closed, but a force was sent out from it, and the formation was still neat, but looking at the armor, it was not the army of North Korea, nor did it look like the army of the Ming Dynasty.

However, these people actually dared to go out of the city to fight, which really made these soldiers and horses with white flags laugh, and the so-called not knowing life and death refers to these people in front of them.

Soon both sides were in formation, and the officer with the white flag had promised his men that if he defeated the army in front of him, he could do whatever he wanted in the city. For a total of three days, this was a promise to the soldiers below to slaughter the city, and the slaughter of the city was the most demoralizing promise of the soldiers.

The morale of these soldiers with white flags was high, but the facts soon told them who they were not knowing whether they were alive or dead, and after the unscrupulous soldiers and horses with white flags rushed closer, the two small cannons on the head of the city opened fire first.

Then the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion who went out of the city to line up fired their guns in turns, and after three rounds of firearms, the soldiers with spears rushed up.

The few Tartar soldiers who had time to shoot their bows and arrows were shot at the opponent's armor and ricocheted off. Then there are people who rush in and stab and beat them indiscriminately.

Even the Tartar officers wore good cotton armor on the ground and could not resist the stabbing of spears with sufficient strength, and even if they could not be stabbed, they were slashed and smashed with axes and guns.

The battle was very short, and the 500 soldiers with the white flag, who were dizzy, were crushed, so they simply rode fast and ran towards the north.

Sudden battles, sudden defeats. These Tartar soldiers and horses were confused, although the other party did not pursue, but they still fled all the way north, and they fled to the Sincheon area of North Korea to be regarded as a recollection.

The Manchu Tartars had a large garrison in northern Korea, and the deputy commander at the head heard the report of these routs. It is really shocking that the Korean region was still under the control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty years ago, and the deputy capital even exchanged letters with Wen Lihan. Why is it said that something has happened in Kaesong until now?

If he heard the news according to the previous practice, the deputy commander would lead the army south to the area around Seoul and completely wipe out these lawless traitors.

can hear the words of this leader with a white flag, but this deputy commander knows more things, such as the banner and combat strength of the Han soldiers and horses in Hejian Mansion, and when he heard this big flag with black characters on a red background, there was also a word "Li" written on it. When he reacted, he was speechless in shock.

North Korea and Daming's Shandong are separated by the sea, how can this Shandong soldiers and horses appear on the side of North Korea, they can't act rashly, it is a strong army that even Doro Rao Yu Bel Abatai has defeated.

Now at the junction of winter and spring, the communication between the north and the south of Korea has been restored, and at least more certain news must be reported to the Shengjing side.

The Tartar soldiers who guarded the key passes every day really caught a few North Korean civilians coming from the north, and there was no need for torture or questioning, and these timid North Korean civilians quickly said everything.

Seoul had already been taken by the Ming army last year. It is said that tens of thousands of people came. If tens of thousands of soldiers and horses come to Shandong, then North Korea may really be a disaster. North Korea doesn't matter, the Manchus on the right wing and the border with North Korea are even more troublesome, since Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was wiped out, the Manchus have only maintained a garrison of about 5,000 people in the area of Uiju and Phoenix at most, and this is still counting the more than 2,000 people stationed in Korea.

The other party came tens of thousands at once, North Korea is in danger, Liaodong is in danger, and Shengjing is in danger, and Shengjing must be notified quickly, which is the conclusion that the deputy commander immediately reached.

The regent Dolgon planned very well, and in the winter and spring to take all the territory of the Ming Dynasty outside the Shanhaiguan, it was equivalent to turning all the land outside the pass into the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty, which was a great achievement that Nurhachi and Huang Taiji did not do, and Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Inner Academy of Literature, had already hinted that whether it was in accordance with the rules of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or in accordance with the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the regent had such great achievements and great merits, and it should be in a higher position, and it was not impossible to receive the Zen throne.

Therefore, Dolgon asked Azig to lead the soldiers and horses with the white flag to suppress the situation in Shengjing this time, and sent Duoduo to lead most of the forces with the white flag to Liaoxi.

In the middle of February of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, he was also ready to write a letter to Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan's regimental training, promising him that if he was willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, not only could the territory and population be retained at this time, but his status would be much higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

But when all this was still being prepared, there was an urgent report from Liaodong Dingliao Left Guard, that is, Phoenix, that the Ming soldiers and horses had landed in North Korea and occupied Seoul, and it was suspected that there were Shandong soldiers and horses with a scale of 10,000 people.

Sheng Jing, who got the news, was already in a panic, Dolgon originally wanted to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the two red flags to go to North Korea, but the prince of Heli Daishan did not come out at this time, and all the requirements for Dolgon were a delay, and the two yellow flags headed by Prince Hauge of Su and Du Tongaobai. Again, ignore it.

Prince Zheng Zierharang, who was inlaid with the blue flag, led his soldiers and horses to capture the raw Jurchens in the old forest, and the only soldiers and horses that could move were the white flag troops led by Duoduo.

As the regent, he has to take on the responsibility of leading the overall situation, Dolgon gritted his teeth and sent Duoduo to Korea, and ordered the king of Sanshun and the prince of Xu Shun to send troops to assist.

In April of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian steppe was suffering a catastrophe, and the originally peaceful situation was broken, and each tribe suffered a violent storm.

Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Datong, was invaded by Mongolia. Determined to lead the army to pursue, regardless of the dissuasion of Shanxi's civil and military forces, led the army out of the fortress, Datong border town only left more than 4,000 foot soldiers led by the garrison Wang San, this point of soldiers garrison is acceptable, want them to do other places, that is not enough.

Originally, the Governor Hou Sui went out of Tongguan to fight against the army of displaced people, and he also wanted to borrow the 9,000 soldiers of Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of the Great Tong. But this Chen Yongfu went out to exterminate Mongolia, which was also borrowed.

Whether it is Shanxi officialdom or the Ming court, they all scoff at Chen Yongfu's actions, thinking that the current priority of the Ming Dynasty is not to exterminate Mongolia, but to be a thief in the Guannei. Isn't it clear that you can't tell the difference, but this Chen Yongfu's actions can only mean that he is loyal and enthusiastic.

The Shanxi merchants, who had always been trembling, were ordered to use their trade routes on the grassland to provide grain and grass for Chen Yongfu's army.

However, Chen Yongfudi's army is quite reasonable in this regard. It has always been used to trade with livestock and furs from the grassland, as well as various specialties and various businesses in Shanxi.

At present, the Tumut Department is slowly turning into a militarized machine, the judge Arslen is an old nobleman who has served the Tumut Ministry for many years, and many Taiji and Nayan where the Golden Horde of the Tumut Department is located have stayed, and these nobles have continuously issued instructions to the various tribes of Tumut under the orders of Shandong soldiers and horses, so that they can join the headquarters, and the cavalry of these tribes has been incorporated into the army.

The women, children, and children of these tribes were administered in one place. On the one hand, as a logistical existence, and on the other hand, as a hostage in a sense.

At the end of April, Tumut's cavalry, plus the cavalry led by Chen Yongfu, was already more than 25,000. The more than 2,000 soldiers led by Garris were responsible for managing tens of thousands of young and old people in the Golden Horde.

In the Tumut tribe, it was also divided into several forces, among which the cronies of the magistrate Arslen and his people, as well as the cavalry under their control, were the top of the current Tumut Mongols. They often serve as officers and leaders in various ranks. And those Taiji and nobles who had a good relationship with Arslen, especially the Tumut Mongol magnates who benefited greatly from trade with Shanxi merchants. is the second class, and their cavalry also functions as a rear team and a warlord, and will not be regarded as cannon fodder. These herders are also marginally exploited.

As for the rest, their cavalry was to be at the forefront of the charge, and their herdsmen were treated like slaves, and even if they were nobles, they were to be watched out for and watched.

If something goes wrong, the Han cavalry and the Tumut soldiers and horses close to the Han cavalry will be suppressed and eliminated together, which is an absolutely superior force, and it is impossible to resist it.

Tumut Khan was killed, and the tribe seemed to have lost its backbone from top to bottom, and now it was the Han cavalry that pressed on their heads, as if the end was coming.

But after a while, I found that things were not so bad, and that Tumut Khan's trade with the Jin merchants for the enjoyment of him and his nobles was often not for the luxury pleasures of the upper class, or for military needs, and the people below did not get any benefits.

But under the co-ordination of the conquerors who came this time, ordinary herdsmen can also benefit from this, at the very least, in exchange for food and necessities with the cattle and sheep that the herdsmen have worked so hard to raise, and the herdsmen can also get a share, instead of doing everything in vain as before.

Even the merchants in Shanxi have found the benefits, thinking that this lucrative salt and iron trade will collapse, but now all kinds of special products and bulk goods on the grassland are sold cheaply, these materials are in short supply in the customs, through the transportation of military supplies in exchange for these special products, back to trade, will definitely make money.

Of course, this is naturally not comparable to the windfall profits of the year, but it is much better to make money than to go bankrupt.

The really capable merchants found another way, the original native Mote tribe would take the initiative to buy a lot of things that their own tribe could not use, and the Shanxi merchants did not understand at first, and later learned that the Tumut tribe sold these goods to the Mongol tribes further north.

For example, the tribes of Tilianguti, Chergis, and Buriyati, which originated in the Warat Mongols, were not inferior in size to the Tumuts, and their territory was even excessive, and although the distance was long, the huge benefits generated by this distance were also coveted.

Not to mention, further north, if the Obil Khanate opens up this road, it will be a road to the Rakshasa that is opened, which is no less profitable than the trade in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the past, Tumut Khan blocked this road by himself, but now the Jiaozhou battalion has taken control of this Tumut department, and this passage has been completely emptied.

Of course, without military protection, the merchants did not dare to march north on this road, who to look for military protection, the big businessmen in Shanxi naturally knew who to find, the Liu family in Jinzhou, and the Lingshan Commercial Bank in Shandong, let them take the lead, everyone followed, even if everyone shared the profits, this is also a great profit.

This is a matter for the future, but the key to how to obtain this trade privilege depends on how it behaves in the delivery of military supplies this time......

The troops of the Tumut Department and the Han and Mongolian cavalry began to move towards the eastern part of the grassland, such a large-scale movement, no tribe will ignore it, and the Harashen and Korqin tribes have begun to mobilize, but everyone is not too worried, because the combat effectiveness of the Tumut Department has always been not worth mentioning.

A war on the prairie is coming, and it is about to break out......