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The Galen tribe had a steady stream of Persian goods, traded fierce fire oil with the Secich tribe, traded cattle and sheepskin goods with the Lanelt tribe, traded more frequently with the Ming caravans in the interior, and a large area of poisonous weeds in the eastern foothills of Altai Mountain, but there were carts that could be suspended in the air, which gradually aroused the strong interest of Jinong in the far Hetao. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The business is prosperous, but you don't know what to do, and you don't pay tribute at all, that's the rhythm of looking for a fight. This is Jinong's nominal territory.

The news of the imperial store and official store guarding Wuguan Town, which was guarding behind Qingfeng Valley, had made a windfall due to the increase in caravans, also came back to Jinong's ears, confirming that the Galen tribe had a lot of money.

Collapsed wolf tile tried to annex the Galen tribe, unlucky to die on the battlefield, ordered the transfer of the elite soldiers of the Galen tribe, and secretly ordered the terrier mountain to attack the Galen tribe, but was also beaten back in embarrassment.

Ah Man and Daozi defeated the Tile Spur defenders in the Kuxi Mountain, but they recklessly retreated, which directly stimulated Jinong's arrogant self-esteem, and he had to kill the tribes who dared to disobey his call.

So, after the beginning of spring, taking advantage of the return of the grassland tribes to the summer pastures, the little prince of Jinong sent a large number of rangers to begin to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain of the Galen tribe and explore the strength of the Galen tribe.

Before disturbing the Ming Dynasty, it is also a good delicacy to be able to take a piece of fat and eat your appetite first. An unknown tribe, Jinong didn't think there was anything wrong with issuing orders outside the Golden Horde.

A horse team set off from the territory of the old Yuan'er Dusi in Hetao, passed through Helan Mountain, crossed the southern end of Yibu Mountain, came east along the border wall, walked all the way for more than half a month, and finally arrived at the grassland outside Qingfeng Valley.

The horse team passed through the swamp and reeds, and soon encountered a large area of vine grass spreading from the west, and in desperation, they had no choice but to turn to the south, and embarked on the Han trade route, and went straight to the eagle's talon fort in the west.

On the green meadow, there are undulating hills and ridges on the left, endless vines and grasses on the right, and there are some sparse saplings on both sides of the road below.

Today, the sky is not good, the sky is full of clouds, and in the whistling north wind, although I can feel the faint smell of early spring, I am still cold under the long jacket and leather pants.

The group was clearly a horse corporide dressed as Tatar merchants, and was led by a stout man with a fleshy face, small eyes, a shiny shaved head, a wide scimitar hanging from his waist, and a black-lacquered recurve bow stuck diagonally in the saddle.

Behind him, a hundred cavalrymen, each pulling one or two mules and horses full of furs, these hideous-looking herdsmen were not easy to provoke.

The commander of the thousand commanders under the Jinong tent was ordered to bring a hundred elite guards to Ximen Xiao Ye, the real ruler of the Galen tribe, and issued a pardon order from Jinong, summoning Ximen Xiao Ye, the big leader of the Galen tribe, to set up a silver tent of ten thousand commanders, swear allegiance to Jinong, and dedicate three thousand iron horses.

This kind of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is the right bone of Jinong's henchman, who is also very red-eyed, and he gave his three beautiful sisters to Jinong as maids, but now he is just a thousand-captain under his account.

When the horse team passed through the grassland swamp outside the Qingfeng Valley, the right Guda who was riding on the horse took a deep look at the Qingfeng Pass that flickered through the valley.

According to the intelligence, the pass in Qingfeng Valley has been replaced with a solid wall, and the stucco and stone blocks that are not afraid of water and fire are also the materials that Jinong urgently needs.

The horn was long and continuous, and along the way, there were constantly teams of rangers approaching the right Guda, joining them, and the distance of less than a hundred miles actually gathered three hundred elite cavalry, so that some caravans on the road avoided far away, for fear of causing trouble for no reason.

It is very rare that the right Guda, who is good at plundering caravans, did not go to see the Han caravan on the side of the road this time, but rushed over, only enjoying the feeling of being frightened.

The rumbling horse caravan drove by, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust, and the triumphant right Guda, like his cavalry, did not see at all, and a black chariot slowly rose from the depression in the vine and grass two miles north of the avenue.

On the chariot, there was still a layer of rattan grass full of poisonous thorns, which hovered leisurely at a height of five feet above the ground, and the body slowly turned, tearing off a large area of tough poisonous weeds, and constantly adjusting the direction of the front of the car as the horse team in front of it moved.

In the rat-type chariot, Shi Chang Atta, who was sitting in the passenger seat, held a telescope and stared at the horse team in the distance, and his thick lips spit out a clear voice, "Send a message to Miao Biwu, there is a wild Tartar horse team going to Eagle Claw Fort, more than 400 people, carrying scimitars, bows and arrows, a number of three-eyed firearms, and more than 200 pack horses,"

A herald sitting behind him quickly picked up the letter post and passed the news to another chariot that was also lurking in the depths of the vine grass five miles away, and Miao Biwu there would pass the news back to the scout rangers five miles to the west.

The number of people living here has decreased significantly, and the mining field to the west outside the fort has disappeared from the busy convoy of craftsmen in the past.

The mill in the fort, the stone mill basically stopped rotating, Kang Hongyuan and his team of craftsmen, in addition to going to the cave to carry materials, the rest of the work was to bake glass products.

Outside the fort, there were two hundred young men in the big ditch in the north of the mountain, where there were still two hundred young men, who waited for the three stone mills day and night, and stored the mortars in straw bags in the stone houses, and the only thing left was a small group of black-clothed guards patrolling one small group after another.

Wang Meng's war barracks have been transferred to the Wangjiabao construction site to monitor the movement on the grassland in the northwest; Most of the members of the logistics team have already gone to the Ximen Stone Fort, and the families of the military and artisan families in the fort will also move into the three newly built stone forts at the end of the year.

Now the internal and external guard and defense of Madao Stone Fort has been taken over by the guards, and after the completion of Ximen Stone Fort, the school, medical hall, Xiao Ye's house, and communication team here will all move out of here, leaving no more than 300 military households and craftsmen.

At that time, the function of this stone fort will be transformed into a huge warehouse, a well-defended material base. The warehouse of Eagle Claw Fort East Fort is a reserve warehouse for the outside world, and the warehouse here will become Xiao Ye's most important hole card.

It wasn't until those military households and craftsmen began to be sent to the Ximen Stone Fort construction site in large numbers that Xiao Ye discovered that in fact, the safest material reserve place was right in front of his eyes, and he was still bent on building Eagle Claw Fort into a secret warehouse.

It's no secret there, I didn't see those caravans consciously brought the goods to Eagle Claw Fort, or went to the open space outside the East Fort to pile up, in order to make the old soldiers under Wang Gui easy to trade and save a penny.

At present, the passage leading to the valley of Madao Stone Fort, the coptis trees planted on both sides of the road, have all been removed, and in a few days, the road to the grassland will be blocked by dense poisonous weeds, and people and goods must use assault vehicles and transport vehicles to enter and exit.

Give the vine grass another year to grow, Xiao Ye believes that even if a rat wants to sneak into the Madao Stone Fort, it will first kill and injure countless people.

In the back house of the big boss's mansion, Xiao Ye was watching the three children crawling around on the kang, and several women around him laughed and gave him a headache, but he couldn't leave, so he had to lie on the side and eat melon seeds with a smile.

Jin Sanniang's matter, Mei'er and the others still knew, Xiao Ye didn't deny it, just thinking about waiting for a good time to let Sanniang enter the mansion. However, although the third girl's face was not good-looking, she didn't give Xiao Ye a temper, which made him still feel a little guilty.

"My lord, Eagle Claw Fort is urgent," just as he was about to go to the study to breathe, a female guard came in outside, "Mr. Xin and Wang Xiucai are waiting for the adults to come over in the study,"

"Oh, I know," Xiao Ye threw a few melon seeds in his hand into the small basket, rubbed his blue eyes, and got up to get off the kang; Here he doesn't want to sleep well every night, and the nightmare fragments that pop up from time to time are already unbearable for him.

When they came to the study, Wang Ziliang and Xin Weilin were drinking hot tea, and when they saw Xiao Ye coming in, they bowed to him with a smile, "I've seen the big boss,"

Xiao Ye sent someone to send two white slave maids to Yang Tianshou, the news was like a wind, and soon reached the ears of the two, and they also "admired" the strong style of this hairy son-in-law, so they almost clapped their hands and applauded, as long as they were not afraid of being broken by Xiao Ye's fist.

"Hey, what are your eyes? looked weird," Xiao Ye's eyes were so vicious, and he could see the taste at a glance, "What's the matter, I have something to say, I still have to find a place to squint,"

"Oh, my lord, no one came looking for you in the school?" Wang Ziliang was thicker than Xin Weilin, and he really asked unwillingly, still wanting to see the excitement.

"No, there is no shortage of things in the school room, and there are many charcoals," Xiao Ye thought about it, but didn't think of any problems, so he waved his hand and sat down, "Say it, just say it in advance,"

"Eh," Wang Ziliang, who was very disappointed, looked at Xin Weilin, who was sitting silent, and took out two letters.

"Eagle Claw Fort is in a hurry, the Tartar Jinong who is waiting in the Hetao has sent a horse team and will arrive at Eagle Claw Fort soon, it is estimated that they are here to recruit us, and your Excellency must be prepared,"

"There is news from Gansu Town, that Lu Nianshan seems to be about to make a move, the border barracks have been in camp since yesterday, and they are not allowed to enter or leave,"

Xiao Ye was not surprised by Wang Ziliang's report, if the Mongolian Tatars did not come after the beginning of spring, he would still be strange, as for Lu Nianshan, if he was either wearing the official uniform of a general soldier, or he hid in the Beijing Division, Xiao Ye would also send a team of guards to scrape his skin back.

Things have a priority, Xiao Ye has to wait until the matter in front of him is solved first, and then he will pay attention to Lu Nianshan and Jiang Jie, and it is time to solve their personal enmity.

Touching the small box in his arms, Xiao Ye lightly put down the teacup and gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, "Since the Tartar is here, don't put it back, leave a few people who report the news, and the others let Liu Shuihe send them into the black room, whether they live or die,"

"Our enemies are not supposed to live on horseback,"

"There is a border barracks, send someone to continue to monitor, and report any abnormalities immediately,"

"Yes, Baihu," Wang Ziliang listened to Xiao Ye's words, his face was straight, he stood up and bowed slightly, and left quickly, but he didn't look at Xin Weilin again.

Wang Ziliang lifted the curtain and went out, Xin Weilin raised his eyes to look at Xiao Ye who was deep in thought, and smiled reluctantly, "My lord, is it time to start?" ”

"Yes, we have no way out, Tartar and Li Dongliang will not let us go, if you want to survive, you can only press down on the Tartar side first, and the government will talk about it later," Xiao Ye paused and said decisively.

"The road is under our feet, there is no need to beg others, the people who go out of the Madao Stone Castle are not blood-ischemic in the waist pole," grinning lightly, Xiao Ye's face gradually became hideous, "Brother Sanxing, how about going to watch a big show with you tonight?" ”

"Okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate," Xin Weilin, who was in a wheelchair, smiled indifferently. There is no turning back for him now, so let's face it calmly.

When the commander of the thousand tribes rushed to the outside of the Eagle Claw Fort with four hundred elite Tartar cavalry, he saw a wide avenue carved out of the vine grass, stretching from the mountain side on the edge of the grassland to the stone fort standing on the grass.

The coptis trees on both sides of the avenue, with sparse young leaves growing on their branches, rattled in the cold wind, but when I looked outside the stone fort, I couldn't see a single figure, and even the scouts who had a headache for the rangers were now nowhere to be seen.

"Master Qianfu, this stone castle looks strange, let's be careful," the henchman beside the right bone reached cautiously, cautiously pulling the reins, looking to the sides from time to time.

"Hmph, this commander is a general under Jinong's account, he is a small Galen tribe, if you don't want to be destroyed, you can only be a turtle with a shrunken head, what are you afraid of, I didn't expect that their big leader turned out to be Han, which is simply a smear on the face of our Mongolians," glared contemptuously, and raised his head proudly, "Go, get close and let them come out to welcome us in to rest,"

Jinong, who claims to have 100,000 iron horsemen, can be described as a hegemon on the grassland, that is, in the face of the huge Ming Dynasty in the south, only Jinong bullied the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of the rumored news, the stone fort in front of him with the pennant of the Galen tribe was a little greedy.

"Yes, come here, show the flag," the henchman looked left and right, although he felt a little uncomfortable, but he still obeyed the order of the commander, and waved his hand to let the guards show the bright yellow Quartet with tassel flags, which hung on the flagpole with a tall banner with a horizontal log, held high, just like the flag of a restaurant in the mainland, which directly indicated the identity of the right Guda.

Rumbling, rumbling, the horse team rushed along the wide avenue to the low wall three hundred paces away from the stone fort, and there were already rangers in the circle, and in this huge clearing surrounded by the stone wall, except for a circle of low saplings outside, there was still no human figure.

Made, what the hell, right Guda, who was sitting on the horse, was about to send someone to shout under the stone fort, or to fire sentry arrows, as long as it could call people, when he saw a short sound of fire at the top of the stone fort, "Peng,"

Hulala, along the road of the stone fortress wall, stood up and slipped three hundred sergeants wearing iron helmets, their fires/guns clattering on the stone battlements of the women's wall, and the black guns went straight down.

Liu Shuihe, who was standing on the fortress wall, looked at the large stream of tartars below with pity, and said with a sigh in his mouth, "Obediently, more than four hundred people, Atta and Miao Biwu are going to open meat today,"

Hao Yongliang, whose face was red on the side, smiled and held the hunting knife on his waist, leaned against the female wall and glanced down, "Lao Liu, why don't we make a bet to see how long they can use to clean up these tartars below,"

"Don't bet, I haven't sat in that chariot yet, I don't know the mechanism inside," Liu Shuihe refused very kindly, and turned his face to look at the herald beside him, "Did the order pass to Atta and Miao Biwu?" ”

"Well, the chariot is already coming," the herald glared, stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, and as he pointed, hundreds of sergeants raised their eyes to see two black round iron guys emerging from the depths of the vine grass a mile away.

"Grass, these Han slave soldiers, don't you know how to find someone to come out," under the stone fort, the commander's right Guda saw the fire guns in that row, spat out thick phlegm disdainfully, and waved his hand to call his henchmen, "Go, let the one in the Galen tribe be called something, Ximen Xiaoye, hurry up and get out to receive the edict, forgive his great sin Jinong has been merciful,"

"Yes, my lord," the henchman was about to urge the war horse, but when he found the cavalry standing still behind him, he was in a state of confusion and immediately furious.

"You," twisted his face and was about to scold angrily, his eyes reflected two big black guys, and his voice directly changed emphasis, "My lord,"

"What's the matter, don't do anything yet," the displeased right Guda was about to scold as he held the horsewhip, but when he turned around, he also saw two iron bull-like monsters that he had never seen before, buzzing from the vine grass. The speed was much faster than the gallop of the war horse.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, quick, shoot me arrows, shoot arrows," the right bone Da ghost's cry alerted the Tartar cavalry who were sluggish on the avenue, and everyone hurriedly took off their horned bows and three-eyed firearms, and was about to shoot at the chariots that rushed up.

However, the rat-like chariot that passed quickly parallel to each other, with an iron lump on the top, stretched out a thick long iron pipe, and quickly turned to the crowd on the avenue, and a black-clothed guard with indifferent eyes had already pulled the bolt in an uproar.

"All through, all through," more than three hundred paces away, on the chariot that slowly advanced and walked out of the place where the horn bow and the fire gun could not be touched at all, spitting out a long tongue of fire; The large rain of bullets smashed into the crowded caravan, and the first chariot slid away from the ground, and the rain of bullets on the second chariot poured again.

The two chariots circled around the stagnant horse team, just like a target drill on weekdays, and without half a bag of cigarettes, they knocked over more than half of an elite cavalry team of 400 cavalry horses, including men and horses.

"Bah, bah," the chariot carriage lookout also fired a burst of bullets, and the guards with rifles unhurriedly knocked down the Tatar cavalry who had scattered and fled for their lives.

The lost commander of the right Guda, grasping the scimitar in his hand, stared at the red eyes, and saw the two black monsters in front of him, constantly knocking down his subordinates one by one, and the terrible screams in his ears in a trance became farther and farther away, and he screamed directly, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell off his horse, and the person was already so angry that he fainted.

Three hundred paces away, the fire can't be hit, let alone the horn bow, even the warriors who ran out a hundred paces away were also knocked down one by one, he couldn't see that people were simply going to annihilate themselves here; Jinong's pardon, that's a joke.

This is the rhythm that directly tears the skin of the face, and the right bone is sad and indignant.

More than a dozen Tartar cavalrymen who hid in the wall were also nailed to death in the open field one after another, along with their horses, with lead bullets from the stone fort.

When the two rat-type chariots pressed up, except for a few henchmen around the right Guda, the other Tartar cavalry, scattered on the avenue less than five hundred paces long, were lying in a pool of blood, and there were few war horses under their crotches, which were basically beaten into blood sieves.

The more than 200 mules and horses carrying leather goods were simply turned into a pile of horse corpses by the rain of bullets, and Atta and Miao Biwu would not leave any hidden dangers for themselves.

"Hum, hum" The two black chariots approached, the dazzling light shone through, and the right Guda, who woke up in a trance, leaned on his henchman, spit out a mouthful of blood, and let go of the scimitar in his hand, unable to open his eyes, "That's it, I'm going to see the big leader of the Galen tribe, put down the sword and arrow,"

He could see that the other party wanted to keep him alive, otherwise he would have become a rotten corpse a long time ago, how could the firearms be so powerful, and people couldn't live, and he must bring this news back to Jinong.

For this reason, it is worth it for him to surrender and become a prisoner, and the right bone is secretly comforting himself.

Whoa, whoa, a detachment of sergeants poured out from the exit of the stone fort, and under the cover of the chariot, surrounded the seven of them, tied them up quickly, and searched for the pardon on him.

More sergeants came out with wagons, gathered the dead and wounded, the dead and wounded, and the messy weapons on the ground, and brought them back to the stone fort.

At the time of the two pillars of incense, on the avenue outside the stone castle, except for the red blood stains in the grass, the broken pieces of flesh and bone residue, there was no abnormality.