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Spending a lot of money to buy weapons, recruit manpower, and pay for the dead and wounded on the grassland, and even send people to Beijing to arrange for the opera troupe to act, all this is for what, not for the sake of wealth on the grassland. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The gold mine near Mantaoer has been everyone's target since it was discovered by the caravans, but more than 4,000 men riding horse-drawn bows can be pulled out of this Mantao, and the small caravan dares to fight any crooked ideas, and they don't even dare to get too close, but, intentionally or unintentionally, this location is firmly in mind.

Since the Naturalized Merchant Conference, the armed forces of the Naturalized Merchant Group have advanced eastward step by step, and finally reached the vicinity of this gold mine.

Mantao is on the edge of the Chaohe River, and to the south is the Gubeikou area, which is also one of the transportation hubs on the grassland, where the Han people and the Meng people gather, and the commerce and trade are quite developed.

Such a developed trade and a place close to the river are often places where the strength of the men is relatively strong, because the transportation is convenient and the acquisition of materials is also more convenient, and the Horqin Department has also sent people to collect taxes here.

In the second half of August, two armed caravans, totaling more than 1,500 people, approached Mantao, and since they were in the name of caravans, they were here to do business. No one will be blinded by this reason, the bloody atmosphere has filled the grassland, and the people of the gate know that there are butcher knives hidden behind the smiling faces of these Ming caravans, and even the killing broke out first on the side of Mantao, and the men of the Horqin Department began to expel the Han people here and loot their property.

The Han people of the Ming Dynasty obeyed the law, but on the grassland, where there was no royal law, who would be tied up and waiting for death, there had been a battle and a fight, but the power of the men and women was greater after all, and the Han people still suffered a big loss, and some of their wives and daughters were insulted and their property was looted.

In such a place, the men and women have no ability to do business at all, and they are used to strong horses and spirits, and they are unwilling to work hard, they can often only watch the Han people gradually get rich, and they are all accumulating resentment in their hearts, but this time they took the opportunity to burst out to burn, kill and loot.

The Han people who escaped naturally defected to the caravan, and when they saw that it had developed to such an extent, they simply tore off the veil of the caravan and played the banner of avenging their compatriots.

There are also nearly 2,000 men who can kill people on horseback, and even some fu people can draw bows and hold knives, but these people are gathered from all over the place, and they are really a rabble.

The armament of the caravan is on the roster in the naturalized city, led by the veterans of the Huwei Army, and the soldiers of Datong Town are the backbone of the guard caravan, in fact, these two armed caravans are six commercial houses to make up their own guards, the equipment and quality are strong, and the 1,500 people are just the number of caravan guards, counting the cavalry that followed the city, the total number will be more than 2,000, not to mention, after the rectification and departure near Xuanfu, as usual, followed by a cavalry of more than 100 people in Xuanfu, don't underestimate the cavalry of more than 100 people, This cavalry does not come out of Li Rusong's family or the Ma family, and they are all pro-soldiers in the family.

It is also the generals who have made too many fortunes in the armed groups of the merchants, and they have sent their own armed followers to grab their own share.

In fact, the so-called merchant group armament, a closer look at the shareholders and bosses behind the merchant group, there is always the shadow of these border town generals, and now they are just more directly involved in the responsibility.

The battle process of the full set is very simple, the cart unloads the horses, is pushed forward by the people, the fire locks, the soldiers use this as a barrier to shoot, the cavalry rushes closer, the rabble with big swords and spears and a full set of clothes does not resist for too long, the initial charge was beaten to the dust, and then it was suppressed step by step by the merchant group armed forces, and soon collapsed. The cavalry collapsed, and after the rout, it was much easier to gather than the foot soldiers, but the collapse on this battlefield was a complete disaster, because the cavalry on the side of the city and the border town were also cavalry, and they would take advantage of the victory to pursue, and once they collapsed, they completely collapsed.

After killing a few hundred people, most of the people who could run out ran away, and the rest also experienced a massacre, and the merchant group knew that the gold mine was not far from Mantao, but they did not fight immediately, but began to organize and rest here.

Mantao has a certain amount of material reserves, but this is far from enough for the next use, from the Longmen Guard and Miyun Guard both directions there are large convoys transporting grain, grass and materials to rush here, this time the armed caravan is the forward, is for the rear team to play the front station.

Dealing with those small tribes on the grassland has always been a field battle, regardless of the number of others, just rush over to fight, but the full set of gold mines is thousands of soldiers, there are fortifications, counting the miners and nearby tribes, it is the regulation of a small city, this has to be fought, but it can't be wasted.

Naturally, the merchants did not have this understanding, and after hearing that there was a gold mine there, some wealthy businessmen shouted and rushed over with a brigade, and completely bulldozed that side with the advantage of numbers, occupying the gold mine.

Fortunately, the real big actions were determined by the escort team of the Sanjiang Commercial Bank, to be precise, it was decided by the Tan family brothers, and after knowing the regulations of the gold mine from the well guide, Tan Jiang began to plan carefully.

The gold mine represents a huge amount of wealth, not only the wealthy businessmen in Guihua City, but even those people in Tianjin Wei Zonghao have an attitude, and they must be beaten.

But how to fight, how to fight, the command is in the hands of General Tan, those wealthy businessmen are nominally the owners of the escort team, but Wang Tong gave General Tan the right to command, really this kind of big scene of the armed forces of various merchant groups acting together, only Tan Jiang has this power.

Tan Jiang thought very clearly, such a gold mine must be extremely valued by the Horqin Department, and this location is equivalent to a pass, and after laying here, and then to the east, several large parts of the eastern part of the grassland will have no geographical advantages, and they can only fight with everyone on the grassland, such a terrain, the merchant group armed with firearms and carts will not suffer, and after this foothill remnant, the support of Jizhen is also much more convenient.

In such an important place, the Horqin Department will definitely have support, and even look for alliances on the grassland to fight here, since this is the case, then this place cannot be underestimated.

In fact, General Tan also understands that at present, the merchant group is extremely impetuous, relying on the tactics of increasing the chariot with fire mirrors, and there are brave warriors with big swords and spears, as well as cavalry riding horses to the city, the battles on the grassland in the past few months are basically victorious, making them more and more confident, and they are becoming more and more light on the enemy.

This kind of mentality has always been the root of failure, and after winning a smooth battle for so long, if you suddenly run into a hard bone, I'm afraid you will be in big trouble.

Therefore, it is necessary to implement a foolproof strategy, and the so-called perfect strategy is very simple, that is, to accumulate strength, use Mantao as a base, and gather enough superior strength there, and then go to fight.

Gold mine, the word itself is shining, the attraction of profit-seeking merchants is too great, and more and more merchant groups are armed with more and more of them, and these martial artists are also becoming more and more ready to move.

And when Mantaoer was cleaned, the results of the battle that day, the miserable experience of these Han people was also seen by the merchant group, and they were filled with righteous indignation, so they had to go around to sweep and take revenge, although this sweep was to loot a lot of property, but it also drove several tribes wandering nearby to the vicinity of the gold mine, so that the power that the gold mine could use was greatly enhanced.

What's more troublesome is that it takes time to accumulate strength, and the armed forces of each merchant group have their own purposes in the grassland, some are enclosing pastures, some are looking for alkaline lakes, some are capturing tribes, and some are even trying to explore trade routes, and it takes time to gather in Mantao.

When the merchant group here reached about 5,000 people, it was already the second half of September, and there were all kinds of chaos in between.

Although the core of the armed forces of the various merchant groups full of confidence is a Huwei veteran, the main body is recruited from all over the brave people, these people have little energy in the army, no discipline, lawlessness, even if the Huwei veteran has been the leader for a long time, and it is a civilian identity, and his mind is very different from before.

These thousands of people gathered in a full set, a mess, it was really troublesome, and the naturalized merchant group had a default rule, that is, first-come, first-served ......, everyone went to burn and loot, whoever took it first was whoever, the gold mine is here, naturally this is the truth, there are at least six thousand cavalry who can fight now, what is six thousand cavalry, in front of this firecracker, in front of this cart, everything is not worth mentioning, as long as you get there, you will definitely be able to win a big victory.

Under this thought, although General Tan tried his best to restrain him, there were still a few caravan armies that did not know whether they were alive or dead, and the result was also expected by everyone, with heavy casualties and even the destruction of the entire army.

Approaching the foot of the mountain, the terrain over there is no longer a flat river, and the formation of carts may not be smooth, and it would be a disaster if it was broken into by the Tartar cavalry or foot soldiers.

It is also a coincidence that in a private attack in the second half of September, it actually encountered rain, and the cart had formed a formation, but the fire could not be started in the rain, and the cavalry of the captives pulled the cart with an iron hook and rushed in, and in the end only two people ran back on horseback.

Fortunately, the casualties of nearly 1,000 people made the arrogant and underestimated merchant group forces finally wake up, and it was easier for General Tan, who rushed to the full set, to restrain the teams.

It was Tan General's judgment to be able to start a battle in October, but there was also a problem, that is, the grasslands in October had already begun to get cold, and the gold mine captives could slaughter and freeze their livestock, and the meat could be preserved for a long time, which meant that they didn't have to worry about running out of food, and they could fight for a long time.

What they didn't know was that Korqin Khan had sent a Taiji to the gold mine, and the Korqin tribe was also ready to treat this battle cautiously and test the combat power of the merchant group's armed forces.