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In the last darkness before dawn, the Zhangjiakou bazaar was busy under the faint light of torches, and another caravan was heading for Liaodong.

After the Chahars occupied the Zhangba grassland, Fan Yongdou suspended the caravan to Shengjing. But in the past month, except for the occasional herdsmen in the collection, the Chahar people have never disturbed their lives here, and even the herdsmen are very fair in their trade, and they do not bully the Han people at will as they used to.

A month later, in the middle of summer, the Eight Families tried a small caravan to Liaodong, and there were no accidents except for the occasional Han horse thief tracking. After receiving the news, Fan Yongdou knew who the horse thief was, and Zhai Zhe was demonstrating to him.

In the following summer and autumn, the caravans to Liaodong continued continuously, and the Han horse thieves disappeared, and no one bothered them anymore, and the empty grassland allowed the caravan to walk.

"Be careful!" The guards saw that the men were smoothing the carriage and lifted the veil, and stepped forward to warn.

The wagons full of goods were tightly covered, and no gaps were leaked.

The east is slightly white, and the road is clear.

The big shopkeeper waved his hand, and the caravan slowly traveled in the sound of the squeaking of the wooden wheel axle. The caravan was not large compared to usual, the wagons were slow, and the mules and horses seemed to struggle to pull the trailers.

At this time, the Chahar people in the Zhangba grassland were still asleep. The caravan left Zhangjiakou and immediately turned into the sparse jungle grassland, where the caravan's whereabouts could be concealed, whether it was useful or not, it could still be covered to add a sense of security to the guys.

More than twenty carriages were walking with difficulty, leaving deep rutted marks on the grassland.

On the first day, the experienced men and guards arranged to travel and camp as usual, and there were no accidents, and they completed a tenth of the whole journey.

The next afternoon, when the caravan entered the Doyan steppe, where the Chahars rarely came, the caravan's keeper breathed a sigh of relief and continued to urge his men to hurry up the drive of the mules and horses. Less than an hour later, the vigilant guards suddenly shouted: "Chahars! ”

The shopkeeper turned around, and a column of cavalry on the gray grassland in the north was chasing closely, seeing that there were more than a thousand people.

The cavalry on horseback was waving their teeth and claws, and the Mongols blew the horn of the charge!

There is no escape, "Stop!" The shopkeeper raised his right hand and hurriedly ordered his men to form a circle around the caravan wagons and wait for the arrival of the Mongols.

Half an hour later, the Mongol cavalry caught up with the caravan, and the horses circled around the caravan three or four times, and a young man came out of the cavalry and asked, "What is the caravan caravan carrying?" ”

"Grain, tea!" The shopkeeper kept doing it.

"Kneel down and see that the Great Khan of Mongolia is so rude!" Someone next to him shouted angrily.

Is this young man in front of him the new Great Khan of Chahar Ezhe? The shopkeeper hurriedly lay on the ground and begged: "The Great Khan atones for his sins, the villain has eyes and no beads, and he doesn't know the Great Khan!" ”

"What's in the wagon?" Ezhe asked again.

The shopkeeper lying on the grass did not dare to answer again, his whole body trembled like chaff, and he was enveloped from head to toe with fear.

"Open the carriage!"

Immediately rushed up to the four cavalrymen, lifted the curtain covering the carriage, and there was a layer of wrapping inside. The cavalry cut the ropes with their scimitars, revealing their neat armor and weapons, and all twenty-four wagons were opened, all of which were hidden.

"Is this food?" Ezhe sneered. He had long heard that the Han Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou had smuggled the Ming Dynasty's military equipment to Liaodong, and he had finally gained something after waiting for several months. Iron armor was heavier than food, and the ruts left behind by the train would be much deeper, how could this qiē escape the eyes and ears of the sophisticated Chahar scouts.

Ezhe only had one chance to sneak up on the caravan, and he had to wait for the most valuable items.

"Take them all back!" If such armor were to be purchased from the Han man in Tumut, it would cost at least two or three thousand horses, and there was no stock.

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The guards were unarmed, and they did not dare to resist the Mongol cavalry.

This caravan is the top priority in the business of the eight families this year, and Fan Yongdou didn't want to take risks, but news came from Liaodong that Huang Taiji's expedition to Korea obtained countless treasures, among which Korean ginseng had several carts, and these things were extremely popular among the dignitaries and nobles of the Ming Dynasty. It is not only the Jindi merchants who can obtain goods from Shengjing, but also the merchants of Jiliao Town who often haunt there. This, coupled with the extreme well-behaved appearance of the Chahar people for several months, made him fall into the trap of Ezhe.

As soon as the caravan entered the grassland, Fan Yongdou, who was in Xuanfu, was vaguely uneasy, and immediately sent a messenger out of Liaodong three days later to make contact, which has been like a stone sinking into the sea.

Half a month later, there was no news coming, Fan Yongdou was almost sure that something must have happened to the caravan, and his heart was shrouded in remorse, this loss was not small.

The grassland outside Zhangjiakou was as calm as before, and when Fan Yongdou looked at it again, he realized that there were murderous opportunities lurking there, and it seemed that this new Great Khan of Chahar was much more cunning than Lin Dan Khan.

The road from Daming to Liaodong is not only the grassland, and the messengers of the eight families went straight to Guyuan City from the border pass of Jiliao Town, and told Yue Tuo.

Shengjing court.

Huang Taiji has been refreshed for many days, first, the midsummer has passed, and in recent years, his body has become more and more fat like his mind, especially afraid of the summer heat; Again, the victory of this year's Eastern Expedition to Korea swept away the shadow brought by the failure of last year's Western Expedition, and the looted wealth and women made the leaders of various ministries excited and praised the emperor's grace.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!" The little yellow door waved the dust and shouted in a sharp voice. These are all learned from the Han people, and when you look at them, you don't feel anything, and only when you use them can you feel the kind of power contained in them.

"Yue Tuo, who is stationed in Guyuan City, has an urgent message!" Du Du, who was temporarily in charge of the military department, made a report.

"What?" Huang Taiji didn't wait for Xiao Huangmen to speak, opened his eyes slightly and asked, the Monan grassland was the place he was most concerned about.

"The caravan of Han merchant Fan Yongdou from Zhangjiakou was hijacked by the Chahar people, and he suffered heavy losses, so he didn't dare to take the caravan to Liaodong again!"

"Hmm!" Huang Taiji coughed heavily and said, "It's time to give Ezhe a little color, don't think that I'm really afraid of the Mongols." The soldiers and horses of the two white flags were in urgent need of rest and recuperation after years of fighting, so they were transferred from the Zhenghongqi and the inlaid red flag to the Duoyan grassland, and ordered Yuetuo to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes. ”

"Wow!"

Three days later, the order of the military department was conveyed to Guyuan City, and Yue Tuo received a secret order from Huang Taiji. The soldiers returned from Korea, the battle was tired, the Qing Dynasty had no intention of fighting in Monan this year, even if heavy troops were mobilized, it was meaningless for the Mongols to flee at a touch, only 6,000 cavalry were allocated to Yuetuo, and the unimpeded trade route was the choice, and the opportunity was to teach the Mongols in the Monan steppe a lesson.

Yue Tuo carefully put away the secret letter and looked at the steppe outside Guyuan City, where there was no edge in sight, "If you want to defeat the Mongols in the grassland, you can't use your brain!" ”

Seven days later, the brigade of soldiers and horses left Guyuan City and entered the vast Duoyan grassland.

Yueto urgently summoned Amur.

The city of Guyuan was close at hand, and he had been dispatching troops for several days, but he could not escape the eyes and ears of Amur, so he sent the messenger away, and he received a summoning order from Yue Tuo.

"Since your subordinates returned to Shun, they have been deeply favored by the Qing Emperor, and today it is time to contribute. The Chahar tribe has invaded the territory one after another, and His Majesty has ordered me to lead an army to fight, and you should immediately go back and gather people and horses to serve as the vanguard! ”

Amur knelt down to listen to Yueto, and looked up to see him smiling without smiling.

"You don't still have a heart for Ezhe, do you?"

"Minions don't dare!"

"So much the best!"

With 3,000 Chahar cavalry in front and 6,000 red banner cavalry behind, they slowly marched from the Duoyan grassland to Monan.

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As if he was afraid that Chahar would not know the movement of the army, Yue Tuo made a big fanfare, and the battle flags were dense, and the daily march was twenty or thirty miles, which was extremely slow.

Ezhe first received a secret letter from Amur, and the scouts soon found the traces of Yuetuo's army, and immediately gathered soldiers and horses to wait for the arrival of the Jurchens in the Zhangba grassland. "Only six thousand cavalry came?" He was very puzzled, Chahar still had 20,000 cavalry, how could Huang Taiji dare to be so big, only send 6,000 cavalry deep into the grassland.

In the following seven or eight days, the scouts reported the whereabouts of Yue Tuo's soldiers and horses to Ezhe every day, and the Jurchen cavalry suddenly stopped in the hilly area on the edge of the Duoyan grassland and began to build fortifications.

"Do you want to build a city in the grassland? What kind of walls can 6,000 people show? Ezhe disagreed, and decided to lead a large army to check it out.

On the edge of the Duoyan grassland, Jurchen soldiers are struggling to cut down trees and nail them into improvised wooden fence walls. The ends of the rough wood were sharpened and stuck in the ground, and suddenly a rapid trumpet sounded, and the Mongols rushed in like a tide on the distant horizon.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Lookout Ice waved his hands wildly.

The soldiers quickly put down their work and ran to the hill where the camp was located.

The armor soldiers in the camp hid behind the improvised fence that had just been repaired with weapons and shields, and the foot archers looked at them in a menacing light under the shroud of the armor.

The cavalry was over 10,000 and could not see the edge, and the Mongols in the distant steppe were densely packed like ants.

Yue Tuo's expression was as usual, and he asked Amur beside him: "If I order you to beat Ezhe's sharp spirit, do you dare?" ”

Amur's face changed dramatically, and he said: "Please have mercy on the villain's tribe!" "There are more than 10,000 Chahar people in front of him, and he doesn't dare to really fight when he leads the army, and he can't pretend to be in front of everyone. Although he secretly communicated with Ezhe, he had already defected from Chahar and would never return again until he had to. Half-heartedness will only leave a bad reputation for yourself, not to mention that the Qing Dynasty is in full swing.

"I'm joking with you!" Yue Tuo seemed to have guessed his thoughts, chuckled at him, and then ordered with a straight face: "All the troops shrink the defensive line, stick to the camp, and it is strictly forbidden to attack!" ”

Nearly 20,000 Chahar cavalry loosely surrounded the hills and mountains where Yuetuo was stationed, and Ezhe circled around to watch the terrain. The camp built by the Jurchens in two days was not tight, but those armor soldiers had always been a taboo in his heart.

"Come on! Attack! At the top of the hill, Yue Tuo, who was rarely wearing armor, shouted in his heart.

In war, the attack is always more difficult than the defense, and he has to use the defense of the camp to consume the spirit of the Mongol light cavalry.

"Rush!" With a wave of his hand, the horse archer galloped under the hills, and the long arrows flew into the sky with the help of the horse's momentum. (To be continued)

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