In the blink of an eye, Jia Cong has been in Liaodong for three years.

Now, it's a fifteen-year-old boy.

After the armistice with the barbarians, Jia Cong helped Borchi and Wang Shun defeat the returning Mongol army and control the entire Khalkha steppe.

The following year, Hongtai did not receive any news from his cronies on the grassland, and sent people to the grassland to investigate.

Only then did he know that his cronies had been killed, and the entire Khalkha Mongols had been out of his control and had nothing to do with him anymore.

Hong Tai was furious when he learned the news, and immediately ordered his troops and horses to send troops to the grassland again.

It's just that at this time, Hongtai's prestige is not as good as before, plus Amin and some subordinates, they preserve their strength and do not contribute to the work, and the war suddenly stalemate.

plus Wang Shun and Bolchi, with Jia Cong in the back.

took the initiative to meet Hongtai's army, took advantage of the speed advantage of the war horse, and started a sports war with Hongtai, and the two sides actually fought back and forth.

The fighting has been going on for several months, and there is no improvement, which makes Hong Tae anxious.

Someone was sent to Horqin to ask for reinforcements, but this time Horqin actually refused in a rare way.

This made Hong Tai frown, and began to doubt his ability, is he really not worthy of being this great sweat?

At the beginning, Amin and a group of generals supported him and ascended to the position of Great Khan.

At that time, he was also ambitious and high-spirited, wanting to conquer the Central Plains and dominate the world.

How did you get to this point step by step? Did you really do something wrong?

Wang Shun and Borchi, with Jia Cong to support them in food and materials, just fight the war, Xu Hua is in charge of logistics in the rear, and there is no shortage of anything.

Hongtai is different, going deep into the grassland, but also transporting grain and grass from the rear.

After Jia Cong got the news, he sent someone to intercept it several times, which almost put Hongtai in danger of running out of food.

Hong Tai saw that he could not win, and if he stayed any longer, it would be meaningless, and he would become more and more unfavorable to himself, so he decisively chose to withdraw his troops.

He secretly made up his mind that after returning home, he would first thoroughly stabilize the situation between the DPRK and China, and then deal with all those unstable forces and opposition forces.

Through the two wars, he can see clearly, if you are outside, you must first settle inside, and if you are unstable, someone will make trouble about what you do.

You have no prestige, and even your allies no longer support you.

He learned a lesson this time, and planned to pull a wave first, hit a wave, and take it slowly.

Amin is the most powerful person besides himself, and if the two of them get into trouble, it will be easy to split the barbarians.

He decided to win over Amin first, wait until he completely grasped the overall situation, and then slowly deprive him of his power little by little, and finally kicked him out.

After more than half a year of fighting, Wang Shun and Borchi lost a lot of manpower. But it also allowed them to train an elite army.

withstood Hongtai's attack this time, which also indicates that the two of them have gained a firm foothold on the grassland.

In this regard, Jia Cong is also very happy, no matter what happens in the future, they still listen to themselves now.

Wang Shun's original camp also became a transit point for caravans.

The sheepskins, cowhides, medicinal herbs and other items used for trading in the Wang Shun and Borchi tribes were also stored in the warehouses of the camp.

Every time the caravan brought goods, they put them directly in the warehouse in the camp and pulled away the grassland materials stored inside.

In this way, the caravan also saves a lot of trouble and time, and can go back and forth three to four times a year, which greatly improves efficiency.

With so many supplies, it was also very troublesome to deal with, so Jia Cong asked Zhang Fu to open a large warehouse in the capital, specializing in selling all kinds of items on the grassland.

At the same time, he sent a letter to Xue Pan, transferring part of the materials on the grassland to the Xue family at a low price, and using their shops in various places to sell them.

In the past few years, Xue Pan has been helping Jia Cong sell goods, and it can be said that he has made a lot of money, so he naturally will not refuse.

The Xue family will also make a lot of money every year for this, and they don't have to take risks, which is a good thing for both sides.

Jia Cong also asked Wangcai to form two fleets.

Using the cargo ships of the Li family at the beginning, an inland fleet was formed, which specialized in running the road between the capital and the south, and all kinds of materials in the south were transported to the capital by this fleet.

Goods from the north were also transported to the south by this fleet.

In addition, a sea transport fleet was formed, sailors and cargo ships were provided by water monkeys, and the old, weak, sick and disabled pirates were arranged in the transport fleet.

This also has the advantage of not only transporting cargo, but also protecting the fleet.

This fleet was led by Wangcai, and they traveled by sea to Liaodong, and conducted secret transactions with Amin in a small tribe on the coast.

With the help of Jia Cong, Amin's strength is also rapidly improving, and he secretly hid a team of 3,000 people in the mountains as his follow-up.

Jia Cong paid for the water monkey to buy ten large war ships, and each of them installed a medium steel cannon and two small steel cannons, each equipped with a hundred pieces of ammunition.

With this strength, it is enough to sweep the surrounding seas.

Since being replaced with a large war ship and equipped with artillery, the water monkey led his fleet to defeat three groups of pirates and annex them all.

At present, in addition to the seaborne fleet, there are more than 1,500 combat troops alone.

In addition to the ten large warships, there were more than 20 medium-sized warships, more than 50 small warships, and dozens of other ships, most of which were captured from the other three groups of pirates.

In addition, there were nearly a thousand shipwrights, craftsmen, sailors, and some experienced seafaring personnel who repaired the warships.

The stronghold of one of the pirates is a small island with a radius of more than ten miles, with a gentle slope on one side and steep on three sides, which is a relatively good place to stay.

The water monkeys directly occupied this foothold and used it as their new stronghold.

Jia Cong has no other thoughts about the water monkey for the time being, and he has never thought about going to sea, he can't spend all the money he makes in the mainland, so why go to the sea to take risks?

Except for letting them complete their own tasks, the rest is up to them.

For the time being, this is only used as a retreat, and a group of seafaring personnel will be trained in advance in case of emergency.

Amin also helped Jia Cong catch two young birds of Hai Dongqing, asked people to send them to him, and gave Jia Cong a secret method of domestication.

According to the secret method of domestication, Jia Cong tinkered for a month and tamed all the two Haidongqing.

This was followed by daily feeding and training, all of which were done by Jia Cong in order to cultivate feelings.

In addition, it is necessary to often take them out to hunt and train them in hunting ability, as well as the ability to detect and warn.

Now that the two Haidongqing are adults, they go out to hunt, and they don't need Jia Cong to make a move, and when they find that the prey swoops down, they catch it directly in the air, and then throw it in front of Jia Cong.

This Haidongqing is big in size and has great strength, whether it is a yellow sheep or an elk, he can catch it and fly to the sky.

Since Hong Tai retired from the grassland, Jia Cong has been idle.

Every day, He Qingwen took a group of guards, led the hounds, and set up Hai Dongqing, and went out hunting.

Sometimes I go to the grassland, and I stay for more than half a month, and I walk around the grassland in the entire eastern part of Liaodong.

On this day, when I returned from hunting, I saw Amin's cronies at home, this person named Ordu, who had been in charge of Amin's contact with his side, and often traveled back and forth between Quang Ninh and Hetuala.

and the people on Jia Cong's side are already very familiar.

Ordu saw Jia Cong coming back, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The villain greets the Hou Ye." ”

Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, let's go to the study to talk." ”

When the two came to the study, Jia Cong opened his mouth and asked, "This time, you Lord Belle asked you to come over, what do you need me to do for him?" ”

"Back to Hou Ye's words, Lord Belle didn't say anything specific, just asked me to send a letter to Hou Ye, Hou Ye read it himself."

As he spoke, Ordu took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Jia Cong with both hands.

Jia Cong took it and looked at the seal intact, then opened the envelope, took out the letter, and looked at it carefully.

Looking at it, Jia Cong couldn't help frowning.

The letter said that after Hong Tai withdrew from the grassland, he tried his best to win over Amin, and in more than a year, many opposition forces have been eliminated, and the court has gradually stabilized.

In order to win over and maintain the relationship with Horqin, Hongtai planned to marry the daughter of King Horqin Khan, and Horqin had already agreed and promised to send someone over soon.

Amin didn't want to see Korqin support Hongtai anymore and wanted to sabotage the matter.

However, he didn't want to offend Korqin, after all, he was a hardcore supporter of the barbarians, and he would need their support when he got the throne in the future.

If you offend them now, it will be difficult to talk later.

Therefore, he didn't want to make a move himself, so he wanted Jia Cong to come forward to destroy the family sending team and destroy their marriage.

After reading the letter, Jia Cong couldn't help but ponder.

This matter is not a difficult matter for himself, he doesn't have to come forward, just let Wang Shun take someone to do it.

Hong Tai is now twenty-six or seventeen years old, and with his status, he should have been married a long time ago, and this marriage is purely for marriage, to win over and maintain the relationship with Horqin.

If their relationship becomes intimate again, and Horqin sends troops to help, Wang Shun and Bolchi are estimated to be uncomfortable.

It seems that he can't do it without making a move.

Whether it is for Amin or Wang Shun, this matter must be sabotaged.

"Go back and tell you Lord Belle, I will definitely help him with this matter, let him wait for good news at home."

"Yes, Master Hou, the little one will go back and tell Lord Baylor."

Jia Cong asked Li Biao to send Ordu away, turned around and went to the backyard.

Qingwen said: "Master Hou, is there something wrong?" ”

Jia Cong nodded and said: "There is indeed something, Hong Tai wants to marry Horqin and repair the relationship between them, Amin does not want to see this happen, so he wants us to take action to destroy this marriage." ”

Qingwen said: "Then are we going to Hetuara again?" Wouldn't it be too dangerous? ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Don't be so troublesome, we will directly destroy the family sending team on the way and rob the bride, as long as the two of them don't get married, our task will be completed." ”

"Ah, Master Hou is going to snatch the bride back, do you have a crush on the bride?"

Jia Cong smiled bitterly: "What nonsense, I haven't seen what the bride looks like, if you don't snatch it back, will you kill someone?" If you can do it, I'll leave it to you, I don't care. ”

Qingwen smiled: "Master Hou, this is what you said, don't regret it, don't feel sorry when the time comes, when will we act?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Don't worry, there are still some days, let's rest for a day, set off tomorrow, go to the grassland first, this time it is estimated that we will stay there for a few more days." ”

Amin had already told Jia Cong the time and route of sending off his relatives in the letter.

However, just in case, you need to make some arrangements in advance, survey the surrounding terrain, and prevent them from making temporary detours.

Early the next morning, Jia Cong took Qingwen and others, as well as a hundred personal guards, and left Guangning City again.

Jia Cong came to Wang Shun's tribe and was welcomed into the big tent by Wang Shun and Zhang Hu.

"My subordinates visit Hou Ye, Hou Ye came over this time, but what are your orders?"

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Get up, don't be polite, Hong Tai wants to marry Horqin, once they are reunited, if they are caught between two sides, you and Bolchi will be in trouble."

I came here this time to intercept and kill the family sending team and destroy the marriage between Hongtai and Horqin, this is the time and route for the family sending team to set off, you send a sentry to investigate this area clearly, and we are ready to do it here. ”

Wang Shun said: "Knowing Hou Ye, I will go down to arrange people in a while, and there is no need for Hou Ye to come forward in person for this kind of trivial matter, just let me and Zhang Hu do it." ”

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Let Zhang Hu and Li Biao lead two thousand men and horses to deal with this matter with Qingwen, and there shouldn't be any problems with them." ”

Several people hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My subordinates will give you an order to ensure that the task is completed." ”

Jia Cong thought for a while, turned his head and said, "Chunlan, Dongmei, you two lead half of the guards, go with Qingwen, remember to be more careful." ”

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates have ordered me."

Qingwen said: "Master Hou, why don't you go with us?" ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Didn't you say that it was handed over to you, don't worry, pay attention to safety." ”

"Master Hou, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Zhang Hu picked up 2,000 men and horses, and left the tribe with Qingwen and others.

Bolchi got the news and rushed over with two thousand guards and Xu Hua.

"Meet Master Hou."

Jia Cong said: "No need to be polite, how is the development of your side now?" ”

Xu Hua has been helping Borchi manage the tribe, and at the same time is responsible for the distribution of materials in the original Wang Shun camp, and Xu Hua has been in charge of the material transactions here.

"Back to Hou Ye, the tribe has developed rapidly in the past two years, with a large number of material support from Hou Ye, life in the tribe is much better than before, and there has never been a thing of freezing to death or starving to death in the past two years."

The most scarce thing in this grassland in winter is grain, and the grain produced by Zhuangzi in Montenegro is transported to Wang Shun's camp except for a small part that is transported to Guangning, and is managed and distributed by Xu Hua.

Although 100,000 stone of food is not much, it is no problem to help them survive the predicament of winter.

The four of them discussed the future development issues and some situations that may be encountered, and conducted analysis and consultation.

In the blink of an eye, on the third day, Qingwen and Zhang Hu returned with the team, and there was an extra carriage covered in red and some tied prisoners.

Qingwen ran up and said with a smile: "Master Hou, we successfully completed the task and snatched back a beautiful girl for you, come and see if you like it?" ”

Jia Cong said angrily: "What do you mean to snatch it back for me, didn't you say that you want to destroy them all?" How did you bring back so many people? ”

Qingwen said: "Don't mention it, as soon as we rushed out, these people surrendered, Zhang Hu said that it was a pity to kill them, and they had to be brought back to the tribe as slaves, so they would all be brought back." ”

At this time, the carriage stopped in front of Jia Cong, and a Mongolian girl, helping a girl in a red wedding dress, stepped down from the carriage.

Jia Cong looked up and down, this woman looked thirteen or fourteen years old, with a bit of the sassy and heroic posture of a prairie woman, she was indeed very beautiful, no worse than Qingwen at all, but there was a hint of panic in her expression.

Jia Cong asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Da Yu'er."