After Yuan Chonghuan threw out this question, Shu Buzhi did not answer rashly, but said that the matter of the New Year's reward could be put aside first, and the exchange of mutual market matters could be made first.

The Ming Dynasty and the Zhiyi mutual market are often divided into two types.

There are not only nearby herdsmen who come to do small trades themselves, but also tribal leaders who concentrate strategic resources such as war horses and negotiate big deals with the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, the strategic resources of iron pot and grain will never be sold by the Ming Dynasty.

Entering into this kind of negotiation, it is often a tug-of-war, with the two sides going back and forth, arguing over one or two numbers.

After half a ring, the meeting finally ended, and the bundle of cloth with the people around him came out of the fish as if uneven.

Yuan Chonghuan drank the remnants of tea in the cup and motioned for Zu Dashou to enter the back room with him.

"Inspector, what do you say?" Zu Dashou asked.

"These bastards really fell to Jianzhou." Yuan Chonghuan's face was a little gloomy. "Originally, I thought that those civil officials would impose the crime of city rice theft on my head, but I didn't expect it to be confirmed now."

"How so?" Zu Dashou was a little surprised, "Shubu's department has always been close to our Liao Town, so that he can get a little more from the mutual market and consolidate his position in the Thirty-six Family." Wouldn't betraying us without a cause kill a chicken for eggs? ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, "Otherwise, these genus Yi are born unfamiliar." ”

"Didn't Ning Yuanbo and Li Chengliang also look at Nurhachi like this back then, who knew that people directly lifted the table, and even Liaodong occupied it for you, and you still had a few iron pots and arrowheads?"

Zu Dashou nodded yes, and then asked, "Inspector, then how did you find out that there was a problem with the bundle cloth?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan sneered, "The core of this transaction is the eight hundred war horses brought by Shu Bu, and he offered to exchange them for three thousand stone rice and wheat. ”

Zu Dashou pondered, "Supervisor, we can't change this time." I thought that Karaqin was swaying, and when I saw that they were pitiful, I would change some rations for them. ”

"But now that the imperial court has evidence of Karaqin's fornication with the establishment of the state, if they transport the grain over, wouldn't we be 'thieves of rice in the city' again, as the civil officials said?"

Yuan Chonghuan nodded, "Because of this, I deliberately proposed to mix high-priced items such as tea and spirits. The goods given to us by the emperor are more than enough for a thousand fierce horses, and I symbolically only give 800 stone of grain for the bundle of cloth. ”

Zu Dashou was curious, "What do you say about the bunch of cloth and the Karaqin Ministry?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan sneered, "Hearing me say this, the other leaders of Karaqin are all moved, after all, the good goods this time are not as good as before, they can still make a lot of money by transporting them back to sell to other Mongolian tribes." ”

"But this bundle of cloth still didn't do it, and it just bit three thousand stone of grain to death, and even the other leaders were about to quarrel. When I asked him why he was so persistent, he said that Karaqin had been plagued by disasters for many years, and had been plundered by Lin Dan Khan, and that if he could not exchange more food, the children of the tribe would not be able to raise them. ”

Zu Dashou was a little sympathetic, "It seems that there are excusable reasons for saying this." ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, "This is all nonsense made up by Shu Bu, after I came back, I sent someone to secretly buy off a few leaders of Karaqin." The white-haired wind here has stopped in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and their cattle, sheep and livestock are all over the river valley, where will they starve to death? ”

Zu Dashou was taken aback, "So, Shubu's visit this time is not only for temptation, but also to buy grain for Jianzhou?" Isn't he afraid that we will find out and do him in this city? ”

Yuan Chonghuan said, "You don't understand this, Shubu's visit to the Ming Dynasty this time is also his last trip, and then he will inevitably use these grains and the thirty-six Karaqin families as food, and directly surrender his allegiance to Huangtaiji!" ”

Zu Dashou persuaded, "Inspector, will this conclusion come down too early?" These tribes are like grass on the wall, swaying back and forth, just to be unrestrained. ”

"It used to be." Yuan Chonghuan poured another cup of tea and took a sip. "But now after Jianzhou annexed Horqin, there is no longer any shelter to the west, and the tribes on the grassland have to choose, whether to follow Jianzhou, or the Northern Yuan Yu Chahar, or the Ming Dynasty?"

"Although Shubu's attitude this time is humble and he seems to be unwilling to offend us, he completely avoids talking about the most critical issue of co-optation."

"For the grain and grass that was even more scarce after the annexation of Horqin by Jianzhou, I was on the heart. He even did not hesitate to tear his face with other leaders, forcing them to ask someone to go back to the headquarters to exchange their property if they wanted to exchange tea and spirits. ”

After pondering for a moment, Zu Dashou asked, "Inspector, what should we do then?" ”

"Or, just come and capture the thief and the king?"

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, "This person from Shubu is extremely vigilant, my Liaozhen Iron Cavalry has not approached yet, and he has already slipped away in advance. ”

"The saint has given an explanation of this matter, and if the person who bundles the cloth wants to buy grain, tell him that he can buy it."

"But we are not prepared at the moment, and we have to transport it from Kannai."

Zu Dashou finally understood, "Does the Holy Lord want us to drag him down?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said proudly, "The Holy Lord wants to use us to hook this person, but how can I be willing to be the queen of Liaozhen?" ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly said solemnly, "Zu Dashou, I order you to return to Guanmen immediately, take 3,000 cavalry from each camp, and march 800 miles in a roundabout way, blocking the return route of these 3,000 people to respond to the Changlao camp (now Chifeng, Inner Mongolia). ”

Zu Dashou's body trembled, and he half-knelt in the tunnel, "Order!" ”

On the other side, the main force set by Chongzhen to attack Yingchang, the base camp of the 36 families in Karaqin, the border town of Datong, also under the leadership of Man Gui, all climbed the mountain pass.

After experiencing this experience personally, Man Gui understood the difficulties.

Even for lightly armed athletes, it is not easy to climb this steep mountain road, not to mention tens of thousands of troops, men and horses in parallel, but also to take into account the speed of the march.

Along the way, more than double digits of soldiers were injured and killed by falls on the steep mountain roads.

"Dashuai!" A Mongolian soldier deftly rode a horse and galloped through the rocks of the mountain path to find Manmangui.

"We found campfire embers and abandoned camp tents over there, which should be the camp set up during the retreat of Jianzhou before, and there is plenty of water around it."

"Good! Let's go over and have a look. "The border army of Datong Town, which has just crossed over, is sleepy and lacking at the moment, and camping is the top priority.

As the chief general of the First Army, Man Gui of course had to personally survey the site of the camp.

"How about it, fried rabbit, serving in my Datong army is no worse than working for Jianzhou, right?"

Fried Rabbit turned out to be a Horqin officer, and said with hatred on his face, "The Celestial Empire has the grace of reinvention for us, which is a hundred times better than the Jiannu dog thief!" ”

"Jiannu deceived me into entering the customs, and then plundered my property and forcibly accepted my wife. I, the Horqin warrior, do not want to take revenge for a day! ”

Man Gui looked at the fried rabbit's green tendons, and nodded secretly with satisfaction.

After he incorporated the Horqin Division, he left the old, weak and rigid herdsmen in Shanxi to raise horses, and left another 10,000 border soldiers to suppress the unexpected.

He was to organize the Shaozhuang faction who could accept the hatred and transformation of the Ming Dynasty and the same hatred for the Jurchens into 5,000 Korqin elite cavalry, mixed with his original 5,000 cavalry.

Today's Mangui, the infantry has 5,000 elite Changping Town led by Zuo Liangyu, tens of thousands of cavalry, and a 1,000-person artillery battalion ordered by the emperor himself to support, which can be described as strong and strong.

patting the fried rabbit on the shoulder, Man Gui soothed, "We will let them return it, everything that Jianzhou snatched, we have to let them return it twice!" ”