The newly built Shabeigou Village in Li Guodong is six miles long and five miles wide. It is not a problem to accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 people. Currently, there are only more than 11,000 people on hand, which is still early to the target. The continuous Yinshan Mountains can hide 100,000 soldiers. The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is a favorable terrain for infantry to deal with cavalry.

However, there is too little land suitable for growing wheat here. If you really have to rely on the grain you plant yourself to feed tens of thousands of people, you still need to wait for Wang Quan to bring back high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes from the south.

Li Guodong had already made a plan. He brought Cao Lei and He Xing, three of them put on the clothes of ordinary people, set off lightly with two horses, and entered the Ming Dynasty from Datong. When he arrived at the Datong Pass, he showed the waist card of the general, and the gatekeepers and soldiers put Li Guodong and others in the pass.

Entering the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Li Guodong did not go to Hequ, but went east and headed straight to the direction of Jingji.

"Brother, aren't we going to Hequ to spy on the military affairs of the bandits? Hequ is on the west side, why are we going east instead?" He Xing asked in confusion.

"We went to Hequ with the waist cards of the officers and soldiers. Once the waist cards were found by the thieves, wouldn't we seek death? But if we don't bring the waist cards, we can't get into the pass. So we should go to an old friend first and put our waist cards in his so that we can go to Hequ to explore military information." Li Guodong said.

The leader of the bandit Wang Jiayin was chased by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui in Shaanxi. Zhang Xianzhong was defeated. Wang Zuo surrendered and rebelled again, and was killed by Hong Chengchou.

The three-sided governor Yang He treated the bandits with the main method of recruiting and pursuing and suppressing. However, as Yang He's subordinate, Hong Chengchou was strongly in charge of destroying the bandits, not only suppressing, but also killing and surrendering.

But Wang Jiayin quickly fought a turnaround battle. After he conquered Hequ, a group of Mongols, muscuds and horse thieves came to join the thieves, enhancing the thieves' strength.

The Tumots were dispersed by Lin Dankhan last year, and all the Guihua City were occupied by Lin Dankhan. Many Tumots hid in the Yinshan Mountains in order to avoid Lin Dankhan's pursuit and later went to join Wang Jiayin. In addition to the Mongols, there were also Han Mu Nu from the Tumot tribe, and the horse thieves who were chased and suppressed by the Tumot tribe all defected to the thieves.

Wang Jiayin, who had received a group of Mongolian cavalry, had greatly increased his strength. He led the thieves to attack Hong Chengchou's camp at night, causing the army of Hong Chengchou and Du Wenhuan to kill each other in the chaos and suffered heavy losses.

In July, Cao Wenzhao was granted the title of Deputy General of Yansui East Road by the court, and led the Guanning Army to Shanxi to prepare to assist Hong Chengchou in extermination of the bandits.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was still on the road. Li Guodong, who was familiar with this history, knew that Cao Wenzhao arrived in Hequ in March next year. Even the elite Guanning Iron Cavalry was defeated in the first battle against the bandits.

Cao Wenzhao, who failed the first battle, later planned to defeat Wang Jiayin and arranged a dead soldier to sneak into the ranks of bandits, successfully assassinated Wang Jiayin and defeated the robbers.

Of course, Li Guodong knew what happened later. The dead soldier was Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law, named Zhang Liwei. According to his idea, he first spyed on the military affairs of the bandits, and then waited for Cao Wenzhao to fail in the first battle, and then went to Cao Wenzhao's camp and offered his advice. However, this time must be grasped very well. If Cao Wenzhao came up with a countermeasure, then he would not be able to get this great achievement.

Three people, one person and two horses, walked for five days and arrived in Guangchang.

A Ming army camp came into view of the three people. Looking at the banner of the camp, it was the banner of the Guanning Army.

The Ming soldiers stationed at the gate saw the three cavalry coming towards the camp, so they stepped forward to stop the three of them and shouted, "Who is coming?"

"Isn't that General Li?" A soldier who was on guard recognized Li Guodong and quickly said to his companions, "I know several of them, one of them is General Li who defeated Jiannu in Tongzhou!"

It was Li Guodong, and the Ming soldiers watching at the door were in awe.

Li Guodong took two horses to Cao Wenzhao's camp. He turned over and dismounted, took out the waist sign and handed it over: "I am Li Guodong, this is the waist sign, so I'll ask a few brothers to pass by."

"I recognize General Li. Even if I don't have a badge, I dare not stop General Li." The soldier said.

Li Guodong smiled: "Even if you know each other, you need a badge. After all, there are still people who look like you. What if Jiannu found someone who looks very much like Li to pretend to be?"

"Yes!" The soldier stood straight, "I must remember the general's teachings!"

Li Guodong took Cao Lei and He Xing into Cao Wenzhao's camp, and someone had already reported this to Cao Wenzhao.

Before he could even walk to the Central Army camp, a young general came out. When the young general saw Li Guodong, he immediately walked forward and punched him on the shoulder: "Brother, don't tell me in advance if you come!"

This young general was Cao Bianjiao. When he heard that Li Guodong came, he immediately left the camp to greet him.

"It's a hurry! Although I'm outside the border, I heard that the thieves were entrenched in Hequ. Many Mongolians, Han herd slaves and horse thieves who were dispersed by the Tumotes went to join me. I was planning to go to Hequ to spy on the enemy's situation and serve the country."

"Spying the enemy's situation? You guys have already spyed back? Come and report to my uncle?"

"Have you not gone yet? I just come first to meet old friends. It's not too late to see General Cao and then go to Hequ."

As the two of them spoke, they walked into the central army's tent. When they saw Cao Wenzhao, they saluted.

"Why did Guodong come to my camp? Why did he come to see me?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

Li Guodong bowed and said, "I am still outside the pass, but I heard that there is something left in Hequ. There are many Tumotes, herd slaves and horse thieves outside the border who fled to the bandits. So the last general was curious and wanted to go to Hequ to spy on the enemy's situation so that he could inform the court."

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed. Didn’t this sleepy encounter a pillow? He was about to go to Hequ to suppress the thieves, but someone came to spy on the military affairs of the thieves. So he touched his beard and nodded: "I happened to be ordered by the court and was about to go to Hequ to suppress the thieves, so my nephew came to the door, hahaha! This is a coincidence!"

"General Cao is just that the younger generation carries waist cards, which is not conducive to entering and leaving Hequ. But if he does not bring waist cards, he cannot enter the pass. So the younger generation thought of a way. After bringing waist cards in the pass, he came to find a reliable person to temporarily save the waist cards. This reminds General Cao."

"Okay, since my nephew is so trustworthy, then you can keep your waist card here for the time being."

Li Guodong bowed and thanked: "Thank you General Cao! When I come back from Hequ to spy on the enemy situation, I will definitely think of good plans to defeat the enemy. I will definitely come to offer suggestions to the general."

Cao Wenzhao laughed and said, "The nephew is resourceful and has repeatedly defeated Jiannu. Why are you afraid of mere bandits? Even if there are Mongolian Tartars in the bandit army? Can Mongolian Tartars compete with Jiannu? Even the captive chief Huang Taiji suffers many losses from the nephew's hands. With the help of the nephew, the king's thief Jiayin is just around the corner!"

Cao Bianjiao patted Li Guodong on the shoulder fiercely and said, "Hahaha! Brother, you are giving us credit again! Every time you fight side by side with you, you can make great contributions. This time, our uncle and nephew will definitely make great contributions again."

"It's getting late, so let's stay in our military camp for the night." Cao Wenzhao said.

That night, Cao Wenzhao asked someone to slaughter lamb and barbecue to entertain Li Guodong.
Chapter completed!