Another new year has arrived, and the sixth year of Chongzhen has entered. This winter, Li Guodong did not dare to attack the Korqin tribe, because from Zhangba grassland to Liaodong, they were all under the control of the Jurchens. At this time, they were rushing to Korqin and might be discovered by Hou Jin halfway.

According to the information sent back by Subud, that is, Li Hong, Li Guodong learned that Dorgon and Duoduo pursued Lin Dankhan for a while. Seeing that Lin Dankhan could not get rid of it, he pulled Wu Keshan and other captured Korqin people as hostages, forcing the Korqin people to retreat. After the Korqin people withdrew, they could not catch up with the Mongols simply by relying on the Jurchens. In the end, Dorgon and Duoduo gave up the pursuit and turned around to meet with Yuetuo.

Dorgon and Duoduo returned to Liaodong, but Yuetuo was stationed on the Zhangba grassland to monitor the Ming Dynasty and Tumote tribes, and also to facilitate the obtaining of information from Shanxi merchants.

Li Guodong knew that with his current strength, he could not defeat Yue Tuo's army, so he could only give up his plan to attack the Korqin tribe and stayed at home to build weapons.

The climate outside the Great Wall was still extremely cold in January of the Lunar New Year. The burned Tumotes in Guihua City stayed in their tents every day and didn't even dare to leave the door.

"This year seems to be colder than in previous years." Subud looked up at the sky.

The Tumotes have not had a good year in recent years. First, the Chahars drove them out of naturalization. When the Chahars left, the Jurchens came to fire and naturalization, and took away their food, livestock and herdsmen.

Fortunately, the Dadewang Shop came twice before the winter came. The first time it went to the Mobei grassland, and helped the Tumotes borrow a batch of cattle, sheep and livestock. The second time it came again, bringing food, salt, cotton, cloth and stoves to the Tumotes. Not to mention anything else, just say that the Han-made stove is really very useful. Put a stove in the yurt and make a fire, and the entire yurt is warm.

"Look, a caravan is coming!" Zamusu suddenly shouted and pointed his finger at the desolate grassland in the distance.

Subud raised his head and looked in the direction of Zamusu's finger. He really saw a caravan appearing on the withered grassland in the south. Seeing this caravan, Subud wondered: Didn't Zhao Feng's caravan come after March? Why did another caravan come?

When the caravan entered, Su Bude discovered that the caravan was actually the caravan of Shanxi merchants! Although it was not Fan Yongdou's caravan, it was Zhai Tang's caravan!

The Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants were almost gone. Li Guodong and Lin Dankhan destroyed Jin Liangyu, Wang Kudeng and Huang Yunfa. Fan Yongdou was cheated by Lin Dankhan again. He suffered heavy losses and could no longer turn around. Even Guest Liang was killed because of this incident. At present, only Wang Dayu, Tian Shenglan and Zhai Tang were left. Moreover, the situation of these three families was not very good. It can only be said that they were surviving and barely maintaining.

Since Li Guodong gave Chongzhen and Wang Chengen a reminder, Wang Kun has been very close to the road leading to Liaodong from Zhangjiakou, and Fan Yongdou can hardly make any storms.

Seeing that there was only the money I paid and no money I bought every day, the remaining three Shanxi merchants had no choice but to discuss it with Fan Yongdou, and decided to go to the west and make some money first. When they had the money, they would find a way to get some ships, and then they would be able to go to Liaodong by water.

Seeing the Qu family's banner, Subud snorted coldly: "This caravan is the minion of the Jurchens!"

"The minions of the Jurchens?" Zamusu shouted, "Then let them take their goods and get out! Our Tumote tribe does not welcome them!"

"Don't be impulsive!" Although Su Bude really wanted to expel the Shanxi merchant caravan, once he expelled the Shanxi merchant caravan, it would arouse the suspicion of Omubu. No matter how he lies he could make up, he would probably not be able to tell. He resisted the urge to drive away the Qu family caravan.

Subud did not move, and his confidants could only watch the Qu family caravan enter the golden tent, and after talking to Omubuhan, they left the goods and left with gold and silver and horses.

"Brother, did we intercept them halfway?" Tuguqi stepped forward and asked.

Subud shook his head: "But they have more people than us. They have more than a thousand people, and we have only more than a hundred people."

Chen Xu shouted dissatisfiedly: "Are we just watching these lackeys earn money from us?"

"You send a few people to follow them. I'll contact the horse thieves on the grassland and let the horse thieves deal with them. You'll wait for me to come back here, and the people who follow them will report their location at any time." After Subud said that, he waved his horse whip and drove the war horses toward the backdrop.

When Subud was about to arrive at Shabeigou Village, he covered his face with a piece of cloth and pulled out an arrow with a special sign from the quiver, took a bow and shot an arrow in the direction of the city wall, and then whistled.

"Report to General, a Mongolian Tartar just now shot an arrow outside our village. Please check it out." One of them walked into Li Guodong's study with an arrow in his hand.

When Li Guodong saw a mark on the arrowhead, he immediately stood up: "I'll go and meet the Mongolian Tartars."

"Brother, let's accompany you." Han Dashan and others immediately stood up.

"No need, I can just meet him alone." After Li Guodong said that, he walked out of the study.

After a while, Li Guodong rode his horse out of the city and arrived at a forest outside. He whistled.

Subud appeared in the woods, and Li Guodong slowly walked forward: "Brother Li Hong, don't be fine!"

"Brother, I'm here to report the news. The caravan of Shanxi merchants has become naturalized again! Brother, please take people to rob their caravan as soon as possible. You must not give them a chance to turn things around."

"Thank you brothers! Since the Shanxi Merchant Caravan is here, I will definitely not let them go! Do you know their location, right?"

"I know, I'll send someone to follow them! Brother, please send troops quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"

The next morning, Li Guodong set up a thousand cavalry, left Shabeigou City, and disappeared into the vast grassland.

That night, the Qu family caravan rested on the grassland, lit a bunch of bonfires on the ground, and set up yurts. Qu Tang, the shopkeeper of the Qu family business, looked at the big boxes full of silver, and smiled. This time, he went to naturalization, and the Qu family business that had not opened for a long time made a lot of money. Although there were investments from Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu and Tian Shenglan, after giving dividends, Qu Tang could still make a lot of money, and he would often walk on this road in the future. After saving enough money, buy a few boats and go to Liaodong by himself, so that money would be faster.

Just as Qu Tang was having a beautiful dream, a rocket suddenly shot into the camp, and several caravan guards were caught off guard and immediately shot into hedgehogs.

Groups of war horses rushed into the camp, knocked the caravan guards and friends away, and trampled on the tent. Qu Tang tried to lead the horse to escape, but a horse galloped past him. A sword flashed, Qu Tang felt that he was lighter and flew into the sky. He subconsciously looked down, but saw that his headless body was still on the ground and slowly fell down.

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