"If they go further south, it won't be very far from Li Zhuang." Li Dongxue said: "I noticed that the northern captives are sending troops to the west and south in batches, they are sentinels to find out whether the border army has been sent, the time has been five or six days, even if the troops are sent at this time, it will take several days, Li Zhuang is only a hundred miles away from Xinping Fort, and the Tartar light cavalry will arrive in half a day, they should have fought this idea." ”

"There's something good waiting for them." Zhang Han came out with a contemptuous smile on his face.

Sun Jingting's eyes were obviously angry, he couldn't see such a scene in front of him the most, he was a talent who had really practiced swords, and his equestrian archery skills were gone, but he also knew that the courage of the horseman was useless at this time, he suppressed his anger and said: "Before we came to Xinpingbao, all the military and political orders have been issued, and I think there will be the best result." ”

"Of course." Chang Wei said in a natural tone: "Is there a second result?" ”

……

When Zhang Han went up to the North Gate Tower, Zheng Guochang was also in Zhang's Mansion to discuss the matter with several of his masters.

Although Zheng Guochang did not go to the city often, he was still very clear about the things outside the fort, and one of his masters also went to the fort wall several times a day, and he was also clear about the movements of the northern captives.

Zheng Guochang didn't feel any regrets about this trip to Xinpingbao, everyone knew about his relationship with Zhang Han, and there was no point in concealing it, and Han Qi didn't take his capital, and the civil infighting was very troublesome, even if Shangguan was the governor, he had to find out what he was really wrong, otherwise it would be easy to be true.

Zheng Guochang was a little worried about whether Zhang Han would play too big in this game and be self-defeating.

"Look at it in a later life," the master who went to the fort wall every day boasted of knowing Chang's military affairs, and he said eloquently: "Although the northern captives are only 20,000, they are not meant to be elsewhere, only in Lizhuang, and Zhang Patrol inspected the general army of Ma before to retreat and advance, and report to illness early, so that the court can not find the wrong place, but the main barracks can not be caught up in a hurry, and the deputy general of the East Road should focus on Yanghe, martial law everywhere, and the military department has been ordered a few days ago, and it is also called to strictly guard all places, and the general army will lead the troops to attack, and at the same time, Xuanfu and the towns of Shanxi will guard against the rest of the northern captives. Of course, we won't send troops here, after all, we know that Li Zhuang is important, and the court doesn't know, I see, this time Li Zhuang can't hold it, I don't know how much money Zhang Dongzhu has transferred, but don't ask Bei Yu to serve a pot. ”

"Alas, it's happening again."

Zheng Guochang supported his forehead with his hand, feeling extremely distressed.

He has also held more than 20,000 yuan of silver in Zhang Han's hands in recent years, which is a huge amount of money, and it is enough to buy a figure at the level of the old man in the Ming Dynasty.

With this money, Zheng Guochang made some friends with some court officials, expanded his network many times, and at the same time bribed the imperial history, preparing to build momentum for himself at a critical time, so that he could jump into the dragon gate and knock on the governor's position at once!

Zheng Guochang also sent a few thousand pieces of silver back to his hometown and bought more than 1,000 acres of land, which can be regarded as an official for many years, and made a good explanation to his family and relatives.

Don't say that he and Zhang Han are uncles and nephews, just after taking this injection of silver, Zheng Guochang also wants to support Zhang Han to the end.

It's just that if Zhang Han really suffered heavy losses, and the grassland was stared at by the two powerful Taiji, Bu Nang and Su Nang, Zheng Guochang felt that it would be difficult to continue the smuggling business in the future, so Zhang Han would have to face the dilemma of explaining to a large number of officials and generals, and with Zheng Guochang's status, he also felt that Zhang Han could not deal with such a huge force at all.

When there are interests, this force is Zhang Han's help, and even the governor can't deal with him, and when there are no interests or conflicts, this force is a big enemy that Zhang Han is difficult to deal with.

"I hope God willing, and Yusheng can pass this hurdle." Zheng Guochang didn't have any bottom in his heart, and he could only pray that luck was on Zhang Han's side.

……

"Haha, Dong Weng, this time Zhang Han is going to be finished."

Liu De's fat face was full of joy, his smiling face was about to rot, his eyes were squeezed together, his beard was curled, and the whole person exuded joy.

In the past few days, Han Qi was extremely unhappy, and the matter of the lieutenant's killing had not yet come to fruition, and the Ministry of Rites had to come over to inquire about it, and the tone was already very unpolite, and then it was a large-scale invasion of the northern captives, and Datong had not had such a scale of border trouble for 20 years, and the court was of course very angry, and the blame for Han Qi became more and more fierce.

Not only that, Han Qi also smelled a trace of bad smell, it seemed that there was a big man in the center of the court who had a bad feeling for him, and now he was almost building momentum for the replacement of the governor.

Thinking of this, Han Qi could hardly sleep at night.

He has been in office for less than a year, and normally he will not be replaced, and once he is replaced, even if there is a shortage of governors in a certain place in the future, he will have no chance to make up for the incompetence that has been replaced halfway.

Han Qi is only in his early fifties, and this kind of result is something he can't afford.

In the past few days, Han Qi has been very worried, Ma Chengen is not pretending to be sick, the military department sent a decree to him to immediately lead the barracks to drive away the northern captives who came to attack, of course Ma Chengen accepted the order, but there is almost no movement in the barracks in the past few days, Datong City is still singing and dancing, Han Qi has broken his face with Ma Chengen, and there is no way to urge, it is expected that Ma Chengen will not pay attention to him, like the Ma family, the generation of generals, deep-rooted, Han Qi has no way to persecute too much, if Ma Chengen pretends to be sick again, in this critical situation, The court will directly remove him from office.

"Good news, good news indeed!"

Han Qi was originally restless in his signing room, he inquired many times, Ma Chengen has not yet sent troops, the main barracks are assembled, and Ma Chengen ordered a Xiluqi barracks to be on guard, and three guerrilla battalions are ready to send troops, plus the main barracks, from the direction of Datong can send about 7,000 troops, and there are more than 500 family members, this force must be enough to fight 20,000 northern captives, but the problem is that no one knows when Ma Chengen will send troops.

Now as soon as he heard that Zhang Han's Li Zhuang was in crisis, Han Qi was not in a hurry, he sat in the chair, smiled at Liu De and said: "This time they are counting a thousand things, but they have calculated on their heads." ”

"Exactly." Liu De curled his beard and smiled: "What kind of place is Li Zhuang, and other idlers can't get close, I heard that Zhang Han has worked hard to plant tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, those waterwheels and ditches cost 10,000 gold, and there are large workshops for making carriages and various utensils, employing thousands of people, and all kinds of iron and sundries for Yusheng marketing Jingshi, all of which are from those workshops, such an important place, naturally there are storage, grain, sundries, ironware, at least worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, Zhang Han's roots are no longer in Xinpingbao, but Li Zhuang!" It seems that the two big Taiji in Beiyu have also worked hard beforehand, and Zhang Han has also offended people a lot. ”

"In this matter, it was said that Zhang Han colluded with the Beiyu because the old man was wrong, but ......" Han Qi sneered: "The disaster is really caused by this person!" ”

Liu Dedao: "After this incident, Dong Weng had to repair the relationship with Ma Zongbing, at least the two sides could no longer fight on the surface." As for Zhang Han, since there is a northern captive who destroys his foundation for us, we will slowly deal with him in the future. Thinking that he and Beiyu are like this, they will not be able to ship out of the side wall in the future, so this kid will kill himself. ”

Han Qi's evil thoughts in his heart are really hard to dispel, but thinking about it, this is indeed the truth, after such a long time, he is also a little lacking in confidence in Dou across Zhang Han, this nine-grade inspection is simply a python that does not leave his hands, and he has to beware of being bitten back, after thinking about it, Han Qi sneered and said: "It's okay, anyway, I'm on the same day, he doesn't want to be comfortable." ”

Liu De clasped his hands and praised: "Great goodness! ”

……

"There is still no news from the border army." Su Nan, who had a hideous face, said to the equally excited Bu Nan: "You can really do it." ”

"Good, good."

Bu Sang was very excited, and said with a smile: "In the past few days, we have hit the grass valleys of more than a dozen villages in a row, and more than 1,000 people have been plundered, and the grain is only a few hundred stones, and other sundries are not worth a few. Then Li Zhuang heard that the stored goods were more than Zhang Han put on the grassland that day, if he really robbed ......" Speaking of this, Bu Bao lowered his voice and whispered: "I heard that there are still a lot of iron tools and a lot of grain, if it is true, you and I can have a lot of armor soldiers, the position of the Great Khan, Su Nan, did you really give up?" ”

Su Nang said: "Why give up? The Great Khan is still my junior, and the Khan position should actually be passed on to me. If it weren't for the troubles of Namur that day, I would have already obtained the sweat position. ”

"Namur said that he had gathered more than 100,000 people that day, in fact, what we were afraid of was that he and the Great Khan had more than 2,000 armor soldiers on hand, and now their armor soldiers are still this number, and the two of us will work together to grab Li Zhuang, and we can expand the number of armor soldiers to more than 3,000 people, and then raid Qingcheng on the way back to the division, abolish the Great Khan, and then go north to defeat Namur, Su Nang, you announced the Khan throne in Qingcheng, I declare support in the name of our Great Khan, and then I will see who dares to come out to oppose it."

Su Nang felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling, even if the strength of the 30,000 households on the left wing was declining greatly, but once he became the Great Khan, the Yongxietu Department, the Ordos Department and other departments would be subject to him, and the three tribes of Mobei would now be separated from the 30,000 households of the right wing, and Lin Dan Khan would be divided due to the dispute between the Yellow Sect and the Red Sect, which means that most of Mongolia will be subject to him, how can this kind of power be compared to the current ordinary Taiji?

"It's done!" Su Nang waved his hands and walked around in place excitedly.

Bu Nang said: "I will definitely support you with all my might." ”

Bu Nang was also very happy in his heart, Lin Dan Khan sent him to monitor the 30,000 households of the left wing, and it would be better if he could make the left wing stop civil strife. Since Dayan Khan, Mongolia has almost gone its own way, when Lin Dan Khan's grandfather was on the throne, Mo Nan Mo and Northern Mongolia also abided by the Great Khan's legal code, often paid tribute, and obeyed the orders of the Great Khan, but now it is falling apart, and now the consensus of the Han headquarters is that the rest of the ministries are as chaotic as possible, and the more weakened they are, it is convenient for Lin Dan Khan to clean up one by one and restore the authority of the Khan.

Su Nang ordered the heralds beside him: "Dispatch the heralds, except for a few armor soldiers to cooperate with the herdsmen to continue to besiege Xinping Fort, all the armor soldiers and elite herdsmen will gather 5,000 people to raid that Li Zhuang!" ”