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Chapter 228 Caravan and Inner Response

On the grassland in the south of the desert, the Tumotes began to clear the ruins of the Guihua City. Looking at the burned city, Omubu shed tears.

Tens of thousands of Han herd slaves were taken to Liaodong by the Later Jin army. With the power of the Mongols, the city could not be repaired at all. I heard that Lin Danhan had left, and the tens of thousands of Tumotes who rushed back could only live on the grassland.

"Cargoyle! The caravan is here!" The Mongolian, who was helpless, suddenly shouted excitedly.

A convoy appeared on the distant grassland. Seeing the convoy arrive, the first thing that the Tumotes thought of was the caravan back.

The appearance of the caravan made the Tumotes ecstatic, and swept away the shadow of the destruction of Guihua City and the abducted Han Chinese herd slaves. Because Guihua City rose because of trade with the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Han caravan came, Guihua City was about to recover.

"How many years have I not seen a caravan?" Omubu said.

"Yes, the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants were destroyed by the Chahars. The Chahars were doing business and used tricks, which scared the Ming merchants away. The Jurchens came to the southern grassland some time ago. Which Han caravan dares to come now? This caravan can come, which is simply the blessing of Genghis Khan, and the blessing of immortality." Hang Gao sighed.

Subud had seen it long ago that the caravan that came was a caravan with the banner of "Da Dewang". He felt happy, but he did not dare to take the lead, for fear that Omubu would be suspicious.

Zhao Feng, with a caravan full of grain, salt, cloth, coal stoves and various spices, left the west entrance and went to naturalization.

Before leaving the west exit, Liu Zhaoji, the general of Xuanfu who had a friendship with Li Guodong, once asked worriedly: "Jiannu pursued Lin Danhan and was naturalized. If Manager Zhao went to naturalize, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

Zhao Feng replied: "Thank you General Liu for your concern. Caomin has a suspicion in the grassland. Jiannu has returned to Liaodong."

Liu Zhaoji nodded: "Jiannu chased Lin Danhan and scared Liu. He was only worried that Jiannu would suddenly enter Xuanda, and our soldiers would not be able to stop Jiannu! Once he was invaded, I don't know how many people would suffer! Fortunately, Jiannu did not have the idea of ​​Xuanda and returned to Liaodong."

After hearing what Liu Zhaoji said, Zhao Feng could only sigh in his heart that the Ming army's combat effectiveness was so weak that it had reached an outrageous level. Jiannu was here. Even a general as powerful as Liu Zhaoji, he thought of not defending the enemy, but passively avoiding the war. It seems that the only one who dared to fight against Jiannu was his lord Li Guodong.

Zhao Feng said goodbye to Liu Zhaoji and led the caravan out of the west entrance to naturalization.

Li Hong, who changed his name to Subud, was worried that Omubu was suspicious and did not dare to take the initiative to greet the caravan.

Hang Gao led a group of Mongolians to the arrival of the convoy. He saw that the caravan was quite large, with at least more than a thousand large trucks loaded with cargo.

"Thank you for the caravans that can come to me at this time. Come with me. We Khan wants to meet this brave caravan leader." Hang Gao said gratefully.

Zhao Feng followed Hang Gao and walked towards the Tumote camp. Halfway through the way, Zhao Feng pointed to the ruins of Guihua City in the distance and asked knowingly: "General Hang Gao, why did Guihua City become like this?"

In fact, he had known for a long time that the Jurchens burned down Guihua City. Dadewang Shop had a lot of eyeliners on the grassland. The horse thieves who were originally eyeliners for the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi merchants have now surrendered to Li Guodong. Li Guodong also allocated these eyeliners to Dadewang Shop.

Hang Gao sighed and shook his head: "This is a grudge between us and the Jurchens. It is better for you Han people not to ask about it."

But this sentence was heard by Zamusu, who had been brainwashed by Li Hong. When he heard Hang Gao's words, he immediately roared angrily: "The Chahar people are evil wolf, they drove us out of Guihua City! The Jurchens were wrong, they were Jiannu! They were evil tigers who eat people and don't spit bones! They wanted to chew us up and swallow them again! Only the Han people are the real friends of our Tumotes!"

Hang Gao's face looked a little bad. He had been bribed by the Guluge who wanted to defect to the Jurchen.

Zhao Feng didn't say anything. When he saw Li Hong dressed in a Mongolian costume, the two exchanged glances secretly. In fact, the only ones who knew about this bitter plan discussed by Li Guodong and Li Hong were only Wang Quan and Zhao Feng, and even Han Dashan and others were kept in the dark.

After entering the Tumot camp, the group dismounted and walked for about a mile, finally arrived in front of Tumot Khan's golden tent.

Zhao Feng suddenly felt someone stuffing something into his hand. He took advantage of the unpreparedness of Hang Gao and others and raised his hand and found that it was a note that said: Be careful that Hang Gao and Gu Luge are traitors.

The note was secretly stuffed by Li Hong at a risk. He was worried that Zhao Feng would enter the golden tent and said the wrong thing in front of the two Mongolians who were already undercover Yue Tuo, so he took the risk to remind Zhao Feng.

When he walked to the golden tent, Omubu personally brought a group of people to greet him.

Zhao Feng quickly walked forward and knelt on the grass: "The second shopkeeper of Caomin Dadewang Business Name, please see Da Khan!"

"Dear guest, please get up quickly, please follow Ben Khan in." Omubu took a step forward, holding his hands in his arms.

Zhao Feng stood up and a young girl next to him presented Hada to him.

Walking into the golden tent, Omubu couldn't wait to ask: "What gift did you bring to us Tumotes from the Han caravan from the Ming Dynasty?"

"Grain, salt, cotton cloth, fine wine, tea, and cotton, sweaters and coal stoves that can keep you cold. We also plan to travel to Mobei to help you borrow a batch of cattle and sheep from Mobei with our goods. When you recover your vitality, you will return the cattle and sheep to us."

The method Zhao Feng said was that he would go to Mobei to sell goods first, and lend cattle and sheep to the Tumote people. When the Tumote people recovered their vitality, they would return the batch of cattle and sheep to Zhao Feng and others.

"That's great! We Tumotes have just escaped from Mobei, and the Jurchens burned down Guihua City again. Our cattle and sheep have suffered heavy losses. It's rare that you Han people are willing to help you in time." Omubu stood up excitedly.

Before he knew it, Li Guodong had lived on Kinmen Island for more than three months. In August, Li Guodong was about to leave. Although Zheng Zhilong was entertaining delicacies here every day and serving two delicate little maids, Li Guodong would not be happy. The people in the north of the Ming Dynasty were still suffering. He could not continue to live here. He had to go back as soon as possible. On the one hand, he helped Wang Quan expand the camp by the lake and resettle refugees. On the other hand, he had to go out of seclusion and use the nail he had placed among the Tumotes to win over the Tumotes against the Later Jin.

There are two years left, and the Later Jin will invade again. The Second Invasion of the Later Jin will enter from Xuanda area, burn, kill and loot in Datong, Xuanfu, for five months. Li Guodong must also be prepared to deal with the Second Invasion of the Later Jin.

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