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Chapter 49 Heading to Yehe City (please read the new chapter)
Although Li Rubai said that any expenses can be withdrawn from Butler Li, Li Xianzhong also understood that the Li family was just relying on Li Chengliang's capital, and one day it would eventually run out.

Except for the expenses of the Liaodong cavalry, he did not intend to use the Li family's money to support Pinglu Fort.

In name, he is just an adopted son of the Li family, and he does not want to cause unnecessary trouble to Li Rubai, the head of the family.

So this time when I asked Steward Li about the grain, tents and other equipment, Li Xianzhong exchanged them with some fur ginseng seized from Gule Village.

He has in his hands the 1 taels of silver that he extorted from He Yiming, and the large bag of Dongzhu that he got from Gule Village, which is estimated to be worth more than 5 taels. These are all the capital in his hands. .

Now Pinglu Castle has just started, and it has not yet generated any income, and it has to pay more than [-] stones of food every month.

The imperial court didn't know that the reward would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, and he couldn't find a buyer for the extra war horses in his hands, so after thinking about it, he targeted Ye He.

Although Ye He may not have much silver in his hands, ginseng, furs, and Dongzhu are valuable.

Some of the previously seized knives, guns, shields, heavy cloth armor, and even three-eyed guns can be used to trade with Ye He.

Arming Ye He can also increase his income, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

So Li Xianzhong rushed directly to Yehe City with [-] Liaodong cavalry.

Yehe City is close to the Kaiyuan Road of the Ming Dynasty, but Li Xianzhong did not plan to go north from Kaiyuan, but decided to leave the customs at Tieling and take the road to Mongolia.

On the one hand, he led troops out of the customs privately, which could easily arouse Marin's vigilance. Although Li Xianzhong is now at the peak of his power in Liaodong, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

If Marin is causing trouble behind his back, it will be an unnecessary trouble after all.

On the other hand, as General Tieling, it was time for him to inspect the troops directly under his command.

There are currently 3000 troops stationed in Tieling Guard, with guerrillas Yu Chengming and Li Sanshun commanding 1500 troops each.

In fact, it was Zha Zhongwen who served as the Tieling guerrilla before, but Zha Zhongwen is now responsible for training the new Liaodong cavalry in Fu'an Fort. As his confidant, Li Sanshun has been through life and death, so it is time for him to be promoted.

So Li Sanshun was appointed as Tieling guerrilla, in charge of 1500 people.

Tielingwei is a military city.

The brick-faced earth core of the city wall is more than two thousand meters in circumference and two feet high.

There are four gates in the city, each with the names of east, west, south and north: Fuyi, Chengen, Qingyun and Weiyuan.There are also four corner towers.There is a moat surrounding the city wall, which is nearly ten meters wide.

However, the Acropolis itself is not very big, so the area outside the city for more than ten miles is filled with people's residences and towering trees. From a distance, the city outline cannot be seen at all.

Of course, Tieling is most famous for the flower-viewing building built by Li Chengliang outside the east gate. This tower, which connects the Li family mansion and integrates collection, defense and entertainment, is the landmark building of Tieling.

At its most prosperous time, there were as many as 2000 prostitutes in Tieling City alone. Businessmen gathered here, and it was like being in the south of the Yangtze River instead of a frontier fortress.

Of course, with the invasion of Jianlu and the loss of power of the Li family, Tielingwei has also lost its former prosperity, but at this time it is still an important frontier town.

Not wanting to disturb the people, Li Xianzhong's Liaodong cavalry did not enter Tieling City, but chose to meet the two guerrillas outside Tieling City.

At this time, Yu Chengming and Li Sanshun had been waiting outside the city for a long time.

Yu Chengming is about 40 years old. His tall and rough appearance makes him look like a typical Liaodong man. The one who can guard Tieling must be a close general of the Li family.So Li Xianzhong stopped being polite and asked directly: "Yu Guerba, how is the situation in Tieling now?"

Yu Chengming looked worried and said: "Major General, due to the previous large army's attack on Hetuala, the main force of our Tieling Guards has been redeployed. Now we only have 3000 troops to defend the Tieling Acropolis and several thousand-household settlements. The troops are really outnumbered."

"Fortunately, the Major General's Liaodong cavalry have already stationed themselves in several forts in the east. Tieling will not be threatened by the rebels for the time being, but the Mongols on the grasslands are also ready to move now."

The border troubles in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty were not only Jianzhou, but also the Mongols.Since the Ming Dynasty defeated Jianzhou in this battle, it is estimated that the Mongols will be more honest; on the contrary, if the Ming Dynasty loses or weakens in strength, I am afraid they will never give up this good opportunity to fight against the autumn wind.

Now the Mongolian grasslands are mainly divided into three major forces, Lindan Khan of Chahar Mongolia in the south, five Khalkha Mongols in the west, and Horqin Mongolia in the northeast.

Although Lin Danhan had been expanding externally and occasionally invaded the Ming Dynasty, Li Xianzhong knew that he and the Ming Dynasty were still allies against the Later Jin Dynasty.

Among the five Khalkha Mongolian tribes, only the Chaohua Division has been ready to make a move. However, it was just taught a lesson by the Ming army last year and cannot make any big waves for the time being.

On the contrary, this Horqin tribe has already made many marriage alliances with Nurhaci, Huang Taiji and others, although they have not formally formed an alliance with Jianzhou at this time.

But it is obvious that they have abandoned their traditional ally Ye He and turned to Jianzhou.

Li Xianzhong said: "Our army returned victoriously in Shenyang. The news of the execution of several important figures of Houjin must have spread to the grasslands. The Mongols did not dare to make any big moves. If they dared to invade the border, they would be killed directly without mercy." "

"But be careful not to pursue them, just drive them off the side wall."

Only then did he understand that the big commotion Yang Hao and others made in Shenyang was not entirely self-deception, but also had the intention of shocking the Mongolian tribes.

Yu Chengming and Li Sanshun said: "I will obey your orders!"

Only more than 3000% of the [-] Tieling Guards were armored, so Li Xianzhong took out another [-] pieces of captured heavy cloth armor to dress them up.

After that, he led 1500 Liaodong cavalry out of the Liaodong border wall and went straight to Yehe City.

It was only more than 200 miles from Tieling to Yehecheng (today's Siping, Jilin). Although it was a bit detoured by passing through Mongolia, the Mongolian grassland was far more convenient than the Chongshan march in Jianzhou, so there was no delay in time.

The snow had melted by this time, and the grassland showed a vibrant green after the silvery coating faded.

The Liaodong Iron Cavalry passed through the grassland like a torrent of steel, raising dust all over the sky.

Such a large-scale cavalry dispatch by the Ming army quickly attracted the attention of the Mongols.

Fortunately, this area is located at the junction of Chahar Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia, and there is no main Mongolian force.Those Mongolian sentry riders only observed from a distance and did not dare to get too close.

In fact, they were far more nervous than the Ming army, fearing that this Ming army's heavy cavalry would go straight to their camp.

However, they soon discovered that the Ming army's target this time should not be themselves, but Ye Hecheng.

There was no harassment from the Mongols along the way. Li Xianzhong and others made rapid progress. In just half a day, they had reached the border of Yehe, and they were still thirty or forty miles away from Yehe City.

Just when they felt that the journey was too smooth, some familiar figures suddenly appeared on the mountain road ahead, and it turned out to be Jianlu!
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