It's about to explode the population in this area.

But Lu Zhou didn't expect that the seemingly fat Guihua City would become difficult after taking over.

Less than two days after the Dragon and Tiger Army left the city, several united tribes led more than two hundred war horses to harass the people along the road.

They were very resistant to the Han people occupying Guihua City, and they also planned to use flexible attack tactics to consume the Longhu Army.

But I didn't expect that the Han army would be more flexible than them. Just to get close and take a look, a group of them fell...

All the harassing Mongolian cavalry were killed.

And the fate of some of the tribes involved had to be completely rewritten.

Lu Zhou had no interest in these people who had thrived in the Hetao Plain for a long time.

If you want to establish a new country and a new order, you must thoroughly cleanse the Hetao area.

In the past, when the Central Plains army occupied this area, they also expelled the nomadic tribes.

But Lu Zhou now has a better way.

He probably used Lao Maozi's method to deal with one group, and the other group responded to Song Yingxing's call, and all of them were exiled from the Hetao Plain to Siberia to grow potatoes and rye.

This is a huge and boring project, but Lu Zhou is very satisfied with his handiwork.

The best way to completely dominate is to completely subvert something.

The Dragon and Tiger troops were fierce and clearing all obstacles along the way.

...

At this time, somewhere on the Ordos Plateau.

There is a campground.

This is a rare oasis in the desert, hidden in the deepest part of the plateau.

The Tumote tribe was dominant here during the Lindan Khan period, and even built Guihua City earlier.

Later, it was conquered by the Jiannu slaves. After several internal divisions, some tribesmen migrated to southern Liaoning, while others fled to the Ming Dynasty.

But it is still powerful now, with tens of thousands of people in total, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the clan.

Now their whole family has retreated to this plateau, hoping to seize the opportunity to seize Guihua City.

Moreover, the current camp cannot only be said to be one Tumut tribe, but many small tribes entrenched in four places are also united together.

At the rear of the camp, caravans continued to frantically transport grain, grass and iron supplies from the Ming Dynasty.

The entire camp is brightly lit day and night, and the sound of weapons being forged can be heard all the time, vowing to take back the Hetao Plain they once occupied from the hands of the Han people.

This was also the reason why the Tumut Department dared to challenge Lu Zhou.

The current leader of the Tumut tribe is also the commander-in-chief of the Qing army.

When Huang Taiji ascended the throne last year, he organized the Xitumut Department into two banners, the left and right banners, and established officials such as the capital commander, deputy capital commander, counselor, and assistant commander to govern each ministry.

At this time, Tutong Baltai's face was red and he said to a young Han man in front of him:

"Master Fan, I didn't expect that you eight businessmen would be so generous.

The people in the Ming Dynasty were starving to death, but they could still transport food and iron to support us.

This kindness...

Tumut will be your eight businessmen’s forever friends!”

Baltai's tone was full of admiration.

He also kept building relationships.

He knew that the eight major merchants had been doing business with the grasslands as official merchants since the early Ming Dynasty.

I didn't expect the background to be so deep.

In this wilderness, large quantities of supplies were magically transported in.

Could it be that there was no famine in the Ming Dynasty and the people were living a good life?

Looking at the young Han man in front of us, he is Fan Yunqing, the eldest son of the Fan family merchant.

This person is wearing a white robe and has a slightly pointed chin.

But his tone was very modest, and he said: "Baletai has already spoken about it.

The victims of the Ming Dynasty starved to death, and they deserved to die.

It would be fine as long as he died.

Ming Dynasty lacks everything except people.

There are always enough helpers on our farm.

There is always enough land to grow food.

If it hadn't been for the disaster last year, more food could have been shipped this year!"

Fan Yunqing spoke calmly, but at the end he talked about last year's disaster, with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Chief Baltai, these Han soldiers on the grassland have gone too far. Last year they even damaged my family's estates when they entered the Ming Dynasty.

If we let them completely occupy the Loop, we will no longer have room for trading, and our financial path will be completely cut off.

These people are all scum among the Han people.

We also hope that we will be unified and spare no effort to eradicate them!"

Fan Yunqing immediately urged.

Baltay patted his chest tightly: "They can't run away!"

Fan Yunqing nodded and said: "According to the intelligence, they only have more than 4,000 people.

There are many fortresses abandoned by the Ming army at the foot of the mountain, and our eight merchants have thousands of people to guard the caravan, and we also have firearms to support you!"

"It's so good, kill it!"

Baletai Dutong grinned, thinking that Mr. Fan was really a wonderful man.

But suddenly there was only a loud noise.

boom!

In the distant night sky, a tongue of fire suddenly appeared, lighting up the darkness.

Then there was a burst of violent shouting, and the overturned tent burst into flames.

Those who were hit by the shells were already in shape, and those who had no time to escape were also shrouded in flames.

His whole body was on fire, rolling on the ground, causing him unbearable pain.

When Dutong Baltai and Fan Yunqing ran out to investigate, they saw more flames lighting up in the darkness in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, shells continued to fall into the camp.

Screams, howls...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The sirens of the Tumut tribe seemed pale and feeble amid the artillery fire.

And it has to be said that using artillery to bombard these primitive camp-style tribes is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

"How come...it's impossible to reach here so quickly! Where are the forts around?!"

Fan Yunqing's face turned pale. He ventured out of seclusion just to urge him. After tonight, he would return to the manor to enjoy life.

But the artillery hitting here proves that all surrounding warnings have been resolved.

"Captain Baltay, you must hold on and drive these people back down! Kill them!"

Fan Yunqing urged, while looking for guards to prepare horses, hoping to escape back to the pass as soon as possible.

The calm look just now is completely gone.

"Master Fan, don't worry!"

Baltai was not afraid of death, so he personally mounted his war horse and led the crowd to charge in the dark direction.

There were many Mongolian cavalry who were also not afraid of death. After putting on their armor, they all carried their swords and bows and rushed towards the direction of the flames without hesitation.

...

At this time, the camp of the Dragon and Tiger Army.

Lu Zhou was in the carriage listening to the sound of cannons outside. There were too many mosquitoes on the grassland at night, so he didn't bother to run out if there was no need.

At this time, a sergeant reported:

"Lord, Tumut's camp has been locked down and can be covered by artillery fire."

Lu Zhou just nodded.

Looking at the night outside, he said again: "After tracking and observing for so many days, this night is not bad.
To be continued...