Ye Chong pondered for a moment, from the bottom of his heart, Ye Chong didn't want to save Zhang Zuolin, a serious concern. It was true that Zhang Zuolin valued love and friendship, otherwise he would not have been loyal to death without Zhang Zuoling. But Zhang Zuolin also had ambitions and was good at taking advantage of the current situation. Once Zhang Zuolin was rescued, it would be a disaster for him to raise a tiger.

However, Tao Ketao was already alert. If he could not destroy Tao Ketao with one move, it would be a great disaster in the future. If he could not destroy Tao Ketao and quell the bandits from Tongliao to Taonan, this place for horse breeding could not be built. It would be really difficult for both parties to make a difficult situation. Forget it, now his status is higher than that of Zhang Zuolin, more money than Zhang Zuolin, and stronger soldiers. If Zhang Zuolin comes from behind in this situation, he will not be as capable as him. It would be better to suppress Tao Ketao first.

"How many people are Tao Ketao?" Ye Chong asked Zhang Zuoxiang.

"When my brother was surrounded, there were more than 4,500 people. After several battles, it should not exceed 4,000." Zhang Zuoxiang replied.

"Okay, Ma Guanlai, you will take 500 people to chase Baiyindalai, you will see people in your life, and die in your body." Ye Chong told Ma Zhanshan. Baiyindalai had not yet gained a foothold in Tongliao City, and was driven away by Ye Chong's follow-up troops. There were only more than a hundred remaining soldiers, and it was more than enough to give Ma Zhanshan 500 people.

"I obey the order!" Ma Zhanshan bowed.

"Brother Zan Yao, Hou Chun, and other leaders, follow me to rescue Zhang Tonglai!" Ye Chong said again: "Brother Fu Chen, let's take the horse and lead the way."

"Thank you, Commander!" Zhang Zuoxiang knocked to the ground before standing up and quickly got on his horse.

After a whole day of fierce battle, Zhang Zuolin's subordinates repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, but the alive side also suffered heavy casualties. At this time, more than 2,500 people were left, and at this time, there was only less than 700 left in the army. The losses of the troops were secondary, and what was even more serious was that there was no ammunition left.

There was only one bullet left in Zhang Zuolin's rifle, and this bullet was left for himself.

The trumpet of the Mongols' charge sounded again.

Zhang Zuolin sighed: "It seems that God is going to destroy me, Zhang Zuolin. Madam, Niuzi, you have to rely on yourself for your future life." After that, Zhang Zuolin pointed the mouth of the rifle at his head.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Tang Yulin beat Zhang Zuolin's rifle, "Don't be discouraged, let's rush out."

Zhang Zuolin shook his head: "Brothers are tired and have no water in such cold weather. Even if the bandits give way, we can't run far. Master, if you still have the strength, please take your brothers and try it. I can't run anymore."

"Brother," Tang Yulin was about to say something, but the sound of hooves in the distance rushed towards this side. Tao Ke and Tao troops, who were trying to charge here, had a stir and the formation became scattered.

"Brother, we have saved it, we have rescued it, Fu Chen has brought the rescue troops here." Tang Yulin shouted.

Zhang Zuolin also came back to his senses and said ecstaticly: "Brothers, hold on to this last move, our reinforcements are here!"

Gegen and several thousand people were attacking Zhang Zuolin in full swing. He never thought that Ye Chong, a large group of cavalry, would suddenly appear behind him. Before he could change the formation, the cavalry behind him had already covered him and killed him.

"Retreat!" Seeing that the situation was unsuccessful, Tao Ketao ordered unwillingly. "Retreat into the mountain."

Due to Tao Ketao's decisiveness, nearly 2,000 people were taken away, and the others were killed and dispersed.

"Chase!"

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Ye Chong led people to chase Tao Ketao overnight, but Tao Ketao was an indigenous person in this area. He left more than 300 people behind and disappeared in the Soren Mountains. I don’t know which corner he entered.

A day later, when Zhang Zuolin's men recovered, Wu Junsheng also brought several battalions of troops to seize the merits. In addition, Ma Zhanshan captured Bai Yin's daughter and returned home. With the help of Ma Zhanshan, he conducted a net-style search of the Soren Mountains and finally found Tao Ketao's footprints two days later.

After a fierce battle, Tao Ketao was defeated, and the bandit entrenched in this area was also suppressed.

The overall situation has been decided, and Ye re-sented Sun Liechen and Wang Houchun to lead their troops to pursue Tao Ketao relentlessly. Zhang Zuolin and Wu Junsheng also joined the pursuit troops.

Ye Chong took Ma Zhanshan, and Liu Wenxiang and Liu Baoliang's third camps occupied Tongliao.

"Mr. Commander, this time I captured more than 7,000 strong horses. Why would you sell two thousand horses? "The merchant who pursued Tao Ketao and Yu Wendou naturally didn't have to go, so he followed Ye Chong to Tongliao. Originally, Yu Wendou was transporting a batch of materials to Wu Junsheng and had just bumped into these days. Fengtian's transportation capacity was short of Yu Wendou, how could this big merchant, not know how, so he spoke to Ye Chong.

"Mr. Yu had two thousand horses at the beginning of his mouth, which was such a big deal." Ye Chong laughed and said, "I plan to build a horse farming place here, and also share some for Zhang Guandai and Wu Guandai. I can't provide Mr. Yu with so many, how about 500 horses?"

"Thank you, sir." Yu Wendou's eyes lit up when he heard Ye Chong want to build a horse farm in Tongliao, "Build a horse farm, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir

Ye Xintou said: "I have worked hard to drive away Baiyindalai and Tao Ketao, so I will naturally have to gain a foothold here. Otherwise, if I have another Blackyindalai and Mark Tao in the future, wouldn't I have to waste my skills?"

"Sir, I'm a fun person." Yu Wendou laughed and said, "If this place can really stabilize, it will be a great business opportunity for our Fengtian business community. But..."

Ye Chong laughed when he heard Yu Wendou's words: "Mr. Yu said, don't keep it a secret, it's okay to just say it."

"Then I'll just say it." Yu Wendou bowed and said, "It's just that when necessary, the lord must send troops to protect the past businessmen."

Ye Chong said: "This is not a problem. Since I occupied this place, the bandits who made small fuss will naturally not tolerate them. They will either be incorporated or wiped out by me. However, the merchants regarded Tongliao as a transit station for dumping grasslands such as foreign fire, cotton cloth, and white sugar, and made great profits. The officers and soldiers below did so much work, and they beat them to death. Past merchants also had to appropriately charge taxes to maintain public security here on a daily basis. Of course, the taxes will not be too high, which is lower than the current Lijin in the three eastern provinces."

Yu Wendou also said: "A large number of merchants are gathered in Tongliao, and there will inevitably be many merchants passing by. Can you please give some land to the CCB houses for those merchants to live in?"

"Yes, but land also needs to collect money." Ye Chong touched his chin and said. Ye Chong's memory of the vigorous real estate industry several years later was still fresh in his memory, so he naturally would not miss an opportunity to make money like this.

Yu Wendou laughed and said, "It is really a big loss for my business generation if you don't want to be a businessman."

Ye Chong said curiously: "Mr. Yu seems to be very confident in Tongliao City?"

"Actually, I have confidence in you. From Niujiaao to Liaozhong County, especially Taonan Prefecture City, you can quell the bandits in such a short time and quickly stabilize the situation in Taonan Prefecture City. Today, Taonan Prefecture City not only has a significant reduction in bandits, but also has a prosperous momentum. Therefore, I am very optimistic about Tongliao City." Yu Wendou said: "I have been delayed on the grassland for a few days, and I am going to return. I wish you a successful bandit suppression and a prosperous official career."

"Mr. Yu's auspicious words are coming, so it's easy to leave." Ye Chong stood up and sent Yu Wendou, and then the cavalry and horses found Ma Zhanshan.

"Master Commander!" Ma Zhanshan quickly bowed.

"How was the Mongolian people in Tongliao pacified?" Ye Chong immediately bowed and asked.

"According to the instructions of the adults, choose the slightly famous Meng people to inform them everywhere to protect their ranch and private property. It turns out that the escaped Meng people have not returned in the past two days, but after the news disperses, the number of people will increase." Ma Zhanshan said: "By the way, I have something to give my subordinates some advice to the adults."

"You said." Ye said seriously.

"Most Mongolian bandits occupied Mongolian people's pastures because of the Qing Dynasty's immigration plan. They became bandits when they lived in poverty and did not have enough food to be covered. Adults can issue an order to return the ranch and those who handed over the firearms can be exempted from their previous sins and re-entered for the people." Ma Zhanshan tried.

"Good idea. Whether Mongolian or Han people, as long as they have hope of life, most people are still unwilling to take risks." Ye nodded and praised the authenticity. The Qing Dynasty signed a series of unequal treaties with the great powers, and made large sums of compensation every year, and trained new troops. The financial difficulties were extremely difficult. The land annexed within the pass was serious, and a large number of farmers lost their land. He thought that Mongolia was vast and sparsely populated, so he organized to come to the grassland to reclaim grassland. He had a conflict with the local herders. The herders on the grassland were also seriously exploited by the nobles, and the pastures were occupied, so the interests inevitably conflicted with the Qing Dynasty's policies.

As a result, not only was it not cultivated, but the uprisings of the poor in Mongolia also started one after another, and bandits were rampant.

"For those stubborn bandits, those who inform them of their whereabouts can be rewarded. Both gold and silver and pastures can be used." Ye Chong added: "You are most familiar with this area. You will leave the option to calm the bandits."

"Yes, sir." Ma Zhanshan nodded and said, "I promised to eliminate the remaining bandits within one month."

"Well, it's good to have this determination." Ye pointed at the head: "By the way, have you raised a horse before?"

Ma Zhanshan recalled: "When I was a child, my family was poor, and my family was often affected by disasters. After paying taxes, I couldn't eat after I was hungry. So I went to a landlord's house on the Mongolian border to raise horses for him, earning some copper coins to support the family. It was not because my subordinates boasted that the horses raised by my subordinates were fat and healthy, and could be sold at a good price."
Chapter completed!