Fengzhou River is the area of ​​Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia. It is located in the north by Daqing Mountain, Shaling Mountain in the south, Manhan Mountain in the east, and along the Baotou Yellow River in the west, and is a plain formed by the alluvialization of the Yellow River in the old Yellow River. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with many rivers and lakes in the area, abundant water and grass, and lush forests.

"Chile River, under the Yin Mountains, the sky is like a dome, covering all the fields. The sky is vast and the fields are vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep."

I believe everyone is familiar with this song "Chi Le Song". It describes Fengzhou Sichuan, which shows the richness and beauty of this place. As early as the pre-Qin period, King Wuling of Zhao defeated the two Hu tribes of Lin Hu and Loufan, who were grazing here, and established Yunzhong County. In the following dynasties, the Han people and Hu people were like tug-of-war, and they went forward and retreated, and occupied Fengzhou Sichuan in different periods.

By the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, drove the remnant Yuan forces to the north of Yinshan Mountain, completely occupied the southern part of the desert, and set up more than 40 garrisons to guard the southern part of the desert. However, during the Yongle period, the Wastu people began to become stronger, and the defense line of the Ming army was constantly compressed. After the "Tumu Fort Incident", the Ming Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was also captured by the Wastu people. The Ming army had to give up the Hetao Plain and Fengzhou River, withdraw from the Great Wall to defend, and establish a nine-sided important town.

Later, the Grand Tutor of Wassar died first, and the Wassar was then divided into pieces. The Tatars in the Eastern Mongolian rose rapidly and occupied Hetao and Fengzhou Sichuan. Now the Tatar Tumot tribe is stationed in Fengzhou Sichuan, and the leader is Altan.

Let’s talk about Fengzhouchuan not far from Youyu County. After leaving the blockade from the Shahukou, you can reach it about 300 miles northwest.

There are two larger rivers in Fengzhou River, one is called Daheihe and the other is called Xiaoheihe. Altan drew a piece of land near Xiaoheihe for Zhao Quan. This land is fertile and fertile, suitable for grazing and farming.

Speaking of the end of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, about four years ago, Zhao Quan left Heitai Mountain with dozens of young and strong men in the mountain village and decided to follow Altan to Fengzhouchuan.

After obtaining the land assigned by Altan, Zhao Quan immediately began to build a house here, build Bansheng City, and open up land and farm. In order to obtain sufficient labor, Zhao Quan could be said to be omnipotent, coaxing, seducing, and robbing... Anyway, all the methods that can be used have been used. After nearly four years of development, there are more than 20,000 permanent Han people in Bansheng City, and every year they can provide the Tatars with a large amount of rice, as well as cloth, tea, utensils, etc.

Therefore, Zhao Quan made an indelible contribution to Altan's Tumot tribe's development of such rapid development.

Bansheng means houses in Tatar language. Bansheng City is a town with houses. That's right, it's a town. Because Bansheng City has no city walls, it's similar to ordinary small towns to live in, it can't be considered a city.

Why didn’t Zhao Quan build a wall for Bansheng City?

First of all, it is because the manpower and material resources were consumed in building the city walls, and the newly built Bansheng City could not afford to consume at all. Altan would not allow Zhao Quan to waste his labor and time on it. With this time and labor, it would be better to open up more land and produce more food and materials.

Secondly, the Tatars were used to living by water and grass, and horses were lying on their backs, coming and going like the wind. In their opinion, offense was the best defense, and only pigs and sheep would build stupid fences to wrap themselves in it, so there was no need to build a city wall.

In addition, since the battle against Yongle, the Ming Dynasty was basically on the defensive in the battle with the northern nomadic peoples. The Ming army always hid behind the Great Wall and never dared to take a step forward, let alone take the initiative to attack. Therefore, the Tatars believed that it was not necessary to build the city wall at all.

At this moment, in the city lord's mansion in Bansheng City, Zhao Quan, Li Zixin, Qiu Fu, and Sun Cai, all of the White Lotus Sect were here. Zhao Quan was holding a secret letter in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Xu Jin was ordered to patrol the border, and now he is in Datong."

The White Lotus Sect has many disciples in the border army, so the news that Xu Jin was ordered to patrol the border has been delivered to Zhao Quan at this moment.

Qiu Fu suddenly looked fierce and said, "This dog official has come to Datong. It's just that there is a way in heaven and you don't go, and there is no way to go in hell. Senior brother, why don't we take this opportunity to kill this dog official and avenge the dead brothers."

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Zhao Quan's eyes. When he was in trouble in Shandong, Xu Jin broke the plan, and his soldiers and generals were severely injured. The power he had finally accumulated over the years was gone. Finally, he fled back to Shanxi like a dog that was a broken family. As a result, Shanxi's nest was uprooted by officers and soldiers. His master Lu Mingzhen was killed. In addition, Zhao Quan hated Xu Jin to the core.

Of course, Qiu Fu also hated Xu Jin very much because he regarded his brother Qiu Gui's death as Xu Jin's head. In fact, the poison of the "Huangquan Umbrella" in Qiu Gui was actually Zhao Quan threw it into trouble. In order to silence him, Zhao Quan poisoned all the arrested White Lotus Sect members in the county jail.

Zhao Quan pondered for a moment and said, "I want to go to Datong in person. Uncle Master, I will temporarily give it to you to preside over here."

Li Zixin stroked her long beard and smiled, "It's okay, but don't take it lightly, so Xu Jin has many guards around him, so it's not easy to kill him."

Zhao Quan said confidently: "Just act according to the opportunity!"

At that moment, Zhao Quan took Qiu Fu and Sun Cai to leave Bansheng City with horses, and ran on the grassland for about half an hour, and finally arrived at Altan Khan's handsome tent.

The Tatars did not live in houses, they all lived in yurts. When they moved, they could just put the yurts in a car and transport them away, which was very convenient.

Zhao Quan met Altan in the coach's tent and truthfully explained his intention to assassinate Xu Jin. Xu Jin was so famous in the Ming Dynasty that Altan naturally heard of it. If this person could be removed, the Ming Dynasty would lose a pillar of talent and he would lose a strong opponent in the future. So Altan happily agreed to Zhao Quan's request and handed over the best archer under the tent to Zhao Quan to assist him in assassinating Xu Jin.

Zhao Quan couldn't help but be overjoyed. This guy named Timuer is one of the best sharpshooters on the grassland. His arm strength is quite terrible. He can pull out the five stone bow and hit every shot. If he is a hundred steps away, Zhao Quan asked himself that if he faces Timuer, he would be dead.

"Xu Jin, you're dead this time!" Zhao Quan was excited in his heart, and led Tiemur, Qiu Fu and Sun Cai to leave Altan's tent, then rode his horse south and headed straight for the direction of the Great Wall.

Just as Zhao Quan was rushing straight to Dada with murderous aura, Xu Jin was also meticulously inspecting passes in Datong Prefecture, while Qi Jingtong and Xie Erjian were preparing to raid Fengzhouchuan and capture and kill the remnants of the white lotus in Zhao Quan and others.
Chapter completed!