"Come on, everyone gathered up and blocked the gap between the stones with their shields, and don't worry about the mules and horses!" Amba shouted loudly, untied the shield from his coat back and blocked him.

More than 30 people gathered around Amba, all of whom were crossing Suifenhe. As for the other side of the river, Amba was helpless. After arranging the soldiers, he ran two steps with his shield and pulled his horse. This was the only war horse in the team. Amba said to the armored soldiers beside him: "You ride on the horse, rush out, and show the arrow to the master of the Haita, and he will come back to save us."

As he said that, Amba took off the iron armor on his body and covered the armored soldiers. He tied a shield behind him. Arba turned over his horse and ran along the road between the dense forests. Amba watched Arba rush through the most dangerous area and was happy, but when he heard a whistle coming from the forest, the forest by the river suddenly became quiet, no arrows shot, and no one attacked the armored soldiers who reported the news. Amba's face became gloomy. He felt that he was fooled. Qi Lie was charming and he wanted to surround and attack the armored soldiers!

"No, I can't harm the brothers of the Sea Tower and the Blue Flag!" Amba warned himself in his heart. He immediately pulled three tall and thin armored soldiers and let them spread out to report the news, but the three of them jumped out of the rocky area less than a hundred steps and were shot into hedgehog by feather arrows!

A day later, Haita brought everyone to the banks of Suifen River. After getting the armor-piercing arrow from the messenger, Haita put away his charming contempt for Qilie. He recalled the charming story of Qilie told by his father. In the eyes of the older generation, those dirty barbarians were born with bears and wolves. They started to shoot pheasants with soft bows at the age of four or five. When they grew up, they became excellent hunters. The only thing that restricted their combat effectiveness was equipment and organizational ability. A Qilie equipped with armor-piercing arrows was charming and using jail arrows. The flint arrows were completely different creatures.

Five miles near Suifenhe, Haita ordered everyone to dismount and place the white armored soldiers at the outermost point. The armored soldiers were divided into two teams and formed two circular formations. They used shields and bodies with two layers of armor as barriers to protect the archers and cavalry in the middle. Two hundred people dismounted and walked on foot to advance, responding to the raids from the dense forests on both sides of the road at any time.

Haita wanted to move forward quickly and rescue Amba from danger, but he knew very well that once his formation was destroyed, he would be attacked. Those charming and revengeful hearts were very sure that if they kept chasing them, perhaps no one could return to Ningguta alive.

Whoosh swish swish swish!

Scattered arrows kept shooting out from the dense forests on both sides. The shields of the white-armored soldiers on the outermost side were filled with arrows, like thatched, but there were not much casualties. After all, Qi Lie was still using their own bows and could not exert enough power.

A gust of wind blew from the low bushes beside him. Haita raised his head and sniffed it. He felt that he smelled a stinking smell, not the sour smell of the soldiers around him, nor the rotten stinking of the corpse, nor the smell of feces. The burning stinking smell seemed to be caused by the burning of the fuse.

Haita's heart suddenly became nervous and beating quickly. He had heard his heartbeat. Just as he was hesitating whether to order someone to go out for investigation, a whistle suddenly sounded from the bushes fifty steps away, and dozens of golden and blue-eyed men suddenly jumped up from the ground. Under the command of a man wearing a triangle hat, the grenade in his hand was flat and a volley shot was directly fired!

Bang bang bang bang!

A burst of smoke enveloped the bush, fifty leads flew out and bombarded the white-armored soldier's shield. The leads torn the cowhide shield, iron leaf armor and chain mail, and the violently deformed lead bullet drilled into the soft torso of the armored soldier, tearing away the muscles, smashing the internal organs, and turning into a bloody arrow and squirting out from the back.

In a round of volleys, at least fifteen people in the first round formation were knocked down, most of which died on the spot, only the bodies fell to the ground like rag pockets, splashing a bunch of dust, and several people were hit on the limbs, covering the white bones on the broken limbs and howling.

Haita had the honor to avoid this round of lead bullets. When he directed the archers to counterattack, the strange-looking mezzanines fled into the woods behind him. At this time, a low horn sounded, and countless arrows shot from the woods on the other side, followed by messy footsteps and various strange screams. Haita saw hundreds of people coming out of the dense forest, all of which were charming. They were wearing animal skins of various colors, some with bananas, some with braids like themselves, with green faces and fangs, constantly making strange screams.

Haita was surprised to see that these people were quite organized in their actions. Nearly a hundred archers were on both sides. The arrows on the wooden bows shone with orchid light, while the people in the middle all held eight-foot-long spears. The spear was made of oak or pine, but the spear was not the flint and bones commonly used by Qili, but the spear was made of fine iron. There was a spear nearly two feet in the front protected by the iron tube.

These Qilie are charming and not busy attacking. They seem to be surrounding their own side. Haita absolutely does not allow such things to survive. No matter what, he cannot be attacked from both sides. He immediately shouted: "Stop them, the armored soldiers follow me into the forest and kill those bird gunmen. They have already fought for a round and have not yet loaded the medicine. If they rush forward, they will die if they don't rush!"

Haita handed most of the soldiers under his command to his deputy, and he led the armored soldiers from the round formation behind him into the jungle. The strange gunmen in the forest were running away, but their escape route was not straight. They were obviously bypassing some traps. Haita was keen to appear, and the trees were linked by branches and ropes to prevent people from rushing directly.

The white-armored soldiers killed several Spanish musketeers who had no time to escape with bows and arrows, but were stopped by traps and fortifications. The sharp whistle sounded again. The sea tower appeared through dense tree trunks, and a team of soldiers who also held bird guns were coming in line, and stopped a hundred steps away from him. The pair of soldiers were fifty. The strange-looking guys ran behind them, stood behind them and started to recharge their medicine.

Outside the dense forest, the attacked blue flag changed its formation under the command of Zhang Jing. The armored soldiers and cavalrymen holding shields were outside, protecting the archers inside, slowly retreating, preparing to retreat into the jungle where the sea tower had cleared. However, the sound of muskets came from behind, which made everyone feel bad. At this moment, Zhang Jing saw a man wearing iron armor, and he still remembered that this man was Ba Hai.

After a moment of confrontation, Ba Hai ordered the soldiers under his command to attack. The Qi Liemi soldiers holding spears rely on their number advantages to directly attack the formation of the blue flag. Some people even threw the spears and other weapons on their bodies, and then flew into the array of the blue flags. This simple formation was like a small boat in the waves, rising and falling under the rapid impact. Hundreds of people fought together, and everyone waved the weapons in their hands and fought hard.

It was not until Li Mingxun came out of the jungle with a medley and fired a volley in the sky that the soldiers of the Blue Flag of Inlaid stopped resisting. Before that, all the officers were dead, and less than eighty soldiers of the Blue Flag of Inlaid were able to stand up.

Tent at the three fork.

Ba Hai took the wooden plate from his wife, and there was a plate of cut meat and a plate of salt. He solemnly walked to Li Mingxun, bent down and placed it in front of Li Mingxun, and said solemnly: "Thanks to you this time, we defeated the Manchus. This was a brilliant victory and a charming victory for Qili in the past fifty years."

Li Mingxun smiled slightly, slapped the pork chop, dipped it in salt, stuffed it into his mouth, and enjoyed the deliciousness brought by victory.

This was not the first time he felt Bahai's kindness. In the distribution of post-war spoils, Li Mingxun had already felt Bahai's respect and expectations for himself. All the flags, armor, war horses, captives and heads returned to Tenglong Trading Company. The minks and ginseng and antlers collected by Haita from Pulu Township also belonged to Tenglong Trading Company. Bahai only had weapons with blue flags, bows and arrows and some pack horses, as well as pre-order cloth, salt and iron tools from Li Mingxun.

Li Mingxun knew very well that Ba Hai did this not only because he helped him win and saved the disaster of Uzara tribe, but also because Ba Hai hoped to get his own protection and assistance to resist the future revenge of the Qing Dynasty.

Ba Hai was nervous. Li Mingxun came on a boat and dake patted his butt and left, while Ulaza tribe was born and raised. Do you have to use the lives of the entire clan to endure the anger of the Manchus?

"Mr. Li, what are you going to do next?" Ba Hai asked tentatively.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "Bahai, my friend, you should ask what we should do next!"

"We?" Ba Hai's voice trembled a little. He accidentally expressed his inner thoughts and asked: "What do you mean... the Ming Dynasty is willing to protect us, Qilie, and is charming?"

Li Mingxun shook his head: "Bahai, power is in his own hands. The best way to be safe in the tribe is to be strong. I mean, your tribe and Tenglong Trading Company are watching over and helping each other and resisting the Qing Dynasty together!"

"Okay, Lord Li, then what should we do next?" Ba Hai asked.

Li Mingxun pointed to the rolling Suifenhe and said, "You take your tribe down the river. At the entrance of the sea, there is my port and a fortress under construction. It is surrounded by mountains and seas, and there are enough hunting grounds to fish in the rivers and coastal areas. There is the salt I give you, and you can store food for a winter."

"What about the Qing Dynasty? What should they do if their army comes to fight? Do you hide in your castle?" Ba Hai asked.

Li Mingxun smiled, "Bahai, it's August now. Do you think Ningguta will send troops? You have to know that it will take at least three months to go back to report the news, gather troops, and the troops will move in here. It will snow within two months. No matter how angry the Angbang Zhangjing of Ningguta is, he will choose Maodong and talk about it again next spring. Moreover, my friend, the heavy snow falls, no trace will be left, and the Qing people will only think that the Koreans attacked them. When they figure it out, they don't know when it will be."

"I will come back in the spring next year. Even if Ningguta sends troops, I will stand with you!" Li Mingxun patted Bahai on the shoulder and said seriously.

Bahai nodded slightly. At least until May next year, Uzara's tribe was safe. He suddenly asked, "Mr. Li, what are you going to do now? Do you leave with the spoils?"

Li Mingxun smiled: "Bahai, I am a businessman. I came for trade, not for war. While it was not frozen yet, I would go to Xingkai Lake to trade. As a Korean, there was a wooden city built by the Qing people and the tributes that had not been collected yet. It was a treasure land for me."

Two days later, Li Mingxun asked Gao Feng to take the wounded, prisoners and captured things to Vladivostok with the help of the Uzara tribe, while he led 100 elite soldiers and 30 mules and horses full of merchant goods to Xingkai Lake north.

Under the leadership of the Uzara tribe, Li Mingxun traveled through the wild jungle. Now he went north to Lefuhe and came directly to Xingkai Lake. He occupied the wooden city of the Qing Dynasty in a dignified manner, raised the banner of the Tenglong Trading Company, and placed the Qing people in it into bags of salt, bundles of cloth, various scissors, iron pots and other goods at the entrance of the wooden city, and started trade with the tribes around Xingkai Lake.

Lee Mingxun only asked sailors who could speak Minnan to participate in the transaction. In order to disguise themselves as Koreans, he asked all sailors to add the suffix of "Simida" after saying a sentence. Although he knew that the sooner or later, Lee Mingxun was still happy.

Fortunately, the two guides sent by Bahai were able to speak Chinese. With their assistance, the trade went very smoothly. In one and a half months, the goods in the cargo holds of the Tiger Shark and Yongjin were replaced with fur, ginseng, golden sand, deer whip and deer antler. There were twelve Qilimi tribes around Xingkai Lake. The fur in their hands was limited after all, but their demand for salt, iron and cloth was indeed unlimited. Therefore, Li Mingxun appropriately opened up the trade scope, and fungus, pine nuts, amber, and pine resin became the targets of trade. Anyway, both ships needed ballasts, so the more they were better.

In the later period, Li Mingxun used people as goods. Of course, he would not promote slave trading like Western colonists in Africa, but instead hired warriors from various tribes to serve as soldiers. This was very common in the East China Sea Jurchens. Aisin Gioro relied on being a mercenary for the Ming Dynasty, and the cold climate made it impossible for all tribes to feed enough people. Although Li Mingxun set employment standards with silver, the Qilimi warriors who accepted the employment insisted on using goods as exhaustion. Fifty kilograms of salt were enough to hire a Qili charming person to follow Li Mingxun to the distant Taiwan.
Chapter completed!