The sky is vast and the sky is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep ~

On the endless grassland, the blue sky and white clouds, the dense grass grows wantonly under the hot sun, a small river meanders and flows, and on the green land in the distance, white tents are dotted on the grassland like white clouds.

"It's really cheap~"

Standing on a hill on horseback, Liu Jin couldn't help but want to slap himself.

blamed himself for saying what kind of pilot he was doing, but the result was good, and he was caught by Emperor Hongzhi and sent Liu Jin directly to the grassland, so that Liu Jin could discuss the matter of annexation with several tribes who were interested in belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

The beautiful scenery of the grassland in front of him, Liu Jinna was not in the mood to appreciate it at all.

It's summer, and the summer in the northern hemisphere, whether it's Qiongzhou and Ryukyu in the south, or the grasslands in the north are very hot, and there is no coolness in autumn and winter.

What's more, this time he went to the grassland, Liu Jin went to the grassland with a mission, not to travel and relax on the grassland.

"Isn't it fragrant to eat chilled watermelon milk babies at home?"

"I have to come out and suffer this sin~"

Liu Jin shook his head helplessly.

There are really no human rights.

He had just returned from an expedition to the Wa Kingdom not long ago, and now he was going to the grassland tribe again, and Emperor Hongzhi was really a qualified boss, and he squeezed the value of his employees to the extreme.

Complaining is complaining, and life still has to go on.

"It's good, I just have the opportunity to taste the authentic grassland roasted whole sheep~"

Liu Jin can only comfort himself like this.

"I didn't expect the grassland to be so beautiful~"

Liu Jin's side, Wang Shouren was enjoying the scenery of the grassland with great interest.

Unlike Liu Jin, he took the initiative to ask for his life, he had never been to the grassland, he really wanted to go to the grassland to see, see the scenery of the grassland, see the life of the grassland people, and find out if the grassland people are really the same as Liu Jin said.

"What's so beautiful now, I really want to see the scenery, let's come back in autumn."

"At that time, it was cool, and the cattle and sheep were very fat, which was definitely a good reality for traveling to the grassland.

Liu Jin was very good at sweeping people's interest, and after speaking, he rode a horse and continued to move forward.

Behind Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, there was an army of 5,000 people, all of whom were students of the Ming Imperial Military Academy, all of whom rode horses, carried muskets on their backs, wore armor on their bodies, and pinned the sabers made by the Miyun Iron Factory on their waists, which could be said to be armed to the teeth.

Liu Jin's line did not go to negotiate with these grassland tribes, but directly to convey the orders of the Ming Emperor, these Tatar tribes, if they obey orders, it is naturally the best, if they do not obey orders, then directly fight until they obey orders.

It's so simple, with a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, by the way, it is also these recruit eggs of the Ming Royal Military Academy.

In the last expedition to the Wa Kingdom, these students of the Ming Imperial Military Academy performed quite well, and they were also rewarded by Emperor Hongzhi.

In addition, a large amount of compensation was obtained, and with a wave of his hand, the Ming Imperial Military Academy continued to expand, and the second batch of cadets recruited 30,000 people.

In addition, it has also carried out detailed divisions, including special cavalry courses, sailor courses, artillery courses, infantry courses, etc., which have been carefully divided and specially trained.

The cavalry of 5,000 people, the armor shining in the sunlight, the military formation was very neat and strict, like a steel boom in the leadership of Liu Jin and Wang Shouren.

Behind the army were huge caravans, basically from the major textile factories in the Beijing-Tianjin region, and these caravans carried four-wheeled carriages, which were loaded with salt, tea, iron pots and other popular commodities on the grassland.

They are all ready to come to the grassland to do business, ready to use these things in exchange for wool that everyone is in short supply, the textile mills in Beijing and Tianjin are about to die, and if there are no raw materials, everyone will be doomed.

Therefore, well-informed people immediately followed Liu Jin and Wang Shouren to the grassland.

In the past, when doing business with the grassland people, it was basically monopolized by the Shanxi people, which is also the reason why the famous Jin merchants were born at the end of the Ming Dynasty in history.

These Jin merchants, in fact, made their fortunes by doing business with the grassland people, and later there were eight major Jin merchant families who collaborated with the enemy and treason, and they became imperial merchants when they were concealed.

For this situation, Liu Jin naturally wants to break it.

After the grassland is included in the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Beizhili, and Liaodong can all contact with the grassland, and the grassland people can do business, and a hundred schools of thought will contend, so it will be better.

So it's a good thing that someone follows him to the steppe to buy wool.

The mighty procession continued to advance on the grassland, and there is no doubt that it would soon be known to the people of the grassland. Seek the magic TXT

The Naiban tribe is a relatively powerful tribe among the original Tatar tribes, and it is also the closest tribe to the Ming Dynasty.

Last year, the Naiban tribe was also the tribe that most actively followed the little Tatar prince to the south, and almost all the young men of the entire Naiban tribe followed the little Tatar prince southward, and as a result, the whole army was wiped out, and the entire Naiban tribe was severely damaged and its vitality was greatly damaged.

Because Dayan Khan died in the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar tribes were leaderless, and each tribe wanted to compete for the right to rule the Tatar tribes, but no one obeyed each other, and the entire Tatar tribes became a plate of scattered sand.

The Naiban Tribe, a powerful tribe in the past, has now become the target of bullying and competition by other tribes around it, which makes the Naiban tribe very aggrieved and unwilling.

In the past, these surrounding tribes were far inferior to the Naiman tribe, but now there are no young people in the Naiman tribe, only old and weak women and children, like a piece of fat, who wants to annex the Naiman tribe.

So the leader of the barbarian tribe, Battle, wanted to belong to the Ming Dynasty and use the Ming as a backer in order to get a chance to breathe, and after more than ten years, the children of the tribe grew up, they were still barbarians or barbarians, and they were still powerful eagles on the grassland, and they didn't have to be afraid of other tribes at all.

By a river with fertile water and grass, Battle rode a tall horse and stood on the top of the hillside looking at the white tents below, his old eyes were very cloudy, and his whole face was full of sorrow.

Defecting to the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to do it, there is no choice.

He was still very worried in his heart, worried about whether Daming would accept his dependence, and whether he would make any demands on himself.

Daming is too powerful, last year actually wiped out more than 100,000 grassland troops in one fell swoop, when the news came back to the grassland, the entire grassland was in mourning, every household had crying women and children and weeping white-haired old men.

The Ming Dynasty, who was slaughtered by the previous people, turned into a demon overnight, became a devil, and killed the grassland army in disbelief.

To this day, it is difficult for Battle to accept this.

His three sons, who led the army of the Nabarian tribe to follow Dayan Khan, never returned, and he would stand on this hill every day and look south, looking forward to his son's return.

"Alas~"

Battle sighed, never felt like life had been so hard.

Although the water and grass are abundant now, and the cattle and sheep are flocked, although it is the height of summer, there is no need to worry about the snow in the cold winter, but looking at the grassland below, there are not a few adult strong men, some are women, children and the elderly, and the sorrow on his face will never be dissolved.

"Bear with me, wait, wait until these young eagles grow up and become eagles soaring in the sky, and we can become strong again~"

Finally, Battle's eyes looked at the children frolicking on the prairie, wrestling, playing, carefree, the hope and future of the barbarians.

"Newspaper~"

At this time, a fast horse came from a distance in a hurry, and before it arrived, it immediately shouted out in a hurry.

"Leader, Da Ming sent someone over~"

"How many people came?"

When Battle heard this, he immediately came to his senses and hurriedly asked.

Attaching to Daming is a strategy he came up with, Daming's side has not given a positive response for a long time, and now Daming's side has finally sent someone over, and he must have come to discuss his barbarian tribe's annexation to Daming.

"Many, many, there are five thousand cavalry, and a large number of convoys~"

The messenger hurriedly reported.

"Five thousand cavalry?"

When Battle heard this, his whole face changed slightly, and he suddenly felt bad.

He has already found someone to inquire clearly, and he has also turned over some books, in history, the grassland people are attached to the Central Plains Dynasty, and the Central Plains Dynasty will basically treat them well.

Tribal leaders like Battle will generally be crowned kings, knights, and rewarded with a lot of things, and at the same time, they will also allow their tribe to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and they can exchange cattle and sheep for grain, salt, tea, ironware, etc., which can greatly promote the growth and development of the tribe.

This is also one of the important reasons why Battle chose to cling to Daming.

Because there are many benefits to relying on the Ming Dynasty, you can quickly restore your vitality and strength to the barbarians.

Generally speaking, there are not too many people sent by the Ming court, even if there are a few hundred people, who knows that this time, the people sent by the Ming Dynasty will have 5,000 cavalry.

He immediately felt that things were not good, I am afraid that this time Daming's conditions will be very harsh, and he is ready to start fighting if he can't get along.

If in the past, in the face of 5,000 Ming cavalry, he was a barbarian at all, and he could organize thousands of cavalry to come out casually.

But now it is different from the past, there are some old and weak women and children left in the barbarian department, and the young and middle-aged are almost dead, not to mention thousands of cavalry, even hundreds of cavalry have no way to take it out, facing five thousand Ming cavalry armed to the teeth.

What are they barbarians to resist?

Not to mention the barbarian department, the entire Tatar tribe combined is estimated to be difficult to reach these 5,000 Ming cavalry.