The group marched to the northeast, it was early spring, the grass showed its buds, the sheep greedily gnawed, made a cheerful bleating sound, the endless green grassland undulated like waves, and the long procession was like a ship on the sea, the eagle in the sky was circling, and the riders on the ground were singing, such a beautiful scenery, how could it not make people feel refreshed.

Zhang Shixing watched Tana slowly ride in the middle of the team with little Battle in her arms, her waist trembled slightly, showing the unique charm of a young woman, her face was filled with a sincere smile, she didn't look like she was lifeless in the palace, and felt that she was finally alive again, yes, forget all your troubles, abandon all disputes, and ride a horse and graze freely under the blue sky and white clouds, isn't it a way to live?

It's a pity that the sweet dream will wake up one day. After Tana and the others walked for more than ten days, a big city appeared on the grassland, which stood in front of them like a vicious tiger blocking the way, which was Daning City, the town of Saiwaixiong.

Daning City is outside the mouth of Xifeng, belongs to the land of ancient Huizhou, connects Liaozuo in the east, connects Xuanfu in the west, and is a giant town outside the Saiwai since ancient times. In the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387 AD), the imperial court set up the Daning Metropolitan Division here, commanding the ninety cities, and the following year it was changed to the Northern Parallel Division. Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, was a vassal here, and his subordinates had 80,000 armor and 6,000 leather carts, and the three guards of the Mongolian Department of Duoyan were all brave and good at fighting, and they were the strongest forces in the world.

Tana ordered her men to camp outside the city of Daning, and sent messengers to the city to report to the king of Ning and explain his intentions. After a while, the city was full of cannons, and a group of men and horses rushed out of the city, banners were unfurled, embroidered ribbons were fluttering, people were like tigers, horses were like dragons, and they came to the front of the camp. The first person, born with dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, bright teeth and red lips, and a slight beard under the jaw, is twenty years old, and it is Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Emperor Taizu Gao.

When Tana heard the news, she led the crowd to greet her, and when she saw Zhu Quan, she bowed down, and Little Battle knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I've seen Uncle Seventeen." ”

Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, hurriedly jumped off the horse, helped the two of them up, and said apologetically: "My sister-in-law has come thousands of miles, and my younger brother has missed the distance, so I hope to beg for forgiveness." ”

He touched little Battle's head again, leaned over, and asked kindly, "Little one, how old is this year, and what is your name?" ”

Little Battle raised his head and said, "My name is Battle and I'm eight years old this year. ”

King Ning smiled: "What's your big name?" ”

Little Battle said innocently: "I don't have a big name, just my name is Battle." ”

King Ning glanced at Tana, who smiled awkwardly and said, "The Zongren Mansion hasn't been named yet, so we will come to the country first." ”

King Ning gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and said hatefully: "These bastards in the Zongren Mansion, since the collapse of Emperor Taizu Gao, have become more and more disagreeable, and when I enter the capital in the future, I will teach them a good lesson." ”

Tana smiled and said: "The child didn't take a big name, it doesn't matter, as long as Uncle Seventeen still recognizes us as a relative, we will still be the descendants of Taizu." ”

King Ning hurriedly said: "What did my sister-in-law say, how could I not recognize my own nephew?" ”

Tana smiled, "We're going to fish and graze cattle in the area of Erhai, and my uncle will not recognize this relative when he hears it." ”

King Ning snorted and said, "This matter is easy to say, and we will discuss it later." With that, he took little Battle by the hand and stepped into the camp. The group came to the big tent, Zhang Shixing, Batu, and Arutai stepped forward to salute King Ning, and Zhu Jian, the commander of the northern parallel capital, also saluted King Zhongning and the Queen Mother. The two sides are seated separately.

Zhang Shixing saw that Zhu Jian was short and fat, with bulging cheeks and a pair of eagle eyes, which were extremely sharp.

Tana ordered someone to serve milk tea to everyone, and then drank and chatted. Before the greetings were over, Zhu Jian, the commander of the capital, asked unceremoniously: "Queen Mother, since the residence of the King of Zhongning is in Kaiping, why do you have to go all the way to fish and herd in the sea?" ”

Tana smiled bitterly and said to everyone: "Don't hide it from you, our department came to Kaipingwei with Song Zhong, the governor of the Left Army, and more than 100,000 people poured in there at one time, and there was a shortage of food. ”

Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, praised: "The queen mother is really loyal to the country, and she understands the righteousness, and she is really a woman who does not let her eyebrows." ”

Zhu Jian didn't relent: "The Mongolian people are nomadic in all directions, which is normal, but you don't have to go to the fishing sea three thousand miles away, right?" With that, he stared at Tana.

Tana smiled sadly and said, "Of course, there is a little selfishness in this, Qingming is coming, I want to go and worship my parents." ”

As soon as she said this, all the people in the tent changed color. Who doesn't know that the general Lan Yu destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop in the battle of Yuerhai, although Tana's father Tianyuan Emperor escaped with his life at that time, he was killed by his generals, Tana's mother was raped by Lan Yu and committed suicide in shame. This tragedy is a relish for the Ming people, but it is unbearable for the Mongolian people, this words from Tana's mouth, it seems to be an understatement, in line with etiquette, but the listener is thrilling to hear, hidden murder.

When King Ning heard that there was a different taste in his ears, he sighed and said, "Good, the Queen Mother actually has this piece of filial piety, no wonder she has to travel thousands of miles to pay tribute in person." But I can only sit in the city of sorrow and mourn from afar. It's all the traitors in the court. With that, he slammed the silver bowl containing the milk on the table in front of him.

Tana comforted: "The emperor is young, and it is also possible to be deceived by traitors for a while, and the country still depends on the full support of your uncles. ”

When King Ning heard this, he was even more angry, and said angrily: "Emperor Taizu Gao set the ancestral system, the vassal king guards the border, the court governs the house, the two sides rely on it, and the country is forever safe." It is expected that Emperor Gao's bones are not cold, and they will cut down the feudal domain, kill each other, and take care of a country, which will make them uneasy inside and outside, and people's hearts will fluctuate. This king really wants to bring troops into Beijing, so ask for clarification. ”

As soon as Zhu Jian heard this, he hurriedly said to King Ning: "His Royal Highness King Ning, it's not early, we should go back to the city." ”

King Ning felt speechless, so he got up and said goodbye. Tana sent him out of the camp, and when she was leaving, she asked, "Uncle Seventeen, have you allowed my troops to go to the fishing sea?" ”

King Ning stepped on the war horse and turned around and said, "I'll discuss with the commander of Duoyan Sanwei, and then reply to my sister-in-law, you are all of the same clan, and it's okay to forgive." ”

A few days later, King Ning sent someone to reply, saying that it was to celebrate the meeting of the two kings, and that three days later, a grand Naadam conference (meaning Mongolian game entertainment) would be held in the west of the city, and three competitions of horse racing, archery, and wrestling would be held, and two wins in three games.

When Tana heard this, she said to the messenger, "You reply to King Ning, and King Zhongning will definitely go to the appointment at that time." ”

After the envoy left, Tana summoned Batu and Arutai to discuss countermeasures. Arutai said angrily: "This King Ning is really deceiving people too much, and he also said that he is a relative, and it is clear that it is difficult for us, most of our subordinates are old and weak, who doesn't know that they are strong and strong, how can they win this game?" ”

Batu shook his head and said: "There is really no chance of winning, it's a big deal that we return to Kaiping, and the cattle and sheep are also fattened and strong along the way, and it is not in vain to come out." ”

Tana slapped the table and said angrily: "What Kaipingwei is back, I will make you two a thousand households, what's the use?" Say such frustrating things. ”

The two of them were so frightened by Tana's scolding that they didn't dare to look up at her.

Tana's tone softened a little, and she said earnestly: "I tried my best to escape from Kaipingwei, do you think I really want to go fishing to worship my ancestors?" No, it's a big mistake. I am so that you don't want to be a slave of the Ming people anymore, and you can live freely on the grassland. Why haven't you done enough days of doing cows and horses, and you still want to go back and continue to do it, children and grandchildren, endlessly, isn't it? ”

Batu and the others were scolded so red-faced, Huo De got up, patted his chest, and said to Tana: "Queen Mother, we fought with them, no matter whether we win or lose, we have to go fishing in the sea." ”

Tana waved her hand, motioned for the two to sit down, and said, "Okay, like this, there is the blood of a Mongolian man." The two of you will discuss who to send to the race. ”

Arutai thought for a moment and said, "I'm here to race horses." ”

Batu continued: "I'll compare archery. ”

Tana asked, "And who is the wrestling faction fought?" ”

Arutai said: "There is a person in my department, who is tall and strong, and his name is Huocha, and this person can go to wrestling." ”

Tana said, "Okay, that's it, you go down and prepare." ”

Three days later, in the west of Daning City, under a high slope, King Ning ordered people to set up tents, and the surrounding colorful flags fluttered, singing and laughing, and people from a radius of 100 miles came to participate in the Naadam Conference.

In the middle of the big tent sat King Ning, and next to him sat King Chungning Little Battle, Tana. On the left sat Zhang Shixing, and opposite him sat Duoyan Sanwei Commander, among which the fat head and big ears, with a horizontal face, was Duoyan Wei's Commander Ha Erwu, his left hand side was the thin and capable Fu Yuwei commanding the servant An Chu, and his right hand side was the loyal Tai Ningwei commanding Tongzhi Kuraban.

A thick scarlet carpet was spread out in the tent, and several Mongolian beauties were singing and dancing.

Thirty miles away, four horses lined up, standing behind a white line, the riders of Duoyan Sanwei wore red scarves on their heads, tied ribbons around their waists, and rode high-headed horses, watching Arutai next to them riding a scrawny gray horse, and couldn't help but be complacent. Arutai leaned over the horse and whispered something to the horse, stroking its mane.

Suddenly a cannon sounded, the trumpets sounded, and the riders whipped their horses and flew out like arrows. For a while, the horse's hooves flew, the red scarves fluttered, and the spectators next to them clapped and cheered.

Ha'erwu in the big tent heard the sound of the cannon, hurriedly put down the wine bowl in his hand, stood up, waved the dancing girl away, walked out of the tent quickly, put his hand on the pergola, and watched the game. I saw a red dot running in front of the smoke and dust. Ha'er Wu was overjoyed, turned his head to King Ning and said: "Your Royal Highness King Ning, my red horse is running ahead, this time I want to win, don't give me those useless treasure money, I want a thousand sheep." ”

King Ning said with a smile: "Ha'erwu, you can't be in a hurry, sit down and drink, it takes a stick of incense to tell the winner." ”

Next to him, An Zhu pulled him back into the tent and sat down, and said: "Listen to King Ning, sit down and drink slowly, who will kill the deer, it is not yet known, maybe it is my dark horse who wins." ”

Kuraban, who had been sitting still, said: "You guys compare, anyway, my Xiaobai can't win, so I should play with you, and see if my subordinates don't shoot arrows (Mongolian arrows) before winning you." ”

Tana and Zhang Shixing also looked out, only to see the gray horse that Arutai was riding, like a small gray dot falling behind the three horsemen, disappearing in the dust.