Tianshun in June of the fourth year.

A team of sentries from the Shanxi Governor's Mansion was galloping on the grassland north of Datong Town, and this team of sentries were all dark armor and horses, all of them were strong veterans.

But at this time, these veterans were very embarrassed, and almost everyone in the team of more than a dozen people was wounded, and two of them had already fallen into a fainting and were tied to the horses with ropes by their companions before they followed the group.

At a distance of a few hundred paces behind this team of sharp posts, hundreds of Tatar iron cavalry were pursuing, and these Tatar iron cavalry were also elite, all of them could fly horses and shoot horses.

"Captain! Let the brothers break off, if it continues like this, no one will be able to escape! ”

A man with a weathered face yelled loudly, constantly looking sideways at the pursuers behind him.

At the front of the line, a man in his thirties frowned, and his face was full of confusion.

"How many of us are there? After the break? That's a send-off! ”

"But it's not the way to go on like this!"

The captain roared loudly: "Datong Town is in front, there are still more than ten miles to go, escape!" Escape with all your might! ”

More than a dozen sentry soldiers have whipped their horses one after another, spurring the war horses like crazy, and they no longer cherish the war horses at all, just to be faster.

And the same is true of the hundreds of Tatar pursuers behind everyone, the sound of rolling iron hooves is like thunder, getting louder and louder, and the sentry soldiers of the Ming army are getting closer and closer!

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the left side of the two teams of men and horses, and then hundreds of iron horsemen in armor rushed out of the mountain col, and a battle flag of the bright sun and moon and golden waves fluttered in the wind.

Seeing this, the team of whistles immediately cheered, showed their flags, and rode up to meet them.

The hundreds of Tatar pursuers slowed down one after another, stopped two miles away from the Ming army's iron cavalry, and began to form a team.

"I am a sentry of the military department of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion, and I was ordered to go north to spy on the intelligence of the Tatar Department, we have important information to go back to report, and these pursuers have to deal with your comrades!"

The captain of the sentry took out his waist card and handed it to the commander of the leader.

These hundreds of iron horsemen are the soldiers of the left battalion of the Longxiang Army, and the leader of the army took the general over to check it, and after confirming that it is correct, he laughed and said, "It's easy to say!" These tartars will be handed over to us, brothers, and go back quickly to report them! ”

After this team of sentry Pegasus went south, hundreds of Tatar iron horsemen in the distance suddenly made a commotion and were about to catch up, but the road ahead was immediately blocked by hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers of the Dragon Army.

"Haha! I really didn't expect that these Tartars would be unbearable so quickly, and it shouldn't be long before we have a war. ”

The general laughed and said, "Brothers! Our opportunity to make a contribution has come, and today we will sacrifice these tartars for our teeth! ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! ”

Hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers roared angrily.

Since the officers and men of the Longxiang army arrived in Shanxi, the Tatar troops began to shrink their forces, and even the troops within a few dozen miles north of Datong Town were all withdrawn.

This made the officers and men of the Tiance Army, who were proud of their military achievements, a little frustrated, and the officers and men of all armies were holding their breath and longing for a big war to fight.

Now hundreds of Tatar iron cavalry divisions are chasing and killing more than a dozen sharp whistles, which shows that the Tatar department must have made a big move, which means that the big war is coming!

These hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers of the Dragon Xiang Army suddenly seemed to have been beaten with blood, and without waiting for the Tatar iron cavalry in the distance to make any moves, they launched a charge against their troops under the leadership of the general.

The rolling iron cavalry roared away, and hundreds of iron cavalry soldiers raised their three-eyed guns in their hands, ready to strike the Tartar first.

At this time, there was a trace of confusion in the hundreds of Tatar iron cavalry in the distance, and then they did not face the battle at all, and directly retreated and fled.

"Bastard! How can these Tartars be so cowardly! ”

As soon as the general shouted, he led hundreds of his men to chase after him, and there was a roar of three-eyed guns and the roar of the iron cavalry army galloping on the grassland.

When the team of sentry soldiers galloped into the city from the north gate of Datong Town, the encounter was over, and the general led hundreds of soldiers to pursue for more than ten miles, and after killing dozens of Tatar iron cavalry, they were beheaded and returned.

Shanxi Governor's Palace.

Now, in order to obtain more information, in addition to continuing to strengthen the manpower and funds of the intelligence department, Liu Juntao has also transferred a large number of sharp posts and night guards from the army, all of which are directly under the military department, and are specifically responsible for probing the intelligence of the enemy army and the enemy country.

Liu Juntao held a piece of information in his hand, and asked people to take the team of sharp sentry soldiers down to recuperate and rest, and then began to read this information carefully.

Just when Liu Juntao led his troops into Shanxi and began to rectify the soldiers and horses in Shanxi Province, Mao Lizi, the chief of the Weng Niu Special Department of the Tatar Department, did not know where to find the young son of Tokhtar and the sweatless Mako Guerjisi, who was born in the golden family of the Mongolian headquarters.

Because Maoli was in control of the little prince, the Tatar tribe and the surrounding Mongolian tribes were afraid of him, so Maoli child took advantage of the situation to proclaim himself the Taishi, and together with the Taishi of the Varat Department, who had gathered many tribes of the Warat tribe, ~govern~.

After the two met and learned the lesson of the defeat of the Warab, they did not compete for power and start a confrontation, but jointly supported the young son of Tokhtar as the Great Khan, and formed the court of the Makogulghis Khan.

The two hoped that by uniting, the Tatar tribe could rise rapidly and even rebuild the glory of Greater Mongolia.

However, the reality is always depressing, at this time in the Tatar Khan's court, although the Maori child and the Lai share the dignity of the Taishi and can control the political situation at will, but they are unable to command the Mongolian tribes at this time, whether it is the Maoli child or the Lai Lai, the two and the chiefs of the tribes are basically equal.

Mao Li and Xiao Lai are very different from the Arutai Taishi and Yexian Taishi who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to order the hegemony of the tribes, which made their ambitions suddenly hit.

At this time, in the information in Liu Juntao's hands, it was recorded that Mao Li and Xiao Lai secretly rectified the army, and constantly suppressed and annexed the surrounding tribes, one of which shocked Liu Juntao the most, that is, Mao Li and Xiao Lai began to imitate the situation in Shanxi and Shandong in the Tatar Department and the surrounding vassal tribes, and implemented a conscription system among the tribes!

In this way, the strength of the Tatar army will reach a very terrifying number!

The Hu people are different from the Central Plains Dynasty, the Hu people basically did not achieve a large social division of labor, and the adult men of the clan are basically warriors, if the Mao Li child and the Ma Lai implement the conscription system in the Tatar department, then the two can establish a team of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in a short period of time, which is a huge threat to the Ming Dynasty!

Even if the Tiance Army has the best combat strength in the world and sufficient troops, Liu Juntao was also horrified in his heart.

The course of history has finally taken a turn with its own intervention!

Mao Li and Xiao Lai were the heroes of the Tatar Department in history, and now the two were inspired by Liu Juntao and began to reorganize their soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not follow the example of the soldiers of the Tiance Army and build firearms on the grassland in the future.

Although there was no precedent for the use of firearms in the Tatar Ministries at this time, it does not mean that the Tatars did not have the ability to build and use firearms.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations was originally just a fishing and hunting nation, and it was not with the efforts of traitors and themselves that they created a powerful firearms army?

It is a matter of the safety of China, Liu Juntao must not take it lightly, and must treat any enemy as a great enemy of life and death!

Among the information sent back by the sentry, there is another situation:

After the establishment of the Make Guerghis Khan, who was in power by Maoli and Xiaolai, he sent a delegation to the Ming Dynasty with the Hui people of the orthodox and Jingtai dynasties, Pier Ma Heima, as the envoy, and it is estimated that it has now arrived in the territory of Xuanfu Town.

According to the intelligence, the Tatar mission was ready to inform the imperial court that the Tatars had exterminated the remnants of Warat and "captured the jade treasure", and officially announced the news that Marco Guerghis Khan had ascended the throne.

The Mauri and the Porai are saying that the Tatars have replaced the Warat and officially become the overlords of the steppe.

Especially the sentence "win the jade treasure", what is the jade treasure? It's the jade seal of the country!

Since the defeat of Meng Yuan and the retreat to the grassland, the whereabouts of this heirloom jade seal are unknown, which has also become a thorn in the hearts of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty!

Now Mao Lizi and Xiao Lai openly mention the news of the jade seal of the country in the history books, which is clearly a demonstration to the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a subtle expression of their "legitimacy"!

Liu Juntao put down the information, and his heart was also churning.

"When this mission arrives in the capital, it is estimated that Your Majesty will also be angered by this news, maybe the imperial court will recruit troops and horses to go north to conquer the Tatar Ministry?"

"That's not right!"

Liu Juntao then sighed: "Your Majesty has experienced the defeat of Tumubao, and it is estimated that there will be no more thoughts of moving troops north in the future. ”

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao couldn't help shaking his head, the Tatar Ministry was able to stand on its feet this time, although the Ming Dynasty and the Hu people on the grassland often fought at this time, but whether it was the Tatar Department or the previous Warat Department, after each Great Khan ascended the throne, he would send someone to Beijing to submit his credentials.

A Great Khan who has official contacts with the Ming Dynasty and so on, and a Great Khan who is not becometh by the Ming Dynasty, has a world of difference in the status of the grassland!

This is exactly what Liu Juntao is worried about!

A few days later, the Minister of Intelligence, Liu Zi'an, sent bad news: Emperor Tianshun, in order to stabilize the northern land and at the same time to appease the Tatar Ministry, recognized the status of the Tatar Ministry and gave the Tatar Ministry Marco Guergis Khan an official credential.

Hearing the news, Liu Juntao was speechless for a long time.

Early the next morning, Liu Juntao called Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Department, and said: "Inform all the ministries of the shogunate that from today onwards, all foreign strategies will be based on the Tatar Ministry as the primary enemy!" ”

Lan Siqi's expression was solemn when he heard this, and he immediately clenched his fists and took his life.