The central part of the West Loop, the Alehuta steppe.

This was originally the territory of the Tatar Ministry, and Altan Khan settled more than 100,000 herdsmen here, so it can be said that in addition to the Cha'an Atta steppe where the Khan's court is located, the existing territory of the Tatar Ministry is the largest in this steppe.

However, on this day, there were traces of the Ming army in the southern part of the Alkhuta grassland, and a full 100,000 Ming army, driving countless chariots and artillery wagons, lined up in a neat queue and slowly came from the direction of Songshan Fort.

If these Ming troops came to loot, the herdsmen of the Alkhuta grassland estimated that they would not be able to leave anything, and the cattle and sheep would be robbed by the Ming army, and the tents would be burned by the Ming army, and it would be good if people could run away.

The Ming army at this time is no joke, and the looting is even more ruthless than them.

Fortunately, the Ming army did not come to plunder, they were invited to negotiate.

Yang Cong, a scholar of the Ming Cabinet and a governor of the Northwest, originally wanted to invite Altan Khan to Songshan Fort to negotiate, but Altan Khan did not dare to go, but he invited Yang Cong to negotiate in Alkhuta instead.

Yang Cong is naturally fearless, there are 100,000 chariot soldiers, even if the Northern Yuan tribes unite all the horses to besiege it, it is useless, if Altan Khan really does this, it will be good, Yang Cong will keep it so that the Northern Yuan tribes will no longer have cavalry!

The Ming army's team had just stepped into the Alkhuta grassland, and countless rangers appeared in front of them, but these rangers only dared to stare from a distance, and within a mile, they did not dare to approach.

Yang Cong raised the binoculars, calmly looked at the rangers around him, and then couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "This Altan Khan is also a generation of heroes, why is he so petty, will he die if he runs over to meet him?" ”

Yu Dayou and Tang Kekuan on the side couldn't help crying and laughing when they heard this.

Of course, people are afraid of death, you know, at this time, the Tatar Department has a total of only 50,000 elite cavalry, in front of the Ming 100,000 chariot soldiers, that is a dish, how dare Altan Khan come, if the Ming army suddenly launches, he will not die.

The team slowly moved forward for more than ten miles, and finally a group of cavalry came up, but it was not Altan Khan, but Zhao Quan, the military advisor of the Tatar department.

He is also a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, anyway, he has been to Songshan Fort several times, if Yang Cong wanted to kill him, he would have died long ago, since Yang Cong did not do anything to him a few times ago, presumably Yang Cong will not do it at this time.

Of course, although he already regarded himself as a dead pig at this time, when he saw Yang Cong, he still didn't dare to make a mistake, so he gave up his hand and said: "Lord Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, welcome and welcome." ”

Yang Cong raised his hand slightly, signaling the army to stop first, and then he pretended to bow back and said: "Master Zhao, what do you Khan mean, didn't you say that you negotiated here, why didn't you see other people?" ”

The title of master, no matter how you hear it, it feels a bit embarrassing, and he is not the master of the county government, he is the military advisor of the Tatar department, which is almost equivalent to the existence of the Taishi.

However, no matter how much he responded, he didn't dare to get angry with Yang Cong, because he knew that this adult couldn't afford to provoke him, and if he messed with this guy, it would be terrible, not only would he die, but the Tatar Ministry might be finished.

He could only pretend that he hadn't heard, licked his face and smiled: "My lord, our Great Khan has been waiting for him ten miles away, however, our Great Khan said that this time is a peace talk, there is no need to bring too many people, in order to avoid misunderstanding, please also ask your Excellency to stop the army three miles away from the place of the talks, our Great Khan will not take people to come forward immediately, everyone will bring dozens of guards, my lord, what do you think?" ”

Three miles?

Altan Khan was afraid that he would backtrack and take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

Originally, Altan Khan planned to send Zhao Quan to continue to negotiate, but Yang Cong felt that there was nothing to talk about with Zhao Quan, this guy was just a microphone, he couldn't do anything, and there was nothing to talk about.

He sincerely invited Altan Khan to Songshan Fort to negotiate, but Altan Khan thought he was playing some kind of conspiracy, and I have to say that this steppe hero was already a little frightened.

It's a good thing that this is a bad thing, at least you can take the initiative in negotiations.

Yang Cong smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Okay, just follow what your Great Khan said, lead the way ahead, and we will stop wherever you say." ”

When Zhao Quan heard this, he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, then turned the horse's head and slowly paced forward.

Yang Cong was not verbose, and with a wave of his hand, he led the army to follow.

Less than five miles ahead, a huge pergola faintly appeared in the distance, the area is large, I am afraid that it will not be a problem to cram hundreds of people, no need to ask, there must be a place for negotiations.

Sure enough, when the army marched to about three miles away from the pergola, Zhao Quan turned around and said embarrassedly: "My lord, please stop the army, the small one can call the Great Khan to come to meet." ”

Seeing that you are careful, Yang Cong raised his hand slightly, signaled the army to stop, and then said loudly: "Zhifu, you go with me to negotiate, Changsheng, you stay and command the army, remember, if the Tartars don't move, we won't move, if the Tartars dare to move, you will lead the army up to destroy them." ”

What he said was really domineering, and Tang Kekuan listened to it, and immediately replied: "The last general understands." ”

Zhao Quan was so drunk by this voice that he couldn't help but shrink his head slightly, this guy, what are you doing yelling so loudly, I'm afraid that people won't hear it.

When he saw that the Ming army had stopped, he arched his hand and urged his horse to run straight to the opposite side of the pergola.

Yang Cong looked at Zhao Quan's back, smiled slightly, and then waved his hand: "All the guards follow, the others stay, Zhifu, let's go." ”

In fact, there are more than dozens of his personal guards, but Altan Khan should not be afraid of dozens of people, and he is too lazy to choose, so he can bring them all directly.

As for whether Altan Khan will take the opportunity to make a ghost, he is not worried at all, he is wearing full body armor at this time, and he can't be hurt by the idle sword, and with Yu Dayou, the world's number one master, by his side, even if thousands of troops and horses rush up, it is useless, he believes that even if the Tatar elite cavalry rushes up, Yu Dayou can easily take him out of the encirclement.

At this time, Altan Khan was not as confident as Yang Cong, he was indeed frightened, otherwise, as a generation of heroes, he would not be so petty.

The fierceness of the Ming army is really desperate, and he has no courage to start a war with others.

Of course, this does not mean that he is as timid as a mouse, he mainly wants to retain his vitality and maintain his position as the overlord of the grassland, in order to make a comeback.

Fighting with the Ming army at this time is simply sending him to death, which makes no sense at all, why should he seek death, isn't it good to keep 50,000 elite horsemen and suppress other tribes in the grassland?

This is also the reason why he is so cautious and cautious, sometimes, it is not good to be able to be a hero, and if he doesn't do it well, he will lose his life, as the commander of the three armies, he should be able to bend and stretch, after all, he will not die if he shrinks, at most his face is a little ugly.

As for this face, what do you want to look so good, Xiaoxiong, you don't need to care about the face!