There is a mountain in the northwest of Daning City and the southwest of the Xilamulun River, which is a rolling peak from the bottom of the mountain, but when you reach the top of the mountain, you will find that this is a grassland on a high mountain, which is called the Bashang Grassland by the locals. Because of the peculiar terrain, outsiders don't know that it is a steppe and only think it is a mountain, so it has become a hidden place to hide soldiers and use soldiers, once the cavalry stationed on it finds the enemy, they can take advantage of their unpreparedness to rush down and kill the enemy will defeat the enemy≈ Dan Khan now lives here, after retreating from Daning here, he really feels safe, the grassland is his home, and the alpine grassland that can be attacked and defended is his territory.

At this time, Lin Dan Khan was meeting a guest in his big tent, this guest was his old friend Wang Huazhen, the governor of Jizhou□ Huazhen was ordered to come to see Lin Dan Khan, one is to inquire about the sneak attack on the Ming army fort between Lianghekou and Lingyuan, and the other is to reply to Lin Dan Khan that he said that the bitter cold outside the Saiwai asked for a reward and asked for mutual markets.

Lin Dan Khan first gave a seat and tea, Wang Huazhen drank two sips of horse ** tea, looked at Lin Dan Khan, who was slightly tired, and then said: "Great Khan, our army was attacked by someone in front of the sentry fort by the Daling River for a while, and all fifty soldiers were killed, I don't know if the Great Khan knows who did it?" ”

Lin Danhan smiled bitterly: "The Jurchens took advantage of the dispersion of my people and horses to take the opportunity to commit crimes, and I couldn't take care of myself and didn't have time to care about other people." ”

Wang Huazhen said: "I also heard that the Jurchens committed crimes in the west, the Great Khan led hundreds of thousands of Mongolian people, not to mention anything else, it is easy to pull out more than 100,000 horses from the Han headquarters, how can they be bullied by the Jurchen slaves again and again?" ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "The reason for it is not clear for a while, the biggest reason is the lack of food, you see here in addition to the wind is snow, and the Great Wall can not be compared" In two months, I once told the Ming court about the mutual market, and there has been no response, did Lord Wang bring a reply from the son of tomorrow this time? ”

Wang Huazhen looked at the sky outside the tent and said: "The Great Khan is really hard here, but the emperor said that the matter of the mutual market is not ready for the time being, the emperor has been friends with the Great Khan for a long time, and knows the current situation of the Great Khan, so he decided to send some food and clothing supplies to the Great Khan, please don't dislike the Great Khan." ”

Lin Danhan was overjoyed when he heard this and asked, "How much grain did Lord Wang send?" ”

Wang Huazhen shook his head and said: "The Great Khan misunderstood, the emperor did not send the Great Khan food, but only sent some snacks, wine, clothes, and gold, silver and jade jewelry to the Great Khan himself. At first, I only knew that the Great Khan had evacuated Daning and didn't know where to go, so I didn't bring all the gifts from the emperor to the Great Khan, and only brought a small amount with me to offer the rest, and the rest needed to be sent by the Great Khan to Gubeikou to pick it up. ”

After Wang Huazhen finished speaking, he asked someone to send the gifts, only to see two entourages carrying a carrying box, and after opening it, he took out some cartons and small wine jars, as well as some small baskets and jars and other things, and put them on the ground≈ although Dan Khan was a little disappointed, but he heard that these were only samples, and there were big heads in the back for him to take by himself, and there were several batches, so he was also more satisfied. He nodded and said, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is too polite, but what is the statement that Lord Wang has put out?" ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The emperor has opened some shops by himself, these things are all produced in the emperor's imperial store, and these are put out in the next place to let the Great Khan choose by himself, and if he is satisfied, he will let people send what he wants, and the emperor said that it is always good to give things to people to be satisfied." ”

Lin Dan Khan nodded and said, "So that's the case, all move over and let Ben Khan take a look." ”

After several of Lin Dan Khan's attendants moved the things that Wang Huazhen had brought, Wang Huazhen said: "Great Khan, please see, the snacks and wine here are for the Great Khan to eat, and the jewelry and ready-to-wear clothes are for the Great Khan's family to wear, all of which are produced in the emperor's imperial store. There are wines from nearby places such as Shanxi and Zhili, as well as wines from distant places such as Guizhou and Sichuan, each with different tastes. Dim sum is also a collection of flavors from all over the north and south, to the osmanthus cake in the hands of the Great Khan, smelling sweet but not greasy, in addition to the osmanthus flavor there are also roses, pears, oranges, dates, etc., which one is satisfied with the Khan will let them send which one. ”

Lin Danhan listened to Wang Huazhen's words and thought about putting down the pastry in his hand, and at the same time sighed long, as if he was dissatisfied□ Huazhen asked, "Why is the Great Khan sighing?" But not satisfied with these things? ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "Seeing these things and hearing these words of Lord Wang reminded Ben Khan of some things, and it is not easy to say it for fear that Lord Wang will misunderstand." ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The Great Khan doesn't hurt to say it, even if it doesn't sound good, at most I won't hear it." ”

Lin Dan Khan glared at Wang Huazhen and said: "We are here to starve, eat sand and drink wind, want a little food but can't get it, you eat food and eat uncomfortable, but you have to grind the grain and mix it with various flavors, and even take it to make wine, I see in my eyes but my heart is not a taste ♀ of something, I didn't taste it, and I know that the taste must be good, since it is the intention of the Ming Emperor, I don't pick anything, you say that I will send someone to fetch it when you say it." Thinking that my ancestor Genghis Khan ruled thousands of miles during his time, and everyone had to serve whatever they wanted, but now our children and grandchildren have to worry about food and clothing, and we are really ashamed to think about it. ”

Wang Huazhen said: "This ...... We have an old saying among the people of the Ming Dynasty called 'Thirty rivers east and forty west', and there is also a saying that 'good men don't mention the courage of the year', since the Great Khan said it to this one and said it presumptuously, and if he didn't like the Great Khan, I didn't say it. ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "You speak. ”

Wang Huazhen said: "Since Qin Shi Huang became the emperor, the world has changed hands several times, and every time the dynasty changes, there is a fixed number of heaven and the reason for the people's will. I have been overthrowing the Great Yuan for more than 200 years, even if God needs the Ming to give way, but the successor will not be a Mongol anyway, when Genghis Khan unified the world, he first unified the Mongolian tribes, and now the Great Khan, you don't even have a unified Mongolia, how can you get the world? Why don't the Great Khan obey the will of heaven and the people, and return to my Ming Dynasty, like Altan Khan of the Tumut Department, he can also have wealth and nobility. ”

Lin Dan Khan didn't say anything, but his brother Tubahai was beside him and said angrily: "Lord Wang, is this ridiculing my brother?" ”

Lin Dan Khan raised his hand to stop Tubahai and said: "What Lord Wang said is the truth, as long as the Mongols are united, where can the world go?" And why was he forced to do this by Jiannu? I was like a slave in front of Ben Khan, he could submit to the Ming Dynasty and become the king of Shunyi, but Ben Khan couldn't, because Ben Khan had the blood of Genghis Khan on his body and carried the heavy responsibility of restoring the Mongols to their former glory. ”

Wang Huazhen said: "The Great Khan is admired under the high wind and bright festival, and he will leave if he is so below." Although the Great Khan rejected the kindness of my Great Tomorrow, we still have common enemies for the time being and need us to help each other, and after the next return, we will send the gift from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the Great Khan to Gubeikou, and if the Great Khan does not dislike it, he can send someone to pick it up after three days. ”

After Wang Huazhen left, Lin Danhan asked his entourage: "How many people did Wang Huazhen bring with him when he came?" ”

The entourage said: "According to the spies, the DPRK only sent a few dozen people, but there are people from the Duoyan Department who are not quick to send people to escort the whole process. ”

Lin Dan Khan said contemptuously: "I can let this slippery head send someone to escort them all the way, I don't know what benefits the Ming Dynasty has given them." ”

The entourage said: "According to the information that has been discovered, the DPRK side agreed to buy their horses at a high price even when the price of horses is reduced, and also promised to send people to help them farm the land, and the Ming Dynasty promised that as long as they sincerely cooperate, no matter what happens, they will ensure that the people of the Duoyan Department will have no worries about food and clothing." ”

Lin Dan Khan sighed and said: "Now this world is like this, if you have food, drink and money, you are the boss." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and asked his brother: "Do you say that the Ming Dynasty knows that those people by the Daling River are our first hands?" ”

Tubahai said: "I don't know, even if there are some suspicions, it's just speculation and no evidence, don't you think they want to give you a gift?" It shows that they want to do something to the Jurchens to appease us. It's just that they don't agree with the mutual market to explain that they are still guarding against us, and they don't want us to have too much food. ”

Lin Dan Khan said: "You send dozens of people to Gubeikou to pick up things in a few days, although the number of these things is not much, but it is enough for us to use some, take it back, sell the valuable ones and buy some grain back." ”

After analysis, Lin Dan Khan found that the Ming Dynasty needed him and was also on guard against him, it was better to be asked to explain that he was important than to be ignored, and to be wary of him was to show that he had weight and was always not cared for. Thinking of this, Lin Dan Khan's depressed mood improved a little, the cold wind outside the tent seemed to be much smaller, and the sun in the distance seemed to be warmer≈ Dan Khan decided to wait for the Ming army to compete with the Jurchens, and he would take the opportunity to develop westward and annex the Tumut Department first, and the descendants of Altan Khan, who had been the king of Shunyi for so many years, should be fat and strong, and he should not be able to hold the knife handle steadily, and the tribe should also hide mountains of grain and forage.

At the same time, the two faces of the Duoyan Department and the Karaqin Department should not have much wolf nature under the care of the Ming Dynasty, and when they have the opportunity to search their residences, it should also be very oily and watery ♀, and some tribes without wolf sheep must not have the courage and strength to resist, and when the property and livestock of these tribes are concentrated in their own hands, they can march towards the wide Ordos grassland. When the time comes, contact the Trans-Khalkha Ministry, and the Mongol tribes will only be left with people who obey orders, whether it is the Jurchens or the Ming Dynasty army, they can be solved one by one.

Lin Dan Khan was slowly thinking about it, and at this time a guard came in and said: "Great Khan, the attack on the Dorot tribe has been ascertained, it turned out that Huang Taiji's brother Dolgon forced the news from the captured soldiers, and then took advantage of the fact that his troops did not pay attention to the sneak attack successfully, it is said that in addition to the traitors leading the way, there are also Karaqin people on the side to help the Jurchens." ”

After hearing this, Lin Dan Khan said to himself: "It seems that now that the Karaqin people and the Jurchens have been fully connected, and they have been determined to become the lackeys of the Jurchens, it is time to find a way to deal with these traitors." ”