Hearing Ange's shout, and shaking off the sadness on his face, Gessel lifted his spirits to meet him.

At a time when his people were in a doldrum, Gessel didn't want any of his people to see his sorrow.

"Great Elder, the old shopkeeper of the Dragon Gate Caravan, please be sure to come over and say that there is something important to discuss."

As soon as he saw Gessel, Ange excitedly told the Great Elder the good news.

In Ange's heart, as long as the Longmen caravan is willing to help, the tribe will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties in front of him.

The Dragon Gate Caravan, that is a mysterious caravan with a great witch in charge.

Five days later.

Returning to the clan from the Dragon Gate Caravan, Gessel's heart was filled with joy.

His meeting with the old treasurer, Zheng Ming, was very successful.

There is no problem that the Zalut Department survived.

It's just that, at the price, the warriors of the Zarut clan will definitely add more casualties in the future.

Looking at the horizon in the distance and taking a deep breath, Gessel's heart was firm again.

The Zarut Ministry paid this price, and it was worth it.

In any case, the Zalut Ministry must make Houjin pay a terrible price. He must let Houjin know that the Zalut Department of Khalkha is not easy to mess with.

To this day, Gessel still clearly remembers the tragic situation when the patriarch Aung An's family died.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Houjin raided the Zarut Department.

The Zalut clan leader Aung An's family was killed by Houjin, and the people led by Aung An were all destroyed. This is also the most direct reason for the Khalkha Ministry to start a war with Houjin.

Ang'an's family, that is the bloodline of Dayan Khan, was cut off by Houjin.

The blood of Ang'an's family made the Khalkha tribe and Houjin form an uncommon hatred (the nobles of the Khalkha tribe are all bloodlines of Dayan Khan).

Over the years, the continuous confrontation between the two sides has made this hatred even more deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Now with the support of the Longmen caravan behind them, the Zalut Department is completely free from the crisis of extermination. The Zalut Ministry will never compromise with Houjin again.

Thinking of the terms negotiated with the Dragon Gate Caravan, a smile appeared on the corner of Gessel's mouth.

The Dragon Gate Caravan is indeed full of sincerity.

The condition given by the old shopkeeper was that the Zalut Department could exchange all the wool for all kinds of materials for the Longmen caravan.

These materials even included a certain number of weapons.

Compared with the favorable conditions given by the Longmen caravan, the Zalut Department has to pay insignificant.

The Zalut Department only needs to fight Houjin's grain convoy in the steppe.

Which generous old shopkeeper of the Dragon Gate Caravan even left the choice of battle to the Zalut Department to control himself.

How kind this is to the Zarut Ministry.

The Dragon Gate Caravan, that is the true friend of the Zalut Department.

Thinking of the information provided to him by the old shopkeeper Zheng Ming, Gessel had a smile on his face.

Hehe, Houjin also wants to transport grain through the steppe, which just happens to cheapen our Khalkha department.

Gessel believes that after beating the main force of the Golden Eight Banners, the other three divisions may not agree now.

But you don't have to go deep into the territory of Houjin, just fight the grain transportation team of Houjin on the grassland, and by the way, you can grab some grain and restore the strength of the tribe.

This kind of good thing, the other three will 100% agree.

Seeing that it was not early, Gessel shouted:

"Battle, let's go."

With Gussel's greeting, Battle's huge figure ran out of the tent with ease, and his bandaged left arm did not affect his movements in the slightest.

"Great Elder, where are we going?"

Looking at Battle's left arm, which had been injured during the last battle, Gussel laughed loudly, "We're going to look for a chance to avenge you." ”

At the beginning of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, with the Gessel meeting with the other three Khalkhas, the storms on the steppe began to converge.

Shengjing

In the past, the council hall was rarely visited, but today it is crowded.

All the lords and ministers of Houjin gathered here, and even 14-year-old Dorgon and 12-year-old Dorgon appeared on the main hall.

Now Houjin Ke has encountered unprecedented difficulties, and everyone has to get together and find a way to solve it by brainstorming.

The biggest problem that Kim encountered after this was that Nurhachi was sick, and he was still very sick.

The founder of the Houjin Eight Banners, the unifier of the Jianzhou Jurchens, the old wolf king who ruled the Jurchens for more than 40 years, and the Heavenly Mandate Khan, who was as strong as a wolf in the past, finally couldn't withstand the invasion at the age of 67 and fell completely ill.

Since returning from the attack on Juehua Island, Nurhachi has suffered a little bit of wind and cold, and his body has not been a little refreshing. And every year at the turn of winter and spring, his recurrent old injuries make Nurhachi's condition worse.

During this time, the sick Nurhachi was particularly irritable. His bodyguards were executed several times in succession, and the charges were trivial and trivial.

Now, even the most favored concubine Abahai did not dare to get too close to the old Khan.

Originally, General Hou Jin thought that Nurhachi would be like in previous years, and as the temperature rose, his body would slowly get better.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Houjin's food shortage broke out.

Food shortage, this is the second major thing to be discussed in the meeting.

Since October of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Houjin has sent troops to fight three times in a row in a few months.

Although Houjin won two great victories in a row, the capture was not enough to make up for the food consumed by the troops.

This continuous campaign greatly aggravated the consumption of grain in Houjin, and the grain shortage in Houjin finally appeared.

At the beginning of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, under the rule of Houjin, Nikan, who was at the bottom, began to run out of food.

Subsequently, many poor Qiding families also began to run out of food.

In this green and yellow month, at the beginning of the signs of food shortage, the price of grain in Houjin began to rise wildly.

The skyrocketing food prices, in turn, have exacerbated the food shortage.

When the banner lords and important ministers got the news, the food shortage in Houjin had spread on a large scale, and even a large number of starvations had appeared on the streets of Shengjing.

In the face of the ferocious food shortage, Houjin seemed to be on the verge of collapse all of a sudden.

And what made Houjin Baqi feel most uneasy was that when the old Khan Nurhachi heard the news of the food shortage, his condition suddenly worsened under excessive worry, and now he can't even get out of bed.

Nurhachi was seriously ill, and the blow to the Jurchen tribesmen was even greater than a natural disaster.

After more than 40 years under Nurhachi's leadership, the Jurchens have become completely accustomed to Nurhachi's guidance.

It is under the leadership of Nurhachi that the Aisin Jueluo family has grown stronger and stronger. From a tribe of a thousand people, the Jurchen tribes were gradually unified.

It was Nurhachi who single-handedly created what is now Daikin.

It was also under the command of Nurhachi that Dajin even had the upper hand in the confrontation with the huge Ming Empire.

It is under the leadership of Nurhachi that the Jurchen Eight Banners can win all battles and deter Liaodong and the grasslands.

In the eyes of the Jurchen people, there is nothing that cannot be solved by the wise and martial Heavenly Mandate Khan.

However, in the face of the rapidly spreading famine, their most trusted Destiny Khan fell.

If this Destiny Old Khan really goes, will this Dajin's Destiny really be gone?