Although the snow has stopped, the wind is blowing harder, and this winter is much colder than in previous years, especially in the grasslands.

Many of the herdsmen's homes in the Yate tribe have suffered disasters, and many of the lambs and calves that have not really grown up have frozen to death even if the herdsmen have been prepared, and even those adult cattle and sheep and a small number of horses have died in the wind and snow and the cooling for many days, which has made the faces of the vast majority of the tribe full of sadness recently.

But these bad weather are nothing compared to the situation on the grasslands. Because of course, this weather will cause heavy losses to the tribe, and there will be a shortage of food resources at the beginning of spring next year, but now the situation of the dominance of the Warat tribe on the grassland is entirely possible for the Yat tribe to be completely annexed and wiped out by it, so that it no longer exists.

In the past two years, the situation on the steppe has undergone fundamental changes, and the jackal of the first Warat has completely revealed its terrible claws and fangs, in just a few years, with his people across the grassland, like the original Genghis Khan to kill all the tribes are sincere to it, even the Tatar tribe with the noble golden family blood can only rely on its nose, to this day, the great Khan of the steppe, get rid of the flower is in his hands, so that the first has become a strong existence that no one can compete with on the grassland.

Now, those who have almost swept away all the tribes in the hinterland of the grassland have also set their sights on this area near the border of the Ming Dynasty, and are ready to completely eliminate and annex these remnants of the Tatars after this winter, so as to establish their own immortal achievements.

Many people in the Yates Department are well aware of Yexian's motives and ambitions, and many of them even pessimistically decide to bow to reality. However, the patriarch of their tribe, Qiermu, did not want to give up, because he was a descendant of Genghis Khan, and he had the blood of the noble golden family in his veins, how could he be conquered by a lowly Warat like this—he even looked down on Tokhtobuhua, the titular Great Khan, who was willing to become a puppet of the Warats, who had the right to claim to be the Great Khan of my Tatar tribe?

However, the disparity in the strength of the enemy and me is still an objective fact, even if Qiermu has strong self-confidence, he has to admit this, and at the same time come up with a way to reverse this, and he did come up with a rather vicious strategy, wanting to use the powerful Ming power on the side to deal with the Warat people for himself.

If you want to fight with the current power and the famous Ye, you must make the other tribes on the grassland believe in your strength, since you can't get any advantage from going head-to-head with the Warat people, then take the Ming people on the side.

If you can capture the big cities of the Ming Kingdom that have not been touched by the various tribes of the grassland for many years this winter, such as Datong, then the reputation of yourself and the Yate tribe will naturally be spread on the grassland. And if it can really succeed, then the countless kinds of Ming baggage and weapons in Datong City will become the guarantee for him to lead the Tatar to rise again.

In addition, if he could really succeed in capturing such an important town of the Ming Kingdom as Datong, it would inevitably annoy this powerful empire. When the time comes, the Ming Kingdom will definitely send a large army into the grassland as it did decades ago. And by that time, the one who will meet the wrath of the Ming Kingdom will be the Warat Division, which has almost become the lord of the grassland.

As long as this strategy of killing people with a knife can succeed, the grassland will fall into the chaos of many years ago, and the Yates will be able to find the same opportunity to rise as many years ago.

Of course, it is not easy to accomplish this great goal. With less than 10,000 troops in the Yates today, even if they can convince several surrounding tribes who are also strongly hostile to Warat and Yaya, it will be difficult to defeat Datong in the face of a frontal assault - this is the lesson that the ancestors of the steppe have summed up with their own failures in the past hundred years, and this is something that Qiermu has no doubt at all.

Therefore, in order to achieve the goal and capture Datong, we must use some different means. For example, the conspiracy that Qiermuta is arranging now, taking advantage of the fact that the border army of the Ming State has not yet taken any precautions against the grassland, secretly sent people who are good at assassination into it. Then, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the most important and relaxing festival in the Ming Kingdom, assassinate their commander, and at the same time launch a surprise attack on Datong and its surrounding cities, so as to achieve his goal in one fell swoop.

This strategy had clearly been successful in the previous days, at least the few men he had sent had successfully entered several important cities, and they had their own sons in command of them, and everything seemed to be fine—it was not until seven or eight days before the army was sent out that a sudden turn of events occurred and killed Kirmu by surprise.

"Canter has been four days late and hasn't returned with a letter?" Qiermu looked at his close subordinate Zidamu with a stern expression, and the other party was in charge of contacting those people. The Cantel in his mouth is the son who was sent to the Central Plains to take charge of the situation, that is, the middle-aged man named Jin Junsheng.

In fact, Jin Junsheng is indeed the Han name of Kantel, because his mother is a Han Chinese, a woman who plundered back to the grassland when Qiermu was young and led people to fight the grass valley.

Although Brother Zidamu's face was full of thick and messy beards, he could still see how tangled his expression was, and in the face of the patriarch's questioning, he could only nod: "To be precise, it should be that he hasn't contacted us for seven days." We haven't heard anything from him since the last time he sent back his intention to target Ulju as a target. ”

"Ulju...... Why would he be interested in this little place? "As the head of the clan on the grassland who has always coveted the Daming flowers and mountains, Qiermu naturally knows everything over there, even if it is just a small state city that is not very famous.

"Because there is the family of Wang Zhen, who is now in power in the Ming court. If we capture or kill all of his family, it will definitely anger Wang Zhen, and he will be able to push the Ming army to the grassland faster. Zidammu took Kanter's words along.

Qiermu showed a thoughtful expression: "This is indeed a good idea, I heard that a few years ago, this guy named Wang Zhen deliberately prompted the Ming Kingdom to move troops against my grassland." It's a pity that it didn't succeed in the end, otherwise the first forces would not have risen so quickly. ”

After a pause, he showed doubts again: "But in such a small place, Kantel went and went, why was there no response after that?" If something happens in Datong, it will be fine, but can this Ulzhou still let him make mistakes? ”

"I don't know. Now that Cantel has no reply, do we have to continue our plans? Zidamu asked with some concern.

Without Canter's central strategy, the assassination of the commander of Datong would inevitably have many more twists and turns. And once they fail to kill those generals who lead the army, it will be difficult to capture Datong with only a few of them.

Qiermu also looked entangled and embarrassed, but soon, his face showed a determined look again: "Can the arrows we shoot turn back?" Everything is ready, and the people of the other departments are also being transferred, if this decision is abandoned because of this little variable, then our Yate department will no longer have credibility in the grassland, and even if we don't attack us first, we will not be able to survive.

"Therefore, it is imperative to attack Datong, and it is better to act according to the original plan. As for everything there, it will only depend on Kantel's ability, but I believe in his ability, and even if he does have a problem on the way, he will definitely be prepared for second things! "Because of the strength and oppression of the Warats, Qiermu and his Yat tribe have no way to retreat, and this is his last fight!

Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Brother Zidamu naturally did not dare to object, and immediately agreed: "Then I will try to contact Kantel and other warriors who have infiltrated Datong again, and let them act according to the original plan!" ”

"Well, go ahead, it's all over the place!" Qiermu's face was solemn, and his eyes shone with a fine light, and he gave the final order.

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At the same time, the west gate of Ulju City.

Escorted by dozens of state officials and hundreds of soldiers, five prisoner carts were slowly moving out from the city gate, and behind them were many people pointing and pointing.

The incident of hundreds of people arresting the murderers of the Mongols that day has long been known throughout the city, and everyone knows what kind of felony these people have committed, and the people naturally will not have anything good to say about these cruel murderers.

And Lu Jin was also in the queue to see him off, but at this moment, he pulled Qinggele, who was mixed in the errands: "Qinggele, after leaving the city, you must rush to Datong as soon as possible, and truthfully report the assassination of important generals by the Mongolian people to General Hu Zongbing." Even if they don't believe it, they have to let General Hu prepare accordingly to prevent accidents. In order to prevent leakage of news, Lu Zhen did not let Qinggel leave the city alone and rushed to Datong to warn, but let him mix in the team of escorting prisoners, and when he left the city, he had to rush to Datong at full speed.

"Don't worry, the little ones have been written down." Qingge nodded solemnly, and then glanced at Lu Zhen with concern: "Please take care of ...... adults" As a close confidant of Lu Jin, he naturally knew what the other party was going to do next, so he deliberately said this. Although he is also a Mongolian, Qinggele has no intention of being close to those of his own race, because he has long regarded himself as a member of the Ming Dynasty, which is the role of the inclusiveness and generosity of the Ming Dynasty.

Watching the team gradually go out of the city, Lu Zhen finally exhaled, the arrangements that should be done have been completed, and then it is time to fight the Mongolian people with real swords!

At this time, a cold wind suddenly hit, blowing Lu Jin's body trembling, making him even have a sense of urgency that the mountain rain was coming......