Chapter 468: The Purpose of the Westward Journey

"What grass is low to see cattle and sheep, if he comes to this grassland for a few months, he will definitely not have any more thoughts!"

Liu 13 lazily lay on the cart, looking at the sky, and said very boredly, he remembered very clearly, Liu 12 was incapacitated when he was a child, and he was especially envious of his actions on the horse, the two brothers chatted, Liu 12 said more than once, especially hope to be a normal person, galloping on the grassland, and enjoy the freedom between heaven and earth.

However, Liu Shisan started to set off in the first month, and it has been almost five months now, and there is only this boundless grassland scene along the way.

At the beginning, there was still a feeling of grandeur, and then all day long, the eyes were full of such unchanged colors and terrain, and the heart was irritable, this is a real vast and sparsely populated area, except for the beginning when I met a large tribe, the rest of the two months, I didn't meet anyone, this irritability slowly turned into boring, boring slowly turned into boredom.

is accustomed to Liu Shisan's state, but although he is bored like this, the guards and team trainers are all trained by him every day, and they are tired and half dead before they stop, anyway, a large number of knights are sent out as scouts every day.

They were not afraid of a sudden enemy attack or something, and these people would have been sent out as scouts, or they would have to die of exhaustion if they remained in the marching procession.

After passing Kulun, the terrain gradually began to undulate, and farms and fields could occasionally be seen on the road, and Liu Shisan could not commit to plundering these things, because there was not much oil and water to fish, so he simply traded his own livestock and villages with his army.

Change some vegetables and food, or hire some guides to be together, but the location of these villages and everything is registered in detail by the secretary of the army, and in the future this will be part of the territory, and it can't be left like this.

Such a large team entered the territory of the Obir Khanate, although it was said that the land was vast and sparsely populated, but it was soon noticed, and the first reaction of the Obir Khan was that this may be the Mongol tribe that was defeated by the Han people in the south, and they came here to defect, and they were very happy, because the Cossack invasion was too painful, and now one more population is one more population, which is really unaffordable.

At this time, Liu Shisan's face was full of beards, and he was casually wearing a leather robe, which was also helpless on the grassland, a long journey, wearing cloth clothes or armor, which was a very hard thing for clothes or skin, indicating that it was reasonable for nomads to wear leather robes, although the smell was very bad, and it was not so comfortable, but in the grassland where the wind and sand were abundant, this was the most suitable.

The team is moving forward slowly, Liu Shisan has already inspected the whole team on horseback half an hour ago, and the guards and group trainers, including the herdsmen who accompany the team, are in a normal state, to put it bluntly, they are already very suitable for the current state.

Because he rarely eats vegetables, he can only rely on brick tea to clean up the oiliness, so Liu Shisan's skin has become very rough, and the Mongolians on the guards are all making fun of Liu Shisan, saying that he looks like a slave who has been grazing for the nobles for decades on the grassland.

After he heard it, he wouldn't be angry, after such a long march, he didn't pay much attention to the difference between respect and inferiority, he only knew that the military order was like a mountain.

"My lord, my lord, there are dozens of envoys five miles away from us, saying that they are envoys of the Obir Khanate, and they want to meet the leader of our tribe."

The person who came to report the news was a member of the guards from Mongolia, naturally proficient in Mongolian, and laughed there, obviously calling them tribes to the people of the so-called Obir Khanate, which was particularly interesting, Liu Shisan's body turned over and stood up on the carriage.

Liu Shisan casually tied the open leather robe, and laughed there, and said there:

"Finally, I met some decent people, either wolves or rabbits on the grassland, and I can't even see anyone, this is an official, and it also opens our eyes!"

According to the rules of the grassland, without the permission of the other party, you are not allowed to enter the other party's tribe to snoop, otherwise it will be killed.

The envoy of the Lost Bil Khanate was not in a hurry here, waiting outside the place of the expeditionary pioneer team's sentry, and did not let them wait long, Liu 13 rode on the horse, came leisurely, and saw the horses of Liu 13 and the people behind him, the eyes of the messenger of the Lost Bil Khanate shrank unnoticed, the Mongols have always been a people on horseback, and it is also their ability to identify horses.

As soon as they saw the tall Central Asian horse under each other's crotch, they knew that this horse must have been obtained by robbing a tribe of the Obir Khanate, and the Mongol tribes that came from the south only had the kind of dwarf Mongolian horses, and such big horses were sold to the Central Plains for a large price unless they were princes and nobles.

But inside the expedition team, although the police posts outside were riding Mongolian horses, many herdsmen who came and went here were also riding big horses, which is why I understand what is going on.

When Liu Shisan, surrounded by several guards, rode out on horseback, these people felt that their guesses had been confirmed, and this tribe was closer to the nature of horse bandits.

The state on the grassland is composed of large and small tribes, most of which are basically similar to the villages, towns, and counties of the Ming Dynasty, except that farming has become grazing, honestly engaged in production and trade, paying taxes to nobles and princes at all levels, and paying military service.

Of course, there are also some who do not obey orders, do not produce, and live by plundering the wealth and livestock of other tribes, and this is also the case for a small part.

In the grassland, unlike the inland, the horse bandit tribe similar to the green forest cottage is on the grassland, relying on the vast grassland and the mobility of horses, it is difficult to be caught, which is a headache for other tribes, because there is no way to sanction it, and naturally there is no restraining force.

Liu Shisan's body was very casually wrapped in a leather robe, and his lower body was also leather pants with boots, which was very sloppy, and his face and beard were messy and had not been repaired for many days. Rough and dark skin. This kind of dress made several envoys of the Obil Khanate frown, and this kind of behavior shows that this tribe has no history, and it is just a crowd of bandits.

Even the plundering tribes also pay attention to a background, the descendants and branches of the Genghis Khan family and the various nobles at that time are now the leaders and nobles of the large and small tribes on the steppe, whether these people are producing or looting, they are also wearing gorgeous clothes, with expensive ornaments, pampered, many people do not even know how to ride horses, can not shoot arrows.

But this is also a normal thing, you are a nobleman, you have a noble blood, only with these, your tribe, your people will obey your rule, will be willing to be cattle and horses for you, otherwise they will not obey your rule, but will rebel.

The reason for this is that the nobility of your bloodline is the basis of your rule, and the major forces in the steppe, such as the Tatars, the Vars, and the Khan of the Lost Bil Khanate, all rely on their bloodline to contact other tribal leaders and form a ruling circle.

Looking at Jiang Feng who came on horseback, those envoys had already made a plan for the future in their hearts, these tribesmen and livestock, the Obir Khanate was annexed, and when the time came, as long as someone was sent to ascend the heights, saying that the descendants of Genghis Khan were willing to accept you and let you become his subordinates and slaves.

The leader of the horse bandits in front of him must not be able to maintain his rule, the bandit leader these people are talking about, Liu Shisan and the guards stopped their horses when they were ten steps away from them, and someone from his guards rode out and said loudly:

"We are a tribe from Xilin, because we were invaded by the Ming people, so we moved north, what tribe are you envoys?"

Those people in the Lost Bil Khanate were all secretly scolding in their hearts, thinking to themselves Didn't I say it just now, why do I still have to ask now, and still send my subordinates out to shout, what a noble person do you think you are, after judging that Liu Shisan is just a horse bandit, the attitude of these envoys towards Liu Shisan, has changed dramatically in their hearts, from the beginning of the respect quickly turned into contempt.

They slandered there, how could they have imagined that Liu Shisan, who was here, couldn't speak Mongolian at all, but he still had to pretend to be a Mongolian tribe, and he didn't think of such a strategy, but since the other party was mistaken, then he simply made a mistake and lowered the other party's vigilance.

The grassland is vast, unless it is a disaster weather, otherwise, when you come to the other party's place, you only need to say some etiquette words on the scene, and then send symbolic livestock gifts, you can settle down and graze, of course, you also need to bear the taxes and obligations to the other party.

But since it is the intention of annexation, and it is still despised by it, this thing will definitely not go so smoothly. The first messenger cleared his throat and said:

"The Great Khan is on a campaign, and the arrangements for you cannot begin, so it is impossible for you to enter the Khanate now."

Since it is Liu Shisan's tribe who has come to take refuge, there is no need to be busy accommodating the other party's population, it is better to ask for some bribes first, anyway, it is not the Lost Bil Khanate that is in a hurry, and it is not the Obir Khanate that is in a hurry, so get some benefits first.

After saying this, the Mongolian guard beside Liu Shisan whispered in his ear:

"This is to benefit us, otherwise we won't let us go."

Hearing this, Liu Shisan grinned and said in a low voice:

"Give him what you want, we have to get it back anyway......"