If there were remote sensing satellites in the Ming Dynasty, you could see from the sky that Zhangjiakou Pass is a mountainous area, which is the Yanshan Mountain Range, the northern barrier, which has resisted the invasion of northern nomads many times in thousands of years of history.

Of course, in history, the Yanshan Mountains were not all in the hands of the Han people, in the Song Dynasty, because of the loss of the Yanshan defense line, the northern defense line of the Song Dynasty had to retreat to Shijiazhuang in the south, Taiyuan in Shanxi, which was only more than 500 miles away from Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the Jurchen cavalry could hit the Yellow River in a few days, leaving no buffer time for the Song Dynasty at all.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang drove out the Tartars, the natural defensive line of the Yanshan Mountains has been firmly in the hands of the Han regime, although there have been several Mongols in the history of the Ming Dynasty to fight under the city of Beijing, but the situation of the Song Dynasty without any preparation time has never happened again.

From Zhangjiakou out is the Yanshan Mountains, along the road in the mountains to the north for a thousand miles, you can get out of the Yanshan Mountains into the Mongolian steppe, this road from the Warring States period is the Central Plains inland and the northern nomads of the traffic artery, to the later generations of this road has also been used, is the 111 national highway in later generations.

From here, out of the Yanshan Mountain Range into the Inner Mongolia prairie, blocking this mountain artery is the Chifeng City of Inner Mongolia in the later generations, but at this time it is called Ulan Hada. Ulan Hada is a Mongolian word meaning red mountain, the word comes from the volcanic group around Chifeng, because the magma cools the mountain peak is reddish-brown, so it is called Ulan Hada. Chifeng is located in the main road of trade with Zhangjiakou, so it was a commodity distribution center in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was changed to a county in the 43rd year of Qianlong and renamed Chifeng County.

It took half a month for Zhu Hongsan's northern patrol team to come out of Yanshan, and when they left the Yanshan Mountain Range, their eyes suddenly opened up, this is the real endless prairie.

The scenery on the grassland is very good, but Zhu Hongsan doesn't have the time to enjoy the beautiful scenery now, because just now the scouts of the former army came to report that tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry were found thirty miles away.

Since Zhu Hongsan left Zhangjiakou, the Mongols around the team have not been broken, but they are all hundreds of small groups of cavalry, and this bit of strength is naturally not placed on Zhu Hongsan's heart. But now it's different, the scouts came to report that tens of thousands of cavalry had appeared in front, which could already pose a threat to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the terrain and immediately ordered Han Sanqiang to find a suitable place to camp, the soldiers who had just come out of the mountains had a lot of physical exertion, although they were not afraid of those Mongols, it was better to be cautious.

Marching and camping is a technical job, and it is necessary to find a place with open surroundings, good vision, and water sources, but there are many such places in the Inner Mongolia grassland, Han Sanqiang found a suitable place three miles away and ordered the soldiers to camp.

Now, because the Mongols are thirty miles away, they can't set up earthen walls and dig trenches in a step-by-step manner, so they can only temporarily use hundreds of large vehicles to connect end to end to form a car wall, and then install fire cannons in the open space. Although this kind of formation is not very good, it relies on firearms to defend very well.

As soon as the Ming army finished preparation, they saw a burst of dust ten miles away, and it seemed that the Mongols were coming.

There is a five-meter-high platform in the camp of the Ming army, which is used for commanding the battle, and Zhu Shengduo secretly climbed up in order to see the appearance of the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side.

Now it was Han Sanqiang who was in command on the high platform, and when he saw Zhu Shengduo coming up, he hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, it's too dangerous here, you better go down!" ”

Zhu Shengduo was afraid of Zhu Hongsan, but he was not afraid of Han Sanqiang, and he laughed when he heard Han Sanqiang say this: "General Han, don't worry, this king just came up to see the excitement, and I will go down when the fight starts in a while, and I must not embarrass General Han!" ”

Han Sanqiang can't do anything about Zhu Shengduo, anyway, now that the Mongolians are far away, it's okay to let Zhu Shengduo go down after a while.

Zhu Shengduo came to the edge of the high platform, took the clairvoyant mirror from the guard, and watched what the Mongols were like ten miles away.

Zhu Shengduo was very disappointed when he saw it clearly, but he didn't expect the Mongolian iron cavalry to be like this. I saw that the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side was riding a Mongolian horse of one meter five or six, and the colors of the horses were also different. Those Mongolians are like a tank on the ground, jumping off the horse can be about one meter and five high, and there is no unified equipment on their bodies, they wear everything, and some people wear the standard cotton armor of the Ming army, and only a few guys in the middle who look like generals are wearing iron armor and hats and iron helmets. The weapons in his hands are also strange, such as iron rods, maces, hammers, and sabers, which are really like Hanako.

Zhu Shengduo was accustomed to seeing the cavalry of the Ming army, and now that Zhu Hongsan was rich, he also occupied the horse-producing area of the Hetao, and the supply of natural horses was not restricted. Among the 10,000 brocade guards brought by Zhu Hongsan this time, 5,000 were cavalry, and the 5,000 cavalry horses were divided into five colors, white, chestnut, black, gray, and brown.

Zhu Shengduo saw that Genghis Khan's iron cavalry was nothing more than this in the history books, and he couldn't help but pout: "Commander Zhu, doesn't this king look at this Mongolian as well!" Dressed like a flower child, why did the emperor's grandfather still send heavy cavalry to rush forward as if he was facing a great enemy? ”

Zhu Ren has now become the commander of Zhu Shengduo's palace guards, so he followed Zhu Shengduo to escort him, and when he heard Zhu Shengduo say this, he quickly replied: "Lord, you can't underestimate these Mongols, these people live on horses since they can walk, some people have been on horses all their lives, and they can't walk without horses, these people are natural cavalrymen, if they are bullied, Genghis Khan can't take more than 200,000 people all the way to Europe!" ”

Zhu Shengduo heard Zhu Ren say this, and asked curiously: "Don't get off the horse for the rest of your life?" How to solve the problem of urinating and defecation? ”

"Naturally, on the horse!"

"What about having a baby?"

Zhu Ren couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhu Shengduo's question: "Lord, Mongolian women don't have any status, they don't fight!" ”

Zhu Shengduo nodded and said: "It seems that Master Qian said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, if you don't come to Mongolia and see it with your own eyes, this king knows that there are still people who will not get off the horse for a lifetime!" ”

The Ming army was waiting here, but the Mongolian cavalry stopped five miles away, and five cavalrymen came out of the Chinese army, playing a white big silk like a fork, and walked slowly towards the Ming army camp.

Zhu Ren saw this scene and said: "It seems that these Mongols want peace talks!" ”

Zhu Shengduo asked, "How do you know about Commander Zhu?" ”

Zhu Ren pointed to the big chakra held by the knight at the head and said, "Lord Wang, have you seen the big chakra like the fork that the knight is holding?" ”

Zhu Shengduo saw very clearly from the telescope, the thing was three meters high, the top was a fork made of gold, the base was a disc, there were many holes around the edge of the disk, tied with horsehair as a hanging tassel, and it was very beautiful to swing with the breeze.

"Lord Wang, this thing is called Sulu ingot, and legend has it that it was made by Genghis Khan himself, representing the supreme authority of the Great Khan, which is probably similar to the handsome banner of our army. This thing is divided into two colors, black symbolizes war and strength, and white symbolizes peace and authority. The white Sulu ingot that the knight was playing today seems to be a peace talk. ”

Zhu Ren was explaining to Zhu Shengduo, and Han Sanqiang over there also saw it, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers guarding not to shoot, and then hurriedly went down to tell Zhu Hongsan that he knew.

Zhu Hongsan sat in the big tent and thought about it, feeling that it was better to listen to what these Mongols had to say, after all, he came to Mongolia this time to find allies, and it was really difficult to explain the real fight.

With the emperor's order, the Ming army let go of the cart formation and let the five Mongol cavalry in.

The Mongolian cavalry led by him was a man with a short stature, about one meter and a half tall, wearing a full body of iron armor, and he did not hold a weapon but held a Sulu ingot in his hand. The guy looked around arrogantly, and when he saw the numerous muskets and artillery in the Ming army camp, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he seemed to be frightened.

The knight handed over the Sulu ingot to the guards behind him, then dismounted and came to Han Sanqiang's side, performed a Mongolian etiquette, and said: "This general is Hutu, the commander of the Great Khan of Hutuketu, and he has come to see your Ming Emperor on behalf of the Great Khan of my family!" ”

Han Sanqiang knew what he said after an interpreter, Hutuketu Khan is Lin Dan Khan, and he has been dead for more than 30 years now, how can there be another Hutuketu Khan?

Han Sanqiang sneered: "Lin Dan Khan has been dead for more than thirty years, I didn't expect that there would be disciples and grandchildren who came out under his banner to deceive and say!" What are you doing this time? ”

The Mongolian commander Hu Tu heard Han Sanqiang insulting their Great Khan, and said angrily: "You Han barbarian is so rude, General Ben came to communicate with the Ming Emperor on behalf of my Great Khan, quickly take General Ben to meet your emperor!" ”

Captain Hu Tu was about to break in after speaking, and the people standing behind Han Sanqiang were Zhu Hongsan's brocade guards, and when he saw that this guy was about to rush in, he immediately pulled out the embroidered spring knife, preparing to kill him when this guy was going inside.

At this time, Zhu Hongsan walked out of the big tent, and he heard a commotion outside, so he came out to see what was going on.

Zhu Hongsan frowned when he saw that Hu Tu and asked, "Who are you?" What do you want to see me? ”

Hu Tu saw a middle-aged man in a dragon robe coming out of it, and knew that this was probably the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Tu was just about to speak, and a few brocade guards on the side came over and pushed Hu Tu to the ground, led by a thousand households and scolded: "You Tartar, see that my Imperial Majesty still doesn't kneel down and speak!" ”

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said, "Let him stand and say, after all, barbarians don't know what etiquette is!" ”

Hu Tu stood up and glared angrily at those brocade guards, and then said: "The Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am Hu Tu, the commander of the Great Khan of Hutuketu, and the Great Khan of my family wants to negotiate with the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to join forces to attack Wu Keshan of Horqin!" ”

Zhu Hongsan didn't know who the Great Khan of Hutu Ketu was, so he frowned and asked Han Sanqiang next to him to know that he was the disciple and grandson of the dead ghost Lin Dan Khan.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said: "It's really nice to say, what a big sweat!" Isn't it the remnants of Lin Dan! Say, "Who is your master of Lin Dan Khan?" ”

Hearing the Ming Emperor's question, Hu Tu opened his mouth and said: "My Great Khan is the 36th Great Khan of the Mongolian Golden Family, and he is the son of Lin Dan Khan, Ezhe Great Khan!" ”

Zhu Hongsan heard that it was Lin Dan's son Ezhe, and couldn't help scolding: "Your mother, who does Lao Tzu think it is, isn't it Lao Tzu's godson?" ”