Far away people and horses are like little ants, all of them came out of the house, the closer crowd can see very clearly, people are wearing bulging bags, there are a small number of armor soldiers have put on cotton armor, cotton armor is not very heavy, wearing it on the body can suppress the wind and cold, but they can't ride horses, everyone's horses are full of weapons, bows and arrows, arrows, as well as water bladders, backpacks, horses or horses with horsebacks are pouring out, they are different from usual, almost everyone carries bows and arrows, and some people carry swords, ladder knives, sickles, soldiers' knives, most of the weapons of these followers are short weapons, and there are few strong soldiers made of fine iron, those tiger guns, tigers, tooth knives, pick knives, iron sickles, fine iron sickles, one-handed broadswords, most of these strong weapons are used by white-armored soldiers and Bashiku, Zhuangda, and red-armored soldiers.

All those who went out of the city led their horses or followed the horse team to their own cattle and stood in line, the horns sounded non-stop, and the Niulu banners gathered more and more, and the bannermen gathered outside the city of Hetuala, with Hetuara as the center, but I was afraid that the bannermen within a radius of several hundred miles were gathered together, and they gathered under their own villages under their own villages under the conch summoning, and then gathered in their respective cows, and then every five Oxen were one Jiala, and then the Jiala Ezhen received the orders of the Gushan Ezhen, Then the ministers in charge of the left and right wings assisted the banner lord in management, although the army of more than 30,000 people was gathered, but in the eyes of Zhang Han and others, it was orderly and not chaotic at all.

The crowd gathered outside the city was mostly armored flag soldiers, and there were many flag soldiers in the city, and there were people slaughtering cattle and sheep everywhere.

Tan Tai shouted with a smile from afar: "Boss Zhang, let's also divide a few sheep and slaughter them for tooth sacrifice." ”

Zhang Han is a distinguished guest, and the vegetarian food is not bad, but at this time, Houjin is really poor, and he can only eat the stored cured meat and dried fish on the days when he can't hunt, and the amount of food is also insufficient. Tan Tai is a white armor, and he has to eat meat every few days.

Shu Mu took a short knife and came out, and said to Chang Wei, Liang Xing and others: "Except for Zhang Dongzhu, those who don't do it don't have mutton to eat." ”

Shu Mu still has a straight face, and everyone is used to it, and everywhere he goes, people owe him 800 yuan. Fortunately, after a long time, Shu Mu also knew Zhang Han's status, and it was rare to show moderate respect for Zhang Han, a native of the Ming Kingdom, but he was not polite to Liang Xing, Chang Wei and others.

"If you don't just slaughter a sheep, what's it?" Liang Xing and others brought the sheep in, and everyone also used the knife, Shu Mu made the first move, cut the throat of the sheep with a knife, the sheep bleated a few times, the blood was released, Shu Mu took the basin and took it, and there was a rare smile on his face: "This is a good thing, you can drink it while it's hot." ”

Saying that, he really drank sheep blood in a basin, Chang Wei's little face turned pale, these Jurchens were really civilized, and they were too wild

Shu Mu drank a mouthful of blood, saw Chang Wei's appearance, and said with a mischievous face: "Go out at any time today or tomorrow, you may not be able to eat hot food for ten or twenty days in a war, let alone boiled mutton, Chang Wei, if you are a man, drink sheep's blood, and then eat meat with me." ”

"It's so disgusting, I don't eat it."

"Aha!" Shu Mu provoked: "I'll just say that you Han people are too weak. ”

Chang Wei usually fights with Shu Mu, his mouth is more than Shu Muliso's, and making Shu Mu happy is also Chang Wei's fixed entertainment project, but today he was choked by Shu Mu.

"Chang Wei boy," Shu Mu continued to provoke: "You don't dare to drink sheep blood, you dare to kill someone?" ”

"Hmph." Chang Wei snorted coldly, just wanted to say that he dared to kill, but when he thought that the Jurchen in front of him was going to kill the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the words "can kill" at this time, but he couldn't say anything.

When he was stiff, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and everyone looked at it, a fat figure was riding on a yellow fat horse, but it was Huang Taiji who was turning over and dismounting.

"The slave has seen the master!"

Tan Tai ran to the door as soon as he slipped through the smoke, and made a thousand kneeling and saluted, and Shu Mu was the same, Huang Taiji was their serious master, and it was also appropriate to double the flattery.

"Ili!"

Huang Taiji commanded, and when he turned his face to look at Zhang Han, he smiled: "Mr. Zhang, I just met the end of the sacrifice in the Khan Palace, and I brought you some white meat, let's eat together." ”

"White meat" is boiled fat pork, this time everyone mutton and dried fish are tired of eating, pork is indeed rare, if in Xinpingbao, in such a snowy day, everyone has to shabu a pot, get some wolfberry stewed dog meat to replenish yang qi, in the Jurchens in this realm is not daring, Liang Xing often muttered behind his back, the Jurchens on dog days are similar to savages, but pay attention to not eating dog meat.

As soon as he heard about the pork, the saliva of the people present was about to drip down, Zhang Han smiled at Huang Taiji and bowed with his fists, and thanked: "Thank you for the reward of Sibeile." ”

"I appreciate Mr. Zhang's point, and I have always been honored and disgraced."

The longer Huang Taiji and Zhang Han get along, the more interesting this person becomes, Zhang Han did not call him the master, nor did he bow down, this is nothing, although Nurhachi's oath was not explicitly stated, Zhang Han is not qualified enough, but the Houjin people still regard Zhang Han as an ally...... After all, he is a big businessman with a net worth of hundreds of thousands, and the business road he has established runs from Shanxi to Inner Khalkha in the Ming Kingdom, and this energy and ability are not comparable to ordinary people. Zhang Han was also very courteous and polite to him, but under Zhang Han's respectful surface, Huang Taiji never felt that this person was truly respectful or afraid of himself, nor did he really reveal the habits of a businessman, such as a smooth mouth and a sweet mouth, a mouth full of flattery, too erratic eyes, and three sentences without leaving the business experience...... Zhang Han didn't.

Of course, Zhang Han does not have a pure military temperament, nor does he have the temperament of the children of officials, Huang Taiji looks at the eyes of people very poisonous, a few years ago after Jin did not start a war with the Ming Dynasty, he also went to Liaodong many times, and saw many rich businessmen and officials of the Ming Kingdom, but Zhang Han's temperament is too unique, completely different from the people Huang Taiji has seen.

Huang Taiji also takes care of Zhang Han meticulously, not to mention the usual care, the war is imminent, and he also mentioned sending Zhang Han away, and the usual favor must be grateful to others, in Zhang Han's place, it is a faint thank you.

In any case, Huang Taiji found that if he wanted to cultivate the kind of master-slave relationship he expected with Zhang Han, he might not have much chance.

The more this is the case, the more Huang Taiji is interested in Zhang Han, and he will not be angry, in the four major Baylors of Houjin, Dai Shan is brave in battle, experienced, and peaceful, but the disadvantage is that he lacks a little upward determination and perseverance, and Dai Shan is greedy for money and lustful, Huang Taiji is sure to subdue this big brother.

The second Bel Amin is not the son of Nurhachi, he is congenitally deficient, and the third Bel Mang Gurtai is not a strong opponent, he is too irritable, and he has too many opponents in the Eight Banners.

Old Khan is already sixty-one years old, and Huang Taiji feels that he may be in charge in a few years, no matter how he can't touch Zhang Han's bottom, it will be beneficial to Zhu Shen to win over this person, and this is enough.

When Huang Taiji pondered Zhang Han, Zhang Han was also pondering this person.

The longer I got in touch, the more I felt that Huang Taiji was terrible.

He can be very vulgar, very domineering, very brave, and has a fine heart, the abacus is no worse than that of a businessman like him, his temper can be very modest, and he can insist on his own ideas, he will never change because of external forces, and he can't think of other Baylors, he has always been Huang Taiji insisting on doing it, if it weren't for Zhang Han's other ideas in his heart, even the stone heart would have been warmed up by Huang Taiji.

The final conclusion can only be the sentence that has been thought about a thousand times: what a terrible opponent......

The white meat is still hot, Huang Taiji actually asked someone to use the pot to bring it directly, the meat is very fragrant, not the kind of feed pig in later generations can be compared, the aroma hooks the gluttonous insects straight up, this meat does not have any seasoning, it is boiled, but in the eyes of this group of people in front of them is already supreme delicious, everyone took out the purse tied on the belt, took out the salt, sprinkled on the trembling fat on the head, a mouthful, suddenly the fat overflowed, everyone began to eat in a big gulp.

Huang Taiji and Zhang Han didn't eat, after the two sat on the pit, Huang Taiji said first: "Soon there will be a fight, since you don't leave, I want to see this big battle, there are two places for you to choose, one is to follow the Great Khan, but be cautious and don't make any trouble, these subordinates of yours are not easy to take with them, after all, the Great Khan is much tighter." The other is with Li Yongfang, Erdeni, your old acquaintance Kurtang is also there, they sit on the council, follow in the rear when the army goes out, and make some records at any time...... How, which one to choose? ”

Zhang Han said without hesitation: "Follow Fushun's forehead, there are a lot of decisions to be made during the Great Khan's war, so I won't bother." ”

Huang Taiji nodded with satisfaction, stood up, and sighed: "Daming is really too domineering, our small country also has to survive, this battle must be fought, Zhang Han, you are from the Ming Kingdom, but I hope you will also say some justice for us in Daming in the future." ”

Zhang Han sat cross-legged and said with an immobile expression: "I stay here and am willing to act with the army, and I am also doing this." ”

"Good." Huang Taiji stood up, his fat figure stepped down from the fire pit, he wore his boots and said with a smile: "I want to go with Da Baylor with a thousand cavalry, the next time we meet, the battle may be over." ”

"I wish the four Baylors a victorious start."

"The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, and the outcome is unpredictable." Huang Taiji shook his head and said with a calm smile: "But I'll borrow your auspicious words." ”