Summers in the grasslands are cooler than in the interior. Riding in the vast grassland, letting the cool wind blow the door, looking up at the falcon hovering in the air, bending the bow and arrows to shoot the beast yellow sheep, this feeling can be called enjoyment. Of course, the premise is that you ignore the scarce resources, the treacherous living conditions, the poor medical and health conditions, and the godless eyes of the herders, and the hunger that follows them.

The people's livelihood here is worse than that of the Central Plains, and in the comparison of the same class, except for extreme poverty, the living conditions of other classes are better than those of the same class in the grassland. It is precisely because of this that Fan Jin is even more convinced that he can't easily do anything to the grassland. It was easy to wipe out the 60,000 Tumut households, but it was impossible to put an end to the nomads. The vast aquatic grass is the natural magnetic field, which will attract groups of nomads to settle here, and after any nomadic people develop and grow, they will regard the Central Plains as their target, and this kind of war will not stop. From the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty to the Mongol tribes in the Ming Dynasty, this has always been the case.

The so-called immigration plugging is nothing more than a beautiful illusion, but in reality it is impossible to do it at all. It is the living habit of the Chinese people to relocate to the land, and they will not be willing to move unless they are desperate. And people in desperation do not have only one choice. Fan Jin didn't want to take risks, just as he didn't want to destroy the peaceful drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River and the peace and contentment in the Central Plains, and he didn't want the Ming Dynasty to become a militaristic country. The only way out is to adopt the most traditional way of the Ming Dynasty to control the captives.

Raise one leader against the others, and use the Mongols' bows and horses to subdue the Mongols. This method is similar to if someone in later generations has some kind of software that is difficult to uninstall on their computer, they might as well install a few more similar software and let them kill each other. The Ming Dynasty also adopted this management model for the grassland tribes, using tribes against tribes. Until the Houjin of later generations, in fact, Li Chengliang cultivated his strength until he lost control.

The sound of suona pulled his thoughts back. Wearing a purple and red monk's hat and wearing the same color "Dongga", the monk holds a long "Tongqin" and plays a majestic and powerful melody. Cymbals, drums and other instruments are then sounded, and young women dance merrily, raising their petals into the air.

A long red felt spread all the way, the three ladies jumped off the mount, stretched out their hands to Fan Jin, Fan Jin got off the horse and handed his hand over, the two of them held hands side by side on the red felt, and walked forward. Behind them, there was a horse team with the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and behind them was a car battle that could not be seen at a glance. In front of Fan Jin, there is a tall and majestic city wall, as well as a magnificent city gate, a city on the grassland, a fortified city built by fugitive slaves and military households among the Han people: Dabansheng City has finally arrived.

Fan Jin's movement out of the plug this time is not trivial. Including the Hu servants he brought out of the capital, a total of 5,000 cavalry accompanied Fan into the grassland. This accounted for almost one-third of the entire cavalry of the Xuanda defensive line. In other words, Zheng Luo has already given his family funds to Fan Jin, and the current Xuanda defense line relies entirely on infantry to maintain the city defense, and if there is a war, there is no mobile force to be deployed, let alone a rapid reaction force to serve as a firefighter.

It's not that Zheng Luo is kind, but there is no way. Those letters with Zhang Juzheng's private seal, coupled with Fan Jin's beheaded head, made the officers of the Xuanda defense line dare not disobey in the slightest. Everyone has a bad debt, Qin Cha raised his noble hand, everyone was happy, if you chase hard, no one has a stable head. Just in order to accomplish the goal of survival, they have to work hard to get along with the Qin Cha and agree to Fan Jin's reasonable or unreasonable requests.

Among these cavalrymen, there are not only the superintendent battalion, but also many generals' private soldiers. These men were supposed to follow the general to the outside of the fortress, responsible for destroying the tribe, plundering livestock, women, and doing nest and horse smashing. This time, I can only give up making a fortune and be an honor guard together, and my mood will naturally not be too good. So everyone looks like a fierce god, and with that armor, there is more and more of a kind of majesty of a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general.

Fan Jin didn't have this feeling, but because he walked into the city gate hand in hand with the three ladies, he had an inexplicable confusion. This red carpet is a courtesy for the locals to show him respect, but he still can't control it, thinking of various film and television events in later generations. If you add some flash lights at this time, she and Sanniangzi are undoubtedly the most eye-catching stars.

He looked sideways and saw the flower-like smile of the third lady. Although she is not as good as Zhang Shunqing and Menggu, she smiles sincerely and happily at the moment, and her smile is particularly moving. He had seen a similar smile on Liang Pandi's face, and every time she was in her room, she would smile like this. Especially when the morning comes, when she is about to go to court or leave, the harder she laughs, even if there are tears in her eyes, she has to keep a smile on her face. The same is true for the three ladies at the moment, they all know very well that many things are like dew and will not last long. But they all want to desperately hold on to this moment and make it as long as possible. From this point of view, she and the third sister are poor people......

As soon as he thought of this, Fan Jin's hand used some force slightly, and the third lady also shook it back with the same strength. Dabansheng is her home city, and the 10,000 people team under her command and the tribes related to the 10,000 people team all live in Dabansheng City and the surrounding city. In front of her subordinates, she is willing to let people see that her relationship with the Great Tomorrow is not ordinary. Even if the two still haven't broken through the last layer, she still wants to give people this illusion. Their Hatun is not an unattractive woman, and the angels of the Ming Dynasty still have to bow down under her pomegranate skirt.

Today's three ladies have worn eight treasure crowns on their heads and are wearing a hundred phoenix clothes, which looks graceful and luxurious. Her rulers, her generals, and the monks of the city bowed down to her. At least in this world, she is a female emperor-like existence. Perhaps it was this feeling that made her more and more attached to power and did not want to hand it over.

The planning in Dabansheng City has distinctive grassland characteristics, simple and rude, and everything is pursued. Big room and big footprint, that's enough. As for the layout of urban planning buildings, no one cares at all. Zhao Quan is not a good designer, and it is difficult for the city to be built like this. The palace where Kedun lived, which was the palace of Altan Khan that day, was quite imposing, but the decoration was very simple, and it was more like a yamen in Fan Jin's view.

At the gate of the palace, dozens of girls in costumes knelt there, putting various melons and fruits on their heads, and let Fan Jin choose.

"Whoever you have eaten, he will come into your room tonight and serve you. They are the holiest of women, and they are guaranteed to be pure and immaculate, and you can enjoy it to your heart's content. Worried that Fan Jin didn't know the situation, the third lady explained to him in a low voice. Fan Jin originally stretched out his hand, but when he heard this, he retracted his hand again.

"I ...... Actually, I don't really want to eat fruit that much. Let's get down to business first. Did you find it? ”

The third lady nodded, "Dolan is my most powerful and loyal subordinate, and at the same time, she is also my niece, and she is loyal to me. She has already found a child for me, and his mother, who had been the Khan's handmaiden three years earlier, had been pampered and had remarried. Her man later died in a drunken feud in which the victor became her new husband, though he had recently died. Died in Shanxi. She has a son, whether it is the Great Khan or her husband's, in fact, she herself may not be clear. But since it is needed, it is the flesh and blood of the Great Khan. ”

"How's that woman?"

"The gentle is like a lamb, and never knows how to refuse. Her relatives died in a white plague, and now she is desperate, and after her husband is dead, a new man will soon take possession of her. So I brought her into the big board and she couldn't be more grateful. ”

"Such a woman is indeed perfect, and if she wants to seize power, it will be easy to deal with her." Fan Jin nodded, "The next question is to pull Rick." He seemed to be coming a little slowly. If he wants to come with soldiers......"

"Then I'll set up a battle with him and see the highs and lows!" The third lady said unceremoniously: "The balance of power on the grassland is not a simple addition or subtraction of numbers. After Xin Ai's defeat, if Pullik starts a war with me now, the chances of victory are not great. If the Ming court is on my side, I promise to defeat Talik and his men. ”

In fact, the maximum mobilized force of 60,000 households in the grassland can be 200,000. The reason why Xin Ai can only assemble an army of 80,000 is that in addition to the considerations of food and grass and military supplies, another problem is the existence of the three ladies.

On the surface, there is only one 10,000-person team in the hands of the three women, but several tribes to which the 10,000-person team belongs are all the private property of the three women. The in-laws of these tribes and the close tribes are the potential power of the three ladies. They may not support the three ladies to be the Great Khan, but they will not betray the three ladies, and they will not respond to the call of love. And in order to prevent these people from copying his own back road, Xin Ai must leave troops to prevent them from backstabbing, and there is only so much power left at his disposal.

Now that Xin Ai has been defeated and died, his 10,000-strong team is facing the division of Tuo Lik, Lao Du and others. His wife's property is also within the scope of the partition. As long as the third lady can come up with materials, she can pull some of the people she loves over for her own use. So at the moment, if she starts a war with Pullik, as long as she plays the name of Fan Jin, she will be able to get more military support, and it is difficult to make a judgment about the outcome or defeat.

Fan Jin would think about the scene of meeting with Pullik, and he also felt that Pullik was unlikely to be as stupid as Xin Ai and fight openly with him. Otherwise, with his five thousand iron horsemen, even if he can't win, he can protect himself and return to Shanxi safely. Rick shouldn't be that stupid to make such a decision.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a burst of copper chin sound again, and then the young woman named Dolan reported to the third lady: "Dear Hatun, Pullik has arrived outside Dabansheng City, please go out of the city with Fan Angel to see you." ”

"Did he break his leg? Actually let us go out of the city to meet him? The third lady frowned, "You tell him that if his leg is broken, he can climb in with his hands." If his hand is also broken, find someone to carry him in. ”

"Slow!" Fan Jin stopped the third lady and asked Dolan, "How many people did he bring?" ”

"A lot." Dolan hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Probably no less than Master Fan's subordinates." Although the armies of the two sides did not fight, a confrontation had formed outside the city. ”

"Rick's head must have hit a stone, or he was possessed by Xin's love!" The third lady said angrily: "Shout Mo Rigen!" Let him gather our 10,000 troops, and since Talik is going to fight, we will fight with him. I want to see how much he is capable of declaring war on us! ”

"Don't rush. If Talik wanted to fight, it should have gathered heavy troops and surrounded our city, not a demonstration of a few thousand people. Perhaps, he has his own troubles. Just go out and see. ”

Fan Jin smiled and walked out, followed by Xue Wu and Mei Ruyu. When he came to the outside of the city, he saw Qi Jin shooting in front of the battle, staring at the opposite side. Opposite them, Tarrick's men lined up, their horses snorting and their hooves agitating to and fro on the ground.

As soon as he saw Fan Jin, Pullik hurriedly jumped off his horse and walked towards Fan Jin, and knelt down on one knee with two arrows away. "The lord of the 60,000 households of the Tumut tribe paid homage to the Great Tomorrow Envoy. Immortal heaven blesses the angels, no diseases, no disasters and no pain. ”

Fan Jin didn't get off the horse, but just said coldly: "You don't have to be polite to pull Lik Khan. Congratulations on marrying your sister-in-law and inheriting the throne in such a short time. I think the conversation between us should be within the city of Dabansheng, not in the vast grassland. ”

The third lady translated Fan Jin's words to Pullik, who hurriedly explained: "Pullik is very willing to enter Dabansheng City, drink the sweetest mare's milk wine with Fan Angel, and eat hand-grilled meat. But now we have another group of guests who prefer to negotiate on the steppe. I think it is also fitting that our souls will return to the embrace of immortality after we are born on the grassland and that our future destiny will be decided on the grassland. I don't know what the honorable angels think? ”

Another group of guests?

The third lady frowned, and Dolan didn't tell her this information, so it proves that this news is a secret, and she didn't do it herself. She doesn't like secrets, she doesn't like the existence of power beyond her own control. Just as she was suspicious, a group of men had already stepped out of the Pullyk ranks. They were dressed and looked similar to those of the Tumuts, and the leader was a man in his thirties with a hooked nose. As soon as he saw Fan Jin and the third lady, he immediately saluted:

"The son of the fox of the ten thousand households in Shanyang is immortal, he has seen the Great Tomorrow Envoy, and he has seen Zhongjin Hatun."

The third lady's eyebrows raised. "Dong Fox's son! You come to me Tumut, but you are not small. ”

"Esteemed Hartun really likes to laugh. The tiger does not eat the tiger and the eagle does not eat the eagle, and the men of the grassland have always shown mercy to the men of the grassland. Although we are divided into Chahar and Tumut, we are relatives of the same blood. On behalf of Tumen Khan, I have come to express my condolences to Xin Ai Khan, and I do me no harm to Hatun. ”

Changsheng obviously got the news from Talik, Fan Jin couldn't understand Mongolian, so he said it to the third lady in Mongolian, and at the same time he was full of smiles on his face at Fan Jin. Although Fan Jin understood what the other party said, he still deliberately pretended to be confused and responded with a smile. Immortal Dao:

"I think there are a lot of things to talk about between me and my wife, but it should be a conversation between us, and it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. Besides, we have always lived in the city, made a prison out of stones, and locked ourselves in it, which is the habit of the Han people, not the custom of our grassland men. Therefore, this angel of the Ming Dynasty can be in Dabansheng City, and we and Mrs. will have a good talk outside. ”

The third lady shook her head and said, "I don't think it's necessary." Since you don't want to go into the city, I won't force you. It's just that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty will stay with us, he is my guest, and he is the guest of honor of my Dabansheng City. I hope you all remember that, otherwise...... At one's own risk! ”