Fire and water are merciless.

For the grassland dwellers, fire is a far greater threat to humans than water. The grassland is windy and dry, and the slightest fire can cause a catastrophe. Therefore, whether it is a cooked food or a bonfire for a ceremonial ceremony, someone must be responsible for extinguishing it to ensure that there are no sparks left. As for warming yourself in a tent, you should pay strict attention to prevent fires. Subject to scientific and technological conditions, their fire protection level may not be very high, but in terms of fire prevention awareness alone, it is not inferior to that of later generations.

When the first explosion came and the fire started, someone had already blown the horn, and when the disheveled Fan came in outside, the people in Dabansheng City had already gathered at the fire site, some people were carrying buckets, others were carrying sticks and hooks, and the integrity of its equipment and the reaction speed of the personnel were not inferior to the forbidden army of the Beijing Division.

In addition to the ordinary people, there were also many lamas in the crowd wearing Dongga. Due to Alta's conversion to Gelugism, the Jokhang Temple was built in the city of Dabansheng, and nearly 1,000 lamas lived in the city, including more than 600 iron-rod lamas who were in charge of guarding. These people are strong and strong, and they practice martial arts on weekdays, and they are not only good players in fights, but also the main force when fighting fires.

The anger on the faces of these lamas was no less than that of ordinary herdsmen, and some of them cursed in whispers, and some even whispered vicious incantations, uttering the most cruel curses to the arsonists. The herdsmen were more direct and began to shout and curse, while some of the elderly fell to their knees and prayed to the heavens: "O Bodhisattva, please send down nectar and extinguish this fire." Take away the soul of the arsonist and let his soul suffer daily in hell, never to be exceeded! ”

Some of the women sobbed, "How can you set fire here...... That's the city's rations. Without food, how can we live? ”

The three ladies admired Sinology, especially after worshipping Wu Dui as their father-in-law, and in the planning of the Daban promotion city, many places referred to the structure of the inland city. The biggest difference from ordinary tribes is that a large number of warehouses have been built in Dabansheng City. Ordinary Mongolians live on water and grass, do not have a fixed sense of base area, and do not have much food in stock. Everyone depends on the weather for food, and when they encounter good profits, they let go of their stomachs, and when they encounter disasters, they will go hungry or rob.

Relying on the relationship with Daming, the third lady has the priority trade right of the horse market, and has a certain amount of grain reserves in hand, and she has always wanted to make Dabansheng her stronghold, and build a large number of granaries in the city to store grain. Even in the event of a disaster, the residents of the city and the henchmen of the three ladies still have food to eat. The grain and cloth that I got from Fan Jin today are also stored in these warehouses. It is these most important warehouses that are now on fire and exploding.

Due to the sound of explosions from time to time, it is difficult to progress the firefighting work. Most of this food cannot be saved. It was the food rations of the people of the whole city, so it was no wonder that the people looked so angry.

A horse bell rang, followed by a woman's shout, and the herdsmen moved out of the way, only to see a group of cavalry holding torches high and moving towards the fire like a fire dragon. At the front of the line, the three ladies rode on their horses with their heads disheveled, beating their horses lifelessly. The peach-colored war horse was not saddled, so it relied on the strength of the waist and legs to ensure that it would not fall off from it. The third lady was barefoot, her hair was in a bun on her head, and she looked like she had woken up from her sleep. made Fan Jin, who had seen her dressed neatly and calmly not long ago, couldn't help but praise in his heart: It's really an acting school.

Her dress is quite similar to Xue Wu's, although she looks embarrassed, but if you look closely, you can see a little maturity and richness, which has a different kind of attraction. and Fan Jin's barefoot and untidy appearance complement each other. It's just that Fan Jin doesn't have the ability to ride a bareback horse, so he still can't use the trick of not buckling the saddle, and it is slightly inferior in reality. Fortunately, these herders are simple and do not pay attention to such details.

The third lady's face turned pale, and she shouted, "Who is on duty tonight?" Where's the captain on duty? ”

"Kedun! The captain was gone, along with his men. Dolan stepped forward to reciprocate, and then was whipped mercilessly by the third lady. Even if he knew that this whip was going to be punished, but seeing the appearance of the skin and flesh immediately peeling when the whip went down, Fan Jin still felt a sudden shock in his heart. I used bitter meat tricks on Zhang Tieji's gang, but I didn't dare to use this scale. The way of the three ladies is worth learning by yourself.

"This is the defense of the city that you are responsible for? Come on, pull Dolan down and cut it down! ”

Several soldiers rushed up and dragged Dolan away, and Dolan shouted that he had been wronged. Fan Jin hurriedly said: "Madam, wait, Miss Dolan may have something to say, we might as well listen to her." ”

"Madame, I know that my sins are great and that I deserve the most cruel punishment. But before that, I have one last word to say. This fire was not an accident, someone deliberately targeted us. My men saw that when the guards of the granaries went out of the city with their families, a cavalry came to meet them. ”

Now outside the city, there are only two cavalry in total. The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty was definitely impossible, and it was naturally self-evident who the person who responded was there. The third lady's face changed, and the whip in her hand was like a poisonous snake spitting out letters, and it was drawn towards Dolan. "You don't know what to do, you lowly who talks about it! I'm going to cut out your tongue so that the whole steppe will know what kind of woman you are. How dare you...... Dare to slander my son! ”

The third lady was so angry that her body trembled, and the leather whip was beaten mercilessly, and at this time, a lama in the crowd suddenly said, "Madame, move slowly." Miss Dolan wasn't necessarily wrong. Today, there are indeed people from outside the city who have entered the city, and they have also come to our Jokhang Temple. Tell our people not to move around around tonight and to be cautious of things like that. This man is a close confidant of Talik Khan's cronies who protect Tuzhl, and his words are what Tuzhl means, and Tuzhl's meaning may be the meaning of our Great Khan. ”

The status of the lama is respected, and the lama who speaks is a highly learned monk, and his status is not trivial. Although his words are not as effective as Sonam Gyatso, they are also like bodhisattvas in this side of the world. The herdsmen were already suspicious of sudden fires and explosions, but when they heard the lama say this, they assumed that it was a force to overcome the evil.

Since Xin Ai took over the throne of Khan, the relationship between the residents of Dabansheng City and the residents outside the city has not gotten along well, although the troops under the two have maintained restraint, but the herdsmen below have fought several times because of the ownership of livestock or pasture competition. Although Xin Ai is now dead, Pullik, who took over most of his power, only focuses on the third lady, and doesn't care about the contradictions and conflicts at the lower levels, or doesn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, these people heard that the incident was related to Talik, and they didn't need to listen to more analysis, and immediately someone shouted:

"Kill Raklik! Kill this bad thing! He wouldn't let us eat, so we ate him! ”

"Eat him! Eat him! ”

One person took the lead in shouting, and immediately a large number of herdsmen echoed it. The sound of the explosion had subsided greatly at this time, and if people were to put out the fire at this time, after a period of calm thinking, some people might realize that the situation was wrong. But now that the crowd is in turmoil, there are people fanning the flames in the ranks, shouting loudly to kill Pullik to vent their anger, even if there are reasonable people, they can't be rational at this time. What's more, the grassland is originally a place of martial arts, and the end result of not paying attention to culture and education is that people generally use sensibility to think about problems rather than reason, and like to rely on force to solve problems instead of strategy.

The martial and aggressive character, coupled with objective oppression, made these people have no time to think at all, so they rushed to the city gate one after another. The woman and the old man stayed behind to put out the fire, while the young man mounted his mount and went on a hunt for life with his sword and bow. For several years, the grassland has lived in this state, and everyone is used to it, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

Fan Jin commanded loudly, ordering his subordinates to participate in the firefighting. Those soldiers who went into the city to serve as protection turned into firefighters and rushed into the fire to help the people rescue supplies. Fan Jin shouted: "Don't worry, the imperial court will give you food." We promise that we will not let the people of Tumut starve, and that the Ming will do everything in their power to help you. Everyone still values peace, and there should be no bloodshed. ”

Someone translated Fan Jin's words into Mongolian and shouted out, and the herdsmen looked at Fan Jin and saw him jumping up and down in the firelight to direct the firefighting, and trying to stop the fight. Someone couldn't help but say: "This official of the Ming Dynasty is a good person." ”

"Yes, a good guy indeed."

"Useless good guy!" A man makes his closing remarks. "What the grassland needs is strength, not conscience, he should go back to the Central Plains to live, this place is not suitable for him. We Tumut men don't know what it means to value peace, we only know how to return blood for blood! Kill it, kill Pullik! ”

The city was already boiling, and the people living in the city were the first to get the news, and then they began to assemble and set out at the instigation of others. They had fought with the herdsmen of the Ralik and the Xin'ai tribe before, and they had a grudge against each other, and when the grain and grass were burned, they subconsciously wanted to go out to kill or destroy them out of anger. As for who to kill, or to what extent, no one thinks about it at all and no one cares about it.

The tribes living outside the city soon got the news, and those who lived outside the city were basically relatives of the people living in the city. When you encounter a group fight, you naturally have to go into battle together. When they heard that Rallik had set fire to the city's granaries, most people reacted with the same anger. After all, the food in the city is also the ration of these tribes outside the city, and once this food is burned, they will have to starve.

Enraged, the herdsmen began to join the group, charging towards the tent of Talik. But others found that the situation did not seem so simple, because in the tent of Tarik, there were also flames, and the whole camp was in chaos, some people were scrambling to put out the fire, and others blew the whistle to save people.

The person who set the fire himself will be fine, this is a basic question. Therefore, compared with the fanaticism of the people in the city, the residents outside the city behaved as reasonable, and some people seriously pondered: whether the person who set the fire was a raffle or not.

"Don't think about it, it must be him! Miss Dolan doesn't lie, and even if Miss Dolan lies, Lord Cansu won't lie. Since they all said that Pullik did it, it must be Pullik. Kill him, dig out his heart, and feed it to the vultures of the sky! ”

When people fall into a state of mass mania, reason and thinking are the most disgusting evils. When the first person to point out the suspicion was knocked to the ground by his partner and his head was bleeding, the others were left to echo this path. Herders shouted slogans against Ralik, and they merged into a rolling stream. Most of them were herdsmen, but some were soldiers under the Three Niangzi. They joined the denunciation army as members of the tribe, and because of their military status, they were regarded as the main force, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't refuse.

The Ming army outside the city had already moved, and some of them began to enter the city of Dabansheng, shouting orders to put out the fire, while others protected the herdsmen as they went to the station of Pullik. These soldiers were also mainly Mongols, but after all, they were Ming soldiers. Their protection gave the herdsmen the illusion that their actions were supported by the Ming Dynasty, so they were even more emboldened. In fact, seeing the panicked appearance of Pullik's subordinates fighting the fire, many people have realized that the fire in the city may not be related to Pullik. But it is better to find someone to be responsible and let him bear the loss than to bear the loss yourself. So these people wavered only for a moment, and then they continued to move forward at the instigation of those around them.

In all fairness, with a group of herdsmen and some Ming officers and soldiers, it is impossible to storm into the camp of Pullik. But the camp was in disarray, most of the people were busy fighting the fire, and there were very few soldiers on guard. More importantly, the chain of command is chaotic, and soldiers are given orders that are completely opposite. Some people asked for herdsmen to come in to help put out the fire, and then someone ordered that the people of Dabansheng should not be allowed to approach the tents.

The completely opposite order makes it difficult for the soldiers to judge the intentions of the peak, and the military order naturally cannot be carried out. Coupled with the guards of the Ming army, the soldiers who did not get the order to start the war did not dare to treat the people too badly, so they had to watch them rush into the camp. Looking at the herdsmen's backs, several soldiers on duty had an ominous premonition in their hearts, as if some kind of great disaster was looming over their heads.

Just as they were still thinking about what these herdsmen were going to do, and how far the situation had evolved, a huge fire dragon rushed towards the camp at an astonishing speed. Unlike the chaos of the herdsmen before it, this fire dragon composed of countless torches moved quickly and neatly, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth and thundered violently. At the front of the team, under the light of the fire, the pretty face of the three ladies loomed, her eyes were firm, and her expression was serious. The cloak on his body stretched in the wind, and the sweaty scimitar glowed with a little cold light under the reflection of the fire and moonlight.

The first sentry realized that something was wrong and reached for the horn, but before he could blow the alarm, an arrow passed through his throat. The corpse of the sentry fell weakly from his horse and fell to the ground with a heavy blow. The next one to land was the robe that served as a guard with him. The cavalry swept through like a whirlwind of death, and all the guards were killed. The third lady's wrist swung slightly, and the blood beads on the tip of the knife dripped on the vast grassland.

Looking at the fire and noise ahead, the third lady's eyes were calm, and she commanded in a cold voice: "There is a shameful rebellion in the camp of Talik Khan, and we have an obligation to help him kill the traitor and put down the rebellion." Boys, do it! ”

"Kill!"

The third lady immediately did not move, and the elite cavalry behind him marched like a wall, rushing towards the camp of Pullik. The sound of killing, the noise was endless, the third lady showed a smile at the corner of her mouth, looked back at Dabanshengcheng, and muttered in her heart: I have gambled everything I have, and the outcome depends on your strategy. Don't let me down.

In Dabansheng City, with the addition of Ming officers and soldiers, the fire was quickly controlled, but the grain was scorched and inedible. While the people were lamenting the loss of their rations, someone suddenly shouted, "Oh no! Jokhang Temple! Jokhang Temple is on fire! ”

People found that there was also a fire in the direction of the Jokhang Temple, and everyone hurriedly went to the Jokhang Temple, Fan Jin shook his head on the horse, and said to Mei Ruyu: "What an undisturbing night. ”

Mei Ruyu had already guessed that most of her men were behind all this chaos, but she didn't understand his intentions in doing so. Even if you want to attack Rick, there is no need to set fire to the big board ascending city. She shook her head and said, "For...... Why? ”

"When it gets daybreak, everything will be clear. The Jokhang Temple will have a new owner, Tumut...... It's the same. ”