Although it is only past July, the cold wind in the early autumn of Liaodong is already very cold, especially in the middle of the night, the flowers in the tent tightened the sheepskin jacket on the body, grabbed a few pieces of dry cow dung and threw it into the fire in front of him, and then put a piece of mutton next to him on the fork on the fire and roasted it, and after a while, this piece of fresh mutton began to exude an attractive aroma.

Hua Dang is just forty years old this year, and he is at the peak of a man, he has a standard Mongolian face, a large round face, a collapsed nose, obvious sunburn on both cheeks, and a cold light flashing in his slender eyes, which makes people know at a glance that the Mongolian in front of him is not a simple character.

After the mutton on the fire is cooked, Hua Dang puts the mutton on the plate in front of him, then picks up a knife and cuts the mutton into slices, rubs it in the salt bowl next to it and puts it in his mouth. Although Hua Dang is the big leader of Duo Yan Wei, his usual life is no different from that of ordinary Mongolians, and even he doesn't like to wear Ming silk and cotton cloth, he usually wears a thick and hard sheepskin jacket, and it is impossible for people who don't know him to guess that this ordinary Mongolian man in front of him is Hua Dang, the leader of Duo Yan Wei who shocked Liaodong.

Now that the third watch has passed, the reason why Hua Dang hasn't slept is because he has to think about his plan again before the sneak attack, and see if there is anything missing in the middle, which is also his habit before each battle. Speaking of which, the reason why he was able to lead Duoyan Wei to sit firmly in the position of the head of Duoyan Sanwei was because of his cautious character.

Originally, after hearing the news that the Ming Dynasty had defeated the little Tatar prince again and increased troops in Liaodong, Hua Dang immediately decided to break away from the Tatars and express his submission to the Ming Dynasty. But what he never expected was that. Da Ming actually made a very excessive request this time. Not only did he have to hand over his military power, but he also had to send officials into Duoyan Sanwei to manage the various tribes, so that he could only use it as an ornament, so he couldn't agree to such conditions anyway.

Hua Dang rejected the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty, and immediately prepared for war, he had seen from the fact that the little Tatar prince had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty several times, and the current Ming Dynasty was no longer the weakened tiger at the beginning. It can be said that the current Ming Dynasty is very terrifying, even more terrifying than when Zhu Di was the emperor, so he had to spend all his energy to deal with it.

In fact, in the face of the aggressive Da Ming, Hua Dang's reason told him that he would never be able to defeat Da Ming, and even if he could repel Da Ming's attack this time, but with Da Ming's national strength, he would soon be able to organize a second and third attack. With their strength of Duoyan Sanwei, they can't consume a behemoth like Daming at all. So in the face of this situation, their wisest choice is to escape, and the further north the better, with the help of the vast area and the speed of the horses, so that the Ming is simply unable to catch up, and then wait until the strength of the Ming begins to decline, and then they will fight back.

However, although the above idea is good, but it is unrealistic, the first is because the timing of the attack chosen by the Ming Dynasty is too good, it is now autumn, and the cattle and sheep on the grassland are in the season of growing fat, if they can't let the cattle and sheep grow enough fat, then they are likely to not survive the cold winter, so this season is definitely not suitable for tribal migration, let alone migration to colder places in the north.

For this reason, Hua Dang had already asked the elders of the tribe, but the other party told him that if the tribe moved north now, then half of the women and children in the tribe would die, and the cattle and sheep would be reduced by half, and then their tribe would not need to be attacked by others, and they might collapse.

The second reason is that the grasslands in the north are getting colder and colder, they finally moved from the north to the relatively warm Daning area, and the tribesmen have become accustomed to the climate here, if they move to the north, I am afraid that they will not only die, but also cause dissatisfaction among the tribesmen, plus after they leave, the grasslands in the north have been occupied by other nomadic tribes, and if they want to go back, they must have a war with those tribes, and this is a battle for survival, and it will be the complete extinction of one party to end. Otherwise, no one will be able to back down, and this will be more cruel than any war.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, so after thinking about it for a long time, Hua Dang finally decided to protect his homeland by force, this is the land that Zhu Di rewarded his people with the blood, and it is also the war exploits that his ancestors exchanged for blood, all because Daming did not keep his promise, so in the end they had to use force to take it back, and now Daming wants to expel them by force again, so let God decide where this land belongs.

Thinking of the unfair treatment of his tribe, Hua Dang's face also showed a trace of determination, this time he had inquired clearly, the 70,000 troops who attacked him from the south were all the elite of the border army, and he also got an exact news that the general who led this army was named Zhu Shou, who had just been crowned as the Duke of Zhenguo by the Ming Dynasty, but Hua Dang knew that this so-called Zhu Shou was actually the absurd emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Hua Dang was very excited about the Ming Emperor's personal conquest, because he had long heard of the absurd name of the Ming Emperor, such a person led the army to attack him, it must be the whim of the absurd emperor, as long as he could defeat the other party a few times in the early stage, Zhu Houzhao would definitely be discouraged and frightened, and it was even likely to order the withdrawal of troops.

Of course, Hua Dang also heard that the Zhenguo Gong with the pseudonym Zhu Shou led troops to repel the little Tatar prince in Datong, but Hua Dang thought that this was definitely not Zhu Houzhao's personal command, but that other Ming generals defeated the little Tatar prince, and then Zhu Houzhao took it to increase his prestige, after all, he absolutely did not believe that an emperor who grew up in the deep palace could defeat the little Tatar prince who crisscrossed the grassland.

However, Hua Dang soon found that his previous conclusions were a little hasty, because since the Ming army entered the grassland, he kept sending cavalry, or harassing or scouting, as a result, Hua Dang was very surprised to find that the Ming army under the command of Zhu Houzhao, the army of the Ming Dynasty was neatly dressed, whether it was marching during the day or camping at night, the Ming army did not show any flaws, and the several cavalry he sent to test the past were strangled by the Ming cavalry outside before they could get close to the Ming army. From this, it can be seen that this Ming army is definitely not as vulnerable as he imagined.

It is precisely because he saw that the army of the Ming Dynasty was so difficult, so Hua Dang's army led by Duo Yan Wei did not dare to approach the other party at all, after all, all the troops they could use for Duo Yan Wei were only 30,000 people, and the number was less than half of the other party's.

Originally, Hua Dang wanted to wait for an opportunity to find the flaws of the Ming army, after all, after a long march, the other party will always have some negligence, and then it will be his chance, after all, the number of their army is too small, and they are facing the Ming army, which can only be to find death, so they can only use the method of sneak attack, but it is a pity that Zhengde did not give him any chance to sneak attack at all.

Seeing that the army of the Ming Dynasty is getting closer and closer to Daning, and even only three or four days away, in order not to give the Ming army any chance, so Huadang implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness on the grassland, and all the tribes were moved to the area around Daning, but now it is autumn, and the cattle and sheep need to graze on the vast grassland, so the area around Daning where those tribes are scattered is very scattered, as long as the army of the Ming Dynasty moves forward for another day, you can meet the grazing tribes.

Although the army of the Ming Dynasty has not appeared on the grassland for many years, Hua Dang still remembers the cruel policy implemented by Zhu Di against the grassland people when he attacked the grassland, in fact, it cannot be said that Zhu Di was cruel, he just returned the cruelty that the Mongols inflicted on the Han people, for example, when Zhu Di attacked the grassland, as long as he encountered the grassland tribe, he would be slaughtered by them, and then rob the tribe's cattle and sheep as food, and even in the autumn, he would set fire to the grass on the grassland. You must know that once the grass on the grassland is lit, it will be a great disaster, and it is even likely to cause several tribes to freeze and starve to death in winter, which can be described as extremely vicious.

Hua Dang listened to the old people in the tribe tell the story, and these old people even experienced the catastrophe of the year, Hua Dang, as the leader of Duo Yanwei, naturally didn't want his people to be bullied by the Ming army again, so he had to fight with the Ming army tonight, no matter what, he had to stop the Ming army from moving forward again, otherwise their people still don't know how many people would die under the sword and arrow of the Ming people?

Thinking of this, I saw Hua Dang slam his fist on the table, grabbed the mutton on the plate and ate it in a few bites, and then grabbed a few handfuls of vegetables from the basket next to him, stuffed them in his mouth and chewed them a few times before swallowing them. These vegetables are also his secret weapon, most of the grassland people have night sickness, but Huadang found that the Han people did not have this problem, so he arrested a few Han doctors to ask, and finally let him find the reason, that is, the grassland people only eat meat and milk, but they do not eat vegetables like the Han people, only people who eat vegetables for a long time can see things clearly at night, so now the men in their Duoyan Wei need to eat vegetables, most of them can already see things clearly at night, and they are no longer blind. This is also an important reason why he dares to sneak attack at night. (To be continued......)