Chapter 28: Searching
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Xiao Zhiyan checked the woods and grasslands like a hunting dog, from the marks of horses' hooves to the dung of livestock. All Zhai Zhe could do was wait, there were many hunting masters among the soldiers, and they were all amazed when they saw Xiao Zhiyan's tracking. After searching for most of the day and passing through the jungle, Xiao Zhiyan pointed to the grassland in the distance and said, "See? There are tribes of Mongols there! ”
Three yurt zigzags stand at the bottom of a grassy slope, and flocks of livestock beyond.
The cavalry behind him looked at it carefully for a moment and said, "That's right, it's a Tumut!" "After working as a shepherd slave in the Tumut tribe for nearly ten years, they can still clearly distinguish what the tribe once looked like.
Xiao Zhiyan shook the reins and said, "If you go over at night, don't scare them!" ”
Zhai Zhe smiled: "The night is over!" I think you're trying to scare them! He immediately picked out ten pro-soldiers, ordered Che Feng to lead the others to temporarily camp in the mountains and forests, and urged the horses to walk towards the grassland. Twelve horsemen walked slowly in the direction of the yurt, and the Mongols soon spotted them.
Six or seven men ran out of the tent, and as they quickly mounted their horses and ran, they shouted, "Horse thief! There are horse thieves! ”
Zhai Zhe raised his hands high on the big black horse, and the cavalry marched unhurriedly.
The Mongols panicked for a while and then showed that they were not as bad as they thought, and this group of people was not like the horse thieves they usually saw. Seven or eight Mongols urged their horses in the direction where Zhai Zhe came, holding their bows and arrows tightly in their hands, and being on guard.
"We're not horse thieves!" Zhai Zhe shouted loudly.
"Where are you from?" The Mongolian man at the front took out an arrow and placed it on the bowstring.
"We are from the Ming Dynasty, we are all Han people!"
The Tumuts were still skeptical in their eyes.
Zhai Zhe turned his head to stop the people behind him, and he kept his hands held high and urged the big black horse to walk over.
Seeing this, the Tumuts also lowered their bows from their hands.
"I am a messenger from the Ming Dynasty, and I was ordered to go to the steppe to find the Great Khan of Ombu in Tumut!"
The stout man on the other side laughed, and finally his tears seemed to be about to fall, and said, "Han, you go, the Great Khan is gone!" ”
"The Great Khan of Ombu is the king of Shunyi canonized by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming and the Tumuts are brothers, and we are here to help the Tumuts!"
"The Great Khan is gone!" The man reached out his hands, "No one knows where he went!" ”
Zhai Zhe thought about it and said, "Can you take us in temporarily?" We are here on order, and we must find the Great Khan! ”
The man looked at him carefully and replied bluntly: "No! ”
Zhai Zhe wanted to say more, the man turned his horse's head, beckoned to the people around him, and led the others to retreat in the direction of the yurt.
Zhai Zhe also gestured to the people behind him, and Xiao Zhiyan and the others followed closely. Twelve horsemen followed behind the Tumuts and walked in the direction of the yurt.
The Tumuts were furious, and the man returned with his men and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”
Zhai Zhe spread his hands and said, "We really want to find the Great Khan, and besides, we don't have much supplies, and we want to buy two sheep from you!" ”
"Not for sale!" The man took off his bow and arrows again.
Behind Zhai Zhe, Xiao Zhiyan and others also picked up arrows in their hands.
Behind the man, a young man shouted, "Temur, they are not robbers!" ”
The man turned his head and shouted, "Shut up! He weighed the shape in front of him again, and said, "I can only sell you a sheep!" ”
Zhai Zhe motioned to Xiao Zhiyan and the others to put away their weapons, and said with a smile: "I will exchange it for fine wine, the Han and Tumut are brothers!" "After that, it will hang in \u9
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Temur opened the wine bag, sniffed it carefully, then took a sip, slowly stretched his brows, and said: "Han people, don't blame us for being rude, we are no longer the past, Chahar people and horse thieves take turns harassing us, making our situation difficult!" ”
Zhai Zhe urged him to step forward, stretched out his right hand, and said, "The Han and the Tumut are brothers!" ”
A crisis was finally resolved, and a dozen horsemen followed the Tumuts to the yurt. Zhai Zhe took three wine bags from his own soldiers and handed them to the Tumuts, in exchange for a total of two sheep. The grassland people have always relied on mare's milk wine, and there is a lot of trade between the Tumut and the Han people, and they can also get the bamboo leaves of Shanxi, but that is not something that ordinary herdsmen can taste. Four wine bags for two sheep, both sides feel that they do not suffer.
After all, if there is a conflict between the two sides, there will be many people on Zhai Zhe's side, and it will be their own side that suffers.
Zhai Zhe's group of soldiers have lived in the grassland for a long time, and they quickly slaughtered and processed the two sheep, divided them into pieces of meat and put them in bags. He also asked the Tumut people to stew the remaining bones and meat in a pot, and gnawed dry food on the snow water for five consecutive days, others didn't care, Zhai Zhe couldn't stand it a little.
Hospitality is the characteristic of the Mongols, with wine and meat, a group of people quickly got together, coupled with the deliberate flattery of Zhai Zhe and others, the estrangement of Temur and others was slowly eliminated.
"Seriously, Daming asked us to come to the grassland this time to help the Tumut people!" Zhai Zhe drank a glass of Tumut mare's mare's milk wine, and said seriously: "The Han and Tumert have been friends for decades, and the Chahar people are unreliable!" ”
Temur let out a long sigh and said, "Now the Tumut tribe is confined to the Tokto grassland by the Chahars, and some tribes are hiding in the Hetao grassland!" The Chahars loot our livestock at every turn, and life is really not going to be able to get by. ”
Zhai Zhe raised his glass and said: "Find the Great Khan of Omubu, Da Ming and the Tumuts cooperate, and together drive the Chahar people out of Monan!" ”
The herdsmen were in high spirits and raised their wine glasses.
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ooo drank three rounds, accompanied by Xiao Zhiyan, and the Mongolians drank very happily. Zhai Zhe suddenly asked, "I don't know where the Great Khan is now?" ”
A young herdsman suddenly said: "The Great Khan was in ...... a few days ago"
Temur suddenly shouted angrily: "Uliji, shut up! ”
Wu Liji curled his lips unconvinced and said, "They are Da Ming people!" ”
Zhai Zhe showed a very unhappy expression and said, "Temur, don't you treat us as friends!" ”
Temur sneered and said, "The Great Khan's whereabouts are indeed unknown!" If you don't believe me, look for it elsewhere in the Tokto steppe! ”
There are still a number of Tumut herders in the Tokto steppe, but as Temur says, their herds are no longer herding for themselves. The Chahars regularly levy livestock, and they are strictly forbidden to go east. Zhai Zhe and others wandered here for five days, spreading the news that the Ming were looking for the Great Khan of Omubu, but there was no news until the food was exhausted.
Zhai Zhe has been setting up tents near the yurts of Temur and others, and his relationship with those herdsmen has become more and more familiar.
Uliji was very friendly to them, and occasionally came to chat with them and ask about the situation of the Ming Dynasty in the Great Wall. This is a happy Mongolian lad, hospitable, except for a bit of talking, nothing is wrong. Zhai Zhe and Xiao Zhiyan both liked him very much.
It was another day without harvest, and even the waist knives of his own soldiers had been used in exchange for food, Xiao Zhiyan had lost confidence, and only Zhai Zhe was still confident.
When it was dark, Zhai Zhe and the others returned to the vicinity of the yurt in Temur, and the Uliji family cooked hot soup for him. The night slowly quieted down, and Zhai Zhe was not asleep in the tent when he heard the sound of horses' hooves not far away.
"Someone's coming!" Xiao Zhiyan also poked his head out of the tent.
More than a dozen dark shadows stayed not far away, and the Shepherd Dogs of the Temur family barked wildly. The herdsmen came out of their yurts, and when they saw what they saw, they did not panic, and went back to their tents to take out the slaughtered livestock.
A voice came from the darkness: "Is the messenger of the Great Ming here?" ”
"Exactly!" Zhai Zhe replied loudly.
"Please come with me!"
Zhai Zhe led out the big dark horse, and Xiao Zhiyan followed.
Seeing that the cavalry in the darkness was not approaching, Temur shouted: "Our cattle for the winter of the Great Khan are ready!" ”
One of the cavalry replied: "There is enough food for the winter, leave it for yourselves!" ”
Zhai Zhe ordered the other soldiers to stay in the local area, and got on the horse with Xiao Zhiyan to follow him.