At dawn, the heavy snow that had been falling all night finally stopped. The faint light of the sky was reflected by the snow, and it should still be the dark period before dawn, but it was already like the dawn of the morning.

The soldiers of the Ming army did not have a comfortable night, the burned houses did not play the slightest role in sheltering from the wind and snow, the soldiers could only find a pitiful shelter between the ruins and broken walls to set up tents, and the firewood and charcoal for heating burned all night, but the cold was still there. In such a bitter night, bonfires and charcoal fires did not really do much, and many soldiers woke up in the middle of the night from the cold, huddled by the fire and shaking like leaves in the wind.

Five watches and three drums, the sound of the sound on the snow attracted the attention of a small group of Ming troops in the north of Linhu City. They were already cold and curled up behind a wall of snow like frightened hedgehogs, and when they heard the rustling of footsteps, they stabbed at each other; A hundred households slowly poked their heads out from behind the snow wall, only to see several black shadows on the snow slowly coming, and the sound of creaking on the snow was clearly discernible.

"What for? Stand there, or we'll let go of the arrows. The hundred households shouted, and dozens of Ming soldiers around them shook off the snow on their bodies, poked their heads out, and bent their bows and arrows.

Several black shadows were stunned, but then someone shouted with a surprised voice: "It's here, don't let go of the arrows, we are the messengers of the Tatar State, and we have come to deliver a letter to Lord Song, the commander of your army, on the order of the new Khan of the Tatar State." ”

The Ming army shouted: "Stand there and don't move, the blades on your body are thrown down, if you play tricks, don't blame us for being polite." ”

The other party only agreed, a few scimitars and daggers were thrown on the snow, after the Ming soldiers surrounded them, they searched up and down several times, and ordered people to go to the rear to check whether there was an ambush, tossing for a while, then relieved; It was only the three Tartars, a middle-aged man in his forties, and two guards who accompanied him.

The Ming army immediately reported it, and after a while, the news was reported to Song Nan's big tent, Song Nan was already awakened by the cold, and after getting dressed, he was drinking hot tea around the fire under the service of Wan Zhi to warm up, and his face was full of shock when he heard this.

Three Tatar messengers were brought into the tent, and these three were all wolf-like, their hair and beards were covered with ice ballast, and their hands and feet were a little disobedient, and the yellow-bearded middle-aged man had some black lips. Under the gaze of Song Nan and the generals who rushed to hear the news, several people drank hot tea and roasted by the charcoal fire for a while, and then they recovered slightly, and the middle-aged man hugged his chest and saluted Song Nan.

"Dear Lord Song, I am Hu Luozhen, the leader of the Tatar Korqin Tribe, and I am here to deliver a letter on the order of my Tatar New Khan."

Song Nan was shocked in his heart, before the others could understand the meaning of this messenger's words, Song Nan had already keenly captured the word 'new khan'.

"New Khan? Has your Dayan Khan abdicated the throne? ”

"Lord Yusong, my army retreated and camped on the north bank of the Hara River, the two tribal leaders in the army took the opportunity to rebel, Dayan Khan and the second prince died in the rebellion, fortunately, the third prince Bars led his troops to quell the rebellion, and in a cadre of clan elders and the army. With the support of the generals, he has inherited the throne last night and has become the new Khan of my Tatars. ”

Song Nan's mouth was open, and he couldn't close it for a long time, and Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Ma Ming, Zhang An and other generals were also surprised to close their mouths, and in just one night, such a big thing happened in the Tartar army, which was really unimaginable. You can't just die in the rebellion?

Song Nan squinted at Hu Luozhen's flickering eyes, not believing in this matter in his heart, with the control and prestige of Bald Mengke, the possibility of a rebellion in the army seemed to be unlikely, and it was possible that someone in the rear would take advantage of the time when Bald Mengke was going out to fight. And in an army that has full control over the bald man, what kind of rebellion can make the bald man die with Urus, which is simply impossible. Take Song Nan himself as an example, as the commander of the army, there are 1,000 personal guards outside the big tent, and there are also selected 3,000 guards on the periphery, even if he is in the army. If the generals rebel, they will not be killed. Unless it is a personal guard to make trouble, but that is impossible, because the generals of the personal guard are all hardcore henchmen, and the criteria for selecting people by themselves are so strict, let alone being a bald and fierce person as a great khan.

Besides, after killing Bald and Urus, how did the powerless Bars survive and lead his troops to quell the rebellion? There's got to be something strange here.

"This is a letter from you from my esteemed new Great Khan, the Great Khan, written by the Great Khan himself, for your Excellency." Hu Luozhen took out a letter from his bosom and presented it respectfully.

Song Nan took the letter and unfolded it to read, Bals's Chinese characters were written a little awkwardly, and the strokes were twisted and curved like small tadpoles, but they could still be read.

"Lord Song, the situation in my Tatar Kingdom, Hu Luo Zhending has already told me that now that I have inherited the throne of Khan, I think about it, and I deeply agree with what my lord said before. Therefore, I wrote this book in my own hand, and I would like to convey my goodwill to the emperor of your country through the mouth of my lord, and my Tatar country does not want to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty again, and hopes that the two countries will stop the war and send envoys to each other to discuss peace. ”

The expression on Song Nan's face became soothing, and he put down the letter and laughed: "Your new Great Khan is definitely a person who understands the affairs of the times, and he hopes that we will end the truce between the two countries here, which is exactly what I want." Leader Hu Luozhen, go back and tell your Great Khan, I can agree to his request, and I can also immediately go to the court and arrange for peace between the two countries. But before that, I hope that your Great Khan can show his sincerity, you go back and report to your Great Khan, if he orders all the deployments to withdraw from the north of Yinshan Wolf Mountain within ten days, let my Ming soldiers and horses take over the towns and cities to belong, and no longer do the dying struggle to cause the death and injury of the soldiers and horses of the two countries, I dare to vote for this peace discussion. ”

Jiang Bin, Xu Tai and others heard a rough idea, it seems that the new Khan of the Tartars wrote a letter to ask for peace, Song Nanye was direct enough, and asked the other party to get out of the house within ten days, and if this condition was met, he would negotiate peace with them.

Hu Luozhen saluted and said: "Thank you Lord Song, I will definitely convey your words when I go back, in fact, the new Khan has issued an order last night, and my Tatar tribes and soldiers and horses will soon withdraw from the Hetao one after another, and my Tatar country is full of sincerity, I hope your lord can understand this." ”

Song Nan laughed and said: "Very good, those who know the times are Junjie." The leader of Hu Luozhen has worked hard all the way, I will order someone to eat something, and you will eat some hot food, and then go back to your life immediately. The imperial court is urging us to set foot on your Tatar country, so this matter needs to be implemented as much as possible, and there can be no delay. If it goes on and the holy decree of the imperial court marches down, then this peace discussion will not be negotiated. ”

Hu Luozhen was startled, and even claimed that Song Nan ordered someone to get some food and roast it hot, Hu Luozhen and the others were indeed hungry and panicked after trekking for most of the night, and began to gobble up and gobble under the gaze of dozens of generals in the Ming army.

Song Nan watched them munch on the food with a smile on the side, but finally couldn't help it, and asked: "Leader Hu Luozhen, with all due respect, I am very interested in the rebellion in your camp, can you tell me how this rebellion happened and what the situation is?" ”

Hu Luozhen held a piece of hot and fragrant beef in his hand, and said in his mouth: "Don't talk about such things, in short, some people take advantage of the defeat to make trouble." ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "Family ugliness can't be publicized, right?" However, I do not find your words credible, and this directly affects my doubts about the sincerity of your country's peace talks. To be honest, I don't believe your words at all, I don't know that you are deliberately deceiving us, maybe the bald man is not dead, and you don't have any new sweat, everything is just a trick. ”

Hu Luo was really startled, he almost choked on a piece of beef, chewed it a few times quickly, stretched his neck and swallowed it and swore to the sky: "Immortal Heaven is above, I Tatars never deceive people, and besides, such a big thing, who dares to spread rumors?" The third prince took the throne and participated in the whole process, how could there be a fake? The bodies of Dayan Khan and the second prince are still resting in the Golden Tent. ”

Song Nan said coldly: "Really? But even if what you say is true, I don't think it's a rebellion, and with his prestige, you people regard him as a god, and how can you betray him because of his defeat. ”

Hu Luo really thought about it and finally sighed and said, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth, I don't want you to misunderstand our sincerity." Here's the thing. ”

Hu Luozhen told all the thrilling things that happened last night, Song Nan and the generals heard it with a numb scalp, they never imagined that the Tartar's temperament was so direct, he had just planted a seed for him yesterday, and in the blink of an eye, it took root in Baars's heart; This guy was also bold, and slaughtered Urus in front of the bald man, and the bald man was actually angry to death, and the leaders and tribal elders under the tent actually believed the words of the third prince, believing that Urus was a person with bad intentions, and actually praised Bars's behavior, thinking that he was brave and fearless, and admitting that he should inherit the throne.

The behavior and thoughts of the Tartars are really a little strange, Song Nan really wants to see the third prince Bars again, discuss his mental journey, and sigh: I really don't understand you!

After Hu Luozhen left, the Ming army's tent became a place where water ducks gathered, and after everyone heard this incredible thing, they were shocked and amused, and they were relieved of Song Nan's incomprehension of letting go of Bars before.

A general said unabashedly: "It turns out that this qiē is in the calculation of the general, and the general is really a god and a man." ”

"Yes, the general is simply Zhuge in the world, the god operator descends to the earth, my army will let the bald man die without a single soldier, but this old thief will die, so that the Tartar will lose the ability to fight, we are really five bodies to the ground."

Song Nan smiled bitterly: "Don't be a sycophant, I didn't expect this, I didn't kill Bars just because I didn't want the grudge between the two countries to be irresolvable; The words he said to Bars were indeed provocative, but who would have thought that he would do it when he went back, and do it so directly, and what is even stranger is that it actually succeeded. ”

Everyone didn't think that Bars was so lucky, but they felt that there seemed to be someone in the dark who favored Lord Song, and Lord Song sent troops to fight, why did all these good things fall on him? It's a strange thing.