"Isn't it just a business thing?" Shen Peng said with a smile, although he was entrusted by Feng Tieling to take care of Zhu Quan and Xu Ying, he guessed that they had something to do with Lan Yu, after all, they had known each other for a short time, and he didn't know the details, so he didn't want to talk to them in detail.

Zhu Quan saw him flickering, his heart was displeased, looking at a large group of horses and several carts of tea in front of him, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and suddenly recalled that on the eve of his departure from Yingtian, Princess Anqing's husband, Ouyang Lun, and what he said, he said in his heart: Although this Shen Peng is slippery, but if there is no extremely tough backstage, it is difficult to strictly control the imperial court, and such a huge amount of salt has traveled thousands of miles, avoided countless checkpoints, and transported it to this Liaodong, at this time, what he said with his seventh brother-in-law was confirmed, and his heart was already clear, sneered: "This matter is related to the success or failure of the imperial army, and your boss is here today, and I have to ask him to explain it." ”

Shen Peng heard that his attitude suddenly hardened, and a spirit in his heart was excited, looking at Zhu Quan but he was speechless, and said in his heart: Among the generals of the border army of the imperial court, only General Lan Yu knows the identity of the prince, that is, Wang Bi and others, and can only guess that I have an extremely tough backer in the court, but I don't know the details, looking at this young man's demeanor today, it seems to be clear, what is his identity?

Xu Ying knew that the two of them were in a large camp of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry at this time, and they were undoubtedly surrounded by wolves, and Zhu Quan's identity was mostly known, so he was more dangerous, and he didn't want him to show his identity, so he hurriedly grabbed the conversation and asked softly: "Is your master surnamed Ouyang?" It turned out that when Princess Anqing and the concubine Ouyang Lun visited the "Ning Wangfu" that day, she was also present, and she contacted the various signs of Shen Peng, and also guessed the details.

Shen Peng heard Xu Ying say this, his heart was shocked, and he looked at Zhu Quan and Xu Ying in disbelief, and said: "Gongzi is a concubine of the court, but the two of them not only guessed this, but what is even more strange is that when they talk about Gongzi, their expressions are relaxed and there is no awe, as if they are extremely familiar with him?" After pondering for a while, he made up his mind and thought: In any case, these two people have a great background, and I can't exonerate them. Xu Ying and the two explained in detail, and after the matter was explained, they walked away and continued to choose horses, and did not say anything to inquire about Zhu Quan and Xu Ying, he is extremely cautious, a careful person, and knows that some things are still not known.

When Zhu Quan heard that Tuhuan was really unwilling to fight with the Ming Dynasty army as his sister Su Lan said, he was overjoyed, rubbed his hands, and said softly: "It seems that these Oirats still know how to advance and retreat. Suddenly, he frowned again, and said with some concern: "It's a pity that among the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, less than thirty percent belong to Tuhuan, I don't know what the Gui Lichi of the "Qiergis Tribe" and the Arutai of the "Asut Tribe" are planning?" Looks like we're going to need to find out a thing or two tonight. ”

At night in Liaodong, the north wind was howling, it was extremely cold, but in the handsome tent of the Qierjisi cavalry, it was as warm as spring, a Mongolian young man with a beard under his beard and wearing armor as a captain of ten thousand horses, while stretching his hand to the brazier to keep warm, while turning his head to a figure standing not far away with a rather respectful look, looking at a back on the map and saying: "Venerable Khan, during the day today, a caravan of Han people came to the camp of Dehuan and made some tea and horse transactions with him. Speaking of this, seeing that there was no one else in the tent, he immediately stepped to the side of the Mongolian Great Khan, and whispered: "This time, the father and son only led six thousand knights under their command to come with us. With that, he raised his hand and made a gesture.

Looking at the map, the Mongolian man in his forties turned around when he heard this, and under the light of the fire, he saw that he was tall and burly, and his rough appearance revealed a bit of cruelty, and it was Gui Lichi, the leader of the "Qiergis tribe".

Gui Lichi stretched out a big hand, slapped the captain he regarded as his confidant, and said with a smile: "Dato, I know that you are loyal to me, but unfortunately you can only solve problems with knives, but you don't like to use your brains. ”

Dato whispered puzzledly, "But they only have 6,000 men, and their strength is far weaker than ours." ”

"Then have you ever wondered why Mahamu dared to come with us when he had a break with his son and only brought 6,000 men and horses?" Gui Lichi sighed, and without waiting for Dato to answer, he immediately continued: "If only his Oirat tribe came with us, he would never dare to bring only these thousands of military horses, but don't forget, among the 36,000 troops, there are also 10,000 horses of the Asut tribe, and that fox-like cunning old thing on the steppe, Arutai." Speaking of this, I couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke the robe made of fox skin on my body, with a look of yearning on my face, as if I had touched Arutai's "fox skin".

Hearing this, Dato suddenly said: "Could it be that the Khan is worried that if we fight with Mahamu, the old boy of Arutai will take advantage of the fire to rob and stab him in the back?" ”

Guili snorted coldly in his red nose, and said coldly: "That little cub who is dehuan is accurate because he has calculated the temperament of Arutai to see the wind and rudder, so he can come with confidence and boldly, besides, the six thousand cavalry under his command are not vegetarians, so we may not be able to swallow them in one bite." ”

Hearing this, Dato said in surprise: "Then what are we going to do with these many troops and horses in this land of Liaodong?" Could it be that the Khan really wanted to help the Lieutenant Nahachu? He was Gui Lichi's confidant, and he knew that his master wanted to replace the Yuan Emperor Togus Timur at this time and become a figure like Genghis Khan in the past.

Gui Lichi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and said softly: "Gyeongju is the throat of Liaodong, if I really want to help Nahachu, I won't nest here, I should go directly to Gyeongju." After a moment of silence, he continued: "Although I am not going to obey His Majesty's holy decree and go to fight with the Ming army in a defeat, but I have the heart to meet the generals of the Ming army in Liaodong and fight one or two battles." Speaking of this, Gui Lichi couldn't help but sigh, looked at Dato with both eyes, and said slowly: "Now the tribes on the grassland, when they talk about Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Fu Youde in the Ming Dynasty, it is as terrible as talking about tigers, what is the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty expeditionary army called?" ”

Dato thought for a while and replied: "According to the scout's report, Feng Sheng led the main force of the Ming army and was still stationed in Tongzhou. "It turns out that Lan Yu, as a rising general of the Ming army, although he guards Liaodong, has not fought with the three major tribes far away from Liaodong, and is not known to Gui Lichi.

Gui Lichi heard that Feng Sheng was still in Tongzhou, put his mind at ease, and muttered to himself in his heart: Feng Sheng's old ghost is not easy to mess with, there is no need to provoke him, thinking of this, he smiled cruelly: "Chang Yuchun is naturally powerful, but the brother-in-law of the Han people is generally a wine bag and rice bag, let's take Lan Yu, this kid, and beat him to lose his armor, so that all the tribes on the grassland are terrified when they mention our "Qierjisi tribe". It turned out that although he had no intention of aiding Nahachu, he hoped to win the vanguard of the Ming army, so as to improve the prestige of himself and his tribe among the grassland tribes, and lay a solid foundation for the future replacement of the descendants of Kublai Khan, known as the "Golden Family".

At this moment, the big tent was opened, and a guard walked into the tent, bowed down and said: "Qiqi Khan, Arutai Khan of the Asut Department, Mahamu Khan of the Oirat Department and His Highness Tuhuan ask to see him." ”

Guili didn't look back, but raised his hand backwards and commanded, "Call them in." ”

A moment later, four Mongol merfolk walked into the tent, and the first one was a short and fat old man with a round face and small eyes, and a smiling smile was none other than the leader of the Asut tribe, Arutai. Behind him was an old man with a thin face, about fifty years of age, and an old man with a goatee under his beard, who was none other than Tuhuan's father, Maham, the leader of the Oirats.

Gui Lichi looked at another strange Mongolian man who was tall, his eyes were like electricity, he stood still like a mountain after standing, and his appearance was quite vicious, he couldn't help but be stunned, and asked with a smile: "Who is this?" As the leader of the tribe, he naturally had a lot of eyesight, and when he saw this big man walking proudly behind Mahamu, without any humility, it was obvious that he was not an ordinary guard, so he asked this question.

Tuhuan smiled and introduced: "This is the master of the little sister, the number one master in my Oirath clan, Mr. Tuoyu." He read some Han books, and he was unconsciously affected by his words and deeds.