Chapter 245: I Can't Breathe
Half a month later.
"This is the Tingzhou City of the Tang Dynasty's Beiting Festival."
Zhang Fu, who was obviously much haggard, looked at the ancient rammed earth city wall in front of him.
In the cavalry contingent that stretched behind him, the soldiers were also listless, they entered the south of the Altai Mountains from the Burgen River, which is equivalent to the mouth of the Red Mountain, and then turned into the Ulungu River to continue southward, and then plunged south into the Gobi for hundreds of miles, relying on some seasonal small river ditches and even small oases, all the way here. Fortunately, at this time, the spring flowers are blooming, and the snow is melting everywhere, except for a few sections of the road that you really need to endure, most of the time you can find water. After all, together with the subordinates of Kun Timur, these nomads know the road from Kobdo to Beshbali, in fact, they also know the road to Balikun Lake, and those seasonal inland rivers have water in this season, which can be directly plunged into Balikun Lake.
But Ambassador Yang insisted on coming here, so they came here.
As for Hami in the east, he ...... to the west.
Ambassador Yang is an envoy of the Great Xia Kingdom, and it is very rude not to visit the Ming Dynasty.
He's got a gift for him!
"There's farmland in this place?"
Yang Feng looked at the surrounding farmland in surprise, although it had not yet started farming, it was obvious that it had planted wheat before.
"Ambassador, this place was originally the Marshal Mansion of Beitingdu, and the entire north of the Tianshan Mountains was under its jurisdiction, so the Great Yuan sent a lot of craftsmen from the Han Dynasty, and there were also farmers, so it is also the largest city in the north of the Tianshan Mountains. It's just that later Kublai Khan usurped the throne, and all the departments in this area did not obey him, Haidu, busy brother Timur, and Aruhu all raised troops, and then the entire north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the middle of the river fought for many years, and finally fell into the hands of Duwa, the son of Bala.
After that, Kublai Khan and his descendants were never able to recapture it.
But both artisans and peasants remained.
These people have multiplied for generations, and there are quite a few of them here.
Some iron tools and grain from various ministries are also traded here. ”
Kun Timur said.
It is clear that as a descendant of Ali Buge, he still insists that Kublai Khan is a usurper.
"So, the Black Flame Ones actually often sell their weapons to Warat?"
Yang Feng said.
"Well, Ambassador, he's here to trade with Warat, and even a few khanates further west."
Kun Timur hurriedly said.
"This is treason!"
Yang Feng looked at Zhang Fu.
"Ambassador, do you think we still have the strength to accompany you?"
Zhang Fu said.
Yang Feng looked at the soldiers who were unkempt after the wind and sand all the way......
"General Zhang, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, you led the army here, and learned that as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the Huo'er of the Bali Wanghei secretly colluded with Wara, collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the Ming Emperor, if you don't ask the guilt, it will be a dereliction of duty, although we are relatives, but I am entrusted by the Ming Emperor, and I have the responsibility to supervise the army.
I have an obligation to supervise you.
Don't let me go back and face your sister! ”
Yang Feng said.
"If you have the ability to hold back, I'll provoke you, do you think you're going to make trouble?"
Zhang Fu said angrily.
At this time, the gate of the city in front had been opened, and a large number of cavalry walked out with a young man in their arms.
"Who is this?"
Yang Feng asked Kun Timur.
Then he also handed the telescope to the latter.
"Shamichagan, son of the Black Fireman."
Kun Timur looked at the young man with a telescope.
Then exchange the telescope for Yang Feng.
"I've sent you, do you have any backup for this black fireman? I remember that the cities in the south of the Tianshan Mountains are also counted as his territory, right? ”
Yang Feng asked.
"It's counted, but in fact he is controlled by the south, south of the Tianshan Mountains are all Dugrat Division, and now the most powerful is Kugrat, the black fire is supported by him, Dugrat does not want to submit to Timur, so they support their family, they are Chagatai Khan's descendants after all. But from the beginning of his father, under the control of the Dugrat Ministry, more than a dozen of his brothers were killed by Hamar al-Din, and he was made the Great Khan by Kushada, but signed an alliance with Kushada, who was called a minister, and actually stood side by side with him, and this was the case for future generations, and even the guards around him were Kumada's people.
That's how he counts.
The cities south of the Tianshan Mountains are all controlled by Kuda. ”
Kun Timur said.
At this time, Shami Chagan had already approached, and they were actually taken aback, after all, they never thought that the Ming army would actually go south from the north, but they had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, after all, they relied on trade.
So I was greeted with courtesy.
"Taiji!"
Shami Chagan enthusiastically shouted at Kun Timur in Mongolian.
He didn't know that Taiji had sold him.
"Taiji, who are these generals?"
He continued.
Yang Feng looked at Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu stepped forward resentfully, and then put on a majestic face......
"Don't you lose the prince of Bali, Shamichagan?"
He said in Mongolian.
And the tone is not good.
Shamicha was stunned for a moment.
"I am, the general?"
He said.
"I am the commander of the Ming Tongzhou Guard, with His Royal Highness the King of Yan to the west of Warat, according to the order of the King of Yan to lead the army here, according to Yan Ran Du commanded the envoy Sidu to command the envoy Kun Timur said, you have been colluding with Warat, selling weapons to it privately, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, this is the crime of treason with the enemy, I don't know what the prince has to explain this?"
Zhang Fu asked in an official tone.
Shami Chagan's face flushed instantly......
"The general is here to ask for guilt?"
He sneered.
Immediately after that, he raised his right hand, and the nearly 1,000 cavalry who followed behind took off their bows, took out arrows and put them on the bowstring, and put them in a posture of pulling them apart at any time.
Behind Zhang Fu, the Ming army lined up at the fastest speed.
The cavalry under Kun Timur quickly spread out to the two wings.
"What about sin?"
Zhang Fu said.
"The general wants to ask for guilt, I'm afraid he doesn't have this qualification!"
Shamichagan sneered.
The next moment there was a flash of figure in front of him, followed by a crisp sound, and he fell to the side in a scream.
"Ma, talk to you well, I have to put on a stinky shelf, what kind of bullshit prince, it's just a chieftain's son, Da Ming will give you face, seal you a throne, you really give face shame? General Zhang, what nonsense is talking about this kind of dog who collaborates with the enemy and treason, he will be arrested and tortured directly!
No, break his legs first! ”
Ambassador Yang said.
Then he also stepped on Shamichagan.
The latter spit out two teeth, and then he came to his senses, and went crazy to draw his sword, and the soldiers under him howled angrily, and then pulled out their bows one by one and aimed at Yang Feng, but at this moment, there was a sudden cannon shot. Then a cannonball slammed into the middle of them, less than a hundred meters apart, and the cannonball was so powerful that it flew the head of a soldier who had lost eight miles, and then half of the shoulder of the soldier behind him. The soldiers who were originally angry quickly calmed down, and looked at the lying camels one by one, as well as the muzzles of the cannons on the camels' backs.
Shami Chagan also calmed down.
He looked at Yang Feng with a still angry gaze, but this guy was a smart person, and he probably wanted to turn into a smiling face, but because the turn was too big, the muscles on his face couldn't complete such a difficult task, so it turned into a very weird expression.
"Look at what I'm doing, aren't you convinced?"
Yang Feng's feet were slightly strained.
Shamichagan, who was trampled on his chest, immediately became breathless.
He struggled to get out.
But Yang Feng's feet pressed on his chest like a mountain, he couldn't shake it at all, and Yang Feng's feet were slowly exerting force, and he soon couldn't breathe, where he grabbed the ground weakly like a classic picture, and then his consciousness began to gradually blur......
"Ambassador, I think let's check first, don't wronged them."
Kun Timur's voice sounded like a heavenly sound.
"Check, do you still need to check?"
The demonic voice said.
"Ambassador, the ambassador is not a Ming minister after all, but Shami Chagan is a Ming minister, it is inconvenient for you to interfere, this is an internal affair of the Ming Dynasty."
Kun Timur said.
"Uh, forgot about this stubble, thanks to your reminder!"
The demonic voice said.
Then Shami Chagan, who was already pitch black in front of him, suddenly felt that the mountain had disappeared, his breath was free again, and the sky was bright again, and he lay there greedily breathing the free air until the two Ming soldiers set him up. But then they laughed, of course he knew what these bastards were laughing at, but he had just entered the ghost gate with one foot, so he didn't have time to care about it at this time.
It's good to be alive.
There was only one thought on his mind at the moment.
"Tie this guy up, and wait until you see the king of Don't lose Bali."
Zhang Fu shouted.
Then the soldiers quickly tied up Shami Chagan.
As for the soldiers who are not lost in Bali, they are always there watching.
Yang Feng and Zhang Fu exchanged glances.
It is clear that the rule of the Black Fire Men here is not stable, and the loyalty of the soldiers is very low, otherwise they would not have scared hundreds of cavalry into moving with just one shell.
Together with Kun Timur, they walked straight to the front......
"I'm counting to three!"
Yang Feng said to the soldiers.
The latter was somewhat overwhelmed and stuck there.
"Three!"
Yang Feng said.
The next moment, at a strange speed, he suddenly appeared next to an officer's horse, and before the latter could react, he grabbed his right foot, and then roared, and threw it to the left. The latter, because his legs were on either side of the horse, and he did not have time to pull out of the horse's pedals, was thrown to the left with his furious force, and immediately let out a heart-rending scream. Then his legs flew out of the horse's back at a strange angle of splitting left and right, and smashed directly into the other cavalryman next to him, and the two of them landed together.
The cavalryman was not much of a deal, and could still struggle to get up, but the officer was lying there, his legs almost one hundred and eighty degrees wide apart from side to side, and his whole body was convulsing......
"Who else, I'll ask who else?"
Ambassador Yang shouted.
The cavalry was so frightened that they could make way for him as fast as they could.
At this moment, more cavalry poured out from the city gate behind, led by a gorgeous robe and a fur hat on his head......
"Black Fireman!"
Kun Timur whispered.
"Is he smart?"
Yang Feng said.
"Clever."
Kun Timur said.
At this time, the black fire man had already arrived, and he simply dismounted and walked in front of Zhang Fu.
"General Zhang came from afar to work hard, I just learned that His Royal Highness King Yan went west to warat, and originally wanted to mobilize soldiers and horses to serve the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect General Zhang to arrive first, please enter the city to rest."
He said in Mongolian.
"You're right."
Yang Feng said to Kun Timur in Chinese.
Zhang Fu also seemed not to tie his son behind, and hurriedly saluted the county king, and then the two talked happily, and walked to the city gate as if they were talking, Yang Feng and Kun Timur followed, and the army behind also followed. The black firefighter looked at the mighty cavalry, and didn't say much, but shook his head slightly at his generals, signaling them not to interfere with the Ming army's entry into the city.
In this way, the army entered the city of Tingzhou.
After entering, Yang Feng found that the city was only large in area, but there was not much population in it.
Judging from the population density, the number of troops that this King of Bali can raise may not even exceed what he and Zhang Fu brought.
No wonder it's so smart.
He knew that he would not be able to defeat this Ming army.
They went directly to the palace, in fact, it should have been the official office in the past, and then the black fire man seemed to forget that he still had a son, and then let people put wine and meat on the table, of course, he definitely didn't have wine here, just fermented grape juice.
Everyone drinks fermented grape juice.
"The ambassador is prestigious, even if I have heard of it here.
When I saw it today, it was indeed an invincible warrior.
I would like to give the Ambassador a glass. ”
He said, holding his glass.
Yang Feng drank it all with him very simply, and then took out a golden thing from his arms.
"The king, Yang is a guest at the door, and he can't be empty-handed, a small gift is not a tribute, may the king be rich and long."
He said.
Then he sent the shoddy little creature of gold to the Black Fire.
The latter smiled deeply.
"The ambassador is too polite, since that's the case, then I'm not welcome, but since the ambassador has given him a generous gift, I can't be rude and have to return the gift."
He said.
Then three beautiful maids from the Western Regions walked out of the ...... with trays in their hands
A piece of jewels on the tray.
They directly knelt beside Yang Feng and the three of them with the tray, and then lifted the tray above their heads.
"The ambassador, General Zhang, Taiji, and even these jewels will be given to them together."
The Black Fire One said with a smile.
Yang Feng unceremoniously took the tray and hugged the maid with his hand......
"The king is so hospitable!"
He said.
Zhang Fu and Kun Timur also took it separately.
"General Zhang, my son may have sold some iron tools to Wara behind my back, but I can swear to the gods that they are just some pots, iron nails, horseshoe and the like, and there will definitely be no weapons. I just sold some things from Daming, and then sold them to others, even if I bought weapons, I had to keep them for my own use. Warat actually had their own blacksmiths, and they used to be in Qianzhou, where there were many Han craftsmen, and they could make their own, and they also bought them from Timur.
I really didn't sell any ordnance here, just pots, nails, horseshoe and stuff. ”
The Black Fire One said with a smile.
Yang Feng and Zhang Fu looked at each other......
"In this way, it seems that we have wronged the prince."
Yang Feng said.
"Release people, release people immediately!"
Zhang Fu said very dryly.
(End of chapter)