Chapter 412: Going to the meeting alone
In Datong City, Qiu Luan stood on the city gate early and looked out with a telescope.
Hu Da was very aggrieved: "My lord, how can you not trust me? I don't see it, how can you see it?"
Qiu Luan ignored him and said to himself: "The wine and food are all cold, didn't Qi Jiguang say that Xiao Feng should be there today?
Could it be that he didn't come on horseback? And came by horse-drawn carriage? Wouldn't it be like this, just a few months?"
After thinking about it, he instructed Miao Er: "Go and take out the tiger bone and tiger whip wine that others gave me, and give Xiao Feng this to drink at today's banquet!"
Miao Er was startled: "My lord, this can't be! You only dare to drink a small cup of that wine every night!
Let Lord Xiao drink this at the banquet, and Lord Xiao must not hold up the table?"
Qiu Luan scolded him: "You know what a fart. Xiao Feng must be very empty now, and he needs to make up for it!
The last time I sent him away, I heard that in addition to his wife Liu Xueer, he also had a concubine of the kitchen god! Kitchen god, how good your physical strength is!
Don't you see the fat cooks in our army, tossing by himself every night, and I never let him fry vegetables with his right hand?
There is also a princess of Chang'an! I heard that Princess Chang'an has been suffering from deficiency and cold since she was a child. This weak and cold woman is the most damaging to a man's yang energy!
So you have to make up for it, you have to make up for it, you don't understand it!"
Fan San ran over panting from his post at another city gate and shouted loudly.
"Lord Governor, just now Tian Si came to deliver the message, and Lord Xiao's horse team passed through the border city and went straight to the territory of the Tatars!"
Qiu Luan was so frightened that he almost fell off the city gate, but fortunately, Hu Da and Miao Er supported him one by one.
"What's the situation? What a situation! How many people did he bring with him?"
"Lord Hui, listening to Tian Si, it looks like there are only a hundred people!"
"Crazy, crazy! But a hundred people dare to run to the territory of the Tatars! Even if he goes to the mutual market!
What about Qi Jiguang? Hurry up and go to the mutual market to inform Qi Jiguang, and ask him to bring people and horses to pick up Xiao Feng!"
Xiao Feng's horse caravan had already passed by the side of the mutual market by this time, and had reached the border of the Tatars.
The patrol rangers of the Tatars spotted the group and immediately rushed to warn them.
"This is the place of the Mongols, if you go to the mutual market and go in the wrong direction, go that way!"
Xiao Feng smiled: "I am Xiao Feng, the real person of Da Ming Wenxuan, I came to see Altan Khan, you go and inform him, I will come to him for a drink."
The ranger was startled, looking at Xiao Feng's green clothes and white robes, he had not participated in the previous battle, but he had also heard of Xiao Feng, and his tone suddenly became much softer.
"It turned out to be Xiao Zhenren, please wait a moment, I'll report!"
Xiao Feng didn't have to wait long before the ranger ran back and bowed on horseback.
"Xiao Zhenren, our Great Khan has an invitation, the Great Khan said, if Xiao Zhenren is afraid, just wait here, he moved the stove over.
If Xiao Zhenren is not afraid, he will follow me to the tent of the Great Khan, and the mutton will not taste good when it is cold!"
Xiao Feng smiled slightly: "Lead the way ahead!"
A hundred men, led by the rangers, ran forward, and along the way, they kept encountering a cavalry of several hundred people galloping back and forth, and any one of them was enough to destroy his small team.
After running for a stick of incense, I saw Altan Khan's golden-roofed tent, with several cauldrons outside the tent, the heat was churning, and the smell of meat was overflowing.
Altan Khan dragged a chair and sat at the mouth of the tent, straddling one foot inside the tent and the other outside the tent, laughing at Xiao Feng.
"Xiao Zhenren, why do you have this Yaxing, come to me for a visit?"
The hearts of everyone behind Xiao Feng sank, according to the rules of officialdom, Xiao Feng is here, Altan Khan should not be so rude no matter what.
He sat on the chair, did not get up to greet him, and did not have the slightest courtesy to speak of, is it really going to raise troops?
Xiao Feng's face remained unchanged, he dismounted with a smile, dragged a chair, and sat down opposite Altan Khan, with one foot in the tent and one outside the tent.
"Winter is coming, I'm worried about the lack of food on the Khan grassland, so I want to come and take a look."
Altan Khan laughed, "What do you see?"
Xiao Feng pointed to the iron pot: "All the way over, there are iron pots and clay pots in front of every tent, stewing cattle and sheep, is it because the grassland people don't like to eat barbecue?"
Altan Khan's smile remained unchanged and looked at Xiao Feng: "The mutual market has indeed benefited the people on the grassland, but Da Ming has also taken away a lot of cattle, sheep and horses from the original."
Xiao Feng nodded: "There is no shortage of cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, and there is a shortage of them.
There is no shortage of iron pots, crockpots, silk cloth, seasonings, tea leaves...... Wait, it seems that there are more things lacking on the grassland than in Daming!"
Altan Khan smiled and lifted the lid of the iron pot, and his attendants were standing around the tent, and no one came forward to serve, apparently having received orders in advance.
Altan Khan drew his dagger, and the people on both sides tensed up and looked at each other. Xiao Feng and Altan Khan were unconscious.
A knife was inserted into a large piece of mutton, and the juice was picked out drippingly, and I was not afraid of the heat, so I reached out and grabbed it, and bit down a large piece of meat, and ate it with a mouth full of oil.
"Xiao Zhenren, cattle and sheep eat grass, and wolves eat meat. So only cattle and sheep are eaten by wolves, and there has never been a wolf eaten by cattle and sheep, do you say?"
Xiao Feng also pulled out the embroidered spring knife he carried with him, which was much larger than Altan Khan's dagger. He also picked up a large piece of mutton, but beckoned to Altan Khan's attendants.
"Bring me a plate, and a basin of water, and spices, and I will clean my hands."
The attendants looked at Altan Khan, Altan Khan nodded, the attendants brought it up, Xiao Feng washed his hands slowly and carefully, and then put the meat and spices on the plate and ate it too.
"Great Khan, wolves also eat meat, and people also eat meat, do you say that wolves eat more meat, or do people eat more meat?"
Altan Khan gnawed down on a large piece of meat and said vaguely, "It has only been a few years since the meat was eaten, and the wolves have been eating meat since there was no one around, until now!"
Xiao Feng cut off a piece of meat with an embroidered spring knife, dipped it in seasoning, chewed it slowly, and was amazed. Then he gave the remaining bone to Altan Khan.
"It's so fragrant, sweaty, this bone tastes good, do you want to taste it?"
Altan Khan's attendants all changed color and looked at Altan Khan. Altan Khan laughed unconcernedly.
"Where there is meat to eat, who eats bones?"
Xiao Feng nodded: "The wolf has eaten the meat for hundreds of thousands of years, and it is still hungry and full, even the bones are chewed and eaten.
Only after thousands of years of eating meat have they refused to eat bones.
It seems that only relying on looting will not be enough to eat after all. You have to do something that only humans can do, wolves can't, so that you can be satisfied."
Altan Khan was silent and ate meat, Xiao Feng didn't speak anymore, and ate meat seriously.
It wasn't until the two pieces of meat were almost eaten that people were surprised to find that Xiao Feng seemed to eat slowly, but it was not much slower than the gobbling up Altan Khan!
Altan Khan also looked at Xiao Feng a little strangely: "You eat faster than you seem!" How?"
Xiao Feng smiled, "This is a unique skill that my family Qiaoqiao taught me.
If you want to eat fast, you don't necessarily need to gobble up, just move your tongue and teeth fast.
A lot of things are the same, it's just that it's easier for people to see what's on the surface."
Altan Khan looked at Xiao Feng with a calm face, and suddenly stuffed the leftover bones into his mouth, and with the clattering sound of cracking, the bones were actually chewed.
"Xiao Zhenren, people don't eat bones because bones are hard, if they are soft bones, people still eat them!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "That's right, I also like to eat cartilage, but I must bite and try it before eating, in case I misjudge the hardness, and my tooth will be dead."
Altan Khan suddenly smiled: "Xiao Zhenren suddenly came to see me, because he was worried that I promised Xiao Qin to raise an army to attack Daming together, right?"
Xiao Feng pulled in the pot with an embroidered spring knife, trying to find a piece of meat that was more pleasing to the eye.
"You sent Chengger as an envoy, which means that you haven't thought about it yet, just sit back and watch the situation
。 Back then, you told me that if I live, you will not rebel."
Altan Khan smiled, "Since Xiao Zhenren remembers this sentence, he dares to take a few people to go deep into this place?
Qi Jiguang's soldiers didn't dare to cross the mutual market, otherwise he would take the initiative to start a war with Mongolia, and he couldn't afford this responsibility!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "When I come over, I will let someone inform Qi Jiguang, just wait at the edge of the mutual market, you don't need to go inside to find me."
Altan Khan's smile became even more eerie: "If I kill you at this time, Da Ming will have a broken arm. After that, I raised troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and it was not a breach of promise.
Such a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, Xiao Zhenren might as well help me think of a reason to refuse?"
Xiao Feng finally found a piece of flesh, picked it up with satisfaction, and patiently cut it on the plate.
"There are many reasons for this, but I won't talk about the most important ones. Let's talk about what happens if you kill me and then start an army."
Altan Khan's smile froze. Does this guy think so fast? As if it was a trivial thing for me to kill him? Skipped?
"Xiao Zhenren is always unexpected, okay, let's talk about it. As soon as the real person died, Da Ming was missing an arm.
The civil and military generals who have been trained by real people are hard working and lonely will inevitably be suppressed by the strict party. The Ming people didn't speak dark words, and the Ming at that time couldn't withstand the Mongols.
Last time, I led my troops to the capital, and the real person first asked Qiu Luan to send troops to intercept the transport team; Later, Qi Jiguang broke through and attacked 10,000 cavalry from Gubeikou inside and outside.
He also set up an ambush in the WTO accession concept, resulting in the loss of our support and the lack of troops and horses.
If there is no real person, relying on the strict party to govern, I will be able to sack the Jingshi and return victorious!"
Xiao Feng nodded: "At this time and that time, you were taken by surprise and went straight to the Jingshi, which is indeed powerful. However, now that the Xuanda defense line, does the Great Khan feel that it is still as easy to break through as before?
You say that after my death, the Yan Party will be in power, and it is arbitrary. The previous Yan Party, long live Yan Song is undoubted, Yan Shifan is alive and full of energy.
To tell the truth, although Yan Shifan is vicious and perverted, he is indeed energetic and scheming. Yan Song took power, mostly with the help of Yan Shifan.
Now Yan Shifan has half a person left, full of resentment, and takes medicine as food. Why do you think he can still help Yan Song maintain the Yan Party?
Moreover, you can't help but underestimate Long live. He is not as short of money as he used to be, and his trust in Yan Song has also been consumed a lot by me.
As soon as I die, he will inevitably be angry with Yan Song, because we are mortal enemies. If it doesn't work out, it will continue to decentralize power and bring more people into the cabinet.
Great Khan, in the past year, the Great Khan must have bought many horses from the Great Khan, as well as the Jurchens and Tibetan areas.
Come to think of it, can the Great Khan really win?"
Altan Khan also picked up a piece of mutton, still grabbed it with his hands and bit it directly, wiping the oil from the corners of his mouth with his cuffs.
"Even if Da Ming is stronger than in the past, Xiao Qin said that he can make Miao Jiang raise troops, let the Jurchens raise troops, and let pirates raise troops.
When embattled, how many troops and energy can Daming have to protect the front line of Xuanda?"
Xiao Feng laughed: "You also believe this! If Xiao Qin had her own strength, she would have raised troops a long time ago.
Great Khan, didn't he follow you back then and make you a military advisor, wasn't it because the White Lotus Sect's own strength was insignificant?
The strength of the White Lotus Sect has decreased greatly in the past two years, it is not as good as before, it was not good before, and now it is suddenly enough? Could it be that the White Lotus Sect can also eat the Pill of Bliss?"
Altan Khan also laughed, "His power is definitely not as strong as before. But he contacted the pirates this year and had a close relationship with Xu Hai and others.
Xu Hai's power at sea should not be underestimated, and his subordinates can also contact a group of Japanese robbers, and his power in this area has indeed increased."
Xiao Feng took out a handkerchief, embroidered with bamboo, and under the bamboo was a chicken eating rice, whose belly was already very big, and it was still eating.
Altan Khan usually wears a white sweat towel, but when he has never seen such an elegant handkerchief, he can't help but laugh and say, "This handkerchief is delicate enough."
Xiao Feng wiped the oil on his hands: "
The bamboo is embroidered by Qiao Niang, saying that it looks like me; The chick below is embroidered by Zhang Yunqing, and it is said to be like Qiaoqiao."
Amid the laughter of the two, Xiao Feng took out a roll of things from his arms and handed it to Altan Khan.
"This is the report of the Holy Decree, brought to Qiu Luan, let's show it to the Great Khan first."
Only then did Altan Khan understand why Xiao Feng wanted to wipe his hands, he also wiped his hands on the sweat towel, took the report from the palace, and opened it to read.
The newspaper is different from the ordinary newspaper in that the paper is more elaborate and solemn.
Generally, when there is a major decision or personnel change in the imperial court, in order to let the high-ranking officials in various places know the news as soon as possible, they send out a special report with the holy decree.
"Today, there is Wang Zhi, the leader of the private ship gang at sea, who feels that he has failed the court and is deeply guilty. And floating overseas, lonely and miserable.
Therefore, he played the court in order to serve the country and atone for his sins. He did not have too many bad deeds and crimes in the past, and his heart to serve the court was very pious.
Therefore, the Son of Heaven granted amnesty, extrajudicial mercy, and recruited Wang Zhi and his ship. Awarded Wang Zhi the post of general of the sea, and the official is a third-grade official. Incorporate the coastal private fleet, assist the officers and soldiers in fighting the Japanese pirates, and atone for their crimes.
Spread the knowledge to officials at or above the prefect level in various places, so as to avoid misunderstanding and confusion."
Xiao Feng saw that Altan Khan's face was calm, but his hands trembled, and he took it back and stuffed it into his arms.
"The Great Khan said that Xu Hai's strength should not be underestimated, I don't know how Wang Zhi compares to Xu Hai, how strong is it?"
The meat in Altan Khan's hand seemed to suddenly become unfragrant, and he put down the meat and looked at Xiao Feng.
"Even if the pirate side is not worried, it may not be easy to sit back and relax.
To tell you the truth, what kind of clan reform did you carry out this time, which made the clan wail, and Xiao Qin also saw such an opportunity before deciding to act in advance.
Although the clan has few troops, they are also surnamed Zhu, and they have much less resistance to grabbing the throne of their own family, so they are easily used as a banner by Xiao Qin."
Xiao Feng continued to eat meat: "Believe it or not, the Great Khan dares to rebel, before he picks up a knife or gun, the army of the Ming Dynasty will surround the door of the house."
Altan Khan looked at Xiao Feng and nodded for a long time: "With you, I believe it." If you can't figure this out, you're not a great teacher.
It's just that there are still Jurchens, how is Xiao Tianshi going to deal with it?"
Xiao Feng finished gnawing the meat in his hand, looked at the hundred cavalrymen who had not dismounted, and then looked at Altan Khan.
"Although the Jurchens are strong, can they be stronger than the Great Khan? I can even block the Great Khan's iron cavalry from Xuanda, and the friendly exchange of markets will naturally be able to block them."
He said it arrogantly, but Altan Khan felt comfortable listening to it. Yes, how can the Jurchens compare with my Mongol cavalry?
What's more, if the Jurchens want to fight the Ming Dynasty, they can only fight from Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan, that is a stronger line of defense than Xuanda!
However, it is all based on one premise......
"Xiao Zhenren is naturally able to stop the Jurchens, I absolutely believe this. It's just that if Xiao Zhenren is gone, it's hard to say."
The meat in their hands was finished, but neither of them put down the bones, and they both stared at the bones in their hands, like flowers growing on the bones.
"Does the Great Khan know why I dared to come to the Great Khan's territory?"
"Is Xiao Zhenren sure that I won't dare to kill you?"
"The Great Khan fought in the north and south, killing people like grass, don't say it's me, even if you come in person, if you really want to kill, you won't hesitate."
"Then Xiao Zhenren is proud of his strong martial arts, do you think I can't kill you?"
"I don't dare to be strong in martial arts, I will definitely be able to win if I fight you now. However, martial arts are at most a hundred enemies.
In the territory of the Great Khan, I can gather a few thousand cavalry at will, and I am not so confident.
I dare to come, and I am confident that the Great Khan will not kill me, not only because of my judgment of the situation, but also because of the new things I have come out of the world."
Altan Khan stared at the bones in his hand, his eyes did not touch Xiao Feng, and neither of them could see each other's eyes.
"I've seen the things of the WTO view, I don't know what treasures Xiao Zhenren has this time
Is it more powerful than the gunpowder last time?"
Xiao Feng slowly stood up: "The Great Khan told his subordinates that the movement is a bit big, don't misunderstand."
Altan Khan smiled, "Don't worry, they won't do anything without my orders, unless you kill me on the spot."
Xiao Feng walked to his horse, took off an iron guy from the saddle, and threw the sheep bone in his hand high.
The sheep bones tumbled in the air, reached their highest point, and then began to fall.
With a loud bang, the sheep's bones were shattered in the air, and the bone residue slowly fell like fine snow grits.