Adair found the area around the Ming army's camp in the middle of the night. The enemy's perimeter was heavily guarded, and Adair was almost discovered by the enemy patrolling in the dark. But with years of instinct and experience in avoiding danger, he finally found the area five miles away from the camp.
Sixty steps away, in a thorn bush, there lay like a rabbit.
Through the dense thorn bushes and through the gaps in the grid-like brambles, he could clearly see half of the enemy camp. Under the light of the campfire, rows of tents were neatly located within the camp fence. Patrolling soldiers
Teams came and went, long shadows crossed the darkness. The soldiers' armor was brand new and bright.
, glowing under the bonfire. There are hundreds of horses locked in a fence on one side of the camp. These horses are also tall and slender, with flowing and shiny hair. They are obviously carefully selected war horses.
More than a dozen soldiers were shuttled back and forth to fetch water and feed the horses.
Adair was filled with doubts. What kind of Ming army troops and horses was this? It was so well-equipped, its horses were so handsome, and its camp was so well-guarded? This style was obviously not soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. However, if it wasn't
What kind of soldiers and horses could the border troops be?
Just when Adair was full of doubts, he saw a group of people walking quickly from the center of the camp holding torches. The man in front of him was wearing a black cloak, a fat body, and walked like a dragon or a tiger. The group of people walked quickly to the war horse fence.
Stand sideways.
"Eunuch Liu!"
"Hello, Eunuch Liu!"
"See Eunuch Liu!"
The soldiers who were feeding the horses saluted.
Adair trembled, almost unable to believe her ears.
"Father-in-law? Why is there a father-in-law here?"
Adair thought she had heard wrongly, so she rubbed her ears and put her palms behind her ears to make a sound, carefully capturing the conversation. In fact, there was no need to do this at all, the distance was already very close, and it was a quiet night.
, and he was downwind of the night wind. He could hear the footsteps of the people and horses walking in the camp, let alone talking.
"No need to be polite. We are just here for inspection. I stopped by to see if you are feeding and watering the horses." The short and fat father-in-law had a strange voice, which reminded Adele of the water ducks in the pond in his hometown.
"For father-in-law, the little ones are feeding each horse. Each horse has a bucket of water and a pound of bean cake. I guarantee that they will be well fed. Don't worry, father-in-law. The little ones are dedicated to taking care of the horses. They must take good care of the horses.
." A soldier feeding the horse hurriedly said.
"Well! Your Majesty's horse must be fed carefully. The bean cakes must be crushed and the water must not be turbid. If it gets sick, you cannot afford it," said the father-in-law.
"My father-in-law, I have to be careful. The young ones will not dare to be careless even if they eat the heart of a bear or a leopard. The emperor's mount is worth less than the rest of us put together." The leading soldier said with a smile.
"Little monkey, I assume you understand. We are asking these questions, so we are not worried about you. We are going to set off tomorrow, and our mounts must be well fed and well taken care of. Everyone, please be careful and do your best. This
After the second emperor successfully patrols the border, he returns to the capital and our family will give rewards to all of you and those accompanying you. As long as you do your best to handle the errands and take good care of the emperor along the way, everyone will benefit. Do you understand?" said the father-in-law.
"Young ladies understand, I would like to thank Eunuch Liu in advance. Thank you for your hard work. Eunuch Liu didn't rest until late at night and worked hard to inspect the camp. I really appreciate it and admire you."
"Hey, isn't that what it should be? We all want to be safe and sound during this patrol. Just don't make any mistakes. That's all. You go ahead and do your business. Let's go look elsewhere."
After the father-in-law finished speaking, he waved his hand and turned around to lead the people away. A group of soldiers feeding horses bowed to see him off.
Adele, who was lying there in the thorn bush, was about to faint. From the scene he saw in front of him and the conversation he just heard, he got an inference that made his head lack of oxygen. Although he didn't know it at all.
He dared to believe the result of his own inference, but his reason told him that it was the truth.
The large-scale cavalry team, the soldiers' well-equipped equipment, and the heavily guarded camps... all the previous doubts were easily solved. That's because these people are the emperor's bodyguards, and they are protecting the emperor of the Ming Dynasty when he goes on patrol.
Although I didn't see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with my own eyes, I didn't need to see the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Everything in front of me was enough. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty came here, and the father-in-law said that he was here to patrol the border.
This is a border area. Is this emperor of the Ming Dynasty going crazy?
Adair made a quick analysis in his mind. When he knew that the group of people in front of him were the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his entourage, his oxygen-starved brain could not understand the significance of this matter for a while.
However, Adele soon realized that this was important information. He didn't know yet whether this information was of any use, but regardless of whether it was useful or not, it was important information. The information could not be bigger.
.
Adair wriggled out of the thorn bush like a maggot, squirming back. It wasn't until he was a few miles away from the outskirts of the camp that he got up and ran up the hillside, disappearing into the dark mountain wilderness.
Half an hour later, in the dark forest on the hillside, Adair stood in a small clearing, looking at the dark sky, and carefully tied a bamboo tube to the leg of a messenger hawk.
Then he held the kite in both hands and threw it up into the sky. Suddenly, the wings soared into the sky. The kite soared into the dark night sky and flew eastward over the high mountains.
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At dawn, in the Tatar military camp on the bank of the Tang River, thirty miles east of the border where Longmen was stationed in Xuanfu Town, the falcon swooped down and landed on the scaffolding in the camp. The falcon was responsible for raising and
The Tatar soldier Wolengci who sent the message took the bamboo tube from the feet of the falcon. He recognized that it was a letter sent by his own people who had infiltrated from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so he did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed to the main tent of the camp.
The Tatar commander Batu was woken up while he was still sleeping, because he had ordered that if there was a letter sent from the Ming Dynasty, it must be reported to him as soon as possible. When the commander Batu saw the parchment in the bamboo tube
After writing the content, I screamed in shock.
"Quickly, send this letter Feiyu to Wanhu Mansion on the left wing and deliver it to Commander Asbasi. Make three copies and send it with three Feiyu. There can be no mistakes."
Not long after, the three falcons took to the sky again and flew to Hushi City in the east where Asbas, the commander-in-chief of the Duoyan tribe and the general manager of the Tatar left-wing Ten Thousand Households Mansion, was located.
At noon, the two haidongqings used by the Tatars to convey important information took off into the sky and flew to Heishui City in the northwest at an extremely fast speed.
When it got dark, the information sent by the two Tritons flying thousands of miles was already placed on the desk of the little Tatar prince, Batu Munch, who was honored as Dayan Khan.