In the next two days, Wang Xian focused all his energy on accompanying his wife and daughter. He really used all his skills to serve the two princesses. He also had to take into account the emotions of Lingxiao, his little sister.
Mo Wen and Cheng Zheng were in trouble. One of them was reorganizing the army in the Borzigit tribe, and the other was reorganizing the army in the Oara tribe. Wang Xian's allocation made sense. Mo Wen was profound and had a broad strategy, so he could suppress the generals.
Generals like Hai who relied on their merits and Cheng Zheng were relatively weak in ability, but now that the Oara tribe was like a lost dog and its leader had been killed, it was time to let them be manipulated, so nothing could go wrong.
Two days later, Shuai Hui arrived with a thousand Datong soldiers and horses. Coincidentally, the next day, the Tatar army, which had been watching from a distance, also came to the border and set up camp fifteen miles away to the north.
Only then did Wang Xian raise the account to discuss the matter.
"Sir, the Tatars are already in front of us. When will the Chinese army arrive?" Duhai and others looked anxious. Although they said they were powerful, when the Tatar army was at its peak, they really had no choice.
Who has the guts to fight them to the death?
"The leading troops have arrived, and the follow-up troops should be arriving soon." Wang Xian said calmly.
"The march was hampered by heavy rain a few days ago. After the rain stopped, the path was muddy, so the army failed to arrive as scheduled," Shuai Hui knelt down on one knee and said, "Please punish me."
"Forget it, there are unforeseen circumstances, and no one expected that the Tatars would come so quickly." Wang Xian shook his head magnanimously, turned to the Mongolian generals and said: "Everyone, within two or three days at most, we will be here.
The army will arrive soon, and in the next two or three days, we can only rely on everyone to hold on."
The Mongolian generals looked at each other. They did not have the courage to fight the Tatars to the death, but if it only lasted two or three days, it should not be a big problem. Thinking of this, the generals finally burst out with courage and said one after another:
"No problem! We are not made of clay sculptures!"
"That's right, if we really fight, we still don't know who will win and who will lose!"
"If they want to eat us, they will have to break their teeth!"
"Haha, okay," Wang Xian stood up and laughed: "This is the Mongolian warrior in my impression. Don't you often say that you have lost your courage and determination and are not worthy of a foothold on the grassland?"
When the Mongolian generals heard this, they were ashamed and said, "Sir, we really shouldn't have done this before."
"Okay, let's not mention the past things anymore. From now on, cheer up and encourage the sons and daughters. Don't let the Tatars look down on you tomorrow!" Wang Xian stepped down from his seat, patted their shoulders one by one, and encouraged them loudly.
: "Don't worry, I will remember your performance. Those who can turn the tide in this critical moment are the great contributors of Borzigit and Oara tribe. In the future, the Hetao grassland will be yours."
pasture!"
One of the soil-breaking rewards implied by Wang Xian's words is actually ambiguous. At least Han Chinese like Shuai Hui will not take it seriously, but Mongolian men like Du Hai and others are very sincere and excited after hearing the words.
"There is one more thing." Wang Xian smiled and said: "I planned to announce it after a while, but it doesn't hurt to tell you now."
"Please tell me, my brother-in-law!" The generals knew it was a good thing as soon as they heard it, and in the originally messy big tent, you could immediately hear the drop of a pin.
"Baoyinbieji and I have agreed to mobilize 300,000 Han people to build two cities in Tumochuan and Kundulun. At that time, you will still be able to roam the grassland and graze, but you will no longer have to worry about not having iron pots or iron pots.
Tea bricks, no cloth, no salt and sugar. Not only that, you will live a life like a noble. From now on, you will have no hunger, no fear of frost, no fear of strong enemies, no worries about descendants. All these, those two cities will
Brought to you!"
"Ouch..." The Mongolian leaders were just a little excited. When they heard this, they were all excited and couldn't control themselves. It was hard for Shuai Hui and other Han people to understand that there were just two cities. What did these Mongolians have to be excited about?
?
This is called a man who is full but does not know he is hungry. Shuai Hui and the others are Han people and are accustomed to prosperous cities and abundant material life. However, they do not know that the Mongols were driven out of the Central Plains by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty sixty years ago and were driven out by Xu Da.
, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and other generals chased and killed them one after another, and after even the last capital city was destroyed, the Mongols completely bid farewell to urban civilization and returned to the nomadic state of their ancestors.
There is a saying that "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality". Mongolians who have been accustomed to city life suddenly feel that life is so hard when they suddenly return to a state where they have to rely on themselves to produce everything they need.
They can't do anything except herding, they can't grow grains or vegetables, they can only eat meat and drink milk. But without cities, they can't buy tea bricks that can relieve greasiness, which makes them miserable. It's okay to wear clothes, but it's not a big deal.
The animal skins don't even have the needle and thread to sew clothes, so the result of replacing them with horsehair and animal bones always looks like savage attire.
What's even more tragic is that there are no iron pots for boiling water for cooking. Every household can only use one pot. If it is accidentally broken, there is no place to repair it. Horsehide can only be used instead of iron pots to boil water and meat, and there is no salt.
…Not to mention that children and livestock cannot find a doctor when they are sick; there is no place to sell the over-raised cattle and sheep. In order to save feed in winter, they have to kill them. It is really miserable...
In short, thousands of tragedies are gathered into one sentence, that is, there is an extreme shortage of materials and life is extremely miserable. It is said that they are extremely evil, so they can only rob them, but when they catch up with the two great emperors of Hongwu and Yongle, they will burn high incense if they don't fight them.
How could they dare to rob the Ming Dynasty? They could only honestly ask the Ming Dynasty to do business with them. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty closed the mutual market and did not allow border trade. It only allowed the Mongolian princes granted by the imperial court to bring goods as tribute when they came to Beijing for an audience. But that was just
It's a drop in the bucket, and even their own tribes can't be satisfied, let alone those tribes that can't get tribute.
For the Mongolians, if they could have a city of their own that would allow them to trade and live freely in exchange for what they need... it would be too horrible to even think about.
So when Wang Xian proposed the two-city plan, the tent became quiet for a long time.
"What, what do you think?" Wang Xian couldn't let them stay, so he coughed and broke the silence.
It didn't matter. It was like a spark thrown into an oil tank, which immediately aroused the emotions of the Mongolians. They screamed, sang and danced. They even rushed to Wang Xian, lifted him up high, and threw him away.
To the sky... Fortunately, I caught it again. Shuai Hui and others were stunned to see it.
This was not over yet. The small tent could no longer accommodate their happiness. They rushed out of the tent again and announced the great news to their subordinates. The next moment, the whole camp was in an uproar, and men and women were killing each other.
The cattle were slaughtered and the sheep were served with wine, and it turned out to be a grand celebration banquet.
"I'm going, why are you so happy? The enemy is currently having a bonfire party." Shuai Hui and Cheng Zheng opened their mouths.
"You are not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish?" Mo Wen smiled lightly and said: "It's okay to have a carnival, at least the morale has finally turned around."
"Yeah, I'm worried to death." Wang Xian sighed and said, "With all their savage energy, if they were really dragged to the battlefield, they wouldn't collapse at the first touch?"
"But don't be so happy that you become sad. What if the Tatars come to steal the camp tonight?" Cheng Zheng asked worriedly.
"Haha, no." Wang Xian shook his head and said with a smile: "That Abu, if he was a reckless person, he wouldn't wait until now to attack the situation with troops." After a pause, he explained: "Baoyin is a gentle man granted by the emperor after all.
Princess, we have our Ming army here again. That Abu's father, Arutai, was punished by the emperor a few years ago and cried for his father. Although he is now showing off his power like a grassland overlord. But these men know their own affairs, they
Even if we are just following the lions to pick up cheap wild dogs, even though we only have a thousand people, they don’t dare to touch a hair of ours!”
"Yes." All the generals believed this and felt angry in their hearts, feeling the pride of the arrogant people of a great country. They knew that if they had any shortcomings, His Majesty the Ming Emperor would definitely send a large army to conquer the grassland and kill Arutai to pieces.
Anyone who offends our strong men will be punished no matter how far away they are. This is what Wang Xian truly relies on! He is not fighting alone, there is a powerful Ming Dynasty behind him!
"But for the sake of caution, the soldiers should work harder tonight and go out on guard." Wang Xian was not carried away. "We are the only ones who are awake now, so we can only stand guard for them."
"Okay." The morale of the generals has also increased. They really have a heroic feeling like a tiger entering a flock of sheep and taking everything...
After all the generals left, Wang Xian was left with Mo Wen, and all his domineering aura was gone, and his face was replaced by worry.
"Are the military advisors worried that it will be easy to defeat the enemy but difficult to retreat?" Mo Wen asked softly.
"You are indeed my close friend." Wang Xian smiled approvingly: "Yes, as long as we are here, even if Arutai comes personally, the Tatars will not dare to act rashly, but they know that Shuai Hui and the others are coming, but they will not retreat.
Come on, it makes me think a lot.”
"Actually, it's easy to understand," Mo asked: "The grassland people are wolves. The Arutai father and his son confirmed this more effectively. Then Abu followed Wala for thousands of miles and expelled the Borzigit people as well.
In Kundulun, just like a wolf stalking its prey, forcing it into a desperate situation, and only attacking when it collapses, this strategy of gaining maximum victory at the minimum cost is exactly the wolf's style."
"In the end, they were about to harvest delicious food, but we interfered and messed up their plans." Wang Xian said with a smile: "They didn't dare to offend Ming Dynasty, but the wolf nature is greedy, but they are not willing to waste their efforts.
You came back empty-handed, so you bluffed and advanced instead of retreating?"
"That's right," Mo Wen clasped his hands and said, "They are just bluffing to see if they can frighten us into chaos. It would be best if they could make us collapse without a fight. Even if it doesn't work, they have to make some money to make it worthwhile.
fee."
"Well, that's right." Wang Xian nodded and said, "But to make them retreat, in addition to wielding a big stick, we also need a few sweet dates."
"This is simple," Mo Wen said with a smile, "The military advisor can just reward the two of them casually."
"Hahaha." Wang Xian laughed loudly and said: "You are such a wilted guy!!"