Arzlan, your tribe is the vanguard of the army. This is your business. "A Taiji in the big tent said.
"That's right, Azlan and your tribe should be the first to attack the city."
"The vanguard should be at the forefront when attacking a city."
In the big tent, many Taiji spoke one after another.
The Mongolian army went to war twice, and each time the army was disgraced and lost many people because of the cannons on the top of the Tiger Flag Dunbao City. In the end, it had to withdraw.
Everyone knows that once Arslan is no longer the vanguard of the army, the tribe that belongs to Taiji will be at the forefront in tomorrow's siege.
No one is willing to let the warriors of his tribe take risks before the cannons of the Tiger Flag can be solved.
Seeing Taiji in the big tent speaking in unison, all demanding that his tribe continue to serve as the vanguard of the army, Arslan looked extremely ugly.
At this time, Boziged, who was sitting next to him, stood up and said: "The last time the army attacked the fortress of the Tiger Banner, our tribe rushed to the front and agreed on a siege vehicle that could withstand shelling. , but it was of no use at all. As a result, our tribe lost nearly half of its warriors. We can’t let the remaining warriors of our tribe die under the muzzle of the Tiger Flag! Or should any tribe serve as the vanguard of the army in the future? In this way, we have to wait until all the capable warriors in the tribe die before another tribe can take over!"
For a while, no one answered the call in the big tent.
Most of them came to Daheihe with Su Nang in order to pick up some bargains along with them, and no one was willing to let all his troops suffer here.
Kankantada turned his head and asked Xiang Su Nang, "What's going on with the siege vehicle?"
Su Nang, who was sitting next to him, darkened his face and said, "Forget it, I was deceived by two Han slaves. They said they could build a siege vehicle that could resist shelling. Who knew that after it was built, it would not work at all, but instead The Arzlan tribe lost many people."
Kankantada nodded, then looked at Bozhgede and said, "Don't worry, we won't let your Arslan tribe be the vanguard to attack the fortress of the Tiger Flag tomorrow."
"Borged thanked Taiji in advance, and I hope Taiji will keep your word." Boziged saluted Kankantada.
Arslan, who was standing next to him, glared and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could Taiji lie to you and me, father and son? Sit down quickly and don't embarrass me."
As he spoke, he pulled Bozhigede's sleeve with his hand and pulled it down twice.
Bozhged did not move, looking at Kancantada motionlessly.
Batu, who was sitting next to Su Nang, said with a smile: "Sit down, there are so many Taijis here, they won't lie to you as a young man."
Bozhiged hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down.
Taiji in the big tent now looked at Kancantada.
Instead of the Arzlan tribe being the vanguard to attack the Dunbao of the Tiger Banner, the task of attacking the Dunbao would have to fall on someone among them.
"Who do you plan to send to attack the Dunbao of the Tiger Flag tomorrow?" Su Nang asked Kankantada.
Kankantada said: "Tomorrow's attack is just to understand the situation of the Tiger Flag cannon and see how to get close to the fort, so there is no need to spend a lot of trouble, let alone send our Mongolian warriors to fight."
Many Taijis in the big tent secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Su Nang's words.
Su Nang frowned and said: "If we don't send out the army's string control soldiers, there will be no one to send except the herdsmen grazing."
"No, there are more," Kankantada said, "There is no shortage of Han slaves among Taiji's tribes. We can let those Han slaves go in tomorrow's attack."
"This is a good method. It will not compromise the strength of each department, but it can also help us understand the defense situation in the fortress of the Tiger Flag." Batu nodded in agreement.
Su Nang frowned and said, "Most of the slaves in my tribe are Han craftsmen. It would be a pity to use them to attack Tiger Flag Dunbao."
"You don't need too many, four to five hundred will be enough." Kankantada said, "There are so many Taijis, and each tribe will give a little, and it will be enough."
As he spoke, he looked at the other Taijis in the big tent.
"I can provide fifty Han slaves." Arslan was the first to speak.
Kankantada smiled at Arslan, and then said to the other Taijis: "Arslan has given birth to fifty slaves, what about you?"
"I can produce twenty slaves."
"I'll pay thirty-five."
"Fifteen."
Taiji in the big tent reported the number of slaves they had given.
For them, slaves are not as high as cattle and sheep, and they don't feel sorry for them even if they die.
The sum of the numbers reported by many Tai Ji in the account has exceeded the number of five hundred.
Kankantada looked at Su Nang and said with a smile: "It is enough for each tribe to contribute some slaves. There is no need for us Mongolian warriors to risk their lives to attack the fortress of the Tiger Flag."
"What Taiji said is that with Han slaves, our Mongolian warriors will not suffer casualties." Arslan agreed, and at the same time did not forget to take a look at Su Nang.
Su Nang heard that Arslan was ridiculing him, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
"It's a pity that this is on our grassland. If it were in the Ming Dynasty, there would be many of those slaves to capture a group of Han people and drive them to do things." Batu said.
Kankantada smiled, then looked at Su Nang and said, "It's getting dark outside. Why don't you let all Taiji go back first and send the slaves over tomorrow?"
Su Nang nodded.
Soon, Tai Ji in the big tent left one after another.
In the end, only Su Nang, Kankantada, and Batu were left in Taiji in the big tent. The rest were the personal guards around the three of them.
Wo Lunkuo walked in from outside the tent, saluted the food bag and said, "Taiji, the sheep has been roasted. Do you want to bring it in?"
"Send it over!" Su Nang said.
Kankantada and Batu have relatively high status in Tumut, and roasted whole lamb is usually used to entertain distinguished guests.
With their status, even in their own tribe, if they want to eat roasted whole lamb, they can eat it at any time. If they can entertain distinguished guests, they still prefer to eat roasted whole lamb.
The three people were sitting behind three low tables. On each table was a silver plate, a wine bowl and a wine jar beside it.
Kancantada was different from the other two in that he had a wineskin on hand, which contained white kumiss, which he had brought from his own tribe.
"Tomorrow we will launch an attack on the Dunbao of the Tiger Flag. Let's all drink less tonight." Su Nang said to the other two people.
Batu smiled and said: "It should be."
"I'll just drink our Mongolian kumiss." Kankantada patted the wine bag on the table with his hand.
Compared with the sorghum wine that Batu and Su Nang drank, his kumiss was not that strong and the alcoholic strength was also much weaker.
