Tumut was the first grassland tribe to cooperate with the Tiger Flag, and they also traded the most Ming Dynasty goods from the Tiger Flag.
The sorghum brewed by Huzi Banner is in limited quantity for the tribes in Mobei, but in Tumut, some Dataiji can drink it anytime they want.
Long before Tumut fell out with Huziqi, they had already obtained a lot of sorghum wine from Huziqi.
Camels see willows, Mongolia sees wine.
Sorghum brew is the most popular spirit on the grassland. Both Tushetu Khan Gonbu and Chechen Khan Taiji drank a lot of it until they were drunk until they fell unconscious.
One night passed, Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu woke up from alcohol, and his guards brought water to cleanse his face.
Soon after washing my face, the people below brought food.
After drinking a lot of wine, Gonbu was already hungry after he sobered up. He grabbed the food on the plate and wolfed it down.
While eating, the bodyguards of the Tushetu Khan tribe walked in from outside the yurt. When they came closer, they said respectfully: "Great Khan, Bilegon Taiji of the Chechen Khan tribe is here."
After swallowing the food in his mouth, Tushetu Khan Gonbu said: "Let him come in, and then tell the people below to send more food."
The guards retreated.
Not long after, Bilegong arrived at the yurt under the leadership of the bodyguards of Tushetu Khan.
"I have seen Gunbu Taiji." Bilegong held his chest in his hands and saluted Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu.
Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu waved his hand and said, "Sit down first. I'll ask the people below to prepare an extra piece of food. Sit down and eat some with me."
Bilegon walked behind the low table and sat cross-legged on the cushion.
Outside the yurt, servants brought food on trays.
"Send it to Bilegong Taiji." Tushetu Khan Gungbu pointed towards Bilegong with his hand.
The servant holding the tray walked to the low table in front of Bilegong, placed the tray on it, and bowed out of the yurt.
"Bilagon thanked Gunbu Taiji for his warm hospitality." Bilegong bowed in the direction of Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu.
Tuxie Tuhan Gunbu swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "You came to my place so early. Could it be that there is something wrong?"
He had already eaten most of the food on the plate. He picked up the butter tea on the table and took a big sip.
"I wonder if Taiji has noticed that although there are many soldiers gathered here by Tumut, they don't look very energetic. Moreover, I arranged for the people below to find out that Tumut's army is already at the Tiger Flag. In front of the soldiers, I lost several battles." Bilegong said to Tushetu Khan Gonbu.
Gunbu smiled when he heard this and said, "What do I think it is? I already knew what you said. It's not a big deal."
"Aren't Taiji afraid that if we come from Mobei this time, we will return without success?" Bilegon frowned slightly.
They came from Mobei not only as reinforcements invited by Tumut, but more importantly, the wealth of the Tiger-Character Flag was well known on the grassland. This time Tumut took action against the Tiger-Character Flag, and they also Want to get some benefit from it.
Gunbu laughed a few times, and then said to Bilegong: "Don't worry, my people have already found out that the Tiger Character Banner has less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are thousands of Ming people dragging them down, but we Mongolians have With an army of tens of thousands and on the grassland, it will be a matter of time before we defeat them."
"But Tumote's tens of thousands of troops suffered a lot at the hands of the Tiger Flag." Bilegon said with a look on his face.
Gunbu waved his hand and said: "You are just too cowardly. How can the people of the Ming Dynasty compare with our Mongolian warriors? The tiger-character flag is just a guard for a Ming Dynasty company. Call yourself a soldier, and the border of the Ming Dynasty." The army is far inferior in comparison. With such a force, I don’t know what you have to worry about.”
He was full of confidence in Dunbao, which won the Tiger Flag. 168 library
Moreover, in his opinion, the battle between Tumut and the Tiger Banner was just the Tiger Banner seeking death. A group of soldiers and horses raised by Ming merchants dared to challenge the Mongols, and they simply did not know whether to live or die.
Bilegon saw that Gunbu was confident about winning the Tiger Flag, and knew that the other party wouldn't listen to him no matter what he said, so he simply stopped talking and concentrated on eating the food on the plate.
Gunbu wiped his mouth.
In my heart, I felt that the people of the Chechen Khan tribe were too cowardly. When they were in Daheihe, they were worried about too many casualties and were unwilling to join forces with them to attack the fortress of the Tiger Flag in Daheihe. Now that they are here, there are several Tumut soldiers around. Wan Dajun is here, but he is still afraid that he is not the opponent of Tiger Flag.
As one of the three Khans of Mobei, Gunbu could not eat mutton every time even though he claimed to be a Great Khan. Compared with the Tumut tribe in Monan, Mobei was very poor.
After the two of them finished eating, the person below removed their plates and replaced them with tea made from tea cakes.
They were not as particular about tea drinking as the people of the Ming Dynasty. They did not use any special teacups, but used two large bowls to brew two bowls of hot tea.
In the grassland, green vegetables are a rare good thing, and only the Tumut tribe can eat them regularly.
For the tribes in Mobei, tea is a food that replaces vegetables. After drinking tea, the tea leaves at the bottom of the bowl will also be eaten.
"Taiji, Tumote's Kankantada Taiji is here." The personal guards of Tushetu Khan came in to report.
Gunbu put down the tea bowl in his hand and said to his bodyguard: "Quickly, invite everyone in as soon as possible. Don't delay. Forget it, I will go to meet him personally."
As he spoke, he stood up from behind the low table.
Kankantada was Tumut's grand auspicious person, and he was also a military attache professed by the Ming Dynasty. He had a high status on the grassland.
Bilegon drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp, pulled the tea leaves into his mouth with his hands, chewed them, stood up, and went out with Gonbu to greet Kankantada.
Two people were waiting outside the yurt.
Not long after, the two men saw a group of Mongolian cavalry coming from a distance.
The leader is Kankantada.
When they arrived near the yurt, the Mongolian cavalry team stopped. Kankantada dismounted, handed the reins to his guards, and strode towards Gonbu.
At this time, Gunbu and Bilegong also came forward.
"Lao Taiji has worked hard all the way, please come in." Gunbu raised his hand and made an inviting gesture towards the yurt.
Kankantada smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Bilegong Taiji was here. I'll go to the Chechen Khan's place instead. Come on, let's go in together."
With that said, he stepped into the yurt.
Gunbu followed and walked in.
As an ordinary Taiji of the Chechen Khan tribe, Bilegon followed at the end.
The three people entered the yurt and sat down separately.
Gonbu and Kankantada sat behind two low tables, one on the left and one on the right. Bilegon sat alone at the bottom of the two.
"Hurry up and serve tea." Gunbu ordered his bodyguard to prepare tea.
Kankantada looked at the two people in front of him with a smile and said: "Actually, I came here this time under the order of our Great Khan to seek your opinions on whether to send troops to attack Tiger Zi with my Tumut army. Flag’s camp.”
