After the decision was made in the Khan tent to return to Qingcheng next time, Kankantada and Temulun retreated from the Khan tent together.
There were two personal guards standing outside the tent, holding horses and waiting.
As soon as they came out, the two men got on their horses.
"Temulun, why don't you come and sit at my place?" Kankantada smiled and invited Temulun.
Temulun raised his head and looked at the sky, and politely declined: "The Great Khan has ordered the troops to withdraw, and I still need to clean up. When I return to Qingcheng, it will not be too late to go to Lao Taiji's place."
"That's the case, I won't force it, but thanks to your words today, Temulun, the last thought in the Khan's mind was dispelled." Kankantada said with a smile.
Temulun frowned slightly and said, "What does Lao Taiji mean by this? I don't quite understand."
As he spoke, he shook his head slightly.
"Okay, don't hide it from me. I know you don't want the tiger flag to stay on the grassland, so you just said what you said before to coax the sweat." A pair of small eyes on Kankantada's big round face Said with a smile.
Temulun frowned and said, "I didn't lie. What I said in front of the Great Khan is true, and it was also said to me by the people of the Tiger Flag."
"So the people with the Tiger Flag are really going to go to war with us?" The smile on Kancantada's face disappeared and his expression became serious.
Temulun said: "Although I don't know where the Tiger Flag comes from, from their words, I feel that they really want to rob our Tumut grassland."
"I didn't expect these southerners to be so ambitious. We haven't done anything to them yet, but they are already thinking about us." Kankantada's face showed a stern expression.
Temulun held the reins with both hands and said: "The Ordos tribe and the Yongxiebu tribe, two tribes with tens of thousands of households, all rely on Lao Taiji. The tiger-character flag must not remain on the grassland. We must remove them next year." Just uproot them and drive them out of the grassland."
"Don't worry, since I promised in front of the Great Khan, I will definitely bring warriors from the Ordos tribe and the Yongxiebu tribe in the coming year." Kankantada said seriously.
The three tribes of ten thousand households in Mongolia on the right are integrated into each other. He believes that the Ordos tribe and the Yongxiebu tribe know that the Ming Dynasty intends to annex the Tumote grassland and will definitely send troops to help.
Temulun bowed slightly towards Kancantada and said: "There are still many things to explain in the tribe, so I won't delay here with Lao Taiji. Let's go first."
Kankantada nodded.
Temulun urged his horse and started running on the grassland in front of the sweat tent.
A dozen personal guards left with him.
"Taiji, let's go back too!" Chaqake came to Kankantada and said.
Kankantada looked back at the sweat tent and said, "Let's go back."
Compared with Temulun, Kankantada was the most powerful of Tumote Taiji. The tribe was the richest, and he also had many personal guards. Dozens of personal guards escorted him as he galloped towards the yurt where the tribe was located.
Only one day later, the last Mongol army set off amid the buzzing of horns.
Most of the Mongols were cavalry, so the movement of tens of thousands of troops could not be concealed from the Tiger Flag camp dozens of miles away.
Chen Xunping stood by the wall of the village, holding a monocular telescope in his hand.
Through the monocular, he could see some Mongolian sentries galloping on the grassland. Even further away, he could only see some blurry images, which were not very realistic.
"The Mongols have retreated." Chen Xunping, who had been looking through the monocular for a while, turned his head and said to Qin Rong beside him.
Qin Rong hesitated for a moment and said: "Temulun has not left us for two days. If the Mongols knew our plan to capture the Tumut Grassland, they should have sent more troops. How could they retreat?"
"If you don't believe it, let's wait for news from the sentinels to see if the Mongols are retreating." Chen Xunping said to Qin Rong with a smile.
The last Mongolian army retreated, and the pressure on his shoulders was relieved a lot.
There was always a Mongolian army around, making him always worried that the Mongols would attack the fort under construction.
What he was worried about was not the damage that the Mongolian army could cause, but that the Mongolian army would continue to harass them, which would prevent them from building the planned forts and fire road piers on the map before winter.
The Mongolian sentries were not far from the Tiger Flag camp. They lingered for a while and then disappeared from everyone's sight and went to a farther place.
At this time, Tan Zaiwang, wearing a breastplate, rode up to the wall of the village where Chen Xunping and the others were.
After getting off his horse, he climbed up the wall of the village alone.
Tan Zaiwang arrived at the wall of the stronghold, saluted the two people in front of him, and said: "Chen Yingzheng, Qin Staff Officer, the sentinel just sent back the news that the Mongols have retreated towards Qingcheng."
"Well, I was right!" Chen Xunping said to Qin Rong with a smile.
Qin Rong smiled and said, "I think I was fooled by your camp."
"This is not because I am wrong, but because I know these Mongolians, especially their nobles, who have long been used to enjoying themselves. It's okay to fight with the wind, but if they really want to fight to the death, none of them have that kind of fight to the death. determination, so I said they are retreating at the moment." Chen Xunping explained with a smile.
Tan Zaiwang, who was standing aside, said, "Chen Yingzheng is right. The Mongolians in front of you, not to mention compared with the Mongolians of Ada Khan, even the Mongolians more than ten years ago are incomparable. The bows in their hands are... They have all become soft bows, which are good for shooting rabbits, but on the battlefield, they are not as useful as burning fire sticks."
"That's right. I'm from Datong. When I was a child, I always heard the old people say how powerful and ferocious the Mongolian Tatars are. Now we are fighting against the Tumut tribe commanded by Anda Khan. It's a pity that they are so powerful. Tens of thousands of cavalry can't defeat our tens of thousands of infantry with the Tiger Flag." Qin Rong sighed.
As a person from Datong, I grew up listening to stories about the brutality of the Mongols, and because of the location of Datong, I was facing Tumut.
When Anda Khan was there, the places that were most harmed by the Mongols were Datong and Xuanfu.
"The Mongols are also weasels who lay waste to mice, and one litter is worse than the next." Chen Xunping joked with a smile.
Qin Rong and Tan Zaiwang, who were standing aside, laughed at the same time.
After laughing, Chen Xunping looked much more serious and said to Tan Zaiwang: "Our scouts will continue to keep an eye on the Mongolian army to prevent them from attacking us and catching us off guard."
"Chen Yingzheng, don't worry. I have sent several teams of scouts to keep an eye on these Mongolians. Any movement will be reported back in time." Tan Zaiwang assured.
Chen Xunping nodded, and then said: "You will arrange for a group of cavalry to wait at my tent. If it is confirmed that the Mongols will retreat, I will arrange for them to send the news to you."
"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away." Tan Zaiwang agreed, turned around and walked under the village wall.
