"Foreigners are not allowed to enter Qingcheng even if they are unarmed." The tiger-character flag soldiers guarding the city gate said expressionlessly to the Jiannu leader in front of them.
His guarded eyes did not relax at all.
The muzzle of the fire gun was always pointed at Jiannu in front of him. One of his index fingers was tightly attached to the mechanism that fired the fire gun. He could fire the fire gun in his hand with just a flick of his finger.
From these Jiannu, he felt something unique to the veterans of the Tiger-Character Banner, which made him understand that these Jiannu, like the veterans of the Tiger-Character Banner, were both proud and capable soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
Faced with such a veteran, he did not dare to let people into the city easily.
"Fart, you are foreigners." Ming'an Ulji, who had just gotten off the horse, jumped and cursed, "This is the place for us Mongolians, and Qingcheng is the pearl built by us Mongolians on the grassland. , you Han people are damned foreigners."
Even though he was not a member of the Tumut tribe, on the Mongolian grasslands, when the Han people pointed at him and said he was a foreigner, as a Mongolian, he felt that he was being humiliated, and his anger burned to the top of his head.
The tiger-character flag soldier guarding the city gate had already seen that the person in the cavalry who could call the shots was Jiannu, so he ignored Ming'an Ulji who was jumping around at all, and instead said to the leader of Jiannu in front of him. : "The rules of my Tiger Flag are that people entering the city are not allowed to carry an inch of weapons, otherwise no one is allowed to step into Qingcheng."
"You Han people are so brave. When I see Omubuhong, I will let him punish you." Ming'an Ulji shouted from the side.
There was nothing he could do about the people in front of him who were carrying the Tiger Flag. He could only pin his hopes on Ombuhong, who was about to become the Great Khan of Tumed.
Although the Tumote tribe failed in the recent war with the Tiger Banner, and even Qingcheng was captured by the Tiger Banner, Ombuhong was still able to inherit the throne in Qingcheng. This made him who did not understand the truth The Mongols still feel that the Mongolians of the Tumut tribe have the final say in the Tumut grassland.
The leading Jiannu did not wantonly threaten the people of the Tiger Flag like Ming'an Ulji did.
However, he was also very dissatisfied.
If his master hadn't told him before coming here, he would have been unable to resist attacking the Han people in front of him.
In Liaodong, countless Han people died in his hands. Killing Han people was as easy as killing pigs and sheep. How could he endure the aggressiveness of these Han people like now?
"If you don't want to enter the city, you can leave now, but if you want to enter the city, you must abide by the rules set by our Tiger Flag." The leader of the Tiger Flag soldier decided to give in.
It's not that he is afraid of the slaves in front of him, but there is no need to break up with these slaves here.
At first glance, these Jiannu slaves in front of them are veterans who have experienced battles on the battlefield. They are not as easy to deal with as the Mongols. Once they attack at the gate of the city, it is inevitable that there will be casualties on their side.
If these slaves left on their own initiative, they could avoid the casualties that would occur at the gate of the city.
The most important thing is that this is the Tumut Grassland, and the armored cavalry camp is not far away. Even if these slaves are allowed to leave, they will not be able to escape the armored cavalry.
"I am Jia La Ezhen of the Houjin Zhengbai Banner. By order of my banner master, I have come to Qingcheng to see Liu Dongzhu of your Tiger Character Banner. Please go in and report." The leader of Jiannu didn't want to continue talking nonsense.
By this time, he had already understood that the person who made the decision in Qingcheng was Tiger Ziqi, not Ombuhong, the man who was about to become Tumote Khan. He was too lazy to use Ombuhong as an excuse and directly made his purpose clear. .
"Meet us, sir?" The leader of the Tiger Flag soldier frowned slightly and looked at Jiannu in front of him again.
It was already strange enough that these Jiannu slaves came from Liaodong to Qingcheng to attend the ceremony of Omu Buhong. Now they said they were here to meet their masters, which was even more difficult to understand.
Although he is just a soldier of the Tiger Character Banner, he also knows that Jiannu is fighting to the death with the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. Although their Tiger Character Banner is just a business, they are Datong guerrilla generals and the most powerful generals in the Ming Dynasty. , and Jian Nu are incompatible with each other. If they are related, they are also opponents.
However, when these slaves wanted to see their master, he had no choice but to pass the message, so he called a soldier behind him, explained a few words, and asked the other party to go into the city to pass the message.
The tiger-character flag soldier who received the instruction turned around and ran into the city.
"Niman Ezhen, you didn't say you were here to attend Ombuhong's succession ceremony. Why did you say you were here to see the owner of the Tiger Flag when you arrived in Qingcheng?" Ming'an Uleji frowned, his tone revealing dissatisfaction. .
He felt that he had been deceived by these Jurchens, and even their Oba Deji had been deceived by these Jurchens.
At the same time, it also allowed him to completely figure out why Houjin would send people to Qingcheng to attend the ceremony of Ombuhong's succession to the throne. After all, there was no relationship between Houjin and the Tumote tribe.
It turns out that all this is for the owner of the Tiger Flag who came to Qingcheng.
Niman was the leader of Zhengbai Banner. He said to Ming'an Ulji in a calm tone: "Participating in Lord Tumut's Khan Throne Ceremony is not inconsistent with the proprietor of Jianhu Zi Banner. Ming'an Ulji You are just the one who leads the way for us, we don’t tell you what we are going to do.”
It was not difficult to tell from his words that he did not take Ming'an Wuleji too seriously at all.
The Horqin tribe relied on Hou Jin to defend the Horqin grassland. Without Hou Jin's intervention, the Horqin tribe would have been conquered by the Chahar tribe long ago.
Although Hou Jin and the Horqin tribe formed an alliance and were married to each other, Hou Jin always did not think highly of the Horqin tribe, which could not even defeat the Chahar tribe.
The Niman in Zhengbai Banner was Jia La Ezhen, who was in charge of several Niulus. He had a respected position and did not pay attention to Ming'an Ulji, a Mongolian from the Horqin tribe.
If it weren't for the fact that people from the Horqin tribe would lead the way, which could reduce some unnecessary troubles on the road, he would not even be willing to bring Ming'an Ulji, a Mongolian, to Qingcheng.
The tiger-shaped flag guarding the city gate did not allow people to search the slaves in front of them. They only blocked the people outside the city gate and took them aside to leave a way in and out of the city gate.
Almost half the time it took to burn the incense, the soldiers who went to the city to report returned to the city gate.
"Captain, my lord has an order not to see any slaves or thieves."
When he said these words, he did not deliberately lower his voice. Not only the captain of the soldiers in front of him heard it, but also the Jurchen Ezhen called Niman heard it.
Niman from Houjin's face darkened after hearing this.
"Slave thieves" is the scornful name the Ming Dynasty used for their Houjin Jurchens.
"You heard what I said just now. Since we adults won't see you, you can leave." The soldier captain said to Jiannu in front of him with a cold face.
Although Niman felt humiliated, he did not take anyone away.
He carries a mission assigned by his master. Now that the owner of the Tiger Flag has not seen him and the mission has not been completed, he is naturally unwilling to go back like this.
