"Hutu," Oba called out to Hutu who was standing below. Then he seemed to have thought of something and said, "Forget it, you just came back, so you should rest first. I'll let others handle this matter."
He originally wanted Hutu to go to Baicheng again, but seeing the fatigue on Hutu's face, he couldn't bear it and decided to use someone else to go to Baicheng to inquire about the news.
"Obataji, I'll go back first," Hutu said.
Rushing back to Horqin Grassland from Baicheng, I didn't have a chance to rest well along the way. My body was already tired. Now that I had conveyed all the words I needed to convey, I naturally wanted to return to my yurt as soon as possible.
He was not enthusiastic about dealing with the Tiger Flag.
The one who wants to deal with the tiger-character flag the most is Daikin. Although their life in Horqin is not particularly easy, it is much better than Daikin. If the Han merchants’ convoy wants to go to Daikin, many of them have to pass by their Horqin, and their Horqin’s is indispensable. One serving.
Oba nodded to Hutu.
Knowing that Hutu had worked hard along the way, and that Hutu had nothing to do now, he let Hutu go back to rest.
Hutu turned and left Oba's tent.
As soon as the people left, Oba said to the Jin people present: "Well, you might as well stay in Horqin for a few more days. After you find out what happened between the Chahar tribe and the Tiger Banner, you can go back and report to Tianming Khan." Not too late."
"According to Tai Ji's arrangement, we will stay for a while." Jin Ren'erzhen nodded in agreement.
His mission in coming to the grassland was to join forces with the Mongols to deal with the Tiger Banner. Now that things have turned around, he also wants to stay a little longer.
Auba found several soldiers from the Horqin tribe and asked them to go to Baicheng to inquire about the news.
Just when these soldiers left the Horqin tribe and went to the Chahar tribe, the convoy of the Tiger Character Banner also left the five Khalkha tribes and was definitely not going to some tribes in the Chahar tribe.
Baicheng is not the only place in Chahar, there are also many herdsmen's pastures on the surrounding grasslands.
The wheels of the convoy rolled over the ground, leaving rut marks.
The long convoy had dozens of four-wheeled carts, bringing enough goods, some of which were already sent to different tribes on the way, and exchanged for various leather goods and objects on the grassland.
In the convoy, in addition to large vehicles, there were also thousands of soldiers and artillery carriages.
The artillery carriage was almost always pulled by two or four horses, with a four-pounder cannon, gunpowder and various cannons behind it.
The four-pounder cannon is lighter than the Ming Dynasty's general cannon. Although the horse-drawn carriage is not fast with the gun carriage, there is still no problem in following this kind of convoy. There is no need to worry about not being able to keep up.
Each four-wheeled cart in the convoy carries a command flag with a tiger character. When the wind blows, the command flag flies back, revealing a large tiger eagle on it.
"Captain Zeng, a cavalry group appeared in the southwest, numbering about dozens of people."
A sentinel rider who had dispersed from the convoy rode over to deliver the message.
The man he called the captain raised his eyebrows and said: "Now there are still blind horse bandits who dare to take advantage of our Tiger Flag convoy. Let me tell you, captain, as long as the other party dares to approach the convoy, we will annihilate them all."
"Yes." The sentry knight agreed, turned his horse's head and rode away.
Captain Zeng told the messenger around him: "Use flag language to tell our soldiers to be alert."
A group of horse bandits with only a few dozen riders was not enough for him to stop the convoy for defense.
The messenger jumped onto the roof of the cart, pulled out two flags from his waist, and started waving them.
Soon, someone on the roof of another large car waved flags and passed the order to people further away.
The convoy moved forward slowly.
Not long after, four or five riders galloped toward the convoy in the distance.
The soldiers around the convoy were on alert. Even though the convoy was still moving, these soldiers raised their muskets and looked warily at the approaching riders.
When the cavalry approached, Captain Zeng recognized that the people coming were their own cavalry.
"Captain Zeng, this is the cavalry officer who came here under the order of the proprietor." The cavalryman who belonged to the convoy introduced the cavalryman he had brought back to Captain Zeng.
"Captain Zeng, the proprietor ordered the convoy to return immediately and not go to Baicheng. This is an official document." The cavalry team took out an official document from their arms and handed it over.
Captain Zeng in front of him reached out to take the official document, checked the lacquer opening, and after making sure there was nothing wrong, he opened the envelope and took out the paper with the official document written on it.
There are not many words on the paper, and it is the same as the order conveyed by the visitor, except that there is an additional seal from the Military and Political Department and the unique mark of the Tiger Flag.
After confirming that the official document was correct, he said to the horse team member in front of him: "Can I ask why the team was not allowed to go to Baicheng? Now that we are returning, there are still seven or eight cars of goods in the team that have not been sold."
"Since Captain Zeng has a question, I won't hide it. Not long ago, the Chahar tribe sent an army of more than 4,000 people to attack our fortress outside Zhangjiakou. Not to mention that they failed to capture it and they also killed and injured many people. "The proprietor was worried that the Chahar tribe could not do anything to us, and would take his anger out on your convoy, so he sent us to convey the order." The cavalry team was explaining.
After hearing this, Captain Zeng's face straightened and he said, "I will give the order to return now."
As he spoke, he turned back to the messenger on the side and said: "Immediately send a signal to the cart in front and the cart behind, telling them to change the cart in front to the cart behind and return along the original road."
The messenger jumped onto the roof of the cart again and began to wave the flag with both hands.
"Captain Zeng can give us any orders. When we come this time, we will return with the convoy." The cavalry team said to the captain in front of them.
When Captain Zeng heard this, he was not polite and said directly: "The lord of the Chahar tribe is the Great Khan of the Mongols. This person suffered a loss at the hands of our tiger-character banner and may not be virtuous, so I hope that the cavalry team will You can take your men as sentinels to patrol around the convoy to guard against Mongolian sneak attacks."
"No problem, I'll go now." The cavalry team agreed.
Soon, the cavalry was riding away from here with the cavalry he brought.
At this time, the convoy also began to change the direction of travel, from forward to backward. The last cart became the lead cart, and the previous lead cart changed to the rear cart. The cart began to move slowly, Walk in the direction you came from.
"Thank you for your support." Jinren Ezhen saluted Auba.
He came to Horqin just to find a way to get more Mongolian tribes to deal with the Tiger-Character Banner through Horqin's relationship. As long as the Tiger-Character Banner was solved, they, Dajin, could obtain a large amount of grain, iron and other supplies through Han merchants in the Ming Dynasty. Important supplies.
As for cooperation with Tiger Character Banner, as early as when Tiger Character Banner killed their Jin people, there was no possibility of cooperation between the two parties.
