"Go back and tell Hutuktu Khan that Tiger Character Flag cannot and will not agree to his request." Liu Heng said in a calm tone.
Bogeri frowned and said: "Rejecting our Khan means that not only will the Tiger Flag have to face the Ming army, but also all the grassland ministries will send troops to you. No matter how powerful the Tiger Flag is, there won't be so many of them." man’s opponent.”
Although the requirements were a bit harsh, he believed that the Tiger Character Banner had no choice, not to mention that the grassland was the Mongolian grassland after all. The most important thing for the Han people should be Ming Dynasty cities like Xuanda.
As long as the grassland is ceded, the Tiger Flag can be prevented from being invaded by various grassland ministries. In his opinion, this is a good thing for the Tiger Flag.
As for soldiers and armors, they are very precious to the Mongols. However, Tiger Flag is a large business name in the Ming Dynasty. It has its own iron yard and there is no shortage of wrought iron to make soldiers and armors, so it is not worth much.
Using these not-so-important things in exchange for their Chahar Ministry not to join forces with the Ming Dynasty is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
"You can tell Hutuktu Khan that if you have the ability, let him lead an army and see if we are afraid of our tiger-character flag!" Li Shuheng stared at Borgri coldly.
Bogeri ignored Li Shuheng's gaze, but looked at Liu Heng, and asked: "Dr. Liu, are you really not afraid of the Tiger Flag? Once we join forces with the Ming Kingdom, the Tiger Flag will be on the grassland or within the Ming Kingdom." , there will no longer be a place for them.”
In his eyes, the only person who can make the decision in Tiger Flag is Liu Heng who is sitting behind the desk.
"Go back and tell your Great Khan that he wants to fight against the Tiger Banner, so feel free to come. As for the grassland tribes mentioned, I guess there are only a few small tribes that are not worthy of being on the stage. Apart from your Chaha, there are several tribes with tens of thousands of households. My dear, I don’t think anyone will take action." Liu Heng looked directly at Bogeri.
The Tumut tribe among the 30,000 Mongolian households on the right wing has been conquered by him, and the remaining two tribes of 10,000 households have also been subdued by the Tiger Character Banner and recognized the Tiger Character Banner's status on the grassland.
On the left, the leader of the 30,000 Khalkha Ten Thousand Households in Mongolia is already old. The Ulliangha Ten Thousand Households are guarding the tomb of the Golden Family in the Burhan Mountains. Of the six Ten Thousand Households tribes, only the Chahar Tribe has a unified grassland. ambition.
Boge's face sank.
Their Chahar tribe did contact several small tribes and prepared to wait for the Ming Dynasty to attack the Tiger Flag. The Chahar tribe would lead these small tribes to attack the Tiger Flag from the grassland.
But if they can seize the land of the Tumote tribe from the Tiger Character Banner without even using a single soldier, their Chahar tribe can still avoid taking action against the Tiger Character Banner.
But he never expected that Liu Heng of the Tiger Character Banner would not be able to advance. Even though he knew that they would join forces with the Ming Kingdom, he had no intention of backing down.
"Send him away." Liu Heng lost interest in continuing to talk to Bogeri and summoned Zhao Wu to take him away.
Zhao Wu came over, stood in front of Borgri, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
Bogeri turned his body slightly to one side, looked at Liu Heng and said: "Dongzhu Liu, whether the Tiger Character Flag will live or die depends on your thoughts. If you refuse the Great Khan's request, not only you, but also other people in the Tiger Character Flag will also I will be buried with you because of your refusal today."
"Come in with a few people and take them away." Zhao Wu shouted outside the house.
Several guards guarding the door rushed into the house, picked up Bogzhi and another Mongolian, and carried them out.
Borgz struggled and shouted: "You will regret it, you will regret it..."
The voice gradually became quieter.
I don't know if it was because he was gagged, or because he was too far away, and the sound could no longer reach the office room.
"You go along and watch people being driven out of Qingcheng and then come back." Liu Heng told Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu agreed, turned around and walked out.
As soon as he left, Li Shuheng sat back on his seat and said angrily: "Khutuktu Khan thinks too highly of himself. He really thinks that our tiger-character flags are as easy to bully as the Tumote tribe. He can just threaten him. You can take advantage of it.”
"Hutuktu Khan has long had the ambition to unify the grasslands. The tiger-character flag occupied Qingcheng, which naturally became a thorn in his side." Liu Heng said with a chuckle.
He took Borghi's threat seriously.
Hutuktu Khan is the Great Khan of the Mongols, but not the Great Khan of Liu Heng. Other tribes may be afraid of the Chahar tribe, but the Tiger-Character Banner is not afraid. With the existing troops and horses of the Tiger-Character Banner, they can defend the territory. These lands in the Merte Department can still be done.
Li Shuheng picked up the tea cup, took a sip of water, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "However, we must be on guard. Once the Ming Dynasty court and the Chahar tribe join forces, our Tiger Flag will be attacked from both sides on the grassland. .”
"Yes, that's right." Liu Heng nodded in agreement, and immediately said, "Now that we have several banshengdi, we can almost be self-sufficient in food, and we can form two transport divisions, in case a combat division appears. The troops are tight, and these two baggage divisions can take over."
Li Shuheng thought for a moment.
He said: "If we are forming two baggage divisions, we will form three divisions at once. Will we be too nervous? Removing so many backbones at once will weaken the strength of other teams."
"This is unavoidable, but as long as it takes half a year and one or two battles, it will almost recover." Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng thought for a while and said, "What should we do with the armor? There are tens of thousands of people in the three divisions. I'm afraid we won't be able to gather all the armor at the moment."
"We can only let Huang Zhong's weapons bureau build it quickly first. The armor of the dragoons must be supplied first. The baggage division will not go to the battlefield for a short time. We can use the eliminated armor first. The insufficient parts will wait for the weapons bureau to build new ones. The soldiers are equipping the team," Liu Heng said.
"That's all we can do for now." Li Shuheng nodded, and then said with emotion, "When these three divisions are completed, we will have more than 100,000 troops."
For the Tiger Flag, there is never a shortage of soldiers, but what is needed is the money to raise them.
Every soldier of Tiger Character Banner is equipped with silver. In addition, the daily consumption of food and grass by the 70,000 to 80,000 troops is not a small amount.
In order to ensure the physical fitness of the soldiers, each soldier must eat meat and an egg at least once a day, so as to ensure that the soldiers complete their daily training.
It can be said that almost all the money earned by the Tiger Flag was spent on raising soldiers.
If it weren't for the huge profits from the war with the Tumote tribe, the Tiger Banner would not have the extra money to expand to four combat divisions and one cavalry division.
Now that Huzi Banner has the land of Tumute, several cultivated lands in Bansheng can provide food for Huzi Banner. Qingcheng has also become a trading market for Ming Dynasty merchants, allowing Huzi Banner to collect commercial taxes. Chance.
Everything started to develop for the better, and Tiger Flag also had the capital to expand its troops again.
