In the early winter, the sun is shining and the sky is clear when the weather is good, and the cold wind is swishing and the sky is full of wind and sand when the weather is bad.
Today just fell the first snow of early winter, the snow is shallow, thin, and most of it melts away in the evening, and the grassland is east and west, leaving patches of white snow, like an ugly scar, and it is beautiful to wait for the real heavy snow to come down and cover the entire grassland, and the snow is thousands of miles.
However, the snow dancing silver snake, the northern scenery of the original Chi wax elephant, is by no means a kind of enjoyment for the people on the grassland, if such a heavy snow falls, for the people who are mainly farming, it is a happy event, but it is a big trouble for the nomadic people.
It's always cold after snow, and although there is a lot of forage in reserve, it is also a big problem for livestock to keep out the cold.
This is the station of the Arutai Division, very close to the territory of Liaodong Kaiyuan and Wuliang Ha Sanwei.
In winter, the nomadic tribe will choose a place to settle down, and wait for the spring to bloom and then nomadize, so if it was before, the Tatar settlement sweat tent would never be so close to Liaodong, but now the Tatars are vassals to the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship with Liaodong is very close, and there is no need for war between the two sides, so these concerns are gone.
Tonight was quiet and somewhat warm, and when the snow first fell, the weather was always warm, and the chill didn't feel until the next day.
The wind was not strong tonight, and there were not a few stars to be seen under the black sky, and the night sky must have been covered with dark clouds, brewing a bigger snowfall.
The pastures were also quiet, and the shepherds hid in their tents, and occasionally the cries of cattle and sheep and the neighing of horses were heard.
In the camp of Arutai, it is as warm as spring, and a dinner party is being held.
Musical instruments such as the horse-head qin and the kokur play cheerful tunes with distinct rhythms and vivid music.
Four young girls, dressed in bright Mongolian robes, are performing a chopstick dance in the center of the big tent, each girl holds a pair of chopsticks in each hand, dancing to the music, sometimes crossing their chests to hit the chopsticks, sometimes playfully hitting the shoulders, and crossing their hands in front of the abdomen to hit the chopsticks, especially in the joy of the man a pleasant sense of sight.
They danced fast, with long pigtails flying and fluttering.
When the rhythm of the music becomes both relaxed and abrupt, a pair of chopsticks fly up and down, striking bright nodes all over the body, pushing the performance to the end, and the leaders applaud, holding large bowls of wine, or using a knife to cut off large pieces of beef and mutton, blood sausage, etc., stuffed into the mouth and chewed.
Master Arutai sat at the top, completely different from the cheerful and happy expressions of the leaders, even if he was smiling, his eyes were clear and cold.
He is now the king of Hening, the true master of Tatar.
Although the strength of the Tatars is much weaker now than before, he has stepped from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, and no longer has to give orders under the shadow of the Great Khan, such glory and satisfaction are unprecedented.
In order to resist the pressure from Warat, Arutai has frequently paid tribute to Daming in the past two years, and has behaved very tamely.
Taking advantage of his status as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, he strengthened economic exchanges with Liaodong and Wuliang Ha Sanwei, such as this winter, in addition to ordering all tribes to prepare sufficient pasture and winter robes and sleeping tents in advance, he also purchased a batch of rice grain from Liaodong for emergencies.
Now that he is well fed, he is confident that he will be able to recover and fight again against Warat in a few years.
However, in the exchanges with Liaodong, he also found that the Wuliang Ha Sanwei has deteriorated, and the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, who used to live as a nomad, brave and good at war, and good at riding and shooting, is now interested in farming, a more stable way of survival, and is also keen on business and business.
Arutai was wary of this, as the Han Chinese had more advanced methods of production, and were masters of business and trade, and if they let go of their tribes, their people would soon be attracted, imitated, and assimilated.
In just a few years, the men and women of Wuliang Hasanwei have already taken pride in wearing Hanfu, speaking Chinese, and inviting Han people to teach their children to read Chinese characters.
Arutai did not want such a situation to occur, so although he vigorously developed border trade relations with Liaodong, he strictly set up several trading places, and categorically did not dare to let go of his territory unsuspectingly like Wuliang Ha Sanwei.
Internally, there are still voices opposing him, but in view of his excellent leadership ability, under the combination of soft and hard, there are fewer and fewer tribal leaders who dare to oppose him, and even if some tribal leaders are not convinced by him, they will not go against him and fight against him.
"Give me some more time" Arutai took a sip of the spirit, squinted his eyes and thought, "In two more years, I will be able to integrate the whole of Tatar and make it all together."
In five years, my cattle, sheep, horses, and wealth will be able to regain the strength of their heyday.
I have to continue to find a way to instigate the Ming Dynasty to conquer Warat, take the opportunity to strengthen my strength, if I can dominate the entire prairie, twenty years later, I will have the strength to annex Liaodong, thirty to forty years, I will have the ability to launch a real challenge to the Ming Dynasty" Arutai squinted his eyes at his stepson, Shi Ergan, who was holding a large wooden bowl and drinking with the other leaders, put down the wine bowl, took another fire and did not think about it, plucked the strings, and sang loudly.
Arutai smiled slightly, stroked his beard and thought: "These big things may not all be completed in my hands, but when I pave the way, my stepson will naturally complete it."
At that time, he will be Kublai Khan, and I, will be Genghis Khan."
At this moment, the thick curtain on the felt bag was suddenly pushed open, and a man wearing a fat Mongolian robe walked in quickly, and the girls who had just finished dancing and were about to retreat hurriedly avoided to the left and right, and the big man walked forward quickly, extremely fast, with the flames burning on both sides also floated in the direction of his rapid sweep.
"Don't beg back, don't beg back, Ulan Tuya don't beg back" The guard touched his chest with his hand and saluted Arutai with an excited expression.
Ulan Tuya was the most beautiful girl in the Tatar steppe, and she was admired by many men, and this guard was too far away from her, or only had a distant admiration and secret love, but the heartfelt joy that the goddess-like girl returned to the tribe still made him ecstatic.
"What" Arutaihuodi, who had always been calm and composed, stood up suddenly, and said in surprise and joy: "What did you say, my Ulan Tuya is back."
When Arutai decided to give up his revenge for killing his son, not for the purpose of killing Xia Xun, but to instigate the relationship between the Han people and the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, Sakura refused to obey her fate and still insisted on avenging her father.
After the defeat of Liaodong, there were different opinions about the news about Liaodong, some people said that there was a Tatar woman who pretended to be the governor's maid failed to assassinate the governor and was abused to death, and there was news that the governor was kind enough to pardon the female assassin and drove her out of Liaodong, and some people said that the maid was picked off her hamstring and sent to the kiln.
For a while, Arutai was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: "Where to bring her to see me" As soon as the words fell, several guards rushed in with a girl dressed in men's clothes, she had taken off her face towel and hat, and a big black and shiny braid hung down from her shoulders, with bright eyes and bright teeth, it was not Ulan Tuya.
Many of the leaders present also recognized her, and when they saw Sakura appear, they were immediately surprised.
Arutai was both excited and happy, flashed out of the case, opened his arms, and said excitedly: "My Ulan Tuya, you are finally back" At first glance, Sakura was in a very complicated mood when she saw Arutai's true feelings, but remembering that he designed his marriage with his son in order to consolidate his position, and sacrificed himself without mercy for his great cause, Sakura calmed down again, Sakura hurriedly walked a few steps and said to Arutai hurriedly: "Godfather, prepare quickly, Warat is going to send troops to attack us" "What" Arutai was taken aback, he was a mature politician after all, as soon as he heard the news, the love of family was immediately forgotten, Arutai hurriedly slapped his palms twice, and ordered in a deep voice: "The feast is dispersed, everyone retreats" The leaders were shocked when they heard Sakura's words, and when they heard Arutai's orders, they had to retreat one after another, and the tent was empty, and Arutai hurriedly grabbed Sakura and asked, "Tuya, where have you been in the past few years, what is the reason why you said that Wara is going to send troops to attack me?"
Sakura had already thought of a rhetoric when she came, and said that she failed to assassinate, but was released by Xia Xun, who was angry that her father-in-law ignored her father's hatred and her life and death, and did not want to return to Tatar, so she rode alone and wandered on the grassland, and later went to Western Mongolia, and was taken in by her distant relative Huoahatun, so she has been staying in Warat for several years.
Not long ago, Tokhtar did not spend the Great Khan to convene the Great Khuli Getai, Hashha and Mahamu were both assassinated, and even Tohuan died, and the Warat tribes were extremely angry and decided to send troops to fight against the Tatars.
Although Sakura pinned her trust on Warat, after all, she was a Tatar, although she was not angry with her father's coldness, but at this life-and-death juncture, those grievances couldn't hide her feelings for so many years, how could she bear her people being slaughtered by Warat, so she took the opportunity to flee and rushed to report the news.
A series of news stunned Arutai, he didn't expect so many things to happen recently, Warat to attack, for him at the moment, of course, it is a great disaster, but the assassination of the two strong rivals, Mahamu and Hashha, in the long run, is a great good thing.
He had no doubts about Sakura, because Sakura said these things, he could know as soon as he inquired.
Sakura's warning, you can tell him to be on guard in advance, if Warat doesn't come, it means that the news is not true, if Warat really sends troops, he can prepare early if he knows the news, there is a hundred benefits and no harm, so he believes it.
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Arutai said apologetically: "Tuya, my father-in-law has to think about the future of the family, and in the face of righteousness, I can't help but give up my family affection, because my father-in-law can't stand you."
Now, you can rush to report to your father-in-law, and your father-in-law will not be in vain to love you.
Now, my father-in-law is the king of Hening, and I have taken sole control of the Tatars, and you have returned, and from now on I will be my princess of Tatar, and my father-in-law will never behave you again."
The two talked for a long time, and Arutai asked someone to take Sakura down to rest, and he pondered alone in the tent for a long time, and commanded in a deep voice: "Come here, quickly summon the leaders of the various departments, and discuss the matter in the tent."
To be continued: