Chapter 441 The Emperor's Secret Messenger
Liang Zhen's injury actually did not support his long-distance raid, but he still insisted on following the brigade. Moreover, even though his wound broke and his body seemed to be disintegrating, he still fulfilled his duties as a guide.
Before he fainted again, he pointed to a certain direction in the northwest: "It's not far ahead..."
The large group of people stopped, and several scouts ran towards that direction. At the end of the huge grassland, a black line could be seen faintly. If there were mountains or hills there, Xu Bai knew that the three-day raid had finally reached its goal.
"Everyone dismounts and rests and eats!"
Everyone jumped off the horse, first replenishing the horsepower of their mounts with oil pancakes or soybeans. When the horses were full, they took out their dry food and stuffed them into their mouths with clear water.
On the grassland, horsepower is not only about victory, but also about life. If there is not enough horsepower, let alone charging into battle, even escaping has become a luxury.
Xu Bai looked up at the sky. It should be a while before darkness, and the view on the grassland was vast enough. If the Oirats were right in front of him, his small team would have been discovered by them no matter what.
Most of the hour passed, and the scout brought back the exact news. The black shadows in the distance were indeed mountains. They did not get too close. They were able to see clearly the situation around the mountains, and they came back quickly.
"It should look like two or three thousand, maybe more!" The scout drank water in big mouthfuls and told the bosses what they saw: "The people should be trapped on the mountain, and the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain surrounded them, but they were not fighting!"
"Is it possible to rush in?" Xu Bai asked: "If two or three thousand people spread out and surrounded a mountain, there must be a weak spot..."
"We circled around the mountain, and there was a big lake behind us. If people could enter, I'm afraid the Oirats would have gone in long ago!" the scout replied.
"Where there is water on the grassland, there must be swamps. The Oirats know this much more than us. It is too dangerous for us to go there!" Chen Tang shook his head: "If you hit them head-on, if you catch them off guard, some people may die, but there will always be someone rushing in!"
"We are here to save people, not to die!" Xu Bai shook his head: "Even if many people die, we rush in, so what? It can only be to let more people among the besieged people, this method won't work!"
"What if you use a suspicious plan?" Chen Tang thought for a while: "Let the Oirats think that our large group of troops will naturally retreat, and the siege will naturally be solved!"
"Who can we doubt?" Xu Bai smiled bitterly: "Even if we find some branches to raise sand and dust to scare them, on this grassland, it is difficult to find branches, and sand and soil! There is nothing, can we doubt the enemy by beating drums and drums?"
Chen Tang was immediately a little embarrassed. He was a Jinyiwei Qianhu, but it was the first time he fought against the Oirats with real swords and guns. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken it so naturally.
"I would have been here!" Xu Bai sighed. Tang Dao had dealt with the Oirats. If he were by his side, he would definitely give himself some useful opinions, rather than such a paper strategy.
There was a saying in the Ming Dynasty, "I've come here!"
Now this is quite appropriate to use it here. Anyway, I have come here, and I have no way to give up. No matter how hard it is to do it, things have to be done.
"Come here!" Xu Bai pondered for a long time and waved to the scout: "You just went over and saw the banner of the Oirat people?"
"I didn't see the banner!" The scout shook his head decisively, "But with such a military force, there will be no other company in this grassland except for the troops of the Ola Royal Court!"
"Okay!" Xu Bai considered his plan and felt that there should be no loopholes. He smiled at the scout in front of him: "If you were asked to go again and directly meet the leader of the Ola cavalry, would you dare to go?"
"Why don't you dare!" the scout replied loudly: "We have all come here with the lord. Are you still afraid of death?"
"good!"
Xu Bai turned around and shouted to his servant: "Who has a more exquisite box? Get one!"
Someone brought a small wooden box, but didn't know what it was inside before. Xu Bai pulled open his clothes, untied the jade plaque he had been carrying close to his body, and put it into the box.
The jade plaque is the identity jade plaque that was originally used as a hidden guard, but later the emperor canceled it because the jade plaque was useless, so Xu Bai wore it as a close-fitting ornament.
"I'll have a gamble!" He secretly cheered himself up in his heart. If the general who besieged the Oirats opposite him was a loyal person, then he would definitely be skeptical of his own words, and even take care of himself. However, at the same time, he would definitely send the token he said to the Oirat royal court to identify the authenticity.
At Tumu Fort, in order to protect the emperor, almost all the hidden guards in the Northern Zhili, and most of the hidden guards in the Southern Zhili died at the hands of the Oirats. The Oirats could not have no impression of the Imperial Guards in such an Imperial Guard and the Emperor's Personal Guards, and they might even have investigated the origins of these people afterwards.
What he bet on now is the court of the Ola king, and some people still remember this kind of jade tablet.
"Talk the token in the box directly to the leader of the Ola cavalry opposite, tell him that according to the secret order of the new Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the prince's servant, he was in charge of the Eastern Palace Inspectorate Factory and the commander of the Jinyiwei, the Nanzhenfu Department, the Qing army envoy of the Tengxiang Guard, came to the Ola State, and went to the Ola State to discuss the matter of expanding the exchange between the Ming Dynasty and the Ola State and the leaders of various divisions to discuss the matter of expanding the friendship and neighborhood between the Ming Dynasty and the Ola State!"
"Is this OK?" The scout held the box in his hand, looking a little surprised.
Not only was he surprised, but even Chen Tang, who was on the side, had his eyes wide open. What was Lord Xu doing? I pretended to be the emperor's secret envoy, was he an imperial envoy, or was he colluding with Oirat. Not to mention whether this matter was true, just if the news spread, Lord Xu would have no future in his life.
"Do you really want this? Lord Xu thinks twice. My brothers and I are not afraid of death!"
"That's all!" Xu Bai nodded to the scout: "Go and tell them that this messenger and this messenger's guards are here, but if they send a large army over, this messenger will turn around and leave!"
"I understand!" The scout nodded solemnly: "Take care, please, I'm here!"
"And!" Xu Bai said to Chen Tang beside him: "You were deceived by me to this grassland to protect me, and you didn't know my purpose at all. When you found out that I was pretending to be the emperor's secret envoy, you were already in Oirat and could only use the tricks to escape!!"
"Hey, Lord Xu, why are you doing this?" Chen Tang sighed. He understood Xu Bai's kindness, but he still couldn't accept this statement in his heart.
"Only in this way can we distract the attention of the Oirats and relieve the besieged people on the mountain!" Xu Bai said: "I can even say that among the besieged people, many of whom are my guards, who stand for me. The Oirats are not sure of my identity, should not make things difficult for the time being!"
"What after that, it will be difficult for the adults to escape. The Oirats will not let the adults leave easily!"
"We probably won't leave easily!" Xu Bai corrected the other party's statement: "Let's take one step at a time. In this case, it's better than everyone hitting stones with eggs!"
This time, the scouts came back much faster than the last time they came back, but there were as many people as they went there last time. This time, the scouts left alone, but when they came back, there were more than a hundred Oirat cavalry following behind them. The black cavalry array came from a distance, which shocked the Jinyiwei who was resting.
They turned over their horses and lined up in an array of clothes. When the Oar cavalry arrived more than a hundred steps ahead of them, they had already arranged a neat battle array, waiting for the other party's arrival.
"Who is Xu Bai!"
Someone was coming towards the front and shouting loudly.
Xu Bai snatched his horse and slowly walked out of the array: "Who are you? I am Xu Bai!"
"Abruhua, the ten thousand men under the tent of Shanda Khan of Dayuantian!" The Oirats who approached were just walking dozens of steps before stopping.
Xu Bai slowly left his array and walked towards the other party. When the head of Wanhu walked forward, he slowly moved forward until the two of them were only more than ten steps away, and both sides stopped.
"Are you the envoy of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent me by the Yuan Dynasty?" Abruhua was very tall and rode on the horse to speak, feeling condescending.
Xu Bai didn't like to look up at the other party very much. He looked at the other party straight: "The Yuan Dynasty has not been around for many years. The Ming Dynasty only knew the Ola Royal Court, and the Grand Tutor Yesen, who also controlled the Ola Royal Court! That's right, I was an envoy sent by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but I was not going to the Ola Royal Court, but the Ola Royal Court!"
"You will die!" Abruhua grinned his teeth fiercely: "You dare to despise me, Dayuan. Just you guys, as long as I give orders, they will all be dead in a moment!"
"I'm afraid that for many years, Daming didn't know what happened on the grassland. Moreover, there was no more horse market between Daming and Ola!" Xu Bai shook his head: "If you are so stupid, you can't be the commander of the ten thousand men, and Taishen Yesen wouldn't be so ignorant!"
"It's the Khan, the Shanda Khan of the Dayuantian!" Abruhua said angrily: "You don't know these things. How can I believe that you are the envoy of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty? Just the small jade plaque you sent?"
"Since it is a secret envoy, there is naturally no edict or a letter of state!" Xu Bai replied calmly: "That's right, this small jade token can prove my identity. If you don't know the meaning of this jade token, it only means that it is a recent thing that you have been seeking over to Taishi Yesen. Even Taishi Yesen's confidant, send this jade to the royal court and tell your Taishi that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty is here, waiting for your envoy to come!"
There was no expression on Abruhua's face, he had too many beards.
But as Xu Bai expected, he was hesitating at this moment whether to believe what the guy in front of him said. This guy didn't know anything, but there was only one thing that made him say it.
He, Abruhua, was indeed the one who led his tribe to Yesen's command only two years ago. This was impossible for the Ming people to know.
However, the Ming people in front of him concluded that he had just turned to the royal court because he didn't know this jade token. Could it be that this jade token is really a token that can confirm the other party's identity?
"I will send someone behind you to prevent you from running away!" He thought for a while and said in a muffled voice: "If you try to escape, I can guarantee that I will kill none of you left!"
"Don't have to be so troublesome!" Xu Bai shook his head: "There are mine among the people surrounded by you in front of Haizi. I know why you are surrounding them, but unfortunately, some things are gifts to your Grand Master, and you can't make any decisions!"
"The Khan is the Shanda Khan of the Dayuantian!" Abruhua corrected Xu Bai's statement again.
Xu Bai ignored him and pointed to the distance and said, "I will take my people there. In this way, you don't have to worry about whether I will escape. Then, let your best knight, use the fastest horse, send this news and token to the royal court. I believe that the reply you want will arrive faster than you imagined!"
Abruhua didn't say anything, but when he spoke, he turned around slowly. Xu Bai smiled slightly and turned around and walked towards his array.
The Oar cavalry in the distance divided several cavalry and surrounded Abruhua and headed towards the distance. The remaining cavalry were divided into two, circled around the sides of the Ming Dynasty array, and posed as if they were ready to attack at any time.
"No one is allowed to do anything!" Xu Bai shouted loudly: "Send the order and walk slowly forward, don't fall behind, don't panic!"
The Oarat cavalry on both sides began to wander as the Ming array moved. They whistled and galloped on both sides and behind the array, as if driving the slowly moving Ming array.
Of course, this was just their imagination. Abruhua, who had left, had issued an order. As long as this team of Ming people did not escape to the back, then their mission was to escort the team back to the foot of the mountain.
No one dared to disobey Abruhua's orders. Even at this moment, they hope that these Ming people would not be able to resist their provocation and attack them. In this way, they could slaughter these Ming people legitimately. Yes, even if the number of people is smaller than that of the Ming people, they still have extremely confident and a mysterious sense of superiority against the Ming people on the horse.
Unfortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty were very calm, which disappointed them a little.
There are layers of gold edges on the clouds in the distance, which is the afterglow of the sunset.
The sun is about to set, and the night on the grassland is about to come again.
Chapter completed!