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The subordinates all went to sleep.

Tuo Lei lay on his back, very tired, but not sleepy.

He was still recalling the words he had just said and the reactions of his companions.The companions gathered in the past few months are not Mongolians, and they will not be excited by the will of Changshengtian.They each have their own standpoints and pursuits. The reason why they follow Tuo Lei is that they think Tuo Lei can realize their hopes.

In this regard, they are almost the same as the Mongols.It's just that the vast majority of Mongols are full of thoughts of massacre and robbery.The thoughts of these people are more complicated, and they must be clearly judged one by one.

Yelu Tuhua regards herself as capable in both civil and military affairs, and has extremely deep qualifications; what he wants is a leader who treats him like an arm, and respects him enough.

Jian Zhongshan is good at financial accounting but lacks martial arts, but financial accounting-related affairs are usually controlled by Muslims; what he wants is an opportunity to be in charge of one party's taxation and financial affairs alone, and also easy to embezzle.

Weining City, which Liu Bolin guarded back then, was the most important outpost of the entire Monan defense line.At that time, the Mongolian army's prestige was at the beginning, and there was no later momentum, but Liu Bolin surrendered without fighting, which caused the Jin army to continue to be passive, and then suffered a disastrous defeat.What Liu Bolin wanted was for the Mongols to have a hero who would meet the demands of the Han people, so that he could prove that there was a reason for his surrender and that he was not afraid of death.

As for Guo Baoyu, he is a very talented veteran general of the Jin Army.Because I was completely disappointed with the quagmire of the Central Plains, I wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Mongols and go west, stepping out into a new world where I could flex my muscles.

Tuo Lei thought about it several times, and felt that his statement before going to bed was enough to satisfy them all. Occasionally, some details were vague, so it could be inferred that he was not yet proficient in Chinese.As long as the Western Expedition starts, these people will definitely stick together further and surround the Fourth Prince in order to protect their own interests. There is still room for calculation and adjustment on what to do afterwards.

On the other hand, using the power of these people does not mean alienating the Mongols. After all, the status of the fourth prince of the Mongolian Kingdom is fundamental.In front of my father, I have to be careful to hide my clumsiness, not to stand out easily when I have something to do, and not to brag about my meritorious deeds.As for the three elder brothers...they don't see me as Tuo Lei any more. With the deepening of the Western Expedition, their struggle with each other has just begun.

By the way, after arriving in Angjiluo, I have to have a good talk with the red horse consort, including the powerful hundred households under him, who also need to win over.It must be noted that the way of speaking with the Mongols cannot be as it is now.Following Han'er's principles, Yun Yun, and his intention to rule and govern Yun Yun, he must not say it casually in front of the Mongols.

Thinking about it, Tuo Lei slowly fell asleep.

He seemed to have just fallen asleep for a moment, when he was suddenly woken up again.

Tuo Lei jumped up suddenly, holding the dagger at his waist with his backhand, and strangled his shaking arm with the other hand.The man shook again, and Tuo Lei finally came to his senses: "What's wrong?"

"It's the remnants of the Tatars and the Zhazis. Somehow, they collided with each other. Guo Baoyu has already led people to fight against the enemy. Fourth Prince, please get on your horse. We are not afraid of them, but we must be careful." Yelutu Hua is calm and authentic.

Tuo Lei cursed, turned over and jumped on the horseback.

As soon as a person reached a high place, there was a sudden rush of crashes, shouts, neighing of horses, and the terrible dull sound of weapons stabbing or slashing into human bodies.

Tuo Lei saw that the sky was getting dark, and no less than two or three hundred people rushed out from the slope of the river to the east.All of them looked like wild beasts, they looked like men, women and children, they were dressed in a mess, whether it was tree bark or animal skin, and what they were holding in a mess were rusty knives and axes or wooden sticks.

If the elite of the Mongolian army were compared to a pack of wolves, these people would probably only regard them as mad dogs.

"Why was it hidden so close?" Tuo Lei asked dissatisfied.

"There are more people sent to the mountain road south of Dongluo Mountain, and they report back every two hours. I didn't expect these things to appear in the east." Yelu Tuhua answered casually.

Everyone following Tuo Lei at the moment is a master.And those on the opposite side were all losers who were killed to exterminate their families and species and fled everywhere when Genghis Khan rose.Yelu Tuhua really didn't take the enemy seriously.

Still, the wildlings were causing a little trouble.

A soldier under Guo Baoyu shouted loudly, and slashed obliquely at the rushing enemy with a long knife in his hand.The opponent did not dodge or dodge at all, allowing the long knife to cut open the chest and abdomen, and the internal organs flowed out like a waterfall.But with the last bit of momentum, he also pierced the middle-foot-long spearhead into the soldier's neck.

The moment the spear pierced, the enemy fell.The soldier tried his best to avoid it at that moment, but the side of his neck was completely cut open.The rusty spearhead was embedded between the flesh and the neck, and the blood was gurgling, blocked by the neck, and then dripped down, and then seeped out from the gaps in the chest and side armor.

Seeing that he did not fall, another savage came up and beat the soldier on the head with a wooden stick.

As soon as the wooden stick was raised, Guo Baoyu urged the horse to kill him.The four-foot-long saber in his hand slashed across the enemy's neck without any hesitation.When the enemy's head was flying in the air, Guo Baoyu continued to charge forward, swinging his long knife left and right.Every time the blade fell, an arm holding a weapon, or a head with glaring eyebrows flew up.

He killed several people in a row, and slashed the front of a savage with a long knife, almost cutting off the entire head from the middle.The skull was so hard that it clamped the long knife.The few savages in the back looked at the gap, and swooped over with their teeth and claws.

Guo Baoyu turned his hand and took out the bow and arrow, and fired several arrows in a short time.The enemy hit by the first arrow was three feet away, and the person hit by the fourth arrow twitched under his horse's head, and the enemy was all punished in an instant.Guo Baoyu's guards behind him also opened their bows and shot arrows indiscriminately, and the arrows rained down.

Those savages were horrified by Guo Baoyu's bravery, and secondly, among their group, the most daring ones died the fastest.At this time, whoever was calling out from behind repeatedly, the rest of the hundred people tumbling and running towards the woods at the back, the branches and leaves in the woodland shook wildly, and they disappeared.

Guo Baoyu walked around the slope twice with a bridle, and saw several wounded savages wailing on the ground.He got off his horse and went over, grabbed people and questioned them one by one, and then killed them.

After a while, he returned to Tuo Lei and bowed slightly to report:
"Fourth prince, these are indeed the remnants of the Tatars and the Zajira people. The leader had some relationship with Jamuka in the early years. They hid in the [-]-mile flat pine forest to the east of Dayuluo, and lived by fishing and hunting. , it has been five or six years."

"Since they are all bereaved dogs, why do they come here after more than 500 miles? Do you not want to live?"

"There is a reason for this."

"Tell me about it."

"The Great Khan ascended the throne on that day and took control of the host tribe with his younger brothers. Later, Mu Huali went south from the Linhuang Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin, and brought with him five people. Recently, the power of the Ding Navy has expanded to the north of Beijing's Dading Mansion in the past few months. Among the Jurchen generals in the interior of the Northeast, Heshi Liede, the recruiting envoy of the Northeast Road, was supported by Marshal Wanyan Chengchong of the Shangjing Road, and Heshi Liehuanduan, the envoy of Xuanfu of the Northeast, and many troops were deployed from Taizhou to the west. Therefore, the dispersal The Mongolian ministries on Linhuangfu Road and Beijing Road are now shrinking westward..."

"Their shrinkage squeezed the maneuvering room of many fugitives in the flat pine forest, forcing them to move in groups!"

"Yes. They bumped into here all the way and found our sentinel cavalry scattered outside. They thought they could get some benefits, so they came out to charge."

Guo Baoyu looked to the east, saw his subordinates turned back from the forest, made a gesture of safety, and then continued: "These are just ailments, Fourth Prince don't mind. Let's continue on our way. "

Tuo Lei frowned and murmured: "I just don't understand..."

"what?"

"You can say that it's nothing more than Beijing's Dading Mansion. Black army commanders such as Shi Tianying and Xue Ta Lahai are always the ones who fall with the wind. Wan Yan Chengchong and others on Shangjing Road are all serious Jurchen officials. Noble man, why did they cooperate with Guo Ning? Isn’t Guo Ning in the Kingdom of Jin considered a rebel? He has already entered the capital, and he is ready to change the dynasty. Those Jurchens on the Northeast Road, why? No resistance?"

The subordinates did not know how to answer.

To be honest, they are completely at a loss as to how this situation arises.But one thing is certain.That is, as Genghis Khan continued to shrink his power, enemies that seemed to have disappeared reappeared one by one; the vast area thousands of miles east of the entire grassland has become increasingly unsafe.

Four thousand Mongolian households resolutely rushed to the south to join Guo Ning, which was just the beginning.People who can survive in the grasslands all have the instinct to judge strengths and weaknesses, and when this judgment becomes a broad consensus, many things will continue to spread, gradually shaking the power comparison between Genghis Khan and Guo Ning.