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Chapter 1178: Khan's Assembly (Part 2)

When Yi Sima arrived at the Khan tribe tent in the city, he realized that the Khan tribe conference had begun for a while.

As a national teacher, Yi Simayin handled almost everything from planning to sending troops in the battle against the Ming Dynasty, which was a hard work.

Even if it is not said that the credit is that Yisimayin himself is the second-ranked figure in the Tatar tribe after Dayan Khan Batumonk, but Batumonk and the patriarchs of other tribes obviously did not give him face. Before his national teacher arrived, the Khan tribe conference began.

The king's tent is extremely lenient.

At this Khan tribe conference, there were about 60 or 70 tribe leaders who came to attend, most of whom could only stand in the back row... Only tribes that could independently form five thousand cavalry teams were qualified to sit in front and talk to Batumonk.

Although the grassland was large and there were many tribes, the living environment was very harsh and the population was not strong. The more severe the Ming Dynasty blocked the grassland, the more compressed the living environment of the grassland people was.

In addition, the grassland was in civil strife a few years ago, and many casualties were killed or injured. At this time, the tribe leader who could sit in the front row, including Yi Simayin, and there was only six people. In addition, Yi Bula, but at this time, Yi Bula had already led his troops to Juyong Pass and had no time to attend the conference.

"The national teacher is here!"

Yisimayin's general Wulicha was not qualified to enter the tent, so he could only stay outside the tent and watch his patriarch enter the luxuriously decorated tent.

Among the Tatar tribes, Yisimain's tribe belongs to the large tribe second only to the Dayan Khan tribe. Yisimain's status at the Khan tribe conference is second only to the Great Khan Batumonk.

The Mongolian grasslands were all in the first half of the rule of Batumuk, and they followed the system of Khan and Taishi jointly taking over the power. The leader of the Ola who had made the Ming Dynasty hate Tumubao was not the main master on the grassland, but the Taishi granted the title of the Golden Family.

The Grand Tutor does not have to be a descendant of Genghis Khan. On the grassland, the clan leader of the largest tribe usually holds this position. As the communist ruler on the grassland, in order to balance the relationship between all parties and to make the largest tribe surrender, Khan can only win over the title of Grand Tutor.

After Yi Simayin entered the tent, everyone saluted him respectfully. Only Dayan Khan Batumonk, who was sitting in the middle of the tent, as well as Dayan Khan's sons and close generals, did not need to salute Yi Simayin. At this time, Susuha, who guided Yi Simayin to arrive, stood arrogantly behind Batumonk and looked at Yi Simayin with disdainful eyes.

Batumonk was wearing armor and cloak. At this time, he was no longer the child who was held by his wife when he ascended the throne, but became the actual ruler of the Mongolian tribe.

Through this attack on the Ming Dynasty, the Dayan tribe became the largest tribe on the grassland. The once prosperous little prince fire screen has become a loser at this time. It was defeated in Ningxia Weilian and the tribe's strength was greatly damaged. It would probably be difficult to maintain the position of the Mongolian overlord in the desert south.

Batumonk has a square face, small eyes and high nose bridge. Even though he is only about thirty years old, he looks weathered, has a goatee, has a deep wrinkle on his forehead, and his dark skin, which looks too mature, just like a person in his fifties in the Central Plains.

The living environment of the grassland is too harsh, and people's lifespan is generally short. Even Khan, who is as powerful as Batumonk, thinks he is destined to be over forty years old.

For people in the grassland, thirty years old is not about standing at the age of age, but about being at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven and may die of illness at any time.

"National Master, it's been a long time since I was gone!"

Even though Susuha, the general of Dayan Khan's tribe, did not respect Yisimayin enough, Batumonk still maintained the minimum respect for Yisimayin.

As a Khan, who is respected by all parties on the grassland, even if he has little thoughts, he cannot give a look on the head of a tribe in front of everyone. Even though he feels old and wants to remove obstacles for his son, he has made the intention to take down Yisimain, but after all, it is a time to unanimously go abroad, and conflicts in the Ming Dynasty are definitely not a wise move.

Yi Simayin stepped forward and saluted in front of Batumonk, expressing his respect for the Khan.

"National Master, are you withdrawing your troops from defeat?"

Just as Yi Simayin was about to sit down on the empty mat on the left hand of Batumonk and officially attended the Khans meeting, someone in the tent asked him.

Yi Sima looked around the king's tent with his eagle-like eyes and said coldly: "My army and horse vanguard has now arrived at Juyongguan. How could he have ever been defeated?"

At this time, the atmosphere in the tent was a little nervous. Yi Sima saw the tribe leader looking at him with a very strange look. It seemed that something had happened before he entered the tent, which led to him being the target of public criticism.

When it comes to unanimous external relations, all tribes on the Mongolian grassland must work together, but once the distribution of interests is involved, the relationship between tribes is not as harmonious as it seems on the surface.

Many patriarchs present, relying on Batumonk's support, wanted to stand up and question Yisimain, but they were afraid that their tribe would be used as a gun by the Dayan tribe, so they spoke very cautiously. Even when they were criticizing Yisimain for intentionally concealing the situation on the front line, they did not dare to openly blame them in the name of their tribe, but just hid in the crowd and spoke. In this way, Yisimain would not treat them as a forest bird.

Batumonk raised his hand, and the king's tent was silent. Dayan Khan looked grimly and stared at Yisimayin's eyes and said, "National Master, you have told me that you should first attack Xuanfu. Why did you change your mind in the middle? After surrounding Xuanfu for a few days, you sent troops to Zhangjiakou Fort again, and wait for Zhangjiakou Fort to break the rear and return to attack Xuanfu?"

Everyone looked at Yisimayin.

Yi Sima Yin's face looked a little ugly, but he still replied seriously: "The solidity of Xuanfu is far beyond my imagination. In a last resort, he can only fight Zhangjiakou Fort first, take down this pass, connect the front and rear, and then plan a new goal. This is a normal choice based on the enemy's and our forces and the difficulty of attacking!"

“Bad talk!”

Before Batumonk could speak, Susuha jumped out and angrily scolded, "It is obvious that you sent troops to Tumu Fort, and you lost too much to the Ming army. If you had no choice, you had to give up attacking Xuanfu. Do you still want to hide it from the Khan?"

By this time, no one dared to speak.

Susuha was in the Dayan Khan tribe and belonged to the Thousand Houses of the Central Army in Batumonk, which was equivalent to the most trusted commander of the Imperial Guards of the Central Plains Emperors. Susuha spoke, but others dared not refute it easily.

Yi Sima Yin made a sound: "There was no defeat outside the Tumu Fort!" As the national teacher, Yi Sima Yin clearly knew that the war in the Tumu Fort was a stain on him, and he could not admit that there was a defeat in any case, because it involved the final distribution of interests.

On the grassland, the contributions of those who make suggestions are almost negligible. The way the Mongols calculate their merits is to win many victories, capture many people and animals, capture many cities, and defeat many soldiers and horses.

Under this premise, the less losses your own family will be, the better.

Once there is a defeat, you will be at a disadvantage in the final distribution of results, because the loser is not qualified to distribute results.

Although Yisima's troops were damaged by Tumu Fort, it also made the Mongolians taste the taste of failure and made the grassland tribes realize that this battle was not without setbacks. The inconspicuous Tumu Fort has become the most solid fortress of the Ming army. It is more likely that the places such as Yongguan, Zijing Pass and the capital will not be able to be captured for a long time.

Batumonk shouted sternly: "Then ask the national teacher, have you deceived me?"

Yi Sima saluted respectfully: "Don't dare to deceive anything!"

Yi Sima refused to admit it, and even Batumonk didn't know how to answer.

Although the soldiers and horses of the grassland were uniformly followed the dispatch of the Khan tribe, many of them were in their own formations during the plunder and siege of the city. The specific losses were reported by the tribes themselves.

Yisimayin refused to admit that there was a defeat, so the losses would naturally not be reported, and Batumonk could not provide strong evidence to prove Yisimayin's failure.

The king's tent suddenly became quiet, and everyone was waiting for the fierce collision between the number one character of the grassland, Batumonk, and the number two character of the grassland, Yisimayin.

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