By the end of July, the preparations for the withdrawal were basically completed, and the Ming troops around Guanshan began to shrink, and Chen Xi finally set the withdrawal time on the first day of August.

The attitudes of the tribes on the grassland were divided into two factions. Some supported Chenxi's withdrawal of troops, while others opposed them. The ones supported were basically vassals of the Dayan tribe of the grassland in the middle, or tribes with neutral attitudes. They did not care who would rule the grassland, as long as there was no war; those who opposed it were mainly Urianha and Yongsebu tribes.

Although the Urianha tribe was also quite powerful, they had no confidence to challenge Batumonk. When they found that Chen Xi was preparing to completely let go of things on the grassland and took away a symbolic New Khan and Hatun to the capital to pay tribute, they began to visit and dissuade Chen Xi from withdrawing troops, although their tribe had been hundreds of miles away from Guanshan.

The reason why they were in a hurry to leave was to rush back to occupy the new ranch assigned to them by Chen Xi, because they were afraid that Chen Xi and Batumonk would go to war in Guanshan.

As for the tribe leaders who chose to stay, they must learn about the Ming army's death as soon as possible.

"Mr. Shen, you can't just withdraw like this. It's almost a foregone conclusion that Batumonk came back. If you left like this, wouldn't the achievements made at the Khans Conference be wasted?"

The representatives of the Urianha tribe argued with Chen Xi.

Chen Xi did not say anything, and Hu Song next to him said angrily: "If you don't leave, would you want to stay here for the New Year? We have been here for almost a month, and there is no accurate news about Nadayan Khan... If you have the ability, please attract him, and we will start a war with him immediately, otherwise don't be rumored."

Because Hu Songyue spoke with a strong accent, it was difficult for Urianha's messenger to understand what he was saying, but one thing he understood was that the soldiers under Chen Xi were already very urgent to withdraw their troops, and this group of professional soldiers did not continue to stay in the grassland to go to war with Batumonk.

"We can take out cattle and sheep, as well as the most outstanding women of the tribe, and even fiefs, to keep Lord Shen in the grassland." The envoy of Urianha said sincerely.

Wang Lingzhi flattened his mouth: "We don't care about your things at all. As long as we want, what you get is ours. Now we give it to you, how can you be qualified to use these to negotiate terms with us?"

The Urianha people were in a desperate situation in the end, and the messenger begged: "Or, you can leave artillery and muskets, and we will raise our own troops to fight Batumonk."

"wishful thinking."

Jing Yue also jumped out and said, "How can our weapons be given to people for no reason? If you want them, you will step over our bodies."

The Urianha people were stunned in the end. Who has the final say here? Chen Xi didn't say a word, but the generals around him kept talking. The key is that these people come from all over the world and have very different accents, and they basically didn't understand what was going on.

"Mr. Shen, please express your opinion."

The Urianha people could only look at Chenxi with their help.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You have also heard the opinions of our army. It's not that I don't want to stay in the grassland now. It's because I can't find anyone, so it's futile for us to stay... We won the battle and have not returned to receive rewards so far. Why do we stay on the grassland and wait for Batumonk, who seems to never show up?"

"We can help you find the whereabouts of Batumonk." The messenger of Urianha explained.

Chen Xi shook his head: "If you can find it, I believe it won't be delayed until today... Since I haven't found it yet, I will not continue to do useless work. We will formally withdraw our troops on the first day of August."

"You can't leave..."

“The grassland needs you…”

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The Urianha people really had no choice. As for the Yibula side, they had failed to persuade them many times, so they simply stopped persuading them.

On this issue, Yibula is smarter than the Uryanha people. He knew that Chenxi had decided to go there, and he also speculated that Chenxi wanted to sit and watch the internal struggle of the grassland, so he quickly took people to take over the territory, occupied all the pastures and population that belonged to the Dayan tribe, and chose a place to settle it, so that he could have the power to protect himself before the attack on Batumonk.

The Yongxibu tribe, led by Yibula, has enough ranches. Chen Xi is still trusting in this regard. Even Chen Xi made a promise to Yibula. If he is defeated by Batumonk again, he is welcomed to join the embrace of the Ming Dynasty. The court will give him a fief. Anyway, as long as he is not dead, he will always be the patriarch of the Yongxibu tribe. The court will always recognize it. He only needs to set up the tribe's direct territory in Ordos near Yulin Acropolis, and then pay close attention to the ferry crossings of the Yellow River and set up more agencies. Batumonk will not be able to threaten his safety.

After no one came to disturb him, Chen Xi conveyed the withdrawal arrangements to the lieutenant generals.

Chen Xi explained clearly how to deal with the battle, how to mobilize the troops in each direction, how to mobilize the troops in each direction.

What the generals in Chenxi's army need to do is very simple. They just need to obey Chenxi's orders. Chenxi arranges everything in full. As long as they are not afraid of death and do their own things well as Chenxi's instructions, the credit will automatically come to their hands like flowing water.

"Sir, the way back this time should be shorter than when we came?" Hu Songyue asked carelessly.

Chen Xi asked back, "What, are you still afraid of hard work?"

Hu Songyue's face was a little embarrassed: "I'm not afraid of hard work, I just don't know how long it will take to return to the capital after I go back... We have been out for several months and still have no idea about the situation in the capital."

After all, they were flesh and blood people. They suddenly knew that they were going back. Although they regretted not capturing or killing Batumonk, they were full of hope and enthusiasm when they thought of the military achievements they had made before and the rewards they could get after returning, and the beautiful life they could almost expect in the future.

For the soldiers, it is their beautiful expectation to get out of the state of war as soon as possible. Only in this way can we not be worried every day.

Chen Xi shouted angrily: "Retreat as you want. What will happen on the road is not necessarily the case. If you have time to learn how to make and use maps flexibly, at least you must know what the map means... Come and ask me less about this in the future!"

The people next to him laughed secretly, and Hu Songyue was scolded by Chen Xi, and he felt a little embarrassed.

Originally, many people could understand the map and read it clearly, but it was still a bit difficult for Hu Songyue to understand the meaning of the map. Many times, Chen Xi could only tell him the key points. As for details such as distance and height, Hu Songyue couldn't calculate it when he pulled his fingers.

Chen Xi said again: "We must prevent the Tatars from attacking these two days. All the troops are vigilant. Although the scouts retreat, they must maintain the investigation network to a range of 100 miles. On the morning of the first day of August, the army will set off."

"Get orders!"

All the generals took the order in unison.

Chenxidao: "If there are tribal people obstructed, no matter whether they come to attend the Khan tribe conference before, they will be treated as rebellious. They can send people to fight with them and eliminate the opponent as quickly as possible... This matter is the responsibility of Liu Xu and Wang Lingzhi."

"Yes, sir!"

Liu Xu and Wang Lingzhi agreed at the same time.

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By the end of July, it had been half a month since Zhang Yuan arrived at Shijiatai where Tai Mausoleum was located.

Zhang Yuan's life has been very difficult these days because he has avoided two assassinations specifically targeting him. Fortunately, he is not far from the guards of the imperial tombs every time, and the guards here are equipped with muskets, which scares away the assassins, which makes him escape from death.

Even so, Zhang Yuan was still injured, his palm was cut with a knife, and his shoulder was also shot, but fortunately he was only scratched.

"Fortunately, our family is very lucky. The arrow shot over and just brushed his shoulders and flew out. It hurt some flesh. If it tilted a little more, it would hit the neck, and our family would die."

Zhang Yuanchu was still shouting at the people around him. This time, there were several eunuchs who followed him and the guards who were ordered to protect him. But on the way, he found that he was out of sight. Zang Xian, who had originally agreed to follow him to Shijiatai, ran away first, and a few followers ran away. Those who had sworn allegiance to him all chose to leave, and in the end, only the old servants he brought from the capital were left.

This old servant is also an old eunuch in the palace. He was homeless because of his crime. Zhang Yuan took him in... Of course, if the old eunuch had no place to go, he would have abandoned Zhang Yuan and left.

"Father-in-law, you are lucky and lucky. Those little ones will not hurt you... But I wonder if anyone in the court is so bold and reckless, who dares to play wildly in the imperial tomb?"

The old eunuch named Cheng Mao and said while changing the medicine for Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan grinned: "If our family knew about it, they would have come to the front of His Majesty to sue the emperor. Now I don't know which turtle is instructing him behind the scenes! Humph, it may be that boy Qian Ning. This guy has long disliked our family. Now he finally got a chance!"

After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong. Zhang Yuan slapped his forehead and said, "It may be that Dai Yi and Gao Feng, two dogs. They have long coveted our position. This time our family was demoted by His Majesty to guard the imperial tomb. As long as we get rid of our family and cut off His Majesty's thoughts, they can naturally take up the throne..."

Then he remembered something and frowned, "However, Li Rong and Li Xing cannot completely eliminate suspicion. After all, they are almost crazy to get to power. As long as our family is alive for one day, they will be like a thorn on their backs. On the other side of the relatives, the two uncles hate our family to the core. In the past, our family was not easy to do in the position of the Sili Supervisor, so now we no longer have any scruples; Ma Yongcheng, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong are currently working as military supervisors, so they should not have done it... Well, it is also possible that Xiao Taozi and Sima Zhenren, who are jealous of our family are making trouble behind the scenes..."

Cheng Mao was applying medicine to Zhang Yuan, but when he heard this, he was stunned.

How many people did this Eunuch Zhang offend?

Why do I listen to the meaning of this? It seems that everyone in the world has a grudge against Zhang Yuan. Isn’t there a good person?

Cheng Mao said: "Eunuch Zhang, you said that although these people have grudges with you, you have been trampled now... I have come here and it has no harm to them. Why do you still want to kill them all without giving up?"

"Isn't this obvious? Our family is different from Liu Jin. There are people behind the scenes. As long as you don't die for a day, you will return to Beijing to take charge of the rituals. Now our family is in a downturn, but it's only temporary. Your Majesty is nostalgic. They can only take advantage of the situation, otherwise there will be no chance in the future." Zhang Yuan said flatly.

Cheng Mao asked curiously: "Who else is the backer of Eunuch Zhang besides His Majesty?"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "Can you tell you this kind of thing? But don't worry, you are the most loyal to the people around us. Can we remember your goodness? Zang Xian, that bastard, not only did he cheat our family, but he might also steal our family's money. It's a pity that our family believed him so much at the beginning."

Cheng Mao said: "Eunuch Zhang, your money... is gone?"

"Aren't you sending someone to the capital to investigate? I don't know what's wrong with the woman in the capital now. She might have run away with the boy named Zang. Oh, why are there all the ungrateful wolves around you?"

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To the west of Muna Mountain, the Urat grassland on the west coast of Wuliangsu Sea, Tuluborot stationed troops here, and is paying attention to the situation of Shenxi's troops.

Tuluborot originally wanted to go west to start a foundation, but when he led his troops, he suddenly received news. Shen Xi was preparing to withdraw his troops and did not intend to kill him and his father. Suddenly, he realized that he could rise again with the prestige of his father Batumonk, so he simply chose to station in this place of abundant water and grass and wait for news.

More and more information about the Khan Conference was known to Turuborot, and the performance of the tribes at the Khan Conference made him very annoyed.

"... These people once swore allegiance to their father Khan, but now they are actually bowing their heads to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, but they have the slightest sense of shame?"

At the military meeting held today, Turuborot made such an evaluation of the tribal leaders who participated in the Khan Conference in front of many generals under his command.

Although the generals present were under Tuluborot, they could understand the difficulties of those tribal leaders, just like the mentality of the generals around Tuluborot over the past month.

People's hearts are dispersed and the team is difficult to lead.

Shen Xi's leading troops into the grassland means the end of an era. Now Batumonk and Tuluborot are like wrecked dogs and can only hide from all over the place. They not only have to avoid the pursuit of Ming Dynasty soldiers, but also have to avoid scouts from other tribes, for fear that Shen Xi would be taken over. At that time, the situation in the grassland will be completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming army in Guanshan now nominally controls the grassland. As long as Batumonk and Tuluborot do not die for a day, they represent the orthodox of the grassland. No matter who Shen Xili is a khan, it is futile.

A Qianhu said: "The top priority is to contact the Khan as soon as possible, but now there is no news about the Khan, and even the third prince seems to have disappeared. Now we can only continue to escape west or enter the north of Mo. Otherwise, we have to fight the Ming army."

Tuluborot disagreed: "Why can't we wait for the Ming army to withdraw from the grasslands and quietly return to the central grassland along the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, eliminate the tribes that participated in this Khan tribe conference in one fell swoop, kill all the traitors, and restore the rule of the Khan tribe?"

"Big Prince, you can return troops, but there is no need to start a war against the tribes, right? The grassland is now suffering heavy losses. Even if the Ming army did not start a large-scale killing, there would not be many people left in each tribe. If we continue to create killings... even if we can unify the grassland, no one will help us grazing. It will be difficult to seek revenge on the Ming Dynasty in the future."

The generals present seemed to disagree with Turuborot's practice of continuing to unify the grasslands of Batumonk and making enemies everywhere.

The opinions of these people were basically to meet with Batumonk first. Although Turuborot had committed the act of killing dissidents before, he could no longer fully control his opponents' troops.

Turuborot was a little annoyed and wanted to kill all the generals in front of him who did not obey his orders, but he was afraid that doing so would completely lose people's hearts.

"I don't know where my father's khan is now. Chen Xi has appointed a new master for the grassland. Should we obey the orders of my younger brother who has never even met several times in the future? From now on, as the Khan, I will mobilize all kinds of people to fight with the Ming army together and drive the Ming army out of the grassland."

Although Turuborot's words were a bit inspiring, no one responded, because everyone knew that Batumonk was not dead. Turuborot wanted to declare himself a Khan, but he did not receive support from various tribes at all.

Batumonk is too aggressive and his son lives completely in the shadow of his father. Even if Turuborot is Chu Khan, he has basically no say.

"Why don't you speak? Isn't the order given by this prince useful?" Tuluborot shouted sternly.

Someone reminded: "Big Prince, if you call yourself a Khan, you will definitely blame him if you learn that you are a Khan. At that time, we may have to fight against Khan's soldiers and horses. Then there will be a situation of killing each other. There is no need to... Even if you don't call him Khan and only command the grassland with the identity of the Khan, no one dares to violate your orders."
To be continued...