Light Dance Jiajing

"Ajin, who are you?" Meng'er has always wanted to ask this question, but she didn't think it necessary to know before. But now she must know.

Ajin laughed and said, "You don't even know who I am, yet you dare to follow me? Haha, you are really patient and you are only asking now." Then he stopped laughing and introduced himself solemnly, "My name is Altan, I am the seventeenth-generation grandson of Genghis Khan, and I am the leader of the Tumed tribe."

Mei'er didn't know what tribe the Tumed tribe was. She already knew that Ajin was a Tatar Mongol, so she was quite surprised to know that he was the leader of a tribe. However, Mei'er was a dignified princess of the Ming Dynasty, so she didn't take the leader of a tribe seriously. Upon hearing this, she just said "oh" to indicate that she understood.

Everyone replenished their food and recovered their strength to prepare for the next journey. Suddenly, a faint vibration sound came from the far ground. Alai immediately put his ear to the ground and listened carefully and said, "It should be a cavalry team of about a hundred people galloping towards us."

Once they got out of the border, they would be Altan's territory. There was nothing to worry about, but the horses were galloping from south to north. They had just gotten out of the border not long ago, and this team came from the Han area. Could they be here to capture him? In recent years, because their requests for tribute and trade had been repeatedly rejected by the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the two sides had become even more tense. It was possible that the enemy had discovered his whereabouts and were chasing him so quickly.

Since Mongolian society has always been a pure nomadic and animal husbandry economy, coupled with internal wars, some basic handicrafts were not developed, and the Yuan Dynasty ruled the Central Plains for nearly a century, the Mongolians became dependent on the Central Plains for production and daily necessities. Therefore, Mongolian nobles and civilians urgently need to obtain agricultural products and production and daily necessities from the Central Plains in their daily lives. After the Mongols retreated to the grasslands, they continued to fight wars of varying sizes with the Ming Dynasty, and there were also trade wars, but the main way to obtain them was still military plunder. This was not the first time that Altan had penetrated into the Central Plains. As he went in and out of Han territory many times, he became more and more aware that relying on war and plunder could not solve the problem of material shortages. He gradually tended to peaceful tribute and trade. Only in this way could he obtain agricultural and industrial products from the Central Plains in a stable and large quantity, and sell his own livestock products in large quantities in the vast market of the Central Plains. However, his proposal for tribute was repeatedly rejected and obstructed. Since trade failed, he had to plunder from time to time. Therefore, the relationship between Tumed and the Ming Dynasty has always been tense. At this time, a cavalry came, and he had to be on guard. There were only more than 20 people on his side, and no reinforcements to support him. He could not have a head-on conflict with the other side. Altan immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses and continue to retreat northward as quickly as possible.

Setting out again, Meng'er had no choice but to ride with the team. Along the way, they met several waves of herdsmen and groups of cattle and sheep, but they were running too fast, so they had no time to appreciate the scenery of the pastoral area. It was not until it got dark that they set up camp. Meng'er jumped off the horse and could no longer move. She had never been so tired before. No matter how Ajin teased her, she was too lazy to pay attention. She ate something and fell asleep. She slept particularly deeply that night and slept until dawn. Meng'er yawned and felt that her whole body was still aching. Her body was still a little fragile, and she was afraid that she would need to rest for a few days to recover. She walked out of the tent and saw Ajin and others sitting aside, looking very bored. Seeing her come out, Alai smiled and said, "You finally woke up. We wanted to call you but someone wouldn't let us." As he said that, everyone's eyes turned to Ajin, but Ajin didn't care. He said, "We are almost there, there is no hurry. You look very tired. Can you still ride a horse today?"

Meng'er thought that men were stronger than women. They had been walking for a whole day and now they were no longer tired. She nodded to Jin and said, "I'm fine. Are we going to set off now?"

As they were talking, a group of people and horses appeared in the distance ahead. The sound of horse hooves gradually approached, and it could be seen that it was a group of about a hundred people. Alai and others had already stood up and came over to guard Ajin from the front and back. When the group approached and they saw the leader clearly, they felt relieved. The man jumped off the horse and strode to Ajin, knelt on one knee and said, "Welcome, great leader."

Ah Jin helped the man up, patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Yun Shen, have you been okay during the time I was away?"

Yun Shen was a sturdy man in his early thirties. He said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that the Han people in Datong became restless because the great leader was away. They took advantage of the fact that we were in Daqing Mountain to escape the summer heat. Zhao Ke led his men to Dabansheng City and set it on fire, but they didn't gain any advantage. We killed most of them. I don't think they will dare to cause trouble again for a while."

Altan said: "This Zhao Ke is the deputy general. He must have been sent by the general Liu Han. Humph, if you are not afraid of angering me, then you must accept the consequences. If I don't teach you a lesson, you think I, Altan, am easy to bully."

Yun Shen said: "What the great leader said is true. We are ready and are waiting for the great leader to come back and take us to fuck him hard."

At this time, a boy of about twelve years old jumped out from behind Yun Shen. When he saw Altan, he said affectionately, "Father, you have been gone for so long. If you don't come back, we will go south to the Central Plains to find you."

Altan smiled and said, "Yi Taiji, haha, this kid has grown taller again." Yi Taiji was thin and had a dark face that made him look very young, but he was not short. Standing next to Yun Shen, he was not much shorter than him. At this time, he noticed that there was a girl in the team. Mei'er was also looking at him curiously. The two were of similar age, so Mei'er paid more attention to him. Yi Taiji asked, "Godfather, why is there a Han girl?"

Altan said to the crowd: "She is my guest, you can't treat her badly." The implication is that you can't treat her like other Han people. Who dares to treat the chief's guest badly? He said this deliberately, which shows that this girl is very special in his adoptive father's heart. Yi Taiji looked at Meng'er with more curiosity in his eyes.