Chapter 1297 The General Trend
The three Wuliangha tribes that were most seriously hurt by the Ming army were like this, so the attitude of the other tribes can be imagined. Facing Guan Tong's recruitment, they were like a long drought and a good rain, and they were active and proactive, and no one refused.
What is the general trend? This is the general trend.
Guan Tong continued to recruit people, and in a few days, he had already pulled one-third of the tribes to the Ming side.
Those tribes that surrendered also pulled up their camps and loaded cars, driving cattle and sheep away from Qingyun Mountain. Such a big movement naturally spread to the old camp early...
"Father, stop them quickly, otherwise everyone will run away!" Chahan said anxiously.
"How to stop them?" Nahachu said half-dead: "They have decided to surrender to the Ming army, will they listen to me, the Yuan Dynasty Taiwei?"
"Send troops!" Chahan felt that he was unreliable after saying that. The garrisons of the tribes were so scattered, and they had so few soldiers in their hands that they could not stop them at all.
"Then at least kill Guan Tong, the scourge, as soon as possible?" He changed his words and said, "I said at the beginning that he couldn't be let go, but my father didn't listen. Now he's been retaliated against, right?"
"..." Nahachu shook his head and said, "Do you really think that so many people surrendered because of Guan Tong's ability? You're wrong. They saw that my ship was about to sink, and they were anxious to jump off the ship to escape. Guan Tong just accelerated their escape."
"Alas..." Chahan sat on the Hu bed with his hands on his head and said, "Is there really no way out?"
"No." Nahachu shook his head dejectedly and said, "Now the army is approaching, the gates are wide open, and everyone is betrayed and lost. Genghis Khan can't save us even if he is alive again. This is because God didn't give me such a large number of people, so there's no need to stop them."
"Then where is our way out? Go north to join the court's army?" Chahan asked.
"No." Nahachu shook his head and said dejectedly, "I'm old and tired. I don't have the courage to start over in Mobei."
"If you want to go, take those who are willing to go." He glanced at his eldest son.
"If my father doesn't go, I won't go either." Chahan shook his head and said, "I heard that Mobei is colder than the northeast in winter, and there are Wala people. I don't dare to go by myself."
"Hehe..." Nahachu knew that his son, who was used to a life of luxury, would definitely not be able to stand the hardships of Mobei's wilderness.
"Then there is only one way to surrender to the Ming." Nahachu smiled bitterly and sighed, "Alas, it was obviously me who talked first, but they got ahead of me."
As he said, he glanced at his son and said, "Now you know how stupid it is to force Guantong to rebel, right? Now it's good that there is no one to contact the Ming army."
"Ah." Chahan listened honestly, but he didn't agree in his heart, thinking to himself: 'Didn't you also doubt him at the beginning? ’
She had to be honest and said, “If my father is really determined to surrender, then do it as soon as possible. If we are two days late, all our people will run away, and they will not take us seriously.”
“That’s true.” Nahachu nodded and frowned, “But Guantong is gone, how can we contact the Ming army?”
“Without Zhang the butcher, can we still not eat the hairy pigs?” Chahan said in a muffled voice, “Not only Guantong is eloquent, but others also have mouths and legs.”
After a pause, he said, “And we don’t even have to go to Gyeongju, we can get things done at home.”
“You mean to find the Ming army in Fukuroyama to surrender?” Nahachu’s eyes lit up.
"Yes." Chahan nodded and said, "I heard that the commander there is the brother-in-law of the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and the second-in-command of the Ming army this time. It's not shameful to surrender to him, right?"
"Of course it's not shameful." Nahachu nodded and said, "The man you are talking about is called Lan Yu, the leader of the young and vigorous faction of the Ming army. Xu Da's generation is old, and the future of the Ming army will be his world."
"Then we must hold his thighs tightly!" Chahan said excitedly, "With him protecting us, we don't have to worry about anything!"
He took the initiative to ask, "Son, will you go to Fuhei Mountain now?"
"Yes." Nahachu nodded and said, "Prepare a generous gift and go first to tell them that I have decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Then I will arrange a time for me to visit General Lan in person."
"Okay." Chahan nodded in agreement.
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The next day at noon, Lan Yu was inspecting the defense line of Fuhei Mountain. In the past few days, there were Mongolian princes and nobles who led their tribesmen to surrender every day. Lan Yu had to be very alert and ordered his subordinates to guard against anyone who took the opportunity to attack and recapture Fuhei Mountain.
He had just punished a few lazy soldiers who were not on duty, and a cavalry came to report that Chahan wanted to see him.
"Oh? Bring him." Lan Yu had captured the great taiji of Nahachu once and personally questioned him, so he was not unfamiliar with him.
When Chahan was led up the mountain, Lan Yu laughed and said, "It's really the great taiji. How come you miss me just a few days after returning?"
"I pay my respects to the general." Chahan hurriedly saluted respectfully, and he was completely different from when he was in the old camp. "It feels like a long time since we last met. I miss the general very much."
"Hahaha, do you still want to continue to eat prison food? I can satisfy you." Before Lan Yu spoke, Chang Mao beside him laughed out loud.
"No, I don't want to..." Chahan shook his head awkwardly, thinking that this young lord was really annoying.
Little did they know that they were both of the same breed - bullies at home.
"What is the business of the Grand Taiji?" Lan Yu said, waving his hand and letting his nephew go play.
"It's like this." Chahan first presented a gift list, and then explained the purpose of his visit. He also emphasized: "This is specially for the general. The prince and the Duke of Ying will naturally give generous gifts as well."
"..." Lan Yu looked at the long gift list, handed it to the soldier beside him with satisfaction, and said, "I will accept the gift. I can't disgrace the Lieutenant."
"Yes, yes." Chahan was about to speak, but Lan Yu changed the subject and said, "But I cannot accept surrender."
"Ah?" Chahan was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. Can he be so confident even if he accepts gifts but doesn't do anything? Why can't we accept our surrender? Do the prince and the father-in-law insist on driving my father and son to death?
"You misunderstood. It's me who cannot accept surrender." Lan Yu explained: "We have been given repeated orders from above that all of you can only surrender to our prince, who will deal with it uniformly. We cannot accept the surrender privately."
"That's it..." Chahan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "As long as we can accept our submission. Although both my father and son want to surrender to the general."
"Haha, wrong love." Lan Yu said: "The prince's order is that all tribes can surrender within ten days, including your father and son of course. But you have to hurry up, it has been seven days."
"Okay, I'll go back and report to my father right away. I'll take my people out of the mountain to ask for surrender." Chahan nodded and remembered something again: "My father has admired the general for a long time. When passing by Fuhei Mountain the day after tomorrow, he wanted to pay a visit to the general. I don’t know if it’s appropriate?”
"Haha, what's inappropriate about that? I'll treat him to a drink the day after tomorrow!" Lan Yu nodded happily. "See you there or not!"
"See you there or not!"