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Chapter 900 Milk Wine
Wulu Hunai didn't understand Chinese very well, but when Li Xia's scouting horse galloped over, she knew that there must be soldiers and horses marching just by her demeanor and tone of voice.

This day's alliance was interrupted like this, and the two sides had a preliminary intention, and the next thing was to see how much troops each could bring out.

Sure enough, after chatting with Tan Ma, Li Xia said to her in Mongolian: "There are soldiers and horses fighting nearby."

"Not mine."

"I know." Li Xia said, "It's more than 150 miles to the northwest, where is it?"

"Wind erosion valley?" Wulu Hunai said, "That's on the way from the desert to Yumen Pass."

Li Xia nodded in understanding, and was silent for a while.

Wulu Hunai thought that he would leave immediately and return to Yumen Pass, but unexpectedly he raised his hand and said, "Let's go, go to your residence to drink a bowl of milk wine."

"Aren't you afraid of being surrounded or overtaken?"

"In time." Li Xia said: "You should also have arranged for scouts to investigate nearby. Your people are more familiar with the terrain, and the information should be more detailed. How about letting me listen to the news you scouted?"

"Okay, we will treat our friends well with milk wine and intelligence."

There seemed to be some smiles in Ulu Hunai's eyes, he made an invitation gesture and walked towards his horse.

She found that Li Xia had a calm personality and was calm and unhurried in situations.This is not like a young man in his early twenties, but a man who has experienced tempering can have such precipitation...

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The oasis is at the foot of Mantou Mountain, five miles to the west, next to a small lake, and finally saw woods, flowers and plants.

Some people can be seen feeding horses and milking cows between the tents.

The Mongols marched with women and children, responsible for logistics, called Oru, but this did not affect the combat power of those men.

What Ulu Khunai brought was obviously her Qixue army, but not all Mongols, at least half of them were Semu people, and most of them were Uyghurs, with high noses, deep eyes, and lush hair.

Seeing Li Xia and others approaching from a distance, these soldiers stood still, holding bows and arrows in their hands, showing a sense of defense.

Their queue was not neat, but they were obviously elite men, with sturdy stature and murderous aura.

The people around Li Xia were even tougher.

He followed behind Ulu Hunai's twenty or so cavalry, surrounded by a hundred soldiers from the Selected Front Battalion, and two hundred soldiers from the Guiyi Battalion were divided into two teams on the left and right.

In addition to being strong in stature, the more than three hundred people are also stronger in momentum.

This kind of momentum is impossible without rich battlefield experience and long-term training. It is precisely because they have experience and strong self-confidence that they can be sure from the bottom of their hearts that they are much stronger than the Mongolian army on the opposite side.

The other party also clearly felt this.

Therefore, there is a difference in momentum. Although Li Xia's men are all expressionless and unrevealed, they are more deterrent than 3000 people.

Especially the 100 people in the draft camp.When Li Xia reined in and dismounted, he didn't even need to give an order. He just glanced at them. They had already understood his meaning, and the horses were stationed outside the camp and lined up.

The movements are neat and tidy, a hundred people seem to be one person.

There are many strong soldiers in the world, but there must not be many who can have such a tacit understanding between the general and the soldiers.

Wulu Hunai originally wanted to show Li Xia his elite cowardice, but when he came here for five miles, he first saw Li Xia's military appearance and felt his ability to govern the army.

However, Li Xia left all his staff outside, and only brought six people to follow Ulu Hunai to the big tent.

He took a rough look at the camp, and thought that if Ulu Khunai wanted to kill him, this not too long distance would be enough for him to escape outside.

Of course, as long as Ulu Khurnai still wanted to stand on his own feet, he would not make such a reckless decision.

"Has our spy horse returned?"

"If you go back to Ketun, not yet."

"Go and take the princess to my tent..."

Wulu Hunai gave another order to his subordinates in a low voice, and then turned around and walked towards the big tent side by side with Li Xia.

She walked beside Li Xia, letting him draw his sword to control her at any time, to show that he didn't intend to take him down.

"Don't worry, since your scout is back, my scout will be there soon."

"I'm not in a hurry." Li Xia smiled, observed the situation in the camp casually and naturally, and asked again: "If all your soldiers and horses are elite like this, maybe you can defeat Hedan without cooperating with me." .”

"What I am worried about is that the kings led their troops to join Kublai Khan. We all know that this is very possible."

"It's not possible, it's certain. It will only destroy but not govern. Ari Boke cannot gain a foothold in the Yili River Basin."

"I care about the long-term." Ulu Hunai said, "After defeating Hedan, Kublai Khan will send people to interfere with my Khanate."

Li Xia smiled and didn't answer.

How long can this alliance last?
In his heart, what Ulu Khurnai occupies is his Beiting and Anxi Protectorate.

Of course, just like Kublai Khan can only start the era of Kublai Khan by defeating Brother Ali, he must also defeat Kublai Khan before he can consider these.

If you lose, you get nothing.Everything at present still focuses on dealing with Kublai Khan.

Thinking of this, Li Xia realized that it was not that she could not accept the various conditions of Ulu Khurnai, the key still depended on her strength.

When the two stopped talking, they had already walked to the big tent.But I saw a group of people over there hugging a well-dressed Mongolian girl.

"Wow."

Hearing cheers and clapping, Li Xia looked and saw the Mongolian girl saying a word to the people next to her without shyness.

"Is that the king I want to marry? So young and handsome, great, I thought it would be an old and ugly one..."

Presumably she is the princess Dosiman that Ulu Hunai mentioned.

Duo Siman had spoken, and when she looked up and saw Li Xia's gaze, she was still not shy, but looked him up again, and then said something to the people around her again.

"He's looking at me..."

But Li Xia had already withdrawn his gaze, looked at Wulu Hunai, and said, "So before we met, Ke Dun had already decided to marry?"

Hearing this proficient Mongolian sentence, Duosi over there was quite startled. She didn't expect that this Han man could understand her words, so she quickly covered her face with her hands, looking a little shy.

But it is not the shyness of Jiangnan women, but the natural and lively expression.

Because of this, Wulu Hunai fell into a passive position, so he could only respond flatly, "This shows my sincerity in wanting to form an alliance with you."

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart." Li Xia replied calmly.

His mind was not on that Mongolian girl at all, and he was even faintly disappointed.

One unobstructed word, it can be seen that Ulu Hunai is eager to form an alliance.

It's a pity that the more eager she is, the more it means that she is in a bad situation and the less help she can do.

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Walking into the tent, Li Xia sat down cross-legged.

Soon, milk wine was brought in. Mongolians have a special wine bag for milk wine, called "Kukel", which is made of cowhide with beautiful patterns on it.

Duo Siman walked into the tent, picked up a golden bowl, and scooped up a bowl of milk wine, but he took a sip first before presenting it to Li Xia.

Li Xia was not surprised either, this is the custom of Mongolian people to toast, taking a sip first means the wine is pure.

"Duo Siman toasted the king from the east, wishing the friendship will last forever, and we can spend spring and autumn together on the fertile grassland..."

She wears agate decorations on her head, and her facial features are not bad, especially her pair of eyes are very bright, and she has two dimples when she smiles.

The skin is a little dark, not very beautiful, it can be regarded as a healthy and delicate type.And Li Xia has always liked fair-skinned and beautiful people.

But it doesn't matter if she is beautiful or not. If she gets married, what matters is her status.

Li Xia took the wine, dipped it with the ring finger of his right hand, and flicked it into the air and the ground to show respect to heaven and earth.

After toasting, Duo Siman withdrew.

She wore a pair of boots under her gown, and she couldn't help tiptoeing when she walked, as if she wanted to jump up, looking quite happy.

Ulu Hunai was very calm from the beginning to the end, and when his daughter walked out, he said: "I know you really want to find out my truth, this is very rude, the trust between us should not be built on the basis of endless Among the temptations, marriage is the better way."

"Marriage is possible, but I can only make your daughter a concubine, not the main wife..."

"Are you contemptuous of Mongolia? Or are you contemptuous of me? I advise you not to make the same arrogance mistake as brother Alibu."

"I'm just answering the conditions that I can agree to. If you feel that you have wronged your daughter, maybe there are other ways to trust each other?"

Ulu Hunai said: "I don't necessarily need to ally with you, but you are now in my tent."

"Threats are meaningless." Li Xia said calmly, "We all know that your situation needs an ally more than mine."

He is testing.

Wulu Huna groaned for a while, but avoided Li Xia's temptation.

"For the Mongols, marriage is very important. Only when you marry the daughter of the Golden Family can you inherit the property and army of the Golden Family."

"I know, but the Mongolian custom is that if you want a Mongol's property and army, you should kill him and marry the wife he left behind, not his daughter."

There was a moment of silence in the tent.

"You want to marry me?"

"I don't want to." Li Xia said: "I hope we can talk about more meaningful topics. How about this, I will go back and call up the army. But you need to think carefully, whether giving my daughter as a concubine can win my trust more, or Tell me your strength sincerely and frankly, and tell me your specific plan to annihilate Hedan."

Wulu suddenly discovered that he was gradually losing the upper hand in the negotiation, and the initiative was quietly controlled by Li Xia.

She stabilized her mind and did not intend to continue talking now.

"I will consider."

After finishing speaking, she said to the outside of the tent, "Let Tan Ma come in."

Immediately two Mongolians entered the big tent.

"Kedun, we found someone fighting in Wind Erosion Valley."

Wulu Hunai said, "Say it carefully."

"Looking at the banner, one side should be the two thousand-man teams under Brother Ali's command, and they want to explore the way to the east. The other side should be Gaochang King Huo Chiha'er's team, there should be more than 3000 people."

"anything else?"

"Don't dare to go any further, I only found out so much..."

Li Xia was listening by the side, and he had confirmed the strength of the two warring parties, because his scouting horse returned in the same way.

But his people didn't recognize those banners, and now they had an answer.

Brother Ali is not difficult to guess, but the other party makes him quite concerned.

Gaochang King Huochihaer...

(End of this chapter)