The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 361 Shattered Pride
Mandulai walked in covered in blood.

When the noble lords saw this, their faces changed drastically.

Yibula asked anxiously: "Mandulai, what's going on?"

"Did you really lose all your troops?"

After hearing this, Mandulai had nothing to argue and simply threw the Ming army's three-barreled gun to the ground.

"The Ming army is no longer the same as before!"

"Their firearms are very powerful and can easily penetrate our armor!"

"My tribe's warriors have already launched a charge, but they were slaughtered by these firearms before they even touched the Ming people..."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

Even Yibula found it hard to believe.

Because the Ming army had firearms, they knew this.

The Mongols and the Ming army had been fighting for so many years that they always had some captured firearms and were also accustomed to these loud weapons on the battlefield.

But that thing was prone to exploding and couldn't hit the enemy, so it had long been abandoned by Mongolian warriors.

Especially for the Mongolian cavalry, those firearms were completely useless.

Compared to these muskets, Mongolian warriors trusted the scimitars and bows and arrows in their hands more!

Even if the Ming army controlled firearms, the worst that could happen was that they would charge for a while and sacrifice the front cavalry. When the Ming army was silenced, they would just charge forward and chop them all down. There would be no chance for them to resist.

This is the consensus of all Mongolians!
No matter how powerful firearms are, how powerful can they be?
This is a grassland!

This is the Mongols' home ground!

Could it be possible that the cavalry would lose to the Ming army despite the charge?
The noble lords found it difficult to understand, and even Yi Bula could not accept it.

He suppressed his anger, stood up and picked up the three-barreled gun. After observing it for a while, he didn't find anything strange. It just looked a little strange, not much different from the impression he had of the Ming army's firearms.

If that’s the case, then how did Mandulai lose the battle?
Or even a total annihilation?

Before Yibula could speak, the little leader of the Mengguolejin tribe, Bogezan, suddenly said sarcastically: "Mandulai, I think it's because you are a waste that you ruined the tribal warriors!"

"We all know how powerful the Ming army's firearms are. How much more powerful can they be?"

Bo Gezan's words immediately resonated with everyone.

It was really hard for them to accept that the weak Ming people, like two-legged sheep, suddenly had the fighting power to fight against the Mongolian warriors!

Boguzan was born in the Mongoljin tribe, another powerful tribe on the right wing of Mongolia.

In the fourth year of Zhengde, Dayan Khan appointed his second son Urusbolot as the right-wing Jinong, in charge of the Yongshebu, Mengguolejin and Ordos tribes.

This appointment made Yibula, the leader of the Yongshebu tribe, and Mandulai, the leader of the Ordos tribe, extremely dissatisfied, so they secretly contacted Huoshai, the leader of the Mengguolejin tribe, and decided to launch a rebellion.

Ordos is the location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum - the "Eight White Rooms". As soon as Urusborot Jinong took office, he went to the Eight White Room to pay homage. Yibula and others took the opportunity to provoke Jinong's attendants at the ceremony, and a dispute broke out between the two sides, which led to a fight.

Babudai, a minister under Urusborot Jinong, acted impulsively and hacked Yibula's men to death. Yibula and others who had been waiting for an opportunity immediately shouted, "You just came here and you kill people so easily. Won't you kill us all in the future?!"

This sentence was the signal, and immediately, ambushes appeared inside and outside the Babai Room.

The reason is simple. Yibula, Mandulai, Huoshai and others are used to being noble lords. How could they tolerate a sudden appearance of a superior who not only wants to divide their power but also wants to shake their leadership position in the tribe? Naturally, there is no room for easing between the two sides.

Faced with this sudden change, Urusborot Jinong's subordinates were caught off guard. Although they fought desperately to protect their master's safety and seized the horse to let Jinong escape, they were ultimately outnumbered and Urusborot Jinong was killed in the chaos.

When the "Babai Room Incident" took place, Dayan Khan's third son Barsborot was visiting relatives in the Mengguolejin tribe. But for some unknown reason, Shuo Huoshai chose to let Barsborot go even though he had already launched a rebellion. Upon hearing about the incident, Barsborot fled under the cover of night, hunting for food along the way. He returned to the Khanate in hunger and cold, and reported the incident to Dayan Khan.

Overnight, the situation changed suddenly. The three right-wing tribes rebelled and their beloved son was killed. Dayan Khan was furious and decided to lead the expedition himself.

The performance of the Mengguolejin tribe, or Huoshai and others, also made Yibula and Mandulai extremely dissatisfied.

This damn bastard Huoshai clearly wants to sit on the fence and not offend anyone, waiting for the outcome of this battle.

He watched Yibula and Mandulai fight to the death with Dayan Khan, but never sent troops to support them. At most, he sent small lords such as Begzan to participate in the meetings of the right-wing nobles.

And now Bogezan suddenly jumped out and accused Mandulai of being useless and incompetent, and of killing five thousand men of the tribe. This made Mandulai, who was already full of grief and indignation, even more furious.

He didn't waste any time and just followed the instructions given by the Ming people. He grabbed the three-barreled gun and fired it at Boguzan.

The latter was horrified and shouted in a timid tone: "Mandulai, what do you want to do? If you dare to kill me, Lord Huoshai will never let you go!"

Yibula was also a little frightened, but he didn't say anything.

Because he had long seen through Huoshai's thoughts. This former top general under Dayan Khan had probably never thought of rebelling against Dayan Khan.

The reason why Huoshai agreed to rebel was just because he was in a bad mood and dissatisfied with Dayan Khan's division of power. As a result, he did not make any substantial rebellious moves!

However, the three tribes of Chahar, Khalkha and Uriankhai of the left wing of Mongolia under Dayan Khan, plus the powerful Khorchin tribe, had at least 50,000 to 70,000 main forces. His Yongshebu under Yibula and the Ordos tribe under Mandulai had no more than 30,000 warriors at most, which was no match for the left wing army.

Unless Huoshai's Mengguolejin tribe can join the battlefield and support the right wing of Mongolia to resist Dayan Khan's reform policies!
It's time for the Fire Sieve to make up its mind!
Other noble lords spoke up one after another, trying to stop Mandulai from killing people, but they were stopped by Yibula.

Seeing that something was wrong, Bogezan rushed to the door of the tent and tried to escape, but it was too late.

Accompanied by a loud thunder, the air was filled with smoke in an instant. After letting out a scream, Borgezan fell directly into a pool of blood.

This sudden change frightened all the right-wing lords so much that they turned pale and trembled.

When the smoke cleared, they subconsciously looked at Bogezan and took a deep breath. They saw that the little leader of the Mengguolejin tribe, who had been so arrogant just now, had been beaten into a sieve, with holes all over his body. The iron armor he was wearing was directly smashed to pieces, and he could not resist at all.

Blood flowed out, and the pungent smell of blood diluted the fear in my heart.

Yibula even squatted down and carefully observed Bogezan's wound.

At this moment, Bergzan was not dead. He was very close to death, but his strong body kept him alive. However, this was the most painful time.

Bogezan looked at Yibula with hope on his face, his eyes full of the desire to survive.

Unfortunately, Yibula didn't care about the life or death of this little lord. He stood up and looked at Mandulai, and asked anxiously: "How many of these muskets did you bring back?"

"This isn't the most terrifying firearm of the Ming army!"

Man Dulai couldn't help but sigh.

"Most of my five thousand men died in the Ming army's artillery fire!"

As he spoke, Mandulai ordered someone to bring a tiger squat cannon.

“That’s it!”

"My five thousand men were slaughtered in an instant under the volley of fire!"

"Its power is thousands of times more terrifying than this musket!"

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Ming army, when did they become so terrifying?

If before, everyone was still doubtful about Mandulai's statement and did not dare to believe it.

But when they saw with their own eyes that a strong warrior was shot into a sieve on the spot by the Ming army's muskets, leaving him no room for resistance, everyone had to believe that the Ming army had indeed risen again.

But Mandulai said that this cannon was more terrifying than a musket!
Then how should I deal with the Ming army?

Can the iron armor on my body withstand the terrifying firearms of the Ming army?

These questions suddenly popped up in the minds of everyone present.

Yibula didn't care about these things. Instead, he was very excited about them.

Originally, Yibula had doubts about forming an alliance with the Ming army, but now, after witnessing the power of the Ming army's firearms with his own eyes, all his doubts disappeared in an instant.

Ally!

We must form an alliance with the Ming army!
We must obtain these powerful and terrifying firearms of the Ming army!

As long as he gets these firearms, he will definitely be able to win the decisive battle between the left and right wings, completely overthrow Batu Mengke, and unify the entire grassland!

So what if the Ming army is powerful?

These firearms are obviously very valuable, and it is impossible for the Ming army to be so extravagant as to popularize them throughout the army!

By the time we unify the whole of Mongolia, we will have plenty of time to slowly deal with the Ming army!

If you can’t beat me, can’t you just run away?
The grassland is still your grassland!

Since the Civil Engineering Movement, the Ming people have lost interest in the grasslands!

In other words, his chance to win has appeared!

"Mandulai!"

"We must form an alliance with the Ming army!"

Yibula said in a deep voice, and Mandulai also nodded.

Having clearly realized the horror of these firearms, Mandulai was completely frightened and no longer wanted to be an enemy of the Ming army.

The arrogant warrior's pride was shattered in front of the Ming army's horrific firearms!
"What about this man? And the fire sieve?"

Mandulai asked, but Yibula sneered and spoke.

"Send Bogezan to the Mongoljin tribe like this!"

"Tell Firesie that we have found the weapon to win this war!"

"Batu Mengke will not care about our old friendship. When we lose, he will be the next one, unless he is willing to be enslaved by others!"

"If he still can't make up his mind to join us in resisting the unjust rule of Batu Mengke, our Right Mongols will massacre their Mongoljin tribe before the Left Mongols arrive!"

Mandulai frowned.

"If we do this, will the fire sieve fall directly towards Batu Mengke?"

"Don't worry!" Yibula said with a smile: "He won't do that, and he doesn't dare to do that!"

"The Mengguolejin tribe is not his tribe alone, and the other noble lords will not allow him to do this!"

"The reason why Huoshai has been hesitant is that he still remembers the friendship between Mandu Haihadun, so he doesn't want to be an enemy of Batu Mengke!"

"Maybe we can help him!"

(End of this chapter)