"..."

Hei De Er Huo heard what Wang Baobao meant and decided to run away.

Wang Baobao, you are bringing shame to the Mongols. The enemy hasn't even started attacking yet, and you, Wang Baobao, actually want to run away?
We, the Mongol nobles, have always fought to the death. Aren’t you really bringing shame to us, the Mongol nobles?
How can you escape without fighting?

Heidehuozhe felt that he had overestimated Wang Baobao's strength, and even thought to himself: If there is a chance, and I escape from Wang Baobao's control and find soldiers loyal to me, can I compete with Wang Baobao?

Wang Baobao saw that the black-blooded man was eager to try. If it were normal, Wang Baobao would definitely not care about him. Who could care if he was seeking death?

But it's not possible now. The strength of the Mongols has been greatly damaged. If the Black Fireman is allowed to lead people to test Zhu Kai's strength, wouldn't it be a waste of their own strength for no reason? Wang Baobao looked at the Black Fireman who was eager to try and said, "Your Majesty, don't think about resisting Zhu Kai. He is a devil and he has devil's weapons in his hands."

"is it?"

The Hei Er Huo Zhe was still clearly unconvinced and said to Wang Baobao: "When have the nobles of the Golden Family ever been afraid of the devil? We are the devil."

"Okay, don't talk about this."

Wang Baobao rudely interrupted Hederhuozhe and said, "Let the people continue to migrate westward. We are preparing to attack the Timurid Khanate."

The Timurid Khanate, also known as Barikhai, was a dynasty established by Timur, a Mongol noble of Western Chagatai, in the third year of Hongwu, which was 1370. This Timur was just a Mongol noble and did not have the blood of Temujin, so in order to gain everyone's recognition, he married the daughter of Hederhuozhe as his concubine, thereby gaining the recognition of various Mongol nobles and began to expand outward.

This was a newly established khanate, and it was blood-related to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

It should be relatively easy to fight against them, and according to Wang Baobao's understanding, the Timurid Khanate is richer than the Golden Horde.

If Zhu Kai had not been in the Ming army this time, Wang Baobao would have been able to complete the unification of the Timurid Khanate and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and then unify the Golden Horde as well.

Although the Golden Horde was not very wealthy, their soldiers were brave and had high combat effectiveness.

Wang Baobao now has to grab both money and soldiers, and both hands must be strong.

Heidehuozhe... is just a younger brother. Wang Baobao uses him to save some face for the descendants of Temujin. If he dares to disobey... Wang Baobao can ignore his face and do it without hesitation.

Sure enough, after Wang Baobao signaled the man with the fire to shut up, he didn't dare to talk anymore and just stood there as a tool.

"Go check Daming's whereabouts."

Wang Baobao asked Hei Er Huo Zhe to investigate the Ming army camp, "Once you know Zhu Kai is coming, inform him immediately."

Considering Zhu Kai's personality, he likes to show off and likes pomp and circumstance. If he really goes to the military camp, the 'blue' flag on the top of the city wall will definitely be changed to a 'red' flag... Although Zhu Kai is a good fighter, it is not impossible to guard against him in advance.

Hei De Er Huo Zhe received Wang Baobao's order to do something.

Finally, only Wang Baobao was left mumbling to himself in the hall: "Preventing Zhu Kai in advance...what can we do? Even after taking precautions, we can't do anything to him. Zhu Kai is still an enemy we cannot defeat."

While Wang Baobao was mumbling to himself, Tian Baonu came back and said to Wang Baobao after seeing him, "Prince Qi, our soldiers have rested and are ready to fight at any time, but... I heard that the Ming Dynasty does not want to give us a chance to live. They have destroyed Quxian and Anding and are eyeing us covetously again... Prince Qi, do you think Zhu Kai will come this time?"

Like Wang Baobao, Tian Baonu was also full of fear of Zhu Kai. He knew very well that if Zhu Kai had not suddenly appeared, they would not have fled to the Western Regions like a stray dog. Now that they had just gained a foothold in the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty was chasing them again.

This doesn't give you any chance of survival.

Of course, what Tian Baonu was most worried about was Zhu Kai.

The Ming army with Zhu Kai and without Zhu Kai are two completely different things.

"meeting."

Wang Baobao answered firmly, "A hemp rope only breaks at its thinnest point. Zhu Yuanzhang wants the Ming Dynasty to inherit the territory of the Yuan Dynasty, so how could he let us go?"

Pointing at himself, he said, "We are the last enemy of the Ming Dynasty. To deal with us, Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally use the strongest force in his hands. Zhu Kai is his support. Last year, he drove us to the Western Regions. Now we have become dogs without a home. How could Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Kai miss the opportunity? Beat us up?"

Originally, he subconsciously wanted to say "beat the dog when it's down", but Wang Baobao found it a little hard to accept this. However, the actual situation was no different. They were just living under someone else's roof and were being treated like a dog when it's down.

Tian Baonu was also helpless at this time. He felt that he had a lot of talent but had no way to display it. He secretly sighed that he was born in the wrong era.

However, no matter how difficult it is now, he has to hold on. Last year, when the Ming army reached Buyuer Lake, Tianbaonu did not surrender to the Ming with his father Toghon Temur and his brother Dibaonu. This has already shown his attitude that he would never surrender to the Ming even if he died.

“…Then, what should we do?”

Tian Baonu knew that no matter what tough words he said now, it would not make up for the huge gap in strength. He could only think of a clear countermeasure: "King Qi, this is not a grassland. We have a city as a defense line. Will the deterrent effect of Zhu Kai's weapons be greatly reduced?"

"It will certainly be reduced, but even if its power is reduced, we are still no match for it."

Wang Baobao was in a lot of trouble. "The people we brought from the grasslands are afraid of Zhu Kai's weapons. They dare not fight Zhu Kai, and we can't count on the troops of the Eastern Chagatai tribe. If they collapse in the battle with the Ming Dynasty, we will be caught by the Ming army when we leave."

That was the most terrifying time.

Tian Baonu thought about it for a long time and felt that this was an unsolvable dead end. As long as he met Zhu Kai, he would only have two choices: either escape or die.

He could also surrender...but Tian Baonu simply gave up on this path.

"Huh...King Qi, let's not think of things so badly. Maybe Zhu Kai won't come."

Tianbao Nu could only comfort himself in this way. "It would take them at least ten years to completely digest the grassland and Liaodong. Otherwise, there would be no point in their conquering us. If they conquer such a large area of ​​land, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to control it, right?"

Wang Baobao admitted that what Tianbaonu said made sense.

But he still frowned, thinking that the situation would not be as optimistic as Tian Baonu said.

……

When people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.

The more Wang Baobao wanted Zhu Kai to come, the more Zhu Kai showed up. He was a person who liked to join in the fun. Wherever there were many people, he would go there. Lan Yu also knew that Zhu Kai was coming, so before Zhu Kai showed up, Lan Yu had already gone to greet him. After seeing Zhu Kai, Lan Yu did not dare to rely on his status at all. He knelt on one knee with both hands clasped together and said, "General Lan Yu, respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

"Ah."

Zhu Kai got off the horse and threw the whip and reins to Lan Yu. Lan Yu took them and led the horse to follow Zhu Kai: "Your Highness, Anding and Quxian have been destroyed and now officially belong to the Ming Dynasty. There are also A Rui and the Eastern Chagatai tribe. Wang Baobao is in the Eastern Chagatai tribe."

"Wang Baobao?"

Zhu Kai smiled, and then said to Lan Yu: "Send a scout to deliver a letter to Wang Baobao, saying that I want to see him and ask him to come and see me."

"As ordered!"

Lan Yu immediately agreed, and then told Zhu Kai about his concerns: "Your Highness, will Wang Baobao come? Why would he meet us when the battle is imminent?"

"He will come."

Zhu Kai was very sure, "If he didn't come, he would be in a state of panic all day long. Now he is looking for a place to stay and rest up, so why wouldn't he come?"

Wang Baobao is a warlord who has great confidence in himself. Although he is afraid of the weapon in Zhu Kai's hand, he cannot show it. Instead, he has to appear very confident so that his subordinates can see his confidence.

Seeing that Zhu Kai was so determined, Lan Yu stopped trying to persuade him and just listened to what Zhu Kai said.

Just as Zhu Kai expected, after Wang Baobao received the letter sent by Zhu Kai, his first choice was to follow him.

Tianbaonu, Heierhuozhe and the generals who followed Wang Baobao all advised Wang Baobao not to meet Zhu Kai, believing that Zhu Kai must have some conspiracy in wanting to meet him.

However, Wang Baobao didn't listen at all and insisted on going to meet him.

Only by seeing him can you know what Zhu Kai is thinking. If you don’t see him, you can only keep running.

In addition, the generals under Wang Baobao all had a deep fear of Zhu Kai. When they heard Zhu Kai's name, they thought of the weapons in Zhu Kai's hands and felt fear. Wang Baobao did not want to see this situation, so he had to appear fearless.

It’s just Zhu Kai, what’s the big deal?
He has a devilish weapon in his hand, but I, Wang Baobao, am not afraid of him.

Of course, there is another very important point that prompted Wang Baobao to meet Zhu Kai: Zhu Kai can easily defeat all enemies with the mysterious weapon in his hand, and the same is true for Dong Chagatai now. Zhu Kai is bound to win, but now he has to come to see him, so why bother?
Persuade?

impossible!
When Wang Baobao left Bui'erhai with his troops, he had already shown his attitude of never surrendering. If Zhu Kai came to persuade him to surrender now, it would be a waste of time. Wang Baobao did not believe that Zhu Kai would persuade him to surrender.

Since I can't guess what Zhu Kai is thinking, I'll just have to wait until I meet Zhu Kai.

Wang Baobao set out immediately to meet Zhu Kai, and at the same time asked the scout to inform Zhu Kai that he would meet Zhu Kai outside Litai City at noon three days later.

However, before leaving, Wang Baobao found Tian Baonu and asked him to prepare the 150,000 troops he brought with him. If the situation was not right, he would take his troops and leave the Eastern Chagatai Khanate as soon as possible.

Zhu Kai is too scary, and Wang Baobao would never do something like fighting a rock with an egg. After hearing this, Tian Baonu nodded repeatedly, thinking that what Wang Baobao did was very reasonable. If he didn't make preparations for both situations when facing Zhu Kai, he would die very ugly.

Three days later, Wang Baobao rushed to Litai from Yili, and Zhu Kai had also appeared in Litai.

The red flag with the word "Zhu" rustled in the wind. Outside the city, there were only Zhu Kai and a flag guard. Wang Baobao was not willing to be outdone. He raised the flag of "King of Qi" and took the flag guard out of the city to meet Zhu Kai.

Lan Yu gave Zhu Kai a grand ceremony. He built a pavilion for Zhu Kai outside Litai City. Wine, drinks and dishes were all there, but there was only a pair of chopsticks and a wine pot, which obviously did not include anything for Wang Baobao.

This is Zhu Kai's show, not an invitation to Wang Baobao for dinner.

Wang Baobao didn't care about these details. He came to see Zhu Kai not to have dinner with Zhu Kai, but to find out what Zhu Kai meant by asking him to come.

This meeting between Zhu Kai and Wang Baobao touched the hearts of many people. At least the soldiers on both sides were staring at them. Zhu Kai and Wang Baobao had nothing with them except a flag guard. But looking at Zhu Kai's body shape and thinking about his past battle record, it felt that it would be dangerous for Wang Baobao to meet him alone.

Therefore, Wang Baobao's personal soldiers on the city wall of Litai City were very nervous. There were even soldiers hiding at the city gate, with bows drawn and swords unsheathed. If Zhu Kai did anything bad to Wang Baobao, they would rush up to protect Wang Baobao at the first time.

The same was true for Zhu Kai's side. Zhu Kai's five personal bodyguards, Zhang Fengnian, Zhang Yuanzhi, Zhang Qingyun, Zhang Xiang and Zhang Rui, were also not far away, holding AK47s in their hands. If Wang Baobao's troops dared to make any move that threatened Zhu Kai, they would rush forward to protect Zhu Kai immediately.

It looked like there were only four people talking, but in fact, there were countless people hiding around them.

Sitting down in front of the chair, Wang Baobao looked at Zhu Kai, and the more he looked, the more helpless he felt: "I was lucky enough to see the second prince once on the battlefield before. I was shocked at that time. I thought that Baturu of my Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was invincible, but I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would have a brave general like you! Seeing you again today, I feel relieved."

"Yeah, I really want to see you, but I didn't catch you last time, otherwise I would have talked to you then."

Zhu Kai put the bone down and said to Wang Baobao, "How is it? It must be hard to be a stray dog, right?"

"how come."

Wang Baobao would naturally not admit it. Instead, he said to Zhu Kai: "The world belongs to the Yuan Dynasty. You are just taking advantage of it. Sooner or later, we will take back everything we can, including the Central Plains!"

"You're welcome anytime. I'm just worried about not having any rivals."

Wang Baobao was just talking nonsense. He could only act tough in front of Zhu Kai: "How about we fight here? A fight will decide the winner?"

"..."

Facing Zhu Kai's provocation, Wang Baobao was trembling with anger, but it was of no use. It was an indisputable fact that the Mongols had become a dead but not yet stiff centipede. He could only snort coldly and said to Zhu Kai: "If you are looking for me just to show off your verbal skills, then there is no need for us to continue chatting. Please get straight to the point, Second Prince."

"Look at you, you just can't stand it. You can't do it yourself, but you still want me to admit that you can do it? I said you can't do it, and you accused me of being good at talking... Forget it, I won't waste my words with you."

Zhu Kai waved his hand and told Wang Baobao his purpose: "How about it, are you interested in importing weapons from our Ming Dynasty? We guarantee that they are of good quality and low price, haha... Of course, not only weapons, but also other food, cloth, tea, and wine, we can open up a wide range of business with you, let's cooperate with each other and make a fortune together."

Buy weapons from Ming Dynasty?

Can I still buy food, cloth, tea, and wine? (End of this chapter)