Ten li north of Western Xia's border, inside the command tent of the Mongol Yuan army.
A man with a full beard sat there drinking tea, a golden wheel in his hand.
A closer look revealed four other flying wheels fitted inside his golden wheel.
Each differed in size and weight.
Gold, silver, copper, iron, and lead were the materials used to forge the five flying wheels. The golden one was the largest and encircled the others, so the first thing most people saw was the golden wheel. Thus, they called him Jinlun Fawang.
Opposite him sat the Prince of Ruyang, who commanded the three hundred thousand Mongol Yuan cavalry on this expedition.
Two people stood beside the Prince of Ruyang: his son and daughter.
Zhao Min bowed to Jinlun Fawang. "Minmin Temür pays her respects to the Imperial Preceptor. Congratulations on perfecting your divine skill and becoming invincible beneath heaven."
Jinlun Fawang set down his teacup. "Invincible beneath heaven? I certainly hope so. The Prince of Ruyang brought you here and said you had information about the Central Plains' Jianghu?"
The Prince of Ruyang explained, "Some time ago, Minmin took men to capture some martial experts from the Central Plains. We originally intended to have them serve Mongol Yuan, but unfortunately, Zhang Wuji, the Cult Leader of the Western Regions Ming Cult, brought several experts and rescued most of them."
"But she successfully recruited a few people as well. With their help, and the years of preparations made by my Prince of Ruyang's Manor, we can now gather some important Jianghu intelligence."
"We can also investigate certain movements of the Central Plains' imperial courts. The reason we so hurriedly invited you to join this expedition against Great Ming was that we learned its Ten Frontier Garrison Commanders had rebelled