"Shut up! Ogedai Khan, you should say something -"
Shi Tianze, a fierce general under Wo Kuotai, shouted loudly and stopped the noisy quarrel in the Chinese army tent.
Shi Tianze was from Yongqing, Hebei. When Temujin led his army south, Shi Tianze's father Shi Bingzhi led thousands of people to welcome Muhuali.
Mu Huali still let Shi Bingzhi command his tribe, and at the same time also named his son Shi Tianni as Wanhu, and Shi Tianze as the general in charge of the account.
Since arriving under Mu Huali's tent, Shi Tianze's military talents have slowly emerged, especially after Mu Huali's death in battle.
"Haha, please be patient, General Shi. You can all speak freely. Now that the Song Dynasty has become stronger, we, the Mongolian Empire, can only avoid its influence for the time being."
"However, if the leaders intend to resist the powerful Song Dynasty, although I, Wo Kuotai, cannot say how much help I can do, it is still my duty to provide some weapons and arrows, or to sponsor a group of excellent war horses."
Wo Kuotai was not angry because of the arrogance of the people. Instead, he kept looking at the people in the central military tent happily, even ignoring the quarrels of the warriors under his own command.
"Ogodei Khan, you can't back down. We, the Mongolian people, still count on you to take charge of the overall situation in the future. After Genghis Khan, you are the most powerful khan in Mongolia. We, the Blackwater Tribe, will definitely rely on your leadership.
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At this time, Yinxian, the leader of the Blackwater tribe who had always been close to Wo Kuotai, stood up. The old man was in his fifties and was good at wielding a sword. He was also a brave and ruthless person in his youth.
"Of course, if we couldn't trust the Great Khan, we wouldn't stay in this big tent!"
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"Is this possible?"
A thousand taels of silver notes can be used in any larger town in the desert. It is enough for an ordinary family of herders to live a prosperous life for a long time.
Unfortunately, there are not many people in the Blackwater tribe. There are only two thousand people who can actually go to the battlefield, and they are often harassed by other tribes.
The weapons are sharper than yours, the armor is stronger than yours, the tactics are richer than yours, and even the mental outlook is not inferior to yours. Now the number of regular troops is much greater than yours, so what else do you have to compare with others?
?
Guo Mo did not judge what "Jin Yi" described, whether it was what happened in the Wokuotai military tent or the three attacks he suffered along the way south.
"Check, we must find out what is going on, and give your Majesty and Ogedai Khan a satisfactory answer-"
In this way, the speed of travel has been accelerated a lot.
Even if the envoy did not quite understand why Ogedai said this, as a close confidant of Ogedai, he would naturally not doubt his prowess.
In the vast desert, there was nowhere to hide, so everyone had no choice but to gallop, trying to quickly approach the next military town to get rid of this annoying horse bandit.
Guo Mo listened quietly to the leader of the "Jin Yi", and there were other "Jin Yi" beside him from time to time who were making some additions.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, there were thirty more envoys from Ogedai in the team, but they were attacked by unknown horse bandits from time to time.
"There was no conflict between Song and Mongolia back then, and they also had a common enemy, the Jin Kingdom. If the Jin Kingdom had been destroyed, since the Song Emperor wanted to move the capital to Zhongdu, he wanted some of the border states in my hands, Wo Kuotai's, to serve as
He Li, how can I, the elder brother, be such a stingy person?"
After a long while, Wu Nantian was the first to calm down.
Even in this Chinese military tent, there are three or five tribal leaders who support these two people.
"Nantian, go back. The master will be back in a few months. This time, your second master's wife and I will take the two children to a secret place to practice for a few months, and then it will be time to move the capital."
"However, let me tell you something: the desert is not monolithic, and many tribes are not decided by Ogedei Khan."
"Actually, Wo Kuotai and His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty can be regarded as brothers. It can be said that Ben Khan grew up watching the Emperor of Song Dynasty. He and his fourth brother Tuo Lei were sworn sworn friends to Anda."
There is no way of knowing what Ogedai wrote in his letter. He also convened a group of envoys to discuss the matter face to face for a long time. Naturally, no one knew what they all said.
Seeing the leaders leaving, Yinxian was the first to express his indignation.
Moreover, Ogaotai probably knows better than anyone how the horse thieves were created.
If not, just lead the troops to fight!
After Wu Nantian read it, in order to show fairness, he handed the military order to the envoy sent by Wokuotai.
Wu Nantian was also stunned. The style of the military order, the beautiful thin gold regular script, and even the seal on the military order were just like normal ones.
"Ogedai Khan, our warriors in Mongolia are no longer as brave as Genghis Khan was. Even so, we will not be afraid of those Song barbarians."
I looked inside and out three times and couldn't see where the problem was.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter from my Great Khan to you. The one who kept it before was also poisoned by a horse thief, and it is stained with blood. It is really..."
"Great Khan, let me go. If you give me 30,000 troops, I will surely capture Han Baoju in the north of Miyun."
However, Wokuotai kept the envoys of the Song Dynasty and stayed there until the end of February before letting them leave.
After all the calculations, all he could bring out now was only 70,000 troops, and this still had to include the 30,000 miscellaneous troops provided by the tribes that attached to him.
As a result, Wang Jian, who had "red eyes to kill", and Guo Jing, who was "blinded by his subordinates", both failed to restrain their armies and occupied the pastures of some friendly neighbors in the desert.
Because Wokuotai knew very well that the reason why Yinxian said this was because he had never fought head-on with the "Dunwu" Army and the "Jingnan" Army of the Song Dynasty.
On the contrary, the eleven people who went to the Song Dynasty, except for the messenger who was slightly injured, but none of the ten "Jinyi" were injured, and instead killed countless horse bandits.
"When was this and who sent it?"
In the blink of an eye, three or four tribe leaders followed him out.
However, they only went to take over some undefended cities and did not encounter any resistance.
The "Horse King God" Han Baoju was even more ruthless. He actually received a military order sent by Guo Mo, asking him to clear the land five hundred miles north and west of Miyun.
In the end, Ogedai's envoy chose the second way.
Guo Mo took it generously and patted the messenger twice on the shoulder to comfort his panic.
All the "jinyi" were left by Guo Mo in Zhongdu City. After all, he was still in retreat there.
However, after hearing that they were attacked along the way, Guo Mo had already sent the best doctors in the army to the envoy's station for a comprehensive examination and treatment.
The first is a handwritten letter from Wo Kuotai. The general content is to congratulate the Song Dynasty on moving to the central capital, and specially uses the Han people's sixteen prefectures of Yanyun as a congratulatory gift to express the friendship between the Song and Mongolia families.
"This military order must be fake. His Majesty has never issued such a military order at all. Moreover, all the 'Jinyi' soldiers have been training in secret in the past two days, and no one has left at all."
That place was actually Wo Kuotai's territory. When Wo Kuotai sent people to Zhongdu to question him, Guo Mo also felt strange.
"It's these damn horse thieves again—"
At present, when the Song Dynasty was strong, what he chose was not to unite the various Mongolian tribes to fight against the outside world, but to choose the principle that in order to fight against the outside world, one must first settle the internal affairs.
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Wu Nantian naturally can no longer quarrel with Vice General Chen. He just takes this forged military order and returns to Zhongdu City with Wo Kuotai's envoy.
Yinxian once again brought the atmosphere in the Zhongjun tent to a climax, and took the lead to stand on the left side of the tent, followed by seven or eight tribe leaders in a row.
Now, the other party is treating the other person in his own way, and he is using it so unscrupulously that there is no excuse for Wo Kuotai to object.
"Um...Wu Dutong, if you didn't ask me, I really wouldn't be able to remember to tell you. You see, I am leading three thousand 'Jingnan' troops to guard the camp."
Although Vice General Chen knew Wu Nantian's identity, he was still neither humble nor arrogant, and found a military order from a pile of volumes.
"Commander Wu, just seven days ago, a team of 'Jinyi' sent this military order, and then we, Commander Han, led the army to leave."
Unfortunately, when they returned to Zhongdu City again, it happened that His Majesty the Emperor Guo Mo actually went into seclusion.
"Although we also feel that it is inappropriate to attack Ogedei Khan's territory, after all, it is difficult to disobey military orders."
Although Yang Guo and Guo Xiang's martial arts progress has already improved by leaps and bounds, Guo Mo still wants to make more progress for these two people.
Listening to Wokuotai's tone, it seems that he is about to agree to Da Song's unreasonable request?
Wo Kuotai waved his hand towards Yin Xian and continued.
"Everyone, can you trust me, Wo Kuotai?"
"Hmph, they are a bunch of trash, they are all selfish guys. The disaster in Mongolia is coming, and no one can escape it."
Even though so many people stood up to support him, how many people were sincere and how many were fake? How many people hope that Wokuotai can really go up, and how many people want to use Wokuotai as a gunman?
This time, it was Shi Tianze who took the lead. As one of Wo Kuotai's most powerful generals, he couldn't always let Yin Xian take the lead, right?
"The envoys from the Song Dynasty have made you laugh. I did not expect that in front of all the envoys, this farce would happen in our country, Mongolia."
After looking around the central military tent, Wo Kuotai asked calmly.
Glancing at the remaining people in the tent, apart from the generals under his tent, they were also the tribal leaders who supported him like Yinxian.
This sentence surprised Guo Mo. Looking at the indescribable sketches in his hand, Guo Mo seemed to understand something.
"Master, are you really leaving?"
Soon, Tingfeng's people figured out who was dealing with Wo Kuotai in the desert, and those sketches, after repeated identification by Ting Feng, were those of Wo Kuotai.
The opposite pasture.
In terms of equipment and combat power, these 30,000 miscellaneous troops were far behind, not to mention the "Dunwu" army and the "Jingnan" army, even compared with the Wokuotai army.
Even though they belong to two countries, these eight envoys from the desert were impressed by Guo Mo's magnanimity. The key is to really give money.
Yin first took the lead, and leaders of various tribes gradually rose up to agree. For a moment, the topic just discussed was diverted.
A messenger stood up tremblingly, holding a letter in his hand, but one-third of the entire cover of the letter was stained red with blood.
"The truth of the matter has been found out. Since these thieves are deliberately trying to stir up disputes between our two families, we must not get into trouble."
Unfortunately, Han Baoju had already "set off under orders" first, leaving the deputy general and three thousand sergeants to guard the camp and at the same time arrange the military supplies and wages in various places.
However, Wokuotai admired Yinxian's character and martial arts very much, and often helped them. He even took Yinxian's tribe to get some trophies during foreign campaigns.
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"I agree with what Brother Yinxian said. Now that Song Man is rising, if we, Mongolia, do not unite, sooner or later we will follow the same path of the Jin Kingdom and Xixia."
Can Wo Kuotai still not be able to tell whether the military order is true or false?
Judging from the narrative of "Jin Yi", the horse bandits attacked them indiscriminately. It was only because of the strong combat power of "Jin Yi" that a large number of horse bandits were killed.
Wu Nan was still interested in reading Vice General Chen's military report, so he snatched the military order from the Mongolian envoy and threw it to the ground angrily.
"Messenger, you see, this is my master's hobby. He has been practicing martial arts for so many years. Now that he is in seclusion, I'm afraid I won't be able to see him again in a short time."
"Everyone, before you came here, did the man from Ogedai have any explanations?"
"Vice General Chen, why did your 'Jingnan' army launch an attack on the territory of Ogedai Khan?"
"Ogedai Khan, I'll take my leave now that there are still important things to do in the tribe -"
Yinxian's actions also aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the two leaders in the big tent. They were people whose status was no less than that of Wo Kuotai.
"What? Did Commander Wu also encounter horse thieves?"
"I also sent a letter to the Emperor of Song Dynasty and sent a team of envoys to pay homage. However, I leave it to the envoys to ensure safety along the way."
Wu Nantian took out the military order again,
He also sincerely came up with two countermeasures for Ogedai's envoy.
Outside Zhongdu City, Wu Nantian was bidding farewell to Guo Mo. The only people leaving with Guo Mo were Li Mochou, Yang Guo and Guo Xiang.
Wokuotai is naturally grateful for the support from Yinxian and others, but he will not get carried away because of it.
Wokuotai still smiled and said nothing, watching with cold eyes.
"Okay, that's it for today. You can return to the team first. As for the progress of training, let Commander Lu arrange it for you."
Finally, an old man on the right shook his head helplessly and walked away with a sigh.
"Brother Yinxian, thank you very much for your support, but Wo Kuotai knows that his talent and virtue are not enough to convince the public, so he cannot unite Mongolia."
After dispatching people from "Jinyi", Wu Nantian personally made a trip for this purpose, and together with Wokuotai's envoy, went to Miyun's "Jingnan" army station for accountability.
Only after entering Juyongguan and counting the number of people again, did they find that the thirty envoys in Wokuotai had been reduced to eight after three attacks by horse bandits.
If Shi Tianze could really be given 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, although he might not be able to capture Han Baoju, he would at least have a chance to severely damage the 30,000 "Jingnan" troops.
"Forget it, isn't it just a five-hundred-mile pasture? I can afford it."
"In order to protect the 'Jingnan' army camp, Han Dutong ordered me to lead three thousand elites to garrison here. Could it be that this fake military order was forged by those horse bandits?"
"Let's do this. In this military tent, I counted at least sixteen tribal leaders here. Let's simply take a vote. Those who are willing to support Ogedai Khan as our Mongol Khan, please follow me.
Stand on the left side of the big tent——"
"Everyone, if you can come to Zhongdu City to see me, you have narrowly escaped death. No matter what the outcome of this mission is, each of you will be given one thousand taels of silver."
"Your Majesty, when we arrived, Ogedai Khan gathered us together and told us a lot about etiquette when meeting Your Majesty."
Yes, Han Baoju only had 30,000 troops, and they were scattered over hundreds of miles.
Even though the opinions among the Mongols were not unified, the lands Guo Mo wanted for the several states happened to be under the rule of Wo Kuotai. Even if he insisted on giving them away to others, even if he was dissatisfied, it would be hard to say anything.
The envelope is not small and contains several parts of content.
Guo Mo waved his hand, and Wu Nantian walked over from the side and took out some banknotes from his arms, all of which were in pieces of one thousand taels, and each person was given one.
When we headed to the desert from Zhongdu, although the weather was freezing and the group walked slower, the journey was uneventful.
"Haha, bring it here. I am neither a weak scholar with no power nor a useless person who grew up in a deep palace. Can't I still see blood?"
Wu Nantian was a little hesitant, so he unfolded the military order handed over by the other party and took a look.
"Ogedai Khan..."
As the first gatekeeper, Haji guarded the outside of the palace where Guo Mo lived. Next to him were "Iron Palm Ruthless" Lu Pingsheng and dozens of "Jin Yi".
Vice General Chen was also dumbfounded and carefully picked up the military order from the ground.
At this time, a tribal leader on the right side of the tent stood up, raised his fists towards Wo Kuotai, turned around and left the tent.
"Commander Wu, please calm down. The Jingnan Army is your Majesty's army. Naturally, we are acting under orders. You see, your Majesty's military orders are here."
"In addition, I will also personally inform the brothers of the 'Dunwu' Army and the 'Jingnan' Army that anyone who sees a horse thief will never tolerate it."
Wu Nantian's teeth were itching with hatred.
Wu Nantian changed his usual gentle and gentle temperament and lost his temper several times today.
As soon as he entered Miyun's camp, Wu Nantian could not suppress his anger. You must know that when Guo Mo knew about this, he even overturned the imperial book case.
Now, his competitors had suffered heavy losses, and he himself had lost hundreds of miles of pasture. As for the tribal herders, the Song army did not kill too many.
Vice General Chen said a little puzzled.
"Second Senior Brother, it's really unlucky for you to come back. Master suddenly got something unexpected yesterday and immediately went into seclusion. Maybe after this retreat, master's martial arts skills will be further improved."
The content of the letter is not difficult to understand, but the last few sketches make Guo Mo a little ambiguous.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. We were ordered to go on an envoy, which is our duty. If it weren't for the protection of Your Majesty's 'Jin Yi' along the way, the eight of us might not have been able to come here."
Two days later, Guo Mo personally received Wokuotai's envoy.
Vice General Chen took out another military newspaper with a proud smile on his face.
"Actually, for things like guarding the camp, one or two thousand men and horses are enough. But recently, several groups of horse bandits appeared in Miyun. I don't know where they came from. They are extremely brave."
The other part is the map of several states. In this era, presenting maps is equivalent to presenting land.
Since Wokuotai had people bring maps of those states, Guo Mo did not wait until the end of March to send the 30,000 "Dunwu" troops led by Wang Jian and the 40,000 "Jingnan" troops led by Guo Jing.
The army launched an offensive in advance.
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"Vice General Chen, let me ask you, has anything unusual happened in your Miyun area recently, or has there been any uncontrollable force?"
The drawings on the other pieces of papyrus are simpler. They seem to be patches of grassland, or like topographic maps of the desert, but they don't seem to be connected together.
"Wokuotai Khan, it's not that I don't want to support you, it's actually that in the tribe today, my military power has been completely deprived of me by Quanzi. Even if I support you, it won't help -"
But he was also taken away. It is said that he was sent to a sparsely populated area in the Song Dynasty to carry out some kind of "labor reform", which was nothing more than repairing bridges and roads, planting grass and trees, and so on.
In the end, including Wokuotai, there were ten heads of sixteen tribes standing on the left side of the tent, clearly accounting for more than half.
"Look, this is the military report from the Korean capital yesterday. He has cleared out five Mongolian tribes in the north of Miyun. Now he has changed his route to the west and has gone out for more than 400 miles."
Guo Mo believed that these people may not know the contents of the envelope, so they just ignored it without asking.
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Vice General Chen seemed to have discovered the truth of the matter. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Wu Nantian in disbelief.
"Look, are you going to continue waiting in Zhongdu City for your master to leave the customs, or are you going to go back and deliver this fake military order?"
"In this case, the general must guard the camp strictly and not give the horse bandits any chance. Commander Wu, please take this fake military order back to His Majesty, so as not to make it difficult for you to deliver."
In the main tent of the Mongolian Chinese army, Ogedai rarely cursed in public and even tore up the military orders that the envoy took back.
The situation has reached this point, and Wokuotai has had his teeth knocked out and his blood swallowed.
But, does Wokuotai dare?
"Waste, it's all waste -"
"Huh, give them a hundred courages, and they wouldn't dare to go wild in Zhongdu City. However, a month ago, those damn horse thieves attacked the envoys sent by Ogedai Khan to Zhongdu several times, causing twenty
Two messengers lost their lives innocently."
Therefore, he remembered the place where he and Huang Rong stayed many years ago.
After so many years, maybe some materials can be produced to meet the needs of these two children for practicing.
Four people and four horses headed south, with only their second disciple Wu Nantian seeing them off. They walked in a clean way, without the hustle and bustle of the past, but it had a different atmosphere.
The setting sun elongated the silhouette of the people seeing off, and Wu Nantian waited until the master and mistress could no longer be seen, then slowly turned the horse's head and headed towards Zhongdu City.