On a low hill covered with withered grass, the envoy team from Khalkha rode their horses to hunt and kill some forest rats. The horse team did not slow down until they were tired from playing.
Babu put his bow back into his horse's hip bag, walked side by side with Subadi, and asked: "Uncle, what should I do with Khalkha? I think Khitan Khan's words make sense."
Subati was stunned, glanced at the young Babu, dismounted, threw the reins to his entourage, put the whip on his back, walked a few steps, shook his head and said: "Taiji, you can't just be obedient.
, go home and persuade your father, we can't fight them."
Babu did not respond, and led the horse to follow Subhadi, with a complicated expression on his face that had not yet grown a beard.
In fact, Babu could not fully understand whether what Liu Chengzong said was true at his age, but he was fascinated by the heroic spirit of this Khitan Khan.
That is the kind of spirit that no one in the world can look down upon, and only the two rulers of the East and West can be considered worthy of the title.
Anyone can say this, but different people say it with different weights. For a Khitan Khan who successively annihilated the Ming Dynasty, the Oirat heavy army group, and marched two thousand miles to blockade Uzang, no one doubts the gold content of this sentence.
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But Subadi wanted him to persuade his father, but Babu did not dare.
His father, Shuolei, dare not say that there was no one before or after him, but it is true that in his era, he was the most powerful person in Mongolia in terms of reincarnation skills. Only the sons of Dayan Khan could compare with him.<
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Shuolei was born as one of the most important nobles in Mobei, and after the death of Babu's grandfather Morobema, he became the most powerful person in Mongolia.
It was supposed to be ranked second, but when Morabema passed away, Lin Dan Khan had already started driving a small carriage on the road where people were separated from their relatives.
Shuolei is truly a proud man of heaven. Regarding his behavior, even when Shuolei was still a Chechen Hutaiji, he already looked down upon all the Mongolian nobles, including Lin Dan Khan.
And in fact, it is true that all Mongolian nobles cannot compete with them in terms of power.
Mongolians are different from Han people, especially in Mobei. The speed of information transmission is slow and the range is small. They look down on all Mongolian nobles. They are almost equal to the sky and the earth, and they are the only one.
On the one hand, Babu knew that he could not persuade his father; on the other hand, Babu also knew his father's thoughts very well.
Before setting off, Shuolei clearly informed Babu of his intentions. The Chechen tribe did not come as a vassal of Khalkha to follow Subati, but represented the Chechen tribe and simply showed their goodwill to Liu Chengzong.
No matter what Subadi and Liu Chengzong discussed or what kind of agreement they reached, the Chechen Ministry would not participate.
In the face of the situation between the East and the West, even if the left and right wings of Khalkha are emotionally the same, their reason still constrains them to make completely opposite decisions.
Even if Subadi did not want to admit that Khitan Khan inherited the Mongolian rule, he had no choice but to join Duntaurus. Even if Shuolei of the Chechen tribe was suspicious of the Jin Kingdom, he could only choose to coexist peacefully with it.<
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Because the westernmost end of Khalkha's right wing borders China's vassal Oirat; while the Chechen pastures are in the Kherulun River Basin in the east, and the easternmost end is Hulun Lake. Across the Greater Khingan Mountains, there is Horqin, an ally of the Jin Kingdom. In other words, for the entire Khalkha tribe, surrendering to the Khitan Khan meant that the left wing, especially the Chechen tribe, became the front line; surrendering to Tiancong Khan meant that the Subadi tribes on the right wing became cannon fodder. p>
"I also hope that the Chechen Khan can fight with them, but I don't have as much power as the Chechen Khan."
The 'them' in Subadi's mouth refers not only to Liu Chengzong, but also to Huang Taiji. He shook his head and regretted: "My subordinates were expelled from the Khan Court by the Kingdom of Jin and shocked by the annexation of Tumote. The nobles must submit to the Khitan Khan. I,
The alliance leader also has no control over the situation."
This is where the embarrassment of the Mongol Khans lies. The source of power for those powerful aristocrats who rule the tribes is not the Khans, but their blood. Especially when the land is full of Khans, the tribes have their own Khans' support, which is limited to those who respect them.
It would be good for them to serve a familiar Khan King.
Just like Lin Dan Khan tried to suppress his nobles with force, this was not because Lin Dan Khan was weak, but precisely because Lin Dan Khan inherited the Khan's court and stood in a strong position, just like Shuolei now.
If Lin Dan Khan was like Xubadi, with his headquarters only able to dispatch more than 6,000 cavalry, but his right-wing vassals could provide more than 60,000 troops, he would not be so violent.
Because he was in a different place, Subati made the same choice as Lin Dan Khan. The war was not called suppression at all, but called a desperate counterattack, and the counterattack might fail.
King Khan can only learn to compromise, in which the interests of the entire tribe converge and form a synergy.
"But Khitan Khan is right, the Jin women can share our adversities with us, but they will not share our joys and benefits." Babu Taiji's frown slowly relaxed: "Why don't we join them?"<
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"Just listen to the Han people's heroic words and don't take them seriously."
Subadi's tone was complicated. He looked over the low hill and looked at the outline of another army coming from the sea at the source of Huangshui River. He shook his head and said: "It will probably be next year after the Khitan Khan gets married. When we go back in the spring, you can
Tell your father these words exactly as they are, and don't tell him what you think."
Too childish.
According to Subadi's idea, they can only share hardships and death with the Han people, but there is no chance of sharing the joys and benefits.
This is not to say that he thinks Liu Chengzong is a liar, he does not.
However, when the Han people were strong, they burned wasteland out of the north of the Great Wall every year, burning the desert south until the clouds were black. The Mongols ran to Mobei in waves; three to five hundred people rushed into the Nurgan and destroyed the Jurchen nest.
...Is there any opportunity to share the benefits at that time?
Now is the time to share weal and woe and share the same death. The Han people have seen the Mongols.
"You want to share the benefits with the Han people. Khitan Khan made it very clear that you want to help him achieve great things." Subadi nodded seriously, but his inner sarcasm was clearly visible: "We saw a Han Khitan in Qinghai
Khan, he said he could achieve great things."
To be honest, Subadi felt that the Khitan Khan might not be able to achieve great things, and even if he accomplished great things, they might not be able to live until that time. This is all uncertain.
Therefore, putting aside the painted cake, Liu Chengzong's image in Subadi's eyes is more three-dimensional. He is not only a young marshal of the plague department with military power, but also an understatement of coercion and inducement for him, the right-wing Khan of Khalkha.
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Even...there is also the insidiousness and cunningness of planting mines for the left wing.
Because Subadi cannot be sure who will achieve great things in the future. All that can be said for sure is the current situation. As Liu Chengzong said, the current situation is indeed a time when Khalkha, a loose alliance, must choose sides.
The Jin Kingdom defeated the Ming Dynasty's heavily armed group in Liaodong, and China also defeated the Ming Dynasty's heavily armed group in Hehuang.
The army of the Jin Kingdom was able to march two thousand miles to win at Guihua City and seize the center of Mongolia's rule; the Chinese army was also capable of marching two thousand miles south to capture Kangning and blockade Uzang in the high mountains and snowy areas.
These two emerging armed groups, one in the east and the other in the west, both have experience in attacking across two thousand miles of the border. This is an extremely terrifying war capability, and Khalkha stood within the range of their attack, trembling.
The best situation in the next few years is a confrontation between east and west, with Gunbu standing in the middle, and Subati and Shuolei becoming buffer zones to maintain relations with both parties and avoid direct conflicts.
In the event of direct conflict, Khalkha will be divided.
Subadi would not tell Babu these judgments. Even if Babu thought that Khitan Khan's words were reasonable, before Khitan Khan's army advanced to the right line of Khalkha, Shuolei's situation determined that he would not go to war with the Jin Kingdom. A Khitan Khan who can only provide support from five thousand miles away, no matter how wise and powerful he is, is of less significance to Shuoli than a fool who can lead two thousand soldiers to help at any time.
If Liu Chengzong's Han-Mongolian Declaration made Babu Taiji, who could not surrender to Khitan Khan, feel excited, then for Subadi, this declaration was full of viciousness that exploited the left wing of Khalkha.
Standing at the source of the bone-chilling Huangshui River, the place was completely unfamiliar, but Subadi suddenly felt like a shaman wearing a bronze mirror and a streamer, holding a hot sheep blade in his hand, touching the mountains, observing the cracks in the bones, and listening.
Tengger’s teachings.
Subhadi can see a clear future even without divine clothes and sheep blades.
Liu Chengzong's bewitching words were like a thorn in Babu's heart. This thorn would follow Babu back to Mobei and be deeply rooted in the hearts of every left-wing nobleman, becoming the biggest obstacle to their submission to the Jin Kingdom.
In the not-too-distant future, even if the left wing does not surrender to the Jin Kingdom, it will be forced to accept a humiliating status with a disastrous defeat as predicted by Liu Chengzong.
And after surrendering to the Jin Kingdom, there will be a faint pain with every use, every order, and every win over the left wing of the Khalkha by the Jin Kingdom, until the Khalkha nobles are covered with wounds, accumulating more and more resentment and resentment.
Fear finally breaks out at the right time.
As for Liu Chengzong’s so-called tens of millions of Han people, it doesn’t matter whether they are behind Liu Chengzong or not.
Whether Liu Chengzong and Huang Taiji can share the joys and benefits after achieving great things is not important to the left-wing Khalkha nobles, because their generation is destined to be difficult to see.
What they can really see is that whoever rules Mongolia will live and die with the Mongols.
And with this vicious prophecy to sow discord, the Khalkha nobles who were destined to side with the Kingdom of Jin were destined to live and die together.
That's why Subadi told Babu and asked him to persuade Shuolei. Not only could they not be able to defeat Liu Chengzong in war, but they might also be unable to play tricks.
But he would only tell Barb so much.
Although Liu Chengzong's purpose in saying these words was largely to plant mines for Chechnya and even the entire left wing, it actually made the right wing safer.
The uncle and nephew were silent with their own thoughts. In this land thousands of miles away from their hometown, they were both confused about the future of the Three Khalkhas.
At this moment, several Dzungar cavalrymen rushed up not far away. Speaking in Mongolian language that was not easy to understand, they greeted them: "The Great Khan asked you to go back. The envoys of the Great Emperor of the Central Plains are here!" Subati and Babu looked at each other, wondering if Duntaurus was going to use troops against the Ming Dynasty to pull them out to scare the emperor's envoys.
When they returned to the Marshal's Office, the tense situation they imagined did not appear.
In front of the yamen, which was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, several large carriage horses with bright coats were tied, all with red bells and tassels hanging on them.
In the front yard, the generals in Jinyi wearing flying fish and bullfighting uniforms walked side by side with the military attachés of the Shuai Mansion, talking and laughing; downstairs in the east building, the shirtless guards of the Shuai Mansion were wrestling with the Fanzi in Jin Yi in the courtyard, and the heat was rising all over their bodies.<
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There was a noise in the side room, and the roof of the house was almost lifted by the sound of the banquets and guards drinking and conviviality. There was also a eunuch wearing a crimson mink fur cloak standing in the corridor, wearing a jade ring and applauding the warrior who knocked down. p>
And in the main hall with the open door, Khitan Khan Liu Chengzong sat in the main seat with a golden sword, lowering his head and playing with two ruby pipes, slowly pressing the tobacco inward. Next to him stood a middle-aged eunuch in luxurious clothes.
, I don’t know what I’m saying when I lower my head.
Sitting on both sides were several generals from the Shuaifu, some of whom Subadi had seen before, and some whom he had never seen before.
Following the announcement, Subadi saw Liu Chengzong raise his head.
He stood up first, took two steps forward, handed the pipe to the Han general sitting next to him, and said: "Brother, you have worked hard all the way, Lanzhou tobacco."
Then he introduced to Subadi: "This is my brother Cao Yao, the chief military officer of Kangning Mansion; those two are also my generals, Luo Rucai and Li Laojie; that one is Baoyan who is currently in Uzang.
Taiji."
After saying that, Suba first bowed awkwardly, cupping his fists, and then saw Liu Chengzong handing another pipe to the eunuch beside him and saying, "This is Eunuch Cao from Beijing."
Liu Chengzong advised Cao Huachun: "Master Cao is a guest, so just sit down. This is not the first time you see me, so don't be formal."
Cao Huachunxin said, "Is this a matter of formality or not? You didn't leave a seat for me either!
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Generally, there should be a guest seat next to the main seat, but the main hall of the Marshal's Mansion is a government office, and it is a county government office. There is no such thing. What's the matter, I'm sitting on the table?
Not to mention the seats below, not to mention the left, Cao Yao and his group of generals who came back from Kangning Mansion have all taken them, not to mention that Cao Huachun is not willing to go there even if it is empty.
Cao Huachun's favorite was the first seat on the right, so he let Baiyan Taiji sit in it. Here he saw another fool from Mobei come in, and the seat left for him was very embarrassing.
Either be sandwiched between two Tatars, or sit behind three Tatars.
But this is nothing. This is not the first time that Cao Huachun has met Liu Chengzong. He has already expected the virtues of this domineering general. His heart is bloody, but it does not prevent him from smiling on his face. He cupped his hands and said: "You are so handsome, I am here to serve others."
People who are used to standing can just stand."
Liu Chengzong was stunned and took a closer look at Cao Huachun. Not to mention, this man was amazing. Standing to the right of the center, he was indeed not obtrusive at all and integrated seamlessly with the Yamen.
He thought to himself that if you are willing to stand, then you can stand, and it doesn't matter. He took a paint box from the table, raised his hand and tapped it twice, looked at Subati, and asked: "Brother, who are you?"
The leader of the Khalkha Alliance has come from afar. I know you want to make good friends, but demarcating the border with Oirat is really a big deal, so I still have to ask you, are you willing to surrender to me and swear to never betray?" p>
Subadi didn't know why Liu Chengzong mentioned this at this time, but since it was mentioned, he asked: "If I surrender to the Great Khan, can I draw a boundary with Oirat?"
As Liu Chengzong nodded, Subadi immediately expressed his willingness to surrender in the hall, but when he raised his head again, he found that Liu Chengzong, who came to help him, had a strange expression, a strange look of happiness mixed with disappointment.
Then he asked Babu hopefully, and Babu naturally couldn't agree on his father's behalf. Unexpectedly, this made Liu Chengzong extremely excited.
He waved his hand with a smile and said: "It doesn't matter. Since you are here and you are a nephew, I will give you the official position of Ningyuan Colonel. Your Majesty will trade with me at Shahukou in Datong. Each year, 490,000 taels, of which the market price
Three hundred and forty thousand taels of horses, you are my captain, I will leave this matter to you."
