Liu Chengzong stood on the steps like the king of beasts, looking from afar.
In front of him, between two huge bronze lions, there was a group of lions, tigers, leopards and bears wearing shoulder-baring shirts.
The commander-in-chief of Yanmen, Count Chahar, Zhu Toutaiji, stood in the middle, wearing a crimson shirt with dark patterns of golden swords and a Qilin with its teeth and claws drawn on the chest patch.
Next to him are He Huchen, the commander-in-chief of Shuofang Town, and Wang Chengen, the commander-in-chief of Wuyuan Town. The texture and color of the two generals' shirts are the same as the 粲 picture, except that the chest is painted with a lion patch.
Next to Wang Cheng'en stood Bai Wenxuan, the general of Yunzhong Town. He was wearing a tiger's coat, which made Tumut Wanhu Omubu, who was wearing a leather drag and a beaded hat, look like a follower, making him feel uneasy.
On the other hand, Wu Shen Wanhu Sa Nang Tai Ji deliberately wore a simple cloth-covered armor in the direction of his followers, but he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes very calmly.
Because their lord, Ordos Jinong Erlinchen, was really right next to him.
What's more important is that this time they came from Ordos to Guihua City to pay tribute to Liu Chengzong. Before setting off, Sa Nang suggested to Elinchen that in order to make the Great Khan look good, it was best to wear ancestral armor.
E Linchen was very obedient and dug out the golden-scaled governor's armor that Emperor Longqing had given to his grandfather Ji Nang. It shone brightly in the sun and was very dazzling, like a big conspicuous bag.
This armor alone can overwhelm the leader of Tumote, Ombu, and all the other messy mud-legged people have to be suppressed. Those people are still stuck in the stage of wearing whatever they want.
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Of course, this will not cover up Liu Chengzong's light.
Because Sarang Taiji was in Wushen Department before, he asked Lu Bin, the stationed Second Brigade Chief Qian.
The leader of the Suwei Guard named Liu Tichun next to the Great Khan was given a set of silver scale armor because of his previous military exploits. This will be new and he wears it every day.
Therefore, although E Linchen and Sa Nang Taiji were actually meeting Liu Chengzong for the first time like the other ten thousand households, they looked like the same group of people when they wore these armors.
He was standing in front, and anyone who saw him would murmur in his heart that he was a confidant of the Great Khan and a cowardly leader.
This is the purpose of Sa Nang Taiji. He wants to establish the impression that Elinchen is an important minister of the Khanate in Monan and even Mobei, enhance the prestige of the lord, and make the tribes in Monan and Mobei more dependent on Elinchen.
Only in this way can the scattered Mongolian tribes still have a backbone when Liu Chengzong abandons Mongolia, and they will not be like the past ten years or so, not only being slaughtered by others, but also their own people.
To a certain extent, Sa Nang believed that he identified more with Liu Chengzong, the great khan, than other Mongolian nobles.
Because in his heart, Liu Chengzong, the Great Khan, was very competent, but not very reliable.
After so many years of turmoil and struggle in the Monan grassland, Sa Nang Taiji's requirements for the God-given Khan have been very low. Who can stop the disputes among the tribes in Monan and stop letting them fight life and death for some unbelievable reasons?
The only true sweat in the world.
This means that the ruler needs to have a very powerful army that can subdue the tribes to stop disputes, and can also give the tribes what they need as rewards and solve their urgent problems.
Who do these qualities sound like?
Like the emperor of the Central Plains.
This is also where Liu Chengzong is unreliable. Compared to the Great Khan of Mongolia, he is more like a Central Plains emperor who was granted official status in the Mongolian grasslands.
Sa Nang's uneasiness stems from this. As the de facto ruler of the Monan Grassland, Yang Qi could run away at will and rush back to the Central Plains without stopping because of two edicts from others.
Yang Qi is like this, and Wang Chengen and He Huchen must be the same.
Liu Chengzong would naturally do the same.
The Monan grassland was not that important to them. The pessimistic Sa Nang Taiji always believed that when a big war broke out in Monan, Liu Chengzong would abandon them and become his general marshal comfortably in the Central Plains.
Prepare for a rainy day because you know it will rain sooner or later.
In fact, until now, Sa Nang Taiji stood outside Hongci Temple and believed that Liu Chengzong's visit to Monan was just a victory in the south and he just stopped by to show off his power.
He didn't know why Liu Chengzong came, nor why Subaadi came.
But to him, there were many weird things on the grassland, and this one was no exception.
Not long after, the streets in the city stirred up dust, and several riders rushed over, first reporting the news that Subadi had entered the city.
After a while, Zhang Xianzhong, the Minister of Li Yamen, arrived on horseback with Subadi.
The generals and nobles who were standing at Hongci Temple separated into two groups. Subadi turned over and dismounted, and saw Liu Chengzong surrounded by people in the middle. He dismounted and was about to salute, but was supported by Liu Chengzong who had already stretched out his hand after walking two steps quickly.
"Hahaha, brother has traveled thousands of miles to come here. Our friendship is self-evident. Why should we salute you? Come, follow me to the temple and let us talk in detail."
Subadi didn't understand what he was talking about, so he was pulled away. But seeing that he didn't look angry, he yelled and was pulled away.
When Gao Letu next to him translated, he smiled and catered. As he walked towards the temple, he said to Gao Letu: "Tell the Khan quickly, I have come to report an urgent military situation."
As soon as he stepped into the temple gate, Liu Chengzong didn't stop after hearing this, and asked with a smile: "What brother is going to say is that Hou Jin sent troops?"
Liu Shizi had long guessed Subadi's purpose of coming, and estimated that there were only two possibilities, both of which were related to the military.
Either they were attacked on the western route of Khalkha and came to ask for help; or the Jin Kingdom sent troops to report it.
Other than that, he couldn't think of anything that would make Subadi, one of the three Khans of Mobei, come over in person.
Regarding his inquiry, Subadi was also expecting it, with a serious look on his face.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the Great Khan is leading the army here. He must have heard about this from elsewhere. It seems that I am unnecessary."
Liu Shizi stopped, turned around and looked at Subadi, and said very sincerely: "No, no matter how many people tell me, I can't lead the troops so fast."
"I just speculate that since Huang Taiji wants to proclaim himself emperor, the Jin Kingdom will probably send troops to scare the surrounding areas, but I can't help it. I'm just worried that it will attack my Monan territory, so I led the army here just in case."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Naturally, this is not what Liu Shishi thinks.
In fact, he was quite proud of his reasoning for Hou Jin to send troops and garrison Monan.
It's just that Subadi didn't shy away from traveling thousands of miles to convey information. Faced with this kindness, he didn't want to show off.
However, Subadi did not take credit for this. He was more sincere than Liu Chengzong and said: "To be honest, I did not detect this military information, but Babu, the son of the Chechen Khan, was invited to the Kingdom of Jin to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Chongde.
Information learned.”
"As soon as Babu returned to Mobei, the Chechen Khan reported the matter to the West Road and asked me to remind the Khan to be careful."
"Shuolei?"
This really surprised Liu Shizi and asked: "I remember that he had no hostility towards the Jin Kingdom. How could he reveal the information to me? Why, he was not afraid of being attacked by the Jin Kingdom's troops?"
"As the Great Khan said, the Chechen Khan is adjacent to the Jin Kingdom and has no intention of hostility. However, Huang Taiji has been aggressive and aggressive in the past two years, which has made people... extremely annoying."
Subadi sighed, shook his head, and then explained the whole story to Liu Chengzong.
After all, it's all about money.
In the past, the three tribes of Khalkha had always traded with the Ming Dynasty in Xuanfu. Until the Ming Dynasty, in order to contain Houjin, a million taels of city reward was given to Lindan Khan of Chahar, allowing him to control Harashen and Tumote.
Trade routes throughout Mongolia.
Harashen's Subudi was the Duoyan Governor of the Ming Dynasty, and Tumote's Bu Shitu was the Shunyi King of the Ming Dynasty. They both had the power to trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Later, Lin Dan Khan was threatened by the rise of the Jin Kingdom and moved westward. This was not a crazy move to make enemies, but a market reward in the hands of King Shunyi. Lin Dan Khan could not concentrate his power and could not defeat powerful enemies.
Harashen's Subudi was jumping around, and with the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty on his back, Lin Danhan had no choice but to move westward to attack Tumote.
He did rule Guihua City for several years, but was defeated by Tumut, Houjin's joint attack, and was driven to the west, where he gnawed at the border walls, and finally traveled thousands of miles and found his home at Liu Shizi's place.
In fact, before he hit the border wall of Ningxia and found his home in Qinghai, when the Chahar tribe moved west to the border of Gansu, he also had plans to attack the three tribes of Mobei northward.
This directly caused the three Khans to dislike Chahar, especially the Zhasak Tuhan tribe of Subadi.
His subordinates and the leader of the Tohuite Tribe, Erdeni, faced an extremely harsh geographical environment. They were surrounded by the Russians in the north, Oirat in the west, and Lindan Khan in the south. Hearing that Chahar had the desire to march north, he swore allegiance to Russia in case of any eventuality.
, while shaking hands with Oirat and making peace.
But after Lin Dan Khan left, the market in the Ming Dynasty was still there, and the Chechen Khan tribe in the three tribes of Mobei received the market edict handed over by Liu Chengzong.
Although last year's trade did not buy them what they needed most, Yang Qi's circle trade did indeed solve their urgent needs.
When they returned to Mobei, Chechen Khan Shuolei received Huang Taiji's warning.
Huang Taiji also paid attention to the trade license in the hands of the Chechen Khan, and informed him that he was about to ascend the throne, and asked them to persuade them to join and come to attend the ceremony. In the future, they were no longer allowed to trade with the Ming Dynasty and would instead trade with the evil Qing Gulun.
Shuolei knew what the purpose of this was. It was simply that Hou Jin himself was short of food and clothing and was not allowed to trade with the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty by using the name of the Chechen Khan.
Ordinarily, this is a fantasy that normal people would never even think about, but the military threat from the Jin Kingdom is real.
Shuolei had just returned to Mobei, and he was still frightened by Dorgon's western expedition. He was very cautious about the reply letter, and specially took it out to discuss with Gunbu and Subadi how to reply.
The second person, Suba, also couldn't make up his mind. As for whether to participate in the persuasion, the three of them agreed that they would not wade into troubled waters. However, no one could make up their minds about future trade and viewing ceremonies.
As a result, after two months of delay, we heard that Dorgon had returned without success in Monan and that Yang Qi was still alive and kicking around in Guihua City.
Sanhan's spine was ridged.
After discussion, Gunbu did not reply.
Subadi scolded Huang Taiji for the Chechen Khan's trade. Shuolei dictated all the curse words, but the signature was Subadi, which made the Chechen Khan very angry.
Shuolei himself responded quite well to Huang Taiji. He congratulated him on his accession to the throne and said that Huang Taiji was a benevolent and righteous monarch who wanted to pursue peace by expelling Chahar Khan. He should make wise decisions. Trade matters can be discussed but not coerced.
, he recently broke his leg and could not ride a horse. He was really sorry, so he sent his son Babu to Shenyang with gifts to attend the ceremony.
When Liu Shizi heard this, he leaned forward and backward with joy. He did not ask for an attendant, but made tea for Subadi himself. He brought Yao Ci's tea bowl and handed it over, saying: "You two brothers are really interesting. What is the plan of the Chechen Khan?"
, and the border market with Ming Dynasty, will he still do it?"
Subadi stood up and took the tea bowl, thanked him one after another, and then shook his head and said: "The Kingdom of Jin is so close to him, how dare he go to the market again?"
"Ha! Shuolei!"
Liu Shishi laughed and looked at Subadi, waiting for him to say the next thing.
Seeing his disdain, Subadi put down his tea bowl and clasped his fists and said: "The Chechen Khan had a reason for the incident, but he did not intend to seek refuge with Huang Taiji, but wanted Tushetu Khan's tribe to continue to receive market rewards. He would then fight with Tushetu Khan
Ministry of Trade.”
"It's just that the Great Khan needs to know about this matter. Should he go to Shahukou to continue trading with the Ming Dynasty, or should he come to Guihua City and trade with the Great Khan?"
After hearing this, Liu Shizi nodded with some approval and praised: "The Chechen Khan is still somewhat courageous."
Shuolei is obviously a smooth donkey born with a golden bowl.
I can trade with the Ming Dynasty, or I can leave the matter of trading with the Ming Dynasty to others, and I can trade with the Erdao traders.
You can even let others trade with Liu Chengzong. If I trade with him again, it doesn't matter if the goods are handed over four times.
The only thing is, you can't force me to trade with you, even if the terms are good, I won't agree.
This guy is a bit interesting.
However, he did not immediately reply to Subhadi.
The city reward in Mobei is indeed an issue worthy of careful consideration for Liu Chengzong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the earlier battle in Ningxia, this aspect was not considered. Subadi will suddenly ask about this, and he needs to think about it carefully.
His army was assembled in Monan. This land was very friendly to marchers. Within three to five months, the horses would be able to eat as soon as they were left outside, but they would just lose meat. He went back to Shaanxi to replenish the feed, and then compete with the horses.
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But it's not friendly to soldiers, and it's very expensive to eat here.
The local area did not have the ability to support a large army, and it was impossible for him to plunder and replenish supplies on his own territory.
However, if we were to fight Hou Jin, the battlefield could not be at the Monan Governor's Mansion.
All the generals of the Hou Jin Dynasty were veteran generals. No matter who led the troops, if they saw that he was on guard, they would definitely not be foolish enough to attack Guihua City again.
He wants to support Monan and use war to tell everyone that Monan is his territory. This is not a place where anyone can come, fight or leave whenever they want.
The three progressive campaign goals are to prevent the Jin army from entering, defeating, and leaving.
Of course, even with the lowest expectations, regardless of killing the enemy, just preventing the Houjin Army from entering Monan and returning without success, the huge consumption of food and grass would put unbearable pressure on the logistics route.
The livestock of the three tribes in Mobei are undoubtedly a timely help to him.
It's just that the production level of trade goods in the Marshal's Mansion at this time is not yet comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.
He has many handicraft products of very high quality, but he does not have all the hard goods that Mongolians urgently need.
His inspection censor has just been established. He has no inventory this year and only has enough food to feed himself. Neither of these two hard goods is enough to support trade.
While Liu Chengzong was thinking, his silence was obviously misunderstood by Subadi.
I heard Subadi cupping his fists and saying: "In addition, I came here this time with the intention of assisting the Great Khan's army in the battle. It's just that my subordinates and the Tuohite tribe are fighting foreign enemies, and I have to leave some troops in Mobei."
, so we can only send 10,000 troops, I hope the Great Khan will not dislike it."
Of course Liu Chengzong would not dislike it. Although he did not need this combat power, Subadi might even transfer troops from Mobei, and the battle would be over after the troops came over.
But this is related to Mobei's attitude of support for him.
He nodded immediately and said some words of thanks. After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized a problem: "With the Tuohite tribe... Didn't my brother just say that he would form an alliance with Rakshasa in the north and make peace with Oirat in the west?
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Liu Shishi sat upright and crossed his arms: "Who is he fighting against?"
"I don't know much about it either. A Tumeng Khanate arose in the Tuomu River Basin, which plundered and attacked Rakshasa settlements and robbed the subjects of the Tuohite tribe. Erdeni accepted the invitation of Rakshasa envoys.
When the north thaws, they will send troops to help in the war, in exchange for the support of the trade ministries, which are in urgent need of muskets, artillery and other supplies... Great Khan?"
When Subadi said these words, he felt that they were irrelevant. After all, the territories of the three Mobei tribes were very large, and the Zasak Tuhan tribe was almost separated from the Hetuohite tribe. He really didn't know much about things there.
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But as he was talking, he noticed that Liu Chengzong's originally kind face had a fierce look in his eyes.
"Brother will send people back now to stop He Tuohuite from sending troops. For this year's trade, Gunbu will go to Shahukou to trade with the Ming Dynasty. Brother will bring livestock and horses to my place, just like the horse market of the Ming Dynasty.
He is even better, and has everything from cloth, tobacco, wine, weapons, armor, and utensils."
"The Tuomu River you mentioned is so fierce is not a khanate. It was our Tianshan Army attacking the Rakshasa's garrison, named Taimeng Guard!"