Five or six cavalrymen, tired from their travels, rested their horses in a remote courtyard on the west side of the mansion.
Because of the continuous galloping, the horses were not well taken care of, and they all lost weight. Some horses were drinking water and eating grass, and some were biting their bits impatiently. The cavalry were constantly comforting them.
These cavalrymen were all specially recruited masters of equestrian skills. All of them could ride their horses through ravines in the middle of the night as if they were walking on flat ground. Otherwise, they would not be able to protect the envoys. They traveled hundreds of miles back and forth in two days without concealing the truth.
beyond the eyes and ears of others.
Wanyan Salara walked between them and said warmly: "Thank you for your hard work. It's getting late. I've arranged for food and wine. Let's eat here first and then go back to the camp to rest."
The cavalry all thanked Wanyan Salara, and then a cook presented him with fragrant wine and meat.
Wanyan Salara continued to move forward, passed through two doorways, and walked into the house. His trusted advisor Wanyan Niangu was washing his face and body in the house.
"How do you say it? What do the Mongols say?" Wanyan Salara asked impatiently.
Wanyan Niangu rubbed his face: "When I arrived in Dezhou, the red horse prince-in-law immediately received me. He said that the army passed through Yidu without attacking the city, which showed his sincerity to the commander-in-chief. Next, it depends on the commander-in-chief.
Your sincerity.”
"How did you answer him?"
"I said that just when I set off, Wanyan Tongjun had already issued a stern military order to Dongping Prefecture, and promised to donate the entire Jinan Prefecture's tax revenue with both hands. Although Huang Slap Wudian is not greedy for merit, he has always been greedy for money.
The commander of the army will use both soft and hard tactics, and will definitely send troops accordingly."
"Yes, that's right." Wanyan Salara nodded repeatedly and sighed: "Niangu, you still have to tell the Mongols that if they attack Huang Laowudian's headquarters at will, our army will never send any reinforcements.
"
"I have said it," Chiju Prince Consort replied, as long as the Jurchens go out to fight in the city, the Mongolian army will kill them like chickens and rabbits. Whether you send reinforcements or not, it doesn't matter how much reinforcements you send.
"Hey!" Wanyan Sala snorted bitterly. He wanted to say that the Mongols had just suffered a big loss in the field battle, so why brag about it, but he also felt that talking about Guo Ning was boring.
"Then what? Did he agree?"
"Of course I agreed. The Chiju Prince Consort said that after they defeated Huang Lawudian's troops and plundered his troops' grain and supplies, they immediately returned to Dezhou and would not delay in Shandong. The commander-in-chief was willing to claim to have defeated the Mongolian army or conquered Dongping Prefecture.
, Jinan Prefecture, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, it is common for Jurchens to falsely report their military records, and they don’t care at all."
"..." Wanyan Sala stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked back and forth twice in the room.
"How is the military appearance of the Mongolian army? They suffered a big loss in Laizhou. Could it be..."
"In my opinion, the Mongolian army is extremely tough and will never be discouraged by a single defeat. Its soldiers are even more ruthless, bloodthirsty, and warlike. Their armor, bows, and swords are all strong and sharp. I don't know that there are strong soldiers like this in the world. I am a big man.
Jin was defeated repeatedly in battles with him, but it was because he was really invincible, not because the general was incompetent. And their defeat in Laizhou was mostly due to the fourth prince's underestimation of the enemy."
"In other words, there is no problem in defeating Huang Slapwudian's troops?"
"Easy as a piece of cake."
"That's good! That's good!" Wanyan Sala breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he felt that it was too easy for people to misunderstand such words. So he quickly changed his mind and said: "Huang Slap Wudian is a man who is not allowed to enter the Dongping Mansion, but he has taken over the people's wealth and everyone is resentful. With the power of the Mongols, he will
Getting rid of him will definitely benefit the local people...it is not just for my need to unify the military and political affairs of Shandong."
Wanyan Niangu only nodded slightly. Some words can be used to deceive others in the future. There is no need to say the same to him.
The reason why he wanted to collude with the Mongolian army and attack Huang Slap Wudian was very simple.
Wanyan Sala's power in Shandong was not as powerful as Hu Shahu's. In recent years, with the rise of rebels such as Yang An'er and Liu Erzu, the area he could actually control was shrinking, and only Yidu was left.
Jinan and other two prefectures and three states. As for Huang Slapowidian in Dongping, he was a colleague of Wanyan Sala, not a subordinate.
With the loss of Jinan, Zizhou, Yidu and other places were repeatedly swept by the Mongolian army. Wanyan Salara's losses were heavy. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were still there, but the foundation was already loose.
At this time, Wanyan Sala looked at Laizhou not far to the east of Yidu Mansion, and it felt like a thorn in his back!
Ding Haijun Jiedushi already holds the position of deputy commander of the armies in Shandong, and the decline of our army is very obvious... What if the imperial court praises Guo Ning's achievements and uses him to replace me, Wanyan Salara?
This is very possible. I heard that this Guo Ning is a confidant of Prime Minister Tu Shan. He has friendship with Xu Ding, who participated in the political affairs of the court, and Pusan Anzhen, the general. If the court let him go to Shandong, I am afraid there will be someone to replace him.
mean!
Therefore, Wanyan Salara needs to show his merits to the court to prove that he is an indispensable general in Shandong. He also needs territory for his subordinates to ensure the tens of thousands of troops under his command and to ensure that his own strength does not decline.
The imperial court had to respect him as an important border minister!
Where does the merit come from? Where does the territory come from?
Wanyan Sala was born as a warrior, but he had been in a high position for decades and had gradually become good at making these intrigues and calculations. He knew very well that if some things were solved only by battlefield means, the road would be narrowed out of thin air.
He wouldn't have snatched it from the Mongols, that would have been madness.
Firstly, they were no match on the battlefield, and secondly, the Mongols were brutal and brutal, and the city and territory they wrested from them were just ruins and of little use.
In this case, the only choice is to ask the Tianping Army to make Master Huang Slap suffer bad luck.
Huang Laowudian was promoted by Pu Sankui when he led the army to conquer the Song Dynasty. In the past few years, there was no Austrian aid in the court, so he was stationed in Dongping Mansion. His tenacity was almost as good as Wanyan Sala's. But his status
If you don't have the vision, you won't be able to use the Mongols' force for your own use like Wanyan Sala.
Once Huang Lai Wudi was defeated, Wanyan Salara took the opportunity to go straight to Dongping and reconnect Yidu, Jinan, and Dongping in a line, and there was no one restricting him. With a little effort to recruit troops, a hundred thousand troops would be at our fingertips. At that time, as long as I
Without exposing any flaws, would the imperial court still dare to act arbitrarily?
No matter how cruel Guo Ning is, there is only one Laizhou! If you really piss me off, Shandong will be in chaos!
Thinking of this, Wanyan Sara's mood suddenly improved a lot.
Seeing the smile on Wanyan Sala's face, Niangu couldn't help but ask: "Commander of the Army, in this way, the Mongols will become the sword in our hands... Although I went to see the red horse prince-in-law,
He promised, but he felt it was ridiculous... Are there any variables in this?"
Wanyan Salara shook his head: "It's good that you are thoughtful. But Marshal Hu Shahu exchanged letters with me that day about the situation of the Mongolian army and introduced it in detail. I know better than you."
"how to say?"
"After Genghis Khan established the Great Mongolian Kingdom, he unified all the tribes into ninety-five thousand households. But the ninety-five thousand households came from different sources and had many internal factions. Above the thousand households, there were nobles who supported each other. For example, the red horse Prince Consort,
This is the intimate answer of the fourth prince Tuo Lei... Tuo Lei was accidentally captured in Laizhou. His loss of interests was only second to Tuo Lei. And the other thousands of households under Tuo Lei's command will definitely have a negative impact on Laizhou.
Failure and loss are greatly dissatisfying.”
Niangu reacted quickly and tapped the table: "I understand. In order to make up for his own losses, and to appease other dissatisfied Qianhu, Chiju must fight a few battles and win some easy, happy and lucrative victories.
...I also heard that Guo Ning threatened the Mongolian army with Tuo Lei's life, telling them to stay away from Laizhou and not to fight rashly. Before Tuo Lei escaped from Laizhou, the situation faced by these Mongolians was very embarrassing. What they could do
, the battles that can be fought are only to this extent."
"So, Huang slapped Wudian that stupid pig, which is a suitable target. The Mongols and I both have concerns and have needs. We want each to get what it needs and trade fairly."
Nian Gu nodded: "The Commander-in-Chief is right."
When the two of them were talking about this, a commotion suddenly came from the side courtyard two doors away. Someone shouted: "There is poison in the wine! There is poison in the meat too!"
The shouts soon turned into groans of pain, and after a while, silence returned.
Wanyan Sala and Niangu both had expressionless faces.
In order to risk the public disapproval of the Inner Mongolians, the fewer people know about it, the better. The fate of these detective horses has already been determined.
When the two of them talked about this, they both felt that the progress was going smoothly and were very satisfied. Niangu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, the Mongols also want to unite the army, so you can do a favor."
Wanyan Sala frowned: "What else is there? The simpler the transaction between the two parties, the better. If there are too many things, there will be more flaws and more dangers."
"It's not a big deal. The red horse prince-in-law said that he wanted a man's head. He said that if he got this head, he would remember the favor of the commander-in-chief. The Mongolian army would go south again in the future, and the commander-in-chief would be useful.
This time of favor."
"Whose head?" Wanyan Sala sneered twice: "Don't tell me, he wants to kill the head of the navy Guo Ning. I can only stay away from that Guo Ning. Whatever the Mongols want to do, they might as well send troops to Laizhou to fight again.
One game.”
Niangu shook his head repeatedly: "How could that be? What the Mongols want is the head of a local powerful man. It is said that this man lied about the military situation and deceived the fourth prince Tuo Lei and Chiju Consort, which caused the Mongolian army to fail in Laizhou."
"He is indeed a good man!" Wanyan Sala praised, and then asked: "Who is this man?"
"Weizhou Li Quan."
"Li Quan? This guy is in Linzi City?"
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