The two of them were talking, and Liu Mingzhao had already made up his mind. "It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Women are small-minded. No matter whether Her Royal Highness the Princess is really passing on the imperial edict or falsely passing it on, she will most likely be angry if she refuses."
She, if His Majesty gives me some eye drops, her career will be ruined!'
'What's more, wealth comes from danger. This time I followed Her Highness the Princess' wishes, and Her Highness will protect me in the future!'
Now that Liu Mingzhao had made up his mind, Zhang Wuji no longer objected. When all the soldiers from the thousand households had crossed the Yellow River, Yunzhi and the dozens of guards who protected her took a boat to cross the Yellow River with Liu Mingzhao. Waiting for all five thousand
After Hudu successfully crossed the river, he led them to the place where the bandits were hiding.
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At this moment, the leader of the 'bandits' who was lurking in a hilly area thirty miles north of Lanzhou City was still unaware of this and was thinking of his own plans.
Among the various tents, there was a very spacious tent, comparable to that of ordinary tribal leaders. In this tent, there were five or six people at this time, and the guests and hosts were enjoying a banquet.
"Uncle Taishi, you have chosen a good place. There is such a small hot spring. You can have hot food even without lighting a fire." A fifteen or sixteen year old boy said while tearing the mutton in his hand.
"Haha, little prince, I have been here more than ten years ago before the Han people occupied this place, and noticed this small hot spring in this hill. Before setting off this time, I sent someone to explore this hot spring.
There were no traces of being discovered, so they brought the troops here. Although the water flow in this hot spring is not large enough for all the warriors to eat hot food, it can always allow them to drink hot water. This man, eat cold food
There is a difference between eating hot water and eating hot water. Since we can let the warriors drink hot water, why not do this."
"What's more," the old man with black hair, brown eyes, and a Mongolian robe who had been talking also raised the mutton in his hand: "It also allows us to eat delicious cooked meat, why not come here?"
"Haha!" The fifteen or sixteen year old boy also smiled.
This young man was the one who had been to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the leader of the Oara tribe was obedient to the eldest son of King Mahamu. The old man was Arutai, the leader of the Mongolian Asut tribe. He was once appointed as a grand master by the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
So he likes others to call him Taishi; Tuohuan's father was named the King of Obedience by the Ming Dynasty, so he is called the little prince. The Asut tribe are Mongolized Persians, and their appearance is slightly different from ordinary Mongolians.
Arutai and Tuohuan drank a few drinks. The young man Tuohuan couldn't keep his temper. When he saw this, he secretly cursed the old fox and said, "I wonder when uncle Taishi will ask the warriors to make the next move?"
"There's no rush." Arutai drank another glass of wine with the mutton and said with a smile: "Today is the day when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty receives Guilichi. He is probably receiving him now. Maybe Zhiligel has already assassinated him in public.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
"The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will definitely be furious when he is suddenly assassinated, but he is not stupid. Gui Lichi went to see him in person but ordered his own people to assassinate him. Even if the assassination was successful, Gui Lichi would not be able to survive. It would be detrimental to himself. Ming Kingdom
The emperor probably won’t believe it. But he won’t let Guilichi go easily and will send someone to interrogate him.”
"I have already made arrangements. Tomorrow, I will ask Zheliger to pretend that he cannot survive the punishment and confess that the assassination was ordered by Guilichi's eldest son Eseku."
"At the same time, the soldiers we brought will also take the initiative to let the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty find out, and at the same time deliberately leave some things, which are all obtained from the Qierjisi tribe, so that the Ming emperor can believe that we are from the Qierjisi tribe.
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"And since we are from the Qiljisi tribe, and it happened that Ligel admitted that Eseku arranged the assassination, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would believe that this matter was an internal problem of the Qiljisi tribe. It just so happened that according to
I know that there are indeed some problems within the Qiljisi tribe. Many people do think that it is not a good thing for Guilichi to continue to live. Once he dies, his son will be able to take the title of Great Khan of Mongolia, and the Qierjisi tribe will also
He will no longer be the target of public criticism, and Guilichi will also believe that this was instigated by Eseku or someone who supports Eseku."
"In this way, the already unstable Qiljisi tribe will be further divided. Although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had previously arranged for the king of Qin in the northwest to marry Shami Chagan, he was still very taboo about the gold family and was unwilling to allow a gold-born person to marry.
A member of the family will be the Great Khan of the Mongols. In order to ensure that Guilichi continues to be the Great Khan of the Mongols, they will provide support to him. In this way, the power of the Ming Dynasty will be contained."
"But Qierghis was divided, and Guilichi's power was even weaker. Even with the support of the Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to restore the past. At most, he was guaranteed to survive. Moreover, he accepted the assistance of the Han people, and the Mongolian tribes looked down upon him even more. His
The title of Khan will not be recognized."
"This will make the grassland more chaotic, which is good for both you and me."
Yes, the whole thing this time was planned by Arutai from beginning to end. He sent Zoliger to lurk in the Qilghis tribe. And his purpose was to make the Mongolian grassland even more chaotic.
, one's own Assut department can move more freely.
Although Arutai was once conferred the title of Grand Master by the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and he once wanted to revitalize the Yuan Empire, the Battle of Yuerhai in the 21st year of Hongwu made him understand that not to mention the Yuan Empire, even if the Mongolian nation was short
It is impossible to revive within a short period of time.
Arutai then made his own little calculation. Because he was a Mongolized Persian, he was very rejected by the ordinary Mongols. Before, he was only loyal to the emperor and had a bad relationship with his colleagues. So when he gave up the idea of revitalizing the Yuan Empire,
After the ideal, the purpose is to make his tribe live a better life on the grassland. And because his Asut ancestors are Persians, once the Mongolian grassland is unified and the new Khan does not trust him, his tribe will be in trouble.
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Therefore, he had only one purpose: to keep the Mongolian grassland in a state of division so that the Asut tribe could live a better life. Therefore, he ostensibly surrendered to Guilichi after he usurped the throne, but secretly he secretly cooperated with other tribes.
Tong Fianqu constantly used the hands of various ministries to weaken Guilichi, but did not let Guilichi be hurt too much, and finally planned such a complicated plan.
The Oara people got involved because Mahamu understood that no matter how much contribution they made to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would not allow them to unify the grasslands. Moreover, they were not descendants of the Golden Family. If they wanted to unify the higher-ups, they would have to
It would be okay to establish a member of the Golden Family. If they choose someone who has no ability, but if they make a mistake and establish someone who has ability, then it will be worse for them than it is now.
What's more, Mahamu, the three brothers Batu Polo and Taiping had conflicts in the first place, but they only temporarily united in the face of the pressure of Timur's Eastern Expedition; once this pressure was gone, the internal contradictions became apparent, and Mahamu was not willing to
Taiping's influence has expanded too much on the Mongolian grasslands.
After listening to Arutai's words, Tuo Huan admired half-heartedly: "The Grand Master is really worthy of being the Grand Master of my Great Yuan Dynasty back then, with brilliant strategies."
"But, isn't this a bit risky? This is deep into the land of the Ming Dynasty. We passed a Ming Dynasty fortress. Although I don't know how the grand master captured this fortress before the guards lit the bonfire, but it must not be too
Simple. When we retreat later, it won’t be that easy.”
"You're right, it won't be too simple. I exposed a man who has been lurking in the Ming Dynasty for many years to seize the fortress so easily."
"But it's all worth it. Guilichi must be allowed to defect to the Ming Dynasty in order to make the tribes on the grassland completely disappointed with him; but his Qierghis tribe has not been weakened completely enough, and his tribe must be divided.
.And this matter was all planned by me. Others cannot execute it perfectly. I was the only one who did it myself."
"But little prince, there is no need to take such a big risk." Arutai finally raised his head and looked at Tuohuan and said.
"My father told me before he left that Grand Master Uncle has always been very calculating. Even if something seems dangerous on the surface, it will be safe in the end. So I led three thousand tribes here to talk to Grand Master Uncle's father.
Tuo Huan said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you have really praised me. There are countless talented people in the world, and I am nothing. But they are indeed better than those of Guilichi."
The two laughed again.
But at this moment, someone suddenly pushed open the curtain of the big tent, ran in and said: "Grand Master, suddenly a large Ming army appeared, totaling four to five thousand people, and they are attacking our warriors!"
"What!"
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"Your Highness, the location of the bandits is very good. Although it is hilly on three sides and it is easy to hide, there are also many roads that can be passed. The terrain in the north is flat, which is more suitable for large troops to travel."
"Furthermore, our army only has 5,000 people, and the bandits have 10,000 people. It is impossible for our army to annihilate all these bandits. We can only disperse them, which is not enough to threaten Lanzhou City. There are not many ordinary people north of the Yellow River here.
, and I am still worried that they will scatter and harm the people." Liu Mingzhao raised his hands with his clairvoyance to look at the bandits in the distance and said.
"Then how does Commander Liu plan to arrange the attack?" Yunzhi asked.
"The entire army attacks the bandits from the south and will definitely defeat them in one go!" Liu Mingzhao said.