Several people arrived at the main door of the main hall. Zhang Han pricked up his ears and listened and found that the room was quiet.
The guard said hello to the Mongolian guarding the gate, then turned around and urged Zhang Han and the others to follow him in.
"The commander is waiting inside, come in with me!"
"Okay" the three of them responded and followed the guards into the house.
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"Commander, generals, Zhang Han brings them here!"
As soon as they entered the door, the leading guard took the lead and half-knelt on the ground to report.
Seeing this, Zhang Han and the others did not dare to neglect. They also quickly put the door panel they were carrying on the ground and saluted like a guard.
"Zhang Han, Li Xiaohu, and Wang Danian, from humble positions, meet the commander-in-chief, generals!"
After speaking, the three of them did not stand up directly. Still imitating the guard in front, he lowered his head and maintained the previous actions.
"Everyone, get up!" After a few seconds, a loud voice suddenly came from above.
"Thank you, Marshal!"
"Thank you, Marshal!" After Zhang Han and the others thanked them, they stood up following the guards in front. Only then did Zhang Han finally have a chance to look at everyone in the room with his peripheral vision.
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The whole house is not big, the living room where they are sitting is only about fifty square meters. Now more than a dozen people are crowded in the living room, which makes this small living room seem a little crowded.
There were two people sitting in the middle of the table.
The person who just spoke was a round-faced man with a beard. The man next to him, Zhang Han, was no stranger. He was his commander in the Song Army, Meng Gong. The person expected to speak was Mongolia's coach Tachar.
There were several people sitting on both sides of the two men. Sitting on the left are Shi Tianze, Zhang Rou and others; sitting on the right are the generals of the Song Army who gave a speech with Meng Gong.
The people on both sides sit in clear distinctions, which makes it easy to tell them apart.
Suddenly, Tachar, who was sitting at the top, said to Meng Gong beside him;
"Previously, Meng Gong Anda was still troubled by the fact that he only found the body of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. Now that Wanyan Chenglin has been killed by our troops, Anda's problem has been solved. You and I each got one body. It’s a sign of perfection.”
At this time, Meng Gong, who was standing aside, did not look as serious as before when he was in front of Zhang Han and the others. I saw him wearing a green shirt and no armor. Seems quite elegant. After hearing Tachar's words, he echoed with a smile;
"What my brother said is true. In this way, each of us has a corpse, so we don't have to worry about the distribution of the spoils. Brother, it will be much easier for me to return to the emperor when I go back." At this point, the conversation changed and he pointed at Zhang Han. the person asked.
"Brother, who is the warrior who killed Wanyan Chenglin?"
When he said this, Meng Gong began to glance at Zhang Han and the others, and finally focused his eyes directly on Zhang Han.
Zhang Han heard this and quickly looked towards Shi Tianze, who happened to be looking towards him as well, and their eyes happened to meet.
Shi Tianze seemed to see his concerns in his eyes. He laughed and pointed at Zhang Han and introduced Meng Gong;
"General Meng, look! This is my subordinate Zhang Han, and he is also the new emperor of the Jin Kingdom."
After saying this, he gave instructions to Zhang Han;
"Zhang Han, why don't you come and see General Meng soon..."
After Shi Tianze finished speaking, his eyes glanced back and forth at Zhang Han and Meng Gong, with a trace of amusement inadvertently flashing deep in his eyes.
"Oh, is it really this person? No wonder Meng felt that this person's heroic spirit hit his face as soon as this brother came in."
Meng Gong first pretended to be surprised and praised Zhang Han. He turned around and started praising Chahar;
"I have long heard that eldest brother has many powerful generals. Today I first met Zhang Wanhu, Shi Wanhu and other independent generals. Now I meet a rising star like Zhang Baihu. This is the envy of others! I will give this to my elder brother first. Congratulations, there are successors in the army, unlike my younger brother who doesn’t even have a capable successor like Zhang Baihu~"
Although Meng Gong's words were quite beautiful, Tachaer still caught the worried look in his eyes.
Tachar naturally understood what the other party was worried about. It was just for the future conflict between Song and Meng. But this was a tacit understanding between the two parties, so Tachar had no choice but to laugh and do Tai Chi after hearing this;
"There is no need to be modest, Meng Gong'an. In this battle of Caizhou, the bravery and elites of your men are an eye-opener for everyone here.
I had heard rumors from time to time that the Song army was weak and the court was even more incompetent. But based on what we have seen and heard these days, the rumors in the past are self-defeating.
Leaving others aside for the time being, all of you Mongolians present here admire Meng Gong'an's army very much! "
"Do you think so, everyone?"
"The commander-in-chief is right. General Meng is very good at running the army. We all see it. The general has a rare and elite army!" The generals of the Mongolian army agreed one after another.
"How dare you! How dare you! I don't dare to be praised like this by my eldest brother and you all." Hearing this, Meng Gong waved his hands and said modestly.
At this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly sounded in everyone's ears;
"Commander, our son is still waiting to receive the reward! If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later. You see, the little guy is so anxious~~"
Seeing that Zhang Han's face was a little anxious, Shi Tianze quickly interrupted the conversation between Tachaer and Tachaer. Pointing at Zhang Han to ask for rewards for his subordinates.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Han again.
Zhang Han couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment on his face, which turned slightly red.
"Snapped"
Tachar first glanced at Zhang Han, who looked embarrassed, and then clapped his hand hard on the table in front of him, laughing loudly with the rough and heroic voice of a Mongolian man.
"I was so busy reminiscing with Meng Gong'anda that I almost made our hero anxious, but we shouldn't have done it. It is said that if you have made meritorious service, you will be rewarded, but..."
Tachar's voice suddenly stopped. Seeing that things seemed to be turning around, Zhang Han couldn't help but raise his voice again.
Tachar thought for a moment and continued;
"If it's ordinary military exploits, that's easy. I can just reward him directly. But Zhang Baihu can't decide how to reward someone. His merits need to be rewarded by the Great Khan himself."
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"Is it necessary to go to such trouble?"
Zhang Han didn't understand the process of awarding merit and rewards in the army at all, so he thought that Tachar, the commander-in-chief of the army, could make the decision!
But don't know.
As the feudal enemy of Mongolia, the Jin Kingdom even enslaved the Mongolian tribes for decades. Even Genghis Khan never destroyed the Jin Dynasty throughout his life, leaving behind deep regrets.
Therefore, he could only leave the strategy of destroying the gold at the last moment of his life, hoping that future generations would complete the task of destroying the gold.
This war to destroy the gold was based on Genghis Khan's dying strategy and was personally conducted by the new Great Khan Ogedai, and the main Mongolian forces came together to succeed.
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In ancient times, due to different cultures between the East and the West, the meaning of destroying a country was also different.
It is generally believed in the West that as long as the imperial army is defeated, the country will surrender to the victor, and it does not matter whether the other monarch is alive or dead. But in the East, it is just the opposite. It is generally believed that occupying the other party's territory cannot completely conquer it. Only by destroying the other party's monarch can the conquered country completely give up resistance.
Therefore, this difference in Eastern and Western concepts also led Mongolia to repeatedly pursue thousands of miles of fleeing monarchs after conquering Western countries.
The reason why Shi Tianze was sent by Wo Kuotai to check the battle situation in Caizhou was also due to this factor. Therefore, Zhang Han's achievements naturally have a certain political significance according to Eastern cultural habits. When it comes to politics, Tachar, the military commander, really can't make the decision.
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"Let's do this! As the coach this time, I have to make a gesture. I will reward you with 10 additional slaves, a horse, and a thousand taels of gold in my own name. As for your contribution this time, I will personally report it to the Khan. Those who ask for rewards for you will never wrong you!"
As soon as Tachaer finished speaking, Shi Tianze hurriedly reminded him, "Thank you so quickly, Commander-in-Chief."
Zhang Han glanced at Shi Tianze gratefully, saying that this boss was pretty good. He quickly stepped forward to thank Tachar.
"Thank you, Marshal, for your kindness. I will serve you to the death even if I hold such a humble position!"
"Well, very good!" Tachar nodded and shouted outside;
"Here comes someone! Take Zhang Baihu down, and let them take away the reward I just mentioned."
"promise!"
A Mongolian soldier immediately came in outside the door and saluted Tachar, then walked up to Zhang Han and others and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
"Zhang Baihu, please come with me!"
Zhang Han looked at Shi Tianze and when he nodded, he led Li Wang and the Mongolian soldiers out of Ziguang Pavilion.
...
"Da da da" came the sound of rapid horse hooves.
The khaki official road is trampled by horse hooves, and loess splashes.
When a Han farmer who was carrying firewood on the roadside saw this scene, he hurriedly jumped down the road and quickly hid behind a dead tree on the roadside. He squinted his eyes carefully to observe the movement in the distance.
When the sound of horse hooves got closer, the farmer saw that it was hundreds of Mongolian soldiers riding on their horses.
"Suffering from the plague, it turns out to be a Mongolian soldier!"
The farmer was horrified. He quickly retracted his head behind the tree, praying in his heart that the other party would leave as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, things developed in the opposite direction.
I saw that the leading general first pulled the reins of the horse and slowly stopped not far from the big tree. The rest of the people behind him also immediately pulled the horse to stop.
For a time, the neighing of the horses under the command of this group of people continued to reach the ears of the farmer behind the tree. The body that was hiding behind the dead tree could not help but shrink tighter in fear.
"Come out! Why are you hiding when I see you?" A soldier beside the general rolled his eyes speechlessly and shouted angrily in the direction of the dead tree.
"Bitter!"
Hearing this, the farmer secretly complained in his heart.
He secretly thought that he was really unlucky today. He actually encountered a group of embryo killers and was discovered. I'm afraid he's going to bleed today.
Now that the other party has discovered him, hiding will not help. The farmer had no choice but to crawl out from behind the dead tree, walk quickly to the official road, kneel on the ground and cry.
"Soldiers, have mercy on me! I have a lot of money, but I only have so much money..."
After speaking, he took out a few coins from his arms with trembling hands and slowly raised them above his head, his voice almost crying, "This is all the little old man's fortune, take it all and spare the old man's life!" "
The soldier who just spoke looked at the few copper coins held high above the farmer's head and curled his lips in disdain. He was about to speak again, but was stopped by the general beside him with a wave of his hand.
"Xiaohu, don't scare the old man!"
The person who spoke was none other than Zhang Han.
A few days ago, the three of them waited in Caizhou for three days after receiving Tachar's reward. It wasn't until the Caizhou incident was over and Song Meng and Liang's troops went home respectively that the three of them followed Shi Tianze back to Shi Tianze's station in Kaifeng City.
Zhang Han originally wanted to see Ogedai Khan as soon as possible and implement his reward, but he didn't expect everyone to arrive late. By the time they arrived in Kaifeng, Wokuotai had already returned to the grassland with the property and beauties captured this time.
Zhang Han went directly to Sparta at that time.
Not knowing what to do, he asked Shi Tianze. Shi Tianze was helpless and had no choice but to write a letter to his old boss Subotai. Then he asked Zhang Han to select a hundred people to go to the grassland to find Subotai with Wanyan Chenglin's body and his autographed letter, and told him to give the letter to the other party, and the other party would arrange for him to meet the Khan.
You have to accept this reward, right? Zhang Han had no choice but to set off again with Wanyan Chenglin's body, leaving Han Dynasty and heading to the Mongolian Khan Court in Mobei.
Back to business.
After Zhang Han scolded Li Xiaohu, he quickly got off his horse and stepped forward to help the farmer who was kneeling on the ground. And try to keep the smile on your face gentle so as not to scare the other person.
"Get up quickly, old man. It's freezing cold here. Don't hurt yourself anymore."
After Zhang Han finished speaking, he could clearly feel the old man's weathered body trembling. Unexpectedly, farmers in this era were so afraid of being soldiers, Zhang Hanzhi continued to comfort him;
"Dad, don't worry! We're just asking you something and we won't do anything to you."
Perhaps it was Zhang Han's gentle attitude that gradually eased the farmer's nervousness. He could clearly feel that the farmer's body was shaking less. But the tone of his speech was naturally very humble.
"General, if you have any questions, just ask. I will tell you everything I know. I will never hide anything."
Seeing that the other party was no longer so scared, Zhang Han asked, "Old man! It's like this. We are going to the grassland. I wonder how long it will be from here to the grassland?"
Seeing the other person just asking for directions, the old man relaxed completely. Even the voice was a little louder; "If other young men don't know, I happen to know the general's problem."
Zhang Han was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "I hope my father-in-law can show me the way."
The farmer pointed to the official road and replied to Zhang Han: "Follow the official road 30 miles north and you will see a fork in the road. Take the official road to the right and go 50 miles further to see the Great Wall. There is a place there Yanmen Pass, Yanmen Pass has been the main road to the grassland a long time ago. When you arrive at Yanmen Pass, there are special guides in the city, and they will take you to where you want to go smoothly."
"Thank you, husband! I'm in a hurry, so I'll take my leave now.
correct. The war is in chaos now, so you'd better go home early. "After Zhang Han got the information he wanted, he said goodbye to the farmer.
"Da da da" This group of people come and go in a hurry.
The farmer looked at the piece of silver tightly clutched in his hand and couldn't help but feel very good.
I thought I was going to be unlucky today and my life would be lost, but I didn't expect to meet a noble person. I was rewarded with five taels of silver for just helping him point the way, which was a nice reward.
Now you don’t have to go out to cut firewood in the middle of winter? If you save these five taels of silver when you go back, you can live a good life for a year, and your wife and children don’t have to go hungry and cold~
The more he thought about it, the more beautiful it became. The farmer couldn’t help but hum a folk song, picked up the firewood left on the roadside and started on the road again...
