The subordinates remained silent, and Tuo Lei pondered deeply, letting the horse spin in place for a few times, then lowered his head and gnawed the grass.
There was one more thing he was worried about.
Since Genghis Khan asked him to be a spy, he will be a reliable spy in a down-to-earth manner. In the past six months, he has been traveling around the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, not only gathering information on military, political and economic aspects, but also knowing , It turns out that the Song State once controlled the entire Central Plains. The Han people of the Northern Jin State were all subjects of the Song State in the early years. However, due to the rise of the Jurchens, the Song State capital was destroyed, the emperor fled, and the family was divided. Two families.
Guo Ning was a Han, so it only took him two or three years to sweep away the Jurchens' power and establish the Great Zhou Dynasty at an astonishing speed. Precisely because he was a Han, his Great Zhou Dynasty was able to earn profits from the Song Dynasty at an astonishing speed. It will be just as fast!
It is obvious that the merchant ships of the Great Zhou Dynasty traveled north and south without any obstacles. When the two of them started doing business, it seemed like there was no barrier between them. It is said that the trade between the Zhou and Song families has expanded greatly in the past two years, but Guo Ning's general Shi Tianni has already arrived in Fuzhou, thousands of miles away!
So the piece of meat in front of Guo Ning is not only fat, but also easy to eat, without even having to fight. Not only is it easy to eat, every bite taken is quickly digested in the abdomen, and converted into strength with almost no loss!
Of course, Mongolia is also trying to eat meat. However, let alone whether the meat Genghis Khan faced was fat enough, were the Mongols able to absorb and digest the old lands of Khwarezm and Xiliao quickly enough?
Regarding this issue, the 1.2 million people who were massacred by the Mongolian army in Samarkand, the capital of Khwarezm, may have something to say.
After a while, Tuo Lei whispered: "I originally planned to use the power gained from the conquest to return and subdue the Ding Haijun, but the Song Dynasty is so rich and weak, and the situation in the future may be very different from what was previously expected. . I will rush back to Father Khan this time to explain the matter in detail and urge Father Khan to decide on a countermeasure as soon as possible."
He looked at the people around him and continued: "There are only a few things to do. First, we must make a good alliance with the Xia Kingdom, and then think about what we can do to win over the Song Kingdom, or create conflicts between the Zhou and Song Dynasties. Both countries have troops stationed in the Qinlong area. Maybe we can promise to help the Song State regain Qinlong? Just like when the Jin State and the Song State jointly destroyed the Khitan! There is also the Jin State... The Jin State was destroyed, but it was just these two Years of events, the Jurchens are not necessarily exterminated. There are always people who are dissatisfied with the Zhou Dynasty who can be relied upon for help. In addition, the Jurchens’ hometown in the northeast is filled with pits and valleys full of wild Jurchens, so they can always Incite a group."
Speaking of this, he thought of the several nomadic tribes in the eastern part of the grassland and the manpower left by Genghis Khan on the grassland. He was horrified: "By the way, since Ding Haijun has replaced the Jin Kingdom, he will reach out to the grassland. The kings of the eastern part of the grassland will Also, the pressure on the King of Peiping must be heavy. Even if the prison princess is here, the control over many tribes will inevitably be weakened. We must mobilize a troop of troops back to the grassland as soon as possible to restrain them!"
One of his subordinates said, "I'm afraid our troops are too urgent to mobilize."
"Our own troops have to suppress various places, and it is difficult to mobilize them for a while, so we should... we might as well call on the troops of those local snakes, the Kangli people. I remember that in addition to the 30,000 troops of the Kangli people, there are also the Tomomigu Mari clan and her His sons Qulu and Yaya have seven thousand cavalry. We might as well send them all to the grassland. If there are not enough, add some cavalry from the Boyuewu tribe of the Kipchak... After they are transferred, we will graze in the river. I can feel more at ease!"..net
At this moment, those who can accompany Tuo Lei to the Song Dynasty are all close friends among close friends, with no question of loyalty and talent. Therefore, Tuo Lei did not shy away from speaking, and in the blink of an eye he listed four or five measures. Fortunately, his knowledge has greatly increased in the past two years, and these measures are quite insightful and not just nonsense.
After saying this, Tuo Lei felt that he had no new ideas, so he asked his companions: "What do you think? Is there anything else that needs to be improved?"
Everyone thought for a while and came up with no original suggestions. They all looked at a tall, thin and gray-haired knight in the queue.
After all, Guo Ning had a reputation for being ruthless. He sent his generals to block the Zhizhou Yamen in the city. Who knew what would happen next. It would be bad if Tuo Lei and others caused a disaster for Chi Yu. Therefore, after dragging Lei out of the city, Guo Baoyu was left with some astute people to press the button
Swords guard the city gates.
This tall and thin knight is Guo Baoyu, who just rushed his horse to catch up with his team not long ago.
Seeing everyone watching, Guo Baoyu said in a deep voice: "What the Ding navy fished in the Song Dynasty, how much they fished, and how the Zhou Dynasty should deal with it, that is what the Great Khan has to worry about. The advice given by the fourth prince to the Great Khan , has nothing to do with us, and we have no idea.”
Guo Baoyu was a man of both civil and military skills, and he always paid attention to the propriety of his words, but his words at this moment were extremely forthright.
Tuo Lei was stunned for a moment and looked around. He saw several people with shocked expressions on their faces, and some who were vaguely concerned.
Tuo Lei's expression remained unchanged and he smiled and said: "Yu Chen, you have no idea about my suggestion, but you must have your own ideas. You might as well say it straight and say it honestly."
Yuchen is Guo Baoyu's character. Mongolian nobles always call their foreign subordinates by their first names, and sometimes they even give someone a nickname. However, Tuo Lei always insisted on using Han'er's custom to honor his subordinates as Han'er.
"Then, I'll say it."
Guo Baoyu solemnly saluted Tuo Lei and continued: "If Guo Ning bites this piece of fat meat from the Song Dynasty to the south, it will quickly increase his strength and make it even more difficult to deal with the powerful enemy that is already difficult to deal with. At this point, the fourth prince only needs to Report it truthfully, and the Great Khan will definitely understand the truth. The ideas that the Fourth Prince just thought of are also very insightful ideas, and the Great Khan will definitely like them. But what we want to know is not these. What we want to know, It’s the fourth prince’s plan on how to regain power after traveling around Xia and Song for a year!”
Tuo Lei chuckled twice.
"Authority...that thing was given by Father Khan and cannot be taken away by me."
After hearing these words, Guo Baoyu sighed heavily, and the rest of his subordinates also sighed.
In his early years, Tuo Lei followed Genghis Khan, and with his father's favor, he suddenly gained the right to command the army. Such a good thing would be difficult to repeat now. So Tuo Lei came up with a hundred or a thousand ideas for the Khan, but without his own strength, he would never be able to get ahead.
It’s not that Genghis Khan was jealous of his son. The key point is that the system of the Great Mongol Kingdom was established by Genghis Khan. From the establishment of the Qixue Army to the division of ninety-five thousand households, it was all for the purpose of realizing the rule of the Great Khan from above. Centralization of power. But after the Mongolian army suffered successive setbacks in the Central Plains, this process of centralization suffered setbacks.
Without the ability to directly control Tuo Lei, it would be impossible to truly command those thousands and thousands of Mongolian households. Even his close subordinates could only be empty-headed nobles, waiting for the Khan to change his mind.
This situation is no different from a resentful woman in the palace waiting for the emperor's blessing. Guo Baoyu and others cannot accept it.
Guo Baoyu initially served as an official in the Jin Kingdom, because many generals surrendered to Mongolia after the Yehuling Battle. After his surrender, his performance was not conspicuous.
After Tuo Lei's failure in Shandong, the headquarters suffered heavy losses. Genghis Khan was unable to make up for his losses, so he organized many of the surrendered soldiers into a large battalion and gave Tuo Lei's control. There are few close men of the Mongolian tribe, Tuo Lei, so he can only try his best to win over these foreigners to surrender, and Guo Baoyu gets the important role of Tuo Lei.
When Genghis Khan launched the Western Expedition, Tuo Lei's seemingly ragtag group of subordinates, including Khitans, Jurchens, and Han people, played an important role.
Guo Baoyu and his son were the vanguard of the army. In several years, they climbed over snow-capped mountains, crossed glacial lakes, forcibly crossed rivers, and went deep into the desert. They successively led the capture of fortified cities such as Husi We'er'er, Beelse Bali, and Beelse Lan, and fought hundreds of battles. Annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies and behead tens of thousands.
If that's all, that's fine. The Mongolian army was filled with brave generals and ruthless murderers. During the two-year Western Expedition, the armies traveled freely and killed millions of people at least.
However, wherever Guo Baoyu led his army, in addition to killing, he was able to restore order according to the rules of the Central Plains army, and quickly mobilized food, weapons, and even young men and craftsmen from the conquered lands to enrich the Mongolian army.
We must know that Genghis Khan's Western Expedition was a strategic turn that Genghis Khan actively chose after suffering heavy losses in the Central Plains. The purpose of the Western Expedition was to strengthen the strength of the Mongol Uluths and maintain a continuous confrontation with the Han powers in the Central Plains. need. Guo Baoyu's acting style was in line with Genghis Khan's requirements.
Tuo Lei was praised by Genghis Khan many times, and Guo Baoyu himself was awarded the title of Daruhuachi, which is the judge of affairs. Mongolians serve as Daruhuachi everywhere, with the exception of Guo Baoyu. After the Khitan Yelu Ahai died of illness, he was also the only foreigner to control real military and political power in the Mongolian army.
During the war, Guo Baoyu was wounded in the chest and was seriously injured. Genghis Khan personally ordered the cow to be killed and disemboweled, and after removing the internal organs, Guo Baoyu was stuffed inside, which saved his life.
Many of the territories captured by Guo Baoyu were soon handed over to another henchman of Tuo Lei, the Jurchen Nian Zhongshan, to take charge of management. These territories thus go beyond providing one-time support and become territories capable of long-term rule and long-term exploitation.
Since the status of Guo Baoyu and Nianhe Zhongshan has grown, Tuo Lei's power and the size of his subordinates have also increased. The stronger Tolei's power became, the more easily Guo Baoyu and others controlled local military and political affairs.
At that time, Guo Baoyu, Nianhe Chongshan, Liu Bolin, Yelu Ahai's younger brother Yelu Tuhua and others had already controlled huge military and political power, with more than one million people under their rule, and their territory stretched from east to west. There are two thousand miles.
Each of them could see the possibility of Tuo Lei opening the Gideding Cauldron in this vast land. If Tuo Lei eventually becomes the next Great Khan of Mongolia by virtue of his strength, it is not unimaginable that everyone will be divided due to his merit.
Unfortunately, not long after, strife among the Mongols suddenly started. Genghis Khan changed his mind overnight and sent Tuo Lei back to the east as a spy, and asked Guo Baoyu to accompany him. Nianhe Zhongshan was transferred to the Great Khan as the bodyguard officer Bichachi. Although he had a high status, he was surrounded by a large number of Mongolian bodyguards and was actually deprived of his real power.
As for Yelu Tuhua and Liu Bolin, they don’t know what is going on. They set out too hastily to drag the thunder, so they probably won’t be able to make a profit.
Tuo Lei himself had nothing to say about this situation, but his subordinates were inevitably angry.
After all, the reason why everyone surrendered to Mongolia was because Mongolia was too powerful and Han'er could not match it. He who knows the current affairs is a hero. Afterwards, although Mongolia suffered a setback in the Central Plains, everyone had no time to change their tune and vote for a new master. Tuo Lei gave everyone a pie of founding a foreign country, and promised that everyone would be king and duke, and enjoy the wealth of the world from generation to generation.
In the past half year, Tuo Lei has been a spy seriously, but Guo Baoyu and others still follow him. This is because of the master-slave relationship over the past few years. But now that Tuo Lei has decided to return to Genghis Khan, the next step is an unavoidable question.
If he declares at this moment that he is really satisfied with following his father and being a figure making suggestions, he really just wants to be an obedient son, waiting for his father to change his mind and give him something...
The pie that represented Tolei's promise came to nothing, and the vision of many foreign races sharing political power was shattered. The lamentations of these remaining subordinates at this moment are sincere, but subsequent disunity is probably inevitable.
Tuo Lei understands all this.
After being frustrated in Shandong, Tuo Lei fell from his original aloof position, saw a lot of strange looks, and suffered a lot that he had never suffered before. Those who once flattered him suddenly showed contempt, and those who once swore loyalty suddenly became strangers. The resulting pain once kept Tuo Lei awake all night, as if there was a fire burning in his heart.
Now Tuo Lei has grown up. He knows that there is no emotion in this world that comes out of thin air, and there is no loyalty that only requires giving without asking for anything in return. Guo Baoyu was extremely kind to Tuo Lei. Now that he wants to know his future, Tuo Lei must give him a future.
So he sat on the horse calmly, as if he didn't care about the mood of the people, and just said calmly: "I will do my best to think of it properly when I report the situation to the Khan and make suggestions to the Khan. It is my duty as the Son of Man. And..."
He spoke longer and looked at everyone.
Guo Baoyu's expression moved slightly: "And what?"
"Furthermore, after the idea is given, the authority will naturally return to my hands without me having to do anything. This time, what I will get will be more than before! Ten times more! What I can give you, It’s also ten times more!”
