Liu Chengzong's commanding officer moved his tent outside Bajiao City.
Hearing the news that Lin Dan's time was running out, Batur Hutaiji and the Junggar nobles celebrated. The leaders of Oirat agreed that although the war was defeated, it was still an honor.
This was not a happy funeral, but that while Oirat failed at the war level, its strategic purpose was achieved.
People revolve around political activities. The so-called politics, politics is the game of corresponding consequences, and governance is the practice of the results of the game.
As for war, it is just a tool used by political subjects in the game or practice process.
Oirat traveled five thousand miles away, not to come over and be slapped to the ground by Liu Shizi, but to find a place for the Heshuo Special Division, inherit the fine traditions of Oirat, and send the great khan of the Golden Family to heaven.
The former is related to the internal conflict between people and land in Oirat, which should be transferred externally to avoid internal strife; the latter determines the free development of Oirat in the future. The Great Khan does not have to die, but he must not live in Moxi.
This involves the grudges between Oirat and Mongolia. Genghis Khan's Mongolia was an empire, but by the time of Kublai Khan, Mongolia became an alliance.
Up to now, this alliance includes the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty, the three Khans of Mobei Khalkha, and the four Oirat tribes.
The appeal of the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to Oirat was basically the appeal of the Han clan clan to the generals of Cao Wei.
Yes, but not much.
This is also the reason why Junggar Taiji is willing to help Liu Chengzong build momentum and make a reincarnation of Genghis Khan.
The reincarnation of Genghis Khan by a Han can directly reduce the legitimacy of the Mongol Khan to the lowest level, and relying on this thing, Batur Hutaiji can firmly tie Liu Chengzong to Oirat's chariot.
He did not violate the tradition that non-golden families cannot be called Khan, and he was able to put Oirat on the same political status as Khalkha, making it easier to annex others.
It's a pity that Liu Chengzong is not this way.
If you rely on the army to gain power, you have to bear the cost of soldier deaths and injuries; if you rely on monks to bring power, you also have to bear the responsibility of taking care of the monks.
Everything in the world is a double-edged sword, and there is never a good outcome without any price.
Even so, the generalissimo decided to leave Heshuote in Qinghai and give him a piece of pasture land, which solved Batur Huitaiji's inner worries.
Now that Lin Dan's life is not long and Junggar Taiwan is full of joy, what does this war mean to him?
It only meant a small defeat, a battle that separated him and Liu Chengzong from the big and small kings.
He admitted that Liu Chengzong was the king, and using the casualties and retention of 5,000 soldiers in exchange for fixed gun support may not be a big profit for him, but it was certainly not a loss.
Because of this, Batur Hutaiji could unceremoniously say to the Junggar nobles: "Junggar is the biggest winner of this war."
Of course, nominally they may have a suzerain state called the Marshal's Mansion, and many nobles need to be on the road all year round, but this poses almost no threat to his rule in Oirat. On the contrary, it is a powerful assistance.
After all, they are too far apart. If the garrison of the Marshal's Mansion wants to live well in the Tianshan Mountains, it needs the strength of the Junggar tribe; and after he rules the Oirat of the Tianshan Mountains, if he wants to sit firmly, he also needs this garrison.
Now the only thing left to decide is to see what title Liu Chengzong will confer on him.
Batur Hutaiji was not in a hurry. He believed that the most important thing for Liu Chengzong at the moment was to take care of the Mongol Khan's funeral as a landlord.
This Junggar Taiji was not polite to the Great Khan at all. The Great Khan was not dead yet, and he had already sent people to prepare the coffin for burial with the Great Khan.
Liu Chengzong said that since he was a profuse man, his burial should not be too shabby, and he had to get the best coffin.
Where is the best coffin in the Marshal's Mansion? In Ming Dynasty.
Han Xiaowang in Pingliang City must have prepared a coffin for himself, and it must be of good quality, but the journey here is too far, and I'm afraid he won't be able to bury the Khan in time, so the easiest way is to find Su Fan of Lanzhou and steal King Su's coffin. come over.
There is little chance that Prince Su would not give it, and he might even send some more funerary objects to show that the Marshal's Mansion has fulfilled its duty as a landlord.
But Batur Hutaiji felt that it didn’t have to be so strenuous, so he followed their tradition and split the wood from the middle, hollowed it out, turned back and collected the sweat inside, and then nailed it and buried it.
He said to Liu Chengzong: "Commander, don't worry. The coffin is already being made. It will not delay the Khan's return to the west on time. Commander, tell me a time. If he doesn't leave, I can send him away."
Batur Hutaiji has long been impatient to send the Mongolian Khan to heaven.
But Liu Chengzong was not in a hurry.
He and Lin Dan Hu Duntu had no deep hatred. The Mongolian Khan who commanded thousands of troops was no threat to him, let alone a terminally ill man who was about to die.
It’s really not Liu Shishi who underestimates Hu Duntu.
As for the hundreds of thousands of Mongolians from various tribes under the Marshal's Mansion, if it weren't for the control of the Han army and the control of the Xining Mansion, these people would be able to fight with themselves to pieces.
When a Tumut sees Khalkha, they will definitely fight, but if they see a Chahar at the same time, they must join hands and beat him up.
Therefore, even if Liu Shishi ignores the Mongols under his command and Chahar Khan raises his arms, the result cannot be said to be a gathering of followers, but at most they share the same hatred of the enemy.
Coupled with the superb depopulation skills of the Great Khan, Batulu Genghis Khan, the lord of 400,000 Mongols, became the lord of four thousand Chahars in just a few years.
Give him more than 100,000 people and give him three to five years. It should be done or not.
The political ability is there, and it is not a problem that can be solved by tens of thousands of troops. The Ming Dynasty problem cannot be solved by Chongzhen, it needs Huo Guang; the Mongolian problem cannot be solved by Lin Danbatulu, they need Yan Timur.
On this basis, Liu Chengzong did not mind showing some mercy to the dying people, and at least showed some courtesy to the Marshal's Mansion on the issue of treatment.
He ordered the doctors to do their best to treat the patient and to do their best to obey fate.
Even if one of the complications caused by smallpox in Dahan was identified, the best doctor in the Marshal's Mansion could only be 70% sure of the anti-inflammatory and detoxifying decoction.
With so many complications coming together, let alone this era, even if it were left three hundred years later, it would be impossible to save it, and it would still be possible to consider it four hundred years later.
At the same time, he also asked Liu Guoneng, the magistrate of Haixi County, to bring over all the relatives and family members of Huduntu Khan at the request of Zhututaiji. In case the Khan was in a hurry to go to heaven, he would at least let his relatives see him for the last time.
After being summoned by Liu Shishi, Liu Guoneng personally led 200 horsemen and 100 Mongolian guards to send Lin Danhan's sisters, sisters-in-law, eight concubines, and a pair of children outside Bajiao City.
There was no reaction from the people who came here with loud cries. Everyone knew what it meant to be infected with smallpox, but they were still uneasy in their demeanor.
The harem of the Mongolian Khan is also called Or'er or Orudo, which means palace tent. In fact, each Or'er is like a tribe, with subjects, troops, and grazing land.
Therefore, Liu Guoneng reminded him that these eight concubines were more like eight tribal leaders than eight women.
Chahar has been fighting for years, and so far all the tribes have suffered heavy casualties and are almost wiped out. The eight Ortons of the Great Khan have also suffered heavy losses in fleeing. After all, there used to be ten thousand households, but now the most are only a thousand households. But Relatively many tribes still survived and became the most powerful force in Chahar today.
In the afternoon when they arrived at Bajiao City, Liu Chengzong slaughtered a sheep outside the commander's tent, put on a leather apron and prepared to skin it. He saw Liu Guoneng coming to report in a hurry, saying: "Commander, the eight wives of the Tiger Chief and their eldest son... Zhe came to ask for a meeting..."
Seeing Liu Shishi's appearance, he felt that the commander was a bit rude, so he asked after careful consideration: "Should I ask someone to clean it up?"
Liu Chengzong looked around, wondering if there was anything to deal with. He shook his head and said, "No, let them come. Call Dai Daozi to be the interpreter."
After a while, several ladies were led by Liu Guoneng and entered near the handsome tent. Both he and Dai Daozi looked a little embarrassed.
Dai Daozi was originally in the Junggar camp. When he heard that Lin Dan Khan's eight concubines in charge of Or'er were coming, Batulu Hutaiji also ran out. On the way, a group of people pestered Ezhe, trying to coax Ezhe to Tianshan. .
E Zhe will be the meat and potatoes on the grassland now. Batur Hutaiji just received the news early. If the news of the Great Khan's death in Qinghai spreads, he will not be the only one who wants to coax E Zhe away. people.
The three Khans of Khalkha will send people over, hoping to take Ezhe away.
Liu Shizi laughed, waved his hands to let the two of them not care, turned to look at Lin Danhan's harem, took off his leather skirt to signal Liu Guoneng to finish his work, then turned around and sat in front of the tent, waving to several people The lady sat down.
The eight ladies were of different ages and origins, and their attires were also very different. Dai Daozi stood beside Liu Chengzong, pointed to the lady on the left side of the center, and said: "Commander, that is Ezhe, the Tiger Chief's son, The biological mother is Tiger Chief’s third wife, Yehenala Sutai.”
Liu Chengzong looked over and saw that Ezhe was next to the third wife Su Tai. She looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old. She was wearing a small Mongolian satin robe and took off a big hat with beads. After bowing, she stood obediently beside her mother.
He asked: "Jurchen Yehe tribe?"
Dai Daozi nodded and added: "Her sister is the wife of Belzier Harang of the Kingdom of Jin."
Liu Chengzong nodded, not knowing who Jierhalang was, but just said: "Ask them what they plan to do when they visit the Tiger Chief in Bajiao City, and I will make some preparations for them."
It stands to reason that the tiger chief's tent has been affected by smallpox and they should not be allowed to go, but this is human nature.
Liu Chengzong didn't have many good ways to prevent smallpox, and it was too late to vaccinate them temporarily. He could only prepare some linen masks for them and visit them in a short period of time to avoid infection as much as possible.
Unexpectedly, Liu Guoneng, who was wearing an apron beside him, turned around and said, "Commander, none of the eight ladies have ever had acne. They had discussed it on the way here and hoped to wait until the acne scabs on Khan's body have gone away before visiting."
Liu Chengzong was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "That's okay."
This is safe, but no one knows whether sweating can last until the acne scabs fall off.
On the contrary, Dai Daozi, who had just met them, said to Liu Chengzong: "Commander, I have talked with Junggar Hutaiji. He estimated that these eight ladies came here not so much to see the Khan for the last time. We are here to discuss the surrender of the Chahar tribes."
"Now that a catastrophe is approaching, there are not many things in Chahar headquarters for people to fight for inheritance. After all, the eight ladies still have their own good ears that need to be taken care of by the commander."
As soon as Dai Daozi finished speaking, maybe he heard the words Junggar and Chahar in the words, the third lady sitting not far away held E Zhe and said something with a smile.
Dai Daozi immediately got into the mood, and as a competent interpreter, he stood up straight and said: "I heard that Han nobles rarely cook by themselves. The generalissimo is a scholar. Isn't that true?"
Liu Chengzong was stunned for a moment before he realized that Su Tai was talking about the gentleman far away from the chef.
He did not think that Lin Dan Khan's concubines were ignorant women. Liu Guoneng had already reminded him that these eight ladies were eight leaders.
This may be a sign of weakness, opening up the topic with something you don't understand to reduce embarrassment; or it may be a pretense of understanding, to bring out the topic you want to talk about.
Liu Chengzong followed the words and said: "The third lady said what Mencius said. When a gentleman sees an animal alive, he cannot bear to see it die; when he hears its sound, he cannot bear to eat its meat. Therefore, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen."
After saying that, Liu Shizi smiled. The third lady Su Tai sitting opposite clearly knew the context of this sentence, which was a conversation between Mencius and King Xuan of Qi.
The state of Qi wanted to sacrifice a cow and pulled a cow. King Xuan of Qi saw it. When he wanted to kill the cow, he felt compassion and asked someone to replace the cow with a sheep he had never seen. The people in the country thought he was stingy and could not understand.
The focus of the story is not the chef, but the compassion.
As for the third lady's words, the focus is not on Liu Chengzong's killing of sheep, but on Liu Chengzong's compassion for the orphans and widows of Chahar.
But this was playing the piano against a cow, and Liu Moo only found it noisy.
"Madam knows this story." He said with a smile: "But madam may not know that a gentleman sits in the Forbidden City and enjoys the world. This is useful to him. In my opinion, there is another version of this story. Madam wants to hear it. ?"
Mrs. Sutai's expression changed. She was choked on what she wanted to say next and could only nod.
"In my eyes, the Ming Dynasty's war in the Northeast is the cow in the story. Chahar was once one of them. In order to prevent the cow from dying, a gentleman chose to let other sheep die. What crime is the sheep guilty of?"
Liu Chengzong's eyes were sinister: "I am a sheep!"
These words directly caused Dai Daozi, who was acting as the interpreter, to break his guard. He broke away from his state and said angrily: "The damn handsome man is right, I am also a sheep."
Mrs. Sutai was shocked. She lowered her head for a moment, but still couldn't hold back what she should say. She simply fell to the ground and kowtowed: "Weak Khan Bintian, I hope the generalissimo can take care of our orphans and widows, and help Ezhe inherit the inheritance." Chahar Khan is king, we will never betray the Generalissimo.”
Generally speaking, anyone who kowtows to Liu Chengzong will be pulled up.
Except this time.
Liu Chengzong stood up and took two steps to the side and said: "You don't have to kowtow to me. We all know the current situation in Chahar. The world is so big, including the Kingdom of Jin, Khalkha, and Oirat, they all have to sweat. , there is no place for you."
"It's better to spread it out. It's like playing leaf cards. The big and small cards in your hand are only temporary. As long as you don't get off the card table, there is always a chance to make a comeback. Jianzhou was once swept away by Li Ting. Now it’s time to annex Ye He and show off his power.”
"Chahar gets off the card table. I will ensure that Ezhe and you will live in peace and prosperity for the rest of their lives; or Ezhe will inherit the throne and become a khan of the country. When I take control of the Central Plains and stabilize the world, he will die a violent death. I will not kill him. My son will be killed too.”
"You are Ezhe's mother. I think it's better to let you make the decision on this matter, whether to live a stable life or take a gamble on Chahar's comeback."
In the silence where the eight ladies looked at each other, a messenger came to report: "Commander, Chief Tiger is awake and wants to see you."
Liu Chengzong nodded and asked the ordering soldiers to retreat. Then he squatted down and waved to Ezhe: "Ezhe, come here, uncle will roast a lamb for you tonight."
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Good evening!
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
