On the second day of August, on the west bank of Qinghai Lake, people piled up Aobao tents to cover the sweat tents toward the north, and spread crimson satin for half a mile. Mongolians gathered here from all directions.
The Mongolian nobles under the Marshal's Mansion held a huritai.
Junggar Batur Hutaiji, Heshuote Dorjitaiji, Dulbert Dalaitaiji, Turghut Mergen Jinong, Huitebu Sumurtaiji, Chahar Lantu Generals Taiji and Zaikarkha Ahai Daiqing and Yongxiebushe and the two tiger generals both held sabers.
Empress Namuzhong led the wives of nobles from various tribes to bring a white horse and kill it to sacrifice to the sky. She broke the arrows and everyone drank the blood. They hung a belt around their necks, took off their pockets and tied them to their wrists. They used their hands to cover their vertebrae, bowed nine times to the sun, drank wine and prayed. He swore an oath to the Heavenly Alliance to establish Dunta Ulusi, respected Liu Chengzong as the co-leader, and called him Dunta Ulusi Daiqing Khitan Khan.
In fact, it is China who is good at fighting the King of Han.
When choosing a name, Huitai Ji led the people to pick out several words, and finally selected two, one was Khitan and the other was Duotuo Ladu Hezha. The former was Han Chinese and the latter was Chinese.
There are also some meaningless terms such as Chechen means intelligence and Hutuktu means longevity. They couldn't pass the test of Ahai Daiqing and Xie Erhu, so they were beaten back.
Xie Erhu knew best. The Generalissimo was very practical and would not use such a superfluous name. After all, he was also present when Tututaiji announced his brother's name. The generals in the Marshal's Mansion still remembered it with laughter. New.
Of course, there is more than one word for Khitan in Mongolian language that corresponds to the Han people. This word first came from the Han people under the rule of the Jin Dynasty, so it was called Khitan.
Another one is to call the Han people under the rule of the Song Dynasty, the plural is called Nangjia, and the singular is called Nangjiasi, which means barbarian. In the books of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, whenever the Ming Dynasty is mentioned, it is either a Khitan fan or a Nangjia. Jiazai Daimi'er is never called Daimi'er directly.
Who dares to mention this word?
Ahai Daiqing originally proposed to call him Han Han, but everyone thought there was something wrong with it.
Batur Hutaiji feels that there is no word Han in Mongolian, and it doesn’t matter what they call them here. But even if they teach Chinese in the Tianshan Mountains, it will be difficult for one generation to solve it. People have difficulty understanding what this means. It's the same as not weighing.
Xie Erhu thought it was better not to smear the commander's face. After all, how did the Ming Dynasty call Lin Dan Khan? He also knew that today they dared to call Liu Chengzong Han Khan, and tomorrow all the officials in the court would dare to say that the Western bandits and the Northern barbarians merged, and their leader Called Hanhan.
As for Daiqing Khitan, they all understand it. Batur Huitaiji also thinks that this word is too small and harmful, so he finally found an official document from the Ming Dynasty in the early years, which called himself Duntaurus, which means the country in the middle. , and it was installed for Liu Chengzong.
Anyway, the Generalissimo said that he would go to the Central Plains sooner or later.
Liu Chengzong worshiped the heaven and the earth, and Taiji led his troops to kneel down and salute the mountain and shout long live the mountain. When the great ceremony was completed, many people around Taiji who were proficient in literature and calligraphy took the oath and Duntaurus from Tianshan Mountain to Mobei, from the Ice Sea to the Snow Mountain. Dozens of copies of the news about the territory and the 200,000 strong soldiers were copied and sealed.
There are scout horses from various tribes carrying water and food astride the horses, rushing to the Western Regions, Tianshan, Mobei, Monan, and Uzang, telling the world that a central country that spans thousands of miles and is supported by various tribes has been established. Let them Pay tribute as soon as possible.
To be honest, Liu Chengzong's 200,000 troops are much more valuable than Lin Dan Khan's 400,000. He doesn't think he is bragging at all. This is not even a claim. He can really mobilize an army of 200,000.
It's just that his territory is sparse, with high mountains and deserts in the middle, or no-man's land where midsummer is less than ten degrees Celsius, and his financial resources do not allow him to mobilize so many troops.
The Oirat tribes can recruit 100,000 people, and their range of activities is only around the Tianshan Mountains. Beyond the Tianshan Mountains, they cannot support themselves;
Cao Yao of Kangning Mansion had 10,000 men, and Tusi Muya of Changhe West had 3,000 men, but these armies could only run back and forth in Kangning;
Wu Zang led more than 10,000 people in with pretense. Later, Lazun slowly led him and several thousand people from Guru Taiji in. This group of people could not escape, but they did not hear that the army was defeated.
Only Xining Prefecture is really active. Now, including the two battalions that cut Junggar and Heshuote, Liu Chengzong's direct lineage field and animal husbandry camps already have fifteen battalions.
In addition, Liu Chengzu, Liu Guoneng, and Chen Qindai all had some garrisons, as well as the three melons and two dates in the hands of several chieftains in Hehuang who were neither enemies nor friends, but seemed to be surrendering and rebelling, and the total was over 60,000 and less than 70,000.
In fact, before this, Liu Chengzong had never thought about not counting the 100,000 troops in Tianshan, because in the context of natural disasters and reduced food production, he actually did not treat many people as soldiers, let alone the distant ones, Hehuang Fifteenth Battalion, he only recognized the seven battalions inside as soldiers.
But this decree, which is mainly issued to the leaders of the grassland tribes, cannot be said to have thousands of miles of land and only 30,000 troops. That would be too easy for people to underestimate.
This kind of thing does not depend on his standards, but on the other party's standards for treating soldiers. Liu Shishi thinks that according to the standards on the grassland, it is modest to say that the Marshal's Mansion has 200,000 troops.
The letter was sent just to let the tribes on the grassland who were defeated and dispersed by the invasion of the Jin Kingdom know that in addition to submitting to the Jin Kingdom, there was a place in the west that could accept them and protect them.
Liu Chengzong did not really expect that he could make the three Khans of Mobei surrender by sending a letter.
To put it bluntly, except for Junggar and Heshuote who came over and were slapped down and promised benefits, the Mobei tribes would not support a king who had never conquered them, and the Jin Kingdom would not A piece of paper was submitted, and only the scattered Monan tribes had the possibility of being won over.
In fact, he agreed with the various tribes to call him Khan. On the one hand, Huitaiji's concerns about the Mongolian people in Tianshan did exist objectively. On the other hand, he also used this to test the reaction of the second government of Xikang and the surrounding areas in preparation for establishing the title of king.
In his heart, he always believed that the Chinese emperor was the only exclusivity, and the Khan on the grassland was at best a means to control the Tianshan Mountains. What he wanted most was the king.
However, what Liu Chengzong didn't expect was that the Khuritai that integrated western Mongolia had just finished its meeting. Before Liu Chengzong walked from Qinghai Lake to the Navy Yamen, he had already seen the envoy sent by the Mobei Chechen Khan.
On their way back to the Navy Yamen with Batur Hutaiji, Liu Chengzong heard a report from Tangqi behind the team. Na Mu Zhong, the eldest concubine of Chahar, came with E Zhe to apologize.
Monk Liu Shizi Zhanger was confused. The ceremony of proclaiming the sweat had just been completed. They had met an hour ago. How could he make a mistake so quickly?
He was quite happy at first, but this ceremony was tiring. Tens of thousands of Mongolians gathered on the sea to participate in the ceremony. People and horses were running around and the sky was filled with dust. He was covered in sweat while wearing armor. He was almost like a monkey in the sky. He just expected to be comfortable in the Navy Yamen. Take a bath.
He was stopped at this time, which made him a little unhappy. Dai Daozi happened to be with Huitai Ji, so he said to Dai Daozi: "Then you go for a run and ask what's going on at the back. Let's go on first." Move forward.”
Dai Daozi accepted the order and left. Huitaiji saw that Liu Chengzong was unhappy and did not dare to speak, so he followed behind him to the Navy Yamen.
Not long after, Dai Daozi came back, clasped his fists and said: "Commander, he is the envoy of the Chechen Khan from Mobei. He is looking for Empress Chahar. He mingled in the ceremony procession. After the ceremony was completed, he found the Great Orient and was stopped by the guards. ”
Before Liu Chengzong could sort out this piece of information, the very discerning Batur Hutaiji had already stepped forward and explained to Dai Daozi: "The Chechen Khan's name is Shuolei. He used to be a Hutaiji. That guy was the earliest He is the leader of the East Road of Khalkha and is attached to the Great Khan."
"When the Great Khan cut off his left and right hands, because Shuolei was related by marriage to Lin Dan Khan, many of his tribesmen fled to Shuolei's tribe after the defeat. He became stronger and became a khan east of Bogda Mountain in the past few years. "
Liu Chengzong thought that he was not very close, and asked: "What is his relationship with Lin Dan Khan?"
"Brother-in-law, his mother-in-law is Namu Zhong's sister, both from the Abagai tribe, by the way." Dai Daozi listened to Huitaiji's introduction and translated for Liu Chengzong: "Namu Zhong's father is also called Dole. Ji."
Liu Chengzong probably nodded, and sent someone to the back to tell Na Mu Zhong: "If you have anything to do, come to the Navy Yamen to talk."
He was tired and tired this day, and now that he heard Dai Daozi talk about these things, he felt that it was not a big deal. He was thousands of miles away, and nothing was as important as taking a shower first.
On the way, Dai Daozi reported the whole story to Liu Chengzong. He said to himself that this Chechen Shuolei was a real thief, and Namuzhong's father was also a ruthless man, but it was not easy for Namuzhong, the eldest lady.
Namuzhong's father, Dorji, was the leader of the Abagai tribe. In his early years, the tribe was with Chahar outside Zhangjiakou, and surrendered to Chahar. He married his two daughters to Shuolei and Lin Danhan respectively.
Later, for some unknown reason, the father-in-law and his son-in-law had a grudge. Liu Shishi estimated that based on the personality of the Khan, it was probably the Khan's fault.
Abagai then led his troops to move to the north of the vast sea and attached themselves to his eldest son-in-law Shuolei.
In September of the first year of Chongzhen, the eldest son-in-law and his father-in-law joined the coalition forces of Aohan, Naiman, Kalaqin, Horqin, and Jin, and went to Guihua City to beat the second son-in-law.
Lin Dan Khan was defeated, Shuolei devoured many Chahar tribesmen, ate everything in one bite, and returned home to ascend the throne of Khan.
Listening to Huetaiji and Dai Daozi talking about the war that took place in Guihua City six years ago, Liu Chengzong suddenly felt that he understood Lin Danhan's hitting the wall.
He believes that Lin Dan Khan may not be afraid of Hou Jin. Although Chahar's loss of momentum was Huang Taiji's handiwork, it seems that Hou Jin was just chasing the tiger and swallowing the wolf in that battle.
He may have underestimated the situation faced by Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan fled westward because he was afraid of Mongolia, a Mongolia where everyone was rebellious and separated from their relatives.
In the vast Monan, there was no place for the Mongol Khan. Being betrayed and separated from one's relatives was even more uncomfortable than being defeated by a foreign enemy.
Only at this time did Liu Chengzong have to admit that bloodline was still somewhat useful, at least allowing Lin Dan, Hu Duntu and 40,000 people to escape.
If the eldest brother, Cao Yao, Yang Yao, Wang Wenxiu and others were to launch an army to attack him, Liu Chengzong might not even be able to escape... How desperate.
As the Chechen Khan's envoy appeared in Qinghai at this time, Batur Hutaiji speculated: "Shuolei must have sent people to follow Lin Dan Khan as early as when he ran west. I estimate that if there is a letter, it must have been written before. Several letters have been sent.”
Liu Chengzong nodded slowly. This was because he had already seen that Lin Danhan had only one way out: defeat.
Of course, it is also possible that he was full after eating last time and was in a hurry to find food as soon as he finished digesting it.
Liu Shishi returned to the Navy Yamen, where hot water had been prepared for him to take a comfortable bath. Then he received a report from the guards saying that Ezhe and Namuzhong had arrived, so he went to the Yamen with his hair loose. The hall summoned them.
Ezhe came in a hurry, with his little Mongolian hat on his head crooked; Namuzhong was frightened, seeing Liu Chengzong sitting in the front hall, he bowed down and acknowledged his mistake when he walked in the door.
"Okay, don't kneel down. When someone delivers a letter to you, you just need to admit your mistake." Liu Chengzong laughed, waved his hand and called E Zhe: "Come here, son, and wear your hat straight."
E Zhe was confused. Na Mu Zhong bowed down and he bowed down too. Liu Chengzong asked him to come over but he was confused. He looked at Na Mu Zhong and then at Liu Chengzong, then he hurried over. After listening to Dai Daozi's translation, he let Liu Shishi take over. He put his hat on straight.
At this time, Liu Chengzong looked at Namu Zhong seriously. It seemed that it was because she was younger when she married Lin Danhan. She was less than thirty years old and even looked two years younger than Su Tai.
However, Na Muzhong's appearance was not as dazzling as Su Tai's, but she looked dignified and virtuous. After standing up and saluting, she was about to explain something, but was interrupted by Liu Shishi, who gestured to the side: "Sit down and talk."
While Na Muzhong was walking towards the seat, Liu Chengzong pulled E Zhe beside him, asked Dai Daozi to translate, and said, "I heard almost everything on the way. What is the content of the letter Shuolei sent you, and where is the letter?"
Namuzhong quickly took out the letter, but the letter was crinkled in her hands. Dai Daozi stepped forward to take the letter, with a look of helplessness on his face, and had no choice but to ask Namuzhong: "Mother, what is the content?"
After saying that, he turned to Liu Shizi and said, "Commander, I don't recognize him completely."
Liu Chengzong nodded, as expected: "It's okay if you don't admit it completely, let the eldest lady tell you, just go back and find someone you know who will give you a letter."
Namuzhong glanced at Liu Chengzong carefully and said: "The Chechen Khan hopes that I will bring my ladies and Ezhe to join him. He can revitalize the Khan's court and take on the responsibility of taking care of our mother and son."
With a sincere smile on his face, Liu Chengzong looked at Na Mu Zhong and asked, "Do you want to go?"
His smile was almost insincere, because Batur Hutaiji's guess was right, which made it difficult to hold back.
The war between Oirat, the Marshal's Mansion, and Chahar ended at the end of June. Lin Dan Khan became seriously ill and was buried in mid-July. Only half a month has passed.
Even if Chahar's defeated army started running away in the middle of the battle, I'm afraid they haven't even escaped from the Mu Us Sea yet, so how could they possibly send an envoy back from Chechnya?
Unless he was prepared in advance and his brother-in-law was already thinking about his sister-in-law before he died, how could one be so nervous?
Na Muzhong could not look into Liu Chengzong's eyes and lowered her head and said: "The Great Khan entrusted Ezhe to the Generalissimo. He is now the Generalissimo's son. We are all the spoils of the Generalissimo and we will not want to defect to outsiders."
After saying that, she raised her head and said, "It's just the general, where are you going to put us eight sisters?"
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