On a low hill covered with withered grass, the envoy team from Khalkha rode their horses to hunt and kill some forest rats. The horse team did not slow down until they were tired from playing.
Babu put his bow back into his hip pouch, walked side by side with Subadi, and asked: "Uncle, what should I do with Khalkha? I think Khitan Khan is right."
Subadi was stunned, glanced at the young Babu, dismounted, threw the reins to his entourage, put the whip on his back, walked a few steps, shook his head and said: "Taiji, you can't just be obedient. , go home and persuade your father Khan, we can't fight them."
Babu did not respond, and led the horse to follow Subhadi, with a complicated expression on his face that had not yet grown a beard.
In fact, whether what Liu Chengzong said made sense or not, Babu could not fully understand at his age, but the heroic spirit of this Khitan Khan fascinated him.
That is the kind of spirit that no one in the world can look down upon, and only the two rulers of the East and West can be considered a figure.
Anyone can say this, but different people say it with different weights. For a Khitan Khan who successively annihilated the Ming Dynasty, the Oirat heavy army group, and marched two thousand miles to blockade Uzang, no one doubts the gold content of this sentence. .
But Subaadi wanted him to persuade his father, but Babu did not dare.
His father, Shuolei, did not dare to say that there was no one before or after him, but it was true that in his era, he had the strongest reincarnation skills in Mongolia. Only the sons of Dayan Khan could compare with him.
Shuolei was born as one of the most important nobles in Mobei, and after the death of Babu's grandfather Morobema, he became the most powerful person in Mongolia.
It should have been ranked second, but when Morobema passed away, Lin Dan Khan had already started driving a small carriage on the road where people were separated from their relatives.
Shuolei is truly the pride of heaven. In terms of behavior, even when Shuolei was still a Chechen Hutaiji, he already looked down upon all Mongolian nobles, including Lin Dan Khan.
And in fact, it is true that all Mongolian nobles cannot compete with them in terms of power.
Mongolians are different from Han people, especially in Mobei. The speed of information transmission is slow and the range is small. They look down on all the Mongolian nobles. They are almost the same as those in heaven and earth.
On the one hand, Babu knew that he could not persuade his father; on the other hand, Babu also knew his father's thoughts very well.
Before setting off, Shuolei clearly informed Babu of his intentions. The Chechen tribe did not follow Subady as a vassal of Khalkha, but represented the Chechen tribe and simply showed their goodwill to Liu Chengzong.
No matter what Subadi and Liu Chengzong discussed or reached an agreement, the Chechen Ministry would not participate.
In the face of the situation between the East and the West, even if the left and right wings of Khalkha are emotionally the same, their reason still constrains them to make completely opposite decisions.
Even if Subadi did not want to admit that Khitan Khan inherited the Mongolian rule, he had no choice but to join Duntavulus. Even if Shuolei of the Chechen tribe was suspicious of the Jin Kingdom, he could only choose to coexist peacefully with it.
Because the westernmost end of Khalkha's right wing borders China's vassal Oirat; while the Chechen pastures are in the Kherulun River Basin in the east, and the easternmost end is Hulun Lake. Across the Greater Khingan Mountains, there is Horqin, the ally of the Jin Kingdom.
In other words, for the entire Khalkha tribe, surrendering to Khitan Khan meant that the left wing, especially the Chechen tribe, became the front line; surrendering to Tiancong Khan meant that the Subadi tribes on the right wing became cannon fodder.
"I also hope that the Chechen Khan can fight with them, but I don't have as much power as the Chechen Khan."
The 'them' in Subadi's mouth refers not only to Liu Chengzong, but also to Huang Taiji. He shook his head and regretted: "My subordinates were shocked by the Jin Kingdom expelling the Khan Court and annexing Tumote. The nobles must submit to the Khitan Khan. I, The alliance leader also has no ability to control it."
This is the embarrassing part of the Mongol Khans. The source of power for those powerful nobles who rule the tribes is not the Khans, but blood. Especially when the land is full of Khans, the tribes have the support of their own Khans, which is limited to respecting the Khans. It would be good for them to serve a familiar Khan.
Just like Lin Dan Khan tried to suppress his nobles with force, this was not because Lin Dan Khan was weak, but precisely because Lin Dan Khan inherited the Khan's court and stood in a strong position, just like Shuolei now.
If Lin Dan Khan was like Xubadi, his headquarters could only dispatch more than 6,000 cavalry, and his right-wing vassals could provide more than 60,000 troops, he would not be so violent.
Because of the change of location, Subadi made the same choice as Lin Dan Khan. The war was not called suppression at all, but called a desperate counterattack, and the counterattack might fail.
King Khan could only learn to compromise, in which the interests of the entire tribe converged and formed a synergy.
"But the Khitan Khan is right. The girls of the Jin Kingdom can share our adversities with us, but they will not share our joys and benefits." Babu Taiji's frown slowly relaxed: "Why don't we join them?"
"Just listen to the Han people's heroic words and don't take them seriously."
Subadi's tone was complicated. He looked over the low hill and looked at the outline of another army coming from the sea at the source of Huangshui River. He shook his head and said: "It will probably be next year after the Khitan Khan gets married. When we go back in the spring, you can Tell your father Khan these words as they are, and don't tell him what you think."
too childish.
According to Subadi's idea, they could only share hardships and death with the Han people, and there was no chance of sharing the joys and benefits.
This is not to say that he thinks Liu Chengzong is a liar, he does not.
But when the Han people were strong, they burned wasteland every year out of the north of the Great Wall, burning the desert south until the clouds were all black. The Mongols ran to Mobei in waves; three to five hundred people rushed into the Nurgan and destroyed the Jurchen nest. ...Is there any opportunity to share the benefits at that time?
Now it’s time to share adversity and death together, and the Han people see the Mongols.
"You want to share the benefits with the Han people. The Khitan Khan made it very clear. You want to help him achieve great things." Subadi nodded seriously, but his inner sarcasm was clearly visible: "We saw a Han Khitan in Qinghai Khan, he said he could achieve great things."
To be honest, Subadi felt that the Khitan Khan might not be able to accomplish great things, and even if he accomplished great things, they might not be able to live until that time. This was all uncertain.
Therefore, regardless of the painted pie, Liu Chengzong's image in Subadi's eyes was more three-dimensional. He was not only a young marshal with military power, but also an understatement of coercion and inducement for him, the right-wing Khan of Khalkha. .
Even...there is also the insidiousness and cunningness of planting mines for the left wing.
Because Subadi cannot be sure who will achieve great things in the future. All that can be said for sure is the current situation. The current situation is just as Liu Chengzong said, and it is indeed time for Khalkha, a loose alliance, to choose sides.
The Jin Kingdom solved the Ming Dynasty's heavy military group in Liaodong, and China also solved the Ming Dynasty's heavy military group in Hehuang.
The army of the Jin Kingdom was able to march two thousand miles to win at Guihua City and seize the center of Mongolia's rule; the Chinese army was also able to march two thousand miles south to capture Kangning and blockade Uzang in the snowy mountains.
These two emerging armed groups, one in the east and the other in the west, have experience in attacking across two thousand miles of the border. This is an extremely terrifying war capability, and Khalkha stood within the range of their attack, trembling.
The best situation in the next few years is a confrontation between the east and the west, with Gunbu standing in the middle, and Subati and Shuolei becoming buffer zones to maintain relations with both parties and avoid direct conflicts.
In the event of direct conflict, Khalkha was immediately divided.
Subadi would not tell Babu these judgments. Even if Babu thought that Khitan Khan's words were reasonable, before Khitan Khan's army advanced to the right line of Khalkha, Shuolei's situation determined that he would not go to war with the Jin Kingdom.
A Khitan Khan who can only provide support from five thousand miles away, no matter how wise and powerful he is, is of less significance to Shuolei than a fool who can lead two thousand soldiers to help at any time.
If Liu Chengzong's Han-Mongolian declaration made Babu Taiji, who could not surrender to the Khitan Khan, feel excited, then for Subadi, this declaration was full of viciousness that took advantage of the Khalkha left wing.
Standing at the source of the bone-chilling Huangshui River, the place was completely unfamiliar, but Subadi suddenly felt like a shaman wearing a bronze mirror and a streamer, holding a hot sheep blade in his hand, touching the mountains, observing the cracks in the bones, and listening. Tengger’s teachings.
Subadi can see a clear future without the divine clothes and sheep blades.
Liu Chengzong's bewitching words were like a thorn in Babu's heart. This thorn would follow Babu back to Mobei and be deeply rooted in the hearts of every left-wing nobleman, becoming the biggest obstacle to their submission to the Jin Kingdom.
In the not-too-distant future, even if the left wing does not surrender to the Jin Kingdom, it will be forced to accept a humiliating status with a disastrous defeat as predicted by Liu Chengzong.
And after surrendering to the Jin Kingdom, there will be a dull pain with every use, every order, and every win over the left wing of the Khalkha by the Jin Kingdom, until the Khalkha nobles are bruised and bruised, accumulating more and more resentment and resentment. Fear finally breaks out at the right time.
As for Liu Chengzong's so-called tens of millions of Han people, it doesn't matter whether they are behind Liu Chengzong or not.
Whether Liu Chengzong and Huang Taiji can share the benefits after achieving great achievements is not important to the left-wing Khalkha nobles, because their generation is destined to be difficult to see.
What they can really see is that whoever rules Mongolia will live and die with the Mongols.
And with this vicious prophecy to sow discord, the Khalkha nobles who were destined to stand on the side of the Jin Kingdom were destined to live and die together.
That's why Subadi told Babu and asked him to persuade Shuolei. Not only could they not defeat Liu Chengzong in war, but they might not be able to win in terms of playing tricks either.
But that was all he would tell Barb.
Although Liu Chengzong's purpose in saying these words was largely to plant mines for Chechnya and even the entire left wing, this actually made the right wing safer.
The uncle and nephew were silent with their own thoughts. In this land thousands of miles away from their hometown, they were both confused about the future of the Three Khalkhas.
At this moment, several Dzungar cavalry rushed up not far away. Speaking in Mongolian language that was not easy to understand, they greeted them: "The Great Khan asked you to go back. The envoys of the Emperor of the Central Plains are here!"
Subati and Babu looked at each other, wondering if Duntaurus was going to use troops with the Ming Dynasty to pull them out to scare the emperor's envoys.
When they returned to the Marshal's Office, the tense situation they imagined did not appear.
In front of the yamen, which was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, several large carriage horses with bright coats were tied, all with red tassels of bells and bells.
In the front yard, the generals in Jinyi wearing flying fish and bullfight uniforms walked side by side with the military attachés of the Shuaifu, talking and laughing; downstairs in the east building, the shirtless guards of the Shuaifu were wrestling with the fans in Jinyi in the courtyard, and the heat was rising all over their bodies.
There was a noise in the side room, and the roof of the house was almost lifted by the sound of the banquets and the guards drinking and chatting. There was also a eunuch wearing a crimson mink cloak standing in the corridor, wearing a jade ring and applauding the warrior who knocked down.
And in the main hall with the open door, Khitan Khan Liu Chengzong sat in the main seat with a golden sword. He lowered his head and played with two ruby pipes, slowly pressing the tobacco inward. Next to him stood a middle-aged eunuch in luxurious clothes. , I don’t know what to say when I lower my head.
There were several generals from the Shuaifu sitting on both sides, some of whom Subadi had seen before, and some whom he had never seen before.
Following the announcement, Subadi saw Liu Chengzong raise his head.
He stood up first, took two steps and handed the pipe to the Han general sitting next to him, and said: "Brother, you have worked hard all the way, Lanzhou tobacco."
Then he introduced to Subadi: "This is my brother Cao Yao, the chief military officer of Kangning Mansion; those two are also my generals, Luo Rucai and Li Laojie; that one is Baoyan who is currently in Uzang. Taiji.”
After saying that, Suba first bowed with a little embarrassed clasping his fists, and then he saw Liu Chengzong handing another pipe to the eunuch beside him and said: "This is Eunuch Cao from Beijing."
Liu Chengzong advised Cao Huachun: "Master Cao is a guest, so just sit down. This is not the first time you see me. Don't be formal."
Cao Huachunxin said, "Is this a matter of formality or not? You didn't leave a seat for me either!"
Generally, there should be a guest seat next to the main seat, but the main hall of the Marshal's Mansion is a government office, and it is a county government office. There is no such thing. What's wrong, I'm sitting on the table?
The seats below, not to mention the left, are all occupied by Cao Yao and a group of generals who have returned from Kangning Mansion, not to mention that Cao Huachun is not willing to go there even if it is empty.
Cao Huachun's favorite was the first seat on the right, so he let Baiyantai Ji sit in it. Here, another fool from Mobei came in, and the seat left for him was very embarrassing.
Either be sandwiched between two Tatars, or sit behind three Tatars.
But this was nothing. This was not the first time that Cao Huachun met Liu Chengzong. He had already expected the virtues of this domineering general. His heart was bloody, but he smiled on his face and cupped his hands and said: "You are so handsome, I am here to serve others." People who are used to standing, just stand still.”
Liu Chengzong was stunned and took a closer look at Cao Huachun. Not to mention, this man was amazing. Standing to the right of the center, he was indeed not obtrusive at all and integrated with the Yamen.
He thought to himself that if you are willing to stand, then you can stand, and it doesn't matter. He took a lacquer box from the table, raised his hand and tapped it twice, looked at Subati, and asked: "Brother, who are you?" The leader of the Khalkha Alliance has come from afar, and I know that you intend to make good friends, but demarcating the border with Oirat is really a big deal, so I still have to ask you, are you willing to surrender to me and swear to never betray?"
Subadi didn't know why Liu Chengzong mentioned this at this time, but since it was mentioned, he asked: "If I surrender to the Great Khan, can I draw a boundary with Oirat?"
As Liu Chengzong nodded, Subadi immediately expressed his willingness to surrender in the hall. However, when he raised his head again, he found that Liu Chengzong, who came to help him, had a strange expression, a strange look of happiness mixed with disappointment.
Then he asked Babu hopefully, and Babu naturally couldn't agree on his father's behalf. Unexpectedly, this made Liu Chengzong extremely excited.
He waved his hand with a smile and said: "It doesn't matter. Since you are here and you are a nephew, I will give you the official position of Ningyuan Colonel. Your Majesty will trade with me at Shahukou in Datong. Every year, 490,000 taels, of which the market price The horse is three hundred and forty thousand taels, you are my captain, I will leave this matter to you."
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