It is the first day of April in the sixth year of the Grand Duke.
Bashang grassland is full of vitality and summer is in full swing. This is the best season of the year in the Bashang Grassland. There are many white clouds in the sky, the warm wind blows gently on the earth, and there is a bit of extra fresh water vapor in the air. The Bashang grassland, which has always been famous for its abundant water and grass, looks even more plump in this season, so fat that it almost oozes oil!
The green prairie is dotted with small yurts here and there. White cloud-like flocks of sheep and colorful horses flow on the grassland, making this fat grassland look even richer.
On the official road from Koubei Santing to Ulan Butong Mountain, the sound of horse hooves rumbled like thunder. Hundreds of Dzungarian chain-mail cavalry, surrounded by their Danjin Boshu Ketu Khan and the deputy khan of the Great Mongolia, walked in front.
Behind these elite chain-mail cavalry, there are countless blue Junggar flags rolling in the wind, and there are endless chain-mail cavalry following. The most elite cavalry of the Junggar Khanate has finally arrived on the Bashang Grassland.
When Mongolian nomadic armies go on an expedition, they usually bring some of their family members and a large number of cattle and sheep - fighting, giving birth, and holding hands. However, this time Ge Erdan left all his family members and livestock behind in the Houtao Grassland. He brought only 20,000 of the most elite Junggar warriors with him, and crossed the Monan Grassland all the way east in the name of joining the Ulan Butong Alliance.
In order to achieve a surprise attack, Ge Erdan deliberately concealed the purpose of his trip. Only Zhou Peigong and his three confidants Dugar Alabutan, Danjin Omubu, and Danzila knew the true nature of the Mongolian Deputy Khan. thoughts. Others thought that going to Ulanbutong for this purpose was to be inspected by the Great Emperor, and that there might be a good deal to be paid to fight for the Great Emperor - some of them had participated in the War of Japan, and they all knew that they would fight with the Great Emperor. The salary is high, the benefits are good, and it's all smooth sailing. The rocket launchers and cannons blasted them head and head, causing the enemy to be thrown into chaos. Then, with the impact of the iron cavalry, they almost won a complete victory, claiming credit and receiving rewards.
Thinking of good things in their minds, every Junggar cavalry officer has a happy face. Looking at the fertile and fertile grasslands around them, they feel even more happy. . Only Ge Erdan's three confidant generals and Zhou Peigong had serious expressions on their faces. The four of them had originally agreed to use the opportunity of Ulan Butong's alliance to assassinate Cewang Alabutan.
Zhou Peigong, who was familiar with "Reverse Classics", had long been prepared to assassinate someone! When he came to Ge Erdan to take office, he brought a large bowl of the high-grade crane crown red that Emperor Kangxi personally refined. If you put it in a large bowl, it can poison people to death if you keep it!
He also brought with him a Cossack marksman who knew how to use a rifled rifle for sniping, and a rifled rifle produced in London, England... He was so accurate!
In addition, when Zhou Peigong was a Confucian leader, he raised more than a dozen dead men. All of them had good martial arts skills and could form teams to carry out assassinations. They had already helped Zhou Peigong get rid of many thorns. !
Among the above three assassination packages, there is always one suitable for Cewang Alabutan!
As long as Cewang Alabutan is killed, his two little brothers will not be a concern at all, and the matter of dividing the family property will naturally be over.
When the time comes, Ge Erdan will run away and shamelessly ask Anu Kotun to go out and ask for mercy from Zhu Heji. He should be able to fool him temporarily - Zhou Peigong has already come to the conclusion from Zhu Heji's special care for Anu. , Emperor Zhu Da did not want to solve the Junggar Khanate by force, but wanted to use peaceful means to split the Junggar Khanate into several parts.
Zhu Heji's approach was completely understandable to Zhou Peigong. Because he knows too well that the Junggar Khanate is vast and sparsely populated - this Khanate now controls the Hetao Grassland in Monan, the Kobdo Grassland in Mobei, the Junggar Grassland and Ili Grassland in Moxi, and also controls the entire Ye'er Qiang Khanate. In such a large area of land, there are only hundreds of thousands of Junggar people and less than one million returnees of the Yerqiang Khanate.
If Zhu Heji wanted to solve the Junggar Khanate by force, it would easily turn into a bad battle of "hide and seek on the prairie". And the Ming army was not a nomadic soldier, and did not have the ability to produce, move, and fight the enemy on the prairie at the same time... Therefore, this kind of "hide-and-seek war" is very difficult to fight.
Therefore, as long as Ge Erdan escapes after getting rid of his nephew Cewang Alabutan, Zhu Heji will probably pinch his nose and admit defeat. Then he will continue to hold Anukodun and Ge Erdan's two sons... As long as Ge Erdan dies of illness, Anukedun can take Ge Erdan's two sons and part of his army. The soldiers, with the support of the Ming army, returned to the Junggar Khanate, and they could easily split the Junggar Khanate into several parts.
But such a good plan failed with Ge Erdan!
Although this Danzin Boshu Ketu Khan was born as a lama, he is very murderous and gambling. Now he wants to make a big gamble. What should he do?
At this moment, a group of knights suddenly came galloping from the front of the team. The first knight was a lama, Lama Ilaguk, whom Ge Erdan once relied on very much. This Lama Ilaguk has been following Anuktun for the past two years... that is, he is a high lama in Beijing, but he has prospered and his whole complexion has become good-looking. Baibai is fat. He is also in a very good mood now, because he and Burni helped Zhu Heji organize the Ulan Butong Conference, and they made a lot of contributions!
Zhu Heji had promised him yesterday that when the Junggar incident was settled, he would send him and Cewang Alabutan to lead troops into Tibet and drive away Sangyi Gyatso, the good senior brother of D Lai Khan and Kangxi Khan! In the future, the Mongol king of the Snowy Region would appoint Anu's uncle or brother (Anu was the princess of the Heshuote tribe), while Ilaguk would be the chief lama. When the fifth great lama passed away, the matter of finding his successor was also left to Lama Ilaguk... Now he was really in a position of power!
So when Ilaguk saw Ge Erdan, he became happy. He put his hands together on the horse, performed a Buddhist salute, and then said with a smile: "Danjin Boshu Ketu Khan, you came so quickly!" "
Ge Erdan smiled and said: "The Great Emperor has summoned me, how dare I not come day and night? By the way, has the Great Emperor arrived? Has Anu arrived?"
"Here we are, here we are... we just arrived yesterday!" Ilaguk said with a smile, "We arrived together, and now the emperor is camping on Ulan Butong Peak!"
Hearing that Zhu Heji had arrived, Ge Erdan smiled and asked, "Where's Anu? Is she also on Ulan Butong Peak?"
"Yes, yes...she is also on Ulan Butong Peak." When Ilaguk said this, he felt a little scared in his heart, but when he saw Ge Erdan's face, he felt relieved again.
Ge Erdan's face was still full of joy and he said with a smile: "It would be great if Anu is there too... So has Cewang Alabutan arrived?"
"Not yet," Lama Ilaguk said, "Tsewang Alabutan and Burni have not arrived yet. The Emperor and Ketun came first. They originally planned to go hunting in the Ulanbutong Peak area. How many days?"
Ge Erdan nodded, performed another Buddhist salute, and said with a smile: "Master, please do me a favor. Go back and tell the Emperor and Anu that Ge Erdan will be able to arrive in Ulan Butong tomorrow morning, and tomorrow night Go up the mountain to see you."
"Okay," Ilaguk nodded with a smile, "I'll go back and talk to the Great Emperor and Ketun."
After saying that, he clasped his hands together and saluted, then turned his horse around and headed towards Ulan Butong Peak.
Looking at Lama Ilaguk's back, Ge Erdan's expression gradually darkened, and then he let out a cold snort. Dugar Alabutan, Danjin Omubu, Danzila and Zhou Peigong rushed forward on their horses and got close to Ge Erdan.
I only heard Ge Erdan say: "Now only Zhu Heji and Anu have arrived in Ulanbutong... This is because Buddha helped me succeed! Pass my order and the whole army speeds up. We must be there early tomorrow morning." Arrive at Ulan Butong Peak! The enemy is at Ulan Butong Peak!"
