Amu River, inside the Jurchen Oduo.
This year, it has been surprisingly cold.
Meng brother Timur sat in the tent with his hands on the fire. Beside him were clan relatives Baerxun and Li Meng brother Buhua, important figures in the Anduo tribe.
The tent was opened, a burst of cold air rushed in, and the temperature dropped suddenly.
Just when Meng Brother Timur frowned, he looked up and saw his eldest son Agu, who was sixteen years old, walking over. He spread his brows and said, "Have you found any news?"
Agu nodded, and without taking care of him, he and Brother Meng, Brother Meng, sat next to Brother Meng Timur and warmed his hands. He said: "Father, two uncles, news came not long ago that King Li Fangyuan of North Korea An order has been given for the Great Protector Li Yu to lead troops to our tribe."
"Leading troops?"
Erxun's eyes became sharp.
Meng brother Timur added a piece of firewood and asked calmly: "Do you know how many troops you will bring?"
Agu paused and said, "One thousand."
Brother Li Meng had a sullen face. One thousand sergeants was not much, but it already posed a crisis of destruction for the now weak Oduoli. You must know that there are only more than 700 households in the entire Oduoli. Less than two thousand people.
Erxun stood up and said to Meng Brother Timur: "Since they have brought troops, we have to be on guard. I will gather the tribesmen and prepare to kill them!"
"sit down!"
Timur, the fierce brother, glared at the impulsive Boy Xun and warmed himself by the fire quietly.
The Oduoli tribe is very weak now and is no match for the North Korean sergeants. What's more, there is a powerful old enemy to the north of the Oudoli tribe - the savage Jurchen!
When Mengge Timur was born, the Oduoli tribe lived on the north bank of the Tumen River. But when he was three years old, the savage Jurchen Wu Dihada Yimachi attacked the Oduoli tribe, which caused heavy losses to the Oduoli tribe and had to move to the south bank of the Amu River further south. For the safety and continuity of the ethnic group, Brother Meng Timur accepted the canonization of North Korea and surrendered to North Korea.
Over the years, although the Oduoli tribe had lived a difficult life, they were no longer worried about war. It was not until the fourth year of Jianwen that the Ming Dynasty envoys arrived. Meng brother Timur realized that there was not much time left for his tribe to make a choice. .
A month ago, Ahachu, who was in Huli's reform department, personally took people to the Amu River and persuaded him to abandon North Korea and surrender to the Ming Dynasty. He did not agree and broke up unhappy.
Before Aha left, he left a sincere warning:
"Although Emperor Jianwen is young, he is also a decisive and courageous man. If you don't surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the disaster of swords and weapons will fall to the Oduoli tribe in the future. Even if I bet that Huli will reform the tribe, there is no way. save you."
Meng brother Timur remembered it very clearly and understood what Ahachu meant. Through Ahachu, the Ming Dynasty had already sent a second warning to the Odoli tribe. The next time the Ming envoy came to Amuhe again, if he If we continue to strongly reject and drive away the Ming envoys, war may come.
The Ming Dynasty was far more powerful and terrifying than the Barbarian Jurchens. Once they sent out troops, relying on some arrangements in Liaodong, there would be no suspense about eating the inside of Oduo.
But the problem is that Odor cannot do without North Korea.
As far as the border line is concerned, the Amu River area where Oduoli is now located can directly reach North Korea in two steps. With such a short distance, don't you submit to North Korea and the Ming Dynasty?
As a small country in North Korea, there is no way to fight against the Ming Dynasty, but if they just send a thousand people, they can completely wipe out the Oduoli. And they are right next to them. They are not allowed to send troops at dusk. The sun has not set yet. The head can be hung on the tree and shaken.
How can we seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty at such a close distance without any safety guarantee? Let the Ming court garrison 800 troops? There are only a few people in the main force of our tribe, and their 800-strong garrison is not equivalent to putting a knife directly on the neck of Oduo Libei?
The Ming Dynasty was even more sophisticated than North Korea. People had to run at least a few steps before slashing with a sword. The Ming Dynasty wanted to wipe someone's neck directly without even needing to run a few steps.
It won’t work if we don’t agree to the Ming Dynasty.
Not agreeing to North Korea is not enough.
It’s a frustrating life. What should I do? I must come up with a countermeasure before spring, otherwise, Mingting will take the initiative to make suggestions...
"Don't be nervous. Li Fangyuan sent people here not for war, but as a warning."
Meng brother Timur spoke.
Baerxun was a little worried and said: "We must be on guard. After all, the news of the establishment of the Jianzhou Guard has reached Songjing. It is said that Li Fangyuan's angry voice spread ten miles away. The envoys sent to the Ming Dynasty this year are still The military attache is in charge, I’m afraid he wants to turn against Ming Dynasty.”
Meng brother Timur looked up at Baerxun, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and asked: "What did Li Fangyuan use to antagonize the Ming Dynasty? Back then, his father Li Chenggui was ordered to attack the Ming Dynasty. As a result, Li Chenggui led his people on Waihua Island in the Yalu River. They rebelled, fought back, and then the Li Dynasty came into existence. Even the founding fathers did not dare to oppose the Ming court, how dare Li Fangyuan? Isn’t he afraid of another return of troops from Waihua Island? "
Baerxun was stunned by Meng Brother Timur's words, sat down and asked: "Then what should we do? If we really want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Li Fangyuan will not give up."
Brother Li Meng Buhua agreed with Baerxun's point of view and said: "You need to think clearly, this matter is related to the life and death of the ethnic group."
Meng brother Timur looked down at the bonfire and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said, "Let's see what Li Yu brought."
Braving the severe cold and biting north wind, Li Yu, the great guard of North Korea, was naturally not very happy. Even the sergeants were also very unhappy. They were thinking: Why are we messing around in this winter? We might as well hide in the army. You can feel comfortable eating and drinking in the tent.
Helpless, military orders must not be violated.
Li Yu didn't have murderous intent when he entered the interior of Oduo. The sergeants didn't even hold the sword. Besides, in such a cold weather, holding the knife on the handle may not be able to take it down smoothly.
Putting Erxun, Li Meng Ge Buhua and others at ease, they followed Meng Ge Timur to greet Li Yu, saying a few polite words and introducing them into the account.
Feeling the warmth, Li Yu had a smile on his face. He took out the decree and shook it in his hand. Brother Meng Timur and others quickly knelt down.
"Brother Timur of Ten Thousand Households, I am very pleased to see that you are loyal and loyal. I have sent a special army to deliver ten pills of Qingxinyuan, thirty pills of Su Heyuan, three thousand pieces of cotton, and two thousand four hundred pieces of white ramie cloth. , as a reward, I hope you will serve me well and I will not treat you unfairly..."
Li Fangyuan's action was not too shabby, and he brought much-needed winter supplies to Meng Brother Timur, which made Baerxun and others very happy.
Meng brother Timur wanted to treat Li Yu well, but Li Yu didn't want to stay here. He praised a few words, warned a few, and then went back with a thousand soldiers. It can be said that he came in a hurry. Go in a hurry.
Barson looked at the pile of rewards happily and said to Timur: "It seems that the king of North Korea is still treating us well. Otherwise, we can ask to move inland and enter North Korea. If this continues, tomorrow Mr. Ting can’t take action against us, can he?”
Meng Brother Timur thought for a while and shook his head solemnly: "Let's spend the winter well. When spring comes, we will make a decision."
Brother Li Meng Buhua was confused for a moment. Brother Meng Timur had obviously made up his mind, but he did not say it out loud. Also, it's better not to leak the news at this time. No matter which choice you make, it will not be a good thing for Odor.
Songjing.
Li Fangyuan valued Mengge Timur very much, not because of how important Mengge Timur himself was, or how powerful the Odor tribe was, but because once they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's military power would directly reach North Korea. Doorstep!
a step far!
At such a close distance, Li Fangyuan couldn't sleep well.
Ahachu, who was reorganized by Huli, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty established Jianzhou Guards and directly garrisoned 800 troops. The military power extended to the Pozhu River area, which was already close to the Yalu River. If the closer Oduoli tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty again, , Zhu Yunwen arranged another garrison, and North Korea was afraid that the troops would be stationed on the shore, and they would be on guard day and night.
Fortunately, Timur is a man with general knowledge and a smart man. He understands that the Ming Dynasty cannot protect him and his people. He also knows that North Korea’s desire to destroy him is like squeezing an ant to death, so he chose Reject Ming.
But hidden worries still exist. Ahab has a very close relationship with Timur, the fierce brother. If Ahab continues to lobby, the consequences will be unpredictable.
But at the moment, Li Fangyuan had no other choice but to send people to stabilize Meng Brother Timur.
The news that the Ming Dynasty built the city of Beiping and moved the capital to Beiping ten years later had already reached Li Fangyuan's ears. This gave Li Fangyuan an idea. This idea was the same as Zhu Yunwen's, that is:
Move the capital.
Li Fangyuan didn't like Songjing. Although the Korean royal family had been here for several years, the ancestral temple of the Li family was in Seoul. The most important thing was that Songjing was too close to the border between the Chao and Ming Dynasties. If there was really a war, a quick march would not take more than a couple of days. The day has come, it is too dangerous, and Songjing is not in the middle of North Korea, so it is a bit difficult to control the whole country.
It snowed heavily for three days.
Li Fangyuan asked the ministers to discuss whether to move the capital on the grounds that "there are strange changes in the sky and earth, and repeated warnings".
The ministers were more direct: Why move the capital? Just move your ancestral temple here. It will save time and effort. Don't mess around.
Li Fangyuan was depressed. He didn't know how Zhu Yunwen managed to get rid of the ministers. He just raised an idea that they would move his ancestral temple, and there were a few people who asked whether they should move their ancestral tombs...
But no matter what, if the Ming Dynasty set up the Jianzhou Guard, they must give an explanation to North Korea, otherwise, this matter will never end.
The cold wave moved southward, and reports of people and livestock freezing to death came from Jiangxi, Guizhou, Fujian and other places. Because of the severe cold, local governments received urgent reports from the court and did not seal them for the time being, and went all out to provide disaster relief.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development urgently allocated 500,000 kilograms of cotton to Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places. However, this was just a drop in the bucket for the severe cold in large areas. Many families never woke up after the cold wave passed...
