stubborn thief

Chapter 428
On a low hill covered with withered grass, the emissary team from Khalkha rode their horses to shoot and hunt some wood 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 about Khalkha? I think what Khitan Khan said makes sense."

Subadhi was stunned for a moment, glanced at the young Babu, got off his horse, threw the reins to his followers, put the whip on his back, walked out a few steps, shook his head and said: "Taiji, people can't just listen to what they say. , go home and persuade your father Khan, we can't fight them."

Babu didn't respond, he led the horse and followed Subadhi, with a complicated expression on his face that hadn't grown a beard.

In fact, whether what Liu Chengzong said was true or not, Babu's age could not fully understand, but the heroism of this Khitan Khan fascinated him endlessly.

That is the kind of spirit that no one in the world looks down on, and only the two kings, the east and the west, are considered characters.

Anyone can say this kind of words, but the weight of what different people say is different. For a Khitan Khan who successively wiped out the Ming Dynasty, the Oirat heavy army group, and marched two thousand miles to block Uzang, no one doubts the gold content of these words .

But Subadi wanted him to persuade his father, but Babu dared not.

His father, Shuo Lei, dare not say that there is no one before or after, but it is true that in his era, he was the one with the strongest reincarnation skills in Mongolia. Only the sons of Dayan Khan can compare with him.

Shuo Lei was one of the most important nobles in Mobei when he came out of his mother's womb, and after the death of Babu's grandfather Molo Bema, he became the most powerful person in the entire Mongolian headquarters.

It should have been ranked second, but when Moluo Bema passed away, Lin Danhan was already driving a pony cart on the road of betrayal.

Shuo Lei is the real proud son of heaven. In terms of behavior, when Shuo Lei was still a Chechen Huntaiji, he already looked down on all Mongolian nobles including Lin Danhan.

And in fact, it is true that all Mongolian nobles cannot match it in terms of power.

The Mongols are different from the Han people, especially in Mobei, where the speed of information transmission is slow and the scope is small, and they look down on all the Mongolian nobles, almost equal to the sky and the earth, and I am the only one.

On the one hand, Babu knew that he could not persuade his father; on the other hand, Babu knew his father's thoughts very well.

Before setting off, Shuo Lei clearly informed Babu of his intentions, that the Chechens did not follow Subadhi as a vassal of Khalkha, but on behalf of the Chechens, simply showing favor to Liu Chengzong.

No matter what Subadi and Liu Chengzong discussed or reached, the Chechen Ministry would not participate.

In the face of the situation between the East and the West, even though the left and right wings of Khalkha are emotionally the same, reason still constrains them to make diametrically opposed decisions.

Even if Subadi did not want to admit that the Khitan Khan inherited the Mongol rule, he had no choice but to join Dun Taurus, and the Chechen Shuo Lei could only choose to coexist peacefully with the Jin Kingdom even if they were amazed by the Jin Kingdom.

Because the westernmost point of Khalkha's right wing is bordered by China's vassal Oirat; while the pasture land of the Chechens is in the Kherlen River Basin in the east, and the easternmost point is Hulun Lake.

In other words, for the entire Khalkha tribe, submitting to Khitan Khan means that the left wing, especially the Chechen tribe, has become the front line; surrendering to Tiancong Khan means that the right-wing Subadi tribe has become cannon fodder.

"I also hope that Chechen Khan can fight them, but I don't have the power of Chechen Khan."

The "they" in Subadi's mouth not only refers to Liu Chengzong, but also Huang Taiji. He shook his head and regretted: "My subordinates were shocked by the Jin Kingdom's expulsion of the Khan Court and the annexation of Tumed. The nobles must submit to the Khitan Khan. The alliance leader also has no ability to control."

This is the embarrassment of the Mongolian Khan. The source of power for those powerful nobles ruling the tribe is not the Khan, but the blood. Especially when the Khan is everywhere, the support of the tribes for their own Khan is limited to respect It is good for them to serve a familiar Khan.

Just like Lin Dan Khan tried to suppress his nobles by force, this is not because Lin Dan Khan is weak, but precisely because Lin Dan Khan inherited the Khan court and stood in a strong position, just like the current Shuo Lei.

If Lin Danhan was like Badi, his headquarters could only dispatch more than 6 cavalry, and his right-wing vassals could provide more than [-] troops, he would not be so violent.

Because of the change of place, Subadi made the same choice as Lin Danhan, so fighting a war is not called suppression at all, it is called a Jedi counterattack, and the counterattack may fail.

King Khan can only learn to compromise, in which the interests of the entire tribe converge and form a joint force.

"But Khitan Khan is right. Jin Guonu can really share our troubles, but she won't share our benefits." Babutaiji's frown slowly eased: "Why don't we go with them?"

"Just listen to the rhetoric of the Han people, don't take it seriously."

Subadi's tone was complicated, his eyes looked over the low hills, and he looked at the silhouette of another army coming from the sea at the source of Huangshui. He shook his head and said, "It will probably be next year when Khitan Khan finishes his marriage. Let's go back in the spring, and you can take Pass these words on to your father, Khan, and don't tell him what you think."

too childish.

According to Subadi's thinking, they can only share hardships and death festivals with the Han people, and they have no chance to share benefits.

It's not that he thinks Yoo Seung Jong is a liar, he doesn't.

But when the Han people were strong, they burned wasteland every year and went out of Saibei, burning Monan until the clouds were black, and Mongols ran to Mobei in waves; 500 people rushed into Nurgan and smashed the Jurchen's nest... ...Is there a chance to be with Leli at that time?
Now it's time to share adversity and death, and the Han people have seen the Mongols.

"You want to enjoy the same benefits with the Han people. Khitan Khan made it very clear, and you must help him achieve great things." Subadi nodded with a serious expression, but showed his inner ridicule clearly: "We saw a Han Chinese Khitan in Qinghai. Khan, he said he could do great things."

To be honest, Subadi felt that Khitan Khan might not be able to achieve great things, not to mention that even if they achieved great things, they might not be able to live until then.

Therefore, regardless of the big cake he painted, Liu Chengzong's image in Subadi's eyes is more three-dimensional. He is not only a young marshal of the plague department with military power in his hand, but also the intimidation and temptation of an understatement of him, the right-wing Khan of Khalkha. .

Even... There is also the insidious cunning of laying mines on the left wing.

Because Subadi can’t say for sure who will achieve great things in the future, only the current situation can be sure. The current situation is just like what Liu Chengzong said. Khalkha, which is in the form of a loose alliance, has indeed reached the time when it must choose sides.

The Kingdom of Jin dealt with the heavy military group of Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, and China also solved the heavy military group of Ming Dynasty in Hehuang.

The army of the Kingdom of Jin had the ability to march two thousand miles to win the victory in Guihua City and take down the ruling center of Mongolia; the Chinese army also had the ability to travel two thousand miles south to collect Kangning and blockade Uzang in the high mountains and snowy areas.

These two emerging armed groups, one east and the other west, have the experience of running across the border for [-] miles. This is an extremely terrifying war capability, and Khalkha is standing within the range of their attack, trembling.

The best situation in the next few years is a confrontation between east and west, with Gonpo standing in the middle, and Subadi and Shuo Lei serving as a buffer zone, maintaining relations with both parties and avoiding direct conflicts.

In the event of a direct conflict, Khalkha splits immediately.

These judgments, Subadi will not tell Babu, even if Babu thinks Khitan Khan's words are reasonable, before Khitan Khan's army advances to the front line of Khalkha's right wing, Shuo Lei's situation determines that he will not go to war with Jin.

A Khitan Khan who can only provide solidarity from [-] miles away, no matter how wise and powerful he is, means less to Shuo Lei than a fool who can lead [-] soldiers to help in battle at any time.

If it is said that Liu Chengzong's declaration of Han and Mongolia made Babu Taiji, who was unable to submit to Khitan Khan, excited, then for Subadia, this declaration was full of viciousness of using the left wing of Khalkha.

Standing at the head of the bone-chilling Huangshui, this place is unfamiliar, but Subadi suddenly felt like a shaman wearing a bronze mirror and ribbon, holding a hot sheep blade in his hand, touching the mountains to observe the cracks in the bones, and listening Tengger's teachings.

Without the sacred clothes and the sheep's blades, Subadi can see a clear future.

Liu Chengzong's bewitching words are like a thorn in Babu's heart, and this thorn will follow Babu back to Mobei, deeply rooted in the hearts of every left-wing nobleman, and become the greatest resistance for them to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin.

In the not-too-distant future, even if the left wing does not surrender to the Kingdom of Jin, it will be forced to accept a humiliating position with a fiasco as Liu Chengzong predicted.

And after submitting to the Kingdom of Jin, it will also be painful with every envoy, order, and win over of the left wing of Khalkha by the Kingdom of Jin, until the nobles of Khalkha are bruised and bruised, accumulating more and more resentment and grievances. Fear finally burst 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.

Liu Chengzong and Huang Taiji, whether they can enjoy together and benefit together after their great achievements, is not important to the Khalkha left-wing nobles, because their generation is destined to be difficult to see.

All they could really see was that whoever ruled Mongolia would live and die with the Mongols.

And with this vicious prophecy of sowing discord, all the lives and deaths of the Khalkha nobles who are destined to stand on the side of the Jin Kingdom have become the fate of being controlled.

That's why Subadi told Babu to persuade Shuo Lei that they could not only defeat Liu Chengzong in war, but also in playing tricks.

But he'd only tell Bubba so much.

Although the purpose of Liu Chengzong's words was largely to plant mines for the Chechen Ministry and even the entire left wing, it actually made the right wing safer.

The two uncles and nephews had their own thoughts and kept silent. In this land thousands of miles away from their hometown, they were both confused about the future of the three tribes of Khalkha.

At this moment, a few Junggar cavalry came running not far away, and greeted them in a Mongolian language that was not easy to understand: "The Great Khan tells you to go back, the envoy of the Great Emperor of the Central Plains is here!"

Subadhi and Babu looked at each other, wondering whether Dun Taurus wanted to use troops with Daming to pull the two of them out to frighten the emperor's envoys.

When they returned to the Yamen of the Marshal's Mansion, the imaginary tension did not appear.

In front of the yamen decorated with lanterns and festoons, several big horses with bright coats were tied, all of which were hung with luan bells and red tassels.

In the front yard, the general in Jinyi, wearing flying fish and bullfighting uniforms, walked side by side with the military attache of the Shuaifu, talking and laughing; downstairs in the east building, the guards of the Shuaifu were shirtless wrestling with the Jinyi Fanzi in the yard, steam rising from their bodies.

There was a commotion from the side room, and the sound of Jinyi Fanzi and the guards talking happily over the wine almost knocked off the roof, and there were eunuchs in crimson sable fur cloaks standing on the porch, wearing jade rings and applauding the wrestling warriors.

And in the main hall with the open door, Khitan Khan Liu Chengzong sat on the main seat with a big horse and a golden knife, bowed his head and played with two ruby ​​pipes, slowly pressing the tobacco inward, standing beside him was a middle-aged eunuch in luxurious clothes , I don't know what I said with my head down.

Sitting on both sides are several generals of the Shuaifu, some of whom Subadhi has seen, and some of which he has not seen.

With a notification, Subadi saw Liu Chengzong raised his head.

He got up first, took two steps and handed the pipe to the Han general who was sitting beside him, saying, "Brother has worked hard all the way, the tobacco from Lanzhou."

Then he introduced to Subadhi: "This is my elder brother Cao Yao, the commander-in-chief of the Kangning Mansion; those two are also my generals, Luo Rucai and Li Laojie; Taiji."

After all, Suba first clasped his fists in embarrassment to salute, and then he saw Liu Chengzong handing another pipe to the eunuch beside him, and said, "This is Eunuch Cao from Beijing."

Liu Chengzong persuaded Cao Huachun: "Master Cao is a guest, so please sit down, this is not the first time you see me, don't be cautious."

Cao Huachun said in his heart that this is a matter of being cautious, and you didn't reserve a seat for me!
Generally, there should be a guest seat next to the chief seat, but the main hall of the Marshal's Mansion is a yamen, and it belongs to the county yamen, there is no such thing at all, what's the matter, I sit on the table?

The seat below, not to mention the left side, Cao Yao and his group of generals who came back from the Kangning mansion were all seated, not to mention that Cao Huachun was not too happy to go there even if it was empty.

Cao Huachun's favorite was the first seat on the right, but he let Taiji sit in it. Seeing that another fool from Mobei came in here, the seat reserved for him was very embarrassing.

Either be sandwiched between two tartars, or sit behind three tartars.

But this is nothing, this is not the first time Cao Huachun saw Liu Chengzong, he had already expected the virtue of this domineering general in his heart, and his heart was full of blood, which did not hinder his face from smiling, and he cupped his hands and said: "The handsome man is flattering me, I just serve others People who are used to standing, just stand."

Liu Chengzong was stunned, and looked carefully at Cao Huachun. Needless to say, this man is amazing, standing on the right side of the center, he is indeed not obtrusive at all, and he is integrated with the yamen.

He thought to himself that if you are willing to stand, then you can stand, and it doesn't matter, so he took a lacquer box from the table, raised his hand and tapped it twice, looked at Subadhi, and asked: "Brother is The leader of Khalkha has come from afar, I know you have the intention of making friends, but it is really a big deal to draw a border with Oirat, so I still want to ask you, will you submit to me and swear never to betray?"

Subadi didn't know why Liu Chengzong talked about it at this time, but since he said it, he asked: "If I surrender to the Great Khan, can I draw a line with Oirat?"

As Liu Chengzong nodded, Subadi immediately expressed his willingness to submit in the hall, but when he raised his head again, he found that Liu Chengzong, who came to help him, had a strange expression, a strange look of joy and disappointment.

Immediately afterwards, he asked Babu hopefully, and Babu naturally had no way to agree on behalf of his father. Unexpectedly, this made Liu Chengzong extremely excited.

He smiled and waved his hands and said: "It's okay, since you are here, and you are a nephew, I will give you the official position of Captain Ningyuan. The emperor wants to trade with me in Shahukou in Datong, 49 taels a year, including 34 horses. Wan Liang, you are my school lieutenant, so uncle will leave this matter to you."

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)