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Chapter 235 The Northern Line Crisis
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Back in time, back to the night before E Zhe set off from Chahanhot with [-] cavalry, Lin Dan, who was too clear about the position of his eldest son's pro-slave Qiu Ming, wanted to watch the fire from the other side, fearing that his son would make a mistake, and quietly took E Zhe back. Called into the Wan'an Palace to explain, and told Ezhe himself and the Sharpa Lama the Mongolian national policy of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and secretly allied with the slavery, and asked Ezhe not to disclose this national policy to the outside world, and even urged Ezhe not to be out of touch because of a momentary mood. The conflict between Xuanda's army led to the resumption of the Ming-Meng war, which destroyed Lin Dan's plan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!But what Lin Dan never imagined in his dreams was that his elder son's attitude of hostility towards Daming and reverence towards Jiannu had far exceeded his imagination, and even reached the point of madness... ...

"Father Khan, please rest assured, E Zhe understands, and E Zhe will definitely not reveal Father Khan's national policy." E Zhe said beautifully in front of Lin Dan, almost patted his chest to promise that he would act according to Lin Dan's instructions.But after returning home, E Zhe did not hesitate to tell Lin Dan's national policy to Abai and Bao Chengxian, the envoys who came to visit the slave establishment, and comforted Abai, Bao Chengxian and others: "Abai's son, Mr. Bao , Now do you understand? My father Khan expelled you from the Wan'an Palace that day, not because my father Khan planned to go to war with you, but because we in Mongolia are now very dependent on the border market of the barbarians of the Ming Dynasty, so we had to do so— ——So you can rest assured to return Da Jin Khan, and in a short time, I will definitely be able to persuade Father Khan and Da Jin to openly form an alliance and join hands to annex the Ming Kingdom!"

"Fortunately, I gave this guy two beauties. Otherwise, when Lin Dan and Manzi openly conclude the covenant, there will be big troubles." Abai and Bao Chengxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that Lin Dan has such a son who is a pro-slave and Qiu Ming, I am also glad that we have taken precautions and used money and beauties to consolidate the friendship between Jiannu and this son early on. Otherwise, once Lin Dan's goal is achieved, then Mongolia might really be able to stand on the sidelines and remain invincible.After a little calculation, Abai and Bao Chengxian exchanged glances, and Bao Chengxian exclaimed and asked, "Prince, who gave Lin Dan the idea?"

"It should be Lama Sharpa. Father Khan trusts him the most." Ezhe rested his head on the lap of the beautiful woman presented by Jiannu, and replied lazily: "He speaks in front of my father Khan, more than me and Khan." Everything my mother says works."

"Eldest Prince, please forgive me for speaking without words, Master Sharpa is harming the country and the people!" Bao Chengxian exclaimed with a face full of fear.Er Zhe was stunned, and asked in doubt: "The Lama Sharpa has always been loyal to my father Khan, how did he harm the country and the people?"

"Eldest prince, you have been wise for a while, but you were confused for a while." Bao Chengxian said with a beating of his chest: "The barbarian Ming country is rich in land, rich in money and food, and its population is a hundred times that of our Dajin, and ten times that of Mongolia. If it was in other eras , let’s not talk about annexing the Ming Kingdom, Dajin and Mongolia, even if they want to protect themselves! But now, why did the Ming Kingdom humbly ask Mongolia for peace, and even offered to lease Horqin and Karaqin, which had already been eaten? Grassland, it is because the current situation of the Ming country is very bad, so the barbarians of the Ming country have to bow their heads! Not only did Master Sharpa not seize this opportunity, he persuaded the Great Khan to immediately go to war with the Ming country, and to form an alliance with our Dajin to annex it The Central Plains, on the contrary, want to give the Ming country a chance to breathe, isn’t this detrimental to the country and the people?”

"That's right, Eldest Prince, if you miss this opportunity, you Mongolia will never have another chance!" Abai also slapped his thigh, and said very seriously: "Eldest Prince, I don't even know about Master Sharpa. What do you think? Didn’t he see the good opportunity now? The barbarians in the Ming Dynasty are in chaos in Shaanxi, which has spread to Gansu, Shanxi and Ningxia, and have restrained half of the barbarian forces in the Ming Dynasty. Our Dajin is in Liaodong again Containing less than half of the barbarian Ming country's troops, the Central Plains is extremely empty. If you Mongolia don't do it now, when will you have to wait? Could it be that Master Sharba wants to wait until the barbarian Ming country quells the barbarian rebellion and draws out troops to strengthen the defense of the Great Wall? , will your Mongolian army go head-to-head with the barbarians again?"

"It makes sense, but my father Khan didn't say that he wanted to give up this opportunity?" Ezhe said unconvinced: "My father Khan asked me to send troops to garrison in Angke Naoer, just to put pressure on the barbarians and force them I mobilized the army to go north, secretly helping the barbarians and the thieves to make more trouble. When necessary, my army can directly enter the Central Plains, saving even the time of dispatching troops."

"Prince, what you said is also reasonable." Bao Chengxian put on a prophetic look, and said plausibly: "But have you ever thought that if the barbarian army ignored you at all, they would directly send the army to Shaanxi to wipe out the rebels?" What? If the rebels in Shaanxi are wiped out by the Manzi Ming Kingdom without a fight, and the army goes north to the Great Wall, will you Mongolia have a chance to enter the Great Wall and annex the Central Plains?——Besides, Zhangjiakou is in Xuanda, and the Manzi’s Xuanda Governor Zhang Haogu is a well-known mad dog, he dares to do any crazy things, let alone your father Khan forbids you to provoke the barbarian Ming, even if you are allowed to provoke Ming, the little mad dog Zhang Haogu can also choose Defending from the north and attacking from the west, Ignore your provocations and send troops directly to suppress the thieves. When the time comes, you Mongolia will not be able to start a full-scale war with the barbarian Ming due to the covenant, won't you just sit back and watch Zhang Haogu and the little mad dog achieve his goal?"

"Yes, if you Mongols and the barbarians have concluded an alliance, and you, the eldest prince, take the initiative to start a war, what will happen?" Abai said alarmingly: "At that time, the princes of various Mongolian tribes Taiji will accuse You betrayed your trust and attacked your allies, thinking that you are not qualified to inherit your father Khan's throne, and let your younger brother Abu Nai pick a big deal for nothing!"

Abai's words hit Ezhe right on the spot, and Ezhe sat up straight, and after careful consideration, he said, "Then shall I go and persuade Father Khan to make an open alliance with you immediately, and directly fight with the barbarians?" The Ming Dynasty will go to war?"

"Eldest Prince, I don't think you can persuade the Great Khan any more." Bao Chengxian advised with 'kindness and kindness': "Eldest Prince, you also said that Master Sharpa is the person your father Khan trusts the most. , The national policy of secretly linking with Daikin is also likely to be proposed by Master Sharpa. If you object again, it will probably cause Master Sharpa to be dissatisfied with you. When your father Khan chooses a successor, If Master Sharpa casually says a few words that are not good for you, then you will go away without food."

Er Zhe's face changed color. Lin Dan did not hesitate to offend hundreds of Mongolian tribes who believed in the yellow religion for Lama Sharpa. His favor for Lama Sharpa can be said to be unmatched. Prince, that prince really couldn't eat and walked away.Bao Chengxian observed his words, and said kindly: "Prince, for your smooth succession to the Khan throne, and for the destiny of your Mongolian nation, you can adopt both light and dark strategies, superficially follow Master Sharpa's advice and your father Khan's. Order, secretly provoking the barbarians of the Ming country, forcing the barbarians of the Ming country to take the initiative to fight with you. At that time, even if your father Khan doesn’t want to start a full-scale war with the barbarians of the Ming country immediately, you can take advantage of the trend and be the first to enter the Great Wall , become the vanguard of your Mongolian annexation of the Central Plains, establish an inexhaustible achievement, and lay the foundation for you to inherit the Khan throne!"

"This is a good idea. It will neither disobey Father Khan's order nor offend Master Sharba. It can also seize the opportunity to annex the Central Plains with you Dajin." Ezhe began to be tempted, and asked: "Then should I How can I provoke the barbarian Ming to take the initiative to go to war? If the action is too big, and my father Khan finds out that I am secretly disobeying his will, it will be terrible."

"How to provoke the barbarians to take the initiative to go to war with Mongolia, and how to do it, we can't come up with any good ideas now, we have to be on the scene to adapt." Bao Chengxian pondered, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "Prince, have you heard of it?" Mr. Fan Wencheng of our Dajin Kingdom?"

"I've heard of it." E Zhe nodded, and replied: "I heard that Mr. Fan is known as Kongming in the present age. He is resourceful and predicts things like a god. He has made great contributions to the founding of Liaodong in the Dajin Kingdom. He is the number one official in the Dajin Kingdom."

"Mr. Fan has a good friend, surnamed Ma and named Guozhu, who is now in our mission." Bao Chengxian cheekily boasted, "His talent, learning and wit are not inferior to Mr. Fan's, and Mr. Fan is full of praise for his scheming and maneuvering." , is planning to recommend Mr. Ma to our Dajin Khan. If the eldest prince doesn’t mind, we can let Mr. Ma be the eldest prince’s staff, and accompany the eldest prince on your southern expedition to Zhangjiakou, and advise you to provoke the barbarians of the Ming kingdom and force the Ming kingdom. The barbarians took the initiative to start a war with you Mongolia, let your Mongolian army occupy the moral high ground, and created opportunities for you to annex the Central Plains."

"Great." Ezhe was overjoyed, and agreed immediately: "I have never been to the Ming country, and I am worried that I don't know the situation of the barbarian country and the army. Mr. Arima will be my subordinate to advise and advise, and he can help me a lot. " Bao Chengxian and Abai were secretly delighted, and couldn't help but exchanged another glance, each of them saw the ecstasy in each other's eyes...

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As Fan Wencheng's close friend and one of the hard-core traitors in Jiannu's early days, Ma Guozhu is indeed a black-bellied master, but he is unlucky, so far he has not had a chance to show himself in front of Nuerhachi. As a result, Ma Guozhu often lamented that he was unrecognized for his talents, and was annoyed that he had no chance to show his strength. This time, the pie that fell from the sky just hit Ma Guozhu's head. Ma Guozhu, who was shouldering the important task of provoking Ming Dynasty to start a full-scale war with Mongolia, of course mustered his strength to perform well. up.So after the army accompanying E Zhe was stationed at Ang Ji Nao'er, Ma Guozhu immediately became fussy. Frictional plans.

If the Ming army wants to take the initiative to start a war with E Zhe's army, the most effective way is to completely anger the Daming garrison in the Xuan Mansion. After the Mongolian army settled down at Ang Chi Nao'er, Ma Guozhu quickly proposed a bad idea to E Zhe—— ——Excuse the lack of food and grass in the Mongolian army, and ask the Xuanfu army for food on credit!And the reason is quite sufficient. Ezhe's army went south to protect the Mingmeng business road, and the grain and grass carried with the army were insufficient. Of course, they had to buy food and supplies from the Zhangjiakou border market, but Ezhe's army did not have enough money to buy so much. Food, so I hope that the Ming army will provide guarantees for the Mongolian army for the sake of the alliance, buy [-] shi of grain from the Zhangjiakou border market, and provide it to Ezhe's [-] troops.Otherwise, E Zhe's army would have to go to the market to borrow from the Ming merchants.

Ma Guozhu's bad idea can be said to have bullied the Xuanfu Ming army to their home. Angke Nao'er Lake is less than a hundred miles away from the border city of Zhangjiakou, and [-] Mongolian troops are stationed at this location. After fully deploying defenses, Ma Guozhu actually asked the Xuanfu Ming army to pay for it himself to feed the Mongolian army that threatened their safety. The humiliation and bullying of the Xuanfu Ming army was simply extreme!Therefore, after E Zhe's envoy entered Zhangjiakou to deliver the letter, even Lu Xiangsheng, the new governor of Xuanfu, who was very well-trained, was so angry that he sternly rejected E Zhe's unreasonable request, and at the same time let Hei Yunlong's army stationed in Zhangjiakou Fort to consolidate the defense. Instantly.

Contrary to Ma Guozhu's expectations, when he tried his best to encourage E Zhe to lead the army to Zhangjiakou border city to forcefully borrow food, Ruan Dacheng, the new prefect of Xuanfu, made his own claim, and without Lu Xiangsheng's consent, he personally came to the bank of Angkai Naoer Lake to work as a laborer. , and explained to E Zhe: "Prince, it's not that our Xuanfu refuses to provide you with a guarantee to buy grain on credit, but that the amount of [-] shi of grain is too large. Our Xuanfu dare not make decisions without authorization. Zhang Xiantai can only give the eldest prince an answer after asking for instructions, so please wait for a few days, and wait until Zhang Xiantai's constitutional order is issued before we dare to provide the eldest prince with this guarantee."

Of course Ma Guozhu understood that Ruan Dacheng was delaying the time, and wanted to delay the troops until Young Master Zhang personally led the army to come to reinforce him, so he tried his best to encourage E Zhe not to agree to Ruan Dacheng's request, and started the war before the main force of Xuan Da's army could go north.I never thought that E Zhe's eyes lit up immediately after seeing the gift from Ruan Dacheng, and he subconsciously agreed to Ruan Dacheng's request—it turns out that our prefect Ruan did his old job in history and sent E Zhe A blond beauty with big breasts and fat buttocks, and introduced that she was a beautiful woman from the Western Regions that I bought from a Persian merchant at a high price. For nine days, enjoy the joy of the world.E Zhe was originally a lustful person with great ambition and talent, so he immediately agreed to give Ruan Dacheng [-] days to reply after the Xuanfu consulted Young Master Zhang for instructions. Ma Guozhu had no choice but to let him go.

Although Ruan Dacheng, a famous traitor, claimed to win half a month of time with beauty tricks, but Ma Guozhu did not give up, and encouraged Ezhe to openly manufacture a large number of siege weapons in broad daylight, deliberately creating panic in Zhangjiakou, and continued to anger the troops stationed in Zhangjiakou. Xuanfu Ming Army in Zhangjiakou Fort and Laiyuan Fort.And this trick is indeed very effective. Seeing that the Mongolian army publicly built siege weapons, businessmen of all ethnic groups in the border market of Zhangjiakou panicked. They closed their doors and closed their businesses one after another. Up and down were even more furious. Countless generals took the initiative to call for battle, vowing to wipe out these deceitful Tatar cavalry, but Lu Xiangsheng, Hei Yunlong, Ruan Dacheng and others did not dare to take the responsibility of provoking the Mingmeng war. Furious, he issued a list to appease the people, and guaranteed that once the war resumed, the Xuanfu army would do its best to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the merchants and people in Zhangjiakou.

Fifteen days passed quickly, and on the twelfth day of the eighth month, when the fifteen days expired, the increasingly arrogant E Zhe was about to send envoys to Zhangjiakou to negotiate with the Ming army, but the envoys of the Xuanfu army came to Ang Nao'er Lakeside, asked Ezhe to see him.Er Zhe was also polite, and directly ordered the Chinese army to raise its account, and summoned all the generals to meet the envoys of the Ming army, and prepared to see what kind of answer Master Zhang would give him.

After waiting for half a stick of incense in the tent of the Chinese Army, the envoys of the Ming Army and his party were led to E Zhe. This time, the envoy sent by the Ming Army was a young man of 23 or [-] years old, with elegant temperament and handsome appearance. Quite a bit of a natural talent for seducing women from good families, he cupped his fists politely to E Zhe and said, "Zhang Zhongzheng, the Xuanda official of the Ming Dynasty, has met His Royal Highness E Zhe, the great prince of Mongolia. Your Highness is blessed and safe."

"Why don't you kneel?" E Zhe asked with a cold snort.Zhang Zhongzheng smiled and replied: "Your Highness, you are a Mongolian prince. You should be very aware of your Mongolian virtue of being kind to envoys. Forcing envoys to kneel is an act of impoliteness that no Mongolian wise Khan has ever done. Genghis Khan has never done it." , Altan Khan didn’t do it, and neither did your father Huduntu Khan—if the eldest prince thinks that our envoys of the Ming Dynasty should respect you, your father Khan, and Genghis Khan and Altan Khan Above all, what's the problem with the little envoy kneeling down to the prince?" Speaking of this, Zhang Zhongzheng turned to the other Mongolian generals present and asked with a smile: "Mongol generals, do you think that our Ming Dynasty should compare with your eldest prince? Do you still want to respect your sweat?"

The Mongolian generals were silent, but in their hearts they despised Ezhe's villainous behavior. Over there, Ezhe didn't dare to put himself above his father openly, but just said with a cold snort: "You still know the situation in our Mongolia ? Let me ask you, Zhang Haogu, the Xuanda governor of your Ming Dynasty, promised to give our Mongolian army food on credit?"

"Agreed." Zhang Zhongzheng said with a surprise, and said with a smile: "We, Zhang Xiantai, said that Ming and Mongolia are brothers and have a long history of friendly relations. When the Mongolian army is in trouble, how can Xuanda's army just ignore it? It's just us Zhang Xiantai was busy suppressing the domestic thieves fleeing in Shanxi, and had no time to go north, so he sent someone to Xuanfu to ask the Xuanfu government to provide a guarantee for the eldest prince, and to buy [-] shi of grain from Zhangjiakou on credit, so as to relieve the eldest prince's urgent needs."

"What? Zhang Haogu agreed? So straightforward?" E Zhe suspected that the interpreter had misinterpreted the words.Ma Guozhu over there was also dumbfounded. He never dreamed that Young Master Zhang would be able to swallow this breath. Surprised, Ma Guozhu asked persistently: "Then when will you Zhang Xiantai deliver the food?"

"Who is this gentleman?" Zhang Zhongzheng had noticed Ma Guozhu beside E Zhe a long time ago, and took the opportunity to inquire about Ma Guozhu's identity.Ma Guozhu proudly replied: "I am the aide of Prince Erkekonguo Erzhe of Mongolia, so is Ma Guozhu."

"Ma Guozhu?" Zhang Zhongzheng kept his composure and asked with a smile, "From Mr. Ma's accent, he should be from Liaodong, right?"

"Why do you ask this?" Ma Guozhu asked with staring eyes.Zhang Zhongzheng said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, don't get me wrong. In fact, several of my relatives are from Liaodong. It's just that the war separated them and we haven't seen each other for many years. Hearing Mr. Ma's accent is very kind, so I have this question." Speaking of this , Zhang Zhongzheng added, "Speaking of which, my relatives are quite well-known in Liaodong. Maybe you still know Mr. Ma."

"Oh, what's your relative's name?" Ma Guozhu also became a little interested and asked curiously.Zhang Zhongzheng replied with a smile: "I have a distant cousin named Cao Xiyuan, who used to serve in the army of Shenyang Zhongwei. His son Cao Zhenyan is my cousin, and he settled in Liaodong with him. After Shenyang fell in the first year of Tianqi, we broke up. Got the message."

"Cao Zhenyan is your cousin?" Ma Guozhu almost didn't cry out. After trying to calm down, Ma Guozhu pretended to be puzzled and said: "Then do you remember what they look like? I seem to have heard of these two names , see if you can remember it. By the way, you are young, how old can your cousin be?"

"My family was originally in Liaodong. My father and Cao Xiyuan's father used to work together. They were as close as brothers and married each other. They called each other brothers. My father gave birth to me after fifty years, so I called Cao Xiyuan brother. Cao Zhenyan also called me uncle." Zhang Zhongzheng tried his best to recall and said: "I was only five years old when my father took me away from Shenyang, so I can't remember what brother Cao Xiyuan looked like. But my cousin Cao Zhenyan, who We met a few years ago, and I remember that he was two or three inches taller than me, with a pair of thick eyebrows, a round face with big ears, very thick bones, and dark skin... By the way, he also had a front tooth It's broken, only half."

"It's really Cao Zhenyan!" Ma Guozhu and Cao Zhenyan are both coated ahas who belong to the Jiannu Zhenglan Banner. Although they don't have any deep friendship with each other, they have met quite a few times. Therefore, as soon as Zhongzheng mentioned his appearance in this picture, Ma Guozhu immediately It is concluded that the person described by this person is the hardcore traitor Cao Zhenyan, and there are many uncles who are ten or twenty years younger than his nephew these days, so Ma Guozhu is also convinced that Zhang Zhongzheng is Cao Zhenyan's distant relative.Thinking about this, Ma Guozhu's heart suddenly moved, and he thought: "I don't know if this guy is easy to buy, if so, maybe the Mongolian army can successfully enter the Central Plains and start a full-scale war with the barbarians, and then they can fall on him. "

(End of this chapter)