Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 246
Lin Dan finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and agreed to meet Ruan Dacheng, the envoy sent by Young Master Zhang. Lama Salpa, who was equally curious, wanted to see what Master Zhang was up to, but for the sake of caution, Lama Salpa suggested Lin Dan Pass on the envoys of slavery, Abai and Bao Chengxian, so that these traitors who have suffered a lot from the tricks of young master Zhang can provide reference, so as to prevent Lin Dan from repeating the same mistakes.In the camp, Abai and Bao Cheng, who secretly rejoiced that Daming and Mongolia had finally fought, heard the news first. The three souls almost frightened the six souls, so they quickly got up and ran to Lin Dan's central army tent. When the money was paid, Abai and Bao Chengxian couldn't wait to shout: "Khan, don't be fooled!" Hit his trick!"

"What are you in a hurry for? The barbarian envoy hasn't come in yet." Lin Dan responded to the panic of the Jiannu envoy with a mocking sneer.The Lama Sharpa next to him comforted: "San Beizi, Mr. Bao, don't worry, Da Khan remembers your advice, so although Da Khan decided to meet Zhang Haogu's envoy, he was not in a hurry to let them in. Let them come in after you guys come. Well, don’t you have a lot of experience in dealing with Zhang Haogu’s little savage? Then you can give Dahan some valuable advice for reference later.”

"Haven't seen Zhang Haogu's emissary? That's good." Abai and Bao Chengxian breathed a sigh of relief, and almost collapsed on the ground—there was no way, they were too nervous.As a result, even the eminent monk Sharpa couldn't stand it any longer, and couldn't help asking: "Sir Beizi, Mr. Bao, is this the case? The sweat is just a messenger to meet the little man Zhang Haogu." , do you need to be nervous and afraid of this? Besides, didn’t the person who sent the order tell you that Zhang Haogu sent an envoy here this time to surrender to the Great Khan? You don’t need to be so afraid ?"

"Master Sharpa, you really don't understand that little barbarian Zhang Haogu!" Bao Chengxian wiped his cold sweat, gritted his teeth and said, "That little barbarian is simply the biggest fool in the world. Turn the black into white, fool the smart into foolishness, and fool the sensible into blind! The couple is living a good life, and he can separate the fool! Today he came here to surrender, and he can make your victorious army If you are fooled, you will lose!"

"What else? Then I want to see today, how did that little barbarian Zhang Haogu fool me today?" Lin Dan laughed confidently.Before Bao Chengxian and Abai opened their mouths to continue warning, a kind and clear voice suddenly came from the door of the big tent, "Who? Who is speaking ill of us Zhang Xiantai behind our backs? Our Zhang Xiantai is upright, high-minded, talented, and honest. Credible, righteousness is so thin, how can you do those things that betray your trust, break your promise, cheat and deceive?" In the voice of speaking, a middle-aged Confucian scholar with elegant temperament and handsome appearance walked into the big tent and clasped his fists deeply at Lin Dan. With a deep bow, he said respectfully: "Young envoy Ruan Dacheng, the prefect of the Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, has seen the Mongolian Huduntu Khan, and the sweat is blessed and safe."

Probably because of similar smells, Ruan Dacheng, the magistrate of Xuanfu, looks comparable to Young Master Zhang. He has five willows and long beards under his chin, his face is like a crown jade, his manners are refined and elegant, and his facial features are handsome. He has a kind and gentle affection, and he can be regarded as a relatively rare middle-aged handsome man - no matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like the villain among villains and the treacherous sycophant praised by later generations!So in this way, even Lin Dan was deceived by Ruan Dacheng's appearance, couldn't help slowing down his voice, and said with a slight smile: "You are the prefect of the Xuanfu sent by Zhang Haogu? You are very young. You are so young. It is not easy to become the magistrate of the Ming Kingdom."

"Thank you for your praise, I'm 24 this year, and I'm not young anymore." Ruan Dacheng replied with a smile: "Our Zhang Haogu Zhang Xiantai, who became a third-rank official at the age of 13, is young. Promising—Of course, when it comes to truly young and promising, you should still respect the Great Khan of Mongolia, Hudun Rabbit Khan! Khan, you inherited the Khan position at the age of [-], and then ran rampant in Monan, breaking Karaqin, and destroying the soil Mott, force Khalkha, attack Horqin, and establish unworldly martial arts! And sweat your territory from Liaodong in the east to Taohe in the west, with vast grazing land, multiplication of tribes, abundant livestock breeding, strong soldiers and horses, even our Ming emperor They all personally praised that there is only one emperor in the Central Plains, and only one person in Mobei! The only emperor in the Central Plains refers to our Emperor Ming himself, and there is only one person in Mobei, that is, Huduntu sweats you!"

"Oh, your Ming emperor praised me so much?" Lin Dan asked happily.Ruan Dacheng nodded solemnly, and said solemnly: "I dare not lie to the Great Khan, not only my Emperor Ming praised the Great Khan so much, but even our Ming people, everyone who mentions the Great Khan, you respect him, will give a thumbs up and say ——From ancient times to the present, Mongolia has only two real great khans, one is Genghis Khan, and the other is you Huduntu Khan!"

"Khan, did you hear that?" Bao Chengxian screamed like a pig, "Zhang Haogu's emissary is not a good thing, and his flattery is loud, and there is no truth in his words! Don't listen to him!" This barbarian's flattery, otherwise he will definitely be fooled!"

Lin Dan, who was being so flattered by Ruan Dacheng's flattery, was splashed with a basin of ice water, and couldn't help but give Bao Chengxian a vicious look. Then he collected his thoughts, waved to Ruan Dacheng, and said, "Don't just say nice things, I don't want I will eat your tricks. Let me ask you, the little man Zhang Haogu surrounded my son in the Yinshan Mountains and killed countless Mongolian soldiers. He sent him here today to give money and women. What is he thinking? What are you doing?"

"Surrender to the Great Khan!" Ruan Dacheng said straight to the point without being wordy: "Our Xuanda Governor Zhang Xiantai received the news that you sent troops to Xuanda this time not to start a war with the allies of Ming Dynasty, but to crusade against our Zhang Xian The unintentional mistakes caused to the Mongolian people during the war in Taipei, and Zhang Xiantai’s request that we Zhang Xiantai commit crimes against the Ming army’s siege of your country’s army, for the sake of peace between Ming and Mongolia, and for the soldiers of Ming and Mongolia to avoid confrontation. For the people of Ming Dynasty and Mongolia to avoid the flames of war! Our Zhang Xiantai resolutely decided to appeal to the imperial court to resign from the post of Xuanda Governor, and to ask the Ming court to hand him over to the Great Khan for trial and punishment!"

"Is there such a good thing?" Including Bao Chengxian and Abai thought that there was something wrong with their ears, and they misheard Ruan Dacheng's words.Lin Dan was even more stunned, and asked after a while: "Your Zhang Xiantai voluntarily asked the Ming court to hand him over to me? Let me judge and deal with it?"

"That's right, that's right." Ruan Dacheng nodded solemnly, and said in a more serious tone: "The Great Khan may find it incredible, but he must be very strange. Our Xuanda army is not incapable of fighting. Why did our Zhang Xiantai even fight? If you don’t fight, just surrender yourself to the Great Khan?”

"Yes, your Master Zhang Haogu, why did you surrender to me so quickly?" Lin Dan nodded and asked.Ruan Dacheng didn't answer in a hurry, with a few tears still seeping from his eyes, he replied more seriously with a choked voice: "Because our Zhang Xiantai doesn't want to make himself a sinner of the nation, a sinner of Ming Dynasty! Ming Dynasty and Mongolia are allies, soldiers and common people of Ming Dynasty Like the Mongolian soldiers and common people, the blood of Chinese descendants is flowing in their bodies. Whether it is a Ming soldier or a Mongolian soldier, they are all born and raised by their mothers, and they are all living people with flesh and blood! Zhang Xiantai does not want to see them live and die for themselves Fighting each other, risking their lives to fight, and I don’t want to see their corpses left in the wilderness, let the wolves bite, let the wild dogs devour, and their relatives cry at the door at home, the orphans have no father to support, the elderly have no son to support... "

Speaking of this, Ruan Dacheng was already in tears, sobbing and said to Lin Dan: "Khan, we Zhang Xiantai just because we don't want to see these things, let alone seeing the corpses of Ming and Mongolian soldiers lying on the battlefield coldly, becoming ghosts from a foreign land." , There is not even a person who collects their corpses. So Dahan, I, Zhang Xiantai, beg you, accept his surrender! Don’t fight, let alone let Ming and Mongolia, who have been friendly for nearly 60 years, become enemies for him. Let Daming and Mongolia fight each other, Zhang Xiantai is willing to sacrifice his life for righteousness, in exchange for the continuation of the alliance between Daming and Mongolia, in exchange for the eternal peace between Ming and Mongolia!"

The big tent was very quiet, Lin Dan didn't speak, Lama Salpa didn't speak, even Abai and Bao Chengxian, the emissaries who hated Young Master Zhang to the core, didn't speak - because there was really nothing to say.After a long while, Bao Chengxian sneered loudly, "Hahahahaha, what a sacrifice! Since Zhang Haogumanzi wanted to sacrifice his life for righteousness, and exchanged his dog's life for the continued alliance between Ming and Mongolia, then he was in the Karaqin Grassland and Horqin On the grassland, why did you kill the Mongols so hard?"

"That's because you built slaves." Ruan Dacheng held back his tears and said solemnly: "Because you built slaves colluded with the traitorous tribes and killed countless innocent people of Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, we Zhang Xiantai had no choice but to kill for Hudun. Rabbit Khan wiped out some Mongolian traitors! Because of this, we Zhang Xiantai often felt guilty and used our salary many times to ask the eminent monks of the Red Sect to chant scriptures and pray for the Mongolian soldiers and people who died in that battle, and to save their souls! But despite this, we Zhang Xiantai still feel that we have not done enough, so this time when the Khan launched an army crusade, our Zhang Xiantai chose to surrender without hesitation, hoping to use his own blood to wash away the sins he committed, and to pay his respects. The Mongolian people apologized, apologized to Mongolia, and even apologized to Huduntu Khan!"

"Amitabha! Goodness, goodness, Zhang Xiantai's heart of apology is enough to prove that my Buddha is merciful and saves all sentient beings!" The leader of the Red Sect, Lama Sarpa, chanted the Buddha's chant, feeling very fond of Ruan Dacheng and Young Master Zhang whom he had never met.Over there, Bao Chengxian exclaimed in surprise: "How do you know that I am from the Kingdom of Jin?"

"It's very simple." Ruan Dacheng replied indifferently: "57 years ago when Daming and Mongolia signed the peace treaty, Mongolia promised that Ming would not employ traitors, and An Dahan even escorted the traitor Zhao Quan to the capital of Daming and handed it over to Ling Chi, the Ming court. Execute! Huduntu Khan is one of the greatest Mongolian Khans, you keep your promise, and of course you will not break this promise, but you, as a Han, stand in the tent of Huduntu Khan's Chinese army, You are not a traitor who took refuge in Jiannu, what else could it be?" Speaking of this, Ruan Dacheng added with a smirk in his heart, "The key is that your accomplice Ma Guozhu made a confession and sold you."

Lin Dan was very comfortable listening to Ruan Dacheng's words, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Prefect Ruan, you are right, this Han is a traitor from Jiannu's side, and he has been pestering me to make an alliance with Dajin. But I am a man of my word, as long as the covenant with you Da Ming still exists for a day, I will not form an alliance with Da Jin for a day."

"Khan promises a lot of gold, and the subordinates admire him so much." Ruan Dacheng nodded solemnly, flattering Lin Dan.Lin Dan smiled happily, and asked again: "Since your Lord Zhang Haogu knows that he has committed a serious crime and is determined to apologize to us Mongolia, why does he surround my eldest son Ezhe's army? Did he want to add to his mistakes? "

"Great Khan, Zhang Xiantai is the governor of Xuanda. It is his duty to protect the land and the people." Ruan Dacheng answered very cleverly. He did not accuse E Zhe of treachery and attacked Wanquan. The people of the government will suffer, and the Great Khan will also bear the unjust name of tearing up the covenant. For the sake of the people of Daming and the reputation of the Great Khan, Zhang Xiantai has to do this. But please don’t worry, the Great Khan, as long as the Great Khan Khan accepted Zhang Xiantai's surrender, Zhang Xiantai immediately removed the siege, and provided enough drinking water and food for the prince's army, allowing the prince to lead his army northward and reunite with the father and son of the great Khan."

Lin Dan has long been aware of E Zhe's sneak attack on Wanquan and initiated the war. Now, not only did the emissary of Young Master Zhang not accuse E Zhe of his shameless behavior, but instead took care of Lin Dan's face and covered it up. Lin Dan listened to it and felt natural It is very useful.After pondering for a while, Lin Dan didn't discuss with Lama Sharpa, just nodded and said: "Okay then, go back and tell Mr. Zhang Haogu that I accept his surrender. By the way, tell him, as long as he doesn't play tricks, be good. Release all my Mongolian soldiers who were surrounded and captured, and come to me to plead guilty, I will continue to form an alliance with Ming Dynasty, never violate the border of Ming Dynasty, and I can also consider not killing him."

"Thank you, Khan!" Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to Lin Dan, kowtowed and said, "This official represents Zhang Xiantai, the people of Xuanda, and also thousands of people of Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. Thank you Khan! Great Hudun Rabbit Khan, your kindness is comparable to the Tathagata Buddha! Your brilliance is like the sun in the sky, shining on all things in the world forever! Your grace is like the rain and dew in spring, nourishing all things and nurturing them. Wansheng...!"

"Okay, okay, don't say anything nice." Lin Dan couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and waved to Ruan Dacheng and said, "Okay, go back and send a letter to your master Zhang Haogu, and tell him to get ready and wait for me As soon as the army arrived in Zhangjiakou, he immediately opened the city and surrendered. Don't worry, I will strictly restrain the army and will not let the army harm the people of Ming Kingdom."

"I will obey your orders." Ruan Dacheng respectfully agreed, and flatteringly said: "I will definitely report the great Khan's kindness to Zhang Xiantai truthfully, so that he will be ready. When the Great Khan's heavenly army arrives, Zhang Xiantai will immediately open the city and surrender. Lin Dan nodded, seeing that Ruan Dacheng still refused to leave, he came to his senses after a while, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, you came here hundreds of miles away, and I didn't even treat you to a glass of kumiss. We will be entertaining guests now. Come, set up a banquet in the big tent to entertain Lord Ruan."

Of course, the host Lin Dan must accompany the guests to entertain the guests. When Lin Dan sat at the banquet, whether it was out of majesty or favor, it was necessary to have some Mongolian Taiji princes to accompany him.In this way, the news that Young Master Zhang sacrificed his life for the eternal friendship between Daming and Mongolia and voluntarily handed himself over to the Mongolian army must be brought up at banquets, let alone spread quickly among the Mongolian army.Once again, the high morale of the Mongolian army will inevitably be vented to the bottom of the valley - nonsense, there is no need to fight, who wants to cheer up all day long, brandishing knives all the time, shouting to capture Young Master Zhang alive , death by a thousand swords?

The lack of morale is not the most frightening thing. The most frightening thing is that after hearing that Young Master Zhang decided to surrender, the internal divisions of the Mongolian army, which were covered up by hatred, were suddenly exposed.As I said before, after more than half a century of friendly relations, quite a few pro-Ming factions have been bred in Mongolia, which can basically stand up to the pro-slavery and militant factions in Mongolia, which led Lin Dan to attack Xuandadu I had to use the banner of seeking revenge from Young Master Zhang, and use the hatred of Young Master Zhang to massacre the Mongolian tribe to boost morale and unite people. Now that the big enemy, Young Master Zhang, suddenly disappeared, the pro-Ming faction in Mongolia immediately raised their heads and rushed to give it to Lin Dan. Suggested that Lin Dan adopt a gentle strategy to repair the rift between Ming and Mongolia, and continue the friendly diplomatic relationship with Ming Dynasty - there are even many tribes who are particularly pro-Ming. Just kowtow a few times in front of the spirit cards of the Mongolian soldiers.The result was also natural, the pro-slave faction and the militant faction immediately became furious and insisted on cutting Young Master Zhang into pieces and putting him to death!There are even quite a few pro-slavery tribes, Taiji, who solemnly suggested that they take advantage of the great opportunity that Young Master Zhang opened the door to surrender Xuanda Wuzhu, suddenly enter the Great Wall and occupy Xuanda, and then use Xuanda as a forward base to form an alliance with Jiannu and march to Daming Under the capital city, annexed the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

"Stop arguing!" Lin Dan finally seized the opportunity to shout, interrupting the growing disagreement between the pro-Ming faction and the pro-slave faction, Lin Dan waved and said, "Why are you arguing? Zhang Haogu hasn't surrendered yet. Why are you fighting for it before it’s settled? No matter what good ideas you have, wait until that little barbarian Zhang Haogu surrenders.”

Having said that, since the rift in Mongolia has already occurred, it is impossible to make up for it. The pro-Ming faction and the pro-slavery generals are still arguing about how to deal with Young Master Zhang, even if Lin Dan forcibly stopped them, The two sides were still glaring at each other, cursing each other as traitors, and cursing each other as a dog. The centripetal force that Lin Dan and Lama Sarpa finally used to twist hundreds of Mongolian tribes together with hatred instantly turned into centrifugal force.Seeing this scene, Lama Sharpa couldn't help feeling suspicious, and quietly asked Lin Dan: "Khan, I am very worried that this is really a trick of Zhang Haogu's little savage. Look at the current situation of the army, if it comes to the battlefield Come on, can soldiers and generals still have fighting spirit and fighting power?"

"It's okay, look at how sincere Ruan Dacheng said when he came here, how could it be false?" Lin Dan waved his hand grinningly, and said with a smile: "Actually, I wish that Zhang Haogu, the little savage, doesn't mean anything. If he keeps his word and my army arrives in Zhangjiakou and he doesn’t open the city to surrender, then our army will definitely turn our differences into anger and instantly smash Zhangjiakou to the ground! Even those Minggou tribes who always want to please the Ming Kingdom , will stand fully with us."

"Is this really the case?" Lama Sharpa was dubious, frowning and said: "I hope so. The notoriously difficult little barbarian Zhang Haogu suddenly became so easy to talk to. I always feel that it is not easy. Maybe Zhang Haogu What masters do the barbarians have left, who will further divide and shake our army's morale."

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Lama Sharpa's words became a prophecy, and two days later, when Ruan Dacheng's emissary team hurried back to Zhangjiakou Fort, they saw Young Master Zhang's face, and before Ruan Dacheng had time to speak, Young Master Zhang smiled and said: "Master Ruan, you have worked hard!" , this time you have made great contributions to our Xuanda—although Lin Dan has not fully believed your words, but he is beginning to waver, the pro-Ming faction tribes of the Mongolian army must have quarreled with the pro-slave faction, right?"

"Huh? Zhang Xiantai, how do you know?" Ruan Dacheng was taken aback—in order to flatter Young Master Zhang, he deliberately kept his face when he met Young Master Zhang just now, but he planned to wait for Young Master Zhang to get nervous before reporting.Young Master Zhang replied with a smile: "It's very simple. According to our careful investigation, Lin Dan's previous marching speed was ninety miles a day, but the second day after you arrived at the Mongolian camp, the Mongolian army's marching speed became one day. Less than seventy miles—if Lin Dan didn't start to waver, if there were no differences within the Mongolian army, would it be necessary for Lin Dan to slow down his march?"

"Zhang Xiantai is brilliant, I admire you!" Ruan Dacheng suddenly realized, and hurriedly saluted Young Master Zhang.Ruan Dacheng's friend Shi Kefa asked: "Zhang Xiantai, what is the purpose of you asking Brother Ji to surrender? If it is just to slow down the marching speed of the Mongolian army, there should be no need for it? We have already prepared everything we need , and the Mongolian army slowed down their marching speed, their soldiers and horses can get a little more rest time, weakening the effect of us waiting for work at leisure."

"Lin Dan's interior is unstable, and there are serious differences and contradictions in the attitudes of various tribes towards Ming." Young Master Zhang said with a smile: "In order to resolve these differences and contradictions, Lin Dan had to play the banner of declaring war on me. The enmity between the Laqin Grassland and the Horqin Grassland massacred the Tatar tribes to unite the team and win over people's hearts. I asked Brother Ji to feign surrender. In fact, I wanted to re-intensify the contradictions within the Mongolian army. You can think about it, my Mongolian army The big enemy in the world no longer exists, what else can Lin Dan use to unite the team? What else can Lin Dan use to win people's hearts? I am afraid that even Lin Dan, who wants to be a whore and wants to set up an archway, is very hesitant right now. Take this opportunity to launch an all-out war against Daming?"

"On the battlefield, the most terrifying thing is not an enemy with strong soldiers and horses, nor an enemy with a hundred thousand cavalry and a million troops, but an enemy who is united and united in a common hatred!" Young Master Zhang's smile became more and more treacherous, "Since ancient times, the army The morale of Lin Dan's army can never be discouraged, once it rises, then it declines, and three times it dries up, if the morale of Lin Dan's army slackens, it will be even more difficult than climbing to the sky if it wants to revive it again."

Ruan Dacheng, Shi Kefa and others looked at each other. After a long while, Shi Kefa asked cautiously: "Zhang Xiantai, excuse me, why do your words sound like an armistice? Even if your move has intensified the internal contradictions of the Mongolian army, It also weakened the morale of the Mongolian army, but when the Mongolian army approached the city, you reneged on your promise and became fat, and the Mongolian army hated you to the core again? Unite and fight us hard?"

"It's too simple." Young Master Zhang laughed and said, "When the Mongolian army comes, Lin Dan will definitely be stationed at the bank of Angke Nao'er Lake for the convenience of fetching water and to save his idiot son. Go to Lin Dan and tell Lin Dan that the Ming court has basically agreed to hand me over to him in exchange for the continued alliance between Ming and Mongolia. However, the Ming court hopes that Lin Dan will also properly express the sincerity of the alliance and friendship - also It is to send the head of the enslavement envoy in his army, that is, the head of Nuerhachi's own son!"

"Wonderful!" Ruan Dacheng applauded with Shi Kefa and others, and said with a smile: "At that time, those pro-slaves in Mongolia will definitely not dare, and will definitely quarrel with the pro-Ming faction again. Lin Dan doesn't know what to do!"

"Hmph, that old boy Lin Dan is too young to fight with me!" Young Master Zhang sneered brazenly, "And these little tricks are just to cover up that I am really killing! I just need to use that trick to kill , The Mongolian army does not need us to fight at all, it must first completely collapse!"

"My lord, are you still killing? What are you killing?" Shi Kefa and others asked in surprise.Young Master Zhang laughed and shook his hands, and said: "I can't tell you now, because I have to deceive you too, otherwise the two old foxes Lin Dan and Lama Sharpa wouldn't be fooled!" Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang I couldn't help laughing wickedly, "I really admire myself for being able to come up with such a sinister trick! Hehe, sometimes, I'm really a little afraid of myself."

(End of this chapter)