Storm VII
On the grassland, the stars are as big as a bucket.
Under the semi-circular starry sky, there is a tent made of black felt. The lights of the barracks for more than ten miles flickered, and the stars surrounded a large golden tent like the moon. In front of the big golden tent, a woolen spree was held high. The night breeze blew, and the blood-stained wool curled like a golden eagle ready to swoop, waving its huge wings.
The atmosphere inside the Golden Tent was very lively, and dozens of civil and military ministers sat on the ground, eating tender roast mutton while drinking wine from the Western Regions. Under the light of butter wax, the precious wine has the color of blood, like the stains on the clothes of military generals.
"Come, dry this bowl, celebrate that we finally destroyed Naiyan and pacified Liaodong for Your Majesty!" On a slightly farther seat on the left, a Han Chinese-looking general stood up and advocated to his approaching companions. His armor was torn in many places, and there were large blood spots on his shoulders and back, which were so wet that it was impossible to tell if it was someone else's or that it had flowed from his own body. But he didn't care at all, and deliberately let the candlelight shine on the blood spots when he called for wine, so as to show off his bravery.
", if it weren't for Brother Dehou leading people to climb the city wall and open the city gate from the inside, I don't know when this battle will be fought!" The young man sitting at the head of the blood-armored general was obviously his kindred, and he stood up to drink while showing off his military exploits for his own family.
"Yes, in today's battle, General Shi has made a lot of contributions!" Sitting a little farther away, several generals wearing the color of Tanma Red Army uniforms raised their wine bowls and responded loudly.
They were not familiar with Shi Dehou and the others who were boasting about themselves, and they came together to talk at this time, just to praise each other, so as not to swallow up all their merits by the senior generals when they were rewarded for their merits in the future.
The sedan chair carries people, and Shi Dehou has been in the army for a long time and knows the three flavors. Immediately asked the slave girl to fill the wine bowl, and walked forward leisurely, "Where, where, General Yelu has opened the eyes of the little brother today, if you hadn't led the clan to rush in in time, the boy who believes in the Cross Sect might have fought back, in that case, I will have a hard time here!" ”
"If you serve Your Majesty, how can you not do your best!" Tanma Red Army Thousand Households Yeluguang pretended to be modest.
"Dehou, you've drunk too much!" At the top of the left row, a man in a white robe and dressed as a clerk walked down with a wine bowl in his hand, leaned over and said in Shi Dehou's ear.
"Huh?" Shi Dehou, who was touting each other with the generals of the Tanma Red Army, paused for a moment, turned around, and saw his own uncle, Shi Tianze's younger brother Shi Tianmu's face pale, and hurriedly fell backwards to his seat. While swaying, he drunkenly groaned: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, I'm drunk and sleepy..."
"Today's grand event is all thanks to Your Majesty's wise and decisive decision-making, and the Prime Minister Hu Tu Temur has a good plan, let me and others raise a glass to Your Majesty, and wish Your Majesty a picturesque unification as soon as possible!" Shi Tianmu turned to the north, holding the wine bowl and shouting loudly.
"I wish Your Majesty an early unification of the picturesque country!" Dozens of Han and Semu civil and military officers stood up and said in unison.
"Okay, okay, what credit do I have, isn't it all thanks to the soldiers' lives? Tianmu, go back and sit, we don't have so many rules tonight! Kublai Khan held the daughter of the unknown family who had just been snatched in one hand, and said with a wine bowl in the other. The gray beard fluttered on the girl's tear-stained pink face, like an old goat grazing, trying to find the breath of spring.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shi Tianmu bowed and bowed, and returned to his seat. The atmosphere in the Golden Tent suddenly became more lively, and the warriors of the Red Army and the generals of the Han Army toasted each other, touting each other's martial arts, looking for an opportunity to put gold on their faces.
Kublai Khan liked the words that Shi Tianmu had just summarized, but he knew that if he won the battle, he had to let the generals vent, so he didn't care too much about the boastful rhetoric of the full account. The girl in her arms is like a frightened fawn, for Kublai Khan, who is no longer strong, this frightened appearance can just evoke his conquest.
Kublai Khan felt a little hot, reached out and ripped off the straps of his cashmere cloak, and before the slave girls came up to serve, he threw the cloak out of his seat.
Cashmere is known for its warmth and finesse, and the scarlet cape, which weighs less than three or two, floats up in mid-air, turns in half a circle, and lands in front of the seat on the right. Several of the generals of the Red Army immediately jumped out of their seats and grabbed the corner of the cashmere cloak.
Li Dingbei, a member of the 10,000 households in the Tanma Red Army, reacted the fastest and was the first to grab the cashmere cloak. Ostentatiously waved a few laps in mid-air, half-knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty for the robe!" ”
"Get out, take it if you want, don't mother-in-law!" Kublai Khan scolded with a smile.
Li Dingbei tied the cashmere cloak, held the wine bowl, and sang drunkenly: "I am the eagle of the Great Khan, and I am the hound of the Great Khan." I conquer the most fertile pastures for the sea, and I offer the most beautiful bride to the Great Khan......."
"General Li, we saw the grassland. Thou hast taken the reward of the Great Khan, and where is the bride of the Great Khan? "There were generals who were heckling in the crowd.
"This!" Li Dingbei was asked. The song he just sang was a popular short tune in the Mongolian army, and the lyrics came from the hand of Jebel, one of the four dogs under the command of Genghis Khan. It's been sung for decades, and no one has ever delved into the meaning.
"Yes, what about the bride, Li Dingbei, where is the bride you robbed. Didn't you hide it from the Great Khan and tie it up in your own tent! Seeing Li Dingbei's embarrassment, everyone coaxed together.
"Nonsense, today I fought for a day, and I didn't care about robbing women. In the cross temple, I saw a few girls dressed in black, and they were all hacked to death at that time. Next time, next time I will definitely snatch the most beautiful virgin in the whole grassland for the Great Khan! Li Dingbei swore again and again, lest others find an excuse to snatch Kublai Khan's cloak.
The generals laughed loudly, ridiculing Li Dingbei while counting the cities and tribes slaughtered since the Northern Expedition, which tribe has the most property, which tribe has the hottest women, which tribe has the fattest cattle and sheep, and which tribe has the least remaining population.
"Hmmm! Cough, cough, cough" Isht Moore, the Imperial Doctor, seemed to choke on wine, and coughed vigorously a few times. In the golden tent like boiling oil, his coughing sound was particularly harsh.
Hoheola, Yebitu and several other Mongolian households sat beside Ishtemur with blue faces, and the wine bowl in front of them was full, almost not touched. The back of the lamb in front of them was also cold, and the bright silver knife was inserted in the outermost layer of the mutton, which was particularly eye-catching.
Kublai Khan frowned slightly, and stopped exploring the girl. Inside the Golden Horde, there was an aura of disharmony that slowly spread around the Mongolian officials, destroying the lively atmosphere little by little.
"Today is the day of great joy for our army, please toast Your Majesty. Ministers wish His Majesty the sea of Weijia, and the virtue is thousands of miles! Ye Li got up from his seat, walked up to Kublai Khan, and bowed down to toast.
Weijia Hainai, Germany was born. I am the master of the whole world, and I do not see the same as those who have no conscience. Kublai Khan thought with a smile and raised the cup in front of him.
He understood what Ye Li meant, and did not want to punish Ishtmur at the celebration banquet and deepen the contradictions between the various factions. One of the main reasons why the war to pacify Naiyan was protracted was that the Mongolian soldiers always released water to Naiyan at critical moments, so that he could get out safely at critical moments. If it weren't for Dong Wenshan's good plan for the Han army to go north and the Mongol army to go south; If it hadn't been for Ye Li's suggestion, let the Han army and the Tanma Red army be the main force, and the Mongolian army would be the reserve; If it weren't for the critical moment when the Han army was allowed to join the Mongols with their battlefield exploits, Kublai Khan would not be sure that it would be Naiyan who was sitting in the golden horde to celebrate today!
"Ye Zhongcheng said it well, I want the whole world to share my kindness and be the master of all the races in the world." Kublai Khan drank all the wine in the glass bowl. With a wave of his hand, the slave girl poured a full bowl of wine again, held it up, and instructed Hututmur: "Prime Minister, take this glass of wine to honor the generals of our Mongolian army for me, I and Naiyan are in the same room, in order to calm the war and restore stability to the grassland as soon as possible." The great achievements of the generals who followed me are very clear in my heart! ”
"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty! The sweat on Hututmur's forehead came out, and he thanked the generals first, and walked towards the Mongolian generals such as Hoheola and Yebitu with a wine bowl.
Seeing Kublai Khan so magnanimous, the generals such as Isht Mur, Hoheora, and Yebitu felt ashamed. Raise the bowl in front of him, toast to Hututmur, then kneel down and raise the empty copper bowl above his head.
"Good man!" Ye Li took the lead in applauding.
"What a bold man!" The crowd responded with a loud voice.
Kublai Khan waved his hand, suppressed the cheers of the crowd, and said: "In my eyes, there is only my eagle and dog minions and my enemies, and there is no ethnic difference. Heroes of the Han Chinese, Semu, and other tribes, who are loyal to me, can join the Mongols, and their descendants can join the cowardly Xue and serve as personal guards for me and my descendants. You can enter my school, follow my great Confucians, learn science, and learn the way of governing the country. Among the Mongolian clan, even if he has the blood of the Golden Family in his body, as long as he does not obey the arrangement of the Immortal Heaven, he will have to become an enemy of me. I will no longer treat him as a member of the Golden Family, as a descendant of Mongolia! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!" The civil and military forces of all ethnic groups stood up together and responded.
"Come, drink, eat meat!" Kublai Khan smiled and raised the glass cup, full of pride.
"Drink wine and eat meat. Behind the Great Khan, there will always be good wine and mutton! The generals agreed. Someone sang in circles: "I am the eagle of the Great Khan, I am the hound of the Great Khan." My Great Khan's war horse, I am the Great Khan's scimitar......."
Ishtemur, Hoheola, Yebitu and other Mongol officials sat back in their places in disgust, there was no tolerance in the Mongol blood, no matter from which point of view, they could not say that Kublai Khan's behavior of killing people and slaughtering cities in Liaodong was wrong. But when you think about the hundreds of thousands of Mongols who have fallen under bows and arrows and artillery since the beginning of the war, the hearts of the people still cannot be happy.
It's all the essence of the Mongols, once the blood on the steppe is exhausted, why should they suppress all the ethnic groups in the world? Isht Moore thought gloomily. Through the pale white mist rising from the chilled wine, he saw faces full of excitement. Under the influence of fine wine, the human face looks a little distorted. Some of the generals' clothes were spotted with blood.
It was all the blood of the Mongols, the blood of the Mongols, the Great Khan led the Han people to kill all the Mongols in Liaodong, and killed all the Mongols! Ishtmoor wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to let people see the tears in his eyes, and under the effect of the wine, he only felt dizzy, as if he had been dipped in a bucket of blood, unable to breathe or struggle.
A few of his own soldiers ran into the tent and whispered a few words beside Hututmur. With a look of surprise on his face, Khuttmur stretched his head towards Kublai Khan. (Please support alcoholics to 17k, support genuine guidebook)
"Push him in, bring in the foreign monks, no, the missionaries they are talking about!" Kublai Khan threw down his glass, his face full of excitement.
The soldiers bowed and trotted out. After a while, in the surprised gaze of the civil and military forces, several biao-shaped khans led a string of men and women with leather ropes. At the front of the walk was a burly middle-aged Mongolian with pride written on his blue-black face.
"Grandpa!" The Mongol girl in Kublai Khan's arms jumped up and leaped towards the captives.
"Haha, Nai Yan, I didn't expect this fawn to be your granddaughter. I haven't been fortunate to him yet, you can't surrender, surrender, I let your family have no worries about food and clothing! Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
The girl tried to untie the rope for the captives, but the samurai waved her hand and fell far away. Nayan didn't look at the miserable situation of his granddaughter rolling at the feet of others, and asked with a smile: "I was sold by traitors, and I was not captured by you, why should I surrender to you?" ”
"Really?" Kublai Khan didn't take Naiyan's words as a reproach at all, and asked with a sneer.
"Who was beaten by me and lost his armor, and even the war horse was exchanged for someone else. I have less than 100,000 horses, but you have sent nearly 600,000 troops to kill the Mongols with Han Chinese, what is there to brag about! Naiyan sneered and scolded back, as if he had won the battle at this moment, and Kublai Khan was the prisoner. (Please support alcoholics to 17k, support genuine guidebook)
"Bold!" Shi Tianmu scolded beside him. The lord humiliated his ministers to death and allowed Kublai Khan to be ridiculed, which was his dereliction of duty as a subordinate. I was just about to find a chapter and extract sentences to count Naiyan's crimes, but I heard the other party ask: "This is a Han person." If you don't want to go to the south to be a man, why do you like to be a dog for Kublai Khan? ”
"The people of their Shi family want to be dogs!" A young Mongolian tied behind Nayan rushed to answer.
Shi Tianze, Ye Li and the others' faces all turned into wine-like colors, and several Mongolian generals laughed quietly, not looking at Kublai Khan's face that was blue with anger.
"I don't want to talk to you!" Kublai Khan shook his head and said with a long sigh.
The soldiers ran forward, drew steel knives from their waists, and pressed them to the necks of the captives. As soon as Kublai Khan gave an order, he immediately cut off Naiyan's head and made him sweat profusely.
"Don't kill them yet, take the heroes who sacrificed Nayan to the front!" Kublai Khan ordered with a calm face. The soldiers agreed, and from the end of the procession they picked up a few missionaries dressed in black and holding crosses.
"Your Majesty, we have been coerced by Nayan and have no choice but to serve him. Please remember our lost ways and forgive our sins! "The missionary walked up to Kublai Khan's table, knelt down again, and wept and complained.
"James, is this the loyalty you swore before God?" Naiyan lowered his head and asked kindly but disdainfully. He relied on the support of Wen Tianxiang to build a large city near the sea, and fought against Kublai Khan for three more months with the help of the tall city walls. After the city was broken, he took his family to sea on a fast boat bought from the south, thinking that he could find a chance to make a comeback, but he did not expect that his trusted bishop would put sweat medicine in the meal and present it to Kublai Khan as a gift.
"We are devout believers in God, and we don't want to see your false name of God as evil anymore!" Bishop James changed his face as if by magic, barking at Naiyan.
"Don't be noisy!" The pro-soldier ended the boring argument with two slaps in the face. Although Naiyan was a captive, the Mongols always respected heroes and looked down on those who sold their lords for glory. James's subservience to Kublai Khan and his viciousness towards his friends aroused the revulsion of most Mongols. (Please support alcoholics to 17k, support genuine guidebook)
Beaten, James held the cross in his hand and bowed his head. He came from the far west, and thought that relying on Naiyan, he could establish a theocratic Elysy in eastern Liaodong. But I didn't expect to send all the believers to the altar. In the face of Kublai Khan's military might, he made the choice that bishops often made, offering his friends in exchange for the opportunity to "reform" the enemy.
"Basket, in your West, how to deal with ungodly people!" Kublai Khan frowned and asked in a low voice.
"Usually tied to the cross, purify his soul with fire!" Marco Polo stood up and replied respectfully. After following Kublai Khan for so many years, he has deeply realized what Tianwei is.
"Your Majesty, we are willing to preside over this ceremony and send heretics to hell!" James led the missionaries to plead. He knew that it would be extremely unfair to Nayan as a devout believer, but it was worth sacrificing Nayan for the gospel of God to continue to spread in the East. It's a big deal that in the distant future, in the name of the church, he will still be a saint. Anyway, in history, Nayan is not the first "saint" to be sacrificed by bishops.
"Nai Yan, do you think this is good?" Kublai Khan ignored James and consulted with Naiyan in the tone of a friend's conversation.
Naiyan, who had been disgusted by James and the others to the point that he didn't want to speak, nodded and thanked Kublai Khan.
"Someone!" Kublai Khan clapped his hands, and a group of gold-armored warriors entered.
"Tie these foreign monks, who pretend to be gods, to the cross and burn them at the stake. Go to prison, don't let a few clowns damage the reputation of all the lusters! Kublai Khan pointed at James and said loudly.
"Your Majesty..."James froze, until he was dragged up by the samurai, he realized that the person Kublai Khan wanted to kill was himself, and he couldn't understand the logic of the East, he immediately protested loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have merit to you, you can't reward meritorious people like this!" ”
"Gagged him with horse manure!" Kublai Khan's orders were full of disdain.
The warriors quickened their pace, and after a while, the protests of James and the others could no longer be heard in the Golden Horde. Kublai Khan walked down, untied the leather cord on Naiyan's body with his own hands, helped him by his side, and raised his glass to persuade: "You and I are both golden families, but in the end you sprinkle the grassland with the blood of the people. If the ancestors saw it in the spirit of heaven, they don't know how sad it was. After this toast, you and I will laugh at each other, and we will still be connected by blood in the future! ”
"Your Majesty, you should say this to Brother Ali Buge!" Nai Yan raised a bowl of wine, took a sip, and then poured the rest on the ground, "Borrow Your Majesty's wine to salute the brothers who died for me, they are all descendants of the Great Khan, and they all died under the sword of the descendants of the Great Khan!" (Please go to 17k to support alcoholics, support genuine guidebook)
"At that time, Ali was not brother and unkind, if I didn't return to the army to save myself, there would be no thousands of miles of Mongolians today!" Kublai Khan arranged for Naiyan's family to be taken to rest in a separate tent, and then raised his glass again.
"After drinking this cup, let's reconcile. You go and persuade Haidu for me, persuade the other brothers of our golden family, and tie the arrows given by the Great Khan into bundles again, and our Mongols have the strength not to kill each other, to the south and west, there are countless pastures in the world! ”
"There are countless pastures in the world, but I don't want to be a herdsman of the Great Khan. Kublai Khan, I believe in God, so thick a scripture only remembers one sentence, before God, you and I are equal. You avenged me, and I thank you. You killed me, and I don't hate you. But if you want me to bend my knee to you, I can't. Once a person's knees are straight open, they don't want to kneel down anymore! ”
Nai Yan drank a glass of wine and replied lightly.
"Do you want the steppe to continue to bleed, and let the essence of the Mongols die before you are willing?" Kublai Khan asked sharply. His eyes swept to Ishtemur, Huhe Ora, and Yebitu in turn, swept to Hututmur, swept to Ye Li, and Shi Tianmu, "The grassland in the world is big, and heroes shouldn't draw swords in a tent!" ”
Ishtemur, Hoheora, Yebitu and others looked at Naiyan expectantly, hoping that he would promise Kublai Khan to stop. There were still a few princes in the north who rebelled with Naiyan at the same time and did not give in, and Haidu fled back to the west to recuperate. The Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate, and Ilkhanate were not in contact with the East for a long time. If Naiyan is willing to nod and be Kublai Khan's peace messenger, the Mongol iron cavalry will have a chance to sweep the land like a torrent again. Kublai Khan was right, the grassland in the world is big, why should a hero draw a sword in a tent!
"The hilt of the sword is in your hand, Your Majesty!" Nayan poured himself a glass of wine, drank it, and continued: "If you treat us as brothers, we are naturally willing to treat you as brothers. If you treat us as slaves, Nayan only wants a free soul to roam the grasslands! ”
"You don't want to think about your children, family?" There were countless civil and military people watching, and Kublai Khan had to completely give up his mind to recover Naiyan, and asked in a low voice.
"They must be the sons and nephews of the Great Khan. The Great Khan did what he wanted to do with his people. Nayan is about to die, and he can't control so much! Nayan put down his glass, stood up, and walked slowly out of the tent.
"You!" Kublai Khan stood up and tried to hold Naiyan. In front of everyone's eyes, they had to stand still. After a while, he said to Nai Yan's back, "I won't let your blood flow on the land of the Golden Family!" ”
"Thank you, brother Kublai Khan!" Nai Yan agreed, slowly walked out of the tent, and walked into the endless night.
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