Chapter 8: The Glory of the Golden Family

On the throne, the Great Khan sneered, "King Huai, who in the world doesn't know that you are cunning, and today's advice will not be to rob the grassland of Horqin." When King Huai heard this, he hurriedly knelt down, "Brother Wang, King Chang can't keep it, what if he hands it over to his ministers, the fate of our golden family is never alone, only if we are united, can they not look down on our scimitar." "You mean, the kings' opinions are all about retreating, and there are people behind this." "The ministers have heard that the envoys of the Zhou State have been going back and forth in the kings' mansions recently, and the gift of gold, jewelry, and beauties is to shake the determination of the kings to fight a decisive battle." "So what? Do you mean to kill these envoys of the Zhou State and punish these royal nobles? "No, the minister means to negotiate peace."

"Why did he negotiate peace, he killed our people, slaughtered our fortresses, and the people were terrified, and they did not declare war, isn't this underestimating and despising our Mongolia?" "Great Khan, the Zhou State has provoked our tribal relations and bribed us with heavy money, which is already very dangerous for the Great Khan, if the tribe is separated, then we will not be able to resist the attack of the Jurchens, and the Golden Family is just a dream in the end."

The scimitar was drawn, and in a blink of an eye, it reached the neck of King Huai, "Provoke the army's heart before the battle, I can kill you at any time." King Huai was not afraid, looked into the eyes of the Great Khan and said, "The reason why my brother dares to speak out is because he has the determination to win, which can make my Mongolia and Zhou kingdoms equal at the negotiation table." "Am I really afraid of him?" "Great Khan, this is no longer the time to be angry, the three cities of the eastern front of Shenyang and Changchun defenders on the western front are also eyeing the city, attacking the city, and pointing the sword at the capital, this is the autumn of the empire's survival! Sweat! Don't hesitate any longer. ”

"Say, 'What should I do?' "Great Khan, my brother heard that the Kulun Banner was lost, and the besieger was the prince of the Zhou State, and now the King of Chang has captured Haizhou, the Kulun Banner is already a lonely city, and now Qin Qi, the guard of Zhangjiakou Shanhaiguan, is brave, and our army must not be reckless." "The only way to do this now is to encircle the Kulun Banner." The scimitar was removed from the neck of King Huai, and the Great Khan turned around and walked towards the map, and King Huai smiled coldly, "Great Khan, the younger brother can lead the army to kill the Kulun Banner, present the head of the prince, and drink wine with the king." "No, the living prince is more useful than the dead prince, send someone to inform our envoys immediately, immediately negotiate peace, willing to get along with a friendly country, ask for 100,000 horses of silk, 20 carts of gold, if he agrees, I will send the prince back to the country, and marry my country's princess Qiqige to him, so as to make peace between the two countries, if he does not agree, my Mongolian people will fight to the death and shed the last drop of blood!"

"Yes!" King Huai went out and passed on his will and turned back, "Great Khan, why do you want to marry the princess to this prince?" He's our prisoner now. "Look at his actions, he led the infantry to conquer my steppe cavalry, and insisted on going his own way, such a straw bag became the emperor, so that I Mongolia can have no worries. The order went down, pulled out the camp, and set out for the Kulen banner. ”

Zhou Dynasty, Chongzheng Palace

"Your Majesty, Mongolia has sent someone to negotiate peace." "What about my emperor, has he come back safely?" The ministers looked at each other, but they didn't speak, and the emperor slammed the table, "What does it mean not to speak, where is the prince, is it safe, and the military department is still in the book!" Liu Huizu! Where are you? "The minister is here." "Where's the prince?" "The Mongol army has surrounded the Kulen banner, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince... In the city of Kulen Banner. "What? Send someone to break through! Are you abandoning the prince, the prince of the country, and ignoring it? "Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare, it's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe and secure at the moment, and the Mongols are only besieging and not attacking, so that His Majesty can meet their conditions..."

Outside the emperor's bedroom, "Your Majesty is awake!" Summoning the Ministry of Rites to meet you! The next day, the news came out from the imperial court to accept the peace talks, and three months later, the results of the peace talks were: the Zhou State accepted all the demands of the Mongols, all the troops retreated, and the Kulun Banner and Fengzhen sent another person to guard it.

The crown prince returned to Beijing, married the Mongolian princess, discussed the ceremonial position, and prepared the dowry, and two years passed in a blink of an eye. Xu Shu got the news that the old emperor's health has deteriorated since he learned that the prince was besieged in the city, and now he has made the prince in charge of the country. The old monk of Shanyuan still has no news, if it really comes to the day when the situation is broken, what will happen to Xu Yuan?

Of course, Xu Yuan didn't know what was going on, he had now become a centurion, he had military merits, and he didn't have a crown, and the matchmaker had almost broken through the threshold of the Xu family, but Xu Yuan still didn't say anything, nor did he say anything about marrying a wife, and his parents also chose to accommodate him in this matter. In November, the holy decree ordered the Kulen banner guard to welcome the Mongolian princess into the palace in any autumn, and the general should not be lazy. Ren Qiu and Xu Shu have a very good relationship, and often drink together, Xu Shu said: "Since you are the princess, let Xu Yuan take his hundred and ten sergeants with you, this child has grown up on the border since he was a child and has never seen the world." ”

The cold winter was cold, the north wind swept the ground outside, the dowry was many, the march was very slow, the princess was tricky, and refused to live in the post station, Xu Yuan had to find an inn again and ask the princess to move. The maidservants hurriedly served the princess and got out of the car. "General Xu, please lead the way." The handmaid said calmly. The princess was surrounded by all the women in the middle, and she was not seen by the rough men in the barracks at all, everyone looked at each other, and walked away boringly, Xu Yuan looked around at everyone, and looked at the women again, and was busy leading the princess to the room. I turned around and arranged the class defense, and when I arrived in the backyard, I saw that the moonlight was just right, and I went to the room to ask for a pot of wine, and I thought about it alone, Qiqige, where are you? I think this year, you should also wait for me to go back and find you as a wife.

In the upper room, the window opened slightly, and Princess Qiqige looked at Xu Yuan, who was drinking alone under the moon, Fool, haven't you seen that it's me, if you don't look for it, you won't find me.

Xu Yuan finished drinking, went back to the lower room to chat with the sergeants, and listened to a thin soldier chatter deeply, "That Mongolian princess, I heard that since she was a child, she was trained by the Mongolian king to be close to our royal family, gentle and knows how to advance and retreat, and also knows how to write poems and songs, if there are not too many rules, we also want to meet what kind of pretty woman it is!" A burst of laughter sounded, and Xu Yuan walked to the sergeant's side with a cold face, "You, stand up." There was silence, everyone stopped talking, and the soldier stood up, "Hundred... Centurion. "What's your name?" "Meng Jia." When Xu Yuan heard this, he was furious, pulled him out to no one, and said, "Meng Jia died tragically by my side in the battle of the Kulun Banner, you are not Meng Jia, say, who are you?" "In Xia Meng Tong, Meng Jia is my brother, since Meng Jia's tragic death, in Xia is Meng Jia, General Ren Qiu also acquiesced that I can continue to be a soldier in Kulun Banner, slash the enemy, and avenge my brother!"

"Do you know who killed Meng Jia, and you dare to speak outrageously." "I don't care what that person's previous identity is, since he killed my brother, he's just my enemy, I don't care about anything else." "Meng Tong, I am your brother's comrade, I know who killed your brother, from today on, you will be ordered under my account to avenge your brother, there are many things that need to be prepared, and I, I can help you." After Xu Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the room. "Next time you commit a crime, the general will hear it, and he will definitely look at your head with his own hands!"