Chapter 67: The Living Buddha Persuades the Mongols to Surrender

Now is not the time when the Yuejibe (Uzbek) Khanate is at its strongest, the original Khanate has been divided into several khanates, but the current territory of Yuejibe (Uzbek) still reaches the Black Sea coast westward, and the population is also the largest in Central Asia, and the number of troops is also the largest.

Fleeing from afar, how could the Mongols be the opponent of these Yuejie armies who were waiting for work. The Mongols killed and wounded more than half of their cavalry in the collision with Yue, that is, others. Just when these Mongols could not enter, and the pursuers came again, they wanted to launch a surprise attack to deal a blow to the pursuers, but they did not strike at the pursuers, and they were greatly injured.

These frustrated Mongol leaders gathered together, and someone said, "It's really no longer possible, let's surrender to the moon, that is, to others!" In any case, they turned out to be the khanate of Genghis Khan. ”

Someone objected, saying, "This is not good! Now that they have converted to the *** religion, they no longer recognize themselves as the descendants of Genghis Khan, and they have changed all the legal codes. In the past, if we didn't convert to their *** religion, we would all be killed. ”

"Yes! They killed both shamans and lamas, can we get over well? Another naysayer said.

Someone said, "It's really no good, let's turn around and surrender to the Han people!" ”

"No, how can we surrender to the Han Chinese! We would rather die than lose the face of Genghis Khan's descendants. "Some people objected, in their eyes they were braver and nobler than the Han Chinese, and it was absolutely unacceptable humiliation to surrender to the Han people.

"Yes! We can't surrender to the Han Chinese! Besides, the Han Chinese will not accept our surrender either. Everyone knows what we do in the Han people's place every time we cross their Great Wall. The Han people won't let us go! Another said.

"However, if we don't surrender, we have nowhere to go, our cattle and sheep will run out, the old people and children will starve to death, we must find a way out!" This man's words made the leaders lower their heads one by one and stop talking.

At this time, someone reported: "Report! ”

The leaders who were making trouble didn't want to hear anything, and one million households shouted: "Get out!" ”

But the messenger outside the tent said, "Lord! Jindan Living Buddha, a disciple of the Great Living Buddha, is here! ”

"What?" Wan Hu was stunned and said, "Please!" ”

These leaders in the big tent, when they heard that the disciple of the Great Living Buddha, Jindan Living Buddha, was coming, and they all came to the spirit, and they all thought that at this time, when the Living Buddha came, it must be to save the suffering. The status of the Great Living Buddha in the hearts of the Mongolian people is too high, and the disciple of the Great Living Buddha, Jindan Living Buddha, is the spokesperson of the Great Living Buddha.

The curtain of the big tent was raised high, and when the Jindan Living Buddha entered the big tent with a staff, everyone knelt down and kowtowed.

The Jindan Living Buddha returned the salute and said, "Everyone, please get up!" ”

The head man who knelt down, after getting up with a plop, gave the Jindan Living Buddha a straight seat. After the Living Buddha is seated, the leaders dare to sit down.

Under the butter lamp, the Jindan Living Buddha glanced at them and knew that they were in a meeting to study the way out.

The Jindan Living Buddha smiled and asked, "Are you studying a way out?" ”

One of the ten thousand households replied, "The Living Buddha is really the Dharma Eye! You can see it at once! We are so worried that we don't know what to do, so please let the Living Buddha guide us! ”

"The Great Living Buddha asked me to come, and he came to save you!" Jin Dan said slowly.

The words of the Jindan Living Buddha made these worried head thieves breathe a sigh of relief all at once.

After discussing for a while, the Jindan Living Buddha said: "The Great Living Buddha asked me to tell you that the Han people who return to the kiln are your only way out!" ”

The leaders who originally had great expectations for the Jindan Living Buddha suddenly felt like they had been poured a basin of cold water on their heads, and their mood was extremely low.

Someone asked, "Living Buddha, is there any other good way?" ”

Jindan Living Buddha said: "I came here with the decree of the Great Living Buddha, and I will bring the words of the Great Living Buddha!" As for what you do, it's up to you to decide! ”

After Jindan Living Buddha finished speaking, the leaders all hung their heads and stopped talking!

After a while, one of the ten thousand households asked, "Living Buddha! Where is the Great Living Buddha now? We've heard that the entire northern grassland has been occupied by the Yaogang people! ”

"When I came out with the Yaogang army, the Great Living Buddha was still in Yaogang, and it is estimated that I should return to the grass now!"

"What? The Great Living Buddha has arrived at the kiln? ”

"How could the Great Living Buddha come to the kiln?"

The Mongolian leaders really can't accept the fact that the Great Living Buddha has come to the kiln!

"All the Mongolians in Mobei who have not left have already surrendered to the Yaogang people under the persuasion of the Great Living Buddha! The Great Living Buddha talked very well with Zhang Dongjia in the kiln, and I accompanied the Great Living Buddha to many places under the rule of the kiln. I also went to Ordos, which was occupied by them very early, to take a look. After reading it, the Great Living Buddha was determined to let the Mongolians return to the Yaogang people! Jindan Living Buddha explained.

"We are the descendants of Genghis Khan, how can we obey those hateful Han Chinese?" A million households asked dissatisfied.

"We can't beat others, we are not as good as others, we want to live a good life, don't we go to others? Let's talk about you in front of you! If you don't return to the kiln people, what can you do? Jindan Living Buddha asked rhetorically.

Someone said, "We would rather return to the moon, that is, to others, than to submit to the Han people!" ”

"If you want to surrender to the moon, it is okay for others, but it depends on whether they are willing to take you in. Even if people take you in, you have to convert to *** religion. Otherwise you are heretics over there and will not allow you. Jindan Living Buddha said patiently.

"Now the kiln gang people have agreed to take us in?" One Wanhu asked.

"I came with the Yaogang army, as long as you lay down your arms and obey their management, the Yaogang people will accept you, there is no doubt about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come all the way here! ”

One of the ten thousand households felt that there was a problem, "Living Buddha, you said that you came with the Han army, but the time is not right!" You just said that you have been in the kiln with the Great Living Buddha, why did you get here so quickly? ”

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"That's right! The timing is wrong, isn't it? ”

A lot of people feel that this is a problem.

The Jindan Living Buddha smiled and said, "You guys! You should all go to the kiln to see, you follow the cattle and sheep on the grassland all day long, you don't know anything, you think you are amazing. was beaten by the Han people and had nowhere to run, and looked down on the Han people. Let me tell you! There are trains in many places from Hami to Yaogang, and the train can run hundreds of miles in an hour. It didn't take much time from Yaogang to Hami, I took a sleeper car, and I slept a few times before arriving in Hami! ”

"Yes! The Han people have built their railroad to Hami and Loulan, and I have seen their trains emitting black smoke and making a loud noise! A head man said.

"I'll tell you! There are still many things you don't know about the kiln people, and to be honest, you don't know how you were defeated by others. Now there are many children of Tumut and Ordos people studying in Yaogang, and Tumut people have also opened their own restaurants in Yaogang. I have heard that the silver earned in this restaurant is comparable to the cattle and sheep raised in a few good grasslands. In addition, the leaders of the Chahar and Korqin people all lived in the kiln. Jindan Living Buddha said.

One Wanhu said, "Living Buddha, this matter is too big for us! Shall we discuss it? ”

"Of course, but the time we have to buy you is also limited, if you are delayed, the kiln gang people are in a hurry, and it will be too late for the army to kill!" Jindan Living Buddha turned around and took a small bag from the hand of the little lama who followed him, handed it to a Wanhu beside him, and said: "This is a very good sulfonamide medicine, if there is a seriously injured person, hurry up and give him a pill, it can save his life!" ”

One of the leaders said, "Give me one!" My son was very injured and we had bought this medicine with gold before and it was amazing. Wounds that rot can be cured! ”

"Hurry up and decide! Yaogang people have the best doctors, and there are many such good medicines! Jindan Living Buddha said.

These Mongol leaders began to discuss and quarrel with each other again, and finally made the decision to surrender to the Yaogang people. However, they felt that some conditions should be put forward to the kiln people, such as that as long as the kiln people allowed them to return to their original grasslands, they could pay tribute on time, but they could not interfere with their own exercise of their rights on the grasslands.

When they invited the Jindan Living Buddha over again, they told the Living Buddha that they had to surrender conditionally, but the conditions had not yet been finished. Jindan Living Buddha waved his hand to stop the Wanhu who was speaking, "Don't tell me your conditions, I can't represent the Yaogang people." However, I remind you that I have come to give you a chance to live! I'm going back now, if you are willing to go to the Yaogang barracks with me to negotiate terms, you can come with me!" ”

In fact, the sentence "I came to give you a chance to live!" The words directly hit the point of these leaders. However, the leaders felt that they could still follow the living Buddha to the Yaogang people barracks to talk, at least, with the living Buddha there, safety could still be guaranteed.

In the end, the leaders elected five representatives to follow the Jindan Living Buddha to the Yaogang military camp.

When the Jindan Living Buddha returned to the barracks, he first saw General Ningde and told him how he had gone to persuade him to surrender.

General Ningde said: "The living Buddha has worked hard, you go and rest!" We'll do the rest! ”

Bidding farewell to the Jindan Living Buddha, General Ningde asked several representatives of the Western Mongols to come in.

General Ningde gave up his seat to a few of them, and said to them through an interpreter: "I heard from the Living Buddha that you are not willing to surrender, and you still want to talk to us about what conditions." I think it's ridiculous, the Great Living Buddha is compassionate, and sending the Jindan Living Buddha here is to leave you with a chance to live. If you don't cherish it, don't blame us for being polite. For us, the most convenient way for us to rush over and kill you is the easiest way for us! ”

Although these proud Mongols were not convinced, they were not the opponents of the Yaogang people in several battles, and when they came to the Yaogang military camp to see the appearance of the Yaogang army, they knew that they were not comparable to others at all. It seems that if you surrender honestly, you can give a way out for your life.

One Wanhu hurriedly said: "The general has misunderstood! After we listened to the words of the Living Buddha, all the leaders held a meeting and unanimously agreed that they were willing to return to the kiln people. But we are a little worried about the future, so we came to ask the general for advice! ”

Ningde was also reluctant to stiffen things, "Hmm! You have something to say! ”

"That's right, after we are converted, can we return to our original grassland? Can our people be governed or are they under our control? A Wanhu asked.

"It's okay to go back to the original grassland, but everyone must be managed by our kiln workers. You leaders have to go to the kiln to study, and only after you have passed the study can you return to your grassland to work. You don't know how our Yaogang people govern the world, and we don't worry about handing over the grassland to you to manage! Ningde was not polite.

All of a sudden, the Mongols were silent.

After waiting for a while, one said, "We still have more than 200,000 men, and tens of thousands of cavalry." Could it be that so many of us have surrendered in exchange for our right to govern our own people? ”

"What are you going to do with your own people?" Ning De asked rhetorically, "After you recuperate, you will fight us again when you are strong?" We're not going to give you that chance! ”

One of the deputies really couldn't help it, "We have two or three hundred thousand people, if we fight hard to break the net, no one will get any benefits!" ”

"Come on! We all know your situation, if we don't attack you, you will not be able to advance or retreat, and you will be trapped and die here. Ningde said, "You are sleepy, let's deal with Yue that is others, we are not in a hurry!" ”

When it comes to the moon as others, the Mongols hate it so much that the roots of their teeth itch, and one Wanhu said: "General, we surrender to you, but we have tens of thousands of cavalry, and we can go with you to kill the moon and others, so is that considered our meritorious service?" ”

"Of course!" Ningde felt that if the Mongols were to hate Yue that is, others, it would be good for them to open the way, and kill Yue that is, others together, "The reason why our Yaogang people can sweep the world is that the merit is too clear!" ”

"That's good! As long as the general can guarantee the lives of my tribesmen, let our warriors follow you to kill the moon and others, and our tribe will submit to you! "Actually, this Wanhu is also giving himself a step down.

Others have no choice but to say, "So are we!" "We're the same!"

"Good! If you say that, we're family! Ningde said, "Please don't blame my attitude!" Because this is a very serious matter, it must be discussed seriously! Today I have a feast to celebrate, we will be a family from now on! ”

Although these leaders can still drink wine and eat meat in the camp, they are worried about their hearts every day, and they are not in the mood to drink and eat meat. Now that they have made up their minds to surrender today, seeing that Ning Deyou is so enthusiastic about feasting them, they all want to let go of the drink.

After drinking and eating good wine and meat, Ningde told them that the Mongols who had fled to the Ural Mountains had been bullied by the Russians and had no choice but to surrender.

One Wanhu said a word, and several Mongolians agreed, "Although we kill and kill, we all believe in that Buddha." Those people in the west are different from us, and that's a big difference! We can be friends if we put down our knives and have a drink, but they are different! ”

During the banquet, one of the ten thousand households asked Ningde: "Our cavalry participated in the battle with you, and after beating away the moon and others, can their grasslands also be given to us." ”

Ning De agreed without hesitation, "It's completely okay, haven't they always thought that others are the most powerful?" Let's teach them a good lesson! Beat them away, and you can divide the grassland! Ningde knew that it was impossible for him to leave soldiers to take care of the grassland, so it was better to leave it to the obedient Mongols.

One of the leaders asked, "Do you want to go west after you have finished fighting the moon to the west?" ”

"Our goal is to hit the Black Sea west!" Ningde told the truth.

"That's going to be a long way away! Why do you want to be so far away? One asked.

"From now on, we're going to get on the train there!"

"What! You're going to fix the train over there? Can it also be repaired to our original grassland? ”

"Of course, we're going to fix the train to all the places we want to go!" Ningde said, "In the future, we will have planes to go anywhere we can think of!" ”

As a result, Ningde took a lot of effort to explain the plane.

However, the Mongols were as good as they were, and they were very resolute when they agreed to submit.

What made Ningde most pleased was that these Mongols were very willing to participate in the war when they heard that they had taken revenge after beating away the moon and others, and they could also get their grasslands. In this way, Ning De suddenly had more than 40,000 cavalry in his hands.

The work of relieving these hundreds of thousands of people was also very arduous, but the Mongolian cavalry also participated in the work of transporting grain, tea, salt, sugar and other materials back to Hami, and the pressure of transportation behind Yaogang was greatly reduced.

At first, there were still people on the Yaogang side who were worried that the Mongols were very barbaric, and it would be unsafe to return to the rear to participate in the transportation. However, Ningde knew the Mongols very well, and one of the reasons why they were able to win the war was that the military discipline was very strict. When they entered the place of the Han people, they burned, killed and looted, which was not a violation of military discipline, so they could do whatever they wanted. But now it is different, they are on a mission, transporting supplies to their people backwards, and they are very strict in military discipline.

The military doctors of Yaogang also went to the Mongol tribes to send them medicine and medicine.

After the Yaogang people entered their tribe, they learned why the Mongols had surrendered. If they don't surrender, it's likely that the entire tribe will die one by one. The military doctors of the Yaogang people saved many Mongolians, which also made the Mongolians see the Yaogang people like seeing a Bodhisattva. The military doctors, who carried medicine boxes from afar, would bow and salute at the side. The people of the tribe all said that the medicine of the Yaogang people is a miracle medicine, and many diseases are effective when they take medicine. In fact, these people have never taken medicine, and a little medicine can easily produce curative effects.

While Ning De led people to take over the relief of the Mongols who had returned to Shun, he also reported the situation to his family, and at the same time, Jiang Yue, that is, the combat effectiveness of the others was very strong, and the strength exceeded the original imagination, and he also reported to the family. Ningde wanted to wait for a run-in with the Mongol cavalry before launching an attack on Yue, that is, others.

After analyzing the situation reported by Ningde, the command center felt that Ningde could defeat Yuejibe's army, but the area over there was vast, and Ningde's troops were weak. It is very likely that Ningde they fought over, and the moon was that the others ran away, and Ningde they passed, and the month was that the others came back. In order to completely solve the problem of Yue and others, it was decided that Jiang Pai would send the second cavalry army from the north to the south to support Ningde and them.

Ning De read the opinions sent from the family, and agreed with the opinions of the family with the calmness of an old general. Ning De called home and said, "When waiting for Jiang Ji and their cavalry, it is just right to reconnoiter the situation of Yue Ji and others, and the Mongols who have returned to the country have already been arranged." ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.