Section 257
Xitao, a top of yurts scattered on the prairie, but few cooking smoke comes out, scattered sheep also seem to be no one cares, free to wander around, gathered here about 10,000 people, many people but there is no laughter in the past, but the silence of death, only the horse-head qin came out of the sad and long music, people numbly busy with their own work, from time to time looking at the Yellow River in the distance in a daze - the other side is the land of hope, but they can't pass, the people of Fengzhou took away all the boats along the river, A makeshift pontoon bridge was also guarded by heavily armed soldiers, and there were several Toyoshu army camps along the river.
The Chahar people were abandoned by Tengger, and they finally survived a winter outside the border of GS Town in the Ming Kingdom, and a plague came, like outside the border of Xuanfu seven years ago, they were crushed again, and the people were terrified, and began to flee despite the intimidation of the Great Khan, and the Jinong of Fengzhou, who was personally appointed by the Great Khan, became a savior at this time, and the battle between the two sides last year was forgotten. However, Lord Jinong stopped them by the Yellow River, and in any case expressed his willingness to surrender, and resolutely refused to let them enter the loop, on the grounds of preventing the spread of the plague. The poor Chahar people set up camp outside the suit, relying on the food sent by Lord Jinong, half starved and half full for a month, and nearly 1,000 people died before and after, and the old people said that this was lucky enough, and almost 30,000 people died outside the border of Xuanfu last time.
Li Yu has already crossed the Yellow River, but he is helpless, and there is also a plague in the set, but the situation is better, and the death toll is only five or six hundred people so far - Fengzhou still has experience in resisting the plague, and the medicinal materials are almost useless, the key is food, and the ability to resist the disease will be enhanced when people are full, and there will naturally be a lot fewer dead people, but after the beginning of spring this year, there is a plague inside and outside the pass, and the thieves have fled to HN Huguang, the grain route is almost blocked, and the grain transported out of the customs is very limited, so it is not easy for the Chahar people to eat half full.
"Bangtu, you did a good job, as long as you isolate the crowd and have something to eat, the epidemic should be able to survive quickly" Li Yu turned around and returned to the big tent and said, Lama Aungton and Lama Tu were waiting for him with a lama in red clothes and red hats - Lama Tu was transferred back from Alxa early to manage the Chahar people, and Lama Angtun took the initiative to ask Yingran to help, and both of them made great efforts to resist this plague.
"Brother-in-law, I listened to your words, forced them to live separately and graze, drink hot water and wash their hands frequently, sprinkled lime around them, and even burned the dead, and now only three or five people die every day, and the clansmen say that you are a living bodhisattva, bringing them good luck." Bontu smacked his ass proudly.
Li Yu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, there is no need to say nice things, let them hurry back to the old capital after a while, I can't afford to raise them here." ”
"Li Yucha, we followed the Great Khan all the way to the west, from the West Liao River to the border of the Ming Kingdom GS Town, these years have suffered a lot, and there are fewer and fewer people, cattle and sheep, the Great Khan must have taken the evil road to be punished by the gods and Buddhas, we don't want to run with him anymore, and we are willing to surrender to your account to serve," the Red Hat Lama flashed out from behind the Antonn Lama and saluted Li Yu, and the god mysteriously lowered his voice, "I gave you the Great Khan's 'Mahakala' Golden Buddha and the Kangyur Sutra, and you got two of the three treasures of the Great Khan, Sooner or later, the jade seal of Sutai Hatun will fall into your hands, this is the will of the gods and Buddhas, you are the reincarnation of the soul of Dayan Khan, and the master of the grassland is none other than you! ”
"Who is this master?" Li Yu glanced at the Red Riding Hood Lama and asked, he was a little strange, the person in front of him was clearly a Red Sect Lama, how could he be with the Yellow Sect's Onton Lama? The two sides are enemies, although they are both Buddhists, and they are embarrassed to kill people and demolish temples, but they are eager to knock each other to the ground and step on 10,000 feet.
"Lama Morgen, a disciple of the Great Khan's Red Sect teacher, Sharba Hutuktu, a bereaved dog, has come to beg for us." Lama Angtun glanced at the red-capped Lama in disgust and replied, if this guy hadn't brought an extraordinary treasure, he wouldn't have bothered to introduce it to Li Yu - the Golden Buddha of Mahagala was cast by the national teacher of Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and was consecrated personally, and the Kangyur Sutra is also the Diamond Sutra, which was also written with gold powder by order of Chahar Khan, and the meaning of the two holy relics is extraordinary.
The Lama Morgan respectfully presented the Kangyur Sutra, then clapped his hands proudly, a white camel was led out of the tent, several Chahars fell to the ground, and then stood up and unloaded the golden Buddha from the hunchback, and Lama Onton, Lama Murgen, and Zantu immediately knelt on the ground.
"Wait!" Li Yu suddenly waved his hand to stop it, returned the Kangyur Sutra to Lama Morgan, and said coldly: "Lama Morgen, you stole these two treasures of the Great Khan, are you so confident that I will accept your stolen things?" ”
"It's not stealing, it's the destiny of heaven and the desire of the people, Li Yu must not disobey the will of heaven." Lama Murgen jumped in fright.
"Providence! Do I know that this golden Buddha was originally enshrined in the temple of SX Wutai Mountain, Shahrba Hutuketu in order to please the heart, the Golden Buddha was stolen out of the customs and dedicated to the Great Khan, the "Kangyur Sutra" golden book probably also has the credit of Shahrba Hutuketu, the Great Khan since he got these two treasures, the Chahar tribes are in dire condition, first lost the Xiliao River hometown, and then lost the old capital, and now fled to the GS border to survive, which is also the destiny of heaven and the desire of the people? Your master hurt Chahar, and you want to harm me Fengzhou too? Li Yu pointed at the Murgen Lama and shouted, The Erji Lama has long said that the Red Sect Lama does not abide by the rules and precepts, and even openly marries a wife and has children, and now he dares to steal the treasures of the Great Khan, and his hands and feet are really not clean.
Cold sweat broke out on Lama Morgen's head, and he was speechless for a while, Li Yu continued to shout angrily: "Look at you are also a member of Buddhism, I won't arrest you today, and I will give you a chance to atone for your sins, where the treasure was original, you can put it back, don't get out of here!" ”
Lama Morgen hugged his head and scurried, and Lama Ongtun stood up and said regretfully: "The people in the Red Sect are evil, and the great commander scolds well, but it's a pity that the Golden Buddha and the scriptures are the weapons of the king!" ”
"My master said that the fortune of the country is not in the sky, and the people of Fengzhou are above board, how can they accept stolen things." Li Yu waved his hand, turned his head and ordered to Jintu, "Send someone to drive that lama away, this kind of person must not stay." ”
Jintu said angrily: "I said how old and unlucky these years, it turned out that Brother Khan received the stolen treasure, and I went to ask this lama to send the Golden Buddha back to Wutai Mountain." ”
"You go and tell the Chahar people, the people of Fengzhou are also very hard, they can only do so much, we have prepared the rations on the road, let them go east along Daqing Mountain, Tuba Jinong is in the old upper capital, Fengzhou will definitely help them live." Li Yu pointed to the Chahar camp and said loudly to the Tu.
The Meteor strode away, and Lama Angtun shook his head and sighed and muttered: "You don't want treasures, you don't want the population, what do you want?" ”
"I want Toyosu to be stable." Li Yu replied lightly, looked at the west out of the big tent and said silently: Great Khan, I will keep the grassland and population for you, if you can't hold on, come back!
Chahar Khan has fallen into a desperate situation step by step since the day of his withdrawal from Ordos, the Northwest Ming Army is not the Xuanda Ming Army that has not fought for more than 60 years, Hong Chengchou is not Zhang Xiao and Zhang Zongheng who want to settle the matter, Chahar Khan's blackmail and begging tricks outside the Xuanda border are useless to the towns in the northwest, the two sides can only use knives to speak, and the extremely tired Chahar people not only can't break through the border wall, but also are counterattacked by Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of NX - Old Man Ma is helpless to deal with the Jin army, but the Chahar people who ask for food are still at ease, Won several battles in a row, beheaded thousands of ranks, and forced Chahar Khan to evacuate outside the NX border.
The Chahar people tossed and turned to the big grass beach in GS Town, unwilling to continue walking, and people kept quietly escaping, Chahar Khan had no choice but to set up a sweat tent near Yonggu City, in order to prevent the people from fleeing, and again played the means of sending his wife to take charge of the various Etok Wan households - this set of tricks has been used before, it seems that it does not work, and when people are unlucky, the wife may not be reliable, but now the people are uneasy, and they have to do this.
Although it is desolate here, it is relatively safe for the Ming army to be unable to intrude, and the road is convenient, both through the Western Regions and to the West Sea Ranch, the people's hearts are scattered, and they can't go anymore, so let's survive this winter before making plans - Chahar Khan thought helplessly, and ordered all the troops to camp on the spot for the winter.
The winter was cruel to the Chahars, with cold and hunger taking away their lives, but their Great Khan seemed to be on the verge of luck – the Khalkha Choktutaiji suddenly defected, bringing with him 40,000 tribesmen, and the two rabble mixed together, numbering more than 100,000 again. After the two conspired, they decided to hold high the banner of the Red Sect and contact the people of the same religion in various places in the name of opposing the Yellow Religion to take advantage of the opportunity to strengthen their strength. Their efforts were not in vain, and the Tibetan Zangba Khan and Chuankang Baili Tusi, who were overwhelmed by the Yellow Sect forces, quickly responded and were willing to form an alliance, and Chahar Khan rekindled hope in his heart that he was not fighting alone, as long as he hit the West Sea, he could be united with Zangba Khan and Baili Tusi, and then he could regroup and dominate the party.
Just as Chahar Khan was full of ambition, a plague suddenly fell from the sky, and it became more and more intense, and in March and April it was almost out of control, and the starving Chahar people fell one by one, a situation reminiscent of the tragic situation outside the Xuanfu seven years ago. The Chahars were terrified, and the Great Khan must have offended Tengri, so he was repeatedly punished and could not kill himself with him. The exodus began again, and some nobles and Red Lamas also mixed in, at first quietly walking, and then simply slipped away in groups, and even the Murgen Lama, who was in charge of the golden Buddha of Mahakala and the golden book of the Kangyur Sutra, took the opportunity to flee with the treasures. Chahar Khan was angry and hateful, but he could not do anything, and his people despaired of him, and no one cared about his intimidation and killing, but only wanted to leave him as soon as possible, and at this time he himself contracted smallpox.
Chahar Khan finally fell, this time there will be no more good luck, he can escape the pursuit of the Jin Kingdom, but it is impossible to escape the punishment of heaven, until the beginning of May he understood that it was time to arrange the future, and called his son Kongor, nephew Adahai, and all the Hatun and important ministers to the sleeping tent - it turned out that his wife was indeed more reliable, and his ally Choktu Taiji left him and went to the West Sea to grab the pasture first.
Everything is almost over, at the age of thirteen, he inherited his grandfather's throne, faced with the complex situation of Mongolian tribes being divided and independent, and it became his life's long-cherished wish to unify Mongolia and revive the majesty of his ancestors, but the reality is cruel, Taiji and Nuoyan refused to give up their own interests, and stubbornly resisted under the impetus of the Yellow Lama, and even did not hesitate to betray and join the enemy. A plate of scattered Mongolia can not fight against the emerging Jin State, although he is cowardly but still gritting his teeth and insisting, as long as the banner of Chahar Khan does not fall, the Jin State did not conquer Mongolia, but the end of life has finally arrived, the Jin people have been looking forward to this moment, after his death, the group of hungry wolves will definitely tear Mongolia to pieces, and then trample under the feet of eternal slavery.
I can't be cheap, I have prepared a strong opponent, he will re-raise the banner of rebellion against the Jin country, the nobles who are greedy for power will get out, and the Mongols will regather under this banner to fight to the end - Chahar Khan lay on the blanket and couldn't help but shed tears, as if he saw thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen holding high the black eagle banner to kill Shenyang.
"Father Khan, you are crying, are you in pain?" Kneeling on the ground with tears in his eyes, Kongol said that the four-year-old Ada Hai was about to throw himself into the arms of his loving uncle, but the attendant quickly grabbed him.
"Father Khan is not afraid of pain, Father Khan is thinking of your uncle, Kong Guoer, do you like your uncle?" Chahar Khan wiped his eyes and asked with a forced smile.
"I like my uncle, my father Khan said that he is the bravest man in the steppe, and only he can defeat the Jin Kingdom."
"If you follow your uncle with Adahai in the future, are you willing?"
"I am willing, but I am reluctant to bear my father's Khan."
"Father Khan is leaving, I can no longer take care of you, you will go to Adahai's house with your mother in the future, remember, he is Adahai's father and your father, you must treat him like Father Khan."
Kong Guoerwa cried, Adahai also cried and shouted, "I don't go home, I want uncle", and Sutai Hatun held the two children in his arms and cried incessantly.
Chahar Khan glanced at Zhuhatun and important ministers, and said solemnly: "After Ben Khan left, you immediately took your troops to Li Yucha, and now only he can save you, you tell Li Yucha that Ben Khan trusts him, and the Chahar tribes will obey his dispatch in the future, and Sutai and Kongol mothers and sons will also be raised by him." ”
"No, Li Yucha is from a pariah, and we are not all the way, Su Tai and Kong Guoer can't be handed over to him." The bag Hatun, who was in charge of the ten thousand households of the Aqi Tuman, immediately objected, and at the same time stared at Su Tai fiercely - the Great Khan always likes to be with this woman, but there are few saints for her, if Su Tai's mother and son get Li Yu's support, will there be a way for her to live in the future?
"Great Khan, Li Yucha is not our own person, he fought with us last year, in case he has different intentions, Chahar will be finished." Sonomu Taiji of the Ten Thousand Households of Asu Tumen almost jumped up, and the ministers also objected - it was a great shame to let them take refuge in the untouchables, and that fellow had never taken nobles seriously, and if he fell into his hands, he would probably swallow even the bones of the belt.
"Chahar has no way out, if you don't want to starve to death, you can only rely on him, if you don't want to go to him, get out, the farther you go, the better." Chahar Khan waved his hand to everyone and continued categorically, "Give Chahar to him, and he can do whatever he wants, and Ben Khan only wants the kingdom of Jin to perish." ”
Karma Jinong did not speak, but constantly exchanged glances with his master Goltumen Hatun, and then knelt down and stepped forward and said loudly: "The minister respects the decree of the Great Khan, Li Yucha is brave, and it is the only hope for my Mongols to completely defeat the Jin State, and the minister is willing to obey his orders." ”
Karma is smart, only he cares about the intention here, Chahar Khan nodded and said: "Chuan Ben Khan's edict, named Li Yu as the Great Jinong, ranking first among the ministers, and adding the title of Bahturu Zun. ”
Everyone stopped talking, the Great Khan had pushed Li Yu to the supreme position, and then there was only Feng Khan, and the banner of resisting the Jin State and defending Mongolia also fell into the hands of Li Yu, but since then he has become the target of the public, not so much as the addition of officials, it is better to force him to fight with the Jin State, and the days on the cusp of the wind and waves will definitely be sad in the future.
"Tell Li Yucha that Ben Khan didn't want to harm him, and the Chahar tribes handed him over showed Ben Khan's sincerity, and Ben Khan had only one request, to destroy the Jin State and revitalize Mongolia." Chahar Khan shouted with all his strength and shook his fist.
A few days later, the Chahar Khan died in agony, and the Chahars buried their Great Khan and set out on the road home - they had no choice but to stay where they were and wait for death, and if they went west, they would encounter the Western Mongol tribes, and to the north they would encounter the sinister Khalkha tribes, and that once the Great Khan entered the West Sea, he would become vassals of the Zangba Khan, Baili Tusi and a gang of sinister people, and the only way out was to go back and attach to Dajinong, and the Chahars returned to their hearts like arrows and began their arduous journey again, But the 100,000 people who set out from Ordos have plummeted to less than 40,000.
In the middle of May, Shenyang, no, should be Shengjing, the Khan Palace, which had been built for many years, was completed at the beginning of the year, Tiancong Khan settled in the new palace, and in April the edict changed Shenyang to "Tianjuan Shengjing", and Hetuala was "Tianjuan Xingjing". However, the heavens do not seem to favor Dajin, this year's drought they can't dodge, in March, the deputy general of the Ming Kingdom Shang Kexi brought the soldiers and civilians of the three islands to surrender, coupled with the HLJ tribes to submit, the population of the Dajin Kingdom increased suddenly, and there was a shortage of food again, and the matter of levying Ming was put on the agenda.
Tiancong Khan sat on the throne of the Dazheng Palace, looking at the discussion of Zhubeile and important ministers, these people have no objection to Zhengming, this is also a common practice, Dajin Guo should go to Ming to rob if he has no food, who told the Ming court not to agree to the peace discussion, but they all stared at Shanhaiguan, Tiancong Khan felt that he should remind them.