Just when Nan Chu was busy persuading those Mongols to change their ways, abandon Chahanhot and go to Liaodong with his troops, he suddenly found that the number of people who came to the meeting every day had decreased.

Nan Chu's position in Chahanhot at this time was very embarrassing, because when he had ordered Gunchuktaiji's subordinates to incite soldiers to rebel, he fought against the Ming State to kill Gunchuktaiji for no reason, so they wanted to avenge Gunchuktaiji.

Since Yuan Chonghuan harmed Gunchuktaiji for no reason, then his identity as a Manchu envoy could not be announced to ordinary soldiers, otherwise wouldn't it be a confirmation of the fact that Gunchuktaiji had defected to the Qing Dynasty, and they would lose the righteousness in their hands.

Of course, in the Mongolian Nayan and the upper echelons of the army, his identity has been revealed. However, because of this, Nan Chu could not openly stand up as a Manchu envoy at this time to stand up for Gunchuktaiji's henchmen, and could only persuade these Mongol Nayan to cooperate with him as a third party.

In such a situation, Nan Chu lagged behind the change of the tendencies of the low-level soldiers in the city. And he didn't have a very thorough grasp of the city's intelligence, and could only barely control the activities of some major Nayan and officers.

So on the fourth day after the mutiny, there were a few fewer people at the meeting, and he didn't react yet. But on the fifth day, there were a dozen or so Nayans, which accounted for almost half of the Nayans who insisted on staying in Chahanhot, which made him feel that something was wrong.

Nan Chu then pulled a Mongolian general beside him and asked, "There are so few people today, what are they going to do?" ”

The Mongolian general said with a big grin: "Ao, it is said that the Living Buddha came outside the city yesterday, and they all went outside the city to meet the Living Buddha. Taking advantage of their small number of people today, we must ask them to settle the problem of moving to Liaodong. Lord Nan Chu, it's up to you to make the final decision today. ”

When the general was still thinking about making a decision at today's meeting, Nan Chu's mind was no longer on the meeting, and he asked anxiously: "Living Buddha, which living Buddha?" Did he come to Chahanhot alone? ”

The general paused for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "I haven't inquired about the specific living Buddha, but it is said to be from Wutai Mountain." I'm afraid the Living Buddha won't be alone when he goes on patrol..."

Although they were Manchus who were hostile to the Ming Kingdom, in terms of understanding of the Ming Dynasty, these Mongols who were subordinate to the Ming Dynasty were not as good as Nanchu. He just thought about it for a while and immediately guessed that the living Buddha who could be so valued by these Chahar Nayan and stationed in Wutai Mountain should probably be the living Buddha of Zhangjia who was personally canonized by the Ming Emperor and managed the religious beliefs of Monan Mongolia.

After the living Buddha of Zhangjia was canonized by the Ming Emperor, he has risen from an ordinary local living Buddha in Qinghai to the representative of the Yellow Sect in Beijing, and is also the leader of the Yellow Sect Lama used by Beijing to manage Monan, Mobei, Qinghai and Tibet, and his status has been faintly on the same level as that of the Dalai Lama.

From another point of view, Zhang Jia Living Buddha has actually become the official representative of the Ming court within the Yellow Sect system, and such a figure is the national teacher in Shenyang. How could a person with such a noble status suddenly appear outside the city of Chahanhot?

Nan Chu thought deeply, and suddenly stood up in horror. The Mongolian Nayan and the generals, who were powerless to discuss whether to stay or migrate, all subconsciously stopped and turned their eyes to Nan Chu, who suddenly stood up.

A Mongolian Nayan hesitated for a moment before he asked Nan Chu, "Nan Chu envoy, do you have anything to say?" ”

Nan Chu glanced at the faces with different expressions on the other side, and after a turn of his mind in his heart, he asked tentatively: "I heard that Zhang Jia Living Buddha has arrived outside the city, why don't you Nayan report it, so that I can wait out of the city to greet his old man."

This living Buddha has profound Dharma, and even Khan admires it very much. If Khan had known that the Living Buddha was outside the city, and that I was still sitting in the city and had remained indifferent, I would have been punished by Khan when I returned.

I think it's better to suspend today's meeting, let's go back and gather people, and go outside the city to welcome the Living Buddha into the city, and listen to the teachings of the Living Buddha. ”

In the past, in order to worship the living Buddha, they could not even have their family property, but today under the forced eyes of Nan Chu, they took care of it left and right, and refused to agree to go out of the city to welcome the living Buddha. These abnormal behaviors of those faces, even the henchmen of Gunchuktaiji, who were just confused, saw that something was wrong.

Finally, a slightly nimble Mongolian general sensed that something was wrong, he stood up, ignored the loud noise of the chair falling behind him, and asked loudly to Na Yan on the other side: "Okay, are you planning to return to the Ming Dynasty again, so you betrayed us?"

Sam Jaisang, Borak Jaisang, I'm afraid they didn't go to meet the living Buddha, but to negotiate with the Ming people. Are you going to trade our lives for your own safety? What a treacherous villain. ”

The noise made by the Mongol general alarmed the troops guarding outside, and the subordinates belonging to Nayan and the henchmen of Gunchuktaiji rushed in when they heard the noise in the hall, and the soldiers of both sides were in a tense confrontation in the hall, and a fight was about to break out.

Although Nan Chu was very eager to kill these Mongol Nayan who were in the twilight of Qin, he only glanced at the soldiers facing each other, and knew that his side had no chance of winning. When he instigated the rebellion of the army in Chahanhot that day, he found that the ordinary soldiers had no interest in the rebellion, except for the family members who had been kept by Gunchuktaiji, and they were only forced to act on the orders of their superiors.

The mental state of these soldiers made Nan Chu deeply uneasy, thinking that they were not reliable, so he did not even agree with the compromise plan proposed by the Na Yans, that is, to hold on to this winter and then withdraw to Liaodong.

In Nan Chu's view, with the mental state of these soldiers, as long as the Ming counterinsurgency army outside the city arrives, many people may directly drop their weapons and surrender, and talk about the possibility of holding on for a winter.

But the soldiers who rushed into the hall today were completely different from the state they had been in during the rebellion. Seeing them staring at their side, they looked like they could attack at any time, but the soldiers on their side looked like they were looking left and right, and they had no intention of fighting firmly.

Obviously, the arrival of the Living Buddha representing the Ming Dynasty must have reassured these soldiers and inspired them to fight.

Nan Chu still values his life very much, and even if they take down these Nayan in the hall, it will be useless, after all, someone has already gone outside the city to collude with the Ming people. Their fight here may only make it easier for the Akito to enter the city.

At the threshold of his life being threatened, Nan Chu sorted out his thoughts in an instant, and he shouted to the Mongolian Nayan who was guarded in the center by the soldiers: "Desen Jinwang, do you really want to fight against us and be the enemy of my Qing Dynasty?" ”

Desen Jinwang's face changed, and he said with some lack of confidence: "This is your first move, they just came in to protect us." ”

Nan Chu didn't argue with him, and ordered directly to the generals on the side: "Hazar, let your people withdraw." ”

The Mongolian general was a little unwilling, looked at him and shouted: "My lord? ”

Nan Chu turned his head to look at him fiercely, and said viciously: "I said to remove the people, are you not going to listen to my orders?" ”

Having lost the blessing of Gunchuktaiji and rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, these Mongol generals naturally did not dare to offend Nanchu, who represented the Qing Dynasty. Despite his reluctance, Hazar let his men exit the hall in frustration.

Nan Chu stared at Desen Jinwang on the opposite side, although he didn't say a word, but the other party finally avoided his gaze, and gave a few orders to the left and right, and then Nayan took the soldiers out.

Although the hall was once again filled with the leaders of the rebellion, the atmosphere was difficult to return to the previous situation. Although everyone had a dispute before, they knew that they were all in the same boat, so they always paid attention to maintaining internal relationships and not intensifying the conflict.

But now that it is clear that the two sides have parted ways, these ostensible solidarities and harmony have been completely abandoned.

Looking at the suspicious and wary posture of the two sides, Nan Chu knew that if he wanted to unite the two sides to deal with the Ming Kingdom together, it might already be an impossible task.

However, as a representative of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he always had to try to make a final effort, at least now that the Ming people had not yet entered the city, everything was still unknown.

Nan Chu softened his tone and said to the other party: "Desen Jinwang, do you think that if you return to the Ming Kingdom now, the Ming people will be able to forgive the fact that you rebelled before?" Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Fengda, could have executed him in public without any evidence in his hands, and you drove him out of the city with your soldiers and let him escape back to Xilinhot overnight, do you think he will not be jealous of you? ”

Desen Jinwang hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "It was you who led the troops to drive Governor Yuan out of the city, and we just didn't have time to help for a while, so we had to pretend to be subservient to you."

Zhang Jia and Lord Liu can prove to us that we did not participate in the rebellion that night, and even if Governor Yuan hated us, we could not continue to kill the loyal ministers of the imperial court.

What's more, we also have evidence in our hands to prove that there was indeed collusion between Gunchuk Taiji and the Qing envoys, and we are witnesses to Governor Yuan. He can't silence the witnesses who prove his innocence, can he? ”

Nan Chu suddenly asked strangely, "Evidence?" What evidence do you have to prove that there was a private collusion between Gunchuktaiji and my Qing Dynasty? ”

Desen Jinwang looked at him with a strange expression and looked at him a few times, and then remained silent.

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