On 13 May, the Mangui soldiers took Kulen without bloodshed. After taking Kulen, Man Gui was the first to go to see Jebzunba.

"Jebtsundamba Hutuktu, take the order!" Man Gui said with the holy decree in his hand.

The content of the decree is to canonize Jebtsundamba Hutuktu as a living Buddha. According to the strategy of the Northern Expedition, Zhu Youxiao decided to canonize Jebtsundamba Hutuktu as a living Buddha and use his influence to quickly stabilize Khalkha Mongolia. After the Khalkha Mongols stabilized, Zhu Youxiao gradually implemented the reform of the land and the separation of church and state.

"Thanksgiving!" Jebzunba said respectfully.

"Your Majesty hopes that the Living Buddha can bring this chaotic situation in Khalkha to an end as soon as possible." Man Gui said.

"This is what a minister should do." Jebzunba said.

"This is very good, the local ministers sent by the imperial court should arrive in Kulen soon, and then they will need the assistance of the Living Buddha to jointly govern the place." Man Gui said.

……

With the help of the power of the Living Buddha, Man Gui quickly stabilized Tushetu. After staying in Kulen for five days, Mangui's army sent troops to the Chechen Khan.

And at this moment, a catastrophe broke out in the empire. On 13 May, Wujiang and Gui'an in Su, Song, and Hu prefectures poured heavy rain day and night, and the water burst out suddenly, surging in an instant, regardless of the embankment, and houses toppled over. And the price of rice is soaring, and the rice is three or four dollars in silver.

"Your Majesty, the disaster situation in Su, Song, Hu and other prefectures is very serious, and you need Your Majesty's support this time." Sun Chengzong said.

"What does the cabinet need me to do?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"In response to the disaster, the cabinet has done two things: first, the grain hoarded in the granaries of Yingtianfu, Zhejiang, and Anhui will be immediately transferred to the disaster area to stabilize grain prices; Second, the imperial court immediately rushed to the disaster area to provide full-time disaster relief and prevent the outbreak of the epidemic. There is also one thing, which is to use the army for disaster relief, which requires the will of His Majesty. Sun Chengzong said. At present, it has become a common practice to use the army to relieve disasters in a major disaster, but the mobilization of troops must be approved by Zhu Youxiao.

"Deliver an edict ordering the army of the Governor of Tiandu to be stationed in the disaster area to cooperate with the yamen in disaster relief and maintain order in the disaster area." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The prefect of Puzhou Mansion is sparse, Puzhou Mansion is hungry, and the imperial court needs to allocate food, and the minister asks to allocate military food from Datong Mansion to meet the needs of the people." Sun Chengzong said.

"Quasi-play." Zhu Youxiao said, "Passing on the edict to Zu Dashou and Man Gui, the situation in the empire has changed, so he is asked to deal with the military situation as appropriate." ”

"No."

"Kifu, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places all had poor harvests in the second half of last year, but due to the bumper harvest in other places, the situation was not serious, and the situation did not improve in the first half of this year, grain prices rose sharply to three taels of silver dollars and one stone in April this year, especially in Shaanxi, grain prices have risen to five and a half silver dollars and one stone, and in Yizhou, Shandong Province, there was an outbreak of locust plague in the spring of this year, according to local reports, there are already signs of spring epidemics, and this disaster may affect the entire empire, I hope Your Majesty and the imperial court will prepare early." Bi Ziyan said.

"Transfer all the grain stored in the various granaries of the empire to these places, and transfer all the military rations stored in the local reserves to the disaster areas except for the maintenance of the army for a month." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, except for these disaster-stricken provinces, the grain output of the southwestern provinces has not been affected this year, and the minister believes that the grain procurement and allocation from the southwestern provinces should be increased, just for disaster relief, and the treasury is already very small." Bi Ziyan said.

"How about borrowing from the Imperial Bank, borrowing 10 million taels of silver dollars first, with interest calculated at one cent, and then returning it after the tax comes up this year?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"No."

"In addition, the word of the Inspectorate ordered the Inspectorate to strictly investigate the corruption in this disaster relief, and severely punish each case if it is found, and it must not be soft." Zhu Youxiao admonished.

"No."

"I think that it is right to use work for relief, and I ask the Ministry of Industry to plan two more gallop roads, which will be built by the victims of the disaster, and I will allocate 5 million taels of silver dollars from the internal treasury to support the construction of the gallop road." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that a galloping road from Xi'an Mansion to Chengdu Mansion should be built, so that it can greatly facilitate the transfer of grain from the southwest region to the northwest region." Huang Shijun suggested.

"It's up to the cabinet to decide, and I'm only responsible for paying for it." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

The empire has suffered an unprecedented disaster, which has affected the Northern Expedition, but Zu Dashou's army has entered Kuku Cherbo at this moment, and it is impossible to withdraw, and the 60,000 troops of Chechen Khan Shuoli are only fifty miles away from Zu Dashou. And Mangui's army has also left Kulen and entered Chechnya.

"In front of you is Bayan-Ulan Mountain, and across Bayan-Ulan Mountain is the Yakur River." Hara said.

"I just received His Majesty's decree, the situation in the empire has changed, so that our army will take Chechnya as soon as possible, in order to hide our whereabouts, we have taken such a long detour, it seems that the plan always can't keep up with the changes!" Man Gui said.

"If you take this road, you will only be slightly delayed for about three or five days, and if you speed up the march, it will only delay you by one or two days compared to the original road." Hara suggested.

"The order was given to the whole army to speed up the march and rush to Bayan Ulan Mountain tonight. Ordered scouts from all walks of life not to leave any live openings along the way, so as to avoid revealing their whereabouts. Man Gui ordered.

"No."

In order to achieve the purpose of raiding Shuojiao, Mangui's army ran wildly, and seven days later the whole army crossed the Kur River. However, the Chechen Khan's Great Tent only had an army of 20,000, and Shuo Lei did not expect that after capturing Kulen, the Mangui army would immediately advance east to attack Chechnya again.

When the Mangui army appeared around Shuoli, the army of Chechen Khan did not notice anything.

"Order the whole army not to make a fire to cook today, only eat dry food, and tonight, except for the three thousand infantry left behind, the rest of the army will follow me to attack the army of Shuoli at night." Man Gui ordered.

"No."

As soon as the time came, Man Gui brought 10,000 dragoons, all of whom were human ranks, horses and hooves, and went straight to the Shuoli camp.

Even if the Ming army attacked the camp, it would definitely use a large number of firearms. The first thing the Ming army threw was a grenade, and there was a loud bang, which caused great chaos in the silent night.

"Great Khan, the thieves attacked the camp at night." At this moment, Shuo Lei was also awakened by the loud sound of the grenade, and he didn't care about getting dressed, so he rushed out.

"Where did the thief come from?" Shuo Lei asked in surprise.

"Look at the banner, it should be Mangui's army, a thief from the direction of Kulun."

"How many centaurs are coming?" Shuo Lei asked anxiously.

"It's too dark to see clearly, but the thieves are all dragoons."

At this moment, Man Gui led three thousand dragoons straight to the big tent of the Chinese army in Shuolei. Seeing the invincible dragoons, Shuo Lei knew that the tide was over.

(End of chapter)