Chapter 404: Slaves Flee at Night
When the Mongols found out, they immediately sounded their trumpets to inform the tribes. The cavalry of various tribes mounted their horses and raised their swords, trying to suppress the slaves and prevent them from escaping, but this made the slaves resist more and more fiercely, wounding hundreds of people from various tribes, and breaking out a great escape of more than 10,000 people!
More than 10,000 slaves dragged their families and horses, mounted the Mongols' horses, quickly assembled in the designated place, formed a large formation, broke through the hurried interception of the Mongols, and ran madly to the slave army camp.
The slave army guarding the camp gate did not expect that so many slaves would come to vote, and they were stunned, and it was difficult to turn them away, so they had to let people in first and then report them.
Li Ting and Liu Guojie were shocked when they received the report late at night, and they felt that the matter was serious, and Liu Guojie immediately flew to report Cheng Yue in person.
Liu Guojie led a small team of men and horses to gallop outside the city gate of Alimali, showed his uniform, and ordered to open the city gate, there was an urgent military situation.
Seeing that it was Cheng Yue, the commander of the Right Army, the gatekeeper did not dare to stop him, he let Liu Guojie go straight to Cheng Yue's Right Army Marshal's Mansion.
Cheng Yue hugged Rou Niang and Mei'er and slept soundly, and Mrs. Song knocked on the door and came in, saying that Liu Guojie had something urgent to report.
Cheng Yue got out of bed and came to the front hall with Mrs. Song.
When Liu Guojie saw Cheng Yue, he said with guilt on his face: "Governor Dadu, my subordinates are afraid that they have caused a big disaster for Governor Dadu." More than 10,000 slaves had just fled en masse, and all of them had fled into their military camps. The subordinates couldn't bear to drive them out, so they stayed for the time being. The Mongolian ministries were already angry a few days ago, so they won't swallow their anger this time, right? ”
Cheng Yue said in surprise: "More than 10,000? How many days ago added up to escape into the camp? ”
Liu Guojie said: "A few days ago, there were only more than 3,000 in total, and with the prestige of the Grand Governor, the Mongols didn't dare to do anything. But this time there were too many people. They ......"
Cheng Yue waved his hand. said to Liu Guojie: "You did the right thing in this matter, I will bear the consequences!" Go to Tokh and Mafu, and let them bring a thousand fine horsemen and a hundred spearmen to suppress the formation for you, and if any of the Mongol tribes dare to rush into the camp, they will be arrested by me. If you dare to hurt someone, you should kill it, don't be soft! ”
Liu Guojie was very excited and followed such a boss. It's worth dying! gratefully gave Cheng Yue a military salute, turned around and hurried away.
Cheng Yue asked Mrs. Song to go back to rest, and she went back to her room to sleep as if nothing had happened.
The Mongol people did not stop the fleeing slaves, but hundreds of them were wounded by the slaves and became angry. A large number of Mongols who had escaped with slaves flocked to the tents of the leaders of their respective tribes and the kings, and scolded Cheng Yue, asking the kings of all tribes to send troops to Cheng Yue's slave camp to rob people.
The Mongol kings did not understand Cheng Yue's power, and Luo Zhen, Ai Buhua, Tugul, Tutuha and others were unwilling to send troops to confront Cheng Yue. Helplessly, the people were surging, and the Mongol kings urgently gathered together to discuss and decided to send people to surround the slave army camp first. After dawn, Kublai Khan was asked to come forward to negotiate with Cheng Yue.
The order was issued, and the Mongol cavalry heard that they were going to enter Cheng Yue's barracks. I was secretly beating the drum in my heart. Helplessly, the military order was difficult to disobey, so I had to get on the horse and set off. The combined army of 30,000 men hesitantly came to the slave army camp.
A row of new-style horse lanterns hung at the door of the slave barracks, and Tokhtar himself stood under the horse lanterns, heard the rumbling of horses' hooves in the distance, and turned back and shouted: "Be on guard! ”
Ma Fu distributed a hundred spearmen to various places, Li Ting commanded in the center, and Liu Guojie was behind Toto, pressing the formation for Toto.
Luo Zhen, Ai Buhua and others looked at the light, and saw that the person guarding the gate was actually Toto, and there were still spearmen behind him, and they felt that their scalp was numb.
Tokh is Cheng Yue's confidant, he is no different from Cheng Yue coming here in person, not to mention that Cheng Yue also sent spearmen, which is equivalent to saying that Cheng Yue did not hesitate to turn his face with them, but also to save the lives of the slaves.
The question is, what are they going to do? It is obviously too unwise to fall out with Cheng Yue, and he will be scolded. Hu Luozhen, Ai Buhua, and Tutuha were all rescued by Cheng Yue on the battlefield, and Tugul was first spared by Cheng Yue, and then surrendered to Cheng Yue. They can't pay off what they owe Cheng Yue, how can they be embarrassed to meet Cheng Yue for more than 10,000 slaves? Besides, Cheng Yue didn't take the initiative to beckon, and the slaves escaped by themselves.
A large group of Mongol generals were in a dilemma and stood still. Tokhtar saw only a torch, but he still couldn't see the person who was coming, and shouted in Mongolian: "Who is outside?" Get your name in! So as not to be injured by mistake! ”
Ura Zhen was silent, Ai Buhua was embarrassed and silent, Tutuha turned his face to the side, and Tugul pretended not to hear.
The most important people don't speak, and the others don't speak. The 30,000-strong army was silent, which looked like someone who was looking for trouble, and the punishment station was almost the same.
It's not a way to go on like this, and a large number of people are killed without showing their intentions, what is this? Isn't it justified to be strong?
Ai Buhua looked at the kings beside him, and knew that it was inconvenient for them to come forward, and only he could barely stand up, so he coughed lightly, slapped his horse forward, and shouted: "Is the commander of Tokhtar on the other side?" I'm love not to spend. ”
Seeing the figure of Ai Buhua, Tokhoff also took a few steps forward, and said with a smile: "The prince came here late at night, what do you have to say?" ”
Ai Buhua sighed and said, "Why do you want to ask knowingly? It's better to speak quickly. ”
Tokhtar laughed and said, "Okay." Then let's make it clear, our marshal asked us to guard the camp, and no one was allowed to disturb the people inside, where the duty of the lower officials is, and the prince should not be embarrassed to lower the officials. ”
Ai Buhua frowned and said: "There are more than 10,000 fugitive slaves in it, all of whom fled to your army from our various departments, do you want us to ignore them?" ”
Totoku said with a smile: "This is not something that the lower officials can control, fortunately, it is not long before dawn, the prince might as well wait for the city gate to open and find our marshal theory, or go to the palace to present his feelings, is the prince still afraid that there is no justice?" ”
Ai Buhua looked at the black and oppressive camp behind Toto, and knew in his heart that since Cheng Yue ordered Totoku and others to guard the camp, he must be arranged like an iron bucket, don't look at the 30,000 people on his side, and he can't attack it if he doubles it.
Thinking of this, he sighed and said, "Okay, Cheng Yue is not an unreasonable person, just rely on you to go to the Great Khan and say it." ”
Totoku smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang." In this case, it is better to invite you to enter the camp to serve tea, and enter the city after dawn. ”
Ai Buhua looked back, and saw that Luo Zhen and the others were nodding, so he also nodded and said: "Okay, you have good food and drink, we came in the middle of the night, you are not allowed to treat us badly." ”
Tokhtok laughed, stretched out his hand and invited the kings and leaders into the camp, and the army of 30,000 dismounted to rest.
In less than an hour, it was already dawning. Aibuhua and others led more than 300 horsemen from the camp, went straight to Alimali City, and soon arrived at the palace of King Zong, where Kublai Khan stayed.
Kublai Khan had just had breakfast, and when he heard that the leaders of the kings of Aibuhua, Huluozhen, and other tribes had asked to see him together, he wondered what had happened and passed them in.
When he heard that more than 10,000 slaves ran around at night last night and wounded hundreds of Mongols, Kublai Khan tightened his eyebrows and asked, "Have you gone to the slave army camp?" Does Cheng Yue know about this? ”
Ai Buhua said: "When we went to the camp, the elite cavalry of Totoku and Cheng Yue were guarding the door, and there were also spearmen. ”
Kublai Khan could no longer stay out of the matter, so he called an attendant and instructed: "Go and call Cheng Yue, and say that I will mediate with him." ”
The chamberlain was ordered to retreat.
Kublai Khan said: "With your friendship with Cheng Yue, can't you go directly to him?" Why do I have to come forward? ”
The generals look at me, I look at you, Tutuha said: "Great Khan, although there are more than 10,000 slaves who have run away, but there are still hundreds of thousands of people in various departments, Cheng Dashuai has saved our lives, why are you embarrassed to come to the door to ask for someone?" We should have sent some over. I was forced to be helpless here, otherwise I couldn't explain it. ”
Luo Zhen and Tugul and the others nodded silently, and Ai Buhua smiled bitterly, and also acquiesced.
Kublai Khan spread his hands and said, "Then what did he say when he came to me?" What if he refuses to let him hand over and is still angry at you? ”
Tugul hurriedly said: "We Donghong Jira have nothing to say, if we don't give it, we won't give it, we should give it to the marshal." "Cheng Yue spared their rebels in Donghong Jira, how dare he ask Cheng Yue for someone.
Tutuha was stunned and said, "There are few Han Chinese slaves in my place, so you don't need to count me." "The slaves of the Kipchak army are basically Russians, and there are only a few dozen Han Chinese slaves, and it is nothing if they all escape.
Luo Zhen glanced at Tugul and said in a muffled voice: "Xihong Jira escaped more than 3,000 slaves, and some of the men in the family died several in battle, and they couldn't live without slaves. Forget about the rest, Cheng ...... The commander only needs to return these people's slaves to them. ”
Ai Buhua nodded and said: "The same is true of the Wanggu Department, this time the Wanggu Department suffered heavy casualties, the slaves fled with their families more than 2,000 people, and some people will soon have no work at home, and the winter has not passed, how can they live?" You don't have to pay it back, you can pay it back a little. ”
The other departments followed one by one to report the losses, they were far away from Cheng Yue's military camp, there were not many people who escaped, and they could afford it, of course it was good to be able to come back, or if they didn't come back, they would have made Cheng Yue's friend.
Kublai Khan could hear their fear and respect for Cheng Yue from their words, if it was another person, they would never be so easy to talk to, and they would have been burned and killed in the morning. Now it's almost pleading, it's ...... Alas, how embarrassing!
Cheng Yue was ordered to come to the Zongwang Mansion without notice, and entered the palace directly. When the kings and chieftains of the Mongol tribes saw him appear, they all got up to salute him, and did not dare to slack off.
Kublai Khan asked him to sit down, and Cheng Yue said straight to the point: "The Great Khan summoned him so early, is it for the slaves to run at night?" ”
Kublai Khan saw that he didn't deliberately pretend to be confused or pushed it all away, he was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "Why are you so honest today, I want to say it before I even asked?" ”
Cheng Yue said with a smile: "The minister dares to do it, what do you do?" (To be continued......)