"My lord, there are only a few thousand people at most, so what is the governor afraid of?"

"Madame, you don't understand this. Bu Lost Rabbit Khan has now received the support of Gushi Khan, and his strength has increased greatly, once the fight starts, it will not be a matter of a short time, and the governor does not want to delay his return to Beijing. “

"How can I get the governor to refuse the request of the rabbit?"

"It's very simple, it can solve the affairs of the Tumut Ministry and the Chahar Ministry."

When Dele Gedler heard this, she knew that unless she had a showdown first, Liu Cheng would never show her hole cards, she gritted her teeth and said: "Lord Liu, as long as you can not hand us over to Bu Lost Rabbit, we will do whatever you say." ”

"Good!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Since the eldest lady trusts me so much, the official will naturally give the eldest lady an explanation." Come! “

With Liu Cheng's order, more than ten people walked out from the back of the hall, except for the head of the detachment, the rest were dressed as Mongolians, and everyone had more or less scars on their faces and hands. Liu Cheng stood up, walked in front of his subordinates, and suddenly said loudly: "This time to defeat Lin Dan Khan, you have all made contributions to me, some of you charge into battle, some of you will capture the flag, and some will not retreat in the face of several times the enemy, it is said that I should reward you heavily, give you gold, silver, silk, field property, slaves, but I don't plan to give you these things, do you know why?" “

Everyone looked at each other, judging from past experience, Liu Cheng was very generous to his subordinates, and often rewarded warriors with gold coins on the battlefield. However, after defeating Lin Dan Khan this time, there has been no reward for meritorious deeds, although there are some rumors in the army, but most people think that this is just that he is too busy. When this section is finished, it will naturally be made up, but when they heard Liu Cheng personally say that he didn't plan to reward, everyone couldn't help but be a little confused.

Liu Cheng looked at the expressions of his subordinates and continued: "Because I feel that neither gold nor silver nor silk and satin fields are enough to reward your courage and loyalty to me, so I plan to reward you with something better. Take off and don't spend, Gesang! ”

"The last general!" Tokhbuhua and Gesang heard their names. Hurriedly walked out of the ranks and bowed to Liu Cheng.

"Gesang, you crossed the river into Fucheng, contacted General Du, captured the enemy chieftain's Daxu on the battlefield, and broke through the enemy's formation, and directly took the enemy's head, this time you should be the first to take the lead!"

"The villain is willing to die for the adult!" Gesang hurriedly kowtowed.

"You don't spend money, you led your troops to win a lot, and you broke through the captives under the city. The captivity of the Tartar wife is second only to Gesang! ”

"Your Excellency praises it!" I kowtowed without flowers.

"Get up! I remember neither of you were married! Liu Cheng pointed to the women kneeling on the ground and said: These women on the ground are either Lin Danhan's wife or his sister, except for the eldest lady, the two of you can choose one as your wife, this is my reward for you!"

There was an uproar in the hall, whether it was the Mongolians on both sides, or Gesang and Totobuhua kneeling on the ground. There was a look of disbelief on their faces. On the contrary, those wives and concubines of Lin Dan who were kneeling on the ground did not move much, presumably they had already accepted their role as the property of the victors.

"Great. My lord! Gesang stammered and replied, "Isn't that good?" The villain's father was nothing but a shepherd slave, and they were descendants of Temujin, who shed the blood of the Son's family, and I was—"

"Indeed, this is not a good match!" Liu Cheng interrupted Gesang's excuse: "In this way, I will give you a thousand accounts to be your Hanluduo." That's pretty much it, right? “

When Gesang heard this, he was surprised and delighted, and he was speechless. The "Hanluduo" mentioned by Liu Cheng is a transliteration of the word "ordo" in the Turkic-Mongolian language family, that is, the meaning of palace tent and palace. The steppe nomads were accustomed to living in tents in the wilderness, and their chiefs lived on chariots and horses. With the migration of water and grass in the climate, there were no castles and palaces as defenses. Therefore, the composition, management, vigilance and supply of the palace tent have a unique management system. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Khitan nation rose, and its rulers established a unique palace account system, known as the Hanluduo system. After each monarch succeeded to the throne, he drew elites from various ministries and states and counties to form his own Hanruduo, which assumed the functions of guarding and guarding, and Hanluduo was the monarch's court, his Praetorian Guard, and his private property. When the monarch died, he was not disbanded, but was subordinated to his concubine, who assumed the responsibility of guarding the mausoleum, and in the event of war, he sent a war to join the war. Obviously, as time goes on, so does the number of successive Hanruduo who are subordinate to the central imperial power. The Mongols, as another rising steppe empire, had a similar system. Gesang rose from the son of a shepherd to a noble leader who could own Hanrudo, and the speed of his promotion was not enough to describe by helicopter.

Liu Cheng saw Gesang's appearance and asked, "Gesang, why don't you speak, don't you have another good relationship, reluctantly?" ”

"No, it's not!" Gesang hurriedly shook his head again and again: "My lord, I am just a person in the soil, how dare I marry a person in the sky?" ”

"What?" Liu Cheng smiled and turned to Dele Gedler on the side and asked, "Big lady, do you think it's appropriate?" ”

Dele Gedler had already guessed Liu Cheng's plan at this time: since Lin Dan Khan's children were still young, and the people who led the Chahar Department were all women, and they were unable to compete with Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, he simply selected a group of warriors from his own command who could fight to be the leader. In this way, the Chahar Department can be firmly grasped in his own hands; second, it can make his subordinates serve the death force; The third can prevent the rabbit sweat from being too strong, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone. And it is also good for his own side, although Lin Dan Khan used to hand over the various ministries to his wife and concubines and relatives to concentrate power when he was alive, but now that Lin Dan Khan is dead, the Chahar department has become the captive of the Ming State, and these powers have naturally become flowers in the water; But if this marriage is achieved, at least they can get out of the situation of being imprisoned.

"The warriors under the command of Lord Liu are naturally suitable!" Deleg Dele walked to a woman's side with a smile, stretched out his hand to help her up, and said with a smile: "This sister of mine is also from our son's Jin clan, and when she was next to Lao Khan, she once commanded Dou Tumen Wanhu to cut off her ears, I wonder if this general can be satisfied?" ”

Liu Cheng saw that the other party was interested. I was also relieved in my heart, and said with a smile: "Gesang, a big man is a matchmaker, so big face, what do you think?" ”

"The adult is so gracious, the villain can't pay it off in this life!" Gesang kowtowed twice on the ground. He said loudly: "My Gesang family will be a loyal dog for adults for generations and open the way for adults!" ”

"Good!" Liu Cheng smiled and helped him up: "To me Liu Cheng, a person who is brave and loyal, I will make him proud and rich!" “

In this way, Liu Cheng introduced these more than a dozen Mongols who had made great contributions for himself to Delegdeler one by one, and asked Delegdele to pair them with the widows, sisters and Mongolian nobles left by Lin Dan Khan. Every time he called someone, Liu Cheng took out a bronze talisman engraved with the number of his subordinates and the master's surname, obviously prepared. These Mongols all carefully put away the bronze talismans, and they were grateful to Liu Cheng, these Mongols were either from humble backgrounds, or although they were also nobles, their mothers were not nobles, and there were not many people to divide in the family. Liu Cheng simply struck while the iron was hot and asked them to take the selected woman away, and Lin Danhan's children were tired. It was also taken down to rest, and in the end only Delegedler was left in the hall.

"I wonder what the adults are going to do with me?" Deleg asked with a smile. She had just made a rough calculation, and the total number of accounts that Liu Cheng had given to his subordinates was only four thousand, less than one-third of the captured Chahar troops, and it was obvious that the remaining subordinates were left to Liu Cheng for himself, Dele Gedler couldn't help but think in his heart, this General Liu shouldn't be his own idea, right?

"Madame, you?" Liu Cheng smiled: "I'm afraid this is not something that can be placed under the beak." “

"What do you mean, sir?" Dele Gedler's face changed slightly: "Could it be that Lord Dangedler has no arrangements for me?" ”

"Madame, you are different from them. is the wife of Lin Dan Khan, according to our Ming law, it should be to enter Beijing to meet the Son of Heaven. Liu Cheng said it quite vaguely, but Dele Gedler's face immediately turned pale, and she knew very well what Liu Cheng meant by his words - she would be sent to the Great Son as an important prisoner. In many cases, they will be put to death.

"What about my child?" Deleg Gedler's voice was a little hoarse.

"The eldest prince must go with you, and as for Abunai, it's up to you."

"Thank you for your accommodation!" Dele Gedler gratefully kowtowed to Liu Cheng, Lin Dan Khan's eldest son, that is, the first heir, Ezhe, was not her biological son, and the second son Abnai was her flesh and blood, Liu Cheng obviously meant that the second son did not need to go to the imperial capital.

"Actually, the eldest lady doesn't have to worry too much, if I guess correctly, you and the eldest son's lives are fine."

"Why do you say that?" Hearing this, Dele Gedler perked up and hurriedly asked.

"Today is a benevolent king!" Liu Cheng had an intriguing smile on his face: "Besides, the war in Liaodong is tight!" “

Hearing this, Dele Gedler looked Liu Cheng up and down carefully for a while, and finally leaned over and kowtowed three times: "Since this is the case, then the little Abunai will be entrusted to Lord Liu!" ”

"Madame, don't worry!" Liu Cheng calmly accepted the gift from Deleg Deller, and said solemnly: "Liu has no son yet, in my heart, Abnai is my biological son!" ”

With the retreat of Dele Gedler, only Liu Cheng and Min Min were left in the White Tiger Hall, and it was a little empty and deserted. Liu Cheng was about to stand up, but suddenly heard a faint sigh in his ears, turned his head and saw that his lover was looking at him, with a pair of wonderful eyes that were a little puzzled and a little confused.

"What's wrong, Minmin, is there anything wrong with what I did just now?"

"No!" Min Min shook his head: "I just don't understand why you want to keep that Abnai in your hands, since there is no danger in going to Beijing, why don't you let him be with his mother?" “

"Because he is the heir of Lin Dan Khan." Liu Cheng said with a smile: "The eldest son Ezhe is too conspicuous and too old, and the second son is still young, so no one will care if he is frightened and dies." With him, I was able to control the Chahar Ministry as regent. ”

Min Min sighed: "This child is separated from his mother at such a young age, it is really pitiful!" “

"Hehe, not necessarily!" Liu Cheng smiled: "Compared to his brother, maybe which one is more pitiful." “

Min Min was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Liu Cheng meant. Although as Liu Cheng said, it is not very likely that Emperor Chongzhen will kill the widow and heir of Lin Dan Khan, but this is not because of benevolence, but because the Ming Dynasty was busy with the war in Liaodong at that time, both the Ming and the Later Jin were trying their best to fight for the Mongolian tribes on the steppe to stand on their side, and the noble and inextricably linked Delegdel and Ezhe who were inextricably linked with the princes of the Mongolian tribes were very useful bargaining chips, and they were much more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty alive than dead. But in any case, the taste of being watched and sent under the fence is definitely not pleasant, and the Ming Dynasty will never give Ezhe the education he needs to become the Great Khan of Mongolia, once the situation changes, it is not strange that he will inexplicably "die of a serious illness", compared to his brother, Abnei is much safer and happier in Liu Cheng.

"Then when Abnai grows up, will you return the Chahar to him?" As soon as Min Min said this, she regretted it a little, although she was still a young girl, but after all, she grew up in a princely family, and there were too many things to kill each other for power, subordinates, and wealth, not to mention that people like Liu Cheng and Abunai are just adoptive fathers and sons, even if they are biological fathers and sons, and it is not uncommon for brothers to kill each other, and it is not uncommon to stage various human tragedies. If he asks like this, he will either force Liu Cheng to admit that he is just lying, or Liu Cheng will admit that he intends to bully a child, and the answer is not good no matter what.

"Minmin, do you think I'm going to do something bad to that kid for the sake of these two or thirty thousand people?" Liu Cheng said with a smile.

"Not really!" Min Min hurriedly defended: "Actually, that Abunai is the son of the enemy, and you have nothing to blame him for what he did. ”

"Minmin." Liu Cheng stretched out his hand to hold the girl's right hand and said in a low voice, "Do you believe it?" I really intend to return the child to him when he becomes an adult. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded: "Think about it, when he can be in power, it will take fifteen years, to say the least." Do you think about how long it took me to go from being a grass farmer to a general soldier? Isn't it possible that fifteen years later, I still can't give myself tens of thousands of people? (To be continued.) )