"Then the Great Khan will return to the teacher this time, must soon be going to do something against the remaining three 'evil sweats'?" Although he was not interested in the teachings of the Gelug sect, Liu Cheng still firmly remembered that if he wanted to firmly grasp the Chahar and the right-wing tribes in his hands, he must get the recognition of the Gelug monks as the reincarnation of his Great Black God, and he had to contribute to this religious war alone.

"It's still early!" Gushi Khan shook his head: "The strength of these three families is not inferior to mine, even if I get the help of Batur Khan, I may not be able to win, only by uniting the strength of Sera Temple and Drepung Temple, I can hope for victory!" ”

Liu Cheng said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will give the great master two hundred bird guns and three hundred iron armors!" ”

"What?" A look of astonishment appeared on Gu Shi Khan's face, it was obvious that Liu Cheng's generosity had surprised him, and he had already learned from the remnants of the captured Lin Dan that the Ming army's firearms and armor were sharp. With Gushi Khan's understanding of Liu Cheng, he didn't think that Liu Cheng would be so generous.

"Great Teacher!" Chesang, who was on the side, interjected: "Do you know, General Liu is the reincarnation of 'Maha Kala', and the poor monk has written to the master to ask for his canonization, and there must be a reply soon!" “

Gushi Khan immediately understood the implication of Lama Chesan, and that the Tibetan, Qinghai, Kham, and Mongolian regions where Tibetan Buddhism was prevalent at that time usually operated a dual politics, that is, the military aristocracy held secular power, and the monks held religious power, and the former used force to support the latter in promoting religion; The latter, on the other hand, endorses the legitimacy of the former's rule and assumes some of the responsibilities of the administrative bureaucracy. Liu Cheng asked the fourth **** at that time for the canonization of "Maha Kala", that is, the reincarnation of the Great Black Heavenly God, through Chesang, which is a very typical example of the combination of military aristocrats and monk groups. But for a new convert like Liu Cheng, who had a powerful army at his disposal, the monks were always very tolerant, and the serfs expressed their devotion through asceticism and prayer. The aristocracy, on the other hand, used donations and steel swords instead, as has been the case since ancient times.

"In that case, then Ben Khan is not welcome!" Gu Shihan said with a smile: "General Liu, the team that greeted you by the pontoon bridge this morning are all brave and strong men, you can choose a few at will." They will serve you well like dogs! ”

Ozil looked curiously at the Golden Horde, but the heavy cowhide blocked his view from seeing what was going on inside. The curiosity in the young man's chest burned with more and more intensity, and he turned to his companion and whispered, "Why don't we make another bet, and when the bet comes out, the sweat is laughing or not." ”

"I don't bet!" His hapless companion twisted his head: "If I lose to you again, my family will not even have a mare with cubs, how can I live!" ”

"Phew, why are you so cowardly!" Ozil was angry at the timidity of his companions: "Well, this time we will bet on twenty horses." If you win, you can not only win back the last time, but also earn another ten horses, what do you think? ”

"But what if you lose? Isn't that what I owe you thirty horses? His companion was clearly a pessimist.

"Okay, okay, I'll let you choose first, it should be okay!"

"Okay, I'm betting!" Ozir's companion finally mustered up his courage: "The Great Khan hasn't smiled a few times throughout the year, not to mention that the general of the Ming Kingdom almost didn't even enter the tent just now. I didn't smile. “

"Okay, then I'll laugh!" Ozil nodded briskly. In fact, he doesn't care too much about winning or losing, but he is most afraid of boredom by nature and likes excitement the most, as long as there is someone to bet with him. As soon as the two of them had made the bet, they heard a voice from inside the tent and hurriedly straightened their backs. Ozil glanced out of the corner of his eye towards the tent entrance. I saw Gu Shi Khan walk out first, stretched out his hand to make a petition, his dark face was full of smiles, and he didn't need to look back, he also knew that his companion's face was already better than that of the dead and he couldn't see anywhere.

Gushi Khan pointed to his men on both sides. He smiled proudly: "Lord Liu, these are all good men from me and the Shuote Department, if you fancy any of them, just pick them back, they will serve you faithfully like a hound." ”

Everyone saw that Da Khan's hand was pointing at him, and hurriedly closed his chest and abdomen, and looked straight ahead, but Ozil squinted his eyes, glancing at the corner of his eye behind Gu Shi Khan, wanting to peek at Minmin's beauty, but he happened to collide with Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng looked back at Ozir's gaze, where he didn't know his thoughts, and couldn't help but laugh. This attracted the attention of Gushi Khan, who happened to see Ozir's crooked eyebrows and slanted eyes, and immediately became furious, kicked him to the ground, and scolded: "Ozir, what are you doing? Can't the men in the Heshute Department even stand up straight? He raised his whip and was about to whip it.

"Wait!" Liu Cheng stretched out his hand to hold Gu Shi Khan's arm, he was quite interested in this Mongolian who was still thinking about looking at a beautiful girl when he was standing guard, so he casually explained for him: "Great Khan, I think he is a good man who is not afraid of death, so let him go with me, right?" ”

"Lord Liu, do you want him?" Gushi Khan pointed to Ozil on the ground and said: "It's okay, although this guy is restless, he is a good man who is not afraid of heaven and earth." Ozir, you haven't gotten up yet, thank you to Lord Liu! “

Seeing that he didn't need to be beaten, Ozier hurriedly got up and said in half-baked Chinese: "Thank you, General Liu!"

"That's it!" Liu Cheng stepped forward with a smile, lowered his voice and said in Mongolian: "Under my hands, you can keep an eye on the beautiful girls, as long as you don't do this in front of the battle!" “

Ozil was stunned for a moment, and then laughed in a low voice: "I am like this on the battlefield, beautiful girls are like good wine, which makes me a hundred times more courageous!" “

"Very good, I hope you will prove it to me next time!" Liu Cheng smiled and said in a low voice, he selected more than 30 people, and said goodbye to Gushi Khan with Chesang and Minmin. The group walked for a while, and when the pontoon appeared on the horizon, Liu Chang let out a long breath, and Min Min next to him smiled and said, "Husband, I thought you didn't know what to be afraid of!" ”

"I'm not a fool, how can I not be afraid!" Liu Cheng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The first paragraph of the opening paragraph of the Art of War is about fear, if a person doesn't know what to fear, he can't be a general!" ”

"Oh, it turns out that you Han people choose some cowards as generals, and we Mongols all let warriors be leaders." Min Min smiled.

"Knowing that fear is not contradictory to being a warrior. Only by overcoming the cowardice in the heart is the real bravery, otherwise it is just a madman! Liu Cheng said with a smile: "It is really a big victory for me to be able to form an alliance with Gushi Khan this time!" “

"A big win?"

"Yes, it's not as good as this time to defeat Lin Dan Khan." Liu Cheng gently kicked the back of the mount, the war horse sped up, Min Min gently lifted the reins, followed Liu Cheng and asked, "Lin Dan Khan is a direct descendant of the Golden Family. Descendants of Dayan Khan, you defeated him before you could form an alliance with Gushi Khan? That's too much, isn't it? “

"Minmin, you don't understand!" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "If I defeat Lin Dan Khan, I will capture tens of thousands of troops at most, become the chief soldier of Ningxia, and at most the Son of Heaven will give me a knighthood." “

"That's not enough?" Min Min asked in surprise: "Tens of thousands of people!" If my father could win such a victory against the Kazakhs, he would be able to directly turn the Qihe River valley into a pasture for the Dzungar people, and put on white felt! (This was the custom of the Golden Horde, and for the people of the Great Khan, they had to put white felt on many nobles)"

"What's that?" Liu Cheng laughed, and he suddenly jumped off the horse. Pulling a handful of grass out of the ground with force, holding the soil from the roots in his hand, Xiang Minmin asked, "What is this?" ”

"Grass? What else could it be? ”

"No, this is the most valuable treasure in the world!" At this time, Lama Qiesang also followed, and when he saw Liu Cheng's actions, he had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Hehe, this grass is everywhere, how can it be a treasure?" Min Min smiled.

"Begi. When you say treasures, I am afraid that you are referring to the land, not the grass! Chessan explained in a low voice.

"Not bad. The Guru is really wise! Liu Cheng nodded, and he shook the grass in his hand vigorously, revealing the strong roots and thick stems and leaves inside: "Minmin, look at this grass growing extraordinarily fat and juicy, which shows that the land here is more fertile than other places!" Liu Cheng threw the grass back to the ground, stretched out his arms and said, "Here is north to Daqing Mountain and south to the side wall." Surrounded by the Yellow River, hundreds of miles in a radius are flat and fertile, but there is no one to live, if the river canal is built for irrigation, there are at least 10 million stones of grain harvested every year. But there are millions of living people, is there a more valuable treasure in the world than this? “

Hearing Liu Cheng's words, Min Min and Lama Chesang couldn't help but have their eyes shining, and the land that Liu Cheng said was the "East Set" in the Hetao area, which was divided into "front set" and "back set". The reason for this name is that after flowing through the Qingtong Gorge, the Yellow River suddenly turns north, turns east in the Mongolian steppe, and then turns south, forming a huge "several" shape, and the land in and around this "several" bend is visualized by the nomads as "Hetao" in their daily life. Because the Yellow River brings abundant water sources, the Helan Mountains in the west and the Yinshan Mountains in the north block the cold air from the west and the north, compared with other areas of the Mongolian Plateau, the Hetao area is much more suitable for agricultural and animal husbandry production, and the Yellow River at this time has not yet flowed through the Loess Plateau, the water flow is gentle and clear, and there is no common flood in the middle and lower reaches. Because of such superior agricultural conditions, the Great Wall was built in Tuntian here as early as the Qin Dynasty, and a large-scale water conservancy project was built here during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Subsequent generations have built counties in this place, until after the Jin destroyed the Liao, unable to control the mountain passes of the Yinshan Mountain Range, the tuntian here was gradually deserted, turned into a vast grassland. After the Ming Dynasty drove the Yuan Emperor out of the Central Plains, he took control of this area for a short time, but soon abandoned it and only controlled the narrow strip of land between the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River, that is, part of the Xitao, while the more expansive and militarily important Dongtao and the east bank of the Yellow River in Xitaoli became the land of the Mongols. Liu Cheng defeated Lin Dan Khan and Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, captured his men, and formed an alliance with Gushi Khan, effectively becoming the de facto controller of this vast and fertile land.

"Your Excellency, do you want the Governor to know about this?" Chessan asked in a low voice.

"Lord Lu?" Liu Cheng smiled: "The governor has enough things now, if we are subordinates, if we have a little conscience, we shouldn't use this little thing to bother him, master, do you say yes?" ”

"What your lord says is very true!" Chesang nodded understandingly: "But the birds on the grassland are all able to call, this land is so fertile, if it is empty, I am afraid that someone will come to grab it soon." “

"Empty?" Liu Cheng sneered: "How can this place be empty, I have tens of thousands of people under me, and they are all dead people?" ”

"That's what your lord said!" Chesang said with a smile: "But it's only been a few months since I left Spring, and maybe a few tribes in Mobei will also go south by then." ”

"Well, there are also those tribes under the Jurchens!" Liu Cheng nodded and whispered to Chesang: "Master, as soon as I go back, I will gather the generals and come up with a charter, we all have to hurry!" “

Liu Cheng returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, just sat down to catch his breath, and just wanted to drink two sips of tea, moistening his already dry and itchy throat, he saw Du Gu touch in from outside. It turned out that since the elimination of Lin Dan Khan, this naval army was naturally useless, and Du Gu returned to Liu Cheng's side. He originally held back enough strength to make full achievements in this battle, so as to catch up with those juniors who had surpassed him in official positions. Unexpectedly, in his hands, he defeated the only battle under Liu Cheng, captured hundreds of people, and even almost folded himself. Although it didn't take a few days for Liu Chengcheng to break Lin Dan Khan and fish out those captives, he still felt that his face was dull, and he lived in a simple place with a black face all day long.

"Your Excellency!"

"It's Agu!" Liu Cheng saw his henchman and comforted him with a smile: "I haven't seen you for the past few days, why are you still worried about that matter?" That defeat has nothing to do with the overall situation, but it attracted Lin Dan Khan's attention, from the overall situation, you are meritorious, don't worry! ”

"Huh!" Du Guqiang smiled to himself, but it was more ugly than crying: "It's all the incompetence of the last general, who actually let the Tartars be defeated in the water war, and lost the military prestige of the adult, and it is the blessing of the villain if the adult does not punish him, where can he dare to say that he is meritorious!" (To be continued.) )