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The black tide rolled toward the narrow valley mouth, but was soon overwhelmed by the whistling arrows and shells fired from the artillery. There is even a new type of firearm that the Mongols have never seen until now, like a goddess scattering flowers throwing countless streamers into the crowd, and a moment later there are explosions one after another, and the Mongolian foot riders who rush to the front turn on their backs.

"Great Khan, we have already lost two or three thousand men and horses, and the two small tribes are almost cleaned, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to continue like this." A commander of the Haidu Department frowned and said, "Those small tribes were talking about it just now, if we continue to send them up, I'm afraid there will be something wrong." ”

Riding on horseback in front of the commander was the Great Khan Haidu of the Ögedai Khanate, compared to Kublai Khan, Haidu looked younger, and the war and years did not leave too many carvings on his face, and the wind and dust made him look more majestic and steady.

Slowly holding the hilt of the golden knife at his waist, Hai Du said in a deep voice: "It has been five hours since I entered the palace today, and not even a single army has been able to touch the edge of the camp of the Southern Barbarians, the battle has been fought so unsuccessfully, do those small tribes still have the face to come to someone for advice!" ”

There was a look of embarrassment on the commander's face, how could he have been assigned such a difficult job as communicating with these small tribes in the first place!

Haidu looked at him, said coldly, "waste", and rode his horse directly towards the location of the chiefs of the small tribes. And the commander sighed secretly, today in the Great Khan here left such an impression, it seems that there will be no day for a few years.

In fact, the entire Haidu Alliance includes the Chagatai Khanate of the Western Regions, the Ogedai Khanate, and the various tribes under the Kipchak Khanate, which is why the Haidu Alliance looks fragile and loose, and it is even easy to turn against the Ba Ra. In the end, it's because of the existence of these small tribes.

Although most of these small tribes are only a few thousand, and even only a hundred or ten people, when hundreds of large and small tribes stand together, even Haidu does not dare to ignore their existence, and even consider the ideas of these small tribes in some decisions. On the contrary, Bara has never cared about the interests of these small tribes, so every time he will quarrel with these big and small chiefs, which makes Hai Shi a headache, whenever he favors those small tribes under his command, he is actually widening the distance between himself and Bala, and in the end, the vanguard general in the Haidu Alliance and Haidu are separated from Germany, so that today.

But Haidu didn't regret it, after all, first of all, these small tribes were loyal to him, if he didn't stand up for these small tribes, it would definitely be Haidu's own prestige that would be damaged, and Bala was actually only Haidu's partner, far from the level of brothers, and what Haidu and Bara wanted was actually Kublai Khan's position as the Mongol Great Khan and the Mongolian steppe with abundant water and grass, and the reason why they could join forces was only because they were not Kublai Khan's opponent alone.

In short, it is impossible for Haidu to harm the interests of his younger brother for the sake of an ally who actually has a ghost in his heart, and the lesser of the two powers, Haidu simply let himself and Ba Ra find out the contradictions. Of course, even Haidu himself had to admit that the Ögedai Khanate was advancing eastward under the banner of fighting the Ming army, and there were also these large and small tribes behind it.

First of all, Haidu completely annexed the Hotan area, and incorporated all the rich land of water and grass in the Western Regions that Ba Ra had worked so hard to bring into his command, and at the same time, the women and children and cattle and sheep of the Ba Ra tribe were annexed in one bite. Of course, this is only the main thing.

In addition, many small tribes that were originally attached to the Chagatai Khanate, this time saw that the foundation of the Chagatai Khanate had been lost, so they naturally did not hesitate much, and soon threw themselves into the arms of Haidu, which made the small tribes under Haidu rise a lot, and there were more cannon fodder that could be driven, and correspondingly, Haidu's Ogedai Khanate directly bordered the Mongolian Kublai Khan Department and the Ming Dynasty, which means that Haidu does not need to take out a large amount of gold, silver, money and grain to Bara in the future, so that Bara can deal with these two strong enemies, First, it can save a lot of money and food expenses, and secondly, it can also avoid unnecessary losses caused by the reckless actions of the eight people.

Although Haidu has always rewarded and punished these small tribes, and he has paid equal attention to grace and power, but considering that these small tribes have a lot of credit for this eastward advance, he did not intend to be too harsh on them, otherwise he would not have come over in person, but directly sent his personal guards to give the Great Khan's orders.

Seeing Haidu's figure, the chiefs of these small tribes did not dare to put up a stand in front of Haidu, even if they were big, and they rode their horses to meet them, after all, their own strength and others could not resist, and there was nothing to rely on as a rebellious.

The largest and most powerful of these small tribes is the Cyriji tribe, originally the Cyrigi tribe was just a small and inconspicuous tribe under the command of Haidu, plus the chief of the Cyrigi tribe was a general on Kublai Khan's side, so he was mostly rejected by the rest of the tribes, and the relationship with the Eight Tribes was not harmonious. However, the peak soon turned around, and in the process of the eastward advance of the Haidu Division, the Cyriji tribe volunteered to be the vanguard of the army, and the Cyriji tribe migrated all the way from the Mongolian steppe to the Ögedai Khanate of Haidu, so no one is more familiar with this road than them.

Therefore, in the face of the request of the Cyriji tribe, Haidu did not refuse, and was happy to let them test the depth and shallowness of the Chagatai Khanate without Bara. And the rest of the small tribes also followed behind and waited to see the joke, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if the eight are to lead the army to the battle, the entire Chagatai Khanate is still a khanate in the final analysis, and the small Cyriji tribe is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and it is strange if it is not strangled to death.

It's just that Haidu, who was still skeptical about the eastward advance, and the rest of the tribes who were waiting to see the joke, were all surprised. In the face of the Cyriji tribe, which can be trampled to death with one foot on weekdays, the Chagatai Khanate did not have any decent resistance, and collapsed directly like an avalanche, and the left-behind officials of the DPRK and China scattered with their respective tribes, and the large area of fertile land and the family wealth that Bara had accumulated over the years all became the spoils of the Cyriji tribe, and also made the Cyrigibe the most powerful tribe under the command of Haidu.

If this is a blind cat encountering a dead mouse, then the approach of the Cyriji Department is really moving, not only taking the initiative to give up all the best pastures to the belated Haidu, but also the captured cattle and sheep, women and children, and a large amount of gold and silver are scattered, as a gift to the rest of the tribes, and prepare the largest share for Haidu, which fully shows the surrender of the Cyriji tribe to Haidu and the friendliness to the rest of the small tribes.

Mongolian culture, on the other side of more killing and tyranny, is more frank and arrogant, and naturally does not think about "weasels give chickens New Year's greetings - no good heart", so when Cyrigibe did this, he suddenly became famous among the tribes, and even Haidu also looked at Cyrigibe differently. The good luck that God has given to others is precisely to see the heart of others who do not remember grievances!

What's more, at that time, many small tribes immediately became a plate of scattered sand after the absence of the foreign enemy of Ba Ra, and the chiefs of the small tribes with a little knowledge naturally understood that sooner or later they would be swallowed up and digested by the various tribes of the sea capital, so they began to look for people who could lead these small tribes and make their voices heard on behalf of these small tribes.

At this moment, Cyriji, who jumped out, naturally became the best candidate, and for the rest of the tribes who came to visit, Cyriji finally agreed after hesitating for a long time. That's why today, when Haidu walked in front of these small tribal chiefs, it was Sirigi who was the first to meet him.

For Cyriji, Haidu still has a deep impression, especially after this battle, he has a good impression of Cyriji, after all, Cyriji is a general, and what he wants is just a way to live in this troubled world, he wants to be on the throne is much more difficult than others, and with Cyriji's previous fearful personality and this time it is not so much generous as a performance of small courage and dare not swallow alone, Haidu does not have much hostility towards him, and if he makes good use of it, Maybe this Siriji can become a general who can be relied on under Haidu, at least better than Yara, a person who looks like a god.

"See the Great Khan!" Cyrigi bowed respectfully.

Haidu nodded: "Several of your tribes sent troops to attack, and there were many casualties, and Ben Khan is responsible for it, and Ben Khan apologizes to the warriors who died in battle." ”

The leaders of the small tribes who followed behind were a little surprised, originally they thought that Haidu had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but now they saw the piety on Haidu's face, and only then did they realize that they had heard it right, and their gaze at Cyriji had also changed, and it seemed that it was not wrong to choose Cyriji as their leader.

And the reason why Haidu did this was because he didn't want to have any irreconcilable contradictions with these small tribes when Ba Ra was still alive and Da Ming was still guarding the Star Gorge, and secondly, he also believed that these small tribes, with Cyriji as the leader, would only protect themselves and fight for some basic rights and interests, and would not really come to challenge the position of their alliance leader and the Great Khan.

So use a stick when it's time to use a stick, and feed a radish when it's time to feed a turnip.

"It is the honor of the Mongol warriors to fight for the common people and Haidu Khan." Siriji said with some flattery, but the words changed slightly, "But please forgive Venerable Haidu Khan, the warriors of these tribes sacrificed their lives and died to attack, and suffered heavy losses, if they continue, I am afraid that the commanders of each leader will not be able to control the soldiers below, so I also ask Haidu Khan to give a few days to rest." ”

Haidu nodded: "The army is tired of conscription, and it is Ben Khan's mistake to attack directly." The army is now in two days' order, and two days later it will be another battle! ”

"Do your bidding!" Several leaders were overjoyed and hurriedly said.

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Cyriji lifted the tent with one hand and walked in, and only after the tent curtain was lowered did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The yurt blocks the hot sunlight from the Gobi Desert, leaving only the warm and comfortable soft light shining in through the gaps, making the whole yurt still bright. It was not until the entourage brought the good mare's milk wine that Cyrigi came back to his senses, and sat down in his chair, not knowing when, his back was already soaked, and the hand holding the mare's milk wine glass was trembling slightly.

Obviously, standing up alone to face Haidu just now made Cyriji spend a lot of energy.

"The demeanor that the leader showed just now already has the spirit of a king." A man wrapped in a robe slowly stepped out of the shadow under the pillars of the yurt and threw his hand at Sirigi.

Cyriji obviously hasn't recovered from the fright just now, suddenly heard this voice, and shivered, the mare's milk wine in his hand spilled a lot, and he hurriedly wiped it at the moment, and tossed for a while before he could barely squeeze out a smile: "It turned out to be a military advisor, who is so-and-so, why is the military advisor standing, please sit down quickly." ”

"The leader can rely on his own strength, step by step to get to the present, it is already a good canon, I, as a military advisor, I'm afraid I won't be able to help the leader in the future." Although the gray-robed man did not show his face, his voice was majestic with a hint of strength, and he should be a young man.

Cyriji hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hand and said: "Why did the military advisor say this, without the guidance and help of the military advisor, it would not be possible for a certain person to get to this day, the military advisor said this, could it be that he wanted to leave a certain and the Cyriji department?" ”

The gray-robed man didn't say much, looked up at Cyriji slightly, and was silent for a long time before chuckling: "A certain task has been completed, everything that needs to be done has been done, and now among those small tribes, the prestige of the leader of Cyriji is actually no less than that of Haidu Khan, and in Haidu's heart, you are an honest and honest leader, so what you want to do is already at your fingertips・・・・・・"

Sirigi was stunned for a moment, but did not answer.

The gray-robed man had obviously expected something a long time ago, turned around and walked out, and said: "According to the original agreement, so-and-so has done what so-and-so should do, and the rest depends on the leader of Sirigi, oh no, what the future Great Khan of Cyriji does." ”

Before the words fell, the gray-robed man had already lifted the curtain and quickly disappeared from Cyrigi's field of vision.

Cyriji didn't care about the gray-robed man's departure, but sat down in his chair slowly, not saying a word. The leader of his personal guards opened the curtain and walked in with some surprise: "Chief, what did the military advisor say to you, why did you go to the stable without saying a word, afraid that you were going to leave?" ”

With a wry smile, Cyriji looked at his most trusted subordinate, who was actually his brother-in-law: "He did what he had to do, so naturally he was leaving." How can this great god be accommodated by this one-third of an acre of land, he is just carrying out his own task to help Cyrijibe cheer up. ”

The commander of the personal guard was stunned for a moment, looked at his own leader, and although he didn't say anything, he shivered in his heart.

And outside the yurt, the gray-robed man reached out and lifted his hat, revealing a young face, it was Ma Tingyou, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty who had not heard from him for a long time after the Eight Expeditions, but after a few months of wind and sand baptism, Ma Tingyou at this time looked more mature and stable, and it seemed that he could turn the world upside down between his hands.

"Zhang Cheng, this stinky boy, what kind of difficult work did he arrange for Lao Tzu!" There was no one around, and Ma Tingyou couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "The bad man can't go home for a few months." ”

Before the words fell, someone pulled his sleeve, Ma Tingyou was taken aback, only to find out that it was a child, no wonder he didn't see it just now. This kid Ma Tingyou also knew, squatted down and pinched his face. The child bit his fingers and said with some doubts: "Brother Commander, are you leaving?" ”

"yes, I'm leaving." Ma Tingyou replied briskly.

"Will you come back, then? Do you still bring that sweet and delicious food? The child asked hurriedly.

After being silent for a long time, Ma Tingyou looked at the child's wide eyes and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, so-and-so will come back." ”

Rubbing the child's head to let him go, Ma Tingyou took his horse and looked sideways at the camp of Sirigi, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Cyrigi, everything you can do has been done, although you have a weak personality, but you are not the kind of person who does not keep promises, and the next thing is up to you to do it. If we do it right, we can think about everything in the long run; If it is wrong or not done, Daming never spares its anger.

Both for you and for the entire Cyriji tribe.