Seeing this, Lama Chesang had already guessed Liu Cheng's thoughts, and asked cautiously: "My lord, are you worried that after the death of Lin Dan Khan, all the Mongolian tribes will go to the Jurchens?" “

Liu Cheng nodded and sighed: "I guess that Huang Taiji knew that Lin Dan Khan was dead, and the first thing he did was to mourn for him, in order to buy the hearts of the Mongolian tribes. ”

Chesang was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood, and couldn't help but secretly admire Liu Cheng's sharp and fast thinking, judging from what Huang Taiji had done in the past, it was very likely that he would do this, anyway, Lin Dan Khan was already a dead man, and he was not afraid that he would jump out of the ground and embarrass the Jurchens, or it was important to win over the Mongolian tribes to strengthen their own strength.

"My lord, you don't have to worry too much, in fact, this matter can be done by Huang Taiji, and you can also do it."

"Can I do that too?" Liu Cheng smiled bitterly: "Lin Dan Khan just died at my hands, and now he is mourning for him, and the leaders of the grassland departments still don't laugh off their big teeth?" ”

"What's wrong with that? War is war, mourning is mourning, one is one, two is two, what's not to do? Lama Chesang's tone was very serious, and he didn't look joking at all: "Besides, my lord, you just defeated Lin Dan Khan, and he didn't die at your hands, if you want to fight with Lin Dan Khan, Huang Taiji fought more, he can mourn, why can't you, my lord?" “

"Not bad!" Liu Cheng slapped his thigh violently, he was just a little secret, but he forgot that Lin Danhan couldn't kill him by himself.

"Master, I'll leave this matter to you." Liu Cheng thought for a while, and said to Chesang, this funeral is for the Mongols to see, so naturally it must be in accordance with the rules of the Mongols, and who else can be more suitable than a senior Gelugpa monk like Chesang Lama?

"Yes!" Qiesan didn't care about Liu Cheng's commanding tone, as if he was already a subordinate of the other party: "But the lord should tell the governor of the prophet, as far as I know, the Ming Kingdom is respected by civil officials." ”

"It doesn't matter." Liu Cheng laughed: "I will go and say it to Lord Lu, there will be no problem." Then he looked the lama in front of him up and down. Suddenly I felt that it was not bad to let him be the living Buddha of the Silver Buddha Temple, to have a brain, to be learned, to have prestige, if you want to master the Mongolian tribes on the steppe, it is not enough to rely on force, if you can get his help, it will be twice the result with half the effort. Thinking of this, Liu Cheng asked: "Master, you just said that you want to be the living Buddha of the Silver Buddha Temple, but I heard you say that this temple has not been hit by fire. There must be a man in charge of the house now, right? ”

"There are nearly 1,000 lamas in the monastery alone, so naturally there must be a person in charge."

"That's difficult, someone else occupies that position, how can you sit on it?"

"Don't worry, this adult!" Qiesang looked at Liu Cheng with a smile: "As long as the adults stand on the side of the poor monk, the poor monk will definitely be able to sit on it." ”

"This is strange, I don't know how to preach the scriptures, and I can't cast spells, how can I help you, should you let me send troops to cut down that living Buddha?"

"Not necessarily!" Chesang laughed: "My lord, do you know how many sects there are in my Tibetan land? ”

"How many sects?" Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this. Chesan stopped him by asking this question, and he searched in his mind for a while, and vaguely remembered that he once heard that there were four major sects in a casual conversation with Minmin, so he replied, "It should be four." ”

"Nope." Chesang shook his head: "I have a total of eighty sects of Tibetan Buddhism. There are three hundred small sects, but now there are indeed only four major sects left, do you know why this is so? ”

"How do I know!"

Liu Cheng subconsciously replied casually, but the words retracted when they reached his mouth. When he saw the somewhat mysterious smile on Lama Chesang's face, he suddenly had a bad thought and asked in a low voice, "Isn't it?" “

"Not bad. Adults are really smart! Chesang nodded: "If the doctrine is exquisite, each sect has its strengths, after all, most of them have been inherited for nearly a thousand years, and some of them are two or three hundred years old, how can there be fewer heroic people?" It's a pity that there are many people in the world who are foolish, and there are only a few people who can understand Buddhism after all, and these four major sects can be passed down to this day, relying on the help of the kings of the world. “

"In that case, you still want me to send troops to help you." Liu Cheng said with a smile: "But I am a Han Chinese, if I send troops to help you, will it be counterproductive?" “

"What's so hard about that? If the adults are willing to help me, I can enshrine the master and take the adults as the reincarnation of the Great Black Heavenly God and the Guardian Heavenly King of my Gelug Sect, and naturally I can interfere in the affairs of my sect. Speaking of this, Chesang smiled: "This matter is also beneficial to adults, it can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

"What's in it for me?" Liu Cheng laughed: "Could it be that your sect has any other Qimen secret spell that can make me prolong my life, and my longevity is the same as that of heaven?" ”

"As far as the poor monk knows, no!" Chesang smiled: "But if the Lord becomes the reincarnation of this Great Black Heavenly God, and then takes the Chahar tribes into his bag and thinks it is for his own use, don't you want to do this?" When Chesang said this, he saw that Liu Cheng still didn't understand something, so he explained carefully. It turns out that long before Genghis Khan, there was already a primitive religious worship in the Mongolian steppe, that is, the worship of "Eternal Heaven", this kind of religious thought takes the sky as the object of worship, and believes that everything in the world is dominated by a supreme god called "Eternal Heaven", and the highest power on the earth must be granted by "Eternal Heaven", for example, "Genghis Khan" in Mongolian means "relying on the power of Immortal Heaven and being Khan", and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty's holy decree will always have a cliché "In the immortal weather force, the great blessing and the shadow are protected, and the emperor's holy decree is in the holy decree." Simply translated into Chinese, it is a holy decree issued by the emperor who is favored by the immortal heaven.

However, it is not difficult to see that the cult of "immortality" is still a very simple, even crude, religion, and that the backward social form and level of productivity of the Mongols make it impossible to support enough intellectuals to theorize, logicalize, and ritualize this religion. Thus when the victorious Mongols conquered more civilized and advanced regions, a historical phenomenon occurred - the barbarians who physically conquered civilized peoples were spiritually conquered by the conquered, and the Mongols came to believe in Lamaism, Islam, and even Christianity, and became the most ardent adherents and the bravest warriors of these religions two or three generations later. The Mongols who remained on the Mongolian plateau and entered China chose Tibetan Buddhism, a branch of Buddhism that was skillfully integrated with the original cult of "Changshengtian", which was used as a projection of the Buddha, and the emperor Great Khan was considered to be the reincarnation of a certain bodhisattva, thus gaining the power to rule the tribes. In return, the monks received the military support of the Great Khan, land, herds, serfs, temples, and many other riches. And the nobles also tended to become monks at a young age, either to learn knowledge or to become high-ranking monks. Gradually, the two have gradually merged, and obtaining the title of monastery has become a necessary condition for becoming a Khan king.

Listening to Chessan's persuasion, Liu Cheng couldn't help but be moved, he knew very well that his several victories were due to a considerable extent because he had a strong cavalry, and if it were not for these fierce Mongol knights, he might be able to defeat the enemy, but he would not be able to pursue the enemy so quickly. Annihilate it all with one drum. After defeating Lin Dan Khan and collecting his subordinates, he also thought about whether he could take him under his command like Liu Xiu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and become an alien cavalry force similar to the Karasuma Miscellaneous Cavalry and the Yuyang Assault Cavalry. But the problem was that those were either emperors or the leading warlords of the time, and they were just military attaches themselves, and their resources were very limited.

"The guru said to hear it?"

"My lord, there is a Sakya monk by his side. The name is Shahrhu Tuktu, I wonder if the Great Khan will hold it? ”

"Sharhutuktu?" Liu Cheng's brows furrowed: "In the chaotic army, who knows where a lama has gone, but when I raided Lin Dan Khan's old camp." He fled in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to take his wife and children with him, and this lama should be among the captives. ”

"Alright, please detain this person. The title of 'Great Black Heaven Protector Heavenly King' fell on him. ”

Liu Cheng saw that Che Sang's expression was solemn, not like a joke, so he exchanged it for Hao Shaoqi, who was on duty outside. Let him go and detain him immediately. When Hao Shaoqi left, Liu Cheng sat down again and said with a smile: "Master, I heard Minmin say that the fight between the monks of your various factions is between you and me, and you asked me to detain that monk, don't you want to borrow a knife to kill someone, right?" ”

"My lord laughed, I wanted to kill this person, but I was the only one who wanted to kill him? Lin Dan Khan was defeated to this point, and the root cause was to listen to the words of this Shahrhutuktu, and converted to his religion, causing the people in the clan to rebel and leave. Now that Lin Dan Khan is dead, and there is no one to protect him, even if I don't do it, there are more people in the Chahar Department who want to kill him to vent their anger, so why should I dirty my hands? “

Liu Cheng listened, laughed twice and didn't ask anymore, in his opinion, with the usefulness of Chesan to himself, why should he mind a captured monk? Seeing this, Chesang continued to explain: "The reason why Lin Dan Khan converted is because this Shar Hutu Ketu found a treasure for him - 'Maha Kala', and if you want to be the reincarnation of this Great Black Heaven Protector Heavenly King, you will need this treasure. “

"Then this treasure will fall on this guy?"

"Not bad!"

"Oh!" Liu Cheng smiled noncommittally: "Then if you find this 'Maha Kala', what should you do next?" ”

"First of all, we must isolate Lin Dan Khan's wife and his sister-in-law from the people, so that you, as the reincarnation of the Great Black Heaven Protector Heavenly King, will become the first agent of the Chahar Ministry."

"And then?"

"Naturally, I killed the rabbit Khan."

"Killing the Rabbit Khan?" Liu Cheng straightened his back in surprise: "He is not the leader of the Tumut Tribe, why do you want to kill him?" ”

"First, since you are the incarnation of the Great Black God, this Great Black God is the god of protecting the country, Lin Dan Khan died in the hands of Bu Lost Rabbit Khan, you don't avenge Lin Dan Khan, saying that you are the incarnation of the Great Black God, who can believe it? Second, when Bu Lost Rabbit Khan comes back this time, he will definitely divide the fertile pastureland east of the river as his own, if you agree to him, where will these tens of thousands of horses in your hands graze and live? Besides, Nabu Lost Rabbit Khan will definitely ask for the return of the troops that originally belonged to the right wing in your hands to him, this is a no-brainer, do you say yes or no? “

Hearing this, Liu Cheng nodded, if he didn't care too much about the first question, the second question was indeed unavoidable. In order to effectively control those subordinates, it is the unavoidable responsibility of the leader to divide the pasture, water source, and regulate the conflict, but if this Bu Lost Rabbit Khan returns, it is almost inevitable that the two sides will clash over water, livestock, and pasture, not to mention that Liu Cheng still has many subordinates who originally belonged to the right wing. In that case, it is better to preemptively eliminate it.

"How many people are under this Lost Rabbit Khan?"

"There are more than 3,000 warriors to fight, and more than 4,000 to count the old and weak."

"Why are there so many warriors?" Liu Cheng couldn't help but be taken aback, this ratio was completely inconsistent with the proportion of normal grassland tribes.

"My lord, this Lost Rabbit Khan was defeated and fled by Lin Dan Khan, how many old and weak can be taken away in a hurry, and this old and weak are also snatched from other weak tribes."

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded, with a casual look on his face: "This matter is very important, I will think about it first and then make a decision, it's not too early, Master, you can rest first!" “

When Qiesang saw Liu Cheng's appearance, he knew that things had already been six or seven points old, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and he clasped his hands together and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

In the General Army's Mansion, after Liu Cheng left, the focus of everyone's toast suddenly focused on Lu Boqi, Rao is his highest rank in the field, and he couldn't resist after several rounds of siege. Hu Kejian, who was next to him, saw it clearly, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Master Lu is a little excessive, let's get here today!" ”

Lu Boqi got into the sedan chair in a daze with the support of the servant, returned to the residence and washed up on the couch, and I don't know how long he slept, he suddenly felt that someone was gently shaking himself, and in his sleep he waved his arm a little impatiently, and shouted: "What's the matter, let people not sleep!" ”

"Master, master, it's Mr. Liu who is here!"

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu?" Lu Boqi woke up in shock, and what caught his eye was the old servant's face: "Master, Mr. Liu has just arrived, and his expression is in a hurry, as if there is something important." ”

Lu Boqi was completely awake at this time, and while taking the wet towel from the handmaid's hand to wipe his face, he asked in a low voice, "Where is the other?" ”

"In the study, sir, to see or not to see?"

"See, of course yes! Wait for me to get dressed! Lu Boqi was dressing with the help of the servants, but his mind was spinning quickly, although Liu Cheng acted a little domineering, but he was not the kind of indiscriminate, there must be something important to come to him at this time, could it be that the battle situation has been repeated? (To be continued.) )