Yang Ling returned to Qincha Xingyuan and described the process of negotiation with Huadang's envoy to Zhengde, Zhengde raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and sneered: "Huadang is a descendant of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, poor but ambitious. In the past, he was sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty, Tatars, and Warat, and he was still at peace, but now he just heard that he could overwhelm the other two, and he immediately dreamed of rebuilding the Mongol Empire. ”

He stood up and said, "You said that you have negotiated with Duoyan Sanwei very well today, and if you refuse a rude request, how can Da Ming be controlled by others?" I have the dignity of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the ancients, the north and the west, there is no Han and Tang Dynasty and pro-thin coins, there is no Great Song Dynasty to cut the land, and there is no brotherly gift to the enemy country, the little flower should marry my royal sister!

It's really sad to share a bed with someone you don't like, I'm deeply affected by it, how can I let my sister suffer from it? I am a man who can find a woman he really likes, if it is not a person entrusted by Yongfu, what should she do?

Although I, the emperor, am messing around, I also know that I love my sister, if Yongfu wants to marry, as long as I am in love, I don't care if he is a prince or a white cloth. If she doesn't want to marry, even if Huadang gives up the land of Sanwei, I don't need my sister to change it! ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Your Majesty, people's ambitions always grow with the continuous expansion of power, the original Huadang, the picture is just a corner of Liaodong, now I heard that the grassland can be unified, stand tall, and the greedy eyes will naturally look farther."

Barbarian ambition, the emperor said very much. Even if they were not nomads, learning the farming and weaving of the Han people would not change their original surname. They are partial to the grassland, there are Rakshasa countries, left, down, right three sides surrounded by my Ming guards, once the unified grassland can not provide the needs of population expansion must invade outside, so the minister advised the emperor to take advantage of the internal friction of the three departments to pacify the northern frontier as soon as possible, the entire grassland into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, for future generations to leave an iron country."

Zhengde nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "Yes, I want to leave an iron-clad country to future generations."

He suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but envy: "By the way, Yang Shiyu, I heard that the young lady's sister is already pregnant, I don't know how many months to give birth?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Yang Ling's eyebrows also overflowed with joy, and he smiled: "Around mid-August, when the osmanthus flowers are fragrant."

Zhengde smiled, blinked his eyes, patted his thigh and said: "Okay, if it's a boy, I'll recognize it as a righteous son, if it's a girl, I'll recognize it as a righteous girl, this matter has to be settled first, and no one is allowed to rob me!" ”

He clapped his hands and smiled: "I really want to know what it's like to be called daddy by a child, it must be fun."

Yang Ling was stunned, the emperor wants to be the godfather of his own children? It doesn't seem to hurt to think about it, and besides, Zhengde opened his mouth, who will save his face?

Yang Ling chuckled: "If the child doesn't grow up to about a year old, how can he open his mouth to call someone." The emperor is strong and strong, and his age is like Xu Dongsheng, and he will definitely be full of children and grandchildren in the future."

Zhengde smiled and said, "Hehe, I hope so."

He waved his hand and said: "Let's not talk about this first, come, let's talk about Huadang Huimeng, do you think Huadang will agree to the conditions offered to us?" ”

Yang Ling said without hesitation: "Definitely!" First of all, Huadang and Boyan have been in constant disputes, and Boyan has suffered a loss from us, and he will definitely plunder Huadang to replenish food. Moreover, the three Jurchen tribes relied on the Ming Dynasty very deeply, and they sincerely took refuge in the Ming Dynasty. Inside Duoyan Sanwei, Huadang's control is not as good as Boyan's control over the Tatar tribe, and the leaders of the tribes must be tempted by such favorable conditions, and Huadang can't help but consider these realities. ”

Miao Kui has also come to the post house, he and Zhang Yong are both people who are familiar with military affairs in the internal prison, and they have gone deep into the desert, and they know the three Mongolian tribes very well, and they said: "Your Majesty, as far as the slaves know, the Yuan Empire in the past was divided into three parts, and the Tatars are the direct line of the Golden Family, and they have never taken the other two in their eyes. Warat is the second largest force after the Golden Family, and when he was the first Taishi, he was above the Tatars, and his ambitions were actually not small.

Manduhai conquered Warat, defeated them, ordered their chieftain's house not to be called a palace, not to kneel in his home, not to sit, and the nobles were only allowed to tear meat with their hands, not to use knives, this shame had made their hatred of their fellow Tatars far greater than their hostility to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, according to the view of the minions, when the civil strife between Boyan and Huosieve is together, they will gather heavy troops to attack Warat from the direction of Hamiwei, and drive this trapped tiger into the Tatar steppe, for the pasture and cattle and sheep, they will not let go of the good opportunity of the Tatar civil strife, and they will not hesitate to participate in it, or stand on three legs, or join one side to crusade against the other, and it is estimated that the minions are very likely to choose Huosieve as an ally, which can greatly reduce the pressure on the Eastern Front, let our army calmly arrange, and according to Lord Yang's plan, send troops to clean up the mess, and then swallow the three guards".

Zhengde's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "What does Yang Qing think?" ”

Yang Ling glanced at Miao Kui with admiration, and arched his hand: "It's really a clever plan, but I don't know if Warat still has the strength to fight with the Tatars?" ”

Miao Kuixi said: "When the slaves went deep into the desert, they had entered the territory of Wara to the west, and after a little fighting, they found that there were a lot of Ding Zhuang in their tribes, obviously this time Boyan recruited all tribes to send troops to Datong, and the Wara sent them were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they only planned to shout for Boyan, although their strength was not enough to deal with Boyan, but if the fire screen was reversed, Hamiwei put pressure again, and then the battle situation would not be left according to our plan."

Zhengde laughed and said, "Wonderful! The strategy of the secretaries may not be stronger than that of the ministers in the DPRK and China, but they only know how to keep the success and do not know the importance of going out.

The real negotiations have always been carried out outside the bureau, and when the heads of the two sides meet on the table, they are just pretending to sign documents, and the envoys of the two sides frequently exchange through the victory, and the secret negotiations between Daming and Duoyan Sanwei are in full swing.

Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, good horse production areas Hetao, Qilian, Zhangjiakou, Hulunbuir and other places, now only Zhangjiakou, Chengde line in the Ming Dynasty control, here is suitable for raising horses, but because the Tatars often come to plunder, so the horse government has been abandoned for many years.

Horses play an irreplaceable role in cold weapon warfare, the speed and impact of cavalry are incomparable to infantry, if the strength of both sides is equal, the cavalry side can not wait for the infantry to complete the formation, and when it does not form a defensive depth, the infantry will be scattered.

If the infantry is outnumbered, the cavalry can attack and harass repeatedly day and night, and retreat in great strides, stretch the supply line of the infantry side and then calmly cut off its food routes, and surround and annihilate when the infantry is exhausted and the food and grass are cut off, even if the infantry defense counterattack is victorious, the cavalry can escape at any time, and the infantry side cannot pursue at all.

Therefore, infantry against cavalry, only a small victory and defeat will be annihilated, and it is simply difficult to fight with cavalry on the plain. The Central Plains army is generally good at vehicle warfare, but although the impact of the chariot is strong, the long-range attack is easy to damage, and the dense convoy is difficult to turn and turn around on the battlefield, and the flexible surname is far inferior to the cavalry, which can only be used as a decisive battle impact and a counter-shock in defense.

Nowadays, the use of firearms cannot completely replace cold weapons, Yang Ling estimates that it will take at least five years for the new muskets in the inner factory to achieve the most perfect results, mass production, equip the army and train the soldiers to use them skillfully, these things are not urgent, even if the most modern weapons appear immediately, it is impossible to train instructors and then train the army for less than a year and a half.

At the same time, before there was no large number of advanced and light artillery to equip the army, before the emergence of modern transportation equipment, horses played a decisive role in fighting against the northern peoples, especially the active attack, Yang Ling knew this very well, so the focus of negotiations on the Ming side was focused on this item.

In addition to the fur, the main thing that Duoyan Sanwei can take out is the war horse, which does not have to worry about them having a focus, but the Duoyan envoy proposed that the rich of Sanwei are only 12/10, and the poor account for 78, and the Ming Fang should export more rice, flour, salt, tea and other things, and reduce luxury goods such as porcelain and ayaluo.

Yang Ling agreed, and took the opportunity to propose that the Ming could export grain, rice, salt, and even some copper coins and ironware, sulfur, and flame nitrate, but the Ming side wanted to buy foals, and Duoyan Sanwei sent people to teach horses to raise horses, and opened part of Sanwei's pastures.

Obtaining military supplies such as horses through trade is more convenient than grazing and breeding in Han areas, and the cost is actually less, and several areas of horse breeding are demarcated in the territory of Duoyan Sanwei, which can be used to cultivate excellent Khan herdsmen, and once Duoyan Sanwei replaces them, there will be no problems with the supply of horses, and Duoyan Sanwei can't resist the favorable conditions given by the Ming court, and finally agrees.

The export of sulfur and flame nitrate is limited, and it belongs to the first surname consumables, the Mongolian people have neither many corresponding firearms, nor the best matching formula, a small amount of export ordnance not only shows the sincerity of the Ming side, but also in fact also controls the military development of Duoyan Sanwei in the hands of the Ming court, these problems will only be exposed one by one when Duoyan Sanwei is spread out, and they are naturally difficult to find the shortcomings now.

After some bargaining over the import of camel hair, mink, ginseng, horses, the export of ploughshares, ploughshares, seeds, rice, salt, cloth, iron pots, etc., the two sides finally reached a satisfactory result, and finally began to discuss the location of the mutual horse market.

This time, the Ming court was very generous, in addition to the Yongle period set up Kaiyuan Nanguan, Kaiyuan Dongguan, Guangning Wei three horse markets, and added Fushun, Baituchang, Kuandian, Sanyang, Qinghe five passes, the opening time was set as a regular market, by the Ming court sent troops to station, assess prices, collect taxes and govern business.

It was seven days since all the negotiations were agreed upon. At this time, the fire sieve was still disturbing outside the pass, but the offensive was getting weaker and weaker, and there was no will to fight, and the army of Boyan returned north from the Pingshun area, but it did not converge with the fire sieve department, and it seemed to have the intention of returning to the desert with the flag extinguished.

Ming said that it was the son of the Great Tomorrow who met with Duoyan Sanwei and personally made an offensive and defensive covenant. Although there was no change in the Tartars outside the pass, Yang Yiqing was still like a great enemy, personally guarded the victory fort, and ordered more than 200 passes, beacons, and guard posts along the Shanxi line to be fully guarded, and heavy troops were gathered.

Taiyuan Wei Zhang Yin's 20,000 soldiers and horses were used as a reserve army, and they were stuck in Guangwu Fort in Shanyin County, ready at any time. Du Renguo guarded Datong City, Xu Tai led 7,000 cavalry to ambush in Datong City, as soon as Bai Mountaineering called the police, immediately Pegasus galloped to help.

A welcome pavilion and a large tent were built on Baishan Mountain, and seventy poisonous artillery pieces were hidden under the slopes on all sides of Baishan Mountain.

These poisonous artillery can fire flowering shells, can fire shotguns, a cannon shoots out more than 100 pieces of iron, the range is not far, but when the big and small bullets are fired, the roar is like thunder, the lethality and radiation range are very large, especially suitable for field bombardment of the opponent's dense combat formation, effectively suppress its crazy offensive.

Boyan's army was still outside the Great Wall, with tens of thousands of troops blocking it, and Yang Yiqing personally sat in the battle. Yang Ling didn't worry that they would attack in, but the Maitreya Sect had great magical powers, and they could gather two hundred bandits in Yanjing City to attack Gao Laozhuang at night, Yang Ling didn't know if they would gather thousands of fanatical disciples to attack Baishan Mountain, so they planted five hundred machine-fired mines in the four wild lands, and made a secret plan in advance, once they couldn't use it, they had to take it out as it was, so as not to accidentally hurt the people in the spring.

Huadang's people and horses agreed to welcome from the Flying Fox Switch, which is a small pass, from the outside to the inside is difficult to cross, from the inside to the outside but there is no danger to rely on, a rush is broken, choose here to enter the customs, it dispelled Huadang's doubts.

The flying fox crosses the pass and is surrounded by continuous steep and dangerous peaks, it is difficult for birds to cross, and it is difficult to set up ambushes on the bare stone wall. The mountain range stretches like a dragon, isolated from the grassland west of Datong, becoming a moat, Boyan's army can not go over the mountains and mountains from here to enter the pass, if you bypass dozens of miles of mountains and enter from the end, the beacon set in the distance can send a warning signal early and close the pass, but in order to be safe, on the basis of the original officers and soldiers in the pass, Yang Ling still transferred a thousand soldiers and horses of Jing Fo'er.

Such a design can be said to be foolproof, but Yang Ling and Hu Zhan, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Yong, Miao Kui and others are still not at ease, the night is deep, and they are still repeatedly scrutinizing in the room, deducing all possible mistakes.

Hu Zan said: "Pass, Datong, Baishan Mountain is within easy reach of the three, there is no danger in this plain within a radius of dozens of miles, there is nowhere to hide, if you really want to be unfavorable to the emperor, you can only attack hard, but unless Maitreya has the ability to scatter beans into soldiers, where to get these soldiers and horses?" In my opinion, we should guard against accidental injuries from crossbow arrows when there is really an enemy. ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Don't worry, the governor can rest assured, there is a cave on the mountain that is more than forty zhang deep, I sent someone to level the top of the mountain and dig and repair the cave, and dig a horizontal hole, add a stone road step, and the big tent of the alliance is erected on the entrance of the cave, once there is something, you can ask the emperor to take refuge in the cave temporarily."

Zhang Yongdao: "The Maitreya Sect led a group of villagers to the emperor's disadvantage? Unthinkable. They don't have a large army, and a group of ignorant villagers are useless, according to our family, it is more likely to use assassins, and will anyone in the army or even Duoyan Sanwei be bribed by him to become a dead soldier? The emperor must wear at least two layers of soft armor, and he must also select the most skilled attendants among the Ouchi guards."

Zhengde saw that these courtiers were like enemies for their own safety, and they couldn't help but shake their heads, and suddenly interjected and teased: "I don't know what Huadang is doing now?" Are the tribal leaders of Duoyan Sanwei also working all night to figure out how to keep Huadang's surname? ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Zhengde got up and said, "Everyone, Aiqing continues, I, a porcelain man, is going back to the room to rest."

Before the officials could kneel down and salute, Zhengde had already lifted the curtain, and Shi Shiran walked out.

The night was like ink, the stars were dotted, the two rows of guards at the door saw the emperor come out, and the two guards hurriedly took off the lanterns to accompany them back, at this moment, a delicate figure flashed into the courtyard of the study, Zhengde's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly gestured to the guards in disguise, and then walked up to meet him.

He was still dressed as a captain, Tang Yixian also said that he was a guard guarding the door, she tiptoed and glanced at the study, the light reflected a few figures in the window lattice, still dancing her arms, talking to each other.

Tang Yixian frowned lightly and said, "My cousin has been so busy in the past two days, he hasn't had time to see me, there seem to be many people in the room, what are they busy with?" ”

Zhengde gently pulled Tang Yixian's sleeve, glanced outward, and then quietly walked out. Tang Yixian was surprised to follow out of the courtyard, only to see Zhengde with his hands on his sleeves, looking up at the stars in the sky and muttering: "Every king will turn into a star in the sky, the sky is full of stars, those brightest stars must be the most accomplished kings."

Tang Yixian pursed his lips and said, "Don't sour you, why did you ask me to come out?" ”

Zhengde glanced at her sideways and said with a smile: "Tomorrow the emperor will make an alliance with the leader of Duoyan Sanwei outside the gate, my lord has a lot of things to do these days, don't go in first."

Tang Yixian nodded, and suddenly said: "Oh, I said, it turned out to be the emperor", her eyes suddenly widened, and she lost her voice: "Emperor? The emperor in Datong? ”

Zhengde raised a finger, "shh

Tang Yixian glanced at him, but lowered his voice and said, "Then tell me what to do?" ”

She thought for a moment and asked, "There shouldn't be any danger in the alliance, are you going too?" ”

Seeing Zhengde nodding, she stepped forward and helped him straighten his collar like a big sister, and advised: "Follow the emperor out, it must be very beautiful." But you are young and don't know how to do world affairs, you must know how to take care of yourself, don't lose your dignity in front of you, lose face for my brother, and affect your own future."

Zhengde nodded, and suddenly smiled: "You are not very old, but you know how to take care of others, it was like this before, I still remember that time your concerned and sympathetic eyes."

Tang Yixian's eyes lit up, and he said with great interest: "What happened to me before? I can't think of a single thing, my cousin has a lot of things, and I can't ask him, how can I care about and sympathize with you? Tell me about it".

Zhengde regretted his words, squeaked for a moment, and had to bite the bullet and said: "Once, when you went to the street with the second and third ladies of adults, you were entangled by a scoundrel, I happened to see it, so I stepped forward to stop it, and I was hit by a punch from the scoundrel and the nose was bleeding, and you handed me a handkerchief."

Tang Yixian smiled and said angrily: "You fool, what kind of concern and sympathy are you?" Even if I pass by and speak out, only I am grateful to others. You, others have given you benefits, you should keep it in your heart, but don't be self-conscious, feel that your status is low, and you should do everything to others. ”

Zhengde nodded, and said in his heart: "If it wasn't for Yang Shiyu taking me out of the palace, how would I have met you?" In this way, I should be grateful to Yang Ling. But on the other hand, if I hadn't broken into the 'Flower Pavilion', how could Yang Qing have met his two concubines, and they were redeemed by me and given to him? A drink and a peck, it is not a forethought, it is so rare to see you again this time, I will definitely cherish it, and I will never let you leave my eyes again for the rest of my life."

Thousands of iron horsemen took to the streets, now is the period of the official alliance, the news of the emperor's arrival in Datong no longer has to be concealed, it is not necessary to hide the king of a great country when he meets a small tribe in his own land. Therefore, Yang Ling borrowed a full set of honor guards from the palace and placed a new Huangluo umbrella cover.

The acting king and the governor of Datong, Hu Zhan, drove their horses forward and drove them out of the city, and the streets on the streets were sealed tightly with five steps and one post at ten paces, and the streets through which Luan drove were tightly sealed, and the people were all outside the cordon set up by the officers and soldiers and looked in amazement at the emperor's guard of honor that they might only have the opportunity to see once in their lives.

At the corner of the street, Cui Ying'er calmly looked at the endless brigade of people, the bright yellow satin imperial sedan chair arrived, and there were thirty-two inner guards wearing flying fish mending clothes and embroidered spring knives on the left and right, surrounding the sedan chair through the wind and rain, and could only see the yellow Luo umbrella cover on the top of the sedan chair passing by.

Fifth Uncle Huo quietly squeezed over, motioned her to take a few steps back, and whispered: "In the middle of the honor guard that played the Sun Flag, the Moon Flag, and the Flying Tiger Flag, it was Yang Ling, the Acting King, and Governor Hu, and there were many guards, so there was no way to start."

Cui Ying'er was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Fifth uncle, didn't you just say that it would be convenient to go?" Why did you follow the honor guard? ”

Fifth Uncle Huo regretted his words, and hurriedly explained: "I just came back from my hands, and I saw that the honor guard had passed, and I didn't have time to see you, so I went down, looking like this, once I got out of the city, I couldn't start, and the emperor returned to Beijing after the alliance, but there was no more chance."

Cui Ying'er glanced at him suspiciously, and hesitated: "Since we can't do anything, how about we stop here?" The emperor and Duoyan Sanwei will form an alliance and open up a mutual market, and the people at the border are very happy, if we mess up this matter, I don't know how many people will spit on."

Fifth Uncle Huo glanced around and said: "Don't worry, the emperor came to Datong in person, obviously attaches great importance to this alliance, once this matter is over, the officials of Datong will set up a banquet to celebrate the emperor's achievements, Yang Ling's entertainment must be a lot, we still have a chance." ”

Cui Ying'er sighed lightly in her heart, her eyebrows locked a trace of sorrow, Fifth Uncle Huo was so enthusiastic, what else could she say?

She looked like she couldn't lift her spirits, and said lazily: "Well, let's go back to the hiding place first, now the blockade in the city is stricter, and the emperor comes back from the city, and there are bound to be thousands of soldiers to protect him, Yang Ling is by his side, even if he has great ability, who can get close to the emperor's side?" ”

The emperor's guard of honor slowly marched towards Baishan Mountain under the escort of five thousand elite soldiers, and the horses were constantly coming and going like a marquee, and Yang Ling listened to the itinerary of Huadang's entry into the pass, controlling the speed of the army's march.

The emperor can't arrive before Huadang, and he must let Huadang wait for the emperor, but Daming is the master, Duoyan Sanwei is the guest, and they can't let them wait too long under the Baishan Mountain for the main guest, and the grasp of this time is very knowledgeable.

Pennants were planted all over the mountain, and two lines of officers and soldiers lined up from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Duoyan Sanwei and the leaders of the Jurchen tribes had just lined up their troops and horses at the foot of the mountain, and Yang Ling's army had also arrived.

The army of Duoyan Sanwei does not have a unified costume and banner, and even the weapons are varied, but the heroic spirit of the night is full of fierce and heroic force, Zhengde saw it from afar in the sedan chair, and couldn't help but admire: "In the past, Duoyan Sanwei attacked Jinling with Emperor Yongle, and every time the southern army was in the vanguard of the three guards and horses, three thousand horsemen against thirty thousand horses, and they collapsed as soon as they rushed, and now their combat power is far less than that year, but look at the current spirit, you can imagine what kind of majesty Duoyan Sanwei should have been!" ”

Zhang Yongxiang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, our Ming army is not weak, I wondered at the beginning, Lord Yang selected healthy soldiers from more than 100,000 troops in the 12th regimental battalion, why some soldiers with superb martial arts but beautiful appearance abandoned and did not use, and selected a man with good martial arts and a rough and bold appearance, and now I understand the intention."

Zhengde laughed and said nothing.

The Ming army is indeed not inferior to Duoyan Sanwei, 5,000 cavalry, all with big shoulders and waists, round and majestic, golden armor, and guns and halberds like a forest to the sky.

The neighing of the horse and the saber hanging from the waist sounded together, the cheers and hugs in the middle of the road, and there was a pillar of incense for a long time, and the sedan chair of Zhengde was counted as the entrance of the mountain under the white mountain. The great leader of Huadang has led the nobles of the three guards and the chiefs of the three Jurchen tribes to wait at the mountain pass.

The emperor's guard of honor separated on both sides, Yang Ling stopped his horse, looked up, and saw that he was a big man first, and his mighty momentum was undoubtedly revealed on that red square face.

Yang Ling's eyes locked on his body like lightning, 'How is it a Mutu?' What about flowers? Yang Ling was secretly taken aback, and involuntarily pressed the saber on his waist, and he was about to shout and ask, but Mu Tu had already untied the saber and threw it to a squire behind him, and came from the middle of the two rows of swords and guns with his bare hands.

He strode like a fly and stopped before heading towards the sedan chair, and then pushed the golden mountain to pour the jade pillar, bowed down violently, and burst out of his throat a thunderous voice: "Duoyan Sanwei commands Tongzhi Huadang, knock on the Ming Emperor Long live, long live!" ”

(To be continued)