Yang Ling sat down again and muttered, "Two conditions? Oh, please tell the messenger of the Mutu! ”

Mu Tu smiled slightly, and said with a flickering gaze: "Duoyan Sanwei was favored by His Majesty the Emperor and allowed Li Khan to be king. Of course, even if our great leader is called Khan, he will not dare to sit on an equal footing with His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and respect and humble the princes and vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "That's natural, but Huadang Khan can control the vast grassland, land, cattle and sheep at that time, and only pay tribute and don't need to pay taxes or serve, how can I compare with the king of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Moved by the beautiful blueprint depicted by Yang Ling, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, he calmed down for a while, and then pretended to be reserved and said: "It's just that the Great Khan of Warat and Tatar have been canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so we hope to also get His Majesty's personal decree and give him gold seals and festival charms."

Yang Ling suddenly felt that the envoy was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would only verbally agree, and they had the least influence among the three tribes of the Mongol Warat, Tatar and Uliangha, and without the open support of the Ming court, this Great Khan would not be able to do it justifiably, at least until their power was enough to suppress the other two.

Yang Ling groaned slightly, nodded and said: "Your concerns are also reasonable, I will report this matter to the emperor, what is the second thing?" ”

Seeing that Yang Ling agreed, Mu Tu sat down on the opposite side with joy, and after thinking about it, he said cautiously: "In the past, His Majesty the Yongle Emperor, because of our Duoyan Sanwei's meritorious service from Longjing, gave us Daningwei (now Chengde City, Pingquan County, Jianchang County and Laoha River Basin).

However, Lord Yang must also know that our Sanwei live on nomadic herding, and cattle and sheep are all we have, but His Majesty the Yongle Emperor does not allow us to live in the Daning area, and we have a large grassland that cannot be used to graze cattle and sheep, so I hope the emperor will allow us to graze in the Daningwei area."

Yang Ling's heart couldn't help jumping after hearing this, and when he speculated about the conditions that Duoyan Sanwei might propose, he thought that Duoyan Sanwei might put forward this condition, and sure enough, it was unexpected. In fact, decades ago, Duoyan Sanwei raised troops into Daning City with the support of the Horqin tribe, who had a relationship with them by marriage, and continued to advance southward through Huizhou (Pingquan, Hebei) to the Kuanhe River (Hebei Puhe).

Now Duoyanwei has arrived at the mouth of Xifeng from Daning City, and Xuanhua, Hebei Province is separated by a mountain; Tainingwei's forces from Jinzhou and Yizhou to Daliao River through Guangningwei, and Fuyuwei's forces from Huangniwa through Shenyang and Tieling to Kaiyuanwei. South of the Xilamulun River and the Liao River, starting from Kaiyuan in the east and near Xuanfu in the west, a large area of land has actually been in the hands of Duoyan Sanwei.

Duoyan Sanwei and the Ming Dynasty joined forces to deal with the Tatars, all they wanted was the identity of the Ming court's public canonization, and the recognition of the areas they actually controlled, it seemed that the Ming Dynasty did not have the slightest actual loss, but Yang Ling couldn't help but hesitate.

These places are powerless for the Ming Dynasty to control, and in fact they have fallen into the hands of Duoyan Sanwei, but openly acknowledging their ownership, that is, ceding the land, this problem is really infinitely harmful.

In the past, the Yongle Emperor gave them the land of Duoyan Sanwei, and he had already made a fatal mistake. The Daming guard outside the gate is connected, and the various guards echo each other with a point and a face, and the three guards of Duoyan broke this strategic system with a loss, and the effective connection between the various guards was lost, and the Liaodong guards alone could not resist the attack of a small tribe.

These areas are key strategic points, and Yang Ling is planning to provoke Tatar civil strife, and then drag Duoyan Sanwei into the water to increase troops in Liaodong and strengthen control over this region.

Yang Ling immediately shook his head categorically and said: "Envoy of Mutu, you must know that although you take a big risk, but the benefits are greater, once you let the Tartars surrender to you, you can choose the land with the most abundant water and grass to graze cattle and sheep, even if you fail, you retreat to Duoyan Sanwei, with the Ming Dynasty's containment of the Tatars, they can't help you." Liaodong is the barrier of the Ming Dynasty, and we can't give it up."

He opened his mouth to speak, but Yang Ling raised his hand and said, "Envoy of Mu Tu, I don't need to consult His Majesty the Emperor about this matter, there is absolutely no need to negotiate." Liaodong, it can't be used for bargaining! ”

He took a sip of milk tea, stroked his thick black beard and thought for a long time before he said: "We have to take a great risk to break with the Tatars openly, and if there is no guarantee, how can the people of the entire tribe rest assured?" Since your Excellency said so, can you reply to His Majesty the Emperor, in order to show our sincerity, we are in peace with the imperial court? ”

Yang Ling was stunned, he didn't expect that Mutu would have the courage to propose peace, it was really unreasonable! Before Hua Dang became the Great Khan, did Duoyan Sanwei think that he was the Northern Yuan court with the four khanates under his account? Dare to ask for peace with the Ming Court.

Seeing that his face sank, he hurriedly said: "The big leader of Huadang has a beloved daughter Yinqi girl, who is the most beautiful flower on the Kelinqin grassland, she is only 15 years old this year, if His Majesty the Emperor does not dislike it, the leader of Huadang is willing to dedicate her to His Majesty Emperor Zhengde as a concubine."

Yang Ling's face was pale: It turned out that I was going to offer beautiful women, hehe, this makes it. Anyway, it's a political marriage, it doesn't matter if it's ugly, just make an offering to the palace, anyway, even the queen and the two concubines are now decorations, is there still one more person to eat in the Forbidden City? Talking about Corinthian? The first beauty in Manchuria, Da Yu'er, seems to be a girl from the Kelinqin grassland, and this Miss Yinqi should not look bad.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling smiled and was about to promise to go back and report to Zhengde, but unexpectedly, the tone of his words changed, and he continued: "I am glad to hear that His Majesty the Emperor has two royal sisters, Princess Yongfu and Princess Yongchun, and the leader of Huadang is willing to marry one of them, and help him to be the wife of the main room, and the Ming Dynasty will be good friends with Qin and Jin, and they will definitely cooperate with each other." ”

As soon as Yang Ling heard this, his face "croaked" and stacked it down again: If you marry your daughter, you will marry your daughter, why do you have to spare another one? That's not right, Huadang's daughter married Zhengde, then Zhengde is his son-in-law, and he wants to marry his son-in-law's sister, what kind of mess?

I heard that Huadang already has five sons and three daughters, so he should be a bearded old man who is nearly fifty years old, right? Let the gentle and lovely little princess Yongfu marry the old boy of Huadang? When Yang Ling thought of this, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Do you want to change Yongchun's little girl? As soon as this thought arose, Yang Ling shivered, and a chill ran in his heart. If he dares to agree, it is estimated that when he goes back to Zhengde, he will have to carry a sword, and Man Datong will chase and kill him, just like his father's brother-in-law who chased and killed him at the beginning.

Yang Ling took a breath and secretly reminded himself: "You are here to negotiate peace, you are from the alliance, even if you don't agree, you can be tactful, things that can also achieve the goal, you must not learn from Guan Gong to say, "My tiger girl Anken marries a dog?" ”

He suppressed the anger in his heart, put on a disapproving expression and laughed, and Mu Tu was stunned: "Why is Lord Yang laughing? ”

Yang Ling stretched his sleeves and laughed: "The envoy of the Mutu believes that a major matter related to the fate of hundreds of thousands of people and the life and death of a clan can really be tied to a woman?" Daming and Duoyan Sanwei formed an alliance to trade with each other and help each other, and only real money was sincere.

Jiu Wenhua is one of the three heroes outside the Saiwai, with great talent and lofty vision, no less than Boyan and Huosieve, how can he hope for an alliance with him? Could it be that the messenger of the Mutu made his own claim? Haha, don't mention this matter to the leader of Huadang after the envoy of the Mutu envoy returns, otherwise it will disgrace the leader of Huadang. ”

Mu Tu's red face was bloody, and he looked a little black, and he said abruptly: "The matter of harmony has existed since ancient times, and there are princesses in the Han and Tang dynasties who have married outside the Saiwai, which has become a beautiful talk for the ages, if the relatives can't show sincerity, then what does Lord Yang use to prove the sincerity of cooperation?" ”

Yang Ling said without hesitation: "Interests, only common interests, will make each other cooperate seamlessly." ”

He brushed his sleeves up, walked up to Hu Chi, the envoy of the Jurchens of Haixi, and said: "In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has traded frequently with the Jurchens, and this official will give you an example, ginseng alone, because the water-soaked ginseng is not easy to preserve, the Han merchants wantonly lower the price, and your annual loss is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?" ”

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Hu Chi was angry, they had nothing to produce, they all relied on going up the mountain to dig ginseng and hunt from the Han people for salt and tea, cloth for iron pots, the ginseng was still recognized by the Han people, and there were no bids for other places, and there were not so many buyers, and the Han merchants did make them miserable when they pressed the price, Hu Chi hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "My lord Mingjian, our tribe came this time and was willing to join the alliance, just hoping that the court could treat the Jurchens fairly."

Yang Ling nodded and said: "This official understands that only ginseng, only your Haixi Jurchen tribe, has to export more than 50,000 catties of ginseng through the horse market every year, and in the first two years, they were hostile to each other, and my dynasty has banned mutual markets for two years, and your ginseng is rotten more than 100,000 catties, right?" Therefore, countless people have died in poverty, and if we form an alliance with this dynasty, we will not ban the market, and we are willing to set official prices and reduce taxes to subsidize Han merchants, is this the greatest sincerity? ”

Hu Chi was overjoyed, pecked the chicken on his head, and said continuously: "Of course, of course, thank you Lord Yang, thank you to the emperor, we are willing to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty forever."

Yang Ling nodded, walked up to the envoy of the Jianzhou Jurchen Lidouli with a smile, and said: "The Jianzhou Jurchen originally raised livestock and ate meat and skin for a living, and I made a living by plowing the fields and eating grain.

But in recent years, you have gradually opened up cultivated land, purchased ploughing cattle and iron ploughshares from the Ming Dynasty, hired Han professors to farm, and had the same food and clothing as the Han people, and were the richest in the three Jurchen tribes.

If we open a number of horse markets, change the first and fifteenth mutual markets to the mutual market, and relax the scope of mutual markets, do you think this is the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty? Or is it sincere to send a princess and relatives with a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver? ”

Li Douli's eyes lit up when he heard this, as long as Daming was willing to change the original three mutual markets from twice a month to a regular market, and relax the restrictions on exchanging items, then they would wake up with a smile in their dreams, and they would open a mutual market again? This was a big surprise to them, Li Douli didn't want to think about it, and immediately turned against him: "Naturally, it is sincere to completely open up the mutual market, we don't want much, as long as the Ming court is willing to exchange markets with us, the Jianzhou Jurchen will be the eternal vassal and friend of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

The envoys of the Duoyan tribes were greatly moved, and they couldn't sit still, but Duoyan Wei's Multu was obviously the leader of the envoys of Duoyan Sanwei, and they all set their eyes on Tuo Mutu, and when he saw this scene, he muttered: "What your lord said is very true, but in this case, how can we believe in the sincerity of the Ming Court?" ”

Yang Ling raised his finger and said, "First, it is also a public transaction, and I believe that your ministry has benefited a lot from it; Second, it is military cooperation, once the army is used, the Ming Dynasty will send troops from Datong Xuanhua and Liaodong two roads, into a horn of the momentum, the middle road is in the middle, if there is no cooperation intentions, my Liaodong heavy troops will be in danger, this should be able to show our sincerity, right?

Third, just as the attack on Yanjing by the first division of Warat was blocked, this time the offensive of Boyan was frustrated, and after returning to Tatar, civil strife will inevitably break out, we don't need you to send troops now, the two sides can open the horse market first, and then take them down in one go when the soldiers are well fed and the Tatars are in chaos, you can see the opportunity to move and seize the initiative. Can all of the above show our sincerity? The Messenger of the Mudtu".

Hearing this, Mu Tu raised his eyebrows, got up and pressed his chest with one hand, and said solemnly: "We believe in the sincerity of His Majesty the Emperor, Lord Yang's words, I will report it to the Great Leader of Huadang as soon as possible." ”

Yang Ling smiled happily and said, "Okay, then I will wait for the good news of your envoys in Datong City."

He walked back to the table, took the bowl of milk tea and drank it all in one gulp, and then laughed loudly: "Next time, this official will entertain the envoys in Datong, I hope that you can bring the good news of Hua as the big leader at that time, everyone, farewell!" ”

Seeing that more than 100 light horsemen gradually disappeared into the mountain col, and the envoys of the various ministries were still standing at the mouth of the valley looking at each other, the envoy of the Weng Niu Special Department Ge Yuletai walked to the side of the contemplative Mu Tu, and said respectfully: "Lord Huadang, do you think the words of this Ming Dynasty envoy are credible?" ”

Hua Dang, who is known as Hua Mutu, has become as sharp and shrewd as an eagle with a little philistine, he stroked his beard and smiled faintly: "If they just use us, they will definitely not bear it, then I ask for a sky-high price, they can agree first, the alliance is all fake, do you still care about fake and pro-fake land cutting?" This Ming envoy is so cautious, it seems that he is indeed sincere."

Ge Yuletai breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's good to have sincerity, to be honest, our tribe will bring death to our people if we go against the Tatars, but against the Ming Dynasty, not only will it bring death, but also poverty, which is more unbearable than death."

If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really not a cowardly monarch, but as great as the original Hongwutian Khan and Yongletian Khan, then obeying the will of this Zhengdetian Khan may be a very correct choice for us."

Hua Dang smiled slyly and said, "If Boyan is really so easy to deal with, will the Ming Dynasty offer such generous conditions?" Don't look at Boyan who suffered a big loss outside Datong City, this eagle will soon lick its wounds when it returns to the grassland.

The golden signboard of the direct descendants of the Golden Family will quickly replenish his subordinates and warriors, unless the Tatar civil strife that Lord Yang said will really happen, but Boyan's reputation is like Zhongtian, does anyone within Tatar really dare to go against him?

Don't be in a hurry to tie yourself to the tree of the Ming Court, when the sun is hot, you can borrow its shade, if it can't shelter us from the wind and rain, then just ride a horse and run away, hahahaha."

A pair of bright eyes glared at him fiercely, this is a handsome and handsome "boy", but as a man on the grassland, although he is young, he is too thin, and his facial features are too delicate and delicate.

A short robe of bear skin, high-waisted leather boots, a pair of thick ink-dyed eyebrows under a brown and yellow leather hat, a small and full lips under a straight nose, and a clear and perfect goose egg face, he snorted unhappily: "In this case, why did my father promise me to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" What if the minister of the Ming Dynasty agreed? ”

This man was one of the eight guards in the tent, and he was standing in the shadows, and no one paid attention to him, when he spoke, he heard that it was a girl. Hua Dang was stunned, laughed and put his hand on her shoulder and said, "Yinqi, isn't it good to marry Ming Ting?" Their centurion's house is richer than our big tent, and the money of an ordinary rich man's family can buy all our cattle and sheep, and if he becomes an imperial concubine, it will be a heavenly life."

The girl snorted disdainfully: "I am not rare, my husband, to ride a fast horse, shoot sharp arrows, if he is the greatest hero on the grassland, follow him to the ends of the earth, no matter how bitter I am." When I heard that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to walk from one house to another with a bunch of people, oh my God, I'm going crazy just thinking about it."

Huadang, Ge Yueletai, Aqimai and others all laughed out loud when they heard this

"I just heard the adults laugh loudly, and the last general put his mind at ease, otherwise after waiting for so long without moving, I couldn't help but lead people to rush in", Xu Tai whipped on the horse's buttocks and said with a smile.

"My lord, but have you reached an agreement with the messenger of Duoyan Sanwei?" Liu Biao Pegasus approached and asked excitedly. The war horse had just climbed a small mountain beam, Yang Ling stopped his horse, looked at the snow-capped mountains that were as far and near as silver under the bright sunshine, and said: "It's hard to say, these people are very speculative, although they are quite excited about our conditions, but I am afraid it is not so easy to let them do things for us with one heart."

He suddenly smiled and said: "Fortunately, my purpose is just to let them tie up Wara, and then tie them up with the mutual market, and the bet that determines the outcome is not bet on this wall grass, hehehe, the official laughed, because the envoy of Huadang actually proposed to exchange relatives with my Daming, to marry Huadang's youngest daughter to the emperor, and then let the emperor's royal sister marry Huadang, hey! Duoyan Sanwei is getting more and more unseen. ”

He turned his head and looked at the overlapping mountains, his eyes flashed, and he secretly pondered: "Duoyan Sanwei's disrespectful heart gets up early, it seems that it is right to lead them to the Tatar bay and muddy waters, looking at the attitude of the Jurchen Sanbu, it seems that they can take advantage of it, an unfair boxing match, you have to find a helper for the weaker side, this fight is exciting."

Xu Tai said angrily when he heard this: "Phew! What kind of identity is Hua Dang, and she is also worthy of marrying my Daming Princess, if it is a palace maid like Wang Zhaojun or an ordinary clan woman, it is almost the same, and the adult must have refused? ”

Yang Ling turned around and said, "Xu Tai, you are wrong!" It is said that she is a royal princess, even if it is the most humble Han family daughter or even a maid and maid, we must not make her reconcile and do things that are degrading to the country. ”

He lifted the reins of his horse, walked a few steps on the mountain beam, and shouted loudly in the mountain wind whistling and carrying snowflakes: "Harmony, harmony, is the most shameful!" Even if the foreign race that has been friendly with the Han people in ancient times is actually because the strength of the Han people cannot be insulted, how can they give up their greed because of a woman?

Self-deception based the safety of the country and society on sacrificing a woman's happiness, let her let the Fanbang aliens ravage, and even go against the customs of my Central Plains, let fathers, sons and brothers alternately ravage, give birth to brothers and treat them like animals, and call it 'harmony', but in fact, pigs and dogs are not as good, they are simply cowards who knock out their teeth and swallow their stomachs! ”

He turned around and said solemnly to Xu Tai, Jing Foer, Liu Biao, Wu Hanchao and others: "A man who doesn't know how to maintain his own woman's dignity is a man who has no interest, and a nation that doesn't know that he who maintains his woman's dignity is a nation that has no interest.

Not only do we not want to be friendly, but one day we will kill the desert, take back the robbed Han women, and let those barbarians who are powerful and oppress the Han people submit to our feet! You are all heroic men among my Han people, and you should maintain the dignity of our Han men, can you do it? ”

When Wu Hanchao and the others heard this, their expressions suddenly became solemn, Xu Tai solemnly straightened his waist, and was about to open his mouth to answer, but unexpectedly, Liu Dabang, who was listening to the blood boiling on the side, had already raised his arms and shouted with a mouthful of Laiyang accent: "Dashuai, we can do it!" We have to follow the handsome man to kill the tartars, rob the woman, and his grandmother! Brothers, do you say? ”

When more than 100 lieutenants heard this, they raised their arms and shouted, and said murderously: "Yes!" Follow the big handsome, kill the tartars, rob the women, and his grandmother! ”

The mountains roared and echoed, and the half-melted snow on the snowy peaks fell with a bang, rolling like waves of snow into the valley.

Yang Ling almost vomited blood when he heard this: "His grandmother's, these words came out of Liu Dabang's mouth, why is it so untasteful?" ”

The 20,000 troops of Taiyuan Zhongwei and Taiyuan Left Guard rolled the flags, the war horses neighed, and they entered Shanyin County in a mighty way. At this time, it was already twilight, and the army was stationing in a chosen place, and when the pot was being buried, two colonels with the military post messenger flag on their shoulders hurriedly walked into the Chinese army's big tent.

Zhang Yin, the commander of Taiyuan Wei, smiled kindly: "The two messengers have worked hard all the way, please drink a cup of hot tea first."

The two colonels said solemnly: "Military affairs are in the body, and I dare not delay my humble duties, here is a letter from Lord Yang of the Sanguan General System on military intelligence, please sign for it."

Zhang Yin hurriedly took the letter, checked that the fire paint seal was correct, used the seal on the signature book of the two, and the two little school students didn't take a sip of tea, so they hurriedly said goodbye, got out of the handsome tent and left.

Zhang Yin returned to the tent and opened the letter to watch under the lamp, but it was Yang Yiqing who asked his army to move to the old Guangwu Fort and stand by in place. Zhang Yin flicked a few times on the letterhead, smiled slightly, and instructed the clerk to file the letter record, and then called the Chinese officer and said: "Pass the order, go to the spot tonight, and set off for the old Guangwu Fort early tomorrow morning."

There are two old and new Guangwu forts in Shanyin County, the new city was built in Hongwu seven years, close to the Great Wall, there is a guard and horses, the old Guangwu Fort is in the west of the new city, living in the Great Wall, it was originally the place where the soldiers were stationed, the Chinese officer listened to the order and hurriedly went down, Zhang Yin waved his hand, let the soldiers retreat, frowning and pondering with a cup of tea.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a Chinese soldier quietly walked in, Zhang Yin didn't look back, and sighed softly for a long time: "After years of hard work, success or failure is just around the corner, and I am worried in my heart."

The Chinese army raised his head, and it was the man in the green robe who was sitting and drinking with Yu Protector on the "Taibai Residence", and he said respectfully: "Sect Master, this sect is blessed with Qitian, and now Zhengde is in a desperate situation and is unconscious, I think this time he will be unable to escape."

Zhang Yin shook his head lightly and said: "I heard that he was going to move to the leopard room, and the old man asked someone to lure the thief Yang Hu into Beijing. When he arrived in Datong, Wang Lung was found out by him again, and even Wang Hu was beheaded. ”

He half-lay on the handsome chair tiredly, and smiled lightly: "Even the sect leader has some faith in those false statements, could it be that this Yang Ling is the nemesis of the sect?" This time, Wang Hu can play an important role! Kill him and can't do it, without this person, I'm afraid Zhengde will have to go back to Beijing, alas!

How many twists and turns, how much money I spent to help him to the position of the general of the Xicheng guard, I hope that one day it can be of great use, if he is in the West City Gate as an internal response, we lead Boyan to attack the land of the alliance Bai Mountain, and then lead the fire to sift into Datong, two-pronged, so that Yang Yiqing can take care of one and lose the other, unable to rescue and echo, at least seventy percent of the chance of winning. Now Datong is solid, and there is only ".

He snickered and said, "Even if it fails, it is not the people of this sect who will lose their troops, but it would be a pity if such a great opportunity was wasted." ”

He suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze was like lightning, and he shot directly at the Zhongjun Dao: "That move didn't attract their attention, did it?" ”

Zhongjun said awe-inspiringly: "No, the sect leader can rest assured, in order to keep it secret, except for his subordinates, no one in Datong knows his identity."

Zhang Yin crossed his fingers and said with satisfaction: "Well, Yang Yiqing ordered me to be stationed on the spot, Zhengde should have made contact with Huadang, and the only way to do this now is to wait and see what happens." When will the alliance meet, this Yang general system will definitely rush to send me news. Eighteen bows, now it's time for the last trembling."

(To be continued)