Xia Bangxing's travel time between the Tatar camp and Luyu Pass was only five or six days. During this period of time, Bu Lost Rabbit was like sitting on pins and needles, but he had to pretend to be in control of the overall situation, and he had to constantly deal with the requirements of the Rabbit to urge the troops. Hearing the report of his own soldiers that Xia Bangxing had returned with the envoy of the Ming army, Bu Lostu immediately ordered to meet him in the big tent.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates are back. After a long delay on the road, please forgive the prince. Xia Bangxing first apologized to Bu Lost, he knew that Bu Lostu had been waiting for him, but he still stayed in Mingying for two more days, in order to fully understand the situation on Su Hao's side.

"Mr. Xia has worked hard." Bu Lost Rabbit waved his hand and did not blame Xia Bangxing. Sending an envoy to Mingying is a very complicated matter, and it is normal for Xia Bangxing to delay for a few more days.

Xia Bangxing thanked Bu Lost Rabbit for his forgiveness, and then said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates went here and saw Su Hao, the deputy commander of the Ming Army, and explained to him what the prince meant. Deputy General Su said that he had a lot of respect for the prince and did not mean to offend the prince, but just wanted to develop the grassland with the prince. In order to show his sincerity to the prince, Deputy General Su specially sent Mr. Li Zhen, a great confucian, to explain the details to the prince in person with his subordinates. ”

"Mr. Li Zhen? Is that the great Confucian you told the king about? Bu Lost Rabbit couldn't help but stand up, and his gaze at Li Zhen was obviously a little reverent.

The Mongolian princes are not all people who only know how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle, even if they don't read much, but they still know a lot about the things of scholars. Bu Lost Rabbit is a person who intends to compete for the throne of the Mongolian Shunyi king, and is very concerned about the civil and military affairs of the Central Plains. In addition, Xia Bangxing was originally Li Zhen's student and assistant, and he talked about Li Zhen's knowledge in front of Bu Lost Rabbit over the years, so Bu Lost Rabbit was a little moved when he heard the name Li Zhen.

Xia Bangxing simply introduced Li Zhen's situation to Bu Lost Rabbit, and Xia Bangxing did not reveal Su Hao's actions in the hands of Jinyiwei in the rumors, only that Li Zhen was rescued by the Jianghu knights, and later became a staff member in Su Hao's camp incognito.

Bu Lost Rabbit respectfully saluted Li Zhen, and then ordered Li Zhen to take a seat left and right. After a polite remark, the conversation between the guest and the host got to the point.

"Mr. Li, you are a great Confucian respected by Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang should not speak ill of you. But Su Hao invaded my grassland first, planted mines to hurt people, and destroyed my grain and grass later, Su Hao should give me an explanation for these things. Otherwise, this king will not only raise troops to expel the Ming army from the grassland, but also retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and pacify Ningxiawei to avenge this. Bu Lostu put away his previous gentle face and said to Li Zhen in a tough tone.

Li Zhen smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "The prince has misunderstood." General Su marched into the grassland, just to chase and kill my Ming rebellion, not against the prince. As for the later burning of grain and grass, it was just because the prince was deceived and the army pressed the border, and we had to do it out of self-preservation. ”

"A last resort can wipe out thousands of my dead and wounded?" Bu Lost Rabbit said.

Li Zhen said: "Swords and guns have no eyes, isn't it unusual for the soldiers on the battlefield to be killed and injured?" More than half a year ago, the great leader of the Rabbit invaded our Pingyu Fort, and also injured many of us. If everyone talks about retribution, it will not benefit anyone in the end. ”

"I can't control the grievances between the rabbit and you. My army has also suffered losses this time, how does Su Hao plan to compensate me? Bu Lost Rabbit said.

Li Zhen said: "Using the position of the king of Shunyi to compensate the prince, does the prince think it is enough?" ”

Hearing Li Zhen's words, Bu Shitu was a little distracted for a while, and he was stunned for a moment before he said in a not very firm tone: "Su Hao has such a big breath, how can he use the position of King Shunyi to compensate me?" …… Besides, this king is the eldest grandson of King Shunyi, and after a hundred years of King Shunyi, this throne was originally owned by this king, how could Su Hao use this king's things as a condition? ”

"Hehe, is the prince really so sure?" Li Zhen asked lightly.

"Why can't I be sure......" Bu Lostu said sneeringly, it was inconvenient for him to show his anxiety about the struggle for the throne in front of outsiders, but he was unwilling to close the door to death, after all, the condition that Li Zhen gave him really made him very excited.

Li Zhen said: "The Mongolian Khan has always been the seat of the powerful. It is true that the prince is the eldest grandson of the king of Shunyi, but the prince of Suxiang is also the eldest grandson of Mrs. Zhongshun, the prince thinks, are you really sure that you can win the support of Mrs. Zhongshun and sit on the throne of the king of Shunyi? ”

In a word, Bu Lost Rabbit was completely wilted, and he sat there like a deflated ball, long without the arrogance of the bluff just now.

The loyal lady Li Zhen said is the famous Mongolian Three Ladies. She was originally the wife of Altan Khan, and later married Altan Khan's grandson Talik, who is considered to be the grandmother of Bu Lost Rabbit. The Ming court canonized Tuo Lik as the king of Shunyi, and the title of the third lady is Mrs. Zhongshun.

The third lady is nominally Bu Lost Rabbit's grandmother, but in fact she has no blood relationship with Bu Lost Rabbit. She has her own grandson, named Su Xiang, who is also a powerful prince on the grassland.

The composition of the Mongol power is very complicated, the third lady is married to Ralik, but she has her own army, and the strength even exceeds that of Ralik, and she is the real controller of the Mongol royal power. If Bu Lost Rabbit wants to inherit the throne of Pullik, the most serious threat he faces is Su Xiang, the grandson of the third lady, which is why Bu Lost Rabbit should seize the time to co-opt Forcetu.

The battle between Bu Lost Rabbit and Su Xiang is not a secret in Mongolia, and the Ming court is naturally aware of it. Li Zhen is a well-educated person, how can he not understand this kind of thing, at this time, he pointed out the threat faced by Bu Lost Rabbit, and directly knocked out the arrogance of Lost Rabbit.

"Mr. Li is saying that if this king agrees to Su...... The conditions of the general army, you can make the Ming Emperor support me to become the king of Shunyi? Bu Lost Rabbit asked helplessly, his hole cards had been spied on by others, and it would be ridiculous for him to pretend again. He originally called Su Hao one by one, but now he couldn't help but change his title to an honorific title.

Li Zhen said: "If the prince can sincerely cooperate with my Ming Dynasty, the Ming court will naturally support the prince, what is the doubt?" In addition, the deputy chief soldier of my family is a strange person in the world, and he has the ability to turn stone into gold. If the prince can cooperate with the deputy chief soldier of my family, why worry about not increasing his strength? As long as you have the strength, plus you can let the herdsmen live a good life and win the hearts of the people on the grassland, no matter what Mrs. Zhongshun thinks, is this Shunyi throne still in the hands of the prince? ”

"This ......" Bu Lostu set his eyes on Xia Bangxing, waiting for Xia Bangxing to help him come up with an idea.

Xia Bangxing said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that everything Mr. Li said is a golden and jade good word. There is no grudge between us and the Ming people, and if we fight to the death with the Ming army, in the end it can only weaken our own strength and let Suxiang and those people choose to take advantage. The subordinates went to Helan Fort and several mining areas built by the Ming people around this time to have a look, where the fortress is strong, and the firearms of the Ming army are very sharp, if we want to win, we are afraid that we will have to bear great losses. ”

"This is what you saw?" Bu Lost Rabbit asked.

"Yes." Xia Bangxing replied that he had introduced everything he had seen and heard in Su Hao in the past few days to Bu Losttu, and it was inevitable that he would exaggerate the strength of the Ming army. He has a good understanding of the strength of the Tatar army, and when he explains, he will naturally talk about what restraint measures the Ming army has against the Tatar army. If these words were said by Li Zhen, Bu Lost Rabbit might still be a little unbelievable, but from Xia Bangxing's mouth, he would not be suspicious of Lost Rabbit.

"This rabbit is not shallow in harming this king!" Bu Lost Rabbit came to such a sentence inexplicably, in fact, he has already shown the meaning in his heart. Even Xia Bangxing thought that the Ming army's defense was tight and he couldn't take advantage, so it would be meaningless to continue this battle.

"Mr. Li, then tell me, how does Mr. Su plan to cooperate with this king?" Bu Lost Rabbit is also worthy of a generation of heroes, and when he understands things, he can make decisions immediately. As for whether he will lose face by doing so, this is no longer something he has to consider, compared to the throne, what is a little face?

Li Zhen came prepared, and immediately took out a map of Mongolia from his arms, and told Bu Losttu about Su Hao's idea one by one:

The two sides have turned war into friendship and carried out extensive economic and trade cooperation. First of all, the Ming side contributed technology and capital to mine minerals on the grassland and smelt them. Part of the products are sold to the grassland tribes, and the other part is sold to the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the proceeds are distributed according to the agreed proportion.

Secondly, choose areas with leeward and sunny conditions and abundant water sources, establish Ming settlements, carry out tuntian, grow grain, vegetables, etc., and supply them to herdsmen at lower prices, or use them to exchange for beef and mutton, dairy products, etc., which are abundant on the grassland, so as to achieve mutual exchange and common development.

In order to ensure that Han Chinese settlements would not be disturbed by the Tatars, Han Chinese settlements were allowed to retain some of the private armed forces of the Ming army and merchants. At the same time, in order to dispel the doubts of the Tatars about the armament of the Ming army, the cavalry strength of the Ming armed forces stationed in the Ming army will be strictly limited, so as to ensure the superiority of the Tatars in mobile warfare.

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These strategies were formed by Su Hao, Li Zhen, Xiao Ruxun, Ye Mengxiong and others after repeated brewing, which not only took into account the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but also fully guaranteed the interests of the Mongolian side. In the words of later generations, it is a win-win solution. Of course, what supported this plan was the strength of the Ming army. With the Ming army equipped with advanced firearms, the Mongols would have to pay a hundred times the price if they wanted to break their word and attack the Ming settlements on the steppe.

The map of Mongolia used by Li Zhen was drawn by Su Hao with the memory of later generations, and the details may not be accurate, but there is no problem with the general direction. At that time, the map did not pay attention to too high accuracy, and such a map was enough to explain the whole plan clearly.

"Now that this king believes it, Deputy General Su does have the sincerity to cooperate with this king. At present, the power of this king is still limited to the area from Qinghai to Hetao, and when this king becomes the king of Shunyi in the future, he will cooperate with the Ming Dynasty throughout Mongolia. Bu Lostu promised Li Zhen that he had seen in the blueprint drawn by Li Zhen that he had seen the hope of his success in fighting for the throne of Shunyi.

What is strength, isn't strength money? According to Su Hao's cooperation intention, Bu Lost Rabbit can earn at least tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and with this money, it is not difficult to build the most powerful army, which is enough to overshadow the elite in the hands of the three ladies.

What's more, Li Zhen's words also revealed a meaning, that is, if Bu Weitu encountered any trouble when competing for the throne, the Ming army would not sit idly by. At the very least, providing some new firearms at a critical time is enough to make Bu Lost's strength rise sharply.

"Mr. Li, you are really a noble person of this king!" Bu Lost Rabbit laughed, the soldiers, grain and grass that he had lost before had long been forgotten by him. What he wants now is to start the cooperation with Su Hao as soon as possible, so that he can get the benefits from the cooperation one day earlier.

"Since the prince has approved the proposal of our deputy general army Su, then let's sign an alliance as soon as possible and start doing things. I heard that King Shunyi's health is not very good, and there are some things, so we have to hurry up. Li Zhen said nakedly.

"That's why we're running out of time." Bu Lostu agreed with Li Zhen's proposal, seemingly forgetting that Shunyi Wang Lalik was his own grandfather. (To be continued.) )