In the royal tent of the Beirong royal court, the most powerful banner lords and capitals of Beirong have gathered, and they are making a loud noise, discussing today's issues. Among these people are the brothers of the Great Khan of Beijung, Modahan, they are the banner owners of the banners of Beirong, the most powerful people in Beirong, and the people who can make decisions about the Great Khan of Beirong, in addition to Modahan's uncles, they do not have much power in their hands, but they have followed Nuhachi to make great achievements, and they have great influence in the banners of Beirong, so that as the king of the Great Khan, Modahan has to be cautious about their words, and the rest are the generals of the banners, However, seven of the eight banners of Beirong have gone to Liaodong, and now there are only some deputy commanders left with yellow flags.

And it is these people who make up the power layer of Beijung, a powerful nomadic clan. It belongs to the aristocratic class of the nomadic people of Rongdi.

And because this meeting was very important, in addition to Meng Buge, who was still commanding troops in Liaozhou, even Hakesu, who was with Meng Buge, also rushed back.

And Mo Dahan, the Great Khan of Beirong, gathered everyone in the king's tent, in addition to discussing the use of troops against Dayan, it was to discuss a letter from Ji Qingchen, who had been passed on to Mo Dahan through the hands of merchants, about the request to buy 50,000 war horses from Beirong.

As for whether or not to continue to use troops to Dayan, they reached a consensus last year, and decided to continue to increase troops in the spring today and send another 200,000 cavalry to Liaozhou.

Therefore, what everyone is most concerned about today is whether to agree to the purchase request of Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao of Great Yan and the governor of Northern Liao.

If there was no war between the two countries in the past, Bei Rong would be happy to exchange his war horse for the pig iron, tea, and salt they needed, as well as some silk and spices that the noble ladies loved.

But now that Beirong is at war with Dayan, if he provides war horses to Dayan at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to arming Dayan's cavalry and enhancing Dayan's strength? This is very bad for your side.

However, there are considerations in this regard.

However, after last year's famine, the banners are still short of food, and this time they will send 100,000 more troops to Liaozhou, and the grain and grass of these 100,000 people have not yet been solved, and if the army arrives in Liaozhou, there will be a shortage of grain and grass. Therefore, with these two considerations, there was no strong opposition from everyone as to whether to provide war horses to Dayan in exchange for the grain and salt and iron needed by Beirong.

That's why Modahan wanted to discuss the issue openly.

There was a fire in the brazier of the king's tent, and it was steaming and warm. Just as everyone was in an uproar, the curtain of the king's tent was lifted, and the king of Beirong Khan was seen entering the tent under the escort of four personal guards. Mo Dahan is of medium stature, no more than forty years old, but he has been in a high position for many years, giving him the momentum of not being angry and arrogant. And there was a young girl who followed Mo Dahan into the big tent, the girl was only seventeen or eighteen years old, tall, wearing a scimitar at her waist, and her face was arrogant, she was Mo Dahan's eldest daughter, known as Ahsan of Beirong Rose.

When the people in the king's tent saw Modahan, they immediately shut their mouths, quickly walked to their places, and everyone saluted Mudahan together, "See the Great Khan!" ”

"Sit down, everyone!" Mo Dahan said lightly, and sat down on the main seat and looked around the people around the big tent. The people in the king's tent were silent when they were seated, in stark contrast to when Modahan had not arrived.

Mo Dahan stared at everyone for a long time before he spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Khan wants to discuss with you what the problem is today, I think you all know it, right?" Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao in Dayan, wrote to Ben Khan, saying that he wanted to buy 50,000 war horses from our Beirong, do you say that this war horse is for sale or not? ”

After Mo Dahan said this, he stared at everyone and looked at it with interest. He knew very well in his heart that his brothers had always been mercenary. He wanted to see how many of them were really against it, thinking about Beirong, and how many were acting like it, and they actually wanted to sell the war horse for their own profit.

"King Khan, Dayan is at war with our Beirong, and it may not be appropriate to sell the war horse to Ji Qingchen at this time!" The eldest son of Shi Nuhachi, who was the first to speak, was Mo Dahan's eldest brother Qi Bihe, who was the banner owner of the red flag, but he didn't say too much, which showed that in his heart, he didn't object much to the proposal to sell the war horse to Ji Qingchen, but he was forced to say this unsalty and indifferent words because of the position.

"That's right! In a few days, we will increase our troops in Liaozhou, and then the soldiers will go straight to Caozhou City, and then go all the way south after breaking the city, and there is nothing in King's Landing City, do you still care about their money? On the contrary, it will be very disadvantageous for us to go south by selling them the war horses and letting them form a cavalry! The person who said this was Nuhachi's second son, and he was the banner owner of Modahan's second brother, Zhenglan Banner, and his point of view was relatively clear, that is, he did not agree with this deal, and he was also a powerful person in Beirong who advocated going south.

"Second brother, you also look down on the people of Yan Guo too much, right?" Suddenly, someone retorted disdainfully, this person is the fifth son of Nuhachi, the fifth brother of Mo Dahan, Haoge, who is the owner of the white flag, and he disagrees with Bazhuo, "As for the more than 100,000 troops of the Yan people, you just gave them war horses, do you really think that they can form a cavalry that can fight against our Beirong elite cavalry?" I don't think the 50,000 war horses are given to them, and their cavalry will only become lambs under the iron hooves of our Beirong elite cavalry. ”

"Fifth brother, you can't say that, whether the cavalry of the Yan people is strong or not, you have to go to the battlefield to know the way, but what we are discussing now is whether to sell them war horses, which involves the strength of our Beirong and Yan people before, and we should not be too careless." Haksu immediately retorted.

Hauge said that the Yanren cavalry was not good, that is, he was faintly sarcastic that he was not good at fighting with Meng Buge, and he was accusing the two of them of making mistakes in command, how could he not understand the meaning of Hauge's words? In the past, when they fought for the right to command the troops in the south, the fiercest fight with their brothers was Haoge, and now Haoge counterattacked their brothers by providing war horses to Yan State, and Hakesu couldn't bear it, so he wanted to fight back Haoge.

"What, Old Twelve, you and your brother lost once, did this courage become smaller?" Haoge sneered loudly, "But also, you brothers have lost 100,000 of our Beirong elite cavalry, and it is true that you should no longer be the commander of our Beirong south to attack Yan this time." ”

Haksu wanted to refute it, but he glanced at Mo Dahan with his eyes, and saw that a trace of displeasure flashed on his face when Hauge said this, so he said in a cold tone, "Fifth brother, should this continue to be the commander of the army that goes south to attack the Yan Kingdom, it is the Great Khan King who has the final say, you are not the Great Khan King, please be careful!" ”

He said this very skillfully, and this had already given Hauge eye medicine to Modahan, and he knew that Modahan's mind could hear the meaning of his words. He knew that this sentence alone could not make Mo Dahan do anything to Hauge, but it was enough for Mo Dahan to be dissatisfied with Hauge's arrogance and not take him, the Great Khan, in his eyes.

After the death of Beijung in Nuhachi, his sons fought very fiercely for power, although this time it was Modahan who won and sat on the throne of Khan, but in order to get the support of his brothers, he also promised many benefits to his brothers, and won everyone's approval, after all, the Eight Banners were scattered in the hands of several of his brothers.

"That's right! This defeat, someone should come out and take responsibility! Qi Shan, the banner owner of the Zhenghongqi, said that he was the ninth son of Nuhachi and the ninth brother of Modahan, and this time his Zhenghongqi suffered heavy losses, and he was very angry with Meng Buge and Haksu in his heart.

"Yes, yes!"

"There are people who do need to be held accountable."

"This time, the commander of the southbound army must be changed." As soon as Qi Shan said this, seeing that Mo Dahan did not speak, everyone was bold, and they all agreed to the Tao.

The people who spoke were basically the banner owners of the banners, and they made statements at the meeting to discuss whether to sell war horses to Dayan to denounce the reasons for the defeat in Caozhou a year ago, in addition to targeting the brothers Hakesu and Meng Buge, they also had the intention of asking Mo Dahan for compensation, because although everyone did not say that they should sell war horses to Dayan, they were already selling the money for the war horses in their hearts.

"You-" Rao is Haksu was so calm that he couldn't hold his breath, but everyone here was in unison to crusade against their brother, and no matter how deep he was, he was so angry. He was about to retort angrily, but was stopped by Modahan, but Modahan himself had no intention of speaking, and let the people in the king's tent quarrel again.

After a moment of arguing and arguing, the Great Khan sat down on his throne and was silent, and then he realized that he was in the king's tent, and not in his own tent, and immediately shut his mouth. Because Beirong has a rule, that is, in the king's tent, as long as the Great Khan is reasonable, he can have the right to dispose of the banner owners unscrupulously.

"Are you done?" Mo Dahan asked lightly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

The people in the king's tent were silent! Because they read the meaning in Modahan's eyes.

"Say, are these 50,000 war horses for sale this time? Or not selling? Mo Dahan asked again, "Hakesu, you said that you fought with the Yan people under Caozhou City, and you know the combat effectiveness of their cavalry. ”

"The Great Khan, I mean, can give them war horses. Because the cavalry of the Yan State in Caozhou, in addition to the Black Eagle cavalry that has been stationed at Yanmen Pass, there is only the cavalry of the Longxiang Army guarding the city of King's Landing, and the combat effectiveness of these two cavalry is comparable to our Eight Banners cavalry. However, their two cavalry formations have a history of hundreds of years, and it took hundreds of years for their cavalry to have such combat effectiveness, which shows that Yan Guo is not suitable for cavalry and archery at all, we just hand over the war horses to them, and it is difficult for them to form a cavalry that can fight against our Beirong elite cavalry in a short period of time. Ha Kesu said that his words were more pertinent, neither belittling the combat effectiveness of the Yan cavalry, nor raising the combat effectiveness of the Black Eagle Cavalry and the Dragon Xiang Army cavalry.

"Yes, that's what I mean, since Ji Qingchen is willing to spend a lot of money to buy war horses from us, and we have so many war horses idle in the grassland, why don't we sell them to the Yan people?" Mo Dahan didn't give everyone a chance to speak, and said, "Besides, we just gave them war horses, as long as in a few days, our army arrived at Caozhou City and captured Caozhou City, can't their war horses be ours?" ”

"What do you say?" Modahan asked again.

"Then how will this war horse be distributed?" Bazhuo asked.

In fact, this is the issue that everyone is most concerned about, that is, the distribution of benefits after the sale of war horses.

"This time we have increased our troops by 200,000, the food and grass of the army will be a big problem, we can't help but think about it, let Ji Qingchen use the money of 20,000 war horses to provide us with grain and grass, and the remaining 30,000 war horses, in addition to Ben Khan's inlaid yellow flag and Meng Buge's Zhengbai flag, and Hakesu's Zhenghuang flag, your five flags are divided into 6,000 horses, what do you think?" Modhahan said, giving up all the benefits to his brothers. There is no way for him to do this, because the Eight Banners have losses except for his Yellow Flag, and Meng Buge and Hakesu are the banner owners of the Zhengbai Banner and the Zhenghuang Banner, and their men and horses have losses, and they are not in good command, so they are to blame, but the loss of the Five Banners Mo Dahan has to think about it, otherwise if the brothers are not satisfied, if they raise troops to the south again this time, I am afraid that everyone may not be able to obey him.

"Then thank you to the Great Khan!" Hauge said, taking Modahan's concession for granted. And with Haoge's immodesty, the rest of Qi Shan and Ba Zhuo naturally would not be polite, so they happily accepted this great gift from Mo Dahan, so that the atmosphere in the king's tent was a little more lively, because everyone was compensated for the loss of the army, and the two brothers Meng Buge and Haksu were not compensated, and their hearts were balanced a lot, so they no longer pursued the disadvantage of the command of the two.

As soon as this problem was solved, Mo Dahan discussed with the banner owners of each banner the time and specific personnel for raising troops to the south, and then everyone left the big tent to prepare. When the group was gone, Mordahan and his eldest daughter, Ahsan, were left in the tent.

"Father Khan, you were so cheap just now, six thousand war horses and money, this is enough food for our Yellow Banner people to eat for a year!" Ahsan said angrily.

"Ah San, you have to remember that money is not the most important thing, for us, this time the troops from Caozhou in the south are directly approaching King's Landing City, which is our ultimate goal." Mo Dahan said, pausing, he continued, "Because only by defeating the Great Yan can the Great Khan throne of the Father Khan be secured, and then the Father Khan will be as centralized as the Yan State and the Liguo State, so that we can build the country in Beirong, and let our foundation stand like the Yan State for a hundred years or even a thousand years." ”

"Well, the children know the way, father Khan. But is this Northern Liao Wang Ji Qingchen really so powerful? Will he let Uncle Eleven and Uncle Twelve lose the battle? Ahsan said a little curiously, "This time, my daughter is going south with her father Khan, and I want to see how powerful he is." ”

"Northern Liao Wang Ji Qingchen? The Governor of Northern Liao? Modhahan muttered, "Don't worry! If he really has the power of what Meng Buke and Haksu said, when he breaks through the King's Landing City of Dayan, as long as he is willing to surrender to our Beirong, Father Khan will not mind him being my Mo Dahan's son-in-law. ”

"Father Khan, you—" Ahsan said with a shy, shy face at what Modahan said.

"What's the matter, don't you want to?" Mo Dahan said with a smile, "Father has heard that you have been inquiring about this Northern Liao Wang Ji Qingchen!" ”

"Father Khan, you—I won't tell you! Hmph—" Ahsan said angrily, ignoring Mo Dahan and leaving the king's tent. Seeing his daughter's figure leaving, Mo Dahan's face showed a majestic look again, and he said in a low voice, "Except for the Lingnan Yi clan, can Liguo and Xishu send troops?" This time, our Beirong is pouring out the whole army and wants to fight with the Yan Kingdom. ”

"King Khan, Lingnan has sent troops, the soldiers have already approached the city of Yizhou, and the national railway cavalry is already mobilizing, presumably it is not far from the time to get out of Ningwu Pass, and now there is only Xishu left, but with the ambition of Xu Zhen, the king of Shu in Xishu, he is not willing to be just a small king of Shu." Suddenly, as soon as Mo Dahan's voice fell, a person's voice came from the king's tent, but this person's accent did not look like a Beirong person, but more like a Yan countryman.

"Mr. Gu is so sure?" Modahan asked.

"The Great Khan can rest assured that he will raise his troops to the south! Gu Mou promised with the head of Xiang that he would definitely send troops to leave the country and Xishu. The voice replied.

"Mr. Gu is a talented person who reads poetry and books, if it weren't for the pedantic scholars of Yan Kingdom, how could Da Yan lose a place for Mr. Gu? Therefore, Ben Khan believed in Mr. Gu's words very much, and there was nothing that Mr. Gu said that he was not worried about. Besides, this time the army was defeated, and Ben Khan was reluctant to kill Mr. Gu, and Ben Khan still wanted to work with Mr. Gu to build Beirong into a country like Dayan and leaving the country. Modahan yearned, his eyes revealing a naked thirst for power.

"Thank you for the kindness of the Great Khan, Gu will definitely do whatever it takes to go to the soup for Beirong and the Great Khan!" The voice was unusually loud.

Mo Dahan laughed when he heard this, and he laughed maniacally, laughed maniacally!

Because he believed that Beirong would not be defeated when the four countries sent troops to attack Dayan this time, and he believed even more that Beirong would establish a powerful country in his hands and would replace Dayan.