Chapter 331: Horse thieves are rampant
"Shut up! Ogedai Khan, you should tell me something-"
Shi Tianze, a fierce general under Wokotai, shouted loudly and stopped the noisy quarrel in the tent of the Chinese army.
Shi Tianze was a native of Yongqing, Hebei, and when Temujin led his army south, Shi Tianze's father, Shi Bingzhi, led thousands of people to meet Mu Huali.
Mu Huali still let Shi Bingzhi lead his subordinates, and at the same time named his son Shi Tianni as ten thousand households, and Shi Tianze as the former leader of the tent.
Since he arrived under Mu Huali's account, Shi Tianze's military talent has slowly emerged, especially after Mu Huali died in battle.
"Haha, General Shi don't be impatient, you can all speak freely, now that the Great Song Dynasty has become stronger, my Great Mongolia can only temporarily avoid its edge."
"However, if the leaders intend to resist the Qiang Song Dynasty, although I don't dare to say how much I can help, it is still incumbent on me to provide some weapons and arrows, or to fund a group of fine war horses."
Instead of being annoyed by the arrogance of the crowd, Ogedai kept looking at the people in the Chinese military tent happily, even ignoring the quarrels of the fierce generals under his command.
"Ogedai Khan, can you not back down, the future of my Great Mongolia, I still count on you to preside over the overall situation, after Genghis Khan, you are the most powerful Great Khan of my Great Mongolia, and my Blackwater tribe will definitely look forward to your horse-"
At this time, Yin Xian, the leader of the Heishui Tribe, who had always been close to Wokotai, stood up, the old man was in his fifties, good at wielding a war knife, and he was also brave and ruthless when he was young.
Unfortunately, there are not many people in the Blackwater Division, and there are only 2,000 people who can actually go to battle, and they are often harassed by other tribes.
Wokotai admired Yinxian's personality and martial arts very much, and often helped them, and even took Yinxian's tribe to get some loot when he was fighting abroad.
"I agree with Brother Yinxian's words, now that Song Man is rising, if we don't unite in Great Mongolia, sooner or later we will follow the old path of the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia."
Yin took the lead first, and the leaders of various tribes rose up one after another to echo it, and for a while, they actually deviated from the issue of Fang Cai.
Wokotai still smiled and said nothing, watching coldly.
Don't look at so many people standing up to support him, but how many people are sincere, how many people are false, how many people hope that Wokotai can really go up, and how many people want to use Ogedai as a gun?
"In this way, in this Chinese military tent, I counted the heads of at least sixteen tribes here, let's simply make a vote, and those who are willing to support Ogedai Khan as my Mongolian Great Khan, please stand on the left side of the big tent with the old man——"
Yinxian once again brought the atmosphere of the Zhongjun tent to its peak, and took the lead in standing on the left side of the big tent, followed by seven or eight tribal leaders in a row.
Yinxian's actions also caused extreme dissatisfaction among the two leaders in the big tent, who were people whose status was not inferior to that of Wokotai.
Even in this Chinese military tent, the supporters of these two people also have the heads of three or five tribes.
In the end, including Wokotai, there were as many as ten of the sixteen tribal leaders standing on the left side of the big tent, obviously accounting for more than half.
"Ögedai Khan, I still have important matters in the tribe, so I will leave first-"
At this time, a tribal leader on the right side of the big tent stood up, hugged his fist at Wokotai, and turned out of the big tent.
In the blink of an eye, three or four more tribal leaders followed.
"Ogedai Khan, it's not that the old man is unwilling to support you, it's really that in the tribe now, the old man's military power has been completely deprived by the dogs, even if the old man supports you, it won't help——"
Finally, an old man on the right also shook his head helplessly and sighed and walked away.
"Hmph, a bunch of waste, it's all some selfish guys, the disaster of Great Mongolia is coming, no one wants to hide from it."
Seeing those leaders leaving, Yin Xian was the first to express his indignation.
"Brother Yinxian, thank you for your support, but Wokotai knows that his talent and virtue are not enough to convince the public, so he can't unite Great Mongolia."
glanced at the rest of the people in the tent, except for the generals under his account, who were the leaders of the tribe who supported him like Yinxian.
"Ögedei Khan, the warrior of my Great Mongolia, is no longer as brave as Genghis Khan used to be, even so we will not be afraid of those Song barbarians."
For the support of Yin Xian and others, Wokotai is naturally grateful, but he will not get carried away because of this.
Because Wo Kotai knew very well in his heart that the reason why Yin Xian said this was because he had not fought head-on with the "Dunwu" army and the "Jingnan" army of the Great Song Dynasty.
The weapons are sharper than yours, the armor is stronger than yours, the tactics are richer than yours, and even the mental outlook is not inferior to yours, and now the number of regular troops is much greater than yours, so what do you compare with others?
"Guys, can you trust me in Ogedei?"
After looking around at the Chinese military tent, Wokotai asked calmly.
"Of course, if I can't believe the Great Khan, I won't be left in this big tent!"
This time, it was Shi Tianze who took the lead, as one of the few fierce generals under Wokotai, he couldn't always let Yinxian specialize in beauty, right?
"Several envoys from the Great Song Dynasty made you laugh, and Ben Khan didn't expect that in front of all the envoys, this farce happened within my Great Mongolia."
"Actually, between my Wokotai and His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, it can be regarded as a brotherly friend. Back then, Ben Khan can be said to have watched Emperor Song grow up, and he and my fourth brother Tuo Lei were sworn Anda. ”
"There was no contradiction between Song and Mongolia back then, and there was a common enemy, the Great Jin State, if the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, since the Song Emperor wants to move the capital to Zhongdu, and wants a few border states in my Wokotai's hands as congratulatory gifts, how can I, the elder brother, be a stingy person?"
"Ogedai Khan ......"
Listening to Wo Kotai's tone, it seems that he is about to agree to Da Song's unreasonable request?
Wokotai waved his hand at Yinxian and continued.
"Ben Khan also sent a letter back to the Song Emperor and sent a team of envoys to pay homage, but the safety of this journey is up to the envoys."
There is no way to know what was written in the letter of Wokotai, and a team of envoys was summoned to teach him face-to-face for a long time, and naturally no one knew what they had said.
It's just that Wokotai kept the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty and stayed until the end of February before letting them leave.
When I went to the desert from Zhongdu, although it was cold and the group walked slowly, they were safe all the way.
Unexpectedly, when he returned, there were thirty more envoys from Ogedai in the team, but they were attacked by unknown horse bandits from time to time.
In the vast desert, with nowhere to hide, everyone had to gallop quickly, trying to get rid of the annoying horse bandit by quickly approaching the next military town.
In this way, the speed of travel is invisibly much faster.
It was only after entering Juyong Pass that the number of people was counted again, and it was found that the thirty envoys of Ogedai had been sharply reduced to eight after three attacks by horse bandits.
On the contrary, it was the eleven people who went to the Great Song Dynasty, except for the messenger who was slightly injured, but none of the ten "brocade clothes" were injured, but killed countless horse bandits.
……
Guo Mo quietly listened to the leader of the "brocade clothes", and there were other "brocade clothes" making some additions from time to time.
"Okay, that's it for today, you guys should return to the team first, and as for the progress of the training, let Commander Lu arrange it for you."
Guo Mo did not judge the events described by "Jinyi", whether it was what happened in the military tent of Wokotai or the three attacks he received along the way south.
Judging from the narrative of the "brocade clothes", those horse bandits attacked them indiscriminately, but the combat power of the "brocade clothes" was really strong, which led to a large number of horse bandits being killed.
Two days later, Guo Mo personally met with the envoy of Wokotai.
However, as early as after hearing that they had been attacked along the way, Guo Mo had already sent the best medical craftsmen in the army to the station of the envoy group for a comprehensive examination and treatment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you can come to Zhongdu City to see me, it can be regarded as nine deaths, no matter what the outcome of this mission is, each of you will be offered a thousand taels of silver."
Guo Mo waved his hand, Wu Nantian walked over from the side, and took out some silver tickets from his arms, all of which were one thousand taels per piece, and each person was given one.
"Your Majesty Xie, Your Majesty Xie, we were ordered to send envoys, it was originally a matter of duty, if it weren't for the support of Your Majesty's 'brocade' along the way, we and the other eight people might not be able to come here."
Even if they belong to two countries, these eight envoys from the desert were also impressed by Guo Mo's bearing, the key is to really give money.
One thousand taels of silver tickets, but any larger town in the desert can be used, enough for an ordinary herdsman to live for a long time.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter from the Great Khan of my family to you, and the one who kept it before was also poisoned by a horse thief, and it was stained with blood, which is really ......"
One of the messengers stood tremblingly, holding a letter in his hand, but a third of the entire cover of the letter had been stained red with blood.
"Haha, bring it, I'm not a weak scholar who has no power to restrain chickens, nor am I a useless person who grew up in the deep palace, can't I see blood?"
Guo Mo took it very kindly, and patted the messenger on the shoulder twice, which was to comfort his panicked heart.
The envelope is not small, and it contains several parts.
First of all, it is a handwritten letter from Wokotai, the general content of which is to congratulate the Great Song Dynasty on moving to the central capital, and especially to congratulate the Han people on the land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Several Prefectures, in order to express the friendship between the Song and Mongolian families.
The other part is the map of the land of the number of states, and in this era, the donation of the map is equivalent to the sacrifice of the land.
On the other few pieces of papyrus, the drawings are simpler, as if they were patches of grassland, and like a topographic map of the desert, but they did not seem to be connected.
The content of the letter is not difficult to understand, but the last few sketches make Guo Mo a little ambiguous.
"Ladies and gentlemen, before you came, did the Wokotai man have any explanation?"
Guo Mo believed that these people might not know the contents of the envelope, so they just skipped it and didn't ask.
"Your Majesty, when we came, Ögedai Khan once gathered us together and said a lot of things to pay attention to when we see Your Majesty."
"However, let me also wait for you to bring you a word, the desert is not monolithic, and many tribes are not the final say of Ogedai Khan."
Even if the envoy did not understand why Ögedei said this, as a close confidant of Ögedei, he naturally did not doubt his Great Khan.
This sentence made Guo Mo a little surprised, looking at the indescribable sketches in his hand, Guo Mo seemed to understand something.
……
Since Wokotai asked people to bring the maps of those states, Guo Mo did not wait until the end of March, so he asked the 30,000 "Dunwu" army led by Wang Jian and the 40,000 "Jingnan" army led by Guo Jing to launch an offensive in advance.
However, they only went to take over some undefended cities, and did not encounter any resistance.
Even if the Mongols are not unanimous within themselves, Guo Mo asked for these states, which happened to be under the rule of Ogedei, and he himself had to give others away, even if he was dissatisfied, it was difficult to say anything.
Soon, the people who "listened to the wind" figured out who was not dealing with Wokotai in the desert, and those sketches, after repeated identification by "listening to the wind", were the pastures of Wokotai's opponents.
As a result, Wang Jian, who "killed the red eye", and Guo Jing, who was "blinded by his subordinates", both failed to restrain their armies and occupied the pastures of some friendly neighbors in the desert.
And the "God of the Horse King" Han Baoju was even more ruthless, he actually received a military order sent by Guo Mo, asking him to empty the five hundred miles of Miyun to the north and west.
It was really the territory of Wokotai, and when Wokotai sent people to Zhongdu to question, Guo Mo also felt very strange.
The people who sent the "brocade clothes" also personally went to this place, and together with the envoys of Wokotai, they went to the Miyun "Jingnan" army garrison to hold them accountable.
It's a pity that Han Baoju has already taken the first step to "set off", leaving the deputy general to lead 3,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and at the same time dispatch military rations and salaries everywhere.
"Vice General Chen, why did your 'Jingnan' army launch an attack on the territory of the Great Khan of Ogedei?"
As soon as he entered Miyun's camp, Wu Nantian didn't suppress his anger, you must know that when Guo Mo knew about it, he even overturned the imperial book.
"The military commander is angry, the 'Jingnan' army is His Majesty's army, and we are naturally acting on orders, you see, Your Majesty's military order is here."
Although Vice General Chen knew Wu Nantian's identity, he was still neither humble nor arrogant, and found a military order from a pile of volumes.
Wu Nantian was a little suspicious, and unfolded the military order handed over by the other party to take a look.
Wu Nantian was also stunned, the style of the military order, the beautiful thin gold Xiaokai in one hand, and even the seal on the military order were the same as normal.
"When and who sent it?"
After reading it, Wu Nantian handed this military order to the envoy sent by Wokotai on the side, in order to show fairness.
"Commander Wu, just seven days ago, a team of 'brocade clothes' sent this military order, and then our Han Dutong led the army to leave."
"Although, we also feel that it is a little inappropriate to attack the territory of Ogedai Khan, but, after all, it is difficult to disobey the military order."
"You see, this is the military report that Han Dutong came back yesterday, he has cleared out five Mongol tribes in the north of Miyun, and now he has changed his route to the west, and he has gone out for more than 400 miles."
Vice General Chen took out another military report, and his face was full of smug smiles.
"This military order must be fake, Your Majesty has never issued such a military order at all, and all the 'brocades' have been in secret training for the past two days, and no one has left at all."
Wu Nantian still had the heart to read Vice General Chen's military report, so he snatched the military order from the hands of the Mongolian envoy and threw it on the ground angrily.
"Check, we must find out what the hell is going on, and give Your Majesty and the Great Khan of Ögedai a satisfactory answer-"
Wu Nantian changed his usual gentle and elegant temperament, and he had lost his temper several times today.
"This, is this possible?"
Vice General Chen was also dumbfounded, and carefully picked up the military order from the ground.
I looked inside and out three times, but I didn't see what the problem was.
"Vice General Chen, let me ask you, has there been anything unusual or uncontrollable in your Miyun area recently?"
For a long time, it was Wu Nantian who calmed down first.
"This ...... Wu Dutong, if you don't ask me, I really can't remember to say it, you see that I am now leading 3,000 'Jingnan' troops to guard the camp. ”
"Actually, for something like this to guard the camp, one or two thousand people and horses are enough, but recently several groups of horse bandits have appeared in Miyun, I don't know where they came from, and they are extremely brave."
"In order to ensure that the camp of the 'Jingnan' army is not lost, Han Dutong ordered him to lead 3,000 elites to garrison here, could it be that this fake military order was forged by those horse bandits?"
Vice General Chen seemed to have discovered the truth of the matter, his eyes widened, and he looked at Wu Nantian in disbelief.
"These damn horse thieves again—"
Wu Nantian hated it so much.
"What? Could it be that the commander of the military also encountered a horse thief there? ”
Vice General Chen was a little puzzled.
"Hmph, give them a hundred guts, and they don't dare to go to the middle capital city to spread wild. However, a month earlier, those damned horse thieves had attacked the envoys sent to Zhongdu by Ögedei Khan several times, resulting in the innocent deaths of twenty-two envoys. ”
"In this case, the last general must strictly guard the camp, and he will definitely not give the horse bandits the slightest opportunity. Commander Wu, you can bring this fake military order back to Your Majesty, so that you will not be embarrassed. ”
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Wu Nantian naturally didn't want to entangle with Vice General Chen anymore, so he just took this forged military order and returned to Zhongdu City with the envoy of Wokotai.
It's a pity that when they returned to the middle capital again, it was unfortunate that Guo Mo, His Majesty the Emperor, actually went into retreat.
"Second Senior Brother, it's really unfortunate that you came back, the master suddenly had an occasional gain yesterday, so he immediately went into retreat, maybe after this retreat, the master's martial arts function will go further."
Haji, as the first gatekeeper, guarded the outside of the palace where Guo Mo lived, next to the "Iron Palm Ruthless" Lu Pingsheng and dozens of "brocade clothes".
"Envoy, you see that my master has a hobby for this point, and he likes to practice martial arts for so many years, but now that he is in retreat, I am afraid that he will not be able to see him in a short time."
"The truth of the matter has been clarified, since these horse thieves are so deliberately trying to provoke disputes between you and me, we must not mess with ourselves."
"In addition, I will also inform the brothers of the 'Dunwu' army and the 'Jingnan' army in my personal name, but anyone who sees a horse thief will definitely not tolerate the adulterer."
"Look, do you continue to wait for your family teacher to leave the customs in the middle capital, or do you go back with this fake military order to hand over the errand?"
Wu Nantian took out the military order again,
He also sincerely thought of two solutions for the envoy of Wokotai.
In the end, the envoy of Ögedei chose the second path.
……
"Waste, all waste—"
The big tent of the Mongolian Chinese army, which is rare in Ogedei, scolded in public, and even tore up the military order that the envoy took back.
The truth of the military order, can Wokotai still not be seen?
Moreover, how the horse thief came out, Ogedai probably knows better than anyone else.
Now, the other party has treated others in the same way, and he is so unscrupulous that he does not give Wokotai any excuse to oppose at all.
If you can't, you just lead the troops to fight!
"Great Khan, let the last general go, you give the last general 30,000 horses, and the last general will definitely take Han Baoju in the north of Miyun."
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Yes, Han Baoju is only 30,000 horses, and they are scattered within hundreds of miles.
If you can really give Shi Tianze 30,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, although it may not be able to take Han Baoju, at least there is still a chance to severely damage these 30,000 "Jingnan" troops.
However, does Wokotai dare?
After a full battle, all he could take out now was an army of 70,000, which still had to count the 30,000 miscellaneous troops provided by the tribes attached to him.
In terms of equipment and combat strength, these 30,000 miscellaneous armies are much worse than the "Dunwu" army and the "Jingnan" army, even if they are compared with the army of Ogedai.
"Forget it, isn't it just five hundred miles of pasture? Ben Khan is still willing to afford it. ”
The situation has reached this point, and Wokotai can be regarded as having knocked out his teeth and swallowed blood.
At present, what he chose was not to unite the Mongolian tribes to unite with the outside world, but to choose the principle that the outside must first be secured.
Now, his rivals have suffered heavy losses, and he himself has lost hundreds of miles of pasture, and as for the herdsmen of those tribes, the Song army did not kill too much.
But he was also taken away, and it is said that he went to the sparsely populated areas of the Great Song Dynasty to carry out some "labor reform", which is nothing more than repairing bridges and roads, planting grass and trees, and so on.
……
"Master, are you really leaving?"
Outside the central capital, Wu Nantian was bidding farewell to Guo Mo, and only Li Mochou, Yang Guo and Guo Xiang left with Guo Mo.
All the "brocade clothes" were left in Zhongdu City by Guo Mo, after all, he was still in retreat there.
"Nantian, go back, the master will be back in a few months, this time I will take your second master and my mother to a secret realm to cultivate for a few months, and then it will be almost the day to move the capital."
Yang Guo and Guo Xiang's martial arts progress, although it has already advanced by leaps and bounds, Guo Mo still wants to add more weight to these two.
Therefore, he remembered the place where he and Huang Rong stayed many years ago.
After so many years, perhaps, we can produce some materials that meet the needs of these two children to practice.
Four people and four horses, heading south, only the second apprentice Wu Nantian saw them off, and they were also considered to be clean, without the hustle and bustle of the past, but they also had a different taste.
The setting sun stretched the figure of the send-off person, and Wu Nantian didn't see the figure of the master and the four of them until he couldn't see the figure of the master and the master, so he slowly turned the horse's head and headed towards the central capital.