Chapter 186: Return to Nanjing
This man's words made the other Mongol chieftains look surprised, but when they thought about it, they felt reasonable.
Isn't the reason why they often raid the border passes of the Ming Dynasty is to get food for the winter? If the Ming general in front of him can really do what he said, then why did they, the Mongols, risk their lives to attack the border passes of the Ming Dynasty?
For a while, these Mongol leaders fell into deep thought, and after a while, two more Mongol leaders expressed their willingness to cooperate with Zhu Gui.
Timur and Yessudier on the side were already stunned, and it seemed that they still overestimated the Mongols' unwillingness to compromise.
Zhu Gui smiled and looked at Timur and Sudieer on the side and said: "If the two of you are still unwilling to cooperate, then this king doesn't care about the trouble, just cooperate directly with the leaders of these tribes, although it is a little troublesome, but this king has time." ”
"I'm willing to cooperate." He was still thinking about it, but Timur had already taken the lead and agreed to cooperate with you.
The leaders of the other tribes in the camp also rushed to express their willingness to cooperate with Zhu Gui.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had been in business for decades and wanted to replace Timur, but he didn't expect this celebrity little prince to do it overnight.
So he knelt down on one knee and said to Zhu Gui, "If the prince doesn't dislike it, if the prince can do what he promised before, then he is willing to become the prince's right-hand man." ”
"Good, good. In front of the Mongol leaders, the king reiterated his vision to unify the entire steppe and restore the great cause of Genghis Khan. ”
After Zhu Gui finished speaking, the other Mongolian leaders present were stunned when it was their turn.
In this way, Zhu Gui's surprise attack completely changed the situation of the entire grassland, and then completely controlled the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in his hands.
But even so, Zhu Gui still did not relax his vigilance, he asked Ye Sudieer to transfer the 50,000 Mongolian cavalry in the tent to another camp a hundred miles away from here, and then Zhu Gui explained the situation to Xu Yingxu through carrier pigeons, and asked him to lead 10,000 cavalry to meet him here.
Although half of the Ming army's support for Zhu Gui's side still occupies a weak position in terms of troops, it is more than enough to block several Mongolian cavalry in the Ming army with the Ming army's firearms and city defense construction.
That's right, Zhu Gui wants to build a city here, just like outside the city of Ayutthaya, which can facilitate trade between the Datong Chamber of Commerce and the Mongols, and on the other hand, it can also prevent the Mongols from having other thoughts, and at the same time, it is also to open up the main transportation routes in the direction of the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions.
After this battle, Zhu Gui completely conquered the Northern Yuan, but the progress of the cooperative relationship between the two sides depends on whether Zhu Gui can provide enough food and gain the trust of the Mongols.
And the most difficult thing is how Zhu Gui wants to explain all this to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, the Ming Dynasty snatched the world from the Yuan Dynasty, and the hatred between the Mongols and the Han was not deep, and Zhu Gui did not revoke the era name of the Northern Yuan, and still let Timur and Yesudiel manage the entire Northern Yuan territory separately.
He did this to facilitate the management of the Mongols, and secondly, it was naturally to pave the way for the 'Battle of Jingjing'.
But he couldn't explain Zhu Yuanzhang like this, although this time Zhu Gui achieved an unprecedented victory since the Ming Dynasty's war against the Mongols, but how to make Zhu Yuanzhang believe his explanation is a key issue.
But it's useless to think so much now, and Zhu Gui can't guess Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, he only knows that Zhu Yuanzhang will clear all obstacles for Zhu Yunwen to ascend the throne of David, and he can't be this obstacle.
Two days later, Xu Yingxu hurried over with 10,000 cavalry, and when he saw the scene in front of him, the excited look in his eyes was difficult to hide.
"Lord Wang, you really did it, you are really amazing, even in history, this is an unprecedented victory." Xu Yingxu said sincerely.
Zhu Gui just nodded and said: "Okay, the rest will be left to you, General Xu needs to stay here for a while, as for how to negotiate with the Mongols, this king has already written in this letter, and the rest just wait for the building materials and craftsmen transported here by the Datong Chamber of Commerce." ”
"Yes, the last general commands." Xu Yingxu said respectfully, and from this moment on, he had a sincere admiration for the acting king Zhu Gui in front of him.
And Zhu Gui led a thousand Yunzhou troops to rush to Nanjing City overnight.
As for the affairs in this area, just leave it to the guards of the surrounding border gates to clean up, this is a fat difference, and they naturally will not have any complaints.
This time, after a long journey of ten days, Zhu Gui and others finally arrived at the city of Nanjing.
However, what surprised him was that Zhu Yuanzhang actually led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet him in person, Zhu Gui hurriedly dismounted and came to Zhu Yuanzhang's Luan car and said: "Erchen is fortunate to be not dishonored, and he has completed the task assigned by his father." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Gui who was kneeling in front of him, nodded with a look of relief, and said: "Okay, very good, I have already seen it, you can make such a great achievement, it can be regarded as a face increase for Daming, go back to the palace with me, I want to feast the ministers and wash the dust for you." ”
"Yes." Zhu Gui was allowed to ride a horse back to the palace with Zhu Yuanzhang's Luan, which was an unprecedented treatment.
In history, this treatment originally belonged to the general Lan Yu, but at this time, he could only look at Zhu Gui with resentful eyes among the civil and military officials, as if he sensed that the other party had taken away the honor that should have belonged to him.
Zhu Gui also seemed to sense Lan Yu's gaze, he turned around and smiled at the other party, and said with his lips: "Thank you for the completion of the general." ”
And Lan Yu seemed to understand what Zhu Gui was trying to express, and he was so angry that he almost fainted to the ground.
Soon they were back at the palace, where all the dishes had been prepared for the banquet and the music and dancing girls began to perform.
During the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Gui, who was sitting on his left hand, and asked, "I heard that you caught the Houyuan Empress named Timur of Dogus?" Did you bring him back? ”
Zhu Gui immediately stood up and said, "Back to my father, the retainers left him on the steppe and let him continue to rule the Mongols. ”
"Nonsense, aren't you letting the tiger go back to the mountain? You're still too young to know the sinister hearts of people, can the Mongols easily believe it? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked angry, and everyone in the hall was immediately silenced in an instant, they knew what Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance meant, that is, someone was going to be unlucky.