Chapter 368, The Battle of Wills

Yang Peng glanced at Temur and said with a smile: "If the Mongols want to compete with our Yanyun army, I am happy to accompany you!" Is that what your envoy is here for? Temur felt as if he had made a mess of things, but he would not do it anyway if he asked him to retract what he had just said, because that would not be a relenting gesture to the other party, and he didn't know how to answer Yang Peng's question for a while.

Yang Peng suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "What are you here for?" ”

Temur was taken aback, "I, I ......" Yang Peng said angrily: "You Mongolians are really confused, what are you going to do, don't you even know yourself?" Zhong Wenwu laughed. Temur's face was feverish, his heart was annoyed, and he said loudly: "My intention to come has already been explained, since King Yan is so unfriendly, I will leave!" Then he turned and left.

Han Bing shouted: "Stop! Temur stopped and looked at Han Bing in confusion. Han Bing said coldly: "Is Yanwang Mansion a place where you can come and leave whenever you want?" How dare you be so rude!! What Han Bing said was that the other party did not salute when he left, which was a very rude move in the eyes of the ancients, Yang Peng didn't take these to heart, but the civil and military ministers were angry.

Temur naturally knew what Han Bing meant, and raised his head and said, "There is no place where we Mongolians can't come or go!" Hearing a choking sound, Han Bing drew his sword in his hand and aimed it at Temur. Seeing this, Temur pulled out the scimitar at his waist without showing weakness, turned around, and glared at Han Bing, like a fierce beast that chose people and devoured them.

Han Bing smiled coldly, and with a slam of force with his right foot, the whole person shot out like a sharp arrow, and the cold light of the sword blade pointed directly at the opponent's throat, and it was a killing move as soon as it came up! Temur was taken aback, he only thought that the other party just wanted to give himself a dismount, but he didn't expect that the other party would be a killing move, and he didn't know Yanyun's generals too well, he thought that their Mongols were fierce, but he didn't know that Yanyun people were even more fierce!! Temur didn't have time to think, waved his sword to block, and the two of them fought in the hall, only to see the two of them flickering and moving, their movements were extremely fast, the cold light flashed, and the sound of ping-pong with the impact of blades was non-stop.

In the blink of an eye, the two fought for more than 20 rounds, and Temur was shocked, he didn't expect that a female general on the other side would be so powerful! After fighting for more than a dozen rounds, Yang Peng, who had been watching Han Bing and Temur, showed a smile on his face. At the same time, only a sharp sound of metal friction was heard, and the sword in Han Bing's hand quickly slammed towards the opponent's arm. Before Temur could react, Han Bing's sword was already on Temur's neck, followed by a kick at Temur's foot, Temur couldn't help but pounce and knelt down, at this time, there was a choking sound, and Temur's scimitar fell to the ground.

Temur was ashamed and angry, struggling to stand up, Han Bing shouted, "You don't want to live anymore? Temur turned his head and roared angrily; The Mongols would rather die than give in!! Although everyone was annoyed, they couldn't help but admire the toughness of this Mongol. Yang Peng waved his hand. Han Bing put away his sword and stepped aside. Temur immediately stood up, glared at Yang Peng with extremely angry eyes, and said word by word: "Today's shame, I will return it to you a thousand times in the future!" ”

Yang Peng smiled indifferently, "We will accompany you at any time!" Temur snorted, and without picking up his cutlass, he turned and strode away. The Mongols who were waiting at the gate hurriedly greeted Temur when they saw Temur coming out in a huff, and the short man asked urgently, "We heard the sound of fighting inside, what happened?" Temur said with a gloomy face: "Go back!" Then he turned over his horse and ran towards the hotel. Everyone looked at each other and hurriedly got on their horses and chased after them.

A group of people ran wildly on the street as if they were in a no-man's land, and the people dodged one after another, and a young man could not avoid being knocked out of the air, and fell heavily to the ground and vomited blood, and saw that he could not live; Angry shouts and curses erupted in the streets, and chaos ensued.

Yang Peng was annoyed when he received the report that the Mongols were galloping on the streets, and ordered Han Bing: "Arrest all these Mongols for me!" Fuck, I'm arrogant on Lao Tzu's land! Han Bing was also very annoyed when he heard the report of the city defense officer, and when he got Yang Peng's order, he immediately responded and ran down.

Tang Shidian sighed, "Actually, we shouldn't have made enemies with the Mongols!" Yang Peng said: "You are right. But there is a bottom line in everything, and if you step on Lao Tzu's bottom line, Lao Tzu will not be polite to him! Tang Shidian hugged his fists and said: "What King Yan said is extremely true!

Soon after, the Mongol envoys and their retinue were all taken to the hall of the Yan Palace, all of them tied up with flowers, their faces stained with blood and their clothes in tatters, apparently they resisted when they were arrested, but they came to the wrong place, where their ferocity did not scare off anyone, but was beaten to death, and several of them were killed on the spot.

Yang Peng shouted: "Kneel!" The Mongols shouted and scolded, their attitudes were still very fierce, and the Mongols were beaten to their knees, but although the Mongols couldn't stand up, they still kept scolding.

Temur said loudly: "We are the envoys of the Mongols, and by doing this you are declaring war on our Mongols!" Yang Peng said lightly: "I don't care who you are, if you make trouble in my land, I won't spare you!" At this moment, a secret guard hurriedly rushed in and whispered next to Yang Peng: "King Yan, one of the people who was hit by their mount has died!" Yang Peng frowned, and his eyes showed cold killing intent. Glancing at the Mongols below, he asked, "Which horse hit a civilian?" ”

The stout man straightened up and tilted his head, and said loudly, "It's me, how's it going?" Yang Peng nodded, "Very good!" He pointed to the short man and shouted, "Drag it to the gate and behead it for public display!" The two guards immediately dragged him down, and the other Mongols were in an uproar, but they were suppressed by the guards and could not move. After a while, all the Mongols saw the bloody head of the short man being sent in, and they were all shocked, and they glared at Yang Peng with great anger, and shouted one after another: "You dare to kill him, I will kill you to take revenge!" "You are declaring war on our Mongolians, and we will never let you go!" ……

Yang Peng raised his voice coldly: "Drag everyone to the gate, punish a hundred canes, and expel them!" The secret guards immediately dragged the Mongols down, and after a while, the loud sound of the rod hitting the flesh and the angry shouting and scolding sounded at the gate of the Yanwang Mansion, and the people came to watch, and after a while, the crowd of onlookers was crowded, and everyone couldn't help but have a special feeling of relief.

The shouts of the Mongols gradually weakened, but the sound of rods beating the flesh became louder! Later, all the Mongols almost became dying, and the secret guards were annoyed and very ruthless, if it weren't for the fact that these Mongols were very strong and thick-skinned, they would have been killed.

After the execution, the Mongols were still alive, but they all looked like they were about to die. The guards carried the Mongols into several wagons and were escorted out of the city by a troop of cavalry. The Mongol was lying in the car, unable to move, and the fire of resentment in his heart was surging, but at this time he could only bury this anger in the depths of his heart.

Han Bing returned to the hall, clasped his fists at Yang Peng and said, "The cavalry has been ordered to escort those Mongols away!" Yang Peng asked, "How many died?" Liang Hongyu said: "They are all alive." Yang Peng sneered: "These guys are in good health, and they didn't kill them with these hundred sticks!" Then he said: "Forget it, enough punishment is enough for them!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "In this way, we and the Mongols have completely torn our faces!" Han Bing snorted, "Tear your face, tear your face, I don't like those fierce guys!" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "You say they are fierce, but I am afraid that in their hearts, you are even more ferocious than them!" Han Bingjiao's face flushed, glaring at Yang Peng, and her beautiful eyes showed some worry. Yang Peng naturally knew what she was worried about, stood up, walked in front of Han Bing, smiled and whispered, "I just like Han Bing's fierce and domineering appearance!" Han Bing was relieved, and then shame welled up in his heart, and he glared at Yang Peng with disgust.

Temur and his party were escorted all the way to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain in Yunnei Prefecture, that is, the junction of Yanyun and Mongolia. This Yunnei Prefecture is in the territory of Xijing Province of the former Liao State, and now Yunnei Prefecture and all the prefectures and counties of the original Xijing Province are under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture, and unlike other places in Yanyun, Datong Prefecture implements a complete military management system.

Temur and his party were finally freed and entered the territory of their country on foot, filled with anger and shame. They were originally seriously injured, but this way from Tianjing New Town, more than half a month, the injuries have already been healed by Yan Yun's medical officer.

Temur stopped, looked up at the vast grassland in the distance, and frowned: "We have been so humiliated, how can we still have the face to see the Great Khan!" The hearts of the people were also very heavy. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from behind him. Everyone was startled, and quickly turned their heads to look, only to see dozens of fast horses galloping towards them. One of the Mongols said angrily: "They have come to kill us, we will fight them!" The Mongols shouted in unison, thinking that it was better to give up their lives here than to go back and be ridiculed by their people.

Temur suddenly frowned, and said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, it doesn't seem to be Yan Yunjun!" At this time, everyone also saw clearly, everyone who came was dressed in civilian clothes, and it seemed that they were all Yanyun's people?

Several Mongols immediately shouted: "Hack these Han Chinese!" "Chop them up!" Temur shouted, "Don't be impulsive, let's see what they're here for!" After a while, the group of Han Chinese came to the front and reined in their horses. I saw that the young man in the lead made a steppe man's chest salute and asked, "Is it the envoy of the Great Mongols in front?" Temur looked at him and replied, "Yes, who are you, and what are you here for?" I saw that the young man turned over and dismounted, and the others also turned over and dismounted, and the young man bowed slightly to Temur and smiled: "My name is Yongren, and I am the crown prince of Great Japan. ”

Temur was also well-informed, but he had never heard of such a country as Japan, but he didn't want to appear ignorant in front of outsiders, so he looked at the entourage around him, and the entourage looked at each other, obviously not knowing such a country as Japan.

Yongren saw the expressions of Temur and the others in his eyes, and said in his heart, "The Han people falsely call us the Wa Kingdom. Temur and the others suddenly realized that of course they knew about the Wa Kingdom. Temur was a little surprised, he didn't expect to meet the crown prince of the Wa Kingdom here? Immediately became suspicious, is this crown prince real or fake? As soon as he thought of this, he glanced Yongren up and down, and said, "Do you say that you are the crown prince and the crown prince?" How do I know if it's real or fake? Yongren smiled slightly, took out a small gold seal from his bosom, and handed it to Temur, "This is my seal, please take a look." ”

Temur took the golden seal and looked at it, he was the most knowledgeable among the Mongols, and could see that the workmanship of this small golden seal was extremely fine, and it was by no means owned by the people, and in his previous experience, only the royal family of Dajin had such a delicate item. I looked at the inscription of the gold seal again, and it read in Chinese characters the eight small characters of 'Seal of the Prince of the Land of the Sunrise'. Temur confirmed the identity of the other party, handed back the golden seal to the other party, looked at him and said in surprise: "I didn't expect to meet the prince of the Wa Kingdom here, I don't know what the prince's intentions are here?" ”

Yong Ren looked around, "This is not the place to talk, how about we change to a quiet and safe place and have a good talk?" Temur also felt that this was close to the Yinshan military village of the Yanyun army, and it was indeed not a place to speak, so he thought about it and said: "Fifty miles north from here, there is a settlement of our Mongols, let's go there and talk in detail." Yong Ren nodded, "Okay! ”

Temur and the others led the way, and Yongren and the others followed. A moment later, there was a sudden rumbling sound in front of them, and Yuhito and the others thought it was thunder, and couldn't help but look at the sky, but the sky was clear, and there were only a few clouds like white birds. Just when Yongren and the others were puzzled, they suddenly saw a tide on the grassy slope in the distance, and they were shocked, but when they looked closely, it turned out to be thousands of horses galloping under the drive of the shepherd. Yongren and the others couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and then showed a look of amazement, feeling that the scene of ten thousand horses galloping was really shocking!

Temur commanded the tall and thin man under him, and the tall and thin man immediately rushed forward, waving his hands and shouting loudly, he shouted in Mongolian, and Yongren and the others heard differently, but it should have been calling out to the shepherds.

The herds and horses gradually stopped, and one of the old shepherds rode up to the tall and thin man. The two said a few words, and the tall and thin man turned and pointed at Temur, and then saw the two of them coming towards this side together. When he came to Temur, the old shepherd turned over and dismounted, bowed respectfully to Temur, and said in Mongolian: "I have seen my lord! ”

Temur asked, "Are these horses yours?" The old shepherd laughed and said, "How can I have so many horses?" Only a few dozen of them are mine, and the rest are all Erguna's! ”

Temur took a lump of gold from his bosom and handed it to the old shepherd, "Sell us twenty horses." The old shepherd was startled when he saw such a large ingot of gold, came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Twenty horses are not worth so much gold, but this is enough to buy fifty horses!" Temur said, "The excess will be given to you!" The old shepherd was very pleased, stretched out his hands to take the gold, and said gratefully, "Thank you, sir! Then he turned his head and shouted a few words to the young shepherds behind him, and then he saw the young shepherds coming with twenty horses.

The old shepherd commanded the young shepherd to hand over the horses to Temur and them, and then bowed to Temur and said, "My lord, we have gone to graze." Temur nodded. The old shepherd mounted his horse, shouted at the young shepherds, and then galloped back to the middle of the herd, and drove the horses on to the northeast, when the rumbling sound rang out again.

Temur and the others stepped on their horses, and Temur said to Yongren, "Let's speed up, we should be able to reach the settlement before sunset." Yong Ren nodded. The group of men rode their horses towards the north, much faster than before!

When the sun sets, the grassland is golden, and a large settlement appears. The settlement sits beside a meandering river, countless tents dot the steppe, shepherds are driving cattle, sheep and horses are returning, and groups of Mongol cavalry are coming in and out. The Mongols did not have towns in the sense of other countries, they lived in the same sense as in other countries, and there was such a large settlement at the moment, but perhaps it would not be long before they moved to another place, and it was once again deserted; The Mongols also do not have the meaning of other countries such as military camps and obvious military and civilian boundaries, the army is the people, the people are the army, every settlement of men, women and children, when necessary, can put on armor and pick up bows and arrows to go to war, the settlement in front of you can produce at least two or three thousand war horses.

The group entered the settlement, and Temur first went to meet the lord here, that is, the previous herdsman's mouth, Lord Erguna, this person is the ten thousand households canonized by the Great Khan, and the title is higher than that of Temur, but because Temur is the messenger of the Great Khan, Erguna did not dare to hold it up, and entertained Temur and his party in his own big tent. After the feast, they were arranged to live in several elaborate tents behind the big tent.

Temur and Yongren sat under the oil lamp, drinking milk tea and talking, and the air was filled with the special fragrance of the lamp oil that volatilized after it was burned. "Now, the prince can explain his intentions." Temur Road. Yong Ren picked up the silver cup and took a sip of milk tea, frowning slightly. Putting down the silver cup, he said to Temur: "Our Great Japan is attacking Goryeo, but we have encountered such an obstacle from the Great Liao State, and it was because of the intervention of the Great Liao State that our plan to annex the whole of Goryeo will be aborted; And the main enemy of Great Mongolia today is also the Liao State, which is the biggest enemy of Great Mongolia for hegemony, preventing Great Mongolia from becoming a real empire. The common enemy of both of our families is the Liao State, why don't we unite to fight the Khitans? ”

Temur naturally knew that the Japanese were attacking Goryeo, and the Empress Dowager, who was now in power in the Liao State, was a Goryeo, so she naturally would not sit idly by, and the Japanese wanted to annex Goryeo, and the main enemy was not the Goryeo, but the Khitans, so it was logical for the Japanese to want to deal with the Khitans. Temur glanced at Yongren, "You're right, since our common enemy is the Khitans, we should unite!" ”

Yongren was overjoyed when he saw that Temur agreed, "Great, if our two families form an alliance, the Liao State will definitely be defeated, and it is not impossible for our two families to divide the Liao State at that time!" Temur said: "Since an alliance has been formed to jointly attack the Khitans, then the time of the joint army, the scale of the army, and the division of interests after the war, we have to explain it first!" ”

Yong Ren nodded, "This is natural. I mean, a year later, Great Mongolia and my Great Japan sent troops at the same time, one south and one north, to attack the Khitans! Temur thought for a moment, "Time is okay. Glancing at Yongren, "What about the scale?" Yongren said: "A year later, our Great Japan will send 500,000 troops to attack Kaijing!" Temur smiled, "Since you are attacking with all your strength, we Mongols will naturally have to do our best too, and at that time, 300,000 war cavalry will sweep the Shangjing Road of the Liao Kingdom!" Yong Ren was very happy, "So now it's only a matter of how to divide the benefits after the war, I wonder what you think?" ”

Temur said: "The Nakakyo Road and the West Kyoto Road belong to you, and the Kamikyo Road and Tokyo Road belong to us." Yongren thought for a while, frowned, and said: "Although it is fair to divide it up in this way, Xijing Road and Zhongjing Road are not connected to Goryeo, which is inconvenient. Temur frowned and said secretly, "The plan I said was originally to be discussed with Yan Yun, but now it is indeed a little inappropriate to talk to the Japanese people." At this time, I heard Yong Ren continue: "I mean, Tokyo Road and Goryeo all belong to our Great Japan, and the rest of the place belongs to Great Mongolia!" I don't know what you think? ”

Temur thought for a while, and felt that it seemed to be cheaper to divide himself in this way than the division plan he had just said, so he nodded and said, "Yes!" Then he said to Yongren: "But about the covenant, the prince had better go and confirm with our Great Khan in person, after all, I am only a messenger, and I can't make a formal covenant with the prince!" Yongren also knew that he was going to see the Mongol Great Khan, but after listening to Temur's words, he nodded. Picking up the silver cup, he smiled, "Cheers to our covenant!" Temur picked up the silver cup in front of him, raised his head and drank it all, and the elated Yongren also dried it up, and a fishy smell rushed up to his stomach, almost making him vomit on the spot, he was really not used to the food on this grassland! ……

The days passed, and before I knew it, Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching. The whole land of the Central Plains, everywhere is full of lights, everywhere is full of joy, the gongs and drums of the dragon dance are noisy, the babbling of singing, from morning to night, from night to morning, everyone is immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.