Chapter 125: Departure
Li Xuandu began to calculate the time of his return to the Central Plains, this trip to the Golden Horde, it can be said that he gained a lot, as far as the public is concerned, not only witnessed the death of the old Khan, but also promoted the civil strife of the Golden Horde, which has greatly exceeded what Zhao Zheng said "to explore the truth". Privately, Li Xuandu obtained the "relic" of the national teacher's immortal stone, and learned the "Six Void Tribulations" of the earth teacher, and successfully entered the heavenly man-made realm, with his current age, he is expected to repeat the old path of Taiyun, and set foot in the immortal realm at the age of not confused, and he has more advantages than Taiyun, because he will take the "Taiping Qing Lingjing", the method of the right path of Xuanmen, step by step, and there are no hidden dangers.
And Li Xuandu also has a bold idea, he can't always learn from his predecessors, when he reaches this realm, he must always integrate the strengths of all families, and some of his own things are. Looking at the masters of the world, Xu Wugui created the "Six Void Tribulations", Li Daoxu improved the "Thirty-six Sword Tricks of the Big Dipper", and Zhang Jingxiu and Taiyun should also have similar methods, but they have never shown them. Li Xuandu didn't have to create his own exercises, but he could also improve the existing exercises like Master Li Daoxu did and make them go to the next level. Don't underestimate the word "improvement", Xu Wugui's self-created "Six Void Tribulations" is high, but it is difficult to pass on to his disciples, and it is not of much benefit to the Yin Yang Sect. On the other hand, Li Daoxu improved the "Beidou Thirty-six Sword Technique", up to the thirty-six hall masters and seventy-two island masters, down to ordinary registered disciples, everyone can learn, the difference is that they learn more and learn less, which makes the strength of the Qingwei Sect rise greatly, from the Qingwei Sect that was driven out of the Taiping Mountain by the Taiping Sect to the Qingwei Sect that is fighting against the Zhengyi Sect today, although there are the hard work of the ancestors of the past dynasties, but Li Daoxu is definitely the most critical person, and the "Beidou Thirty-six Sword Tricks" improved by him are even more indispensable.
Li Xuandu already had a rough idea, but he couldn't put it into practice until he returned to the Central Plains.
As for the battlefield of the Golden Horde, it is left to the Earth Master and the Holy Monarch, this battle can be regarded as the follow-up to the First Battle of Xijing, and the Central Plains Zhengdao has almost no foundation in the royal court, so there is no way to intervene. In other words, whether Taiyun can really defeat his teacher depends on the battle of the Golden Horde.
Li Xuandu calculated the itinerary, if he left now, he could rush back to Liaodong before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and he could still catch the Lantern Festival, but Li Xuandu still decided to stay for a few more days and wait and see the situation.
In the next few days, as expected by Li Xuandu, Ngan Khan and Batu Khan decided to join forces under the mediation of the local master, and as for the proposal that Ili Khan's previous person who avenged the old Khan was the new Khan, it was naturally no longer recognized by Batu Khan. As for how the earth master persuaded the two, Guan
The key lies in a child named Urien, who was originally in the hands of Taiyun, but the Earth Master took advantage of the fierce fight between Taiyun and the National Teacher.
At the same time, the Xiao Yan clan also succeeded in convincing the big Yan clan, although the specific process is unknown, but there are some rumors. It is said that the maiden family of the two Yan clans came forward to make peace, plus the Xiao Yan clan was already good at acting, and when he went to see the big Yan clan, he had already knelt on the ground to apologize before entering the door, and there was Ili Khan from the side to state the benefits, the big Yan clan was finally moved, and retreated left and right, leaving only the two sisters alone, and the final result was that the two Yan clans hugged their heads and cried, and the Xiao Yan promised the Great Yan clan that if Yaomu Khan became the new Great Khan, he would let Mingli Khan take the place of Batu Khan and guard the west, and Ili Khan still guarded the east, and Yaomu Khan sat in the royal court.
The reason why Batu Khan dared to have thoughts about the position of the Great Khan was that he had enough troops at his disposal. If the army of the Golden Horde is divided into ten equal parts, Batu Khan has two points, Ili Khan has two points, the old Khan himself has two points, the rest of the kings have two equal parts, and the Nayan has two equal parts. Now that the old Khan is dead, and his personal guard is divided, and is succeeded by Ngan Khan and Mingli Khan respectively, and Ngan Khan is allied with Batu Khan, then the strength of the two has reached three points. Now that Ili Khan and the Great Gang have agreed to form an alliance, coupled with the support of the kings, the Minor Clan has the support of the kings, and the number of troops in his hands can be close to five points, which has surpassed Batu Khan and formed a total military advantage over Batu Khan. As for the rest, they will most likely wait until the two sides decide the outcome before supporting the new Khan, rather than rush into the war.
Therefore, Xiao Yan's promise is also very sincere, and letting Mingli Khan take the position of Batu Khan is equivalent to handing over one-fifth of the royal court's troops to Mingli Khan, ensuring that Mingli Khan has enough power to protect himself, even if the new Khan wants to settle accounts after the autumn, he will not dare to act rashly.
However, things on the battlefield are not necessarily won with more troops, the strength of the Xiao Yan clan is nominally a lot, but it is still far from the royal court, and it takes time for the kings to gather their troops, especially the army under the command of Ili Khan, in order to prevent the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, is still stationed at the border, and cannot be moved lightly. But the border with the Northwest Great Zhou is a long time of peace, Batu Khan is even more prepared, his army has been drawn to the royal court, in this case, Batu Khan can be formed in a short period of time to fight more and less, if the small and Ili Khan are not careful, the loss of the army, the strength and weakness of the situation are exchanged but between the first battle.
It was for this reason that Ili Khan made the decision to abandon the royal court and retreat to the territories of Zixue Bean and Yuejibee Khan, and in the process, gather his forces and wait until all his forces had been assembled, and then fight a decisive battle with Batu Khan. However, in this way, both sides have their own hidden dangers, pulling
Behind Du Khan is the northwest, and behind Ili Khan is Liaodong, and when the two sides are fighting, they may fall into the situation of being attacked on their backs.
Of course, this is not absolute, although Taiyun has mastered Xijing, but the time is too short, the local division has been deeply cultivated in the northwest for many years, and there are many potential henchmen, these people dare not openly disobey orders, but it is not difficult to delay one or two, the fighter is fleeting, and a short delay is enough. As for Liaodong, their sights are not on the Golden Horde, but in the Guannei, and the time for the rise of Liaodong is too short, and there is no sufficient preparation for the expedition to the Golden Horde, whether it is troops, or logistics grain and grass, they cannot support the Liaodong army to enter the unfamiliar grassland depths to fight for a long time.
Thinking of this, Li Xuandu felt a little regretful, if the Central Plains at this time was a strong empire, then he could take the opportunity to launch an expedition to completely solve this long-term confidant trouble, but unfortunately the current Central Plains court is too weak, so weak that it is unable to maintain the rule of the Central Plains, and a huge empire is crumbling, even if the enemy is infighting, he can only take a breath of relief for the time being, and have no strength to launch a counterattack.
In the end, Li Xuandu met with Ili Khan again and told Ili Khan about Yechi, because of the death of the old Khan, he was also reluctant to stay in the royal court, he thought that he was not the material to be an official, and without the protection of the old Khan, it was difficult to be qualified to be the second lieutenant of the cowardly Xue army, so he decided to follow Li Xuandu to the Central Plains and see the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains. Irihan did not object, nor was he surprised, as if he had expected this.
This time he also met Ili Khan's wife, a Central Plains woman surnamed Xiao.
For this Mrs. Xiao, Li Xuandu heard Ning Yi talk about it, but he didn't feel much emotion, because there are too many hard-working people in the world, not to mention those innocent people who starved to death, let's just say that Zhou Shuning next to him, both parents were killed, and he still died in front of him, isn't it more pitiful than Mrs. Xiao. Besides, Li Xuandu, I don't even know who my parents are, Mrs. Xiao at least has more than ten years of time under the knees of her parents, and she can't be compared. In the final analysis, in troubled times, people are accustomed to seeing all kinds of tragic things, and they will gradually become numb. Ordinary people were born and died for no reason, leaving only chaos. Even though Li Xuandu is not an ordinary person, he doesn't have much sympathy left.
This Mrs. Xiao seemed to be very interested in Li Xuan, and asked a lot of things about the Central Plains, and Li Xuan looked at Ili Khan's face and answered them one by one. However, when Mrs. Xiao led the topic to the Li family and the Qin family in the East China Sea, Li Xuandu was vigilant in his heart and replied: "If the war in the steppe is over, I hope that Ili Khan and his wife will come to drink my wedding wine." ”
Ili Khan was noncommittal, and Mrs. Xiao smiled like a flower, "Definitely." ”