Chapter 11 The Trees Are Still and the Wind Continues
Qiongyu breezed, a few gray eagles hovered in the vast blue sky, and below was the endless green grassland.
The Onen River is like a white ribbon lying quietly on a huge green carpet. Everything is so peaceful.
Suddenly, a burst of its imposing drum pierced through the stratus clouds and filled the endless grassland.
Thousands of male soldiers, holding sharp blades, densely arranged on the grassland land, in the middle is a wooden platform as high as several zhang, on which the military flag of the Great Mongolia is inserted, and the military flag is accompanied by the mighty army, fluttering in the wind.
There are four people standing on the wooden platform, and the former in the center has two pieces of mustache, wearing a big felt hat, and a phoenix pheasant long hair stands on it, which has the honor of a king.
As soon as this person came out, thousands of troops under the wooden platform raised their weapons and shouted.
"Great Khan! Great Khan!"
This person was the Great Mongolian Khan Möngke, the eldest son of Genghis Khan's last son, Torre.
Mongolia has experienced a long period of internal fighting for the Khan since the death of Ögedei Khan, and the Khan was killed violently, and the Khan throne was vacant for eight years, until the military achievements and the handsome Möngke took power, with the support of Batu, Hulegu and Kublai Khan, the Mongolian internal strife gradually subsided.
Standing tall behind Meng Ke was Ah Sutai, who killed Situ Bowen, the eldest son of Meng Ke Khan.
Hulegu and Kublai Khan, as Meng Ge's two brothers, were naturally reused by Meng Ge, and the two separated Meng Ge.
Kublai Khan's aura is extraordinary, he is in his prime, and he can be described as high-spirited, revealing a little of the temperament of a literati and a Confucian scholar. But Hülegü is a living general, and at first glance he is a brave and powerful person.
Meng Ge waved his long sleeves, and immediately the sound of the mountains and rivers came to an abrupt end. The Great Three Military Roads,
"Just 90 years ago, right here, the ancestor Genghis Khan sacrificed to the world, unified the entire Mongolian tribe, the establishment of my great Mongolia, since the founding of the country, the ancestors and the tribes have repeatedly made military exploits, open up the territory and expand the territory, only 20 years, we have destroyed the Western Liao, the Western Xia, even the invincible Dajin also succumbed to the iron hooves of my great Mongolia, has two expeditions to the west, killed the western feudal states have surrendered. We must inherit the legacy of our ancestors, go south to the Great Song Dynasty, and conquer the vassal kingdom in the west. Open up a bigger territory for our Great Mongolia!"
Meng Ke then took the hands of Hülegü and Kublai Khan at the same time and continued,
"Today, worship Hulegu as the generalissimo of the Mongolian expedition to the west, the commander of the third western expedition of the soldiers and horses, worship Kublai Khan as the generalissimo of the Mongolian southern expedition, the commander of the troops and horses from the Tubo attack Dali, to capture Dali, Ben Khan will personally take command of the Song Dynasty, and the generalissimo of the southern expedition to the south and the south to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. ”
The soldiers in the audience all cheered: "The Great Khan is heroic!"
Meng Ge let go of the hands of the two, raised the cowhide pot and drank a sip of mare's milk wine to Changshengtian, and Hulegu and Kublai Khan and all the soldiers also drank together.
Meng Ge looked at the two brothers beside him, looked at the mighty soldiers below, and then issued an order.
"The army is leaving!"
Then the army split into two parts, one to the west and the other to the south.
The two armies were mighty, like two floods about to rush across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
That night, Kublai Khan's southward army was temporarily stationed in Jiuzhou, Kublai Khan was quite restless, looking up at the bright moon outside the big tent, and remembered the situation the night before the expedition.
That night, the Great Khan summoned the kings of Kublai Khan, Ali Buge, Hulegu and Asutai to discuss the matter and set up a small banquet in the big tent.
The Khan was at the top, Kublai Khan was on the top, Hulegu was on the bottom, Ali Buge was on the right, Asutai was on the bottom, and a number of clan ministers sat in columns.
Meng Ge raised his glass and said: "For this expedition to the Song Dynasty, we have done enough work, the south to last year's capture of Tubo as a stronghold, fourth brother, your southern line will definitely be able to break through, in recent years, the 'Falcon Plan' has also achieved significant results, heavily weakened the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty martial arts people, our expedition to the Song Dynasty will be a great success!"
After drinking the cup, Kublai Khan couldn't help but wonder: "Great Khan, what are you talking about the 'Falcon' plan? ”
Ali Buge was also puzzled: "Yes, Great Khan, why haven't I heard of the 'Falcon' project?"
Meng Ge laughed and said, "Hahahaha! This was originally a secret, but now, it's not a secret!" and then explained,
"Do you know the eagles on the grassland? They don't seem to be big enough, but they are extremely fierce, and they can even catch a sheep, some people in the Central Plains martial arts, especially some martial arts masters, boast of being loyal to Song and patriotism, often at a critical juncture to save the Great Song Dynasty in danger, in order to deal with these people, Xian Khan tried his best. In the early years, when Wogetai Khan sent troops to attack Chengdu City, the 'Tianyi Guards' attacked the Song army at the Brokeback Cliff and won a great victory, but when they returned from victory, they were ambushed by a large number of Southern Song Dynasty martial arts masters, and they did not survive. Speaking of this, Meng Ge stopped, and couldn't help but have a cold light flashing in his eyes.
It turned out that Zong Wei had anticipated the movement of the 'Tianyi Guards', so he contacted the various sects in advance to set up an ambush in Lingjiaodu, and the 'Tianyi Guards' were composed of people with strong martial arts carefully selected by Mongolia, with as many as 36 members, all of whom were the elite of the elite.
Until six years ago, when Meng Ge was fighting, he seized a large number of superior martial arts scriptures from a Song man who returned from Persia, and coincided with the return of the second western expedition of the prince of Batu, so he and Batu privately found slaves who returned from captivity to translate the martial arts Bible, and for the source of the martial arts Bible to the Western vassal states to find martial arts wizards, set up Juxian Pavilion, so that these martial arts wizards practiced the martial arts, when Meng Ge's purpose was only to use Juxian Pavilion to compete for the Khan position, since ascending to the Khan throne, he used Juxian Pavilion to start a more ambitious plan, with the practice of several masters, since the first two years Meng Ge began the falcon plan。
"I also know that this matter is really a shame for my Great Mongolia, but what does this have to do with the Falcon Project?"
Möngke stepped forward and patted Hülegü on the shoulder.
"That's right, we haven't forgotten this hatred, so Ben Khan has secretly cultivated a large number of martial arts masters in Juxian Pavilion, specifically targeting people with strong martial arts from all factions in the Central Plains. After Meng Ge finished speaking, he let go of Hülegü's shoulder, with a confident and proud expression,
Asutai was appointed to lead the Juxian Pavilion, and the Falcon Project was also led by him, he was young and vigorous, and he was so happy that he naturally wanted to show himself in front of everyone, so he couldn't help but interject.
"The Falcon Project is carried out by children, Father Khan, let me explain it to the two uncles!"
Meng Ge nodded in agreement! So Asutai said with a smug face,
"Since the beginning of the Falcon Project, fifteen first-class masters have been captured within two years: the beggar gang Chen Ziru and Ma Gengxing, the Shaolin Sorrowful Qi, the Sorrowful Qing, the Sorrowful Master and the Bitter Pole Monk, the Kongtong Yao Dayi, the Li Jiazhai Li Yong and Li Xi, the Zongjian Sect Lingxuan Scattered People Canal, the Vientiane Sect is not sluggling with money, the Bliss Sect is boundless and the Yu Ya is endless, and the White Lotus Sect Xue Chixun and Miao Yiqing are the same. and Situ Bowen, the famous ancestor of the Vientiane sect on the rivers and lakes, was killed. Dengzhou Haicang Gang, Caizhou Weisong Society, and Tangzhou Quliangshan were wiped out overnight. ”
Ali Buge and Hülegü were stunned when they heard this, they never imagined that Juxian Pavilion, which was regarded as a forbidden place in Su Ri, would hide such a powerful character.
Kublai Khan, however, was secretly frightened, he admired Sinology, and when he governed the Han land, he often dealt with Han scholars, and naturally knew the martial arts attainments of the people he was reading in Asutai's mouth, not to mention anything else, the three people of Kuji Divine Monk, Qu Zicheng, and Situ Bowen were famous all over the world, and their martial arts were extraordinary. Kublai Khan looked at the Great Khan in front of him and felt that his former eldest brother had gone away, and he had become a little mysterious, and he could not help but be worried.
Brother Ali Buge turned to look happy and echoed: "The Great Khan is wise and powerful, and the destruction of the Song Dynasty is just around the corner!"
Kublai Khan was a little displeased, and persuaded him,
"Great Khan, the Han people have a saying called 'ruined body, the spirit remains, the pressure is deep, and the reverse is very much", this sentence means to kill a person, but his spirit will attract more people, and the tighter the oppression, the more fierce the resistance will be. I really don't agree with Project Falcon. ”
After hearing this, Brother Ali rebuked Kublai Khan and said: "Fourth brother, you are always with a group of Confucian ministers, don't listen to these Confucian ministers and forget your own sect! Isn't the Great Khan doing this for our plan to destroy the Song Dynasty?"
Kublai Khan immediately retorted: "Seventh brother, it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country, if we want to make the country last forever, we must convince them spiritually, not by force and brute force." ”
Meng Ge saw that the two brothers were arguing and disagreeing, so he hurriedly persuaded each other.
"Alright! Don't talk about it again!"
A wine banquet ended in no joy.
The vanguard general Wuliang Hetai patted Kublai Khan on the shoulder, and Kublai Khan suddenly woke up from his memories.
"Can the marshal worry about the southern expedition?" Wuliang Hetai saw that Kublai Khan seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked,
"The strength of my Great Mongolia is at its peak, and there is nothing to worry about in the southern expedition, but it is just a huge country, and the governance strategy is a headache. As Kublai Khan spoke, an indescribable feeling swelled up.
"The great handsome man has the talent to govern the world and the country, and he will definitely be able to govern this great river and mountain for Mongolia and the Great Khan!"
"The general has an overreputation! At the moment, I have a very bad premonition, and I can't say it clearly for a while! Let's rest early! I have to leave camp and go south tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, Dashuai," Wuliang Hetai replied,
Immediately, Kublai Khan and Wuliang Hetai went back to the camp to rest!
It was night, Meng Ge and Asutai, father and son, were not idle, Meng Ge first ascended the throne, naturally made meritorious contributions, he needed greater merits to deter the tribal ministers, the 'Falcon Plan' was only showing results, he couldn't help but implement the 'Eagle Plan'.
Meng Ge walked into the Juxian Pavilion under the guidance of Asotai.
After passing through several side doors, you came to a pool with a stone dragon on it.
Asutai pressed the red bead embedded in the stone dragon's mouth, and with the sound of chains dragging on the ground, the water in the pool was vented.
Asutai jumped off the bare bottom of the pool, from the bottom of the pool to find a thin silk, if you don't know the location of the silk thread in advance, I'm afraid to find this filament, at least it will take half a day, Azoutai wore golden gloves to pick up the filament, shook a few times, a tunnel mouth from the bottom of the pool exposed.
With such an exquisite layout, if you don't know the details, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find the entrance.
Asutai walked into the tunnel and led Meng Ge down the iron ladder of the two loops to the basement.
This is an underground prison, and above the cloister there are three iron gates made of dark iron, and the three keys of the three iron gates are in charge of Asutai, Juxian Pavilion Elder, and Tiger Prison Envoy.
Usually the food is delivered, but through the small square hole at the bottom of the iron door is pulled by iron chains to the inner cell, inside is a corridor, on each side of the corridor there are ten cells, the people living in it are scattered, all of them are clasped by large iron ropes.
The three people in charge of the key opened the iron gate in turn, and Meng Ge asked Asutai to follow, and ordered the others to wait outside the iron gate to guard.
Asutai led Meng Ge into the corridor, and the prisoners on both sides were silent, silently staring at the two as they walked by.
The two of them came to the end of the cloister.
Azoutai quietly kicked the second square stone that protruded from the bottom of the stone wall, revealing another tunnel opening on the right.
The slightly protruding stone block at the bottom is a set mechanism, there are four stone blocks, only one is the correct mechanism, if you kick the wrong one, there will be a corresponding dark iron door at the end of the corridor that will automatically close. This organ is extremely vicious, and if you make a mistake, you will only save people instead of saving you, but trap yourself.
The underground prison has two floors, and the two went down two looping iron stairs to the second underground cell.
This level of the cell is significantly smaller, with two cells on the left and right, and the cells are filled with ice, so the cold is unusually heavy. There is no sun and moon in the cage, only a few densely buried hidden pipes for ventilation, if you are not a person with profound skills, you will definitely not be able to bear it if you stay here for half a year.
I saw three people imprisoned in the prison, all of whom were held by large black iron ropes and kept silent.
On the upper left is a bald man over 90 years old, dressed in a dark robe, with ten-inch-long eyebrows and beard, who was captured in the Falcon Project and the Shaolin monk Kuji.
The person detained in the lower left has black and white hair, is also over sixty years old, dressed in white clothes, if he lifts his loose hair, his face is also clear, this person is the spirit of the Sword Sect.
On the upper right, there is an old man with white hair, dressed in plain white clothes, but I don't know who is imprisoned here, and he must be extraordinary.
Meng Ge said: "You are all the predecessors of the Central Plains martial arts, and your reputation in the Central Plains is extremely high, if you are willing to serve our Mongolia and help our Mongolia complete the great cause of reunification, you will definitely be well entertained." If not, I'll have to kill you!"
"Amitabha! Donor, if you want to kill, you will be killed, if you don't kill you, please go back!" Ku Ji said lightly.
Lingxuan Sanren Qu Zicheng also slowly echoed: "Life and death are fate, how can you be greedy for life and afraid of death." Let's do it!"
The white-haired old man was silent.
Meng Ge didn't look angry, just left a sentence.
"You can figure it out at any time, and you can let people notify me at any time!"
The damp and cold air of the dungeon was too heavy, and Meng Ge and Asutai did not want to stay for a long time, and even after leaving the cell, the three dark iron doors were closed one after another.
On the way back, Asutai had doubts, and when he saw that there was no one around, he asked Meng Gedao,
"Father Khan, since the people in the prison cell are not used, why not kill them to deter the Central Plains Martial Arts!"
"Child, you are too young after all! Many things should be seen in the long run! Your fourth uncle is very good at this! You should ask him for more advice and learning!" Meng Ge gently reprimanded Asutai.
After hearing this, Azoutai did not care, but became more and more disgusted with Kublai Khan.