Chapter 1858 Zhang Yi envoy Yuan Meng in silence
Li Xiang patrolled the south, but no one knew that several riders followed him westward and entered the territory of the Western Regions. Of course, the territory of the Western Regions before had now become the territory of Yuan Meng.
Sending cavalry to harass Yuanmeng at this time was indeed the method that the ministers came up with.
However, it is actually just one of the ways.
Above the court, there are hundreds of officials, civil and military officials, and there are many people with mixed ears. Of course, some things cannot be discussed here.
And just after the court meeting that day, several of Li Xiang's close advisers gathered together, including Guan Zhong and Liu Bowen, and jointly discussed this alienation plan.
The person they wanted to alienate was of course Mao Dun among Yuan Meng. This man was also one of the few weaknesses that the Jin army could exploit against Yuan Meng at this time.
It is not that there are no flaws in the Yuan-Meng Dynasty, but some flaws are difficult to exploit. For example, the contradiction between Kublai Khan, who relied heavily on Han officials, and some stubborn Yuan-Meng factions, but Temujin was still there at this time.
, and Kublai Khan was obviously trained by Temujin, and Temujin's prestige was enough to suppress these problems.
Therefore, some flaws cannot be effectively exploited at all. Rather than forcefully using them at this time, which will have little effect, it is better to keep them first, and maybe there will be unexpected surprises in the future. Even if these flaws are eliminated in the future, it will not matter.
, anyway, it is a flaw that is difficult to exploit effectively.
Kublai Khan couldn't exploit the flaw on his side, so there was only one Maodun left.
As the representative of the old aristocratic forces of the Xiongnu, Maodun was a staunch Xiongnu racist. The word Xiongnu has extremely important meaning to Maodun.
It is precisely because of this that the old aristocratic forces of the Xiongnu headed by Maodun have always been dissatisfied with the later Yuan and Meng.
Although Temujin was originally founded with the Xiongnu as the backbone, the establishment of the Mongolian tribe itself was to integrate the small races that Temujin conquered, and the same was true for the large tribes that he conquered later.
For Temujin, the Huns, who share the same origin, are Mongols, and the people of the small races he conquered are also Mongolians. The Xianbei people he later integrated into are also part of the Mongols.
Moreover, in order to eliminate the conflicts between various ethnic groups, Temujin used various measures to strengthen the influence of the word Mongolia among Yuan and Mongolia, so that the word Mongolia continued to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Temujin, in particular, later received help from political figures such as Kublai Khan and Yelu Chucai, and his fortunes became even smoother.
To this day, among today's Yuan and Meng, there are still a few people who regard themselves as former Huns or Xianbei. This is exactly what Mao Dun cannot tolerate.
According to this situation, if we continue to develop this sentence, it won't take long, when the older generation gradually grows old, or even dies, the two words "Xiongnu" will be completely forgotten by Yuan Meng.
However, the old aristocratic forces of the Huns headed by Mao Dun, no matter how dissatisfied they were, could not twist their legs with their arms. Even if they wanted to survive, they could only swallow their anger.
For Temujin, although the old aristocratic forces of the Xiongnu led by Maodun are indeed a hidden danger, this hidden danger has a time limit. If time goes by, the word Mongolia will increasingly replace the two words Xiongnu.
In other words, when the Mongols completely replace the Xiongnu, when the Xiongnu are completely forgotten, what threat can these few people pose to him?
The entire Yuan and Meng had forgotten the Xiongnu. If Maodun raised the banner of the Huns, who among the entire Yuan and Meng would respond to him?
Therefore, Temujin did not care so much about the hidden danger of Mao Dun. As long as he did not die, it would be impossible for Mao Dun to cause trouble. In a few years, it would be even less possible for him to cause trouble.
On the contrary, Temujin wanted to leave Maodun as a hidden danger and let him use it for himself.
Maodun's military talents are at the forefront among the entire Yuanmeng. Although compared with the entire grassland, it seems that Temujin has no shortage of talents!
However, Temujin never looked at him, he just stood on the grassland!
What Temujin saw was the Central Plains. There were so many talented people in the Central Plains, especially Li Xiang, whom Temujin regarded as his greatest enemy. He had even more talented people under his command.
Therefore, Mao Dun is indeed a dangerous person, but Temujin is still willing to keep him.
And a king like Temujin is even more proud and confident. He is confident that he can control Maodun.
Especially in the beginning, during the battle against the Western Region, when Temujin personally led the troops, Temujin even reused Mao Dun. With him by his side, Mao Dun would certainly not be able to make any big waves.
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And all this time, even though Mo Dun knew that his life and death depended on Temujin's thoughts, he had always been diligent, flawless in doing things, and refused to make any mistakes.
Therefore, although Temujin later had to return to the rear to recuperate due to illness, and handed over the frontline war to others, he still could not be easily dismissed under the circumstances that Maodun was impeccable and did not dare to make any mistakes.
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In the military, you can go straight, strike when it's time to strike, and strike hard when it's time to hit hard, but it's different in politics. It's a winding process. Although simple violence is good, it can easily leave hidden dangers.
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Furthermore, Temujin also wanted to see if Kublai Khan, for whom he had high hopes, could suppress the fierce wolf Maodun.
If Kublai Khan disappoints him, then Temujin should consider whether he has another option.
In fact, Temujin may even consider whether he should take Maodun with him before leaving if he really has an emergency.
If it were in the past, Temujin would certainly not have considered so much, but now that he is quite old and seeing that his body has begun to decline, some things have to be considered.
Although doing this will inevitably leave hidden dangers, in the next generation, when there is no way to suppress this fierce wolf, even if there are hidden dangers, we can only do what needs to be done.
It was precisely because they inquired about the situation on Maodun's side and learned about the conflict between Maodun and Yuanmeng. Therefore, the counselors headed by Guan Zhong and Liu Bowen thought about whether they could start from Maodun's side.
As a result, this time Zhang Yi and his men secretly sneaked into the Western Regions with Qingqi.
Zhang Yi and others mingled with Huo Qubing's team and arrived at Xizhou. After arriving at Xizhou, they separated from the main force and continued westward along the way!