Extra Story Yan Ran Le Shi (Waiting for Your Thoughts for the Leader
The ninth year of Haidu Khan, the Year of the Tiger, is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Harahorin was once the center of the entire world, and it is still solemn and magnificent today.
Although the struggle for the throne of Khan lasted for several years, and Kublai Khan was also defeated and captured in the Central Plains, how could the Great Khan have no candidates? There will always be new people who ascend to the position of Great Khan.
Moreover, according to the oath made by the Golden Family in front of Genghis Khan, the throne of the Khan of the Wo Kuotai family will be permanent, and Haidu will be the most orthodox Khan.
Compared to fighting, Haidu is actually better at uniting vertically and horizontally.
After Kublai Khan was defeated, he joined forces with his uncle Hehu to restore Hara and Forest together.
At that time, Brother Bie'er of the Golden Horde wanted to compete with him, but not long after, Brother Bie'er died of illness. Brother Timur succeeded to the throne, and in order to stabilize the situation, he recognized the throne of Haidu.
Great Mongolia thus entered a rare and peaceful period.
Due to long years of fighting, a large number of warriors were transferred to Monan by Kublai Khan, which reduced the population of Mobei. The few remaining herders finally had enough pasture for grazing, but they also lost their enthusiasm for expansion, and the decline of force was very rapid.
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Haidu is not content with such peace.
He had met Li Xia and understood what kind of ambition Li Xia had; he also knew that Kublai Khan was captured, not dead; there were also a large number of Mongolian warriors captured, and after being civilized, they were likely to become the soldiers of the Tang Army's Northern Expedition.
pioneer.
All of this will threaten the position he finally recovered. He has no choice but to defeat Li Xia.
Haidu is also good at forbearing.
Since taking the throne, he has been recuperating, and through the means of combining vertical and horizontal connections, he has contacted the Golden Horde and the Yin'er Khanate, launched a large-scale trade, and exchanged the treasures left by his ancestors for cattle, sheep, and slaves, and worked hard to increase his strength.
After years of hiding, when he finally regained his strength, he began to send troops south to plunder.
The Han people say, "Ten years of gathering, ten years of lessons", and the next ten years are the ten years of teaching Li Xia a lesson.
Through continuous plunder, the national strength of both sides was reversed, and then the Tang Dynasty was destroyed.
Haidu is preparing to suck blood from Li Xia.
However, he did not expect that a nationwide war would break out immediately.
"The Great Mongolia only sent a cavalry group to clear grass in Hetao Valley, but the Tang Army actually used a large army to fight against us."
"In the west, Lian Xixian and Ulugh Nai have already sent troops to the Amu River. They want to occupy Haiyali and block the Great Khan's communication with the Golden Horde and Yin'er Khanate."
"In the land west of Hexi, a Tang army was fighting towards Halaholin, and robbed the Hulmen and Kanhonge tribes. After crossing the Chaoget Mountain, they continued to rob the Hade tribe."
"Yang Ben."
Haidu spat out two Chinese characters and placed a silver horse ornament on the map, at the location of Hala and Linxinnan.
At the same time, he also picked up another silver horse and placed it further southeast of Hala and Lin.
"Zhang Jue, who set off from Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty, marched more slowly and has only now reached the ancient city of Shiwu."
"Zhang Jue is the commander-in-chief of the Tang army. He has many troops, so it is normal for his march to be slow."
"The Tang army plans to meet up at the Erkhon River and attack Ha and Lalin together..."
After talking about the progress of the Tang army, Haidu looked around at the kings and talked about the Great Mongolia's response.
"The messenger from Timur, the busy brother, has arrived." Haidu said in a calm tone: "The Golden Horde will send 50,000 soldiers and horses to support Haiyali. Under the command of Zongwang Biege Cheer, they will definitely defeat the Tang army in the west."
This was an encouragement to the morale of the army, and many princes and generals were very surprised.
Haidu continued: "Also, Naiyan has also promised this Khan that he will make a sneak attack on the Central Plains when the Tang army goes north."
"Great Khan, Naiyan is a cunning fox. Does he really dare to cross Yanshan Mountain and enter the Central Plains again?"
"Zhang Jue has gone north, and the Tang army's troops in Yanshan are already empty. If he doesn't dare to do this, then why bother?" Haidu said: "Naiyan is not having it easy either. He fled the battlefield and lost his prestige. If he can't
Let the warriors grab the property, and he will be the first to die."
"The great Khan is wise."
"There is also Xiangdu. He uses the prestige of the Tuo Lei family to stabilize his Ulusi, and will take advantage of the war to attack Pingcheng..."
A large part of the reason why Haidu was able to become the Great Khan of Mongolia from an exiled prince was because of his ability to combine vertical and horizontal forces. In the past, he was able to unite with Li Xia, and now he can also unite with Li Xia's enemies.
As long as you have a keen and long-term strategic vision, you can clearly see the pros and cons of all forces.
"..."
After discussing the war, the clan kings and households bowed to their Great Khan one by one and left Wan'an Palace.
Wan'an Palace was a palace built during the reign of Wokuotai. Its Mongolian name is "Tumen Amu Gurangtu Or'er". It was built by Han craftsmen and has a palace architectural style with cornices and corners.
Among them, there are many decorations arranged by craftsmen from various countries. For example, when Montgo was in power, William, a craftsman from Paris, made a silver tree at the gate, and cast four silver lions at the roots of the silver tree.
A lion can even spurt mare's milk from its mouth.
After leaving Wanan Palace, you can see many mansions and yurts.
There are more Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, mosques, Christian churches and other religious buildings, with white towers and blue roof tiles mixed together.
This hodgepodge of a city that looks like a simple pile of loot will give people a sense of chaos and disorder at first glance.
But after looking at them for a long time, you can see a kind of beauty that complements each other.
Countless properties and cultures robbed through killings gathered here, but they gradually merged into a civilization over the decades.
An inclusive civilization formed because we are too lazy to care.
This is Harah Forest, which also has its own unique beauty, but it seems to have passed its most prosperous period and is about to decline.
Until, a voice sounded here——
"Enter the city!"
Someone yelled, excited because they saw this city for the first time.
This is August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The moonlight shines on the vast grassland, and a cavalry breaks through the tranquility of the grassland and rolls towards the Hala Forest.
The sound of galloping horse hooves came closer, and one could see a military flag with the word "Tang" written on it.
Time seems to have returned to the fourth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty when Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Anbei Protectorate and Hanhai Protectorate were set up here, and now they seem to have continued the process of history.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
More and more Mongolian troops fell, and the banner with the character "Zhang" also appeared outside Hala and Lin City.
Zhang Jue held a big ax in his hand, rode up on his horse, and knocked down an enemy flag that was still stuck at the city gate.
"The Great Khan of Mongolia has surrendered, and anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
According to the intelligence of the Mongolian army, Zhang Jue's main force should still be far away from Hara and Lincheng. Therefore, Haidu personally led the army to the southwest to meet Yang Ben, who was getting closer and closer.
However, Zhang Jue did not march slowly with the main force since the beginning of the war. He only led three thousand cavalry to attack thousands of miles; and Yang Ben was the one who led his main force to contain Haidu.
Chabal, the eldest son of Haidu, was left behind at Halahalin. He was caught off guard and hurriedly organized the Mongolian army to resist, but it was too late.
Zhang Jue's soldiers included both Han troops and some Mongolians captured from Kublai Khan's army. Some used firecrackers and some used bows and arrows to mercilessly kill the defenders.
These are soldiers and horses specially trained for expeditions. After eight years of training, everyone is fierce.
Moreover, many people's hometown is in Mobei, and they are even fanatical about conquering Hara and Forest.
In this way, the Tang army marched straight into Hala and Lin City with an unstoppable momentum and rushed towards Wan'an Palace.
At dawn.
"Surrender!"
"Surrender……"
The white paper in front of Wan'an Palace fell down. Chabal gave up resistance and led the kings to the big silver tree in front of Wan'an Palace, where he slowly bowed down to Zhang Jue.
They thought that after several years of recuperation, the Mongol army and horses could easily defeat the Han people after they had restored half of their previous combat strength.
Now it is discovered that after the same few years, the Tang army has become many times stronger.
In terms of national strength, soldiers, weapons, equipment, strategies, etc., the Tang army has won a lot in all aspects. They even know the terrain well, and there is no suspense about victory.
The Tang army killed more than 5,000 of the enemy with 3,000 men, captured 30,000 Mongolian troops who stayed behind, seized 300,000 cattle and sheep, and captured Haidu's wife, Dielian Chentong, and Haidu's seven sons.
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"This is Hala Horin!"
Shi Zheng strode through Wan'an Palace with his sword in hand, collecting the weapons of the prisoners.
Occasionally, some Mongolian soldiers who were unwilling to surrender would suddenly rush toward them with knives hidden behind their backs. The soldiers behind Shi Zheng would raise their firecrackers and knock them down with a "bang".
Facing him, Wang Li came from the other side. He saw Shi Zheng from a distance and waved.
"Wang Li, this is Wokuotai, Brother Meng's palace."
Shi Zheng went up to meet Wang Li and patted Wang Li on the shoulder. The blood on his hand was also patted on the shoulder.
"My dad, your dad, and General Wang... they saw us in the sky!"
"Um!"
"Damn, we've reached Brother Meng's lair! They should open their eyes in heaven!"
When Shi Zheng said this, he suddenly lost control and shouted: "Brother Meng! Let me see your motherfucker!"
Wang Li immediately gave him a bear hug and patted him hard on the back.
"The battle is not over yet, so put your eyes aside. You can defend the city with the commander, and I have been ordered to attack Haidu."
"good."
"gone!"
Wang Li walked away without saying a word.
Now Yang Ben is facing a decisive battle with Haidu in the southwest of Hala and Lin City. He wants to lead a thousand cavalry to raid the rear of Haidu.
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The cry of eagles pierced the sky.
Looking down from the sky, you can see two soldiers and horses fighting fiercely on the vast battlefield.
The goshawk then swooped in the direction of its lost treasure.
suddenly.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise, blood and flesh splattered, and half of the face of the lost treasure Chi Jie Xue Jun was turned into mud.
The goshawk quickly flew up into the night sky and disappeared into the sky.
The fighting continues below.
The Mongolian army was divided into several cavalry formations and surrounded the Tang army in a semicircular arc, like a half string of black Buddhist beads.
However, the Tang army formed a defensive formation.
Between the two armies, arrows were constantly intertwining like locusts.
Smoke was rising and blood was flowing, smearing more and more blood on the black battlefield.
To the northeast, a small group of cavalry crashed straight into the rear of the Mongolian army.
There were loud screams and roars.
"Halahorin has been lost!"
"Backup is here, kill!"
As a result, the semicircular arc-shaped Mongolian army formation began to become loose. It was like a wall of earth being shoveled in with a shovel, and the earth began to scatter.
At first it was just a military formation, but gradually, the entire Mongolian army formation was broken up.
Finally, it is no longer a whole.
The earthen wall was knocked down.
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"Hala and Lin have already conquered, and they won't kill you even if they surrender!"
Wang Mancang shouted loudly in Mongolian.
He was the vanguard of Yang Ben's command. He was the first to break into Haidu's formation and cooperated with the reinforcements sent by Zhang Jue to break the formation.
The herdsmen on the grasslands today are no better than before. Many of them are old people and children. Once the morale of the army is messed up, they will immediately fall apart.
From time to time, some Mongolian generals wanted to organize troops to resist, and Wang Mancang would raise his crossbow and shoot them from time to time.
Many of his soldiers have switched to using muskets. Veterans like him cannot learn new weapons and are more accustomed to using old items that come handy.
"General! General Wang Li is here!"
The soldiers shouted, and Wang Mancang looked up and saw Wang Li's banner.
Afterwards, Wang Li's soldiers and horses were seen cutting down the nine white banners of Haidu.
Wang Mancang, however, did not care to reminisce about the past.
Seeing Wang Li means that the Mongolian army's line has been penetrated.
But he didn't see Haidu's timid Xue.
"The sea has escaped!"
"Quickly, inform the commander that Haidu has escaped!"
The trumpet sounded, and the Lieutenant General gave the order.
"The commander-in-chief has personally led the troops to pursue Haidu, and the generals of all armies are collecting the prisoners!"
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In fact, Haidu had a bad premonition the moment he fought Yang Ben.
He wanted to gather together and learn lessons in ten years, but he was not ready for a decisive battle with the Tang army. Yang Ben was not like a small group of light cavalry as he thought, but a powerful army with extremely sophisticated weapons.
The reason why he still fought with Yang Ben was because he couldn't retreat. Once he retreated, he would become distraught.
As a result, he encountered another sneak attack from behind, and he knew that he was completely defeated.
In desperation, he could only lead a small group of confidants to break out of the encirclement, escape to the northeast, and run to the Golden Horde to seek refuge with his brother Timur.
The Tang army could not stay in Mobei for long, and sooner or later they would run out of supplies.
Borrowing troops from the Golden Horde, there is still a chance of a comeback...
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Three days later.
To the north after passing through the Halal Forest is the Hangai Mountains.
Hangai Mountain was called Yanran Mountain in the Han Dynasty.
The so-called "Yanran Leshi" refers to Dou Xian leading his troops to defeat the Northern Huns, climbing Jiluo Mountain in the Yanran Mountains, carving stones to record his merits and returning; the so-called "Sealing Langjuxu" means that after Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, he climbed to Langjuxu
Build an altar on the mountain to worship heaven.
This place is called the Far North and is the pinnacle of military generals' achievements.
Yang Ben stared at the looming figure ahead, galloped on his horse, and finally pursued him into the Yanran Mountains.
He had forgotten that he was the commander-in-chief along the way, and only had Haidu and the Mongol Khan in his mind.
If he were not eager to make meritorious deeds, it would be difficult to imagine that a Han general could catch up with a Mongol Khan in such a place.
"boom!"
"Whoosh."
From time to time, the sound of firecrackers and bows and arrows sounded, which was particularly loud in such a majestic terrain.
finally.
"Got it!"
The shouts of the Tang army were heard, and Yang Ben ordered again: "You must see people alive, and you must see corpses if you die."
He had no intention of letting Haidu escape, nor would he force himself to survive.
There is a dead end ahead.
The last confidant beside Haidu is still fighting with the Tang army.
These Mongolian soldiers were indeed warriors. They were clearly cornered and faced with the most terrifying firearms in the world, but they had no intention of surrendering and being captured.
"Bang bang bang..."
The blood dyed the grassland red, and the Tang army's muskets finally ran out of ammunition.
"Protect the Khan and go!"
The Mongolian warriors got on their horses again, actually protecting Haidu, hoping to break through the Tang army's line.
"Peng."
They rushed their horses and knocked down the Tang army with their flesh and blood.
Yang Ben was furious and shouted: "Stop them!"
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Haidu's face was covered with blood and he stared straight ahead.
He no longer thought about victory or defeat in his mind, but what he thought about was the legacy of Genghis Khan.
"Even if the descendants of Wokuotai are a piece of stinky meat, even if it is wrapped in grass, the cattle will not eat the grass, even if it is coated with grease, the dogs will not take a look at the grease, and they will still make him sweat."
He is the profuse sweater.
The legitimate Great Khan of Mongolia.
Kublai Khan usurped the throne of Mongolia for his personal ambition, but he was different. He was for the great inheritance of the Great Mongolia.
"Peng."
Haidu was knocked to the ground.
He struggled to get up from a pool of blood, knocked over a Tang soldier, and went to snatch his horse.
"puff."
A long spear pierced his stomach.
Haidu grabbed the long stick and slashed the neck of the Tang soldier on the opposite side with the knife in his hand.
Yang Ben struggled to pull out the stick.
Haidu, however, used all his strength to hold on to it.
So, a bow was put around Haidu's neck.
Yang Ben put his foot firmly on Haidu's shoulder, held the handle of the bow and pulled it outward, using the bowstring to pinch Haidu's neck.
That was the bow on Haidu's back, a hard bow. Yang Ben used all his strength, and even the veins on his neck popped out.
Haidu's eyes widened even more, and he tried hard to struggle out.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
It was the sound of a bowstring being ground, and it was also like the sound of bones in Haidu's neck being broken.
Finally, the sparkle in those wide eyes completely faded away.
Even until his death, Haidu maintained his attitude of resistance.
The Great Khan of the Great Mongol Kingdom would rather die in battle than be captured.
It's a pity that the Great Mongolia finally came to an end. This powerful empire with the most extensive territory in history flashed by like a meteor, gorgeous and short-lived.
Its rise is booming, and its demise is sudden.
Because the genius of the generation, Genghis Khan, only knew how to bend his bow and shoot at the enemy.
"died."
"Commander, he is dead."
Yang Ben let out a big breath and let go of the bow in his hand, only to feel that his hands were numb and did not feel like his own.
He looked up, looking at the thousand-year-old snow on the mountaintop in the distance, and let out a sigh of relief.
"Yanran Mountain...Yanran Mountain..."
Afterwards, Yang Ben's throat rolled and he murmured something in his heart.
"This is not the far north. Your Majesty's territory is not only the Han and Tang Dynasties, and I am not only the Wei, Huo..."
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December, Liaodong.
Kublai Khan finally returned to the grassland.
He squinted his eyes and looked greedily at the yurts one after another until the orangutans and their men came on horseback and rushed to him.
"Sir...sir."
Kublai Khan turned around and said, "Can I alone persuade him to surrender?"
"please."
Kublai Khan then walked towards the orangutan with his hands behind his back and asked, "Have you received my letter?"
"I received it very early." Xiangdu glanced at the Tang army following Kublai Khan. Seeing that they had not come up, he whispered in Mongolian: "Fortunately, I did not send troops to bring peace. In addition, Naiyan
I was frightened back by Tang Jun."
"Don't help Haidu win." Kublai Khan said calmly and in a low voice: "Haidu is just an opportunity for Li Xia to rely on our strength."
"yes."
"This war will last for a long time, you..."
The orangutan was stunned for a moment and said: "The war? The war is over."
"Where does the war end?"
"Halahorin."
"Impossible." Kublai Khan shook his head and said: "There is a thing in the Tang Dynasty called 'newspaper'. I read the newspaper every day and I can know the world's affairs. If the Tang army attacks Hara and Forest, it will be mentioned in the newspaper. Don't believe it.
Fake news.”
"Sir...sir, I learned the news from the newspaper."
"I just watched it before I left..."
But he saw that the orangutan had already taken out several rolls of newspapers from his arms and handed them over.
Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment. He had never thought that this newspaper existed north of Yanshan Mountain, so he quickly took it and took a look.
This is a newspaper from a month ago, and someone has written a translation in Uighur-style Mongolian.
Of course, Kublai Khan can be understood without a translator.
And the title in a row of big characters is "Wang Shi conquered Hara and Forest".
"this……"
Kublai Khan shook his head in disbelief.
"No, no, that's not what I saw on the first day of winter. No, I remember it very clearly. The front page clearly said fruit trees were harvested."
"Your Excellency, what you are reading is... the Datang Agricultural Newspaper?"
"What?"
"Of course there is more than one newspaper..."
Kublai Khan's mind was buzzing, and he no longer had the slightest confidence to make a comeback.
All his sources of information came from newspapers, but he didn't even know there were two newspapers, so why was he talking about making a comeback?
The whole person's knowledge, like the body, was locked up in that small square courtyard by Li Xia.
"Sir, please." Zangdu said again.
"Please? Where to go?"
"Have you forgotten, sir? You are here to appease the people and join the Tang Dynasty."