On the second day of August, on the west bank of Qinghai Lake, people piled up Aobao tents to cover the sweat tents toward the north, and spread crimson satin for half a mile. Mongolians gathered here from all directions.
The Mongolian nobles under the Marshal's Mansion held a huritai.
Taiji, General Ahai Daiqing of Outer Khalkha, and General Yongxie Buxie Erhu both held sabers.
Empress Namuzhong led the wives of nobles from various tribes to bring a white horse and kill it to offer sacrifices to heaven. She broke the arrows and everyone drank the blood. They hung a belt around their necks, took off their pockets and tied them to their wrists. They used their hands to cover their vertebrae, bowed nine times to the sun, drank wine and prayed.
Oath to the Heavenly Alliance, established Dunta Ulusi, respected Liu Chengzong as co-leader, and called Dunta Ulusi Daiqing Khitan Khan.
In fact, China is good at fighting the King of Han.
When choosing a name, Huitai Ji led the people to pick out several words, and finally selected two. One was Khitan and the other was Duotuo Ladu Hezha. The former was Han Chinese and the latter was Chinese.
There are also some meaningless terms such as Chechen means wisdom and Hutuktu means longevity. They couldn't pass the test of Ahai Daiqing and Xie Erhu, so they were beaten back.
Xie Erhu knows best. The generalissimo is very practical and would not like such a superfluous name. After all, he was also present when Tututaiji announced his brother's name. The generals in the marshal's mansion still remember it with laughter.
New.
Of course, there is more than one word for Khitan that corresponds to the Han people in Mongolian language. This word first came from the Han people under the rule of the Jin Dynasty, so it was called Khitan.
Another one is to call the Han people under the rule of the Song Dynasty. The plural is called Nangjia, and the singular is called Nangjiasi, which means barbarian. In the books of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, whenever the Ming Dynasty is mentioned, it is either a Khitan fan or a Nang.
Jiazai Daimi'er is never called Daimi'er directly.
Who dares to mention this word?
Ahai Daiqing originally proposed to call him Han Han, but everyone thought there was something wrong with it.
Batur Hutaiji felt that there is no word Han in Mongolian, and it doesn’t matter what they call it here. But even if they teach Chinese in the Tianshan Mountains, it will be difficult for one generation to solve it. It is difficult for people to understand what it means. What does it mean?
It's the same as not weighing.
Xie Erhu felt that it was better not to smear the commander's face. After all, how did the Ming Dynasty call Lin Dan Khan? He also knew that today they dared to call Liu Chengzong Han Khan, and tomorrow all the officials in the court would dare to say that the Western Bandits and Northern Bandits merged, and their leader
Called Hanhan.
Even Daiqing Khitan, they all understood it, and Batur Hutaiji felt that the word was too small and harmful, so he finally found an official document from the Ming Dynasty in the early years, which called himself Duntaurus, which means the Kingdom of the Middle.
, and installed it for Liu Chengzong.
Anyway, the Generalissimo said that he would go to the Central Plains sooner or later.
Liu Chengzong worshiped the heaven and the earth, and Taiji led his troops to kneel down and salute the mountain and shout long live the mountain. When the great ceremony was completed, many people around Taiji who were proficient in literature and calligraphy took the oath and Duntaurus from Tianshan Mountain to Mobei, from the Ice Sea to the Snow Mountain.
In the territory, dozens of copies of the news about the two hundred thousand soldiers were copied and stamped with seals.
There are scout horses from various tribes carrying water and food astride the horses, rushing to the Western Regions, Tianshan, Mobei, Monan, Uzang, telling the world that a central country that spans thousands of miles and is supported by various tribes has been established. Let them
Hurry up and pay tribute.
To be honest, Liu Chengzong's 200,000 troops are much more valuable than Lin Dan Khan's 400,000. He doesn't think he is bragging at all. This is not even a claim. He can really mobilize an army of 200,000.
It's just that his territory is sparse, with high mountains and deserts in the middle, or no-man's land where midsummer is less than ten degrees Celsius, and his financial resources do not allow him to mobilize so many troops.
The Oirat tribes can recruit 100,000 people, and their range of activities is only around the Tianshan Mountains. Beyond the Tianshan Mountains, they cannot afford to support themselves;
Cao Yao of Kangning Prefecture has 10,000 people, and Tusi Muya of Changhe West has 3,000 people, but these armies can only run back and forth in Kangning;
Wu Zang pretended to lead more than 10,000 people in. Later, Lazun led him and several thousand people from Guru Taiji in sparsely. This group of people could not escape, but they did not hear that the army was defeated. Only Xining Prefecture is really active. Now counting the two battalions of Zungar and Heshuote, and the field battles of Liu Chengzong's direct lineage, Mutun already has fifteen battalions.
In addition, Liu Chengzu, Liu Guoneng, and Chen Qindai all have some garrison troops, as well as several chieftains in Hehuang who are neither enemies nor friends but seem to surrender and rebel. The three melons and two dates are in the hands of just over 60,000 and less than 70,000. p>
In fact, before this, Liu Chengzong had never thought about not counting Tianshan's own 100,000 troops, because in the context of natural disasters and reduced food production, he actually did not treat many people as soldiers, let alone Hehuang Fifteenth.
Battalion, he only recognized the seven battalions inside as soldiers.
However, this decree is mainly issued to the leaders of the grassland tribes. It cannot be said that they have thousands of miles of land and only 30,000 troops. That would be too easy for people to underestimate.
This kind of thing does not depend on his standards, but on the other party's standards for treating soldiers. Liu Shishi thinks that according to the standards on the grassland, it is modest to say that the Marshal's Mansion has 200,000 troops.
The letter was sent just to let the tribes on the grassland who were defeated and dispersed by the invasion of the Jin Kingdom know that in addition to submitting to the Jin Kingdom, there is a place in the west that can accept them and protect them.
Liu Chengzong didn't really expect that he could make the three Khans of Mobei surrender by sending a letter.
To put it bluntly, except for Junggar and Heshuote, who came over and were slapped down and promised benefits, the Mobei tribes would not support a king who had never conquered them, nor would the Jin Kingdom because of
A piece of paper was submitted, and only the scattered Monan tribes had the possibility of being won over.
In fact, he agreed with the various tribes to call him Khan. On the one hand, Huetaiji's concerns about the Mongolian people in the Tianshan Mountains did exist objectively. On the other hand, he also used this to test the reaction of the Second Prefecture of Xikang and the surrounding areas in preparation for establishing the title of king. In his heart, he always believed that the Chinese emperor was the only exclusivity, and the Khan on the grassland was at most just a means to control the Tianshan Mountains. What he wanted most was the king.
However, what Liu Chengzong didn't expect was that the Khuritai, which integrated western Mongolia, had just finished its meeting. Before Liu Chengzong walked from Qinghai Lake to the Navy Yamen, he had already seen the envoy sent by the Mobei Chechen Khan.
On their way back to the Navy Yamen with Batur Hutaiji, Liu Chengzong heard a report from Tangqi behind the team, and Chahar's eldest concubine Na Muzhong came with Ezhe to apologize.
Monk Liu Shizi Zhanger was confused. The ceremony of proclaiming the sweat had just been completed. They had met an hour ago. How could they make mistakes so quickly?
He was quite happy at first, but this ceremony was tiring. Tens of thousands of Mongolians gathered on the sea to participate in the ceremony. People and horses were running around and the sky was filled with dust. He was covered in sweat while wearing armor. He was almost like a monkey in the sky. He just expected to be comfortable in the Navy Yamen.
Take a shower.
He was stopped at this time, which made him a little unhappy. It happened that Dai Daozi was following Huitaiji, so he said to Dai Daozi: "Then you go and ask behind what's going on. Let's go on first."
Move forward."
Dai Daozi accepted the order and left. Huitaiji saw that Liu Chengzong was unhappy and did not dare to speak, so he followed behind him to the Navy Yamen.
Not long after, Dai Daozi came back, clasped his fists and said: "Commander, he is the envoy of the Chechen Khan from Mobei. He is looking for Empress Chahar. He mingled in the ceremony procession. After the ceremony was completed, he found the Great Or'er and was stopped by the guards.
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Before Liu Chengzong could sort out this piece of information, Batur Hutaiji, who was very discerning, had already stepped forward and explained to Dai Daozi: "The Chechen Khan's name is Shuolei. He used to be a Hutaiji. That guy was the earliest
He is the leader of the East Khalkha Road and is attached to the Great Khan."
"When the Great Khan cut off his left and right hands, because Shuolei was related by marriage to Lin Dan Khan, many of his tribesmen fled to Shuolei's tribe after the defeat. He became strong and became a khan east of Bogda Mountain in the past few years.
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Liu Chengzong thought that this was not a close relationship, and asked: "What is the relationship between him and Lin Dan Khan?"
"Brother-in-law, his mother-in-law is Namu Zhong's sister, both from the Abagai tribe, by the way." Dai Daozi listened to Huitaiji's introduction and translated for Liu Chengzong: "Namu Zhong's father is also named Dole.
Ji."
Liu Chengzong probably nodded, and sent someone to the back to tell Na Muzhong: "If you have anything to do, come to the Navy Yamen and talk to me."
He was tired and tired this day, and when he heard Dai Daozi talk about these things, he felt that it was not a big deal. He was thousands of miles away, and nothing was more important than taking a shower first.
On the way, Dai Daozi reported the whole story to Liu Chengzong. He said to himself that this Chechen Shuo Lei was a real thief, and Na Muzhong's father was also a ruthless man, but it was not easy for Na Muzhong, the eldest lady.
Namuzhong's father, Dorji, was the leader of the Abagai tribe. In his early years, the tribe lived with Chahar outside Zhangjiakou and submitted to Chahar. He married his two daughters to Shuolei and Lin Danhan respectively. Later, for some unknown reason, the father-in-law and his son-in-law had a grudge. Liu Shishi estimated that based on the personality of the Khan, it was probably the Khan's fault.
Abagai then led his troops to migrate to the north of the vast sea and attached themselves to his eldest son-in-law Shuolei.
In September of the first year of Chongzhen, the eldest son-in-law and his father-in-law joined the coalition forces of Aohan, Naiman, Kalaqin, Horqin, and the Kingdom of Jin to go to Guihua City to beat the second son-in-law.
Lin Dan Khan was defeated, Shuolei devoured a lot of Chahar tribesmen, ate a full meal, returned home and ascended to the throne of Khan.
Listening to Huetaiji and Dai Daozi talking about the war that took place in Guihua City six years ago, Liu Chengzong suddenly felt that he understood Lin Danhan's hitting the wall.
He believes that Lin Dan Khan may not be afraid of Hou Jin. Although Chahar's loss of momentum was Huang Taiji's handiwork, it seems that Hou Jin just drove the tiger away and swallowed the wolf.
He may have underestimated the situation faced by Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan fled westward because he was afraid of Mongolia, a Mongolia that had rebelled against its relatives.
In the vast Monan, there is no place for the Mongol Khan. Being betrayed and separated from one's relatives is even more uncomfortable than being defeated by a foreign enemy.
Only at this time did Liu Chengzong have to admit that bloodline was still of some use, at least allowing Lin Dan, Hu Duntu and 40,000 people to escape.
If the eldest brother, Cao Yao, Yang Yao, Wang Wenxiu and the others were to launch an army to attack him, Liu Chengzong might not even be able to escape... How desperate.
As the Chechen Khan's envoy appeared in Qinghai at this time, Batur Hutaiji speculated: "Shuolei must have sent people to follow Lin Dan Khan as early as when he ran west. I estimate that if there is a letter, it must have been written before.
I’ve received several letters.”
Liu Chengzong nodded slowly. This was because he had long seen that Lin Danhan would only be defeated.
Of course, it's also possible that you were full after eating last time, and just after digestion, you were in a hurry to find food again.
Liu Shizi returned to the Navy Yamen, where hot water had been prepared for him to take a comfortable bath. Then he received a report from the guards saying that Ezhe and Namuzhong were coming, so he went to the Yamen with his hair disheveled.
The hall summoned them.
Ezhe came in a hurry, and the little Mongolian hat on his head was crooked; Namuzhong was frightened, and when he saw Liu Chengzong sitting in the front hall, he bowed down and saluted to admit his mistake when he stepped in.
"Okay, don't kneel down. When someone delivers a letter to you, you just need to admit your mistake." Liu Chengzong laughed, waved his hand and called E Zhe: "Son, come here, wear your hat straight."
E Zhe was confused. Na Muzhong prostrated himself and he also prostrated himself. Liu Chengzong asked him to come over but he was confused. He looked at Na Muzhong and then at Liu Chengzong, then he hurried over. After listening to Dai Daozi's translation, he let Liu Shizi handle the matter.
He put his hat straight.
At this time, Liu Chengzong looked at Namu Zhong seriously. It seemed that it was because she was younger when she married Lin Danhan. She was less than thirty and even looked two years younger than Su Tai.
However, Na Muzhong's appearance was not as dazzling as Su Tai's, but she looked dignified and virtuous. After standing up and saluting, she was about to explain something, but was interrupted by Liu Shishi, who gestured to the side: "Sit down and talk."
While Na Muzhong was walking to the seat, Liu Chengzong pulled E Zhe beside him and asked Dai Daozi to translate, saying: "I have heard almost everything on the way. What is the content of the letter Shuolei sent you and where is it?" p>
Namuzhong quickly took out the letter, but the letter was crinkled in her hands. Dai Daozi stepped forward to take the letter, with a look of helplessness on his face, and had no choice but to ask Namuzhong: "Empress, what is the content?"
After that, he felt uncomfortable with Liu Shishi: "Commander, I don't recognize him completely."
Liu Chengzong nodded, as expected: "It's okay if you don't admit it completely, let the eldest lady tell you, just go back and find someone you know who can confirm the letter"
Namuzhong glanced at Liu Chengzong carefully and said: "The Chechen Khan hopes that I will bring my ladies and Ezhe to join him. He can revitalize the Khan's court and take on the responsibility of taking care of our mother and son."
With a sincere smile on his face, Liu Chengzong looked at Na Muzhong and asked, "Do you want to go?"
His smile was almost insincere, because Batur Hutaiji's guess was right, which made it difficult for people to hold back.
The war between Oirat, the Marshal's Mansion, and Chahar ended at the end of June. Lin Danhan became seriously ill and was buried in mid-July. Only half a month has passed now.
Even if Chahar's defeated army started running away in the middle of the battle, I'm afraid they haven't even escaped from the Mu Us Sea yet, so how could they possibly send envoys back from Chechnya?
Unless you are prepared in advance, your brother-in-law is still thinking about your sister-in-law before he is dead. How can you be so nervous?
Na Muzhong could not look into Liu Chengzong's eyes, lowered her head and said: "The Great Khan entrusted Ezhe to the Generalissimo. He is now the Generalissimo's son. We are all the spoils of the Generalissimo and we will not want to defect to outsiders." p>
After saying that, she raised her head and said: "It's just the general, where are you going to put us eight sisters?"