Since his subordinates were silent, Tuo Lei thought deeply, letting the horse spin in place for a few times, and then lowered his head to nibble on the grass.
There was one more thing he was worried about.
Since Genghis Khan asked him to be a spy, he will be a reliable spy in a down-to-earth manner. In the past six months, he has been traveling around the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, not only gathering information on military, political and economic aspects, but also knowing
, It turns out that the Song State once controlled the entire Central Plains. The Han people of the Northern Jin State were all subjects of the Song State in the early years. However, due to the rise of the Jurchens, the Song State capital was destroyed, the emperor fled, and the family was divided.
Two families.
Guo Ning was a Han, so it only took him two or three years to sweep away the Jurchens' power and establish the Great Zhou Dynasty at an alarming speed. Precisely because he was a Han, his Great Zhou Dynasty was able to earn profits from the Song Dynasty at an astonishing speed.
It will be just as fast!
Obviously, the merchant ships of the Zhou Dynasty traveled north and south without any obstacles. When the two of them started doing business, it seemed that there was no barrier. I heard that the trade between the Zhou and Song Dynasties expanded greatly, which happened in the past two years.
But Guo Ning's general Shi Tianni has already arrived in Fuzhou, thousands of miles away!
So the piece of meat in front of Guo Ning is not only fat, but also easy to eat, without even having to fight. Not only is it easy to eat, every bite taken can be quickly digested in the abdomen, and converted into strength with almost no loss!
Of course, Mongolia is also trying its best to eat meat. However, let alone whether the meat faced by Genghis Khan is fat enough, are the Mongols absorbing and digesting the old lands of Khwarezm and Xiliao quickly enough?
Regarding this issue, the 1.2 million people who were massacred by the Mongolian army in Samarkand, the capital of Khwarezm, may have something to say.
After a while, Tuo Lei whispered: "I originally planned to use the power gained from the conquest to return and subdue the Ding navy, but the Song Dynasty is so rich and weak, and the situation in the future may be very different from what was previously expected.
.I will rush back to Father Khan this time to explain the matter in detail and urge Father Khan to decide on a countermeasure as soon as possible."
He looked at the people around him and continued: "There are only a few things to do. First, we must make a good alliance with the Xia Kingdom, and then think about what we can do to win over the Song Kingdom, or create conflicts between the Zhou and Song Dynasties.
Both countries have troops stationed in the Qinlong area. Maybe we can promise to help the Song State regain Qinlong? Just like when the Jin State and the Song State jointly destroyed the Khitan! There is also the Jin State... The Jin State was destroyed, but it was just these two
Years ago, the Jurchens may not have been exterminated. There are always people who are dissatisfied with the Zhou Dynasty who can be relied upon for support. In addition, the Jurchens’ hometown in the northeast is filled with pits and valleys full of wild Jurchens, so they can always
Incite a group."
Speaking of this, he thought of the several nomadic tribes in the eastern part of the grassland and the manpower left by Genghis Khan on the grassland. He was horrified: "By the way, since Ding Haijun has replaced the Jin Kingdom, he will reach out to the grassland. The kings of the eastern part of the grassland will
Also, the pressure on the King of Peking must be heavy. Even if the prison princess is here, the control over many tribes will inevitably be weakened. We must mobilize a troop of troops back to the grassland as soon as possible to restrain them!"
One of his subordinates said: "I'm afraid our troops are too urgent to mobilize."
"Our own troops have to suppress various places, and it is difficult to mobilize them for a while, so we should... we might as well call on the troops of those local snakes, the Kangli people. I remember that in addition to the 30,000 troops of the Kangli people, there are also the Tome Gumari clan and her
His sons Qulu and Yaya have seven thousand cavalry. We might as well send them all to the grassland. If there are not enough, add some cavalry from the Boyuewu tribe of the Kipchak... After they are transferred, we will graze in the river.
I can feel more at ease!"
At this time, those who could accompany Tuo Lei to the Song Dynasty were all close confidants, with no question of loyalty and talent. Therefore, Tuo Lei did not shy away from speaking, and he listed four or five measures in the blink of an eye. It was also a credit to him in the past two years.
The knowledge here has greatly increased, and these measures are quite insightful, and they are not just nonsense.
After saying this, Tuo Lei felt that he had no new ideas, so he asked his companions: "What do you think? Is there anything else that needs to be improved?"
Everyone thought for a while and came up with no original suggestions. They all looked at a tall, thin and gray-haired knight in the queue.
After all, Guo Ning has a reputation for being ruthless. He sent his generals to block the Zhizhou Yamen in the city. Who knows what will happen next. It would be bad if Tuo Lei and others caused a disaster for Chi Yu. So after Tuo Lei left the city
, leaving Guo Baoyu with some astute people to press the button
Swords guard the city gates.
This tall and thin knight is Guo Baoyu, who had just rushed his horse to catch up with his team not long ago.
Seeing everyone watching, Guo Baoyu said in a deep voice: "What did Ding Haijun fish for in the Song Dynasty, how much did he fish, and how should the Zhou Dynasty deal with it? That is what the Great Khan has to worry about. The advice given by the fourth prince to the Great Khan
, has nothing to do with us, and we have no idea.”
Guo Baoyu was a man of both civil and military skills, and he always paid attention to the propriety of his words, but at this moment, his words were extremely forthright.
Tuo Lei was stunned for a moment and looked around. He saw several people with shocked expressions on their faces, and some with vague feelings of concern.
Tuo Lei's expression remained unchanged and he smiled and said: "Yu Chen, you have no idea about my suggestion, but you must have your own ideas. You might as well say it straight and tell it to your heart's content."
Yuchen is the name of Guo Baoyu. Mongolian nobles always call their foreign subordinates by their first names, and sometimes they even give someone a nickname. But Tuo Lei always insists on using the Han custom to honor the Han people under his command.
Subordinates.
"Then, I will say it."
Guo Baoyu solemnly saluted Tuo Lei and continued: "If Guo Ning bites this piece of fat meat from the Song Dynasty to the south, it will quickly increase his strength and make it even more difficult to deal with the powerful enemy that is already difficult to deal with. At this point, the fourth prince only needs to
If you report it truthfully, the Great Khan will definitely understand the truth. The ideas that the Fourth Prince just thought of are also very insightful ideas, and the Great Khan will definitely like them. But what we want to know is not these. What we want to know is,
It’s the fourth prince who is traveling around the Xia Kingdom and how he plans to regain power in the Song Kingdom one year later!”
Tuo Lei chuckled twice.
"Do you have authority? That thing was given by Father Khan and cannot be taken away by me."
After hearing these words, Guo Baoyu sighed heavily, and the rest of his subordinates also sighed.
In the early years, Tuo Lei followed Genghis Khan and suddenly gained the right to command the army due to his father's favor. Such a good thing would be difficult to repeat now. Therefore, Tuo Lei came up with a hundred or a thousand ideas for the Great Khan, but he did not have any of his own.
Strength will never come to the fore.
It’s not that Genghis Khan was so jealous of his son. The key point is that the system of the Great Mongolia was established by Genghis Khan. From the establishment of the Qixue Army to the division of ninety-five thousand households, it was all for the purpose of realizing the rule of the Great Khan from above.
Centralization of power under the Central Plains. However, after the Mongolian army suffered repeated setbacks in the Central Plains, this process of centralization suffered setbacks.
Without the ability to directly control Tuo Lei, it is impossible to truly command those thousands and thousands of Mongolian households. Even his close subordinates can only be empty-headed nobles, waiting for the Khan to change his mind.
This situation is no different from a resentful woman in a palace waiting for the emperor to come to her. Guo Baoyu and others cannot accept it.
Guo Baoyu initially served as an official in the Jin Kingdom, because many generals surrendered to Mongolia after the Battle of Yehuling, so his performance after the surrender was not conspicuous.
After Tuo Lei failed in Shandong, his headquarters suffered heavy losses. Genghis Khan was unable to make up for his losses, so he organized many of the surrendered soldiers into a large battalion and gave them to Tuo Lei to manage. There were very few Tuo Lei who were close friends of the Mongolian tribe.
, he could only try his best to win over these foreigners to surrender, and Guo Baoyu was given the important role of Tuo Lei.
When Genghis Khan launched his Western Expedition, Tuo Lei's seemingly ragtag group of subordinates, including Khitans, Jurchens, and Han people, played an important role.
Guo Baoyu and his son were the vanguard of the army. Over the past few years, they climbed over snow-capped mountains, crossed glacial lakes, forcibly crossed rivers, and went deep into the desert. They successively took the lead in capturing the fortified cities of Husi Wour'er, Beelse Bali, and Beelse Lan, and fought hundreds of battles.
Annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies and behead tens of thousands.
If that was all, it would be fine. The Mongolian army was filled with brave generals and ruthless men who killed without batting an eye. During the two-year Western Expedition, the army traveled freely and killed millions of people.
However, wherever Guo Baoyu led his army, in addition to killing people, he was able to restore order according to the rules of the Central Plains army, and quickly mobilized food, weapons and even young men and craftsmen from the conquered lands to strengthen the Mongolian army.
We must know that Genghis Khan's Western Expedition was a strategic turn that Genghis Khan actively chose after suffering heavy losses in the Central Plains. The purpose of the Western Expedition was to strengthen the strength of the Mongol Uluths and maintain a continuous confrontation with the Han powers in the Central Plains.
Necessary. Guo Baoyu's acting style was exactly in line with Genghis Khan's requirements.
As a result, Tuo Lei was praised many times by Genghis Khan, and Guo Baoyu himself was awarded the title of Daruhuachi, which is the judge of affairs. Daruhuachi in various places are all held by Mongolians, with the exception of Guo Baoyu. In Khitan
After Yelu Ahai died of illness, he was also the only foreigner to control the real military and political power in the Mongolian army.
During the war, Guo Baoyu was wounded in the chest and was seriously injured. It was Genghis Khan who personally ordered the cow to be killed and disemboweled, and after removing the internal organs, Guo Baoyu was stuffed inside, which saved his life.
Many of the territories captured by Guo Baoyu were soon handed over to another henchman of Tuo Lei, and the Jurchens were responsible for the management of Zhongshan. These territories were thus more than just providing one-time support, and became capable of achieving long-term rule.
, a land that has been exploited for a long time.
Since the status of Guo Baoyu and Nianhe Zhongshan has grown, Tuo Lei's power and the size of his subordinates have also increased. The stronger Tuo Lei's power has become, the easier it is for Guo Baoyu and others to control local military affairs.
At that time, Guo Baoyu, Nianhe Chongshan, Liu Bolin, and Yelu Ahai's younger brother Yelu Tuhua and others had already controlled huge military and political power, with more than one million people under their rule, and their territory stretched from east to west.
There are two thousand miles.
Each of them could see the possibility of Tuo Lei opening the Dingding Cauldron in this vast land. If Tuo Lei eventually became the next Great Khan of Mongolia with his strength, it would not be unimaginable that everyone would be divided due to his merits.
Unfortunately, not long after, internal strife among the Mongols suddenly broke out. Genghis Khan changed his mind overnight and sent Tuo Lei back to the east as a spy, and asked Guo Baoyu to accompany him. Adhesion Chongshan was transferred to the Khan's side.
Bijachi, who served as the Suwei officer, had a high status, but he was surrounded by a large number of Mongolian Suwei, and was actually deprived of his real power.
As for the situation of Yelu Tuhua and Liu Bolin, I don’t know what happened to them because they set off too hastily, so they probably won’t be able to catch anything.
Tuo Lei himself had nothing to say about this situation, but his subordinates were inevitably angry.
In the final analysis, the reason why everyone surrendered to Mongolia was because Mongolia was so powerful that the Han people could not match it. Only those who understand the current affairs are heroes. Although Mongolia suffered a setback in the Central Plains, everyone had no time to change their tune and vote for a new master. Tuo Lei painted another one for everyone.
The founding of the country is a piece of pie in a foreign land, and promises that everyone will be crowned king and duke, and will enjoy the wealth and honor of the world from generation to generation.
In the past half year, Tuo Lei has been a spy seriously, and Guo Baoyu and others still follow him. This is because of the master-slave relationship over the past few years. But since Tuo Lei has decided to return to Genghis Khan, the future path
How to go is an unavoidable question.
If he declares at this moment that he is really satisfied with following his father and being a figure who makes suggestions, he really just wants to be an obedient son, waiting for his father to change his mind and give him something...
The pie that represented Tolei's promise came to nothing, and the vision of many foreign races sharing political power was shattered. The lamentations of these remaining subordinates at this moment are sincere, but the subsequent disunity is probably inevitable.
Tuo Lei understands all this.
After being frustrated in Shandong, Tuo Lei fell from his original aloof position, saw a lot of strange looks, and suffered a lot of hardships he had never experienced before. Those who had flattered him suddenly showed contempt, and those who had sworn to him suddenly showed contempt.
A loyal person suddenly became a stranger. The resulting pain once kept Tuo Lei awake all night long, as if there was a fire burning in his heart.
Now Tuo Lei has grown up. He knows that there is no emotion that comes out of thin air in this world, and there is no loyalty that only requires giving without asking for anything in return. Guo Baoyu is extremely kind to Tuo Lei, and now he wants to know his future, Tuo Lei
You must give him a future.
So he sat on the horse calmly, as if he didn't care about the mood of everyone, and just said calmly: "I will do my best to think of the situation properly and make suggestions to the Khan.
It is my duty as the Son of Man. And..."
He spoke longer and looked at everyone.
Guo Baoyu's expression moved slightly: "And what?"
"Moreover, after the idea is given, the authority will naturally return to my hands without me having to do anything. This time, what I will get will be more than before! Ten times more! What I can give you,