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"What?"
As soon as this statement came out, almost all the Han people subconsciously looked at the Mongolians around them, and the Mongolians looked at each other.
Someone whispered: "That's Genghis Khan's younger brother! Genghis Khan will come back!"
Some people whispered: "Beelgutai can summon at least three thousand people, or five thousand!"
The old Mongolian looked bitter, hesitated for a long time, and finally said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we are willing to find the missing members of the caravan! Even if we have to rummage through every pasture, running like hounds chasing hares, we
I am also willing to get him back."
"oh?"
Guo Ning's hand holding the knife paused, and he shook his head with a smile: "Didn't I make it clear? We will find the missing people sooner or later. What I want now is just Belgutai's head... Why?
, aren’t you willing to get it for me?”
The people around him were silent.
Guo Ning smiled and asked again: "Didn't you say that you are willing to be a wolf in the night and an eagle in the day? As long as I give my order, you will never stay when you move and serve me wholeheartedly?"
"This..." The old Mongolian really didn't know how to answer.
He wanted to explain that His Majesty the Emperor had made things difficult for others, but he didn't dare. He wanted to lower his head to avoid Guo Ning's smiling expression, but he didn't dare. The intense struggle made the wrinkles on his face become deeper and deeper, like
Deep patterns are layered on the large rocks deep in the grassland.
While he was hesitating, several younger Mongolians quietly moved their steps, trying to stand closer than others.
One of the young men who was specially dressed in a big Zhou was the one who said he wanted to be a wolf and an eagle. He opened his mouth and wanted to say a few words.
However, the customs of the Mongols have always been to respect the elderly nobles very much. Even if the Great Zhou Dynasty spread the status of Qianhu Nayan, making dozens or hundreds of people have the same status, the reputation of the elderly is still far beyond that of others, so he gasped
After a few rough breaths, I didn't dare to object face to face.
This behavior made several young people behind him very dissatisfied, and someone pushed him. But he blushed and remained silent. He only grabbed the brand-new general's robe with all his strength, and the veins on his forehead were pulsing.
Some people stood forward, and more people had similar thoughts to the old man, so they stepped back a little, as if they could avoid the emperor's sight.
The emperor is going to take action against the Mongols? Is this a little too hasty? The emperor wants to drive us to fight with the Golden Family's force first? Is this a little too ruthless?
People with different thoughts each made different subtle movements. The large circle formed by dozens of people around Guo Ning seemed to sway a bit, and then became slightly larger than before and became a little looser.
This situation fell into Zhao Xuan's eyes, and his face immediately became gloomy.
He is a great general of the Zhou Dynasty in Jinshan. He controls a lot of troops, financial resources and power, so even if he faces the members of the Golden Family alone, he is not at a disadvantage. On a daily basis, he is even more aggressive towards these tribesmen.
They are treated like chickens and dogs, and can be driven at will.
This time he gathered these people, intending to report to Guo Ning, select the loyal and available ones, and personally lead them to Usha Castle. As a result, these people were so shaken by the emperor's personal instructions?
Those who are standing forward are talking loudly. Why do you have to look forward and backward in front of the emperor? This look makes me lose face! As for those who are standing back, you are so timid, why does the court support you!
Guo Ning raised his head and looked at Zhao Xuan: "This is much better than I expected."
Zhao Xuan was ashamed, and immediately knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and said: "Actually, there are only a few people who are particularly timid. Please give me a day... No, no, as long as you give me half a day, I can rectify them. Tomorrow morning at the latest, I will
Pick out the elite and rush to Usha Castle!"
Guo Ning stretched out his hand to support his arm and asked him to stand up: "I have specially arranged for special personnel to find Lu Shu. What we have to do now is to take Belgutai's head to shock all the grassland tribes!"
Zhao Xuan couldn't help but ask: "Could it be... ahem, could it be too hasty?"
"There's no rush, it's time."
Guo Ning lowered his voice slightly: "There was a special person on the grassland who reported that the Mongol Khan had sent his envoys back to the grassland and asked the ministries close to him to prepare for re-dividing the grassland to welcome the return of the Western Expeditionary Army. That's why I agreed with Lu Shu to hurry up.
It’s time to go north to avoid the war between the two families, and there will be no chance to get many things done. But now..."
Zhao Xuan was surprised: "Beelgutai's actions are so intense, maybe the Mongolian army will return very quickly? Could it be...two months, three months?"
"That's not the case. I heard that the journey from the Onan River to the place where Genghis Khan stayed is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. Even if you ride quickly, it will take more than two months to arrive. The march of the army will be difficult along the way, not to mention
We have to spend the winter again, and I have summoned the generals to make plans so that they can return next spring."
"Then there's still time to deal with it."
Seeing Zhao Xuan's relieved look, Guo Ning patted him on the shoulder and continued: "If you look at what happened in Belgutai, it is obviously to gain time and time for him and even the members of the Golden Family who stayed behind in the grassland to expand their troops.
Financial resources. That’s why he values the market so much, rather than grabbing a handful and making a ready-made sum!"
"And what we have to do is to take advantage of Lu Shu's disappearance and completely disrupt the situation at the lowest cost possible!"
Zhao Xuan suddenly realized: "We have to disrupt the rhythm of the Mongols and disrupt the situation on the grassland! It is best if the Mongolian army comes back and faces chaos. It cannot be used as support to continue fighting south! Your Majesty, this is what is called
It hurts people without hurting them!"
"Well, so our Dazhou troops are immobilized, so we have to use these people."
Guo Ning looked at the Mongolians next to him.
Seeing Guo Ning and Zhao Xuan whispering, some of them showed curious expressions, while others seized the time regardless and argued with their companions.
These Mongolian people who were active on the edge of the grassland all believed in the Zhou Dynasty, but the differences among them were even greater than the differences between the Mongols and Han'er.
Some people are willing to obey the order of the Central Plains and admire the culture of the Central Plains.
Because the Mongolian grasslands have been fragmented since ancient times, the Mongolian Uluth established by Genghis Khan has only existed for less than fifteen years. By launching aggressive wars, the Mongols condensed their own understanding of themselves as a unified whole and shaped themselves as conquerors.
The author's pride, but this process has been interrupted by Guo Ning.
Therefore, the more many Mongolians admired Genghis Khan, the more they bowed under Guo Ning's might.
Especially the younger Mongolians. They have not experienced the cruel unification war on the grasslands, and lack direct understanding of the power of Genghis Khan. They once accompanied the Mongolian army in the southern expedition, but if you think about it carefully, during the southern expedition, there were certainly devastation, but also some
It was a disastrous failure, not to mention that the Great Khan also killed most of Xue's army in Hebei and had to swim to escape?
In this situation, they had no psychological advantage over the Central Plains Han'er. On the contrary, what the Central Plains Zhou Dynasty showed to the Mongols was a comprehensive and overwhelming advantage in military, economy and even culture.
Once the younger Mongolians came into contact with the system from the Central Plains and felt the posture of a Central Plains dynasty when it rose, it was easy for them to no longer take their identity as Mongolians seriously, and instead became keen on becoming a member of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, there are also people who are still cunning and cunning.
What happened to the two missing Han'er, this group of Mongolian families didn't care. But with their familiarity with the grassland, it was not difficult to use some manpower to search; at the same time, this small move was used in the Zhou Dynasty.
To exaggerate the bravery of life and death, in order to gain more support from the Central Plains court, has been the tradition of the grasslands since ancient times.
When Genghis Khan's power was weak, he served the Jin army in front and behind the horse. In fact, he didn't fight a few tough battles. Instead, he took advantage of the main force of the Jin army to fight with the Tatar tribe, sneak attack on the Tatar tribe's lair, and captured all of them.
Food for carriages and horses.
With this merit, Genghis Khan not only became the "Zhawu Tihuli" of the Kingdom of Jin, which is the Mongolian messenger, but also gained the privilege of taking refuge in the Kingdom of Jin during the war.
Later, when he was fighting against the Naiman tribe, he retreated into the Great Wall of Jiehao in Dajin. He and Tuolihan relied on the Jin defenders in Alansai on the boundary moat to push back the coalition forces of the Naiman tribe and Jamuka, and then they
Won the battle of Kuoyitian.
People on the grasslands are naturally familiar with the rise of Genghis Khan, so at this moment, even towards the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, many people still maintain this attitude.
It's okay to do some chores, and it's okay to do some dirty work. But Your Majesty the Emperor, you want us to be serious... Ahem, we are powerless. We know how terrifying the force of Da Zhou is. But when Da Jin was strong, the force of force
Isn't it also scary? The Central Plains court is always just the Central Plains court, can it really be the master of the grassland?
At present, there are only a small number of Mongolians who are attached to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The court must treat us with kindness and tolerance in order to attract more people to follow. It will never force us to do anything. And we are all smart people on the grassland. How can we rely on the people of the Central Plains?
We all know how to gain benefits through force!
Guo Ning looked around them, looking at each of their expressions one by one, as if he saw their thoughts.
Especially those who clearly remain opposed.
'Their acting skills have been accumulated over time, and they may be outstanding among the Mongolians. But Guo Ning has been in the borderland since he was a child, and is too familiar with the Mongolian manners. In the past two years, he has dealt with more civil servants in North Korea and China, and his eyesight has improved.
They moved very quickly, so I clearly saw cunning and a bit of smugness in their eyes.
Seeing the emperor looking at them, they actually cheered up, gave up their excuses, and began to complain.
Maybe some of them really didn't want to fight with their fellow tribesmen on the grassland, and some of them were deliberately opposed, hoping to get the emperor to increase the reward.
Several Mongolians were noisy and looked at me and said something, which was quite interesting.
If we spend some time and do some ideological work, or follow the wishes of these Qianhu Nayan and increase the reward, we should be able to convince a few people.
It's a pity that Guo Ning doesn't like to bargain with others. He always maintains the style of an army commander, emphasizing that military orders are like a mountain, and will not tolerate this kind of attitude of waiting for price at any time.
But he is the emperor after all, and there is no need to deal with this kind of thing personally.
Guo Ning glanced at Zhao Xuan and said in a deep voice: "Sixteen agree, eleven oppose, and about thirty have no idea."
After all, there are more people who agree than those who oppose it, and all the hard work in the past few years has been wasted.
Zhao Xuan followed Guo Ning's eyes and looked at them, and finally nodded with certainty. After nodding, he couldn't help but said: "Those who objected all had the title of Qianhu Nayan! There were a total of twenty-two people present.
Qianhu Nayan, half of them are against it! These people really don’t know whether to live or die!"
Guo Ning couldn't help but laugh, laughing very easily. He gestured to the knights behind him, and Ni Yi immediately pursed his lips and whistled.
When Guo Ning climbed up to the Luotuochang City to look out, his cavalry were staying a stone's throw away. Upon hearing the whistle, flags were waved several times, and then a group of cavalry came out of the crowd and galloped over.
Obviously, the equipment of this cavalry is very outstanding. The horses are all tall horses. The knights all wear iron armor. Each one is equipped with a lance, bow and arrow, and a straight knife. There are also handy short weapons such as bones and hand axes hung on the side of the saddle.
, dagger, etc.
After they galloped to the bottom of the slope, they didn't stop at all. Everyone shook their reins, and the horses leaped into the air, climbing over the overgrown shrubs on the slope one after another, and came directly to the nearest place as if they were walking on flat ground!
This kind of operation not only requires long-term training of the war horses, but also requires strict riding skills. Such riding skills can only come from the Mongolians deep in the grasslands! Moreover, they must be carefully selected among the Mongolians.
The group that can truly make people and horses work as one!
When they rushed to the top of the slope, the Mongolian nobles who had been ordered to assemble began to feel that something was wrong.
The old Mongolian squinted at the cavalry, and suddenly shouted: "Shi Mo is also the first prisoner! Sukhbalu Qianhu! Bilige Qianhu! Why are you here?"
When Shi Moye, a Khitan man, arrived at Jinshan, he was a small leader guarding prisoners. But after all, he was a capable man who had been praised by Mu Huali. After being sent by Zhao Xuan to control the remaining troops of Lakshen Qianhu,
The status is like sitting on a hot air balloon and rising in the sky.
Now he was appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses of the Recruitment Department, and was specifically responsible for commanding the Mongolian army, Yi army, and even Khitan and Bohai soldiers and horses under the Recruitment Department. His status was equal to that of Jinshan Defense, which made Zhao Xuan equal.
While rushing to Xuandezhou, Guo Ning also wrote to Shi Mo to summon six thousand soldiers from Mongolia who were serving in the army and go north together with the emperor's retinue.
The group of Mongols under Shi Moye's command included Nayan Sukhbalu and Bilig, the first two thousand households of the Zhou Dynasty.
These two people were loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty. They had already given up control of the tribe, fully integrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty's military household system, and became the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, they were still in Xijing Datong Prefecture and Qinzhou,
They fought against the grassland tribes and proved their loyalty. They and their subordinates all had blood on their hands!
They heard the Mongolian old man's surprised question, but ignored it and only saluted Guo Ning uniformly.
Guo Ning put the golden sword back into its sheath, nodded slightly to them, turned around and mounted his horse.
Riding on the horse, he pointed at Zhao Xuan and Shi Moye first: "You two will be responsible for what happens next. The reward I gave remains unchanged, and the goal remains unchanged. I want Belgutai's head!"
"Yes!" Zhao Xuan and Shi Mo also bowed together on their horses.
Guo Ning shook the reins lightly and headed down the slope.
Shi Mo also watched Guo Ning leave first, and glanced at the Mongolian nobles gathered in Gaixin, who were generally confused: "What's wrong with these people?"
Zhao Xuan was very familiar with him and was not polite. He gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Your Majesty asked these Mongolians to gather their subordinates to go to the grassland and attack Belgutai. For this, they promised a heavy reward! But among them, actually
Someone dares to disobey orders!"
General Zhao, what does this mean? Is it to punish us? Did the emperor of Zhou Dynasty do things so simply that he didn't give everyone a chance to discuss it?
Hearing what Zhao Xuan said, the crowd surrounded by the cavalry instantly started to stir.
"We are not disobeying orders! General Zhao, we are just in trouble!"
"It's not me! I didn't! It was the old man Hai Rigu who spoke nonsense and angered His Majesty!"
"I am not a Mongolian, general! I am a Han'er, and I have always obeyed the orders of the imperial court!"
Amidst the repeated shouts, first the leaders of the Han'er caravan or refugees present, and the leader of the horse thieves quickly retreated, keeping distance from the Mongolians. Then there was a chaos among the Mongolian crowd, and a group of Mongolians who had previously been surrounding the old man were captured.
He was pushed out suddenly. Someone was pushed outside in a daze, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He quickly turned around and tried to squeeze back into the crowd, but was punched in the face and knocked to the ground.
Shi Mo also hurried from his home base and only met up with the emperor's cavalry this morning. Because he traveled all night, he didn't have the chance to ask the emperor about his intentions. He was quite keen on fame and wealth. He heard Zhao Xuan say,
Going to the grassland to attack Belgutai, I was overjoyed.
He couldn't wait to set off immediately. How could he have the thought to slowly pay attention to the details with these Mongolians? Then he asked Zhao Xuan: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Zhao Xuan had previously lost his relatives to the Zhou Dynasty. Today he summoned the leaders of local forces and encountered many people who violated the emperor's will. At this moment, he just felt disgraced and had no intention of dealing with it slowly. He said angrily: "
The emperor just pulled out his sword! What do you think?"
"ha!"
Shi Mo also laughed ferociously: "Eleven people, that's not much... Kill them, and you and I will quickly gather our troops and take action!"
As soon as the words "Kill them" were uttered, the two Mongolians on his left and right, Sukhbaru and Bilige, immediately urged their horses forward.
The sound of the cavalry unsheathing their swords came one after another, and then the screams of the Mongolian nobles also came one after another.