"Aha (Mongolian: brother), something is wrong." A middle-aged man dressed as a Mongolian nobleman slammed open the tent and rushed in like the wind.

A Mongolian nobleman who was drinking in the big tent raised his head lightly and said with a slight reproach: "Chukukr, after reading the Buddhist scriptures for so many years, why haven't you cultivated a more stable temperament?" ”

Chukukir, whose full name is Sitatai Chukukir, is the second son of Huang Taiji, so there is no need to say much about the one in front of him, it is the eldest son of Ulzheyi Ilduqi.

Chu Kukel was stunned, raised his left and right hands at the same time, and said: "Chechen Khan and the Ming State Taishi Gao pragmatic letter, which one do you read first?" (Note: It has been explained before that the Mongols had the habit of referring to the border ministers who held real power in the Ming Dynasty as "Taishi", which does not mean that they were really the Taishi of the Ming Dynasty.) )

Ilduqi's pupils shrank slightly, but his face was still calm, and he said lightly: "I am a Mongolian, so naturally I will read Chechen Khan's letter first." As he spoke, he held out a hand to Chukukir.

Chukukr didn't react in particular, and simply took two steps forward and handed out a letter and placed it in his hand.

Ilduqi took the letter, and before he could open it, he paused slightly, frowned, and said, "Have you read it?" ”

"Of course I did, otherwise how would I say something big?" Chukukr replied unconsciously.

Ilduqi rolled his eyes and snorted softly: "The Han people say that men stand at thirty, but you are a foal that does not grow up. ”

Chukukel pretended to sigh: "It's just a letter, isn't it unruly?" ”

Ilduqi didn't bother to say more, his younger brother has been like this since he was a child, and he didn't treat himself as an outsider, but fortunately, he was sincerely convinced by his own Aha, and even his own people could be handed over to Aha to manage, so Elduqi was tolerant of him.

Ilduzi did not beckon Chukukel to sit down, but drew out the letter, and as soon as he looked at it twice, his brow furrowed deeply. But after reading it again, he watched it again seriously, as if he was confirming something.

When he had finally finished reading it, he gently put the letter aside, pressed his right hand against it, and his five fingers moved rhythmically and rapidly on it, as if he was thinking.

Chukukel couldn't hold his breath, scratched his head, and said, "Aha, are we sweating profusely?" He shouldn't really come to beat us and rob us of our pastures, right? ”

Ilduzi didn't look up at him, as if he was still thinking deeply, but just asked in passing: "What do you think?" ”

"I think it's possible!" Chukukel stomped his foot: "If I have 100,000 cavalry, and then who dares not to listen to me, then I won't beat him to scream?" ”

It was childish, but Ilduzi, as if touched by his words, looked up at him and asked, "Who doesn't listen to him?" ”

Chu Kukel was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Bo...... Uh, I mean Jinong, and us. ”

Ildu Qi laughed: "Jinong won't talk about it first, when will we not listen to the Great Khan?" ”

Chukukel's eyes widened and said: "Abu (Dad) said many years ago that we should help the Great Khan watch Jinong and let him not do stupid things that offend the Ming Kingdom, but now Jinong has gone to war with the Ming people, let's still sit here and wait, isn't this disobedient?" If I were the Great Khan, I'm afraid the army would have marched into Ijin Holo long ago! ”

Ilduqi pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "If the Great Khan is as reckless as you, he can sit in that position for three years at most." After a pause, he said to Chu Kukel, who was a little unconvinced: "Don't look at some people who talk about the Great Khan in private at every turn, saying that he is only because of Gao Taishi, Zhong Jin Hatun and Totokh, these people are all shallow people, what do they know?" Our Great Khan is smart, he's just good at pretending to be stupid. ”

"Really?" Chukukel looked suspicious and asked, "But he really doesn't have any skills?" ”

"Haha, you said that the Great Khan has no ability?" Ilduqi laughed three times: "If he has no ability, how can he easily defeat the Great Khan of Tumen without losing much to himself?" ”

"That's because Master Gao is planning that...... What a big tent, and then there is the invincible martial arts who are out of the world! ”

"I don't deny these two points, but if someone else is changed, will Gao Taishi help? Are you willing to obey orders? Not necessarily, he regarded Hannaji as neither the eldest son nor the eldest grandson, so why should he be the Great Khan? Why did Zhong Jin Hatun marry him? ”

Chu Kukel obviously didn't think about this question, and was stunned when he heard this: "Uh, maybe it's because he and Gao Taishi are in peace?" ”

Ilduqi shook his head at him helplessly, and said, "Forget it, I want to explain this matter to you, I'm afraid that I will have to wait for the river to run dry, let's get down to business—what the Great Khan said in his letter, do you believe it?" How much is the letter? ”

Chu Kukel was surprised: "Of course I believe it, if my subordinates are disobedient, don't you have to send troops to fight, otherwise what majesty is there?" ”

Ilduqi shook his head and said, "How can it be so simple? The Great Khan can indeed lead his 100,000 army south to crusade, and now Jinong is not only not in Yijin Horo, but even with us is not of the same mind, in this case, it is almost impossible for Ordos to win, but this does not mean that the Great Khan can really say that he will go south - Tumen Great Khan is still staring at him behind his back, if he leaves, won't Fengzhou Beach be wanted? ”

Chukukel was stunned: "Ahha, you said this...... Then you have to see what Gao Taishi said first. So saying, he handed another letter to Ilduzi.

Yile Duqi took it, took out the letter and looked at it, but before he could read the content of the text, he smiled and said: "If you want to say that this character is beautifully written, it is still Gao Taishi's handwriting." ”

He is a learned master of the Mongolian people, and is the author of the "Ten Virtues and Blessings of the White Historical Scripture", so his sons have all read books, and not only learn Mongolian culture, Buddhist culture, but also Han culture, Ilduqi has a complete say in how to distinguish the good and bad of Chinese characters.

In fact, in the original history, this vein can be said to be full of talents, for example, the eldest grandson of Ilduqi is a famous Mongolian university scholar, and even wrote "Mongolian Origins", which can be said to be the most important Mongolian masterpiece in later generations.

Chu Kukeleng is a little flustered, and the Chinese language has also been learned, and he immediately nodded when he heard the words: "Exactly, Gao Taishi is the most powerful champion in the Ming Kingdom, this character is really well written, I just read it while following the comparison for a while-Aha, you read the letter later, why don't you send it to me, I can take it back and copy it, when the time comes, practice the words, copy a few volumes of scriptures and show Abu, Abu must be very happy." ”

Ilduzi was about to refuse, but when he heard the last sentence, a trace of sadness appeared on his face, and he nodded heavily, and then ignored Chukukel and read the letter seriously.

I don't know if it's a more euphemistic word or what, Ilduqi has always looked as usual, only occasionally shaking his eyebrows twice, and then calming like water.

After he finished reading the letter, he returned to his previous thoughtful appearance, and asked while thinking: "Chu Kukel, what do you think of the conditions that Gao Taishi has prescribed?" ”

"I think it's pretty good, it's reasonable." Chu Kukel said with a smile: "Everyone says that Gao Taishi is a great wealth, I think it should be true, you see how generous Gao Taishi is?" With such a large deal, you are willing to raise the price by 20%, and the war horse even rises by 30%, where can you find such a good thing? Aha, don't you say? ”

Ilduqi said lightly: "Is this reasonable? ”

Chukukel looked surprised and asked, "Is this still unreasonable?" It seems that the Ming people in the Xuanda border market buy the cattle, sheep and horses of the Great Khan at this price, I think it is too reasonable! ”

"Hehe, then you also have to see what he asks us to do." Ilduqi shook his head slightly.

"Isn't it just to let Jinong ...... Phew, let this kid come back quickly, don't follow the fool? Abu originally had this idea, if it weren't for Aha's refusal to announce Abu's order, we would have sent troops to arrest people now. ”

Ilduqi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Do you think I did something wrong?" ”

"I think...... You can't say it's wrong, otherwise we may not be able to get this deal, and Gao Taishi also said that our family's official position can still be mentioned, I think it's not bad, lest our brothers still be accompanied by a group of wine bags and rice bags. ”

Chukukr said, and said with some concern: "But I can't help Abu by doing this!" After he got sick, he handed over the 40,000 strings to Aha and me, so that we could force the boy back earlier, and even told us that we could go to Taigal Zhun Genhatun and ask for an order, so that Eji (mother) would discipline the child, and it would not be counted as a crime. But as for us, not only did we not go, but we also sent someone to lie to Abu that we had gone out to gather the people...... That's not what a good son should do. ”

"Eagles can't always stay in the nest waiting for their parents to feed them, they always have to soar into the sky by themselves." Ilduqi said with a calm face: "Abu's illness has ...... In this case, if we will only honestly obey Abu's arrangement, and have no opinions of our own, if Abu is gone, who will take care of us? Therefore, for the sake of the long term, this time we must be both bold and careful, not only to ensure our status and wealth, but also to go as far as possible...... You know what I mean? ”

"Of course I understand, otherwise how would I have acted on your orders?" Chu Kukel scratched his head and said: "But I think this matter can only go so far, if we continue to hold our troops, Tumut's 100,000 iron cavalry and the Ming Kingdom's million army will not be polite to us, and then it will be impossible to steal chickens and rice." ”

Yile Duqi thought for a while, nodded and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, but I always feel that the threat in Master Gao's letter is a bit ...... Difficult to determine. ”

"What's so hard about that?" Chu Kukel's eyes widened: "The strength of Jinghua Trading Company, Aha, you still don't know?" Not to mention that we have long known that in addition to Jinghua Trading Company, there are many more this, that, and so on...... Gao Taishi said that he put 50,000 families on the Jiliao line, and after the Tumen moved, he would cooperate with the more than 300,000 troops in the two towns of Jiliao to sweep Chahar, I think this is completely possible. Even in terms of his financial resources, fifty thousand is not much at all, and I even suspect that he has deployed troops elsewhere......"

When Ilduqi heard the last sentence, his eyes suddenly flashed, and Sen Ran asked, "What did you say?" ”

Chu Kukel was stunned for a moment, and repeated: "I even suspect that he has deployed troops elsewhere......" Then he himself was stunned, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Oh no, could it be that he also deployed troops to prepare to deal with our violation of orders?" ”

"Quite possibly!" Ilduqi slapped the table and said, "The shopkeeper of Jinghua Trading Company, Cao Da, went to Qinghai before, and then went to Lanzhou, and then suddenly there was no news. As we said in detail, the 3,000 Jinghua horsemen he led at that time also disappeared - Chukukir, where did you say this group of men and horses went? ”

Chukukel gasped and asked in surprise, "Quietly came to the vicinity of our pasture?" But as he spoke, he immediately frowned again: "But it's not right, although Jinghua Riding Ding has powerful firearms, but after all, the shopkeeper Cao only has three thousand in his hands, and if you come to our pasture, it won't be pleased." ”

Ilduqi shook his head and said: "He only took 3,000 people to Yongchangwei at that time, because he thought that the batch of gunpowder was only stolen, and most of this was done by some disobedient small tribes, and he brought 3,000 horsemen to completely exterminate such a small tribe - this kind of thing Jinghua has done a lot."

But if he came to Hetao to trouble us on the orders of Gao Taishi, how could he only bring such a few people? Because the Great Khan has a very good relationship with Gao Taishi, Jinghua has not needed to put many troops in the direction of Xuanda over the years, and the focus has shifted to the three sides of Liaodong and Shaanxi, so even if Cao Da's shopkeeper transfers 10,000 or even 20,000 horsemen, I don't think it can't be done. ”

Chukuk's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "Then what should I do?" Could this letter be a ...... What's the plan? It's the one that stabilizes us first......"

"Ming repairs the plank road, and secretly crosses Chen Cang." Ilduzi said coldly.

"Oh yes, that's it!" Chukukel hurriedly said: "Could it be so?" ”

Ilduqi didn't answer immediately, but thought for a while, and when Chu Kukel was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, he shook his head and said, "Maybe it's possible, but I'm sure that within a day or two, even if the shopkeeper Cao Da is nearby, he will definitely continue to stand still, unless he ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless we don't move, or we don't move southwest in the direction they want to see, then they won't do it." ”

To the southwest of Yijin Horo, that is Ningxia.

Chukukel gasped again, and cried out with a toothache, "Then what are you waiting for?" Hurry up and send troops to capture this little bastard Boshoketu! If he doesn't care if he dies himself, will he still kill us? Although even if the shopkeeper Cao Da brought 20,000 horsemen to find us, we may not be afraid, but this battle is not only too cost-effective, but once the fight starts, how can we hide Abu? When Abu gets angry, what can we do? ”

Ilduqi took a deep breath and nodded vigorously: "Yes, this time you are right, this matter cannot be delayed any longer." Gao Taishi's methods are very powerful, Abu has analyzed us many times, and even he said that Gao Taishi is a great hero who is not born in the Ming people, and we can't really get into trouble with Gao Taishi.

Now that Master Gao is willing to repair the plank road, then we have to hurry up and get off the donkey, and the matter can be reversed. Besides, since Master Gao agreed, with his status and status, he would definitely not be untrustworthy, and my previous plan was not without gains...... It's better to take it when you see it. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, if you see it, you will accept it, and if you see it, you will accept it...... Aha, then I'll hurry up and gather my troops to prepare to go to Ningxia? ”

Ilduqi shook his head and slowly stood up: "You stay and take care of Abu, this battle in Ningxia has to be fought by me, otherwise I am afraid there will be other troubles in the future." ”

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