Chapter Seventy-Three: Kings

Li Xuandu parted with Yue and came to Xiao Yan's palace on time, which was already extremely lively at this time. Even if the Xiao Yan clan has raised the threshold, just inviting people above the title of Na Yan, there are still as many as fifty people who came to celebrate Xiao Yan's birthday today, accounting for half of all Na Yan, plus the retinue that these people each carry, after adding up, there are nearly a thousand people.

Of course, it's just that the Xiao Yan clan doesn't have such an appeal, and more importantly, the old Khan and the ten kings will appear, and there are so many powerful people in the royal court that it is equivalent to the great court meeting of the Central Plains court.

At this time, the waitresses under the command of Xiao Yan played a role, they led the guests to different places according to their relatives and status, and it was Yue Niang who led the way for Li Xuandu and Yue to part, and came to a huge main hall.

This place has been arranged as a banquet place, there are no chairs, one person has a low table, and there is a high platform with three steps in the position facing south and back, and two tables are set up on the stage, corresponding to the old Khan and the little Yan, but the two have not yet appeared at this time. There are 20 positions on the left and right of the high platform, the first five positions on the left are the positions of the five kings on the left, in order: Yueji Bee Khan, Batu Khan, Suige Khan, Moge Khan, Zixue Bee Khan, and the first five positions on the right are the positions of the five kings on the right, in order: Iri Khan, Mingli Khan, Lost Gan Khan, Naijian Khan, and Yaomu Khan. Left and right, they are all sorted by age.

Li Xuandu's position was on the left, next to Zixue Bei Khan, accompanied by Yue Bei Khan, and the diagonal opposite him was the position of Yaomu Hu Khan, which was obviously intentional, and it didn't even look like the style of the Golden Horde.

Soon, the guests arrived one after another, there was no shortage of Na Yan and Ye Xian Na Yan, but the most honorable was the Ten Kings.

Li Xuandu finally had the opportunity to meet the remaining kings who had never met, first of all, Yue Ji Bei Khan, he was the half-brother of Yue Li, so the age gap between the two was huge, just like the two brothers Mingli Khan and Yaomu Hu Khan, one was still in his twenties, and the other was already in the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but the two were still somewhat similar in appearance, especially a pair of eyes, both of which looked like a crescent moon when smiling, the difference was that Yue Ji Bei Khan's smile was a bit of a smile and not smiling, and it was also more majestic than the superior.

The second is Batu Khan, this is a king of great achievements, second only to Ili Khan among the ten kings, since the defeat of Ili Khan in the northwest, he sat in the Western Regions, because of the long years of leading the troops outside, the face is quite a lot of wind and frost, and he is even more silent, but when he looks around, the line of sight swept out makes people's backs chill, and people can't help but think of the words "eagle and wolf Gu".

The kings seemed to have discussed it a long time ago, and entered in order of order, and after Batu Khan were Sui Ge Khan and Mo Ge Khan, both of whom were similar in appearance, not as tall as Yuejie Khan, nor as strong and burly as Batu Khan, but some

Thin and weak. They were two brothers, but they both had the title of king. Their father was the eldest son of the previous Khan, but he was weak and sickly, and withdrew from the competition for the throne of the Khan early, and fully supported the old Khan to compete for the throne of the Khan, so after the old Khan became the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, he thanked his brother for his kindness and crowned his brother's two sons as kings, and the treatment was not inferior to his sons.

The last is Zixue Beihan, no need to introduce too much, Li Xuan is already familiar with it.

Great Wei is respected by the left, the Golden Horde is respected by the right, and the five kings on the left are followed by the five kings on the right, the first to appear is Mingli Khan, Li Xuan has already seen it, followed by Naijian Khan and Yaomu Hu Khan, Li Xuan has also seen it. Then there is the Lost Khan who once kept Li Xuandu out.

Among the four sons of the old Khan, the Igan Khan ranked second, second only to Mingli Khan, perhaps because of his depression for many years, the Igan Khan did not have the deep city of the Mingli Khan, nor the vigor of the Yaomu Khan, his brows were always wrinkled, with a sad face, and he was born early, showing his old age. The old state of the Lost Sweet Khan is different from the old state of Mingli Khan, who gives people the feeling that he is a traitor who is turning the clouds and rain behind the scenes in the play, and he is not old-hearted, even if he has white hair and white beard, he is still full of energy. But Dangan Khan gives people the feeling that he is a person who has been excluded in the officialdom, frustrated and miserable, like a squeezed dregs of medicine, completely out of luck.

After the enthronement of Shogan Khan, the most famous of the kings, the Ili Khan, finally arrived.

Li Xuandu knew about the existence of Ili Khan many years ago, because of the peace between Qi Ying and Ili Khan, because of this matter, Ili Khan is also famous in the Central Plains, "Khan" is not part of Ili Khan's original name, but the meaning of "king", and Ili Khan's surname is Temur, but the people of the Central Plains do not know that there is a three-character surname, so they take the country name of the Golden Horde as their surname, and call it "Jin Yili" according to the transliteration.

In the twentieth year of the Ming Dynasty, the fledgling Ili Khan sent troops with his brother to attack the Great Wei, and the first battle broke thousands of Wei troops. In the twenty-second year of Ming Yong, Ili Khan led the army alone, and fought fiercely in Liangzhou, Qinzhou and other places, with mixed victories and defeats, and finally because the Wei army was rotten, the Golden Horde army was able to come to the west of the capital, and Emperor Ming Yong decreed that Qi Ying, the governor of Qinzhong, came forward to enter into an alliance with Ili Khan of the Golden Horde. In the tenth year of the Great Wei Wude, Ili Khan led the Golden Horde army to the south again and captured Xijing. Emperor Wude was furious, fell ill, could not govern, the government was handed over to the empress Xie and the cabinet first assistant Zhang Suqing jointly acted, under the leadership of Zhang Suqing, the Great Wei court refused to negotiate peace, mobilized Shuzhou, Zhongzhou, Jinzhou, Yanzhou and other places, led by the Zuodu Governor Qin Xiang personally led the army, in Qinzhou and the Golden Horde army to start a big battle, Ili Khan was forced to retreat to Liangzhou. The following year, Ili Khan withdrew his troops due to successive defeats and lack of food and grass, and Qin Xiang briefly recovered Qinzhou and Liangzhou. In the same year, Emperor Wude, who was seriously ill, died in the Yanbo Hall of Xiyuan

, Qin Xiang had to return to Beijing.

When the old Khan was vying for the throne, Ili Khan was still a minor. After the old Khan became the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, the brothers who competed with him for the throne were all executed by him, and the frail and sickly brother was terminally ill.

This was the first time Li Xuandu had met Ili Khan, and Li Xuandu had to admit that the image of Ili Khan was far from what he imagined. Although Ili Khan is a man of the Golden Horde, and is often portrayed in dramas as a majestic, bloody, and bearded image, in fact, Ili Khan is of moderate stature, elegant appearance, and resolute face, and does not have the ferocity and brutality of Batu Khan, but is very in line with the world's image of the world's famous generals.

He glanced at Li Xuandu silently, his eyes were vigilant, and then sat down in silence in his place.

Shortly after the appearance of Ili Khan, the little man helped the old Khan into the temple through the east side door, and at the moment when the two appeared, everyone in the hall stood up together, raised their hands above their heads, and then covered their right hands in front of their chests, and bowed at the same time as a sign of respect.

At this time, Xiao Yan was so gentle that she was not like a high-ranking and powerful hostess of the royal court, but more like a little wife who was obedient to her husband, carefully serving the old Khan and taking a seat. Old Khan looked good today, raised his hand and slowly pressed down, and said, "Don't stand, sit down, sit down." ”

The kings, the first Nayan, and the Nayan thanked the old Khan in unison, and each sat down in his place.

Old Khan's gaze swept around, accurately fell on Li Xuandu's body, and said, "The envoy from the Central Plains has arrived. ”

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Li Xuandu, and the well-informed people among the kings already knew the news that Li Xuandu had seen Lao Khan yesterday, and they had different thoughts.

Li Xuandu, who had just sat down, had to get up again and said, "Yes." ”

Old Khan raised his hand and pressed it again, "Don't get up, today is the birthday of the Yan family, she is the master, I am the same as everyone, I am a guest, and the Golden Horde is not the Central Plains, there are not so many rules, the envoy can be casual and not restrained." ”

Li Xuandu sat down again and said, "Yes." ”

Old Khan asked again, "Where is the moon parting?"

Yue Li, who was sitting not far from Li Xuan, raised his hand and said, "Great Khan, I'm here." ”

Old Khan smiled and said: "You brought the envoy of the Central Plains back to the grassland, you have merit, I want to reward you, say, what do you want?"

Yue Li's parting didn't say anything "dare not be rewarded", but said directly: "I want a fief of my own, where I can graze and run horses." ”