Chapter 300 Meeting with Chechen Khan
The army of troops crossed the Yellow River north and entered the edge of the Hetao grassland to the west. The east is the green grassland. The higher you go west, the green gradually decreases and the yellow sand gradually increases. This is the junction of the grassland and the desert.
The team is a huge water area with a radius of hundreds of miles. This is the Wuliang Su Sea. The lake surface is bright and the water and sky are the same color, and the sky is bright and the waves are vast. At this time, it is approaching the junction of spring and summer, and the surroundings are full of green shade, the lake water and cattail grass complement each other, and the blue sky and blue waves complement each other.
The team was camped by the lake, and Li Guodong asked him to fish in the lake.
"It's a pity that no one fishes in such a large area of water." Zhu Yongyou sighed at the continuous large lake.
"Since the Mongolians believed in the Tubo people's religion, they began to stop eating fish." Han Dashan replied.
Dozens of young and strong men who temporarily acted as caravans came to the lake. Because the Mongolians who believed in Lamaism stopped eating fish, and the Han people did not control the place. There were abundant fish resources in this area. Standing by the water, they could tread with a fork, and a big fish was caught, each weighing more than ten pounds.
The young and strong also caught several delicious mullets, one of which weighed more than fifty kilograms!
Even the wild geese that went north to summer were harmed by Li Guodong and others. When a group of wild geese passed by Wuliangsuhai and rested temporarily, Li Guodong took the archers to shoot the wild geese.
Fifty archers all set their bows and arrows, Han Dashan shot five geese in a row, and Li Guodong himself shot four geese, hunting a total of 107 geese.
Another group of hunting teams went to the grasslands and deserts to hunt wild sheep, shooting 56 wild sheep in total.
As night fell, bonfires were lit in the camp by the lake, wild sheep, geese and fish were roasted on the fire, and fragrant mullet soup was stewed in the pot. The aroma of barbecue and the aroma of stewed fish soup came to the face, which made Zhu Yongyou's index finger excited. For more than ten days since he left Shanxi and entered Shaanxi, in the barren Shaanxi, he has been gnawing dry food every day. He has not eaten meat for several days. Now he smells the meat and saliva.
The next morning, the army set up camp and continued to rush to the north of Mobei. After leaving Wuliangsu Sea, there were the vast deserts and Gobi in front of them. All the way, there was no one living. Entering the desert in the north of Mobei, the climate began to become cold again. The temperature here was much lower than that in Shanxi, and the severe cold was no less than that in Liaodong.
Originally, it was the most convenient passage to go to the northern part of the Desert by passing through Guihua City. In order to avoid Yue Tuo's eyes, Li Guodong took the distance and detoured the desert to the west. The journey was long and the road was not easy to walk.
On April 9, the eighth year of Chongzhen, the part-time mission of amateur caravan led by Li Guodong finally arrived in the Kulun area of the three tribes in the northern part of the desert.
This is the capital of Later Outer Mongolia. In this era, there was no city of Kulun, only a few Tibetan Buddhist temples and the golden tents of Mongolian princes, but a small market had been formed nearby.
"The Han caravan is here!" The arrival of this caravan made the local Mongolians run around and tell me that the land in northern Mongolia is barren, with sparse pastures and lack of water and grass. Every time a Han caravan comes from afar, it is tantamount to the grand festival of the Mongolians in northern Germany.
Li Guodong met Sunit again. He walked forward and patted Sunit on the shoulder: "Sunit Ann!"
"Guodong An'an's! Why did you bring the caravan?" Sunit was overjoyed, "Isn't Wang Quan'an's coming every time before? Why didn't he come?"
Li Guodong sighed: "He is in trouble in the south. The bandits threaten the two Huaihe lands. I guess his village should be besieged by the bandits at this time, and he cannot escape."
"So that's it. It's really a pity that he didn't come. I hope he can survive this disaster safely." Sunit closed his hands and made a posture of blessing to the Bodhisattva.
Li Guodong suddenly discovered that behind Sunit were two blond and blue-eyed guys, who were as strong as bears, so he asked curiously: "Sunit An, the two are Rakshasa people?"
"That's right! One of these two people is called Varianjing and the other is called Vladimir, both of them are Rakshasa. Now they are my personal bodyguards."
"Can you give these two Rakshasa people to me?" Li Guodong was very interested in the tall and big Rakshasa people, hoping that these two Rakshasa people who can fight tiger bears with bare hands can become their own guards.
Sunit smiled and said generously: "Since Guodong Anda likes it, then these two Rakshasa people will give it to Anda."
At this moment, a guard from Chechen Khan came running: "General Li, Khan summoned him!"
Li Guodong followed the guard to Chechen Khan's golden tent and entered the golden tent. He saw that the Ming Dynasty envoy Zhu Yongyou was already sitting inside. So Li Guodong walked forward and saluted Chechen Khan Shuolei: "Join the Great Khan!"
Chechen Khan shouted, "Come, give him a seat."
Li Guodong sat down, Shuolei smiled and said, "General Li escorted the envoy and the edict to my Mobei, thank you all the hard way!"
"For the peace between the Ming Dynasty and Mobei, what did Li do to do this hard work?"
Shuolei laughed: "General Li, we have sent people to naturalization a month ago, and are preparing to discuss the great cause of Jin with Tumot Khan, and are also preparing to welcome the Chahars back to Hetao."
"What? The Khan has sent someone to naturalize?" Li Guodong was shocked.
"Yes! It's not too late to make an alliance. All the three Khans in Mobei sent envoys to naturalize."
Li Guodong exclaimed: "Great Khan, it's not good! If the Three Khan envoys go to Naturalization, they will definitely be harmed by Jiannu! Li has a suspicion in Naturalization. He knows a little about it. The captain Yuetuo also has suspicion in Naturalization. If the Three Khan envoys go to Naturalization, they will definitely be captured by Jiannu! At that time, Jiannu will force Tumote Khan to kill the envoys and cut off the relationship between the Tumote people and the Three Khans in Mobei!"
"What?" Shuolei stood up, "Is General Li's words true?"
"Every sentence is true! This is a poisonous plan for Yue to enslave the three khans in Mobei, so that the Tumote people can only surrender to their Later Jin! I know the rules of your Mongols. Once you kill the envoy, you will be a mortal enemy! If you send the envoy to Naturalization, you will inevitably be poisoned by Jiannu!"
Shuolei was so anxious that he was wandering around the golden tent. Once Yuetuo forced Tumot Khan to kill the envoys of the Mobei three khans, even if Omubu was forced to kill the envoys, he would be regarded as an enemy by the three mobei three! The Mongols have always respected the envoys, and even if they were hostile countries in the war, they would resolutely not kill the envoys. The Mongols believed that the envoys were guests and that the host killed the guest was an unforgivable crime. During the war, if the envoys were killed, they would inevitably massacre the city after they broke the city.
If Omubu killed the envoy, even Shuolei, Gunbu and Suba, the three Khalkha Medieval Khans, could let Omubu go, but the Mongols of the three Khalkha Medieval tribes could not forgive Omubu!
Zhu Yongyou asked: "If the Tumotes make a big mistake, then we might as well give up on them."
Shuolei shook his head: "But we cannot give up the Tumote tribe yet! The location of the Tumote tribe is very important. Guihua City guards the passage between Mobei, western Mo and the Ming Dynasty! If the Tumote tribe is lost, the alliance between the three Khans in Mobei and the Ming Dynasty and the Tongchahar people will be curbed by the Tumote people; and the Hetao grassland is rich in resources and can provide a large amount of military rations. If it falls into the hands of the Jurchens, they can attack us everywhere with Guihua City as a base! Then there is no way to fight this battle!"
Chapter completed!