amaotonovel Chapter 1215 Your Majesty, why do you want to run away when I am ready to fight to the death?
Chapter 1215 Your Majesty, why do you want to run away when I am ready to fight to the death?
If the killing line for the agricultural peoples of the Central Plains was land, then the killing line for the nomadic peoples of the grasslands was cattle and sheep.
Even more so, the social phenomenon among nomadic peoples of the grasslands is more severe than that among agricultural peoples.
For example, the Xiongnu.
In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was not militarily superior to the Xiongnu. However, the Han Dynasty was still able to righteously mock the Xiongnu for not knowing filial piety. This was because when the Xiongnu encountered a snow disaster or something similar, they would drive the elderly out of their tribes to die.
This small, subordinate tribe of the Ongud tribe, for example, was a subordinate tribe of the Ongud tribe when it had cattle, sheep, and grain. However, when it lost its grain and cattle, this small tribe might be annexed by the Ongud tribe, or it might be annexed by other tribes.
However, being swallowed up by other tribes on the grasslands did not end with the disappearance of the tribe's name.
On the contrary, being swallowed up is merely the beginning of falling into the death trap.
On the contrary, the men of the tribe might become shepherds, that is, slaves who make a living by herding livestock for others, while the women of the tribe... well, they could not escape the fate of slavery.
Faced with Zhang Tu's threat, the tribal chief dared not gamble.
After a long silence, the tribal chief sighed and said, "Our tribe surrenders and will offer warhorses and lambs as requested by Mai Deli Bala. We hope that Mai Deli Bala will keep his promise and let us go inside the pass."
Zhang Tu glanced at the tribal chief and said, "Since you have chosen to surrender, then I will remind you—from now on, do not call me by the name Mai De Li Bala, but call me Lord Hou."
"The Marquis's current identity is the Marquis of Chongli, bestowed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his name has also been changed to Liu Dingbei."
“If you continue to call him ‘Maideribala,’ it will anger the Marquis and will do you no good.”
The tribal chief glanced at the map, and a mix of emotions welled up inside him.
The descendants of the Golden Family refused to use their Mongolian names anymore, and instead changed their names to Liu Dingbei.
The key point is that he actually brought his troops to the grasslands, intending to truly "pacify the north".
I wonder what the Great Khan will think when he hears this news?
……
Ayushiridara looked at Wang Baobao with a completely bewildered expression.
"My son, the only surviving prince of the Great Yuan, will be the Crown Prince and the next Emperor of the Great Yuan as soon as he returns."
"Now you tell me that not only did he not return, but he also led the Ming army to the grasslands to 'pacify the north,' and he even changed his name to Liu Dingbei?"
Ayushiridara, whose health was already failing, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and muttered, "Beast! This beast!"
Wang Baobao rushed forward to help Ayushiridara, but didn't know how to respond.
Having reached this point, only four words remain in Wang Baobao's mind.
"There was no way to reverse the situation."
As the Ming army acquired more and more cannons, more and more powerful muskets, and more and more warhorses, the Yuan Dynasty no longer had the resources to continue its confrontation with the Ming Dynasty.
In particular, during the Battle of Buyur Lake a few years ago, the emperor's harem and the important officials who were specially sent to Buyur Lake by the Yuan Dynasty as backup were almost completely slaughtered by the Mongols led by the Ming Dynasty.
The reason they were still holding on was partly because they had been "benefited by the country for generations," and partly because they had become mortal enemies with the Ming Dynasty and had no way out.
The results of it?
He was still thinking about how to regroup and how to "revive the Yuan Dynasty," but the emperor's only surviving son, Maimaitibala, changed his name to Liu Dingbei and even led the Mongols to the grasslands to "pacify the north"!
The phrase "Liu Dingbei sweeps the north" even inexplicably popped into Wang Baobao's mind.
With a sigh, Wang Baobao forced himself to cheer up and tried to comfort Ayushiridara: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Crown Prince... the Crown Prince... His Highness the Crown Prince has only been misled by the Southerners. Once he returns to the royal court..."
Before Wang Baobao could finish speaking, Ayushiridara chuckled.
"You don't need to persuade me."
Ayushiridara said with a face full of despair, "The rabbit tribes of previous years, the rabbit tribes of Tang, and the rabbit tribes of deserters."
"In recent years, some tribes of all sizes have fled south."
"Now that little beast is leading the Mongols to fight the Mongols, who knows how many tribes he will bring to the interior of China."
Ayushiridara chuckled self-deprecatingly and said, "Back then, Emperor Shizu led the Han people to burn Karakorum, and now this little beast, Ribala, is going to lead the Mongols to burn Karakorum again... What a tragedy!"
Wang Baobao thought to himself, "I, Wang, also led Han people to fight Han people a few years ago. Isn't that a pretty bad thing?"
After a long silence, Ayushiridara said haltingly, "Let's go. Staying here and fighting the Ming people will only drag the Yuan Dynasty deeper into the abyss."
"After we have reorganized our troops, let's follow the example of the Xiongnu and Khitan people and launch westward expeditions to the west of the Western Regions."
“Back then, Batu Khan established the Golden Horde in Khwarazm.”
"With the current strength of our Great Yuan, it is not impossible for us to rebuild the Great Yuan there."
"..."
Seeing Ayushiridara's increasingly pale face, Wang Baobao felt completely numb.
Your Majesty, I am ready to fight to the death. Why do you wish to flee?
The key question is, what were you doing going west of the Western Regions?
Batu Khan was able to establish the Golden Horde there because the Khwarazmian Empire and other states there were all incompetent.
Now that you're leading the remnants of our Great Yuan Dynasty over there, you won't be greeted by the Khwarazmian wasteland, but by the Kipchak Khanate, which has long since defied the court's control.
Even if I, Wang Baobao, could defeat the Golden Horde, the final result would inevitably be that both the Yuan Dynasty and the Golden Horde would suffer heavy losses—the Ming army would happily gain a grassland for free, and could also pursue and attack the Golden Horde.
and then?
Where should we run next?
What's even more alarming is that Ayushiridara's complexion is clearly not normal at this moment.
According to Han Chinese parlance, it means that he had a bit of a final burst of energy before his death, and he might die on the spot if he didn't catch his last breath.
Unfortunately, the only remaining crown prince is still playing the "Liu Dingbei sweeps away the rebellion" game...
Wang Baobao grew increasingly desperate the more he thought about it.
Damn it, I was born at the wrong time!
If I had been born during the time of Emperor Shizu (King Wenwu), I, Wang Baobao, could at least have become Batu, and I might not have been any worse than Batu, who founded the Golden Horde.
Now... now I'm forced into a corner, and as the Right Chancellor of the Central Secretariat of the Great Yuan Dynasty, I have no way to serve my country!
Wang Baobao suddenly burst into laughter twice, then looked at Ayushiridara with a piercing expression and cried out, "And then?"
"Even if His Majesty's wishes are followed, and the Western Expedition against the Golden Horde is carried out to rebuild the Great Yuan, is that Great Yuan still the Great Yuan?"
"And what about Karakorum... Are we just going to abandon Karakorum like this and let His Highness the Crown Prince lead the Ming army to burn it again?"
"Let the Ming emperor send his son and son-in-law to Langjuxu Mountain to seal the Wolf-Dwelling Mountain?"