Chapter 24 four

After the peace treaty was completed, Kublai Khan led his troops to withdraw northward slowly.On the way, I met two envoys sent by Ali Boke who were stationed in Harahelin in Mobei, and reported: "King Ali Boke sent us to greet His Highness." Kublai Khan asked tentatively, "Where did brother Aribu send the guards and sergeants he transferred?" The messenger replied: "There is no such thing, presumably someone spread rumors to cause trouble." Kublai Khan's heart was shocked, and he thought secretly: Brother Ali is far away in Mobei, thousands of miles away from Monan Han, if he really needs to mobilize troops from Monan to send elsewhere, why is he hiding it?There must be fraud in it!

As soon as Ali Bak's messenger left, Kublai Khan hurriedly summoned Wu Liang to discuss countermeasures. "The situation is delicate. I don't know what plans brother Alibu has against us? I intend to send you to lead the troops to stay in Jiangbei to monitor Song Beijin's movements at any time. After I return to the north bank of the Yellow River, I will clarify the situation and give you instructions." Wu Liang Hetai complied.After the discussion, Kublai Khan ordered the army to set off in the starry night, and the kings of the Zong led their troops and horses to follow.Not long after arriving in Kaifeng, Henan, he knew that Alan Da'er had forcibly conscripted troops here. Kublai Khan immediately sent an envoy to inform Brother Ali: "You have recruited troops for no reason and transferred troops. Don't you have other plans! I hope you will receive the letter." Quickly return the seized property and livestock to the warriors, and return the troops drawn from me; return the army that followed me; return the army of the kings."

Everything was arranged properly, and Kublai Khan rode lightly and simply followed, traveling day and night, and arrived in Yanjing in a few days.The cronies of Brother Alibu, who was being ordered to recruit troops in Yanjing, did not expect Kublai Khan to return so quickly, and were taken aback. They secretly sent envoys to tell Brother Alibu: "Kublai Khan seems to have noticed the king's plot. For the current plan, it is better to Your Majesty sent a head of ten thousand households and several envoys with Falcon Haidongqing to meet Kublai Khan, to express your sincerity to Kublai Khan, and perhaps to dispel Kublai Khan's doubts." Brother Ali followed his plan and sent ten thousand households Changhe and several envoys brought Shanghai Dongqing as an audience gift, and told Kublai Khan that King Ali Bukor would soon go south to visit His Royal Highness Kublai Khan who had returned from the expedition.The envoy swore to Kublai Khan: "King Ari Boke has already stopped collecting troops and collecting taxes, and he is waiting for His Royal Highness to return home in Hara and Lin Wan'an."

Kublai Khan waved his hand generously: "Since it's just rumors, it's fine if you explain it clearly. You go back and tell King Ali Boke that he must order Alan Da'er to release all the soldiers who were forcibly conscripted in the Central Plains. Incorrect! Otherwise, you will be punished by military law." "Obey!" The envoy retreated Nuonuo. In a blink of an eye, it has been more than two months since Kublai Khan returned to Yanjing from the front line of Ezhou.Kublai Khan and Ali Boke have been negotiating with each other about Ali Boke’s military expansion in the Monan Grassland. This kind of mutual arguing is for Kublai Khan to wait for the army to retreat to the north and to contact the Mongolian kings who support him. Going north to join forces to buy time.

Soon, Kublai Khan met his concubine Chabi on the outskirts of Yanjing. The husband and wife reunited after a long absence, full of sorrow and joy.Kublai Khan gently stroked Chabi's black hair, and whispered affectionately: "These days, I have made you suffer." After a long time, he pushed Chabi away a little, and stared at the woman he loved the most in his life.After experiencing many turbulent waves, she always went hand in hand with him, standing together through thick and thin.Her beauty, her kindness, her wisdom and intelligence, her demure and gentleness are the inexhaustible source of spirit in his life.

Chabi shook his head slightly: "I'm fine, how can it be that the prince eats and sleeps in the open, drinking blood on the battlefield! Did the prince receive my letter?" "Got it." Chabi looked up at Kublai Khan, and the husband and wife knew each other. "Where is Zhenjin now?" When Chabi asked herself to be a hostage, Zhenjin was always by her side. Kublai Khan hadn't seen his beloved son for a long time, and his heart was full of longing. "I will leave him in Kaiping Mansion to guard." "Why didn't you bring him along?"

"I personally welcome the prince to go north, and I'm afraid there will be no one in the palace." "Well...so that's the case, it's still Aifei who is considerate." A few days later, Zong Wang Tachaer and other ten thousand household heads gathered in Yanjing to mourn for his brother Mo who had just returned to the north and passed away.People wearing white cloaks kowtowed three times to Brother Mo's coffin.Cigarettes curl up, slowly rising, spreading, and disappearing in the cold air.The tent hall is solemn and solemn, and the music sounds sad and mournful, as if recounting the life of the deceased, and lamenting the ruthlessness of the eternal separation between heaven and man.

After the simple sacrificial ceremony, Princess Chabi ordered her maid to serve steaming milk tea to the kings and nobles, as well as freshly made cheese, milk skin, milk tofu and large pieces of hand-steaked meat.People sat around the red charcoal fire, drank tea, and listened to the emissary sent by Ali Boke to persuade Kublai Khan and the kings to go north to Hara and Lin to elect a new khan. Tachar first said: "This is very true. After all, the election of a new Khan is a major event related to the future and destiny of Mongolia. It must not be hasty. Of course, the kings and I will go to participate in the election of a deep Mongolian for the future. The new king who is popular with everyone. However, it is the middle of winter, and the kings and I have not yet recovered from the exhaustion of the expedition, and we have not returned to our hometown to comfort our elders. After we have completed these things, we will go to Hara and Lin It’s not too late for the meeting.”

Everyone chatted about their own difficulties, but the messenger had no choice but to say: "I will send someone to bring everyone's opinions to King Ali Buge, and I will wait here for the kings to settle their respective affairs, and then we will go together on the road." "Okay, let's do it like this." Kublai Khan smiled lightly. "Report to Your Highness," Lian Xixian hurriedly entered the account, saw some strange faces present, so he stepped forward and whispered to Kublai Khan, "Your Highness, I have something to report to you, Your Highness, please come out."

Kublai Khan got up and walked out of the big tent with Lian Xixian. "What's up?" "Wang Liangchen's former troops who accompanied Mengge Khan to Hezhou and the generals of King Moge are determined to follow you. Everything is ready at the moment, and we just wait for His Highness's order." "Okay!" Kublai Khan's spirit was greatly lifted, and he was in high spirits. Kublai Khan knew better than anyone that he not only had extensive support in Monan and the Central Plains, where Ari Boke could not reach, but also had incomparable advantages in controlling and mobilizing the Mongolian and Han troops entering the Han region. Therefore, even if he didn't know about Brother Ali's conspiracy, he would never leave the base area he created and head north rashly.Therefore, he had no intention of accepting Brother Ali's invitation. He understood that their brothers were not on the same road, and it was only a matter of time before the two of them parted ways.