Chapter 547: Soldiers enter Kulun City
After the sky was bright, the wilderness sky became gloomy and dark, and then clear. Yesterday, the grassland was still green and vibrant, but now it has become a sacred scene, with the smell of death in the air.
In the battle on the Tula River, more than 4,000 Khalkha Mongol cavalry died in battle. Since most of the people and war horses fell within a thousand meters outside the Northern Navy's position, at first glance, the scene was really a sea of corpses and blood. The remaining troops stationed in Zhaomodo and the remaining Khans of Chechen were all scared. They no longer dared to stay here, but immediately began to pack up their tents and prepare to head south to the Sairwusu Station thousands of miles away.
Among the green weeds and wild flowers swaying in the wind, the corpses of lodged people and war horses can be seen at a glance. The red blood flowing among the grass has become dry and black and purple. The craters that were blown out by hundreds of shells are densely packed, like large silent mouths, but the mouth is surrounded by broken limbs.
There were no idea when large black and brown vultures appeared in the sky. They made sharp screams, as if to celebrate a feast. For these giant birds of prey, blood and corpses were the most delicious food; they never cared about the life and death of humans, nor why they died. These vultures seized the opportunity and circled down from the air in groups, landing on the grassland full of humans and war horses, waiting for an opportunity to take a bite, and then scattered in the drive of the North Navy soldiers searching for survivors, and then continued.
On July 22, representatives sent by Kulun came to the Taipei Naval Front Command of Kuyi and conveyed the requests of Khenpo Nomenkhan Lobusandarga and Shangzhut Badam Chalabuga to Fan Tong and Liu Sheng.
Liu Sheng showed up this time. He sat in the tent with a big golden sword, looking at Zhangzibuldoji wearing a Basen hat and a cassock and followed a staff officer into the tent. The young staff officer introduced to Zhangzibuldoji: "This is Commander-in-Chief Liu, our North Navy Eastern Front Force."
Zhang Qibuldoji, who had been bent, heard this and hurriedly saluted Liu and Fan. However, when he got used to the light in the tent, he was stunned when he saw Liu Sheng's appearance, thinking that this person's figure was really different from an ordinary person, and when he sat there, he was like a demon coming to the world; compared with him, the "Commissioner Fan" who had seen him had become a fat boy.
"My name is Liu Sheng, please sit down by wizard." Liu Sheng raised his hand and signaled Zhang Qibu Duoji to sit opposite the table.
"I was entrusted by Nomen Khan, and came to convey his meaning to the two generals..." Zhangzibuldoji immediately conveyed Lobusandarga's speech.
"Master, I don't have to talk to the city!" Liu Sheng listened quietly and shook his head slightly, "In the ten conventions I gave you before, we have fully considered your special circumstances and promised to maintain the original state of various systems. The only requirement is to stand on our side, that is, to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Before you agree and sign the agreement, I don't think there is still a need to continue talking."
Zhang Qibu Duoji nodded and said calmly: "General, I am grateful to the tens of thousands of believers under the Great Lama's seat. But it makes the general know that the Great Living Buddha is not in Khalkha at present, but has gone to Rehe. Whether it is Khenpo Nomen Khan or Shangzhutpa, they are just managing the matter, and they cannot and dare not make decisions for the Great Living Buddha."
"Since that's the case, is there any need for us to continue talking? Please go back and tell Khenpo Nomen Khan that the North Hai Army will enter the city early tomorrow morning. But don't worry, we are not interested in the temple property of each temple. As long as the monks do their duty and do what a monk should do, we will not send troops into the temple."
Zhang Qibuldoji was silent for a moment and said, "Okay. I will definitely give it to you when I go back. There is another thing, I hope your army can allow it."
"Speaking."
"At present, there are many monks in various temples in Kulun City, and the grain transactions have been cut off. The great lama meant that he wanted to disperse some monks and believers to the fiefs of Qingning Temple and Kusuguer Lake."
Want to run away? Liu Sheng shook his head and refused and said, "This matter is not possible. Now our army is attacking everywhere. You cannot guarantee whether there are Qing spies among the monks and herdsmen. You cannot afford this risk!"
Fan Tong suddenly changed his mind and asked Zhang Qibu Duoji: "Who did you buy the food you used to?"
Zhang Qibu Duoji said: "The Shanxi merchants in Kulun's trading city were used to be Song, who was appointed by the court. He asked all the Shanxi merchants to evacuate Kulun without leaving any one. Now the trade route is broken, not to mention that the food and cotton cannot be transported, and even the tea leaves are out. I am used to the hard work of monks, but it is nothing. I feel sorry for nearly ten thousand people in the city... Alas!"
Liu Sheng curled his lips slightly and said to himself, just pretend! You upper-class lamas, all of them live a small life comparable to the prince Taiji. No one will starve you if you are hungry.
You should know that within the territory of Tushetu Khan's tribe, the best nomadic lands for aquatic plants belong to Tserzundanba Hutuktu. In the Kusugur Lake area of Tanuwulianghai area, Tserzundanba even classified more than 270,000 square kilometers of pasture as its own. As for the surrounding Qingning Temple in the north, there is a pasture of more than 100,000 square kilometers.
The herders who grazed these upper-class lama monks are called "black puppets". All the natural breeding of grazed livestock and most of the livestock products belong to Hutuktu, living Buddha or the great lamas in the temple. The black puppets can only rely on the milk and fluff of the livestock to make a living, which is very difficult. In addition, the income from worship from all walks of life in Khalkha Mongolia accounts for the majority of the income from the temple. From princes and nobles to ordinary herders, a large number of livestock, population, food, land, gold, silver and treasures flow into the pockets of the great lamas every year.
The palaces covered with gold and silver were standing up one after another, but the upper lamas were still not satisfied. They also controlled the salt road and even privately set up usury loans with silver and tea bricks. Living such a life of luxury, are you embarrassed to say that there is not enough food?
However, Zhang Qibu Duoji's abacus was obviously wrong. What Beihai Town currently lacked the most is food; and as long as the post road is kept unobstructed, many things can be transported from the north. The worst thing is that Zhao Xin is not.
Fan Tong deliberately frowned, then put on an indifferent expression and said, "It's nothing if the Shanxi merchants left. With our North Navy here, the transactions will still be open. Grain, tea bricks, pots, pans, and even stitches, and whatever you want. If the herdsmen have no food to eat, then we will give porridge!"
Zhang Qibu Duoji smiled and clasped his hands together and exclaimed: "The two generals are really the hearts of Bodhisattvas! Since that's the case, I will thank the tens of thousands of people in the city!"
At dusk, when Donil Lama Damchalabuga and Lobusandarga, two great lamas in charge of Kulun City, heard Zhangzibuldozi's reply, the former smiled while the latter remained silent.
At this time, a lama said sarcastically: "What do you want? Haha, you're so angry! I don't believe that they are better than Shanxi merchants?"
"That's it! The tea road is broken now, so I don't believe how many tea bricks they can have! Where is Kulun City? I dare say that even thousands of boxes and tens of thousands of boxes is just a splash!"
"Be careful! Everyone, the Northern Navy is like a wolf or a tiger. If you really annoy them, it will probably cause disaster!"
"Disast? Didn't their previous 'Ten Conventions' say that they would protect temples and serve as usual? I don't believe it, they dare to repent! The Great Living Buddha only needs to say one word, and there are many ways."
"What's the hurry? The court will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress it. We just need to sit on Mount Tai and wait and see the show."
The upper-class monks talked and became louder the more they spoke, making the Buddhist temple chaotic and became a vegetable market. Donil Lama Damchalabuga picked up the sandalwood stick placed on the table and knocked on the copper bowl.
"Buzz~~~~~~"
Everyone stopped, looked at the big lama, and waited for the other party to express their opinions.
Damchalabuja coughed a few times and said in a deep voice: "Kulun City is a holy place, don't do anything wrong. Let me inform the Gsgui Lamas everywhere that from tomorrow, all monks should not go out and wait and see what happens."
In the early morning of July 23, it started to rain in the sky. At 8 o'clock in the morning, under the guidance of a Northern Navy flag, 1,200 fully armed Northern Navy cavalry divided into several routes and walked into Kulun City along the narrow streets.
As mentioned before, Kulun City said it was a city, but it was actually a large residential area on the river bank. The city was divided into walls made of wooden boards. The streets between the walls were very narrow, allowing only four horses to pass through. On the bumpy streets, there was no pedestrian except for the occasional prayer drum. The wooden walls that had experienced the rain and wind had turned gray-brown, and local herders were hiding in the dirty yurts inside the walls, exploring the movement outside through the gaps.
Following the guidance of the guide, the two companies of cavalry entered the city of Kulun where the Qing Dynasty was located and the trading city where the original merchants were originally filled with merchants. As for the temple Kulun, the gate was closed. In the empty field in front of the Danbadarji Temple, several elderly herdsmen were muttering and kowtowed to the gate of the temple. Even the dense sound of horse hooves sounded behind them, they could not interrupt their piety.
At 9 a.m., Liu Sheng and Fan Tong, who came from Kuyitai, were under the escort of a cavalry, rode their horses to the office of the Minister of Service of Kulun. The two walked into the yard where the signing room was located, looking around the colorful buildings around. Even Liu Sheng couldn't help but feel nostalgic and memorable feeling.
Fan Tong murmured: "I can't lose anything this time."
At the same time, Zhao Xin, who had disappeared for seven or eight days, quietly returned to Beihai Town.
As soon as he came back, he went to the hospital to find Liu Siting and told the other party about Lao You. Director Liu felt relieved and then talked about Dr. Hong to Zhao Xin.
"I said, when do you plan to let him come back from our family? Yaya calls me thinking of her father every day. If this continues, I might as well take my child to the south."
When Zhao Xin heard this, he hurriedly said, "Don't let it go! Your doctor Hong is now famous throughout Southeast Asia, and he is known as 'Bian Que'."
"Zhao Xin, I heard that Annan, that king, in order to thank Deng Fei and the others for helping him restore the country, gave him many beauties to them three!"
Zhao Xin blinked and said in a confused look: "Huh? There is still this matter? Why don't I know! I'll send a telegram tomorrow to ask."
"Hey~~ I'm pretending to be stupid, aren't you?" Liu Siting looked resentful. She and Hong Tao had been separated for more than half a year. She was really afraid that each other would bring someone back one day, and that by then, they would not be able to live this life.
Seeing that Liu Siting was really angry, Zhao Xin hurriedly said, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I will send a telegram to ask about the situation tomorrow. If nothing happens, I will bring Dr. Hong back in a few days."
"That's what you said!"
Under Director Liu's gaze like a knife cutting flesh, Zhao Xin left the hospital with his butt and urine. When he greeted him all the way, he had already heard that A Miao, who had come back, was waiting for him at the door. If he hadn't seen him for a while, A Miao seemed to have grown taller again, and his head could already be pushed to Zhao Xin's chin.
"Yo? Have you braided it?"
"Does it look good?" A Miao turned around in front of Zhao Xin's eyes, smiling like a flower. The irritability he had accumulated over the days of running back and forth was wiped out.
"nice."
"The matter is done?"
"It's done."
"Miss Wang has been here before, I've dealt with it."
The two of them were tacitly speaking, and they both knew what each other meant.
The subsequent procedures were as usual, coaxing his wife, coaxing A Miao, coaxing his son, handling official duties, talking to someone, and petting cats. Over the past year, Zhao Xin basically came back every two weeks. After the family had dinner, Shen Xuan handed his son to A Miao, and said unusually that he would discuss something with Zhao Xin. So when A Miao carried Momo to another room, the couple had the following conversation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "I said, what are your plans for those guys?"
“Which one?”
"Stop pretending, do you want me to count for you? Ah Miao, that Miss Wang, Tang..."
"Why do you say this?"
"I have figured it out over the years. I have to give you an explanation."
In fact, Shen Xuan thought about this for a long time before she mustered up the courage to say it. Shen Jingdan and Wu had talked to her about this matter several times, mainly because they considered Zhao Xin's child. For the ancients, a child like Zhao Xin was not good at all. Giving him a dozen or twenty or so was the king.
The couple finally sat down to face this problem today after getting married.
"This is the key, the law is not to allow the concubine to be taken by me..."
"You are different from others. And you are the only one in your Zhao family, and you must have a lot of branches and leaves."
Although Chen Xuan made up her mind, she still felt a little uncomfortable when she shared her man with other women. She gritted her teeth and said, "I only have one condition,"
"You said." Zhao Xin hugged his wife's slender waist, feeling faint in his heart.
"Other people can't live with me except Ah Miao. Beihai Town is so big, so if you arrange them elsewhere, I won't be upset."
Zhao Xin nodded after hearing this, so the conversation stopped. After Chen Xuan finished speaking, she snuggled up next to her husband, without saying anything for a long time, and her eyes were crystal clear.
Seeing this, Zhao Xin whispered a few words in his wife's ear, which made Chen Xuan's face turn red. Finally, she laughed, turned her head and looked at Zhao Xin and said softly: "You..."
Chapter completed!