Quoke Temondo couldn't hold back his smile, and squinted his eyes provocatively as he watched Geshe approach from a distance. For a whole afternoon, the Black Mountain Army mobilized a team of 10,000 people to storm Ping'an County, leaving more than 900 corpses outside the city wall, but no one climbed the city wall.
Don't be naturally happy about the performance of the Montenegro Army. The people in the Black Mountain Army were not originally from Mengyuan, and no matter how many of them died, it would not be a pity for Duobie. On the contrary, the more they died, the happier he was. It was also at this time that Duobie suddenly understood the intention of Great Khan Mengge to agree with the Black Mountain Army to attack the city.
At the beginning of the attack, the resistance of the Han people must be strong. The period of time when the resistance of the Han people is the strongest is handed over to the Black Mountain Army to attack, so as to consume the fighting spirit of the Han people and the strength of the Black Mountain Army, killing two birds with one stone. Don't think about it immediately, guessing that after the Black Mountain Army can't take Ping'an County for a long time, the Khan can justifiably withdraw the Black Mountain Army and attack by wolf cavalry instead. At that time, the number of Han Chinese defenders had been greatly reduced, and their fighting spirit had almost been worn down.
He had to admire Da Khan's wisdom in his heart. On the surface, it seemed that Da Han had compromised with Gai She, but in fact, Gai She suffered a secret loss.
"Has the invincible General Gai She already captured Ping'an County?"
Quoke Taimundo smiled and said: "I have ordered my soldiers to pack my luggage. Can I have dinner in Ping'an County tonight? What you taught me in the morning made sense, Han people At least living in a house is more comfortable than living in a tent, and at least there are fewer mosquitoes and flies at night."
Gai She glanced at him, and walked past him without saying a word.
Behind him were two soldiers, one of whom was carrying a cloth bag, and he didn't know what it contained. The other glanced coldly, as if hiding a knife in his eyes. Don't be angry at this behavior at all, but laugh out loud.
Walking outside Meng Ge's big tent, Gai She begged to come in, Meng Ge's voice came from inside, and then two royal court guards lifted the curtain of the big tent from inside, and Gai She stepped in.
"Your servant is not good at attacking, please punish him with great sweat."
Gai She knelt down on one knee, put his right arm on his chest and said with his head down.
"Get up."
Meng Ge, who was sitting on the felt blanket and eating finger meat, quickly waved his hand: "It's just an attack. It's nothing if we failed to take down Ping'an County today. The Han people are not the two-legged sheep that herdsmen often mention. They also have blood." .I saw the fight today, the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army are all warriors, and they have been attacking forward all the time."
Gai She stood up, took the bag from the soldier's hand and poured it out, a bloody human head rolled out all at once, and rolled all the way to Meng Ge's feet.
"This is Commander Wan who directed the attack today. He should be punished for his bad battle."
Gai She said.
Meng Ge frowned slightly, and glanced at the human head. That bloody head seemed to be provocative, disgusting.
"Bold!"
Duo Bie, who came in behind Gai She, took a look and immediately shouted angrily, and pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist with a swipe: "How dare you be so rude in front of Da Khan!"
Gai She turned around and glanced at him vaguely, and snorted through his nose: "I don't know that this is disrespectful to the profuse sweat. In my tribe, the heads of the losers are sometimes shaved off and only the fur remains. The lower skull is used as a wine cup. This is a respect for the one who is dedicated and a kind of forgiveness for the dead. If I offend the Great Khan, please forgive me."
After being silent for a while, Meng Ge waved his hand and signaled the guards of the royal court to put away the knife: "Sew up this human head and corpse, and use our Mongolian people's ceremony of respecting warriors to bury it generously. Gai pardon... I don't know your tribe either. , but I want to tell you that this subordinate of yours has done nothing wrong, he has never slacked off or stopped attacking, if I were you, I would give him another chance to prove himself."
He sat down and took a look at Gai She: "It doesn't have to be a winner to be a warrior, as long as you have faith in your heart without losing courage, in my opinion, they are all worthy of respect."
Gai She's expression changed, knowing that he had lost this time. If the news of Great Khan's burial of his subordinate was spread, there would be some unfavorable remarks among his subordinates immediately.
"Thank you Da Khan for your forgiveness."
Gai She walked over, held up the head and handed it to his own soldiers: "Go, let the shaman sew the head up, sky burial."
The so-called sky burial is to put the corpse in the wild and let the beasts and eagles devour the corpse. Gaish's tribe has always had this custom. They will not bury the corpse in the ground. In their view, it is disrespectful to the earth and will offend the gods. And sky burial, in their view, is the most holy. After the body of the deceased is devoured by wild beasts, the soul will be carried by eagles to fly back to heaven.
But even in his tribe, sky burials are held in a specific place. Put the body of the deceased on horseback and run along a specific road. When the body bumps down, that place is his home. This is the Central Plains, there are not so many grassland eagles and vultures.
Unlike the tribe of Gai She, the Mongols believe that cremation is the purest way to leave. The corpses burned away by the fire take away the sins of people, leaving only the pure souls to go to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. This is influenced by the Buddhist sect, because those who died in the Buddhist sect will be cremated. As for why Fozong always uses cremation to dispose of corpses... Maybe it has something to do with the mysterious "he" on Daxue Mountain.
"Let's use holy fire to save him."
The outside curtain was lifted again, and a young Da Zizai walked in slowly: "Burn away his sins with fire, and the fire will also bring him to bliss."
"No need."
Gai She shook his head: "He is my clan."
"He is my subject."
Meng Ge's squinted eyes suddenly opened, and a terrifying majesty immediately permeated the inside. Gai She's face changed slightly, and after a moment of silence, he nodded: "Then do according to the will of the Great Khan."
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"It's already here, why hasn't Mr. Jiu shown up yet?"
Meng Ge glanced at Da Zizai and continued to eat the meat in front of him. The cook who cooks for him can make mutton into nine flavors, and can make the baked naan golden and crispy. In Wang Ting, the mutton roasted by him is often sold out. He can use one sheep to make forty-eight different dishes.
Smelling the aroma of meat, Da Zizai didn't seem to feel uncomfortable. Buddhism does not prohibit eating meat, but prohibits killing. However, the prohibition on killing is just a joke. In the thousand years of history since the founding of the Buddhist sect to the present, those who died in the hands of the Buddhist sect spread out their corpses. I am afraid that they can be spread all the way from the Mengyuan royal court to the Daxue Mountain. .
In the Western Regions, any religion other than Buddhism is strictly prohibited. At the beginning, Sang Sasa, the national teacher of the Mengyuan Royal Court, founded the Yellow Sect, but what the Yellow Sect followed was also Buddhist, and it was called a branch of the Buddhist Sect. The Yellow Sect was founded by Meng Ge under the instruction of Sang Sasa, with the aim of recruiting some folk practitioners from the Western Regions to prepare for the war with the Buddhist sect.
It's just that the Yellow Sect, which has just been established, is simply incomparable with the Buddhist Sect. Ever since Meng Ge went to Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain and saw that scene and listened to "his" instructions, he has revoked the Yellow Sect.
"That Mr. Jiu may not be reliable."
Da Zizai looked at the fragrant cooked meat on the plate, and his Adam's apple moved slowly. Meng Ge pushed the plate to him, and Da Zizi did not refuse, he squeezed the meat and stuffed a small piece into his mouth.
Then he returned the plate to Meng Ge: "Just one piece is fine. I can't quit my greed, but I have to control my greed."
Meng Ge shook his head, seemingly disapproving of such a move.
"I'm already close. That Yueyingtang was a prominent sect in the Central Plains more than 200 years ago, but it has already been wiped out by other forces in the Jianghu. Even if he has 200 years of precipitation, how capable is he now? You said that Mr. Jiu is great, what is so great about him?"
Mongo asked.
"Because I don't know what is so great about him, it's scary to be so great, so he is really great."
Da Zizai's answer was a bit of a mouthful and more like nonsense, but his answer was very serious.
"Okay, even if he is a great person, where is he? After taking Ping'an County, we have to cross the Yishui River. There are not enough boats. My soldiers have to cut down trees and build a bridge at the risk. Agreed There will be someone to meet you in Yishui, but I didn't see it. If there is no one to meet you after arriving at Lingmen Pass, then I think you, as a representative of the Buddhist sect, should have something to say."
Mongo said.
"Yes, if the spiritual gate is not open, I will kill him."
Da Zizai said slowly.
"If you think you can kill Mr. Jiu, then feel free to try."
The voice sounded from outside the big tent, very close at hand. Da Zizai's expression changed, and he was already outside the tent in the next second. And Meng Ge's hand holding a piece of meat stopped in the air, a little stiff. You must know that there is no shortage of masters in this camp, and the four great masters are all here. There are also several old monks from the Buddhist sect, and the personal guards next to Meng Yuan Dahan, but this person who spoke just appeared outside the big tent without anyone noticing.
"Who are you?"
Da Zizai stood at the door and asked.
A moment later, the other three Da Zi Zai also rushed over, trapping that person in the middle.
"You can call me Mr. Eight."
The person who came was an old man, who seemed surprised by the four identical Dazizi, but he didn't show any fear, looking at Dazizi as if he was looking at several monsters.
"I'm just following Mr. Jiu's order to tell you one thing. I happened to hear you talking about Mr. Jiu. But in my opinion, what you just said was just a joke, because there are not many people in this world who can kill Mr. Jiu. And none of you here."
"What did he tell you to say?"
Da Zizai asked coldly, without continuing the previous topic.
"Mr. Jiu asked me to tell you that if you don't take Ping'an County and cross Yishui River as soon as possible, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the Lingmen Pass. Fang Jie has already returned to the Black Banner Army, and has divided his troops to the direction of Lingmen Pass Advance. Although Lingmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the number of defenders is limited after all, if you continue to delay like this, you will be blocked by the Black Banner Army from outside Lingmen Pass."
"Where's the ferry I want?"
Meng Ge came out from the inside, looked at the old man in the moon-white Confucian shirt and asked.
"ferry?"
Mr. Ba couldn't help laughing: "I'm not a god, and I won't make a ferry for you. Don't you Mengyuan people only walk on horseback?"
"At the beginning, Mr. Jiu agreed, and he was going to disembark at the ferry in Ping'an County."
Da Zizai said coldly.
"Can't Mr. Jiu count his words?"
Mr. Ba laughed loudly and said: "Anyone can ignore what they say, but weak people will be beaten to death if they don't say what they say, and no one can do anything to a strong person even if they don't speak. Hurry up and attack Ping'an County, let eight thousand people bravely block you, hundreds of thousands of troops can hardly enter... tsk tsk tsk... no wonder Meng Yuan is getting worse every day."
Mr. Ba glanced at Meng Ge: "Don't be angry, I'll tell you one more thing about Mr. Jiu's words, so that you will be happy... Gao Kaitai is unreliable, and Mr. Jiu no longer intends to help Gao Kaitai become the emperor of the Central Plains. He From now on, I plan to help you... the Great Khan of Mengyuan, extending his territory to the east coast."