Chapter 402 Li Junwei's Choice
Wu Yifeng laughed: "What is such a good opportunity? If you open the formation and fight, you will definitely not only die."
Chen Ping nodded slightly and exchanged glances with Shahni and other generals, as if he was hesitating to send. Wu Yifeng said: "General, this time I will fight Kazakh, I will bring more than 30,000 heroes. They come from ten thousand slaves under the command of the great prince. One thousand lives are nothing, right?"
Chang Aday said: "Yes, you are right. The eldest prince is a very generous person. Besides, after this battle, we will give the eldest prince 100,000 heroes, and the eldest prince will definitely be willing."
"Okay, go and call Bahe and let him pick a thousand people from the Wu General's camp, and he can pick the horses!" Chen Ping was the one who wanted to make the decision, and finally agreed to the suggestions of his colleagues.
Bahe was called back. After listening to Chen Ping's order, he asked, "General, I heard that there are many Kazakh slaves in the river. I hope to choose more of the same tribe. Of course, it doesn't matter if there are some Uzbeks. My father has many Uzbeks."
"Yes, if you can complete the task, you will be given these thousand people." Chen Ping agreed.
As he was speaking, an officer came in and whispered a few words in Chen Ping's ear. Chen Ping smiled and said, "As the saying goes, "Good is unparalleled and misfortune never comes singularly, but why are you so lucky today? Haha, maybe it really responds to the emperor's words. Prince Yu is the lucky one in the world. He has also been exposed to some blessings when doing things under the prince."
"What kind of blessing is it?" Wu Yifeng asked with a smile.
Chen Ping looked at Bahe and said, "Bahe, Bahe, the envoy of Bahrain Khan is here. Do you want to hear what he said?"
Bahe was stunned at first, and then said: "Of course, of course."
Bahe was brought into the shadow and ordered not to speak. Soon a messenger appeared in the tent. The man could not see Bahe, but Bahe could see him. He was a eunuch, the housekeeper of Bahrain Khan. Qi Tam said: "Great General, my master sent me here to seek your protection."
"How do he want me to protect him?" Chen Ping asked.
Qitamu said: "My master, he can offer the heads of all the princes of Xiao Yuzi and Da Yuzi, including Tok Khan, who has been wanted by the Empire and his four sons. He hopes to get the opportunity to join the Empire and become the vassal of the Empire. The master also wants to send his eldest son as the main force to form a delegation to pay homage to the great emperor, the great Tian Khan!"
"Haha, this condition seems to be very useless. Do you know the useless ribs? It's just the chicken ribs. It's a pity to eat it without taste...." Chen Ping said lightly, then shook his head: "I don't like free ribs. I like fat lamb legs. Does your master only bring you free ribs?"
Qi Tamu immediately understood what Chen Ping meant, but he wanted to fight for it. During the hesitation, two guards had already set up Qi Tamu and wanted to throw him out. Qi Tamu shouted repeatedly: "No, no, no, please don't do this. The master has better conditions. General Chen Ping, my master said that the other tribes of Zhongyuzi, Sultan, Burke and Batulu, who have no blood relationship with him, can be dedicated to their heads. Their tribes also belong to the empire. The master does not want a shepherd slave and a horse, but only hopes to keep his own tribe and pasture...."
"Just... just play with it... no, I just want to get closer to feel the protection of the Great Hei Tian God, but I didn't expect this thing... no, no, this Buddha statue is so delicate..." Li Junwei explained embarrassedly and wiped his sweat awkwardly.
This Zhangjia Hutuktu was a master of the Gelug Sect in Tibetan Buddhism. At the age of thirty-seven, he was the second generation Zhangjia Hutuktu. The so-called Zhangjia actually means the family of the Zhang family. The first generation Zhangjia Hutuktu was a Han man named Zhang from Qinghai. After entering the religion, he promoted Buddhism and became a respected master. The person in front of him was the reincarnation of the first generation. When he was nine years old, the leader of the Huang Cult returned to Tibet from the capital and received the novice precepts for him. He went to Tibet to study Buddhism and received the full precepts from another leader. After he finished his studies, he was ordered to go to the Han area to meet the emperor of the Empire. He also became a disciple of Master Chelun of the Yin Buddha Temple and received the Bodhisattva precepts. Although he was young, he was responsible for the liaison between the capital and Tibet, and eased the tension between the Empire and the Huang Cult Center of Tibet due to the imperial religious policies and the Galdan issue, and thus was recognized by the imperial royal family and was granted the title of Hutuktu.
Hutuktu has given Tibetan Buddhism a high title to the empire. Only the ministers of the four major sects of Tibetan Buddhism were granted the title of Dharma King, and those who could be ranked alongside Zhangjia Hutuktu were Zhebuzundanba in the north of Mo and Master Chelun in the south of Mo, which became the fifth largest Huang Cult system.
Zhangjia Hutuktu often participated in the wars carried out by the Imperial Lifan Academy, such as expeditioning rebellions from various places, attacking Siberian barbarians and Russia. After Master Chelun left Yili, Zhangjia Hutuktu became the highest-level master in the western border of the empire. This time he participated in the expedition to Kazakhstan, which was regarded as a religious war between the Yellow Sect and the Tianfang Sect. Not only did he personally go to the front line, but he also invited statues of the gods and Buddhas in the Black Sky.
This statue of the Great Black Heaven was a treasure trove of money to be stolen by the leader of the Sakya sect in Tibetan Buddhism and the great master of the Yuan Dynasty. When Kublai Khan was recruited, he raised thousands of gold to cast it and personally consecrated his value. Kublai Khan always worshipped him in the Khan tent, fighting east and west. The Great Black Heaven God was also the guardian god of Tibetan Buddhism. Later, the Great Black Heaven God was enshrined in Mount Wutai. More than two hundred years later, he was taken back by the Sakya monk and worshipped in the tent of the last Great Khan Lindan Khan. The Qing Dynasty Emperor Taiji successfully fought against Lindan Khan. After obtaining the Buddha statue, he was worshipped at Shisheng Temple in Shenyang. Because Zhangjia Hutuktu repeatedly participated in the war, the emperor specially gave Buddha statues to inspire soldiers of Mongolian, Jurchens, Khalkha, Junggar and other tribes who believed in the Yellow Sect.
How could a Buddha statue with such a deep background not attract Li Junwei's attention? He was not interested in Buddhism at all, but was interested in the Great Black God. He heard that this thing could attract people's hearts, so he secretly looked at it, wanting to see if he could capture his soul, and even want to identify whether the Buddha statue was cast in gold. However, he accidentally knocked off half of the foot of the Buddha statue with a demon-subduing pestle. Although it proved that the Buddha statue was cast in gold, it annoyed Zhangjia Hutuktu and his disciples.
"Sorry, I'm really not intentional." Li Junwei apologized seriously.
Zhangjia Hutuktu said calmly: "The prince is so sincere, the Great Black God will not blame him, it is just a matter of reshaping the golden body..."
"I'll do it, give it to me, I'll give you another thousand taels of gold and cast an exact same one for you... No, no, no, I'll give it to you, you can do whatever you want to reshape it." Li Junwei said.
Wu Yifeng saw the sincerity on Li Junwei's face. The sincerity was true, but he did not respect Buddhism. He knew that King Yu was the most taboo about these ghosts and gods, and Li Junwei felt guilty for destroying the Dharma body of the Great Black Heaven God, but rather blamed himself for destroying this civil and military man with a history of nearly four hundred years.
"Prince, I have something to tell you." Wu Yifeng whispered.
Li Junwei said: "Just say it in front of Hutuktu. He is a saint and has great wisdom. I have been studying Buddhism with him recently. Maybe one day I will convert to my Buddha, say, talk!"
Wu Yifeng did not believe these nonsense. Li Junwei was false in studying Buddhism. It was true to want to learn great joy. He was entangled with Zhangjia Hutuktu and wanted to watch the Sixteen Heavenly Demon Dance, which was famous for its beauty!
"Prince, Kazakhstan..." Wu Yifeng told Li Junwei that Balin Khan and Bahe surrendered. Li Junwei suddenly had a serious face. He put his hands on his chest and lowered his head to think. After thinking for a while, his eyes brightened, and said, "In this way, you will find Bahe directly tomorrow and tell him that he will do this. Don't bother that bullshit Balin Khan, but you have to tell Bahe that I was determined to ask Bahe to do it. You and the generals of the officials also thought so. It was Chen Ping who pestered and persuaded him with all his might. I agreed to let Bahe give it a try. In short, you have to make Bahe feel that it was Chen Ping, the general of Dingbian, who saved his life and gave him a future. Just do it like this!"
"Ah, what does this mean?" Wu Yifeng stared at Li Junwei with wide eyes.
"I won't tell you, guess!" Li Junwei looked at Wu Yifeng with a smile, looking teasing.
Wu Yifeng had no choice but to respond. Seeing that Li Junwei didn't want to pay attention to him, he slowly withdrew. When he left, he heard Li Junwei inside pestering Zhangjia Hutuktu and other secret methods of double breaks. Wu Yifeng couldn't help but feel a master like Zhangjia Hutuktu with profound concentration and profound Buddhism. Otherwise, most people would not be able to stand the lingering of King Yu like this.
Da da da da da!
The horse-head fiddle and the bronze trumpet played a rapid vocal music, just like the sound of a charge horse hooves. A group of strong and mighty soldiers danced among the crowd. They danced to the music, and all their movements were related to war, either galloping horses or bending bows and shooting arrows. The men and women watching were intoxicated and cheering.
Among the other group of people, the girls were holding hands, dancing simple dances, singing songs of warriors. Wu Yifeng listened with his ears, and couldn't understand what they sang, but he also felt that it was wrong. These people were obviously Mongolian, but the language they spoke was similar to that of the Junggar. What was even more wrong was that they were rough-looking and dressed simply, both men and women. The elite vassal soldiers brought only by the Dingbian General's Mansion this time were not followed by the tribe. Where did this small tribe come from?
"Who is this? How could he be here?" Wu Yifeng called the guards who had been serving Li Junwei and asked.
Chapter completed!