In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 526 Kill them all

Back in November last year.

Great Mongolia decided to hold the Khuliltai Conference at the Ishim River to elect a new Great Khan.

According to the agreement between them, Guiyou will withdraw from the competition, and Meng Ge will be the strong one and ascend to the throne.

The meeting day is set for November 10th.

As early as October, a large number of sect kings and nobles had come to Iximu River. This conference was different from the last time. There were only three waves of people at the farthest, namely Subutai's son Wulianghetai in Jiyali and Batu of Sarai City, and Subotai.

The veteran Subotai was sixty-nine years old. Originally, he was retiring in his own fiefdom of Tu Lahe until his death at the age of seventy-seven.

But now the Tu La River has long been occupied by the Song army, and he is retiring here in Sarai City, living in the north of Batu's territory.

In order to respect him, Batu specially designated a territory for Subotai. This territory was probably near the later Samara Oblast and also on the east bank of the Volga River.

Subotai arrived in early November, and was immediately treated with courtesy by Tolegona. Someone was specially sent to invite him to rest in a huge palace tent, and beautiful women and delicious food were arranged. Everything was very considerate.

At his age, Subotai could not afford to travel long distances, so he quickly took a good rest after coming here while waiting for his son and Batu.

Uliang Hetai arrived on November 3, with an army of 20,000, but Torekna rebuked the army and asked him to station the army on the east coast of the Caspian Sea and not to act rashly.

At this time, neither Meng Ge nor Ba arrived, and Wu Lianghetai had no choice but to station his army on the east bank of the Caspian Sea, and then led hundreds of fine cavalry to the Ishimu River first.

On November 8th, Meng Ge came. He left his brother Kublai Khan to garrison the city of Rai, and his other brother Mo Ge to garrison the newly captured Damascus. He brought Hulagu to the scene, and also brought three Ten thousand troops.

As regent, Torregon ordered him to station his army on the east coast of the Caspian Sea.

The day after Meng Ge came, Batu arrived on November 9. The day before the meeting, he ignored Turegena's dissuasion and led an army of 30,000 to the Ishim River. Then he stationed On the west bank of the river, the scene was quite large and the intimidation was obvious.

Those who supported Meng Ge brought a total of 80,000 troops, all of whom were the elite of the Mongolian elite.

Chagatai has been extremely busy these past two days, constantly wandering around in various camps, which means that Torregorna agrees with Meng Ge for sweating people, and you don’t need to make a big show of it. The scene is so explosive that people who don’t know would think that We're going to have a fight with each other.

On November 10th, Guyuk who was away also came back. He did not capture Lupini's royal city. Although the loss was not big, the mission failed. When he came back, he was dejected. Everyone knew that Guyuk was finished, and the position of Great Khan would be replaced by Mongolia. Brother inherits.

Although the 10th was said to be the meeting day, just like last time, Torregon first announced a three-day and three-night carnival.

The last time Tolei and Wokuotai chose Khan, everyone gathered from all directions and had a party for three days. Everyone drank, ate meat and played with women every day.

Especially Hulagu and Uliang Hetai brought beauties from all over the world from the Jiyali and Lupini dynasties for everyone to enjoy.

At the same time, various forces are also secretly contacting each other privately to test the number of votes they can get. Although they lost, they still hope to make a comeback at the meeting.

This is the same as back then, when Temujin designated Ogedai as Khan, but Tolei still wanted to vote to overturn the situation at the conference, but he almost turned it over.

Now that Guiyu lost, Torregona still wanted to try with the help of voting.

After three days of looking at the results, less than a quarter of those who supported Guyou clearly expressed their vote, and a quarter expressed an ambiguous attitude.

About half of the people directly expressed their support for Brother Meng. You are willing to admit defeat. Since you lose, give up your position.

Torrego took note of all these people and cursed them secretly.

On the 14th, the big guys from all over Mongolia officially decided to vote. Yelu Chucai, who was not young, was called out again. He will be responsible for the supervision and review of the entire voting to show fairness, and Tolegena will also be added. Please join Odu Laheman and Yelu Chucai who were originally imprisoned.

It was November, the weather was not too cold, and it was sunny and sunny outside. The Mongolians set up a circle outside, with more than a hundred tables in total, forming a huge circle. Each table was occupied by the king of the clan and the high-ranking thousand people. Households, or even ten thousand households.

And they were all nobles who followed Temujin. Thousands of households in the later period were not eligible to vote. There were also many Han army households who came from Shanxi and Hebei and could only watch from the outside and had no right to vote.

There are his elder brother and younger brother at Batu's table. The table to their left is Subotai and his son, and the table to their right is Brother Meng. This time Brother Meng has a younger brother, Ali Bu, and Ali Bu is next in Harahe. Lin was captured by the Song Army when it was breached. Over the years, the Song Army had been doing business with Meng Gelay, and they successively released Meng Ge's mother, and then recently released Brother Ali Bu. This was also the first time for him to participate in such a conference. The three families worked together.

Batu's younger brother Bie'erge looked up from time to time and looked around. There were many troops patrolling back and forth not far away. It looked no different from usual.

They brought in hundreds of elites who were waiting quietly in the outermost circle, only a hundred steps away.

There are troops everywhere, brought by the kings or nobles of various sects. At first glance, there are thousands of people and horses, and they are scattered everywhere. It looks quite chaotic.

While they were drinking wine and waiting, Yelu Chucai and Odura Heman appeared in front.

The people following them carried a huge table, and then erected a Song Army-style blackboard behind the table.

"What is this for?" Batu asked strangely.

After a while, Naodu Lahe stood up and announced the voting rules with a smile. Each of them would be given a piece of parchment with the names of two people written on it, Meng Ge and Guyu, who they wanted to vote for. To get a ticket, use a mutton knife to cut out another person's name.

Then submit the results to the front desk for statistics.

Audura Heman said that this is called a secret ballot. No one knows who others are voting for, and everyone does not have to worry about offending others.

As soon as Odu Laheman finished speaking, Temu Ge Orchijin started to protest. It is so troublesome to vote. We used to throw arrows, just see who has more arrows.

Mongolia used to vote with two arrow pots, one representing tow mines and the other representing Wokuotai. Then everyone took turns throwing arrows into them. Whoever had more arrows would be the Great Khan.

There was a lot of scolding all around, saying who came up with it. It saves so much trouble and is quite convenient compared to before.

Audura Heman was not in a hurry and said slowly: "Although it was very convenient to vote like this in the past, everyone can clearly see who voted for whom."

"For example, if Ba did not vote for Wo Kuotai He Khan, Wo Kuotai Ka Khan might be jealous of him after he comes to power, and he would not reuse him. Of course, I am making an analogy."

"You are voting by secret ballot now. No one knows who voted for whom. After the new Great Khan comes to power, you don't know who voted for him and who didn't. Mongolia is naturally monolithic and there will be no suspicion."

"This voting method was invented by Emperor Zhao Yurui of the Song Dynasty. It feels good to me as a child. It is fair and does not offend anyone."

Speaking of offending people, many people here are thoughtful.

That's right, everyone at the scene could clearly see the way Mongolia voted in the past. Who supported Ogodei and who supported Toloi, Ogodei saw it. Later, many people who supported Toloi were not reused.

The generals of Tuo Lei were assigned to various places, and they all changed from chief generals to deputy generals.

Now the method mentioned by Odura Heman seems to be quite good.

After thinking about it for a while, Brother Temu made no further comment.

But at this time Batu stood up and said that it was not possible and that we had to follow the previous rules.

Batu's words were still very meaningful, and the crowd was a little noisy for a while.

Tuliege was secretly angry and had no choice but to stand up in person and said: "Brother Meng is about to become the Great Khan. Do you want to see who did not vote for him and settle the matter later? Doesn't this make the Mongolian people panic? Why not give everyone a chance?”

It is implied that Batu wanted to see who did not vote for Brother Meng, so that it would be easy to settle things in the future, which would lead to disunity in Mongolia.

After saying that, he looked at Subotai.

Subotai is old, and he was very happy to be greeted by Tolege recently. At the moment, he had to say, just follow the new one. Mongolia still needs to unite to deal with the Song Dynasty.

Batu was still very respectful to Subotai, so he stopped making any sound at that moment.

Therefore, the Mongols decided to use the Song Dynasty's method of secret voting.

The parchment with the names of Meng Ge and Guyu was quickly passed down. At this time, someone discovered that the names of the two people were different, some were written on the top and some were written on the bottom.

So either the lower part or the upper part is crossed out, but it cannot be seen who is crossed out.

After everyone finished drawing, they turned around and covered it on the table so that no one else could see it. Then a servant came forward to collect it.

After receiving them, they put them all upside down on the tables of Yelu Chucai and Odura Heman.

A large pile of parchment arrived on the table, and Odu Laheman and Yelu Chucai began to pick up one of them.

After the two of them looked at each other at the same time, they said loudly: "Brother Meng."

The scene was filled with cheers, but Guiyou's face was ashen.

The parchment was thrown into the basket behind Odu Laheman. There was a person behind him who put the two people's tickets in different baskets.

They picked up another one: "Meng Ge."

There were cheers at the scene, and Torregona's face became even more ugly.

But soon, Guyu's name also rang out, and Guyu finally looked better this time.

Then the next time Meng Ge, the next time Guiyou.

The names of the two were handed over and Meng appeared more frequently, quickly leading by six votes.

Batu and the others in the audience were smiling and proud.

At this time, Odura Heman continued to take paper from a pile of parchment with Yelu Chucai. When they got halfway, they slowly lifted it up. Yelu Chucai was older, so it was basically Odura Heman who was shouting.

Unexpectedly, someone behind me suddenly whispered: "The bearded eldest son, the second son, and his family are all in the queen's palace tent."

Hiss, Yelu Chucai turned around in disbelief. It was Sa Siji Buhua who was behind him and was responsible for handling the basket.

As the former bodyguard of the Great Khan, he actually bent over backwards to do such a small thing.

"Guyou." Suddenly Odurahe called Guyu.

Yelu Chucai took a closer look and saw that Guiyou was clearly crossed out, indicating that he voted for Meng Ge.

Audura Heman didn't wait for him to speak, and threw it behind him. Sasikibuhua immediately scratched it with a knife and threw it into the basket.

Let me go. Yelu Chucai's face turned pale. He turned around blankly and saw Tole Gegna looking at him coldly.
His eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Be careful of your son and grandson." Odu Laheman whispered at this time and picked up another one.

"Guiyou." He yelled and threw it back.

Something was wrong with Yelu Chucai, and he looked confused at Batu and others not far away.

"Guiyou." Odura Heman called again.

It was a trivial matter for Guiyou to chase three votes in a short period of time. Yelu Chucai's expression was a bit surprising.

Turrego had a good idea, but he didn't expect that people's natural reactions to sudden encounters like this would be different.

Yelu Chucai's mind was in confusion now. He was afraid that his son and grandson would die, and he was also afraid that Batu's army would come and kill him.

No one told him, this is how you voted? Why is Zhao Yurui doing this?
"Wait a minute." Batu stood up again: "Beard, what are you doing?"

Yelu Chucai came back to his senses when he called him: "No, it's nothing, maybe a little uncomfortable-"

"Since you feel uncomfortable, change to someone else. Brother Biel, you can go." Batu asked his younger brother, Brother Biel, to go.

Brother Tuo's expression changed drastically, and he turned around to say something to A'tuo who was standing next to him.

"No, no, I can, I can." Yelu Chucai said immediately.

Yelu Chucai was highly used during the Temujin and Ogodei eras and was highly respected. Batu was still willing to give him face, but in this situation, he already felt that something was wrong.

Batu quickly sat down and lowered his head to call Brother Bie: "Get up immediately and go to the river to mobilize the army. Once you see a rocket over my side, come in immediately."

"No." Brother Biel said nothing, turned around and left.

Batu came to Meng Ge: "Find an arrow, tie it with cloth, and prepare to light it."

"What happened?" Meng Ge asked inexplicably.

"I suspect Torrego is playing tricks."

While the two were talking, someone from the front was shouting again.

"Guiyou."

"Brother Meng."

"Guiyou."

"Guiyou."

After a while, the two votes were tied.

Batu asked Meng Ge's younger brother Hulagu to take a closer look around, because there were all camps nearby.

"You are taking people to see if there are any soldiers ambushed in those camps."

"What?" Xu Liewu's face changed greatly after hearing this.

"The tents are full of infantry. You go there on horseback and ask someone to open the tent. When you see soldiers in armor, you immediately turn around and run away to recruit troops by the river."

"Prepare the horses for us and let Achi bring a group of people over." Batu and Meng Ge kept discussing, and Torregna also felt something was wrong.

After Batu and Meng Ge finished talking, someone from Meng Ge's side also left. Batu continued to go in the direction of Subotai and his son. The three lowered their heads and talked, and Uliang Hetai also left immediately.

Brother Tulie's face became even more nervous. At this time, she turned to look at the blackboard. The number of votes for Guyu on it was still the same as that of Brother Meng, and there was no winner.

But obviously, the shrewd Batu thought of something.

Brother Tuo was also a ruthless person. She immediately turned around and said to A Tuo beside her: "What are you waiting for? Blow the horn and take action."

A'tuo turned around and ran back. The place behind him was the palace tent in front of Tolegona and Wo Kuotai.

The palace tent was extremely huge. After he rushed in and opened the palace tent, it was full of armored soldiers.

"Come out, come out, opposite Queen Fantelegona, and kill all the people to the north of the bonfire in the middle." Atuo gave the order, and with a crash, the armored soldiers inside rushed out crazily.

Atuo took out the horn at the same time: "Woo--" and blew the horn passionately.

(End of this chapter)