Tie Muzhen's Rally
When they arrived outside the Golden Tent, the Mongolians were also more cautious, especially towards outsiders. Li Zhichang was one of the outsiders because the people who followed the caravan reported that this person's hidden weapons were too powerful and he killed more than a hundred people alone.
Therefore, when they were outside, the Mongolians searched Li Zhichang's body, but they did not leave behind any metal weapons.
After entering the tent, he saw a man in the middle. He looked to be in his forties and had experienced a lot of vicissitudes. He was one of the fatter Mongolians.
His eyes were extremely sharp and domineering, making people not dare to look at him directly.
This was Genghis Khan. Li Zhichang immediately bowed." Immeasurable Heavenly Lord. I am Li Zhichang, the third generation disciple of the Quan Zhen Sect. Greetings, Great Khan." May the Great Khan live a long life."
"Haha, little Taoist master, you can take your leave. I heard that the Taoist master of Quanzhen came to my tribe. As the Khan of the tribe, I should treat you well. Please take a seat..."
Under the guidance of a servant, Li Zhichang was led to the first seat on the left side of Tiemuzhen, which was less than five meters away from Tiemuzhen. The two people on the opposite side also sat down.
At this moment, Tiemuzhen said," Little Taoist priest, let me introduce you to my third son. His name is Ogedai. He worships the civilization of the Central Plains, especially Taoism. He is one of the few in our Qiyan Tribe who believes in Taoism.
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" Heavenly Lord Immeasurable, greetings, Fellow Daoist," Li Zhichang said.
The other party immediately bowed." Ogodai greets Taoist priest as well. The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord blesses Little Taoist priest, and the Longevity Heaven blesses Little Taoist priest as well."”
Li Zhichang was quite familiar with this Ogodai. After Tiemuzhen's death, Ogedai was supported to ascend the throne and manage the entire Mongol Empire. He continued his father's will to expand his territory, destroying the Jin Dynasty and sending Batu to Europe. During his reign, his territory expanded to Central Asia, North China, and Eastern Europe. During his reign, Yelu Chucai, a Khitan, was appointed as the head of the book. He adopted the Han method and opened the imperial examination to select scholars. He put the scholars of the Central Plains in important positions and laid the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty.
In 1241, he drank himself to death at the age of 56 and reigned for 13 years. In October 1266, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was built and the temple name was made. The Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan pursued the temple name of Ogedai as Taizong and the posthumous title of Emperor English.
Ogodai was six years older than his fourth brother, Tuolei, who was also Guo Jing's sworn brother, Anda. He was twenty-two years old and had been fighting on the battlefield for several years. He carried a murderous aura.
At this moment, Tiemuzhen continued to introduce," This is my general and my right-hand man, Captain Muhuali."
To Li Zhichang, it was Mu Huali. Li Zhichang might not know about other generals, but he knew about this Mu Huali because he was too famous.
Mu Huali was given to Tiemuzhen by his father as a slave. He was known for his determination, wisdom, bravery, and good fighting skills. He was the most valued along with Bo Ershu. He was praised by Tie Muzhen as "just like a carriage with a shaft and a body with arms."”
He had followed Tiemuzhen for forty years and assisted him in unifying the Mongol tribes. He was known as the "Four Heroes" along with Bo Ershu, Bo Erhu, and Chi Laowen.
In the first year of Genghis Khan, he was granted the title of Chief of Ten Thousand Households on the Left Wing, Grand Marshal, Taishi and King of the Jin Dynasty. He was given the white flag with nine flags to carry out kindness and power on behalf of Genghis Khan. After six years of war, they had conquered most of the Jin Dynasty.
"Greetings, Scholar Muhuali." Li Zhichang didn't know how to greet him, so he directly addressed him as Scholar Muhuali.
Mu Huali nodded in return.
Tiemuzhen could tell from his eyes that although this young Taoist priest was still too young, his eyes were filled with confidence. It was like a noble born in the Jin Kingdom looking at the Mongolians.
However, although the eyes of the golden men were arrogant, arrogant, and even more disdainful, after nearly a hundred years of sinicization, the golden men also called themselves a country of etiquette. They looked at the Mongolians as if they were barbarians.
However, the eyes of this young Taoist priest in front of him were not only filled with arrogance and confidence, but also respect for him. He respected Tie Muzhen, even Mu Huali and Ogedai. However, it was not as obvious as his own.
It was also a shockingly comfortable thing to make a proud person respect him.
"Alright, that's all the introductions. I asked you to come over this time to invite you to a banquet and to ask if you can form an alliance with us to fight against the golden men..."
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Tiemuzhen also added the main topic.
Li Zhichang thought for a moment," Great Khan, our Quan Zhen Sect is just an ancestral sect and we don't participate in wars between countries.
Furthermore, I cannot represent the Quan Zhen Sect. I am only a third generation disciple of the Quan Zhen Sect. However, the Jin people are indeed quite annoying. It is really hateful to oppress the Han people. If the Great Khan is willing to treat the Han people who attack the Jin Kingdom's territory well, we are willing to give the Great Khan some help.
"But even so, our usefulness is limited. The Quan Zhen Sect's disciples are blocked from spreading their teachings in the Jin Kingdom and their influence is not great. The Dao Sect disciples in the Southern Song Dynasty are also several times stronger than those in the North."
Moreover, there were less than 200 disciples who could practice martial arts.
Moreover, we are not good at cavalry riding and archery, nor are we good at military formations, so we have disappointed the Great Khan..."
The reason why Li Zhichang said this was not because he was going to work for Tiemuzhen. He also had to consider the Han people in the north. After the Mongolians attacked the territory of the Jin people,
The number of Han people in the north was about 5.5 million after the Mongol Empire destroyed the Jin Dynasty.(One said that when the Mongol Empire ruled northern China, it did not count the population of laborers, craftsmen, refugees, etc., but the proportion of such people in ancient China was extremely low.) It was only restored to about 10 million after 40 years. The Mongol Empire's destruction of the Jin Dynasty directly caused about 50 million Jin Dynasty people to die, and the registered population was reduced to 1/8 of the original.
In addition, Li Zhichang expressed some goodwill to Tiemuzhen, explaining that his Quan Zhen Sect was weak and telling Tiemuzhen to give up on attacking the Quan Zhen Sect.
As expected, after hearing Li Zhichang's words, Tiemuzhen's interest in Quan Zhen Sect decreased by quite a bit.
In addition, Tiemuzhen wasn't stupid. He could tell that this was because he wanted to treat the Han people in the north well. What if he didn't treat them well, or if his subordinates oppressed the Han people?
Would the relationship between Quan Zhen Sect and Mongolia be the same as the relationship between Quan Zhen Sect and the Golden Men?
The Mongolians had their own rules. Once they broke into a city, they would first pillage. This was the foundation to ensure their combat strength. Only then would they have greater motivation and combat strength.
Therefore, Tiemu Zhen no longer had any intention of recruiting Li Zhichang and paid less attention to him. After all, even though Li Zhichang had told the spies that he was powerful, he had still encountered horse bandits.
He had more than a hundred Condor Shooters. If they were to engage in a round of riding archery, they would definitely die. The 200 plus people from Quan Zhen Sect would not be of much use.
After eating and drinking, Tie Muzhen rewarded Li Zhichang with 100 taels of gold. Li Zhichang accepted it and returned to Guo Jing with the gold.
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