Two days later, the soldiers who stayed in the east also came back to report.
Based on what they had done the day before yesterday, they walked another hundred miles northeast on sleds until they reached the frozen sea. On the road, I picked up some coal left by the Tuman Khan tribe. A dozen slaves who escaped were also captured.
With this wave of news, Gao Gongcai really confirmed Tuman Khan’s movements. In particular, one of the priests from the Principality of Moscow turned out to be a believer of Liu Changqing who had stayed in the capital before.
This educated man is very clear and logical when he talks about things.
It turned out that there were three lamas, two Taoist priests, and two priests in Tuman Khan's team as the spiritual pillars of this eastward journey.
This man was also full of confidence at the beginning. Because Liaodong is now taking advantage of the opportunity to purchase ginseng, leather goods, and mine coal. The seven people, who were well-informed and well-connected, showed off their talents. They poured a lot of coal for Tuman Khan to use as heating material, assembled more than 500 sleds to transport baggage, and also collected several large bags of rye and soybean seeds.
The plague put too much pressure on Tuman Khan. Especially after seeing that the Anda Khan tribe abandoned the Golden Family and retreated westward. No matter how stubborn Tuman Khan is, he knows that things cannot be settled. Retreating is a matter of time, the difference lies in where you retreat. Should we go west to seek refuge with Amada Khan, or go east to find the unknown world.
Later, Orthodox priests came to preach and brought news of the new world in the east. It is said that if you take a sleigh and paddle across a narrow strait, you can go to the east and find a place with abundant water and grass and spring-like weather all year round. It is said that Spain and others have made a fortune in the east. As long as the Tuman Khan tribe goes eastward, they can also succeed.
Whether others believe it or not, Tuman Khan, who has been torturing lamas and Taoist priests recently, really believes it. Just imagine, Chahar still has cohesion in such a bad situation. Tuman Khan is not the reincarnation of a god.
After that, Tuman Khan crowned himself and upgraded to Buddha, God, and Jesus. The three religions merged into one great incarnation in the human world, leading everyone out of the East together.
After deciding to go eastward, the Tuman Khan ordered a large-scale raid on their homes to expel the Han, Mongolian, and Jurchens who were unwilling to follow the expedition or had no property. The name is to catch traitors, rapes, and Jurchens. It was precisely because of his internal plunder and concentration of resources that he did not plunder the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong before leaving. This, in turn, allowed him to go east quietly and avoid encountering Qi Jiguang, the god of death.
Almost all of the seven Orthodox priests in the Tuman Khan tribe joined the early path-finding team at the beginning. It's just that Orthodox priests all come from west to east. They only hear about what's going on in the east, and no one has actually been there.
Now they have to pay for a mythical story. The few priests who couldn't bear the cold and pressure basically ran away. If the last two people hadn't been monitored day and night by Tuman Khan's guards, they would have run away long ago.
Vladimir, a fluke. As one of the two oldest members of the priesthood, the vicar general. After four or five days of trekkingAfter getting involved, I finally found an opportunity to slip back. Because he recently learned that fellow believer Liu Changqing was prospering in the capital. Since the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had a strong interest in Orthodox Christianity, why did he still eat dirt with Tuman Khan? After escaping, when they were running out of ammunition and food, they met a Ming army scout, and they simply came together to join them.
After Vladimir finished telling his long and unpleasant experience, Gao Gong finally understood what was going on.
It’s just that there is a mainland to the east, and there are thousands of miles of fertile fields like spring all year round. Is it true?
Gao Gong searched in his mind for possible connections with the east.
"Isn't Jizi Korea in Korea? Is there one in the northeast as well? Are they descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties?"
Gao Gong thought to himself while thinking quickly about the situation in the east. In any case, Liaodong's biggest threat, Tuman Khan, is gone.
"Jizi, I have heard of it before, is he a loyal minister of the Shang Dynasty?"
Qi Jiguang is a sober person. Although he doesn't know what Jizi is from Korea, Jizi I had heard of it, so I quickly dropped my book bag and echoed it, showing that I, as a general, was also a cultural person, so that I could show my face in front of Governor Gao. He wants to make progress too much.
Seeing that Qi Jiguang, a fighting man, was actually arty, Gao Gong only found it a little funny, but he didn't criticize it. He only praised Qi Jiguang, "The general knows Jizi, which shows that he has a wide range of interests."
Gao Gong still knew about Qi Jiguang's current situation. He came to Yongningwei with a group of Qi Jiajun who wanted to make money. Now that the barbarian Khan tribe used to gain military merit is gone, the heads of the savage Jurchens are not worth much. The price-performance ratio is not cost-effective at all. There will definitely be no money to be made in the future. It will be difficult to maintain the Qi Family Army's combat power and even its establishment.
On that day, Gao Gong asked Qi Jiguang to mobilize another 3,000 people to search eastward, and sent 100 people to find the strait and then return.
The storybook says that there is an Ice and Fire Island in the north, where you can also see the beautiful aurora, and even the polar night and day. It depends on whether Qi Jiguang can be smart enough to brag about these things to Jiajing.
Gao Gong felt at ease to go back to celebrate the New Year, but these orders were still enough to make Qi Jiguang uncomfortable for a while. Because Gao Gong only said that chasing always pays off. But what the specific credit is depends on Qi Jiguang's subjective initiative. For giving away two hundred pieces of leather goods and receiving such a vague reminder, Qi Jiguang only felt that the gift was a waste. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft