Mount and Blade Central Asia

"So Baoledebagen may be secretly cooperating with those Mongolian warlords now, planning to break away from me and go it alone?" Li Rufeng frowned. Obviously, this act of stealing money from his "wallet" made Master Li very unhappy.

He was the successor of the old shaman, and naturally held a high reputation and status among the Mongols. One day, he treated Li Rufeng's tribe, and even other Mongol tribes, as his own food, and the next day, he would dare to treat the Golden Family's legacy as his own wealth...

"They probably want to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to re-establish an orthodox Khanate." Qinggelinayan hesitated for a moment and still expressed his guess.

The so-called orthodox Mongol Khanate was naturally a concept created by the Mongols in order to restore the glory of the Mongol Empire. In their eyes, although Timur claimed to be the son-in-law of the Golden Family, his words and deeds were actually practicing Islam.

Although this kind of thing is nothing to the Mongolians today, it is obvious that many Mongolians miss the era of the Ilkhanate, and many of the Mongolian warlords survived from that era.

Now that Timur is dead, his empire is fragmented, and the powerful Ottoman Empire to the west is no longer in existence. The most powerful force in this land is the Qara ...

Even the Black Sheep People can rebuild their own country, so it is inevitable that some Mongols will wonder why they can't do it?

This is also the reason why the White Sheep King repeatedly sent people to ask the Mongolian warlords under his rule to send troops to resist the invasion of the Black Sheep People but received no response, because those Mongols planned to act alone!

In the eyes of those Mongolian warlords, no matter whether they are Black Sheep people or White Sheep people, they are no different from domestic slaves. But now the White Sheep people are actually riding on their heads in name. This is really intolerable!

To a certain extent, Baoledbagen can indeed be regarded as the spokesperson for those neglected Mongol warlords, because he was still nominally considered an orthodox officer of the Khanate and his name was on the big account in Samarkand.

Waging war in the name of Baoledebagen could save the Mongolian warlords a lot of trouble legally, and even if the war went badly, they could use the Mughals as scapegoats.

This is also the reason why Baoledebagen wants to drag Dangertai to do "big things" together. He also needs a scapegoat to take the lead.

Dangertai was the fool who was constantly indoctrinated with the glory of the Mongols and the splendor of the Mongol Empire.

I have to say that this child does have a wildness in his bones. Qinggelinayan taught him very well since he was a child. Even from Li Rufeng's perspective, he is the kind that meets the requirements of Changshengtian, will be blessed by Tengri, and fits the stereotype of Mongolians of the time.

Dangertai was stronger than other children since he was young, and he mastered riding and archery skills very quickly. He was already well-known among the soldiers under Qinggelinayan when he was a teenager. He was like a fish in water when he stepped onto the battlefield for the first time and made many military achievements.

His only regret was that he was too stubborn and too easily fooled. While his brother was trying to make up for his mistake, the Dangertai people had already headed for Diyarbakir with 500 light cavalry.

He felt like he had hit the jackpot this time. Such a great opportunity as restoring the glory of the Mongol Empire had just landed on his head. He was so excited, so excited that he couldn't sleep. He was so excited that he spent the night with four women and could even ride out on horseback the next day...

Chapter 428 Na Yan will eventually grow old

"It's a rare opportunity to teach that brat Dangertai a lesson. I feel happy just thinking about it." Mengge reviewed his army with a smile on his face, while Jatalehun beside him smiled even happier.

As Dangertai's elder brother, Jitalehun really couldn't like his younger brother. When Jitalehun left the tribe, Dangertai was still a naughty kid running around without pants.

When he finally got to go home, Dangertai had grown to an age where he was hated by everyone and knew the beauty of power. At the same time, he had no feelings for his brother, about whom he had no impression.

Overall, the relationship between the two brothers was not good.

So when he had the opportunity to teach Dangertai a lesson this time, Jialalhun even plucked up the courage to take the initiative to find Li Rufeng for the first time and put forward his request.

Before this, Jatalehun had done a very good job in the staff that Li Rufeng was going to form. Although he was a playboy and had spent many years living a life of idleness in Samarkand, it was undeniable that Jatalehun had learned a lot of real skills in Timur's military academy.

At least in Aleppo, he is almost the most theoretical officer...

So far, Jitalehun has been doing quite well. He is even teaching veterans like Habashibuhua in a serious manner. Although Habashibuhua has fought in more battles than Jitalehun has learned in school, Habashibuhua still feels that he has gained a lot.

In Jatalehun's class, he gained a more comprehensive understanding of a war from a higher level perspective for the first time.

Li Rufeng didn't know what kind of officers Timur wanted to train back then, but Jatalehun's performance had obviously exceeded his expectations.

He was just relatively less brave and less skilled in battle. In this respect, Jiatalhun was somewhat similar to Li Rufeng. Neither of them was the type to lead an army into battle...

This time, Mengge set out with a team of a thousand men, all of whom were cavalry. In addition to his own team of a hundred men, he also drew a team of a hundred men from Badak's team of a thousand men and the team of Huluchirga. The rest were cavalry drawn from the people of Transoxiana and the Kurds.

In terms of the level of trust, among this team of a thousand people, the person Li Rufeng trusts the most is naturally Huluchirjia. It's a pity that he still has a lot to learn. Li Rufeng hopes that he can experience more trials.

Because of the complex sources of troops, the equipment of these cavalrymen looks uneven, and they look like a ragtag army, which requires a long time to run in.

In addition to bringing back Dangertai, the task that Li Rufeng gave to Mengge was also to show strength to the allies in the north. Everyone knew that Li Rufeng brought back a team of a thousand people from the Karaman people.

And now, in addition to that thousand-man team and the army that Qinggelinayan could provide, Li Rufeng "easily" put together another thousand-man team. Everyone had to carefully consider how many troops Li Rufeng could mobilize.

"I don't know how much you've learned in Samarkand, but now you can put it to good use." Mengge looked at the excited Jatale and said calmly, "Before we find Danggertai, you should at least make this army look presentable."

Jatalehun's face suddenly turned pale. He didn't know if he could take on this important task. When he just returned to the tribe from Samarkand, he eagerly hoped that he could gain control of the army from his brother to prove his ability.

But it was obvious that Jatalehun struggled during that period. The habits he developed in Samarkand made him unable to adapt to the environment here. Compared with his younger brother who was like a fish in water, Jatalehun was like a fish that had just learned to swim.

Under Li Rufeng's command, Jialalhun adapted much better. He no longer needed to deal with the lowest-level soldiers, but only with the officers. With Habashibuhua's care, the officers were all gentle and friendly...

But now, Jatalehun has to face his past difficulties again.

Mengge intended to allow Jatalehun to have a deeper control over the army. Whether he liked it or not, he was wearing the "coat" of Qinggelinayan. As Li Rufeng's power continued to expand, he and the Qinggelinayan group behind him were firmly tied together.

Qinggelinayan was in poor health and had begun to withdraw from the stage of power, while Dangertai had taken the wrong path. In order to ensure that his own interests were not harmed, Mengge had to push another of his own people into the military system.

And Jitalehun is the most suitable person. He believes that Li Rufeng arranged Jitalehun to be by his side for this purpose. After all, the composition of the Bardock Thousand-Man Team is too "pure", and Li Rufeng also needs to maintain a balance.

Of course, this is just Mengge's own analysis. He feels that he is increasingly unable to keep up with Li Rufeng's thinking, and can only desperately seize every opportunity.

Mengge knew that the reason why Li Rufeng asked him to lead the team to "encircle and suppress" Dangertai was to give Qinggeli face and let them decide Dangertai's life or death by themselves.

Before leaving, Qinggelinayan did meet with Mengge specifically for this purpose and instructed Mengge to bring Dangertai back safely.

The reason why Qinggelinayan was willing to give up the power in his hands was to protect his two younger brothers at home, but Mengge...Mengge had his own ideas.

As Qinggelinayan took the initiative to show weakness and withdraw from the power struggle, his influence has also declined sharply. Dangertai is just the problem that is revealed. There are many more problems in private.

For example, Mengge now knows earlier than Qinggelinayan that Dangertai has embarked on the road to the north. Once he intervenes in this war as a Mongol, people will know that Li Rufeng does not fully control the Mongol power.

So what Mengge was thinking about was whether to take this opportunity to completely replace Qinggelinayan and to a certain extent become the spokesperson for the Mongolian forces under Li Rufeng.

Someone has to sit in this position, so why can't it be him?

Mengge had already lowered his expectations. Before the war with the Duosite forces, he had considered leveraging Li Rufeng's influence to expand his own power. Back then, he never imagined that he would one day work for Li Rufeng...

Killing Dangertai and Baoledebagen, who was beside Dangertai, was undoubtedly the most direct way to ascend to power. And if it was Jatalehun who did it, even Qinggelinayan would probably have to admit it...

Chapter 429 Upgraded!

In addition to the expansion of his power, Li Rufeng also made great progress personally.

Thanks to the two cities in his hands, the existence of villages in the surrounding areas, and the prosperity brought by the caravans, Li Rufeng can be said to be sitting at home with experience points coming from the sky. These experiences allowed him to reach level 6 and once again gained some valuable attribute points and some specialization points.

As a shaman with underdeveloped limbs, Li Rufeng's physical attributes were not outstanding, but as a modern man, his foundation was indeed good, with a broad frame and a height that was far ahead. After this period of training, his three-dimensional attributes had naturally improved, and now they were:

Vitality: 5 (naturally increased by 1 point) (affects one-handed weapon skills, two-handed weapon skills, and long-handed weapon skills)

Control: 5 (naturally increased by 1 point) (affects bow skills, crossbow skills, and throwing skills)

Stamina: 4 (naturally increased by 1 point) (affects riding skills, running skills, and forging skills)

In the past six months, Li Rufeng has basically never stopped training his two-handed weapon skills. Especially after having a beautiful teacher like Parisa, Li Rufeng has become more diligent. In the end, the system rewards Li Rufeng with a slight increase in both vitality and endurance attributes.

Compared with his previous carefree state, Li Rufeng looks obviously much stronger than before. Long-term training with heavy two-handed swords makes his arms look strong and powerful, with obvious muscle lines.

Li Rufeng was very curious as to why Parisa and he used weapons of the same weight but were able to maintain their strength while still maintaining their figures without undergoing such drastic changes. Although they did not break through the last step, Master Li, with his ruthless character, had basically taken advantage of them.

He knew very well that Parisa's arms were even a little thinner than Satuya's, but when she swung her two-handed sword, sometimes even Li Rufeng couldn't defend herself.

Even now, if Li Rufeng didn't use some "little tricks", it would be difficult for him to gain the upper hand over Parisa in a one-on-one match. Her Royal Highness the Princess was not only an expert in two-handed swordsmanship, but was also quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

This made Li Rufeng wonder if her notorious father had passed down some unusual bloodline to her. After all, the Golden Family bloodline in this world had been proven to be immune to heat damage...

The hybrid horses brought by Haishar and his group of Order Eagle Knights were a case in point. Almost every one of those horses had obvious signs of genetic mutations, and it was clear at a glance that they were no ordinary horses. If the same thing happened to a human, Li Rufeng wouldn't be surprised...

As for the attribute of control, Li Rufeng improved it through constant control of the string and drawing the bow, and the external manifestation of this attribute was mainly concentrated in the coordination of limbs and dynamic reaction.

Li Rufeng clearly felt that his eyesight was much better than before. Before traveling through time, he was mildly myopic, with the degree of myopia in both eyes being around 50 degrees. He was the type of person who could live a normal life without wearing glasses, but his vision would be clearer with glasses.

And now, Mr. Li has a pair of "eagle eyes".

He knew that there were many archers in the army whose eyesight was much better than his, but they were a minority after all. Li Rufeng's archery skill proficiency level had been raised to level 37. Master Li could now hit a fixed target of 25 meters without missing a single shot, so he had been training in shooting while moving recently.

Except for a few people who were given the title of Archer, most Mongols did not actually pay much attention to the art of long-range shooting. Their archery skills were born for war, and dynamic shooting within 25 meters or even 15 meters was what they valued most.

Compared to the physical attributes that have a direct impact, the other three attributes involving the spiritual realm are not so intuitive to understand -

Cunning: 1 (affects reconnaissance skills, tactical skills, and rogue habits skills)

Social: 4 (influences charm skills, leadership skills, trade skills)

Intelligence: 9 (affects management skills, medical skills, and engineering skills)

Li Rufeng has never been very familiar with the cunning attribute. According to the explanation given by the system, it affects fraud and strategic ability.

From any perspective, Li Rufeng clearly possesses both abilities. He even managed to trick a dark wizard who believed in the Azure Wind, ultimately leading to his untimely death...

But he only had 1 point in this attribute, which made Mr. Li feel insulted... So in the end, he evaluated this attribute as useless.

As for social and intellectual attributes, they are even more abstract.

Li Rufeng didn't know how to quantify his social attributes, but he did benefit greatly from them. He'd received countless advantages at the negotiation table, but he still didn't know how many of those were due to the ten percent bonus from his "eloquence"...

After all, Li Rufeng is now a clergyman. He found that the bonus brought by his social attributes gave him a huge bonus in spreading faith. Although he did not actively promote the Changshengtian faith, the number of Changshengtian believers is constantly increasing.

This was an unexpected surprise, which made Li Rufeng love this attribute and the charm skill under it. His charm skill level proficiency has been passively increased to level 67!

As for his intelligence, Li Rufeng was certain he hadn't become any smarter with the improvement. Well, a little, actually. He felt his memory and comprehension abilities had returned to high school, the peak of his intelligence, when he knew everything about astronomy and geography, and could calculate his own latitude and longitude by sticking a stick in the ground and looking at the sun's projection.

And this state has been maintained until now, allowing him to learn those complex and tedious foreign languages ​​in an easy state.

Almost every one of these attributes is very useful, but after careful consideration, Li Rufeng finally decided to put this attribute point into the social attribute, and at the same time put that concentration point into the charm skill.

He once dreamed of becoming a general with a silver spear and a white horse, and being able to go in and out of the enemy army seven times like Zhao Yun... However, his hardware attributes were too poor, and Li Rufeng really had no confidence that he could survive the wars.

Moreover, as his status improved, Li Rufeng spent more and more energy on political games and interest distribution. He even had an urgent need to improve his ability to communicate with others.

This is the most cost-effective option, Li Rufeng is very sure of this.

Chapter 430 It’s All Timur’s Fault

In Li Rufeng's missionary work, the biggest obstacle was not traditional religions such as Islam and Christianity, but the shallow cultural background of the grassroots people and the knowledge and literacy of the missionaries themselves.

Whether they are Islamic jurisprudence scholars or Christian pastors, they are all valuable because they can read and write. No matter how sacred the Quran and the Bible are, it is these people who truly reach the grassroots level, directly contact believers, and spread the faith.

As for the actual level of missionary work of these people, only the wise can have their own opinions. The reason why the belief in Changshengtian can be spontaneously promoted in the Aleppo area is entirely due to the admiration for the strong and the growing influence of Li Rufeng and Bater.

For the people of Aleppo, the appearance of Li Rufeng can be described as dawn in the darkness. He first solved the abnormal phenomena that continued to occur in the city of Aleppo, and then brought new vitality to the city.

More caravans brought more jobs and more wealth, which ultimately brought more people to Aleppo.

As for Bater, as the principal, he has won the gratitude of many parents. He not only brings knowledge to these children, but also always maintains his childlike heart and often helps those families in need.

Although Bater has always been very low-key, no one can deny that Bater is Li Rufeng's most trusted person, and he has the support of Li Rufeng's entire department behind him.

Moreover, Bart could always get along with everyone. Just as the old shaman taught him, he always treated everyone with sincerity. So when ordinary people talked about the difficulties they encountered as if they were chatting with each other, they would soon find that their difficulties disappeared.

Thus, the belief in Tengri gradually became popular in Aleppo and the surrounding areas. To curry favor with the rulers, those power-hungry and scheming nobles chose one or more of their second sons, or even their heirs, to convert to the faith. This practice was familiar to them, as several generations ago, this area was under the rule of the Crusader States...

Those who personally felt the warmth of the Tengri shamans also spontaneously changed their beliefs. Among them, the Aleppo Academy led by Barter was the most prominent. In just a few months, Barter gained nearly a thousand believers.

This undoubtedly made Sayyid Kuda very anxious, and he now felt under a lot of pressure.

During this period, Sayyid went out to beg for alms and headed towards Damascus, risking being infected with the plague. He was shocked to find that the belief in Eternal Heaven had spread inside and outside Damascus. From Hama all the way to Damascus, the density of Eternal Heaven believers was even higher than that in Aleppo.

This made Sayyid feel that his situation was precarious. The non-pious Qaraqar in the northeast were openly expelling his fellow believers, and the situation in Damascus was not optimistic either. He had just learned that the imams and elders of several mosques had died inexplicably in the past few months.

In contrast, although Li Rufeng's attitude towards him was a bit rude, it actually made Sayyid feel grateful...

In this terrible era, it is clear that there are more than just those. The once powerful empire is facing the test of the times, and so is their ancient religious belief.

The Ottoman Empire, once known as the Sword of God, was destroyed in one battle by the conqueror Timur. The entire empire was shattered, and no new sultan has been born until now.

The Mamluk Empire, once the Shield of Allah, was also crushed to the ground by the conqueror Timur. With the defeat of the war, Sultan Nasir's prestige was almost unable to influence the situation in Syria or even the Arabian Peninsula...

As for Timur himself, although he regarded himself as the guardian of the Muslim world, he spent his entire life balancing the many forces under his command, including Mongolia, Persia and Arabia. He took a completely instrumental attitude towards religion, using whatever was useful and discarding whatever was not.

Under Timur's influence, the officials and emirs of the entire Timurid Khanate were undisguisedly utilitarian in their religious beliefs.

Thinking about it this way, Sayyid actually came to a conclusion - Timur is the biggest enemy of Allah!

Fortunately, Sayyid knew that he should not say such things casually, otherwise even the Sufi order would not support him. He could only swallow his anger and returned to Aleppo with the mere 100 dinars he had raised from Damascus.

Still short of seventy-two dinars, Sayyid resorted to his last resort to negotiate with Li Rufeng: he would join Li Rufeng's army as an imam and march with them against the Kafir.

Well, under the leadership of the Mongolian Kafir, going to fight against the black sheep Kafir, Sayyid felt a headache just thinking about this kind of shit, as if a girl who had been violated would no longer be pure.

But after all, the Mongol Kafir was notorious. A legitimate Kafir certified by the entire Muslim world was a superior Kafir! Working for a Mongol Kafir wasn't shameful. For the first two or three decades, the entire Sufi community had been flattering Timur, turning a blind eye to his use of the Mongol Great Yassar to establish order within his empire...

Why did the Sufi order lick Shah Rukh after licking Timur? Wasn't the purpose to push a more devout believer to become the ruler of the empire?

They are very flexible when it comes to religion. If one generation cannot accomplish something, two generations will try it. If two generations fail, three generations will try it. There will always be a day when they can cultivate a devout Muslim monarch.

Sayyid is planning to do this now. He is still young, and Li Rufeng is also young. He will have offspring sooner or later... The only thing to worry about is that Li Rufeng has been too close to the Christian daughter of Maharaja Milansha recently, which makes Sayyid very uneasy.

Having a pagan leader is bad enough, but adding a Christian wife to the mix is ​​a real headache...

As for the Black Sheep Kafir, what the hell is this Black Sheep man? I have never heard of him before. He must be suppressed!

Sayyid had it in mind that when the time comes, he would call on the believers in the lands defiled by the Black Sheep to perform a jihad on the spot and expel the Black Sheep from the Lord's land. If everything goes well, his influence will be greatly enhanced by the end of the war!

Unfortunately, Sayid had a good idea, but it was all based on his plan going smoothly. However, he got stuck at the first step.