Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1612 Prelude to War ([-]) Brihatu's Strategies
The early cool autumn wind blew across the Chahanhot Khan Court, and a few pieces of debris fell off the mottled and low rammed-earth city wall and fell on the dust, as if explaining something for this simple city.

After the decline of Mongolia, there was not much room for building the city. Even though Chahanhot had a superior geographical location, with a hilly grassland landform, prairie rivers, and fertile soil, it only built some earthen walls.

The so-called Great Khan's Palace in the city, compared with the Forbidden City, is said to be more pragmatic than the Longwen Yayuan in Xinzheng, not to mention the elegance and exquisiteness of a garden.

In fact, Chahanhot is connected to the southern foot of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the north. The towering mountains block the cold current from the north, making the climate warm in winter and cool in summer. , forming a natural passage from the Mongolian Plateau to the Songliao Plain, with a very superior traffic and strategic position.

"Brihatu, are you still thinking about rebuilding Chahanhot?" Tumen Khan appeared beside Brihatu wrapped in a somewhat thick cloak, squinting and looking ahead, and asked.

Burhatu, who was standing beside him, said calmly: "The royal court symbolizes the authority of the Great Khan, and the strength of Chahar. ), how does the Great Khan subjugate the Quartet?"

"Tumed seems to be getting stronger and stronger, but its strength depends on the Gong City of the Ming court. Even if Hohhot is built into a big city, doesn't it depend on the many Han people under his hands?" Tumen Khan said expressionlessly: " I have a short-sighted view of Han Naji, and I don’t know that the reason why the Han people allowed the city is because I, Chahar, threatened me. If there is no Chahar in the world, how can Tumot live alone!”

Brihatu stared intently at the grassland in front of him, and his tone was as calm as water: "The Ming Dynasty appeared to be revitalized 20 years ago, and it is now the beginning of a great trend. In terms of the political situation, the Ming Dynasty is like a big tree. As its root, practical learning is its stem, and mental learning is its branch. Each has its own department and each has its own control. Although it is not perfect, it is at least stable.

In terms of finances, the Ming court was in arrears with the salaries of hundreds of officials 20 years ago, and deducted a lot of military pay. The country was almost unable to carry out major projects. In addition to supporting the river project with difficulty, even the mausoleum of Emperor Longqing had to occupy his ancestral land , It can be said to be full of holes.

But now?After Gao Gong, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei succeeded successively, and Xiao Gui and Cao Sui gradually made up the arrears.Although Shen Shixing Bingzheng has not pioneered, the general trend of practice and learning has been established, and various reforms continue to advance. After Gao Yushi became the Minister of the Ministry of Households last year and collected the world's financial power, not only the ban on feudal clans continued to be lifted, but the trade between all parties has reached a new level. .

Although it is difficult for the minister to know the details of the Ming court's temples, judging from the summary of information collected from various channels, the Ming court's annual revenue has at least doubled in the past 20 years—maybe more than that.As a result, although the Ming court suffered frequent disasters in recent years, due to the timely relief and appropriate handling, no major disasters have been caused so far, and its national strength is still thriving.

And the abundance of wealth has made the political situation more stable. The officials who stirred up the chaos in the northwest of the Ming court thought that they would be delayed for at least three to five years, but unexpectedly... oh, no matter, a year or a half is still time after all.Unexpectedly, the rebellion in the Northwest has accelerated Gao Yushi's rise to power. Now that most of the feudal ban has been lifted, it is expected that from next year, the Ming court's finances will be untied, and at that time there will be at least an extra surplus of about 200 million taels.

Big Khan, a surplus of 200 million taels a year is not a small sum.Calculated, because of the 200 million taels, the Ming court could almost fight the battle of Monan twice.The minister is worried that once his finances are untied and there is a large surplus, the time for him to launch a war will not be far away, and he may even send troops immediately. "

Tumen Khan's face was gloomy, but he didn't speak.Brihatu didn't mind either, but continued to say indifferently: "When it comes to military affairs, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to Mongolia. From Qinghai to Ordos, from Ordos to Tumed, there are thousands of miles away. Above the territory, the Ming court can almost sit back and relax now.

In Liaodong, Wang Tai originally hoped to unify Manchuria, but he was willing to degenerate and became a lackey of the Ming court. After getting old, he became increasingly faint, which made Hada decline like it is today; Wang Gao originally had a lot of courage, but it was too early to expose , was attacked twice by Li Chengliang, and unfortunately died in battle; Ye Heqing Jiani and Yang Jipi wanted to succeed Hada and become the hero in Manchuria, but they were trapped and killed by Gao Yushi before their ambitions were fulfilled...

Not only that, the two sons and nephews have no shame, and they recognize a thief as their father. They obviously died at the hands of Gao Yushi, but they only dared to push their kinship to Nurhachi. Since then, they have fought openly and secretly with Nurhachi; In order to be optimistic, Gao Yushi took another step ahead, so that he cut off Nurhachi's arm and created a Jianzhou right guard to disgust people.

Now it seems that Nurhachi's sending troops to Changbai Mountain was really forced to do nothing, and because of the inconvenient terrain of Changbai Mountain, the Ming court did not seem to have much reaction. I only hope that Nurhachi can be smarter and speed up the annexation of Changbai Mountain without angering the Ming court. The various ministries, and then reached out to the Ula Ministry, and surrounded Manchuria again from the outside...but this is all a later story, at least not in the short term.

Then the situation in front of my Mongolia is still worrying. Yehe, as the new lackey of the Ming court, has Hada, Wula and Jianzhou Youwei as his support, and Horqin as an ally outside, and even people from various ministries of Inner Kalkha are with them. Eye to eye, moreover, there is Ming Ting looking behind him...

It stands to reason that gradually cutting off Yehe's wings, especially cutting off his Horqin arm, is the most urgent thing for my Mongolia right now.In this way, not only will our eastern wing of Mongolia no longer be threatened by the Ming court and its lackeys, but it can also form an echo with Nurhachi, making the Ming court unable to look north, and Mongolia can be at ease.

But according to Yichen's understanding of Gao Yushi, this person will never allow me to destroy his layout so easily.If the minister is highly pragmatic, after Wai Khalkha surrendered this time, I will definitely be vigilant and must find ways to curb this trend. I must not allow Mongolia to gradually unify, even if it is only the unification of the left wing. "

Tumen's eyes were fixed, and his tone was solemn and authentic: "But how will he intervene in our Mongolian interior? Although the Ming army has some elite cavalry, they are not enough in number. If we go out to find me for a decisive battle, why should we be afraid of our Mongolian cavalry! Ming army Although the infantry has continued to strengthen over the years and is no longer as weak as it was more than [-] years ago, they are only infantry after all. They leave the side wall and go out to the north. I just need to avoid and not fight. No matter how strong the infantry is, But what can I do?

What's more, the infantry has a huge consumption. He can support it in one month, two months, and March, but what if it is half a year?What about a year?No matter how financially surplus he is, as long as a [-] army is sent to the fortress for half a year, Ben Khan would like to see if he is ready for the civil and military affairs of the Ming court! "

Brihatu smiled lightly, sighed again, and said quietly, "But since the Ming court has a large financial surplus, why does he have to send troops on its own?"

Tumen Khan was a little startled, and was about to ask, but Burihatu shook his head and said, "Everything produced in the Ming Dynasty is available. Although the Mongols call themselves nomads, they can't cut off the products of the Ming Dynasty for a day. Whether it's silk Porcelain, beautiful jade and gold carvings, or cloth, rice and wheat, pots and pans, who in Mongolia can turn a blind eye?

If I am highly pragmatic and think that the situation has deteriorated to the point where it is necessary to fight, I can use these things that the Mongols need in exchange for the ministries to obey my orders and act.Big Khan, if you don’t talk about it, let’s talk about Tumed... If Gao is pragmatic and willing to spend money, do you think Tumed will refuse to fight for it? "

"Then why did you persuade me to attack Horqin before?" Tumen Khan opened his eyes wide: "Isn't this deliberately provoking the Ming court and provoking Gao Yushi to take action?"

Brihatu smiled, and finally turned his head to look at his own profuse sweat, and said seriously: "That's because, only when this matter is brought up at the ruling meeting, can the news reach Jin Yiwei's ears, and then let Ming Ting win I know. After the Ming court found out, Gao Wushi must not move..."

Tumen Khan frowned: "You did it on purpose? Why?"

"Judging from Gao Yushi's recent actions, of course, the matter of lifting the feudal ban has not yet ended... In short, at this point in time, it should not be the time when he plans to launch a decisive battle against Mongolia. But the Great Khan, excuse me, Although we have been reforming in the past two years and trying to find ways to strengthen our strength, compared with the size of the Ming Dynasty, our improvement is limited, and the Ming Dynasty's strengthening is obviously faster.

In this case, time is not on our Mongolian side, that is to say, the longer it is delayed, the worse it will be for us Mongolia.Therefore, if we want to deal with the coming decisive battle, instead of waiting until the Ming court thinks they are ready for us to fight, it is better for us to initiate it before they are ready!Only in this way, there is still a chance to catch them off guard..."

Tumen Khan was stunned for a moment, hesitated, and asked: "But according to what you told me before, if we attack Horqin this time, the number of troops sent by the Ming court should not be too many, and it is even less likely that Gao Yushi himself will lead the army." Soldiers... if the high-level pragmatism does not come, how meaningful is our army to annihilate the incoming enemy?"

The Mongolian Khan walked up and down with his hands behind his back, and said: "If Gao Yushi came in person, our army will try every means to kill him on the grassland. As long as he dies, the Ming court will be in chaos! It has been formed in the past 20 years. The threat is also very likely to be self-defeating!
Even though this person has always been cautious and we were unable to take his life in the end, but as their so-called 'No. Dare to look north.But if he himself doesn't come, the number of soldiers who come will not exceed [-], so where do you start with your so-called decisive battle?
Buri Hatu, the Ming Dynasty has a million troops, so is it a big deal to lose [-] in World War I?What's more, you have also analyzed before that the Ming Dynasty has gradually no shortage of silver, and it may not be short in the future-since there is no shortage of silver, you will not worry that they will still be short of people to join the army, right? "

Brihatu shook his head and said, "Great Khan, there are two things to say about this matter. First, considering Gao Wu's status in the Ming court, once he leads the troops in person, he must be the only one who can only serve as a scripture." At that time, at least one hundred thousand soldiers and horses will be used. With the current financial strength and military equipment of the Ming army, the one hundred thousand troops may have to be bayonet troops except for cavalry... Is the Khan confident that he can deal with it?
According to what I saw, the chances of attacking and killing Gao Yushi are really small. In the end, most of them should avoid the main force of the battle and try to break up their divisions.

Secondly, this time is different from what I just said. Since Gao Yushi will not come in person, the Ming army can only use a small number of elite cavalry to rescue Horqin. Reaching the number of [-]..."

"You mean, to fight with them?" Tumen Khan asked in a condensed voice, then turned his eyes, nodded and said: "The Ming army and Yehe's army have to go out to rescue Horqin, and our army can go to conquer Waikar again." Kazhi made a sneak attack, first defeated the Ming and Manchu coalition forces in one fell swoop, and then returned to Horqin.

At that time, Horqin's foreign aid will be cut off, and our army will have a new victory. With the power of this great victory, there will be a great possibility that Horqin will surrender without a fight.Now that Horqin has surrendered, no one in the Inner Khalkha tribes will dare to ignore the Khan's order, and the unification of the left-wing Mongolia has come to pass! "

It seems that this idea is good, but Burihatu shook his head and said: "The Khan's plan is feasible, but the high pragmatism is extraordinary, I think he must have thought of this."

"So what? As long as he doesn't come, the Ming army's strength is weak, even if it counts, it can't be defeated." Tumen Khan said confidently.

"It's hard to say." Brihatu still objected, saying, "Li Rusong probably won't be dispatched by the Ming army this time, but if it's as the Great Khan said, our army needs to defeat the Ming-Manchu coalition first... ...Khan, although the Liaodong cavalry may not be as elite as my Mongolian cavalry, all of them are equipped with firearms, at least they can cause a lot of casualties to our army.

In this way, even if our army wins, there should be fewer people who still have the strength to fight again after the war, but the defeat of the Ming-Manchu coalition will definitely stimulate the Ming court.At this time, Gao Wushi himself has not yet been defeated, so will the Ming court send troops out of anger, forcibly mobilize a large army and contact various ministries around me to encircle and suppress me, and simply advance the expected decisive battle?

The Great Khan may say that even if the decisive battle is advanced, our army only needs to avoid fighting and drag them to death on the prairie according to what we said before.But has the Great Khan thought about it? It is because our army has the advantage of cavalry that we can avoid fighting. But if the situation reaches that point, will our army really have the advantage of cavalry?Great Khan, Tumed at that time, his strength was not damaged in the slightest. "

Tumen gasped in sweat, and thought: How could I forget about Hanaji? If he really got to that point, this kid would be eager to jump out to show his loyalty to the Ming people, and be willing to be the pioneer to fight me... That would be very bad.

Seeing that Tumen Khan's complexion changed drastically, Brihatu knew that he had already figured out the key point, so he smiled slightly and said, "So Dahan, our army shouldn't target the Ming-Manchu coalition forces or even Horqin at this time, our army really The target should be Tumed!

Big Khan, our army can only launch a powerful offensive against Tumed by surprise at this moment. Even if we don’t say a word to destroy Tumed, at least it will make them lose their strength. Ming court's biggest accomplice. "
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