Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 840 Parting Ways, Tumen Going Westward
While Tumen and Naomaoda were sighing, Burhatu, who had been waiting outside for the news of the fifth ruling meeting, also learned of the meeting's changes from his elder brother Lalik.

Unlike Lalik who was yelling at him, Brihatu didn't fly into a rage. Instead, he thought carefully for a while before saying with a worried face: "This might be a bad situation..."

Lalik didn't understand what his younger brother meant, and said loudly: "Isn't it going to be bad? Su Bahai, an idiot, who does he think he is, without the main force of the Chahar Department of the Great Khan, he alone would be able to send out the main forces of the Taining Department." Want to take food from under the hands of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang? How can he be worthy? I think he has too much urine!"

But Brihatu quietly pulled his elder brother aside, looked left and right, saw no one approaching, and then said: "Brother, I think the movements in the two towns of Jiliao and Liao are not normal. It's just a cover."

"Pretend?" Lalik was taken aback when he heard the words, and hesitated: "What do you mean by pretense, fake?"

"The materials may not be fake, but the so-called plan to transport them to Liaodong... I'm afraid there will be problems." Brihatu said with a deep frown.

"Oh? How do you know that?" Lalik knew that this younger brother was the smartest, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he asked hastily.

Brihatu frowned and said, "Brother, do you know the Tangshan Port that Jinghua opened near the mouth of the Luan River in the south of Kaiping?"

"Tangshan Port?" Lalik thought about it carefully, and finally remembered it. He patted his forehead and said, "It's the port about a hundred miles east of Tianjin Port? Yes, I've heard of it, what's the matter?"

Brihatu said: "Ming people's military supplies, if they are transported from the capital to Liaodong, they are rarely transported by land now. They are usually transported from Tianjin Port to the place at the mouth of the Liao River... Jinghua calls it the port of Yingkou. And if it is transported from Jizhen to Liaodong, it is usually transported from Tangshan Port, usually to Yingkou, but occasionally it will be transported to the mouth of Xiaoling River, and Guangning will send riverboats to the mouth of Xiaoling River for transshipment."

Ralik was taken aback for a moment, and thought about it: "You mean, they don't know how to transport by land, so even if they really want to send such a batch of supplies to Liaodong, they shouldn't hoard them in Shanhaiguan? Therefore, Are these things in Shanhaiguan just deliberately leaked to Subahai?"

Brihatu nodded and said: "That's right, and Shanhaiguan itself is an important defense area for the Ming people, mobilizing so many materials to hoard in Shanhaiguan, maybe it's just a normal way to strengthen material reserves... I heard that the Ming court is now more and more powerful. Money, this year, oh no, last year, last year, the Emperor Wanli also reduced or exempted at least 70 taels of tax for the whole country. So, it is very likely that the materials mobilized this time are just to strengthen Shanhaiguan.”

Ralik thought for a while, then asked: "Then why did they release the news to Subahai? Are you going to snatch Subahai? This doesn't seem to be in line with Ming people's habits."

What are Ming people's habits?It's a habit that it's best if you don't come, and I'm not interested in hooking you up to set up an ambush.

Of course, the key point is, even if I am in ambush, it is actually very difficult to get any heads. Without a head, there is no military merit. What is the point of me ambush you?Of course, more things are worse than less things.

This is the deadlock of the Ming army, even under Qi Jiguang's command: it is easy to win, but the key is not to keep it.

When Ma Fang was here before, he and Li Chengliang were one west and one east, and there were still two troops that could be regarded as having the ability to "retain people", but now, Li Chengliang was the only one left.Qi Jiguang's subordinates also have a lot of horses now, but whether it's a mandarin duck formation or a car camp, they can't be displayed on horses, so they usually just ride to the battlefield on horseback, and then dismount to fight.

Well, simply put, mounted infantry.Compared with before, the mobility has improved somewhat, but in terms of chasing down the defeated army and expanding the results of the battle, it is still as unreliable as before.

Therefore, Lalik thinks that it is unlikely that Mingren will lure Subahai to attack, because it is not very reliable tactically.

Brihatu frowned and pondered for a while, then tentatively asked: "Brother, do you think there is such a possibility... Mingren's purpose is to drag Tumen Khan to Chahar and prevent him from going west? "

"Uh..." Lalik scratched his head, and asked inexplicably, "How did they hold Tumen Dahan back? Just rely on Shanhaiguan to hoard some supplies? What's the use of that, as long as Dahan knows that Shanhaiguan's supplies are not easy to grab , just don’t go, and when he wants to go west, he can go west, and the Ming people won’t be able to reach him at all, so what can we do to hold him back?”

But Brihatu still frowned, staring into Lalike's eyes, and asked, "What if... I mean, what if Qi Jiguang or Li Chengliang sent troops to attack Chahanhot?"

Ralek was taken aback: "A sneak attack on Chahanhot?" Then he immediately shook his head: "Impossible, impossible."

"Why is it impossible?" Burihatu said seriously: "There are 1 cavalry in Liaodong. Even if it is impossible to move them all, according to Li Chengliang's habit, it is still possible to move [-] or [-]. In addition, Qi Jiguang Although the troops cannot be counted as cavalry, they still have more than [-] usable war horses. If [-] cavalry are selected to cooperate with Li Chengliang, it will be [-] cavalry to attack Chahanhot."

With a look of worry on his face, he continued: "If Tumen sweated westward, the main force of Chahar would definitely follow. Only the old, weak, women and children will be left in Chahanhot, who can stand like wolves. Hu's Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang?"

Lalik thought for a while, then suddenly looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "But what does this have to do with us?"

Brihatu sighed in his heart, but he couldn't speak out, so he had to persuade him in another way: "If Tumen Dahan is helping us fight against Bahanaji, he suddenly hears that Chahanhot was killed by Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang. After being handed over, do you think he still has the mind to continue fighting?"

"Ah... that's a problem." Lalik suddenly became a little worried, and said with a bitter face: "But I still think that Qi Jiguang doesn't seem like someone who will send troops thousands of miles to search Hanhaote, but Li Chengliang's Guangning It’s not far from Chahanhot, so the threat is bigger. But if Li Chengliang sends troops, Shanhaiguan’s preparations for the war will seem inexplicable... Sigh, what do the Ming people want to do?"

Burihatu didn't even think about this question. Although he is smart, he also has limitations, that is, he is better at the way of thinking of "following the vines and melons", but he doesn't know the way of "what is imaginary is real, and what is real is imaginary".

To put it simply, he is good at deduction, but not good at finding out the opponent's real purpose under various suspicions.

In fact, it's normal for him not to understand, because Gao Yushi is used to arranging more measures to avoid mistakes in the development process that cannot be remedied, so sometimes some actions seem superfluous in advance—but opponents don't know what to do. If you dare to regard this kind of redundancy as really redundant, it will become suspicious.

For example, in the current situation in Jiliao, the letter sent by Gao Yushi and Kuaima actually asked Qi Jiguang to make a big splash, while Li Chengliang secretly prepared.

And Qi Jiguang himself was in Shanhaiguan at the time, so if he wanted to make a big splash, he had to start from Shanhaiguan—this is how the news Subahai and Tumen received came from.

But in this way, not only the Tumen and Subahai couldn't figure out the situation, but even Brihatu was also confused, because Shanhaiguan's preparations for war were really inexplicable-although the north of Shanhaiguan was from the Duoyan and Chahar tribes But if Qi Jiguang set off from Shanhaiguan to fight Chahanhot, it would be too far away, and it would be impossible to hide from the Mongols who were everywhere.

Besides, if your troops in Shanhaiguan are mobilized in a big way, it's hard to say whether the Duoyan department will really stay still.

Brihatu finally made the right choice and said: "Let's let the Shanhaiguan issue go first. After all, if Qi Jiguang wants to go north, the journey is far away, and we have time to react. I agree with the elder brother. The biggest threat to Chahar is It's Li Chengliang."

Ralek frowned: "You don't want to say, let Tumen sweat profusely and stay in Chahanhot, don't you care about Tumed's affairs? You came up with the idea of ​​asking him to help."

Brihatu shook his head and said, "How could I think so? What I mean is that Tumen Khan is still going west, but if he wants to stay, let him stay, but he has to be optimistic about Li Chengliang."

Only then did Lalik's brows relax, and after thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Well, there is no other way. If Su Bahai refuses to go to Tumot, we can't put a knife on his neck to force him to If he goes, let him stay and watch over the Chahar Ranch."

Buri Hatu nodded, thought for a while, and added: "Subai Hai is not as strong as Li Chengliang. If Li Chengliang really sent troops to Chahanhot, Su Bahai would not be able to defeat him, but after all, we Mongolians are born Rider, he should at least be able to report to Chahanhot in advance. When the time comes, let Dahan remind Chahanhot’s left-behind tribes to pay attention. If Li Chengliang really comes, he will give up Chahanhot and avoid it first. Anyway, Chahanhot Haote is just a small town, and Tumen Khan doesn’t grow crops, so there’s nothing he has to bring with him.”

Ralik nodded in goodwill, and said: "Well, then, I'll tell Dahan about this plan, and you go tell Subahai, just keep him here, no matter whether you want to grab the supplies in Shanhaiguan or not, let him be careful Some, don’t even do the messenger job well.”

This is too powerful. In terms of status, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who did not succeed Chechen Khan, is just in a similar position to Su Bahai. How can there be such a thing as "don't even do the job of reporting letters well?" Was it he, Brihatu, who could tell Subahai?
But Lalik scolded Subahai just now, and it's normal to speak a bit aggressively now, Brihatu didn't bother to care about it, anyway, the job of persuasion belongs to him, so he can naturally persuade Subahai well.

Gossip aside, both Tumen and Subahai finally accepted the plan, so following Subahai's "rebellion", the five ruling councils finally reached a [-]-[-] decision on the Great Khan's westward march.

Qiejin Huang Taiji and Huo Luochi came out of Tumen Khan's pitiful little palace with displeased faces, and the two went to Qiejin Huangtaiji's yurt to discuss the follow-up arrangements.

As soon as Huang Taiji took his seat, he sighed and said, "The right wing is going to be in big trouble."

Huo Luochi's current main force of the tribe has already moved to Qinghai, so it's hard to empathize with Tumed himself if he will be in big trouble, so he just frowned and said, "Cut all, who do you think will win this battle?"

"I don't know." Qie Jin said with a wry smile, "I don't think there will be a winner at all."

Huo Luochi didn't understand all of a sudden, and said in surprise, "Will there be a winner? Are you saying they can't fight?"

"No, I mean, no matter who wins or loses, Mongolia loses, and the Ming people will only benefit in the end." Huang Taiji said with a bitter smile on his face: "I really didn't expect that, Da Khan (I) Answer) The achievements of his whole life have fallen into such a situation just after his death."

"Who can blame this?" Huo Luochi also sighed, and said, "I think Dacheng Taiji is to blame, if he hadn't jumped out, Xin Ai would be better than now when she became a profuse sweat."

"That's not necessarily true." Qie Jin Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "Xin Ai is too stubborn, even a little ignorant of current affairs, if he supports the mutual market like Dacheng Taiji, I would be willing to help him, but he... ...Well, the Ordos Department can't stand the trouble now, if the exchange market disappears, I... I can't afford it anyway."

He is not yet the Great Khan of the Ordos Department, let alone Jinong. Although his father is sick, he is not dead, so he has no choice but to come to Chahanhot to pretend to be in power.If because of his relationship, the mutual market was lost, he really couldn't afford it.

Huoluo Equator: "Dacheng Taiji estimates that there are 8 warriors, including Zhong Jin Hatun, that's [-]. If Chataiji can still win over a group of people, they can gather [-] or [-] people. Their strength is incredible." It's quite powerful. There may be two or three people on Xin Ai's side... I don't know how many people Tumen Dahan can lead Ma Xijin? I always feel that if there are fewer people, it won't work. If there are too many people, I'm afraid Hal is not safe here."

Huang Taiji said: "Tumen Dahan himself can have more than 6 people, and there are also [-] to [-] people with Brain Hair, but I don't know if he will go..."

This time, Huo Luochi responded quickly, and he immediately said: "No, I guess Da Khan will make him ready so that if the Chahar Department is attacked by Li Chengliang, those women, children, old and weak will have nowhere to go." go."

"Well, that's right." Cut Huang Taiji and said: "The Great Khan will bring these [-] warriors at most. In this case, Dacheng Taiji's side is [-] to [-], and Tumen and Xin Ai's side is [-] to [-]... ...It's worth fighting."

"But Great Khan is an expedition." Huo Luochi added: "Although expeditions are not important to us Mongolians, it is not as good as Dacheng Taiji who can sit and wait for him to go... Hey, how do Ming people use this word? with?"

"Let's wait for work." Qie Jin Huang Taiji said: "If Dacheng Taiji knows how to fight, he can wait until Da Khan arrives to make a sudden attack, because then, it should be the best time."

Huo Luochi nodded and said, "That's right, I think so too. However, I think that even if Dacheng Taiji can't think of this, Chataiji should be able to think of it... It depends on how Tumen Dahan responds."

"Look, look... Actually, to be honest, I'm not afraid that their battle will be one-sided, but that they will lose both."

Huo Luochi blinked: "Are you really afraid that they will lose both?"

Qie Jin was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly understood what he meant: If both Chahar and Tumed were to lose, maybe the Ordos Department might be the strongest among the [-] households in Mongolia.

However, Qie Jin immediately shook his head: "No, I'm really afraid. The Ordos Department cannot take on greater responsibilities."

Huo Luochi wanted to ask again, but Huang Taiji sighed, stood up and walked out.

(End of this chapter)