Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 857 Brihatu said Tumen (Part [-])
"Excuse me, Great Khan, do you want to continue the westward conquest of Tumed?"

After cutting through Huang Taiji's words, Tumen Khan was stopped on the spot.

Yes, in this situation, should we continue to march west?Tumen Khan himself was also muttering in his heart.

Tumen Khan judged before that he could go west, mainly because of three considerations:

First, the headquarters of Chahar is safe and sound.The tribes of the Chahar headquarters have withdrawn to the north, thousands of miles away from the border of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for the Ming people to kill that far away—it would be possible in 200 years, but it is absolutely impossible now.

In addition, there are three guards of Duoyan as a barrier, and Subahai of Neikalkha guarding Chahanhot, no matter how you look at it, it is a foolproof situation.

The second is that there are great benefits in conquering Tumed in the west.Tumed has been strong for decades, and has been trading with Daming for more than ten years. It can be said that his family is well-off. If he can succeed in the Western Expedition, even if Dayan Khan's entrustment cannot be changed, at least he can cut it off from Xin Ai. A large piece of meat.

In addition, the authority of the Great Khan can be strengthened. Although the Ordos Department is the hereditary Jinong, there is no doubt that Tumet is the actual leader of the [-] right-wing households.In other words, as long as Tumed surrenders, who among the [-] right-wing households would dare to resist himself, the great Khan?The reappearance of the glory of the Dayan Khan era is close at hand.

The third is that the Western Expedition to Tumed has a high probability of success - of course this is Tumen Khan's own point of view.

In Tumen Khan's view, An Da's entrustment was very unreasonable, and he didn't give a clear account of what happened behind him before he died. As a result, Xin Ai Huang Taiji's strength at hand was not as good as that of his nephew.

However, Xin Ai's prestige is definitely not comparable to that of Han Naji, let alone combat experience.In Tumen's view, if there is no external force involved, the uncle and nephew Xin Ai and Han Naji should be evenly matched.

Normally, since the two of them are evenly matched, the other forces within Tumed should remain neutral one after another. Let them decide the outcome first, and then vote for the strong. This is the rule and custom on the grassland.

So in this case, if I, the Khan of all Mongolia, suddenly sent troops to help Xin Ai, how could Xin Ai not win?

Of course, Tumen Khan also knew that Bahanaji now has Chataiji to help him, but in Tumen Khan's view, this is a small problem. Although Chataiji is a rare warrior, he even won the title of Jebe Shooter , but no matter how strong he is, he is still human, can he really be "enemy of ten thousand people"?He has only [-] troops, and the remaining [-] are the guards of the Great Khan. It is hard to say whether he is willing to fight against Xinai Huang Taiji.

Even if the 6000 people are counted, and Hannaji's west post is included, there are only less than 5 horses.My own Chahar headquarters dispatched 3 iron cavalry this time, and with Xin Ai's efforts to put together, they should be able to gather [-] cavalry. This is [-] iron cavalry. How difficult is it to win against Hannaji?
However, I never expected that Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang would actually send troops, and they were extremely fierce and decisive, especially the father and son Li Chengliang and Li Rusong.

Although Qi Jiguang only had a small fight with Chang Ang, but Chang Ang's fellow was almost captured when he faced Qi Jiguang in the second year of Wanli (historical fact).Chang Ang's run caused Daning to be lost now, and his escape route back to the east was also cut off in response - of course the Mongols are not very afraid of this, the worst is a detour.

It's a trivial matter to detour. If you go back to the north line, you can meet the people of Chahar's headquarters first, but the current situation is too ugly.

Of the Duoyan Sanwei, only Chaohua from Liaohe Hetao remained, and Chaohua's strength was originally the weakest of the Duoyan Sanwei, and the area of ​​activity was also small.This is equivalent to the loss of the three guards of Duoyan. If you have to calculate it according to the size of the area, it is almost equivalent to losing the size of the combined towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Datong.

Although there is nothing in Chahanhot worth grabbing by a smart person, what if Li Chengliang goes crazy, or wants to make a military achievement that sounds great?The Han people like to "punch directly into the Yellow Dragon" and think it is a great achievement. What if Li Chengliang also wants to play such a game and runs to take Chahanhot?
Although there is nothing to grab in Chahanhot, even if it is captured by Li Chengliang, it does not make the Tumen feel bad, but it is after all the pasture where he Zhasak Tutumen Khan resides, and it is the "capital" in theory. It would be ugly to throw it away.

Besides, the land of the three guards of Duoyan can't just be lost, or if he returns to the east in the future, wouldn't he face the army of the Ming people?If the Ming people really wanted to restore Daning Town, would they still want to go south to plunder in the future?I'm afraid I can only worry about Ming people hitting my door every day!

Since Kudeng Khan moved eastward, the biggest achievement of the Chahar tribe was to reconquer the three guards of Duoyan, making them once again vassals of Mongolia (also Mongolians themselves). It seems that it can strengthen the power of the Great Khan. After all, Tumet only competed internally for the throne of Chechen Khan, and did not say that he would disobey the Chahar Khan Court, but the loss of Duoyan Sanwei was a serious "cedement".

It's just that the army is dispatched now. It just walked to the westernmost point and is about to enter Tumed. Now it doesn't seem very appropriate to withdraw after a battle...

Brihatu suddenly said: "Khan, I have some opinions on this matter."

Tumen Khan frowned, glanced at him, and said, "Let's talk."

Buri Hatu said: "With the wisdom of the Great Khan, you must know the truth that there is no turning back when you shoot the bow. If you give up the Western Expedition and turn back at this time, it will be tantamount to telling the world that the Khan has fallen into the trap——" He figured out the Ming people's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain."

Tumen Khan's face turned cold: "Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"

"That's right." Brihatu said calmly, "The Ming people used to attack the left and right wings of Monan Mongolia before, and they often made random moves without any rules, but this time it was just the opposite. Changed from the past style of governors and ministers coercing a town to act in a certain place, and turned it into a comprehensive plan..."

"Speak more carefully." Tumen Khan suddenly didn't want to care about what Brihatu said that hurt his self-esteem, but became more cautious, hoping to hear more clearly.

"I obey the order." Buri Hatu nodded, and said to the nominal emperor of Yuan Dynasty: "I don't know if the Great Khan has noticed that in the past, the Ming people used to defend and attack Mongolia. The governor of a certain place or even the governor of a certain place decides to fight and defend, so the military, financial and material resources that the governor can use are very limited, and he cannot play a big game of chess, he can only make small troubles."

"For example, the governor of Jiliao suddenly wants to send troops, so no matter whether he has plans for Duoyan Sanwei, Chahar Department, or Neikalkha, all he can do is to ask Qi Jiguang to send troops. Or let Li Chengliang send troops, it's great that Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang send troops together. Besides, there will be no other towns with Ming people to help him, such as Xuanfu and Datong, they will definitely not cooperate with him, let alone Shanxi. The farther border towns, those border towns will think that this matter has nothing to do with them."

"However, this time it's completely different." Brihatu looked at Tumen Khan, who was frowning more and more deeply, and further analyzed: "Khan might as well look back at what happened in Monan this time. The rings are interlocking, not only every step is calculated, but also every step has the possibility of changing at any time."

Tumen was a little confused and asked, "For example?"

"Let me analyze it step by step for the Great Khan." Buri Hatu found that although Tumen Khan had great ambitions, his brain reaction did not seem to be fast. It is estimated that either he had great ambitions but lacked talent, or he was "too late to be wise" (from Chen Shou's " The History of the Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Xun Yu You Jia Xu Biography", "Husband Chen Gong is wise but late", refers to a plan but slow to come, and it takes a long time to deduce and understand when encountering things), and now the matter is urgent, so I have to do it myself Help him quickly analyze clearly.

Burihatu said: "The incident in Monan was naturally caused by the death of Tumote Chechen Khan, and the actions of the Ming people can be seen afterward. They were premeditated, not a temporary idea , Temporary decision."

"Oh? Ming people already knew that Alatan Khan (the Mongolian expression for Altan Khan) was going to die?" Tumen was a little surprised, because even he didn't know about it.

"No one thought of this before, but judging from the actions of the Ming people, it is indeed the case." Brihatu sighed: "Leaving aside how the Ming people knew, maybe they were just waiting for such an opportunity. Maybe, let's see how Mingren responds first."

"Well, yes, you continue." Tumen was very happy that Brihatu could distinguish the key points.

Burihatu said: "The emperor Zhu made a series of arrangements on the second day when he learned of my Ebuge's death. They were: Specially appointed Gao Yushi as an imperial envoy to confer full authority on the affairs of the King of Shunyi, and went north to preside over the affairs of King Shunyi. Matters related to canonization;
Order Xuanda Governor Zheng Luo to deploy troops to protect the imperial envoy and cooperate with the canonization;
Order Gao Wenjian, governor of the three borders of Shaanxi, to guard the border and cooperate with canonization matters;

Order Wanquandusi (Xuanfu), Shanxi Xingdusi (Datong), Shanxi Dusi (Shanxi) and other towns to mobilize troops and horses to respond at any time;
Order Liang Menglong, governor of Jiliao, Qi Jiguang, general of Jizhen, Li Chengliang, general of Liaodong, and other border town officials to be on alert at all times, monitor the movements of our Mongolian Chahar, Duoyan, Taining and other ministries, and report at any time. "

Because of the bad relationship between left-wing Mongolia and Daming, Tumen Khan learned very little information about Ming, and it was far less easy for the Tumed side to learn about it—the Tumed people can trade at the border, and by the way, they can see Daming’s mansion report , and Daming's Dibao will reprint and copy the imperial decree.So at least these ostensible intelligence, as long as you are willing to collect it, you will be able to analyze something.

Of course, there are very few Mongolians with this kind of political thinking, but Brihatu happens to be one of them.

When Tumen Khan heard this, his face became ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "This little emperor issued so many imperial edicts the next day, almost all the towns on the nine borders at once?" Then he frowned and said: "And , He asked the governors, governors and general soldiers of several towns to cooperate with Gao Yushi? If Ben Khan remembers correctly, Gao Yushi is Gao Gong's nephew and some kind of champion, but his official position is not high, right? Listen to his arrangement?"

Brihatu said seriously: "The high level of pragmatism is not as good as the weak crown, and the official position does not seem to be too high. I forgot how many ranks he is, but he must be at most five ranks. However, he is not just what the Khan said." Gao Gong's nephew, the number one scholar in six poems', and more importantly, he has served as a companion to the little emperor Wanli for ten years and watched politics...It can be said that if the little emperor Wanli has a most trusted minister in his heart, then this person It must be highly pragmatic.”

Tumen Khan frowned and said, "Are you implying that this series of changes in Monan was actually caused by this little guy who is less than 20 years old?"

Brihatu categorically said: "Exactly!"

Tumen stared into his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Tell me your reason."
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