Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 863 Decisive Battle in Sand City ([-])
Immortal achievement?

Defeating Tumen alone may not be considered an incomparable achievement. The Mongols' special attribute of "small losers go away" makes defeating not very meaningful.

From Gao Pragmatism's point of view, only words such as heavy damage and total annihilation can be regarded as real defeat.

But it's hard.

He deliberately arranged the place where the war broke out in Shacheng. It was indeed his intention, but he was not good at tactics, so it was difficult to judge whether the development of the war situation would follow his way of thinking.

Luring the enemy to go deep is always a good tactic, but whether the opponent is willing to go deep is the key to the problem. No matter how good the trap is, it is useless if the opponent refuses to come.

In fact, there is also a debate in the Tumen army about the pursuit.

The two hundred miles on the grassland is only two days' journey for the cavalry. When Tumen "defeated" Hannaji at the beginning, they were really excited. past.

But after a day of chasing, Tumen was stopped by Brihatu.

Brihatu is not here this year, and he is considered a young Taiji who is similar to Bahanaji. If it were normal, he would not be in Tumen Dahan's heart at all.

After all, after Dayan Khan abolished the positions of grand master and prime minister, the whole Mongolia was full of Taiji. Tumen's sweaty eyes?

However, after the last meeting, Tumen Khan realized that Burihatu was extraordinary. At least this person was not like most Mongolian generals who only had eyes for fighting and robbing. He would think about problems from the perspective of the overall situation.

This level is really valuable in the current Mongolia. If it weren't for the ancestral system, Tumen Khan even thought that Burhatu was "the talent of the prime minister."

After camping at night that day, Brihatu came to Tumen in a hurry and expressed his hidden worries.

Brihatu stepped forward to salute and went straight to the topic, saying: "Khan, I feel that the move of Hanaji and Tuotuo is not right. Thinking about their defeat yesterday, it seems that there are some doubts. I ask the Khan to be cautious." .”

Tumen laughed and said, "Is this what the Han people say about heroes seeing the same thing? Ben Khan also noticed that something was wrong... Sit down and talk slowly."

"Thank you, Khan." Brihatu bowed and sat down respectfully.

Tumen Dahan was very satisfied with such a well-behaved performance. Nowadays, there are not many Mongolians, especially the Mongolian Taiji, who understand the rules like Burihatu.

Tumen Dahan said with a cheerful face: "Buriha Tutaiji, you are a rare young talent in Mongolia. If you have any ideas, just speak up. Ben Khan will definitely consider your suggestion carefully."

Brihatu thanked him again, and then said with a worried face: "Yesterday, Hanaji and Tuotuo fled south after a small loss. At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong. Da Khan decided to pursue them." At the time, I also felt that there was no problem, but after chasing after him, I found some problems."

Tumen Dahan didn't interrupt, but just nodded "Yes", signaling Brihatu to continue.

Brihatu then said: "First of all, they are running at the wrong speed."

This was a bit beyond Tumen's expectation, because he didn't find any problem with the opponent's speed at first, so he couldn't help asking: "Is the speed wrong?"

"Exactly." Brihatu said frankly: "We came all the way from Chahanhot to Tumed, and after they defeated me, Abu, they repaired it at the same place. It stands to reason that this is what the Han people call "waiting for work with leisure..." Even though they were not strong enough to fight against the Great Khan's army, so they suffered a small loss, but why didn't they escape fast? In terms of horsepower, our horses at the moment are much more tired than theirs. But when they ran away, they couldn't get rid of us at all, why?"

Tumen didn't mind that he didn't take a high-level look at Hal's troops on purpose, thinking that the opponent's cavalry was inferior to his own, so it was normal that they couldn't run. On the contrary, he appreciated Brihatu's pragmatic attitude - Tumen didn't underestimate it The strength of the Tumed Department, otherwise, when Alda was coercing Mongolia, why didn't the Chahar Department, as the headquarters of the Great Khan, not jump out to fight back?
"Your observation is very careful." Tumen nodded, and said, "So you think they ran so slowly on purpose? Or Ben Khan said more directly: Do you think they deliberately lured us into the bait?"

Brihatu observed Tumen's profuse expression first, and saw that he didn't show signs of getting angry, so he nodded and said, "I do have such doubts."

Tumen Khan frowned and asked, "Do you have any proof?"

As a big Khan and the general decision maker of this expedition, he certainly can't be rash. What if the opponent really only has this speed?If the paranoid misses the battle opportunity, won't he be ridiculed by future generations?
Brihatu said: "I don't have direct evidence, but if the Great Khan only speaks of supporting evidence, there may still be some evidence."

Tumen Khan nodded and said, "Okay, let's listen."

Brihatu then said, "First of all, during the battle yesterday, the opponent's strength was wrong."

"Oh? What's wrong?" Tumen Khan frowned slightly.

"According to me, Abu, when he was attacked by Bahanaji and Tutuo that day, although they were actually the only two who were dispatched, there were other tribes following him at that time."

"Who else?"

Brihatu looked cautious, and said: "In addition to Tuotuo's troops, there are other cavalry in the rear with the banner of the Great Khan Guard, and some of them have mixed banners, because they are far away, and I, Abu, did not He sees it clearly, but the other one he sees is the Banner of Regent Hatton."

Regent Hatton?Then there is no one else but Zhong Jinhatun. It seems that she has already indicated to the various ministries that she is temporarily acting as regent-of course, this is what the title should mean, so it is not surprising.

But Zhong Jinhatun's soldiers and horses appeared together with Bahanaji and Tuotuo, which made him very serious. It was one of the "worst situation" that Tumen and others knew well.

Zhong Jinhatun did not remain neutral, but directly stood on Bahan Naji's side.

In other words, nine times out of ten, the full-fledged imperial envoy of the Ming people intervened in this matter, either threatening or enticing him to drag Zhong Jinhatun onto Hannaji's pirate ship.The opponents Tumen Dahan and Xinai Huang Taiji are facing now can basically be regarded as the entire Tumed except Xinai's subordinates.

Although he had such a bad plan long ago, after the facts were in front of his eyes, Tumen Khan couldn't help but cursed Xin Ai incompetent in his heart, you are a dignified Tumote Huang Taiji, and you have not been able to win over after decades Allies, are you a fool?
At such a time, Tumen Khan of course subconsciously ignored the huge benefits of the mutual market, which was the root cause of Han Naji's "good cause and help" and Xin Ai Huang Taiji's "unjust and few help", not just a matter of prestige and means.

But now it is useless to scold Xin Ai for being incompetent. In fact, Xin Ai was able to bring out more than 1 subordinates when he was attacked by superior cavalry. Faced with this kind of encounter, what is left in the history books is "just to avoid it"?
Tumen Khan forced himself to discuss the matter, and after a moment of silence, he said: "In yesterday's battle, only the 6000 people who took Han Naji's west post headquarters and took off their hands, and I was the only half of the whole army. If what you Abu said is true, Then the opponent's strength is indeed wrong."

Brihatu showed neither pride nor complacency, nor timidity, but calmly said: "In addition to the wrong strength of the troops, the performance of Hannaji and Tuotuo yesterday is also very doubtful. "

If it was said that Tumen's doubts about the battle situation were mainly due to the subconscious doubts of a relatively cautious person after the battle situation was too smooth, then Brihatu's doubts were really analyzed with his mind.

Tumen couldn't ignore it, and immediately asked: "What's wrong with their performance?"

"Tuotuo's performance was too active, while Bahanaji's performance was too slow." Brihatu replied.

Tumen didn't agree with this statement. He frowned and said, "Tuo Tuo is a rare general. What's wrong with being active? And Han Naji has never fought in any battles, so it's reasonable to command dull and slow."

Tumen Khan and Brihatutaiji are both bloodlines of the Golden Family and descendants of Dayan Khan, so there is no need to brag about the deceitful nonsense that Bahanaji of the Golden Family is born to be awesome.

"Otherwise, Great Khan, what I'm referring to is not the command level of both of them, but..." Brihatu hesitated for a moment before choosing a good word, and added: "It's the attitude."

"Attitude? What attitude?" Tumen Dahan didn't understand.

Brihatu frowned and said: "It stands to reason that if Bahanaji can defeat the Great Khan, then no one can shake his status as Tumet Chechen Khan. In this way, his attitude towards this battle is absolutely There shouldn’t be any negativity, not to mention taking the initiative to fight, at least he should fight with all his strength, but what did he do yesterday? Do you still remember the sweat?”

Tumen thought for a while, and said: "He stood still. After Tuotuo tried his best, he couldn't help Ben Khan. After he was almost surrounded by Ben Khan's guards, he was frightened and started to retreat."

"That's right, that's where the problem lies!" Brihatu's eyes flashed, and he said solemnly: "There must be something wrong with Hanaji's reaction! I, Abu, was attacked that day. He is a pioneer, but he followed up Hannaji very quickly, and he didn't seem to be negative at all. Then why did he suddenly passively avoid the battle yesterday? Even if he didn't say avoidance, at least he retreated too simply Now, does he, 'Chechen Khan', intend to rely on Tuotuo's [-] soldiers to back him up? Is his own [-]-strong West Whistle army just for display?"

When Brihatu said this, Tumen Khan understood—that’s right, Hannaji was being made Chechen Khan, not Tuotuo, so what’s the use of Tuotuo being so active?

No matter how active he is, he won't be able to take the position of Da Khan, and now he can't be a grand master or a prime minister, so he won't get much benefit at all, so why bother to be so active? ——
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