Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 888

After Xin Ai's troops were forced to surrender by Ma Chengxun's "idea", Gao Wushi guessed that Tumen might choose to flee quickly, but he was not very anxious about this.

Of course, the high-practical line of the poem "It is better to pursue the poor with the remaining courage, but not to be famous for being the overlord" is of course very familiar, but the situation that Hong Taizu faced at that time was completely different from the situation he is facing now, and there is no comparison.

The most fundamental point is that Gao Yushi had no intention of killing Tumen from the very beginning.

If Tumen is not dead, Tumed will always be on guard against this great enemy of the same race, and must rely on Daming's blood supply to stay strong; on the other hand, if Tumen dies, Mongolia will be dominated by Tumed's family. What happened, that's hard to say.

If Daming at this time has the ability to send troops to occupy the entire Chahar by itself, and even threaten the vassals of the Chahar tribe to vote into Ming's arms, then of course it doesn't matter whether Tumed is the only one in Mongolia.

But does Daming have the strength right now?No.

Indeed, there are no more than 5 main cavalry in Ming Dynasty (referring to those capable of fighting the Mongols), and it is estimated that it is less than 1, while Xuanda itself only has more than [-] and less than [-]. It may be pulled to Chahar, that is to say, only Li Chengliang's [-] can move, but Li Chengliang doesn't just care about Chahar's side, he patronizes the Mongols, what about the Jurchens?
But don't be like in history again, fight to aid Korea and resist Japan, which made the Jurchens take the opportunity to rise.Now let Li Chengliang go north to Chahar, wouldn't Liaodong be empty? Who knows if the Jurchens will rise?
Although Nurhachi's wild boar skin is still young, Jianzhou Wei has no chance to talk to him for the time being, but some people have said that the general trend of history has inertia. Without Nurhachi, maybe there will be a Nurha green?

Gao Yushi thinks that it is more suitable for Daming to fight steadily. First, make the situation in Mongolia so that the left and right wings are hostile to each other. Chahar and other ministries on the left.

It's better to be young than to be young, even if this process takes another ten years, so what?And Mongolia controlled in this way is more than ten times more stable than a sudden strike, which is obviously more secure.

Otherwise, once the Mongolian left wing cannot be completely wiped out, it will cost a lot to occupy Chahar at that time (the reason for the huge cost of restoring Daning Town was mentioned before), in case the surrounding inner and outer Khalkhas and even women The real people make troubles from time to time, if the little national power that Da Ming has finally accumulated is going to be wasted again, it will be a big loss.

But Gao Wushi will not say this clearly, because now whether it is junior generals like Ma Chengxun and Zhang Wanbang, or "veteran" like Ma Gui and Zhang Bingzhong, they are all motivated, and they are all focused on capturing Tumen Khan alive, and even want to Go to Chahanhot for a walk.

This is the difference between a politician and a soldier. The latter naturally fights first if he can, and the two hundred and five if he has credit, but the former has to consider more influence and long-term planning.

As for Han Naji, he also hoped to completely defeat Tumen Khan.

It is true that Han Naji's ambitions are limited. He has not even officially become Chechen Khan of Tumed, and he will not set his sights on the throne of the Great Khan of All Mongolia for a while, but defeating Tumen It is obvious that he can gain great prestige.

With such a reputation, there is no need to worry about securing the throne of Chechen Khan.

Gao Yushi, who is good at perceiving people's hearts, is very clear about the thoughts of these powerful people around him, although in fact it doesn't matter to him.

After all, since the Battle of Monan, the prestige of his words has already been multiplied many times. Even if he didn't even give a reason, he would let them go. Dare to grin at him.

The army is like this. If you, the commander, can lead the people below to win the battle, then you are the boss, and it is good to fart.If you make a decision that everyone doesn't understand, everyone will only think that their level is not enough, and they don't see the reason for it, and they will not jump out to oppose it.

What is prestige?That's called prestige.

Although the Battle of Monan was named after the emperor, in fact, everyone knows that Gao Pragmatic planned with one hand and commanded with the other, leading Xin Ai and Tumen by the nose from beginning to end. Who dare not be convinced by such abilities?What can be used against high pragmatism?

But Gao Wushi knows that although he seems to be beautiful, he has been stared at by many people all the time, so he almost uses a magnifying glass to read it, so he does not intend to bear a reputation of domineering, even if he wants to let people go, he must keep it hidden. No one should have the opportunity to gossip.

Letting the Tumen go, of course, will drop a little from the full score in terms of credit, but Gao Yushi believes that not only is it not a bad thing, it may even be a good thing.

He has been valued enough, and the credit he has made this time is also great enough. If he still takes Tumen's heads back, Zhu Yijun will be worried as soon as he is happy, because it is not easy to reward.

Zhu Yijun himself may not care about high pragmatism and youth, but how many people in the court can completely ignore high pragmatism's age?

You know, to win Tumen is to fight a war of annihilation against Mongolia, an old enemy of more than 200 years. This is a great achievement to be knighted!And think about it carefully, what kind of title should be conferred when Mongolia is destroyed?

Can you become a Duke before the age of 20?

And he is also the Duke of Wenchen!

It doesn't matter that the Duke of the Kingdom who was born as a military official is going to the Five Army Commander's Mansion to retire under his name anyway.But how should Wenchen Guogong arrange it?There is no place to support the elderly, so you have to give them a job, and the rank of the Duke of the State belongs to the top foreign surnames, you can't just let a magistrate play for fun, right?
So, if that's the case, Zhu Yijun will have a headache.

In the same way, even if he is thinking about his own future, Gao Yushi will not really take down the Tumen. Everyone in the world has nothing to say.

The first step of being highly pragmatic is to delay for one night.

This reason is easy to find, because Xin Ai's status is important enough, now that Xin Ai is captured, and wants to see Gao Yushi by name, Gao Yushi didn't plan to meet him at first, but now he finds it necessary to meet him.

Seeing Xin Ai, it can be said that he intends to divide and use the rest of Xin Ai's tribe. If he can subdue the rest of Xin Ai's tribe for his own use overnight, it will be more secure to besiege Tumen next. not afraid.

And after "convincing Xin Ai", it can be postponed tomorrow morning - let's say reorganization.

In the afternoon, he continued to advance with Zhang Bingzhong's troops—his troops were infantry, so they must have walked slowly.

Of course, the Hannaji tribe had enough spare horses to use temporarily for Zhang Bingzhong's tribe, but their riding skills were obviously not comparable to the elite brought by the Mongols and Ma Fang, and it would still slow down the team's marching speed.

In this way, one day and one night were almost freed up for Tumen. Even if Tumen belonged to tortoises, they were still Mongolian tortoises riding on horses.
If you haven't run away, then this Mongolian Khan is really not suitable for you.

With such an idea in mind, Gao Wushi announced the camp with the old god, and then said that he was going to meet Xin Ai for a while, and also pretended to ask Zhang Bingzhong and others to take good care of the wounded, and the officers and soldiers who died in battle should be counted properly. Well, the roster will be produced tonight, and when he returns from the place where Xin Ai was detained, he will write a memorandum overnight to settle the issue of pensions for them.

Zhang Bingzhong and others were so moved by this, they even nodded to Han Naji secretly: Brother Gao is really a kind person!
(End of this chapter)