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Chapter 676 Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite
"Your Majesty... Didn't you come out of the border to fish?" Wang Chengen's CPU was about to burn out. It was already difficult to understand why the emperor said he wanted to use him as bait to lure the generals with bad intentions at the border to show up. Now there was another person named Sun Chengzong. Could it be that he was really good at fortune-telling and predicted this disaster a month in advance?

"Silly boy, do you really think I am willing to be bait to catch a few small fish? Let me tell you a trick. A good hunter often appears as prey. This is not called risking one's life, but a war of deception.

"Be content, eat and drink as you please, and enjoy the scenery beyond the Great Wall. When you return, tell the Cuju players about it. Don't be like when you left Shanhaiguan, firing guns and cannons and not saying anything else!"

Since even Wang Chengen and Ding Shun were kept in the dark, Hong Tao felt that he was even more foolproof. In the eyes of most people, he was too arrogant and arrogant this time, so he led thousands of soldiers to meet the Mongolian leader.

Little did they know that what was revealed was all an illusion, and what was not noticed was the inner meaning. For example, the dozens of extra vans, and Sun Chengzong and another army who had been trained in Yan'an for two years and had been forgotten by the court officials.

As long as Li Ruzhang and the navy did not make any move, some people might have a lucky mentality and have the courage to fight to the death. Most people were like this at the time. They only saw profit points and it was difficult to carefully look for dangers. Even if they found them, they would deliberately ignore them for the sake of profit. This is the so-called luck.

"Sun Chengzong...Sun Chengzong, the governor of Shanhaiguan? I understand. He has 30,000 land troops. If he can have half the ability of Governor Li, the Mongols will be in danger. Your Majesty is wise!" At this moment, Wang Chengen finally figured out the whole thing and explained once again what an accident was. He almost forgot to turn down the fire even when the porridge was boiling.

If the emperor had not reminded him, he might never have thought of this person again. The reason why he did not forget him completely was also thanks to Du Song. Every time he reported on his work, he would mention the name of Governor Sun Chengzong, and most of them were praises.

"Grand Taiji, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a bit strange. He left the city walls alone and set up camp on the plain. Does he think that a few earthen trenches can block arrows and sabers?"

Hong Tao and Wang Chengen were chatting beside the van, while a few people stood on the south gate of Xinghe City, a mile to the north, and watched. Among them, a sturdy man with a head full of braids and a red nose was the first to speak, commenting on the camp of the Ming army, shaking his head as he spoke.

His name was Ombuchu Huer, and he was the leader of the Tumed Xinaihuang tribe. This tribe was very special, as it did not belong to the Western Tumed in Qinghai, nor to the Tumed tribe near Guihua City. Instead, it moved to the northeast of the Kharachin tribe and lived in an area adjacent to the Chahar tribe.

In fact, this was not intentional, but a characteristic of nomadic peoples. When they were strong, they occupied land everywhere, but when they became weak, they were annexed everywhere and fragmented. The Xinaihuang Taiji tribe was the product of the eastward expansion of Altan Khan at the peak of his power. It was led by Altan Khan's eldest son, called Chechen Khan.

But after Altan Khan's death, the Tumed tribe declined. Part of its land was occupied by the Kharchin tribe, and the other part was occupied by the Chahar tribe. As the land was divided up, almost all the land in the east disappeared, leaving only the Xinaihuang Taiji tribe isolated and like an enclave.

It's not that Xin Aihuang didn't want to return to the west, but the grasslands in the west were all occupied by someone else, and no one was willing to give them up, so they had to stay where they were. However, Kharchin and Chahar were both large tribes that rose later, and it was too difficult to survive among them. As a last resort, Xin Aihuang had no choice but to make the only choice and join one side.

Who should we choose? From a geographical point of view, the first choice is Kharachin, after all, the two tribes are adjacent. But there is a problem that forced the Xinaihuang tribe to lean towards Chahar, that is, the mutual hostility with the Wuliangha tribe. The Wuliangha tribe is one of the left-wing Mongols, and the Doyan Three Guards are one of them. In the early Wanli period, in order to avoid the five Khalkha tribes moving south, some of them chose to go north, and the other part joined Kharachin. Before the five Khalkha tribes moved south, the most fierce battle with them was the Tumed Xinaihuang tribe.

Now the situation has changed. The Xinaihuang tribe has become weak, while the Uriankhai tribe has married the leader of the Kharchin tribe and has become their direct descendant. There will be no good results if we defect to them.

In fact, the Kharchin tribe had no intention of annexing the Xinaihuang tribe. Generally speaking, Da Taiji Baihong was relatively gentle, or he did not have any big pursuits. He always wanted to manage the tribe well and live up to his principles.

But there is no such good thing in the world. The Kharchin tribe did not want to expand outward, but it was next to Ligdan Khan, who always wanted to unify the Mongolian tribes and restore the glory of the Genghis Khan era.

When the trade between the Kharachin tribe and the Ming Dynasty was effective and its influence grew day by day, Ligdan Khan suddenly became restless. He felt that the Great Taiji Baihong was ambitious and wanted to use the Han people to fight against him or even replace him.

But the Han emperor was really strong at the moment, and he personally led the army to defeat the newly rising Jin Dynasty. If they launched a large-scale attack on the Kharchin tribe at this time, it would not be a sure thing. If the Ming emperor wanted to intervene, the Chahar tribe would be caught in a dilemma.

Suddenly, a message came from the Xinaihuang tribe, saying that the Grand Taiji of the Tumed tribe, Jibusitu, and the Grand Taiji of the Kharchin tribe, Baihong, were going to meet with the Ming emperor secretly near Xinghe City. It was unclear what they were going to discuss, but it was definitely not good for the Chahar tribe and Ligdan Khan.

Although Bushitu succeeded to the Khan's throne and was conferred the title of King of Shunyi by the Ming court, his position within the Tumed tribe was very unstable. Su Nang Taiji and almost half of the Tumed taijis opposed his policy of continuing trade with the Ming Dynasty and not harassing each other.

This time, he secretly went to Xinghe City to meet with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it was possible that he was discussing how to deal with the opposition in the clan. And Su Nang Taiji was not a pushover, and was secretly gathering his troops, planning to stage another Tumu Fortress Incident in Xinghe City. It would be better if they could capture the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but if they couldn't, they could kill him, but they couldn't let this meeting succeed.

When Lin Danhan heard this, he was overjoyed. It was like someone handed him a pillow just when he was about to fall asleep. He was just worrying about how to attack the Kharchin tribe, and now the opportunity was presented to him. If this meeting was disrupted, the Kharchin tribe would definitely be seriously suspected by the Ming emperor, and there would be no talk of mutual trade.

However, this matter cannot be done by the Chahar tribe themselves, as their intention would be too obvious. It would be better to find a tribe that has a grudge against the Tumed or Kharchin tribe to come forward, and then they can make plans behind the scenes and reap the benefits.

(End of this chapter)