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Chapter 678 Everyone has their own agenda
Unfortunately, Dayan Khan did not really restore Mongolia. With his death, the Mongolian tribes became increasingly indifferent to the glory and traditions of their ancestors. As the last group to arrive, the Ordos tribe had to think more about its own interests.

The current Grand Taiji Chashak and Jinang'er Linchen both realized that Ligdan Khan was a major threat and that the Ordos tribe should quickly expand its strength, so they turned their attention to their neighboring Tumed tribe.

They planned to take advantage of the internal discord in Tumed to win over Su Nang Taiji to fight against Bushitu Taiji, and take the opportunity to first acquire the Dabansheng area west of Guihua City, and use it as a springboard to cross the Yellow River and seek further development.

In order to make the Tumed tribe make concessions, in addition to supporting Su Nang Taiji, they also had to cut off their ties with the Ming Dynasty. That was why they did not hesitate to send troops to directly participate in the surprise attack against the Ming emperor, hoping to replicate the Tumu Incident.

"Afraid? As descendants of Dayan Khan, with the blood of Genghis Khan flowing in our veins, we have never known what fear is. But we cannot let our warriors die in vain. Wait a minute, there are people who wish the Han emperor to die more than we do."

In response to E'linchen's sarcastic remarks, Su'nang Taiji resolutely fought back, but it was just an attitude without action. Not only did he not intend to let his own soldiers charge first, he also did not want the friendly forces to take the credit.

"Who?" These words made Ombuchu very confused. There were no other tribes here except the Tumed, Ordos and Kharchin. Who could send troops to attack the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty without making any noise?
"Could it be the Great Jin Kingdom?"

Compared with Ombuchu, E'linchen's thinking was much broader. It was not limited to the Mongolian tribes. He quickly found an irreconcilable enemy with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But it is still not certain, because the Great Jin Kingdom is a bit far away from here, and there are two large Mongolian territories of the Khalkha Five Tribes and the Kharchin Tribe in between. It is too difficult to pass through with a large army.

"It is the Han people themselves who hate the Han emperor the most. It is thanks to them that I was able to get the news that the Han emperor had left the country. Before I met Bu Shitu and Bai Hong yesterday, I didn't quite believe it. It seemed like a dream.

What kind of person would actively collude with foreigners to sell out their own emperor? It's terrible. No matter who captures the Han emperor, the Tumed tribe will not allow Han caravans to set foot on the grassland in the future. Although they can bring fine wine, sugar and silk, they also bring plague, which will damage our children's brains!"

Su Nang Taiji raised his whip and pointed at the distance across the army camp in the south of the city. He did not look proud, but rather he was speaking up for the Han emperor. In the eyes of the Mongols, brothers could fight each other, and if they could not win, they could surrender, but they should not take the initiative to help outsiders deal with their own Khan.

Because they couldn't understand it, they attributed the cause to race, and then came up with the theory of prohibiting excessive contact with the Han people, and they believed it very much.

"...The Ming army in the south is going to betray their emperor again?" E'linchen was the first to react, and then the expression on his thin face became wonderful, with disbelief, surprise, and unexpected surprise.

When Great Khan Yesen captured the Han emperor in Tumu Fortress, it not only caused a huge shock in the Ming Dynasty, but also allowed the Ordos tribe to successfully return to the Ordos grassland. If the miracle can be replicated again, the Ordos tribe will soar to the sky and take charge of the right wing of Mongolia, and it will be close to competing with Ligdan Khan.

"Since it's a betrayal, we can't be timid. Datong General Zhang Bingzhong and I have an agreement that we will go north to pretend to rescue, and wait for the Han emperor to withdraw his camp and return south, and then follow and kill him, without any effort!"

Su Nang Taiji was very proud. Even Zhu Yuanzhang would not have thought of such a clever plan. He only needed to capture the Ming emperor and force the Ming court to remove Bushitu's title of Shunyi King, and he could legitimately succeed the Tumed Khan. As for the ownership of the Dabansheng grassland, it naturally belonged to the Tumed. At the beginning, they only said they would borrow it first, and did not agree to give it as a gift. If the Ordos tribe did not agree, the Tumed tribe would make peace with the Kharchin tribe and deal with Ordos together.

The Tumed tribe will not only not suffer any loss, but can also take advantage of the opportunity to get a share of the pie. It is simply too perfect. Only someone with such a brain is worthy of the position of Khan. Only in his own hands can the Tumed tribe regain its former glory!
"Look, the Ming army is moving!" Ombuchu of Xin Aihuang's army certainly had no idea what the other two allies were planning, but his eyes were sharp and he was the first to notice the abnormality through the morning mist.

"...It doesn't look like they are moving camp... Su Nang Taiji, your Han general friend doesn't seem to have succeeded."

The three of them stared at it for a moment, and E Linchen began to tease again. The Ming army in the distance did take action, but they were not packing up their tents and preparing to return south. Instead, they sent more than a hundred people in each of the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast to start digging ditches again.

"Zhang Bingzhong sent someone to bring the news that the emperor ordered him to go north to meet the enemy together. He will arrive in more than two hours. Since the Han emperor will not be fooled, we will force him to fall into the trap. My troops will attack from the north, and I will ask Taiji Omubuchu and Elinchen Jinang to lead their men to attack from the east and west, leaving a way out in the south!"

Just as Su Nang Taiji was watching the Ming army digging trenches with a grim face, and the scene was extremely embarrassing, a letter made him regain his confidence. In the letter, Zhang Bingzhong briefly described the dynamics between him and the Ming emperor, saying that the first move did not work.

But there is a second trick, which only requires the cooperation of the Mongolian tribes to exert pressure. The greater the pressure, the better the effect. As long as the Ming emperor can't bear it, he will definitely flee south, and then he will run into his arms and can't fly away even if he has wings.

"Then let's see who can rush into the Han dogs' camp first!" E'linchen and Ombuchu looked at each other, turned around and walked down the city wall.

The battle to attack and defend the south of Xinghe City officially started at 7: in the morning. The first to launch the attack was... not the first. A large number of Mongolian cavalry appeared almost simultaneously from the northeast and west sides. They lined up in a long horizontal column, marching in neat small steps under the gaze of the rising sun, and pressed towards the army's vanguard camp together.

"Listen to the order, wait until the enemy is within 150 meters before shooting... Check whether the pistol is loaded, and prepare for close-range shooting..."

The army camp seemed unusually peaceful. Apart from the hundreds of carriages and horses gathered in the middle, there were almost no people walking around. Only a few captains looked at the flag signals and kept patrolling between the three layers of trenches, repeating orders and precautions to their soldiers at the top of their voices.

“Click…click…”

Soon, the rhythm of horse hooves around the camp quickened, and each hit made the ground vibrate slightly. Without looking, just listening, one could feel the despair of thousands of troops rushing towards the camp.

(End of this chapter)