golden scales

In the era of extremely inconvenient communication, the center should not only issue overly detailed orders, but should not even determine the general policy, so as not to contradict the actual situation and harm the vitality of the country.Reading the latest and most complete novels is like this "Three Chapters of Dingmeng". People with knowledge think that they are forcing the Mongols to rebel. It might be the other way around.

Precisely because of such two-sided opinions, when the order reached the Second Army, it could only be said: If Shuo Lei sincerely surrenders, allow Qin to move to the south; if he disagrees, he will be punished.

This undoubtedly handed over the right to fight to the Second Guards Army, which led to another round of discussions in the newspapers about whether the military men were too powerful, and might repeat the old army town's failure to follow the imperial edict.

"These people have no confidence in the soldiers of Ming Dynasty, in the training officers at all levels, in the military judges, and in the Jin Yiwei... If a person's suspicion reaches this level, then he can only talk in vain. I can't do it." Facing Chongzhen's worries, Zhu Cihong persuaded him.

Chongzhen was not such a suspicious person in his early years, but during his more than ten years of emperor career, even Zhou Yanru, his trusted chief assistant, lied about military information to deceive him.It was so appalling, who could he trust?Fortunately, these years of spiritual healing made him finally believe that people should trust each other, so he accepted his son's statement.

"The military is often self-contained, so it needs civilian checks and balances. Since you are quite confident, you can only be a wake-up call." Chongzhendu.

Zhu Cilang agreed with a smile, but did not explain that it is impossible for the current army to be self-contained.

In the old army town, most of them are family nepotism, and the next ones are adopted sons and daughters. A town is a family, and of course it is self-contained.Now the non-commissioned officers in the army graduated from the lecture hall.Military officers are graduates of Armed Forces University, training officers are graduates of training officer schools, military judges are graduates of law and political schools, logistics officers are graduates of various accounting schools...how can they be self-contained?

Especially the three guards, as the elite of the Ming army, the guard battalion of His Majesty the Emperor when he was in the hidden residence.All kinds of equipment are at the forefront of the whole army of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been guaranteed that all officers above the school level are from the military academy, at least they have returned to the military academy for further training.

Especially in the three guards, His Majesty himself was strongly deified, and it was the true belief of many guards officers and soldiers to sacrifice their lives for His Majesty and go to heaven as soldiers and generals.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Cihong naturally had full trust in Xiao Donglou.

Trust is often mutual.

With the abundant trust of His Majesty the Emperor, Xiao Donglou naturally dared to make any decision, always taking the best interests of the Ming Empire as the criterion.

Now the greatest benefit of the Ming Dynasty is to destroy Shuo Lei and support the pro-Ming Ulihan as Chechen Khan.On the premise of ensuring the safety of the grain road in the rear, conquer Tuxietu, Zhasaktu, and even Tannu Ulianghai, Khobduo and other places further west.Wrap the entire Mobei in his arms, and attack the Oala tribes in Moxi.

Xiao Donglou finally accepted the "request" of Jinyiwei, and carried out a limited attack on the Chechen Ministry to "cut off the carrion".

At the same time, Shuo Lei is facing a tricky hand.

He and several of his sons knew that they wanted to be the enemy of Daming, so they practiced tricks, and after crossing the main defense line of the Ming army, they cut off the Ming army's retreat from behind.Backhand stabbed a knife.Not only can you get a large number of strong and strong slaves, but you can also show off Mobei.However, such a strategy has a very important prerequisite: the Ming army does not know.

If only to keep it a secret.Shuo Lei can do it.But how to prevent the tribal people from being confused by inconsistencies?If you tell everyone in your tribe from the beginning that you are pretending to submit to the Ming army, but you are actually going to fight the Ming army, how can you guard against the spies on the grassland?You know, the profession of spies has never been less popular, and they may not be Han Chinese.Mongols are just as likely to be raped.

"Father Khan, my son has an idea, maybe he can try it." Aqiletu, the sixth son who was only in his early twenties, appeared beside Shuo Lei, riding his old horse that had lost its hair.Although he was the youngest son, he was nearly ten years younger than Bubba.Mother's status is humble, and she is destined not to be a competitor of Bubba.

There was never even an older brother who looked at him directly, until one day the elder brother Ulihan suddenly extended a hand of friendship to him.

"Say." Shuo Lei looked at the thin son, not very optimistic about him.

"Father Khan used the pretext of hunting first to gather trusted confidant warriors in the tribe, tell them the truth secretly, and then not let them go out, so as to ensure that the attack on the Ming army will not be detected by the Ming army." Aqiletu said: " For the other clansmen, it is publicized that we want to submit to the Ming court and go to the pastures with lush water and grass in the south of the Gobi Desert, so that the Ming army can even more believe in our sincerity."

Shuo Lei thinks this method is not a bright spot, but it is also a countermeasure.As a king of Khan, he has his own guards. If he takes the initiative on the battlefield with mental calculations and unintentional calculations, 1 horses are enough to defeat the Ming army.

"Bub, you go and run for me, select the warriors who are close to each tribe into the guard, and we will lead the way south." Shuo Lei said.

Babu was excited.If it is a hint of Khan's succession to help his father Khan go to the Ming army to discuss affairs, then going to various tribes to select soldiers is an explicit indication of the real inheritance of Khan's position.At that time, he will hold the banner of Chechen Khan and gallop his horse on the grassland. Every Sumu and tribe in Chechnya who sees the banner will have knights to join the cavalry with their own weapons.

"Aqiletu," Shuo Lei glanced at the real youngest son, "Go and tell the leaders of the various tribes that we will submit to Ming Dynasty and go to the south to live a leisurely and prosperous life."

"Yes, Father Khan." Aqiletu replied respectfully, but he was full of slander in his heart, and secretly said: What the elder brother said is not wrong at all, this old guy just wants to leave everything good to Babu.I have to bear the blame for this kind of treachery!Haha, God is sorry, but he doesn't know that my elder brother and I have already got on Mingren's horseback, and I will also have a share of this pasture in the future!

Shuo Lei didn't know this at all, and still imagined that he would become the co-lord of Khalkha.As long as Tuxietuhan and Zhasaktuhan agree to send troops this time, the Ming army will face a double attack, and eventually die in despair amid the shortage of food and grass.

In July of the fourth year of Longjing, it was the season when the water and grass were luxuriant on the grassland.The eldest son Ulihan and the second son Almu, who returned to the court of the Chechen Khan, brought the "envoys" of Tushetu Khan and Zasak Khan, expressing that the two Khans believed that only by joining hands can they fight against the Han Chinese's invasion of the north, and they were willing to send a team of troops each. Thousands of warriors and [-] good horses participated in the battle against the Ming army.

The army will enter Chechen Khan's territory in August, and Chechen Khan needs to send someone to contact him to avoid misunderstanding and friction.

As the so-called use familiarity, Shuo Lei didn't know anything about the betrayal planned by his eldest son, and he didn't believe that his son, who had followed him on horseback and archery since childhood, would betray him and turn to the enemy.So Ulihan and Almu naturally became the liaisons to the other two ministries, running between the two armies to deliver the news of the arrival of the army.

Aqiletu also preached the benefits of moving to the south among the entire tribe, as well as the argument that Mingmeng put aside their past differences and coexist peacefully.

In the entire Chechen tribe, only Shuo Lei and Babu knew that the army of Tushetu Khan and Zasak Khan was "approaching" Chechnya step by step, and the other tribes didn't know such a thing at all, let alone talk about it. Expose the fact that these two non-existent [-]-strong teams did not appear.

In August of the fourth year of Longjing, seeing that the friendly army was already very close to the mouth of the Kerelun River, Shuo Lei finally led a team of [-] people led by Babu and his third and fourth sons to the southeast. Grain and food prepared by the Ming army.

"These smart people are really stupid. They don't know when they are about to die, and they still reward us with food and grass!" Baoyin, Shuo Lei's third son, said to his younger brother Ba Bu.

Babu was quite happy with his strategy, and riding on the horse, he said: "The Ming people are too arrogant. They think we are in decline now, so they sent so many people here to make us bow down. Dream! If this knife They'll never come to their senses without cutting deeper."

"Yes, yes." Baoyin agreed.

"Look, in front is the military fort of the Ming army, which has enough food and grass to feed 3 horses and horses for a year." Babu said very enviously: "Da Ming is such a rich and ignorant country."

From Liaodong to Hulun Lake, there is a Dajun Fort every [-] miles.Although the name is a castle, it is no different from a small town.The fort wall is three feet high, and it is all built with local earth and rock mixed with cement. It is shaped like a military fort in the mainland. The wall is concave, and there are two cannons on each of the four walls.

There are barracks for soldiers stationed in the fort, centered on the Bell and Drum Tower, there are small playgrounds, barracks office, earth temple, and the most important warehouse.

Because the military fort here is the closest to Hulun Lake and Bell Lake, it is named Hulunbuir Fort, and some people call it Hulunbuir Fort for short.

One or two miles south of Hulun Buir Fort, herdsmen and inland border merchants spontaneously formed a market to exchange goods.Because the main commodities in Mobei and South are horses and sheep, this market has a very popular name: Yangmashi.

For the herdsmen in Mobei, instead of killing and enslaving, the entry of the army this time brought iron pans, scissors and other goods that the Mongols needed but did not have. This is undoubtedly a symbol of peace.So they called the market outside the military fort: Amugulang.

Means "Taiping" in Mongolian.

"Taiji, Dahan invites you to go there, the Ming army in the city is here to meet you." The knights around Shuo Lei rode over and found Babu.

Babu nodded, told Baoyin a few words, and led his personal guards to the front, not letting go of this opportunity to show his status. (To be continued..)

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