Because it was inconvenient for Zheng Luo to speak out against it, Jia Yingyuan could not persuade Gao Shipra who came with a secret decree after all, so he could only arrange defense with anxiety.

Gao Pragmatic knew that Zheng Luo was actually worried or even opposed in his heart, so he took the initiative to tell him a few news to reassure him.

One is that after the death of my answer, Jinghua suspended two small markets and one monthly market on the grounds of the death of the king of Shunyi, and now there are a large number of Mongolians waiting for trading near Zhangjiakou and other mutual market locations, and they are all eagerly looking forward to opening the market, and the result has become a bargaining chip in the hands of the Ming Dynasty - because once the Mongolian high-level refuses the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, these people will not only run in vain and wait for more than a month, but also face the consequences of being cut off.

Ten years after the opening of the market, how many people have been inseparable from Daming's "supply"? Those who are accustomed to the small road will definitely be able to walk the big road, but those who are used to the big road may not be used to the small road.

This is the "economic control" in Gao Shipra's plan back then - in the past ten years, the Tumut Ministry has increased agricultural input, cultivated famine everywhere, and is accustomed to obtaining grain cloth and other various daily necessities from Daming, and now it is just before spring ploughing, so once Daming stucks the grain output and seed output, at least one-third of Tumut's people will be hungry, and extinction means no harvest, and within half a year, there will be a large-scale famine!

Fight? That's just a last resort without other means, and Gao Pragmatism has a means!

After the development of the Red Dynasty in later generations, some people were often forced to bow their heads with the "largest market", and now the Ming Dynasty is not only the "largest market" for their livestock products, but also the largest and almost only supplier of their daily necessities.

You don't listen to me? Are you going to starve half of them? Can you afford such consequences?

Of course, there is a basic premise for all this, that is, you must have the strength to not be afraid of the other party flipping the table.

In layman's terms, it is not afraid of the other side's threat of war.

Why did Zhu Yijun appoint Gao Shishi as the plenipotentiary envoy of the canonization of King Shunyi, and at the same time issued such a long list of orders to prepare for war? Because this is telling the other party: I'm going to have a showdown, and I'm not afraid of you flipping the table!

Obviously, these measures were all taken after Gao pragmatically reminded Zhu Yijun before he did it according to the gourd painting scoop, otherwise although Zhu Yijun at this time already had a certain amount of governing experience, he would definitely not have such a thorough preparation.

But preparing for war is not just a matter of saying hello to the border ministers and border generals, as Zhu Yijun's preparation order was issued, Jinghua also moved.

In addition to the mutual market, which has long pressed the pause button, a large number of arms from the Jinghua Kaiping base, including the Longqing II musket, the Wanli Type 1 musket, four types of artillery, and the newly developed "Jinghua Flying Cannon" that has not yet been mass-produced, are also being continuously delivered to various towns in the north.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic is not so generous as to give it away for free, he just transports it in advance and stores it in case of emergency - Jinghua Trading Company, as a monopoly giant of border trade, has an astonishing trade volume, and naturally there are enough warehouses in various places.

Gao Pragmatic also told Zheng Luo that in view of the fact that Xuanda Shanxi and Shaanxi Trilateral have rarely experienced major wars in recent years, the emperor did not plan to give Xuanda and other places many offensive tasks, as long as they guard the border passes without losing them, no matter how the canonization matter progresses, it will be a great achievement.

After hearing this, Zheng Luo was really relieved, and after thinking about it in his heart, Huo Ran found that although this matter was a bit whimsical at first glance, according to the form of the two parties, there was really a great chance of success.

And Gao Pragmatic told him again just now that the emperor did not ask them to send troops outside the fortress and seal the wolf or anything, as long as they held the border pass, it would be a great achievement.

If it was just like this, Zheng Luo felt that the problem was still not big.

Because of the decline in combat effectiveness, it is not only the three towns of Xuanda Shanxi that will have it, but also the Mongols themselves. And correspondingly, the border army of the Ming Dynasty was originally better at defending, and it relied more on the power of firearms, and now the emperor requires them to remain on the defensive, which is already a decision to promote their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

At the same time, although the Xuanda border army has lacked actual combat training in the past ten years, it is not in a state of decline in all aspects, at least the equipment of firearms has improved significantly - just taking the Longqing II musket provided by Jinghua as an example, there are a total of about 40,000 guns allocated to the three towns of Xuanda in the past ten years, especially Xuanfu and Datong, each with about 15,000 pieces.

According to the instructions provided by Jinghua, as long as you form a dense formation and shoot in turns, the firepower should be far superior to the previous generation! Zheng Luo felt that there was some truth to this, because this tactic was a bit like the "three-stage attack" of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the "hollow phalanx" provided by Jinghua with the guns, Zheng Luo felt that it was a bit unreliable - they actually said that this formation could break the cavalry! How could such a stupid quadrangular formation break the cavalry?

However, anyway, the Ming civil officials have bragged a lot, and Gao Pragmatic is the future leader of his faction, Zheng Luo will not be Geng until he breaks it, he only regards this "hollow phalanx" as Gao Pragmatic's statement to fool the emperor.

Gao Pragmatic only said that Xuanda Shanxi and other places could defend, but Zheng Luo had already understood that it was Jiliao who took the initiative to maintain the offensive posture. However, it's none of his business, no matter how bad Ji Liao plays, he won't be unlucky; No matter how well Ji Liao fights, he will not have any credit, instead of caring about Ji Liao's Liang Menglong, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, he should honestly strengthen his defense.

Now, he is no longer worried about himself, but is a little worried about the safety of Gao Shishi, the canonized envoy of the king of Shunyi who went north, and couldn't help but care a few words, especially asking if there would be too few soldiers and horses around Gao Shishi.

Gao Shishi said with a smile: "It's a lot, the five thousand troops are out of the fortress, the scale is already large enough, if there are more, Tumut will be in danger for everyone, and maybe even Hannaji and Zhongjin Hatun will have a misunderstanding, which is not beautiful." ”

Zheng Luo heard the song and knew the meaning of Yayi, and immediately understood that if Gao Pragmatic brought more troops, I am afraid that Hannaji and Zhong Jin Hatun would have to worry about him "anti-guest-oriented".

In particular, the union of these two is still on paper, and Gao Pragmatic may regret it at any time, and if the troops he brings are too sufficient, it is possible to choose one faction to support and annex the other.

As for why this was done, it was naturally intended to set up a puppet - this is definitely possible if the strength of Gao Shishi's hands is strong enough. Even if Hannaji and Zhongjin Hatun are both obedient ministers of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it won't reach this level, that's not a matter of obedience, that's stupid.

Xuanfu to Datong is only more than 300 miles away, Ma Gui led the most elite "Dabing" cavalry 1,000 people, from the order to the arrival of only three days, so that Gao pragmatic is deeply gratified, feel that this can finally be said to live up to the name of elite.

This matter should be sooner rather than later, especially if it is necessary to conduct in-depth consultations with the powerful Tumut factions such as Hannaji, Zhongjin Hatun and Chataiji, the sooner the better, if it is late, Xin Ai will have more time to prepare and connect.

Therefore, on the second day, Gao Shishi and Ma Gui and his entourage went directly to the north.

From the perspective of terrain alone, from Datong to Guihua City, the best place to exit the customs is to kill Hukou, but the name of killing Hukou is not quite in line with Gao Shishi's political intentions to go north this time, so he changed his route slightly, exited from Ninglu Fort, and headed all the way to the northwest.

Of course, the Mongols would not turn a blind eye to a cavalry of the Ming army of up to 5,000 men, but the banner of this Ming army made them a little undecided-except for the Chinese army with the dragon flag of the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the surrounding troops all held high the "double sword book protection" flag of the Jinghua cavalry and the "book golden house" flag of the Jinghua trading company.

The Mongols of Tumut were all too familiar with these two banners, and according to the Great Khan's Golden Arrow Decree, caravans carrying these two banners could walk freely in any area under Tumut's control, from Yongshebu to Qinghai.

So...... What now?

The first Tumut nobleman who came into contact with Gao Pragmatic was Qingjiangdu, and the full name should be Qingjiangdu Ertaiji.

This is an acquaintance, who once came to negotiate with Gao Pragmatism on behalf of me to discuss the matter of releasing Hannaji, and then was fooled by Gao Pragmatism, thinking that the disasters of Tumut in those years were all because of the war with the Ming Dynasty, and later became a typical pro-Ming faction like Hannaji.

Of course, he is different from Han Naji's pro-Ming, Han Naji really likes the Han culture of the Ming Dynasty, and he is afraid that fighting with the Ming Dynasty will cause the wrath of the gods and disasters.

The historical Qingjiang capital was the lord of the Karaqin tribe of the Mongolian right-wing Yongshebu Wanhu. It is also known as Kundulun Chengtaiji, referred to as Qingjiaodu. He was the grandson of Baalsborot Zinon and the second son of Kunduliha. Resident in the area outside the Saiwai area north of Zhangjiakou to Dushikou.

In the fifth year of Longqing, after the Ming and Mongolia reached a tribute agreement, they were appointed as the commander of the Ming Dynasty. In the sixth year of Longqing, his father died, and then he controlled the Karaqin Department and supported tens of thousands of people. In the first year of Wanli, he was promoted to General Jinwu. With his daughter married to Changang, the leader of Duoyanwei, married as an in-law, and the Ming Dynasty tribute market is endless, can control his brother Ha careless, full five Suo, full five and Ming to maintain peace, so the Ming Dynasty relied on.

However, in the original history, he also sometimes clashed with the Ming army, and once united with the Chahar Department to attack the Ming border. He belonged to a large number of Han women who married Han women and built houses to settle their dependents in the nearby area. He was at odds with the leader of the Inner Khalkha Bahrain tribe, and in the eleventh year of Wanli, he even planned to murder Sujianghai, but he failed.

In this life, because of Gao pragmatic's deception, he did not appear to join Chahar to attack Mingbian, but other situations are similar to the original history.

"Similar" means that in his capacity as Taiji of the Tumut Division, in addition to the headquarters, he also controls some of the men and horses left behind after Yongshebuxi moved to Qinghai. Theoretically, his immediate boss is Xin Ai.

However, the current green generals are all in Hannaji's group.

Although he is nominally the elder of Hannaji, he is not much different from Hannaji, and the relationship has always been very good, and he has become a pro-Ming faction with Hannaji in this life, so after Gao pragmatically contacted Hannaji, Hannaji tried his best to win him over.

Judging from the fact that he appeared in front of Gao Pragmatic at this moment, he should have been moved by Hannaji.

Sure enough, although the Qing generals came with more than 3,000 cavalry, they left the army behind, and they only brought more than 100 horsemen to ask to see Gao Shishi, saying that they would come to meet Qincha.

Gao Shishi happily received him, and after accepting his salute on behalf of the emperor, he laughed and helped the green generals up, as if facing old friends for many years, and took his hand and said: "Brother Qingjiangdu, how are you doing all these years?" I specifically told Cao Gan that every time a caravan comes, I will prepare the best wine for you, and you have received it, right? ”

As soon as the Qing generals heard this, a round plate smiled so brightly that it was a spring light, and said again and again: "I received it, Gao Gongzi's generous gift, Qing Jiang has always kept it in mind, and I have never forgotten it for a moment!" No, as soon as I heard Dacheng Taiji say that you were coming to Mongolia, I rushed over to greet me with the people around me without saying a word. ”

Gao Shishi laughed, still holding his arm, looking intimate, and said, "Did Dacheng Taiji tell you what I came to do on this trip?" ”

Qingjiang's face changed slightly, he glanced left and right, and stopped talking. Gao pragmatic smiled: "It's okay, these are all cronies and family members around me, and the Qing generals can only speak up if they have something to say." ”

Qing Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, but he still subconsciously lowered his voice a little, and said: "I already know in general, but I still know one thing, it is very important and very important, and I must tell you in person, so I didn't even have time to gather the troops to come to see you." ”

Gao Shishi's face was solemn and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Qing Jiangdu's face was solemn, and he lowered his voice and said, "The envoy of Xin Aihuang Taiji passed through my territory the day before yesterday and went to see Chataiji. ”

Gao Shishi frowned slightly, nodded, and asked: "There is one thing I have never had a clear understanding of, I hope that Brother Qing will help me introduce it." ”

Qing Jiang nodded and said: "We are good friends, if you want to know anything, just ask me, as long as I know, you can tell you." ”

"Okay, thank you." Gao Shishi frowned and asked, "I wonder why Chataiji is so loyal to the Great Khan, I mean Altan Khan." In addition, I also want to know why Chataiji's own headquarters is not very strong, but he can influence so many tribes, so I would like to ask Brother Qing to introduce me to it. ”

When Qing Jiang heard this, he said with relief: "It turns out that you want to ask this, I know this, but this is not the place to talk, or ......."

Gao pragmatic laughed and said: "Come, Brother Qingjiangdu, come to my camp to talk about it - there is a royal wine in my camp, but I drink alone on weekdays but it is not interesting. ”

Qing Jiang was overjoyed, one was happy with the wine, and the other was that he called him a hero, and he hurriedly followed Gao Pragmatic into the camp.

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