Chapter 055: Parting Ways, Tumen Goes West (2 More Than 10,000)
When Tumen and Brain Mao sighed loudly, Buzhihatu, who had been waiting outside for the news of the Fifth Ruling Council, also learned about the changes in the meeting from the mouth of the eldest brother Pullik.
Unlike the scolding Rick, Burihatu did not jump like thunder, but thought carefully for a while before he said with a sad face: "This may be a bad ...... now"
Rick didn't understand what his brother meant, and said loudly, "Isn't it going to be bad?" Quickly put Hai, who does he think he is, without the main force of the Great Khan's Chahar Department, just his Taining Department also wants to take food under the hands of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang? He is also worthy? I think he's filled with a lot of horse urine! ”
But Bu Rihatu quietly pulled the eldest brother aside, looked left and right, and saw that no one was approaching, so he said: "Big brother, I think the movement of the two towns of Jiliao is abnormal, and this matter of Shanhaiguan materials may be just a pretense." ”
"Disguise?" Pulling Lik was stunned when he heard this, and hesitated: "What does the disguise mean, fake?" ”
"The materials are not necessarily fake, but the so-called plan is to be shipped to Liaodong...... I'm afraid that there is a problem. Burihatu said with a deep frown.
"Oh? How so? Rick knew that this younger brother had the best brain, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he hurriedly asked.
Burihatu frowned and said, "Big brother, do you know the Tangshan Port that Jinghua opened near the mouth of the Luanhe River south of Kaiping?" ”
"Tangshan Port?" Pulling Lik thought about it carefully, and finally remembered, slapped his forehead, and said, "Is that the port about a hundred miles east of Tianjin Port?" You know, I've heard a little, what's wrong? ”
"The military supplies of the Ming people, if they were transported from Beijing to Liaodong, were rarely transported by land now, and were generally transported from Tianjin Port to the place at the mouth of the Liaohe River...... Jinghua called it the port of Yingkou. If it is transported from Jizhen to Liaodong, it is usually transported from Tangshan Port, and it is generally transported to Yingkou, but occasionally it will be transported to the mouth of the Xiaoling River, and the river boat will be sent by Guangning to the mouth of the Xiaoling River for transshipment. ”
Tuo Lik was stunned for a moment, and thought: "You mean to say that they will not use land transportation in the first place, so even if they really want to send such a batch of materials to Liaodong, they should not hoard things in Shanhaiguan?" Therefore, these things in Shanhaiguan were only deliberately leaked to Su Jianghai to know? ”
Buri Hatu nodded and said: "That's right, and Shanhaiguan itself is an important defense place for the Ming people, and mobilizing so many materials to hoard in Shanhaiguan may just be a normal reinforcement of material reserves...... I heard that the Ming court is getting richer and richer now, and this year, oh no, last year, last year, the Wanli Emperor also reduced the country's taxes by at least 700,000 taels. Therefore, it is very likely that the materials mobilized this time are only to strengthen Shanhaiguan. ”
Rick thought for a moment and asked, "Then why did they release the news to Swift Hai?" Hurry up and grab it? This doesn't seem to be in line with the habits of the Akito. ”
What are the habits of the Akito? It's the habit that it's best if you don't come, and I'm not interested in hooking up with you to come over and do some kind of ambush.
Of course, the key is that even if you are ambushed, it is actually difficult to get any heads, and if you don't have a head, you have no military merits, so what's the point of me ambushing you? Of course, more is better than less.
This is the dead knot of the Ming army, and even Qi Jiguang's subordinates are like this: it is easy to win the war, but the key is not to keep it.
In the past, when Ma Fang was here, he and Li Chengliang were one west and one east, and there were still two troops that could be regarded as having the ability to "retain people", but now, Li Chengliang is left alone. Qi Jiguang is now equipped with a lot of horses, but whether it is a mandarin duck formation or a chariot battalion, they can't be put out on horses, so they usually just ride to the battlefield on horseback, and then dismount to fight.
Well, simply put, mounted infantry. Compared with before, the mobility has been somewhat improved, but it is still as unreliable as before in terms of chasing down the defeated army and expanding the results.
Therefore, Pullik thinks that it is unlikely that Akito lure Shokai into attacking, because tactically speaking, it is not very reliable.
Burihatu frowned and pondered for a while, then asked tentatively: "Big brother, do you think there is such a possibility...... The purpose of the Ming people was to drag the Great Khan of Tumen in Chahar and prevent him from going west? ”
"Uh......" Pullik scratched his head and asked a little inexplicably, "How did they hold back the Great Khan of Tumen?" Just rely on the mountain customs to stock up on some supplies? What's the use of that, as long as the Great Khan knows that the supplies in Shanhaiguan are not easy to grab, just don't go, when the time comes, he will go west if he wants to, and the Ming people can't reach him at all, so what can be done to hold him back? ”
But Burihatu was still frowning, staring into Pullik's eyes, and asked, "What if...... I mean, what if, Qi Jiguang or Li Chengliang sent troops to attack Hanhot? ”
Pullik was taken aback: "Sneak attack on Chahanhot? Then he immediately shook his head: "Impossible, impossible." ”
"Why can't it be?" Bu Rihatu said: "There are 40,000 cavalry in Liaodong, even if it is impossible to move all of them, but according to Li Chengliang's habits, moving 20,000 or 30,000 can still be done." In addition, although Qi Jiguang's department cannot be regarded as cavalry, there are more than 10,000 usable war horses, if 10,000 cavalry are selected to cooperate with Li Chengliang, it is 40,000 cavalry to attack Chahanhot. ”
His face was worried, and he continued: "If the Tumen Khan advances westward, the main force of Chahar will definitely follow, and only the old and weak women and children will be left on the Chahanhot side, can they withstand Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, who are like wolves and tigers?" ”
Rick thought about it, suddenly looked left and right, and lowered his voice: "But what does this have to do with us?" ”
Buzhihatu sighed in his heart, but he couldn't speak outright, so he had to change his way of thinking and persuade him: "If the Great Khan of Tumen was helping us fight against Hannaji, and suddenly heard that Chahanhot was served by Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, do you think he still has the heart to continue fighting?" ”
"Ah...... That's a problem. Pull Like suddenly became a little worried, and said with a bitter face: "But I still think that Qi Jiguang is not like a person who will send troops for nearly a thousand miles to Chahanhot, but Li Chengliang's Guangning is not far from Chahanhot, and the threat is greater." But if Li Chengliang sent troops, the preparation for Shanhaiguan seemed inexplicable...... Alas, what exactly does the Akito want to do? ”
Although he is smart, he also has limitations, that is, he is good at the way of thinking of "following the vine and touching the melon", but he is not clear about the practice of "the virtual is real, and the real is virtual".
To put it simply, he is good at reasoning, but he is not good at finding out the real purpose of his opponent under all kinds of suspicions.
In fact, it is normal for him not to understand, because Gao Pragmatism is accustomed to arranging more measures to avoid mistakes in the development process of things that cannot be remedied, so sometimes some actions seem redundant in advance - but the opponent does not dare to regard this redundancy as redundant, then it becomes a suspicious array.
For example, in Jiliao's current situation, Gao Pragmatic wrote a letter sent by Kuaima, which was actually asking Qi Jiguang to make a big show, while Li Chengliang secretly prepared it.
And Qi Jiguang himself was in Shanhaiguan at the time, so if he wanted to make a big fanfare, he had to start at Shanhaiguan first - this is how the news received by Sujianghai and Tumen came.
But in this way, not only the Tumen and the speed of the sea could not figure out the situation, but even the Buri Hatu was also confused, because Shanhaiguan was really a little inexplicable to prepare for war - although the north of Shanhaiguan was the junction of the Duoyan Department and the Chahar Department, if Qi Jiguang set out from Shanhaiguan to fight Chahanhot, it would be too far away, and it would be impossible to hide the Mongols who were riding.
Besides, if your Shanhaiguan troops are mobilized in a big way, it's hard to say whether the Duoyan Department is really willing to be honest and motionless.
Buzhhatu finally made the right choice and said: "Let's let go of the problem of Shanhaiguan first, after all, if Qi Jiguang wants to go north, the road is far away, and we have time to react." I agree with the eldest brother, the biggest threat to Chahar is still Li Chengliang. ”
Pullik frowned: "You don't want to say that let the Great Khan of Tumen stay in Chahanhot and ignore the affairs of Tumut, right?" The idea of asking him to come out was yours. ”
Buzhihatu shook his head and said: "How can I think so, I mean, the Great Khan of Tumen is still moving west, but if you want to stay, let him stay, but you have to tell him to be optimistic about Li Chengliang." ”
Rick's brows relaxed, he thought about it, nodded and said: "Okay, this is also a helpless way, quickly let Hai refuse to go to Tumut, we can't force him with a knife on his neck, just let him stay and guard Chahar Ranch." ”
Buzhihatu nodded, thought about it again, and added: "The strength of the speed of Hai is not as good as Li Chengliang, if Li Chengliang really sends troops to Chahanhot, he will not be able to defeat the speed of Hai, but after all, we Mongolians are natural riders, and he should at least be able to report to Chahanhot in advance." When the time comes, let the Great Khan remind the remaining tribes in Chahanhot to pay attention, that is, if Li Chengliang really comes, he will give up Chahanhot and avoid it first. Anyway, Chahanhot is just a small city, and Tumen Khan doesn't grow crops, so there is nothing to bring. ”
Pullik nodded in kindness and said: "In this case, I will go and tell the Great Khan about this plan, and you go and tell Su Jianghai that he will stay here, regardless of whether he robs the materials of Shanhaiguan or not, in short, let him be careful himself, don't even do the errand of reporting the news." ”
This is too awesome to say, you must know that in terms of status, Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who did not succeed Chechen Khan, is just similar to the status of Su Jianghai, what kind of "don't even do the errand of reporting the news", where is what he Bu Rihatu can say to Su Jianghai?
However, Rick just scolded him for being too fast, and now it's normal to speak in a hurry, and Buzhhatu is too lazy to care, anyway, the persuasion work belongs to him, and he can naturally convince the speedy one.
Without further ado, Tumen and Sujianghai finally accepted this plan, so with the "mutiny" of Sujianghai, the Five Consuls finally reached the result of the Great Khan's westward march 3 to 2.
Huang Taiji and Huo Luochi came out of the poor little palace of Tumen Khan with unhappy faces, and the two of them went to the felt tent of Huang Taiji to discuss the follow-up arrangements.
As soon as Huang Taiji sat down, he sighed and said, "The right wing is going to be in big trouble." ”
Huoluochi's current main tribe has moved to Qinghai, and it is difficult to empathize with whether Tumut itself will be in big trouble, so he just frowned and said: "Cut it, who do you say can win this battle?" ”
"I don't know." Che said with a wry smile: "I don't think there will be a winning side at all." ”
Huo Luochi didn't understand it for a moment, and said in surprise: "There won't be a winning party?" Are you saying they can't fight? ”
"No, I mean, no matter who wins or loses, in fact, Mongolia loses, and it will only be the Ming people who will benefit in the end." Huang Taiji had a bitter smile on his face: "I really didn't expect that the Great Khan's lifelong achievements would fall into such a situation after his death. ”
"Who can be blamed for this?" Huo Luochi also sighed and said, "I look at Dacheng Taiji, if he hadn't jumped out, Xin Ai would be stronger than now when he became a Great Khan." ”
"Not necessarily." Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "Xin Ai is too stubborn, and even a little ignorant of current affairs, if he also supports the mutual market like Dacheng Taiji, I am willing to help him, but he ...... Alas, the Ordos Ministry can't afford to toss now, and if the mutual market is gone, I ...... I can't afford to eat anyway. ”
He is not the Great Khan of the Ordos Department now, let alone Jinong, although his father is sick, but he is not dead, so he has to come to Chahanhot to be a ruler. If he loses the mutual market because of his relationship, he really can't afford to bear it.
Huoluo Equator: "Dacheng Taiji estimates that there are 40,000 warriors, plus Zhongjin Hatun, this is 60,000, if Chataiji can still gather a group of people, they can gather 70,000 or 80,000 people, and the strength is quite strong." On Xin Ai's side, there may be two or three people...... I don't know how many people Tumen Khan can bring to the west? I always feel that if there are fewer people, it won't work, and if there are too many, I'm afraid that Chahar's side will not be safe. ”
Huang Taiji said: "Tumen Khan himself can have more than 60,000 people, and there are 10,000 or 20,000 people there with big brains, but I don't know if he will go to ......."
This time, Huo Luochi answered quickly, and he immediately said: "No, I guess the Great Khan will definitely make him prepare to avoid that if the Chahar Department is attacked by Li Chengliang, those women and children will have nowhere to go." ”
"Well, that's right." Cut Huang Taiji and said: "That Great Khan will bring these 60,000 warriors at most, in this case, Dacheng Taiji's side is 70,000 or 80,000, and Tumen and Xin Ai's side are **10,000...... But there is a fight. ”
"But the Great Khan is an expedition." Huo Luochi added: "Although the expedition or something is not important to us Mongols, after all, it is better to sit back and wait for him to go...... Eh, what do you mean by this word? ”
"Wait for work." Huang Taiji said: "If Dacheng Taiji knows how to fight, he can wait until the Great Khan has just arrived to suddenly attack, because at that time, it should be the best time." ”
Huo Luochi nodded and said, "That's right, I think so too." However, I think that even if Daesung Taiji can't think of this, Chataiji should always be able to think of it...... It depends on how the Tumen Khan copies. ”
"Look, look...... In fact, to be honest, I'm not afraid that the situation of their battle will be one-sided, but I'm afraid that they will lose both. ”
Huo Luochi blinked: "Are you really afraid that they will lose both?" ”
Che was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what he meant: if Chahar and Tumut were both defeated, maybe among the 60,000 Mongolian households, it would be the turn of the Ordos Department to be the strongest.
However, Che Duan immediately shook his head: "No, I'm really afraid. The Ordos Ministry could not have taken on greater responsibility. ”
Huo Luochi wanted to ask again, but who knew that Huang Taiji sighed, stood up and walked out.
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