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After about a quarter of an hour, Siegmu hurried to Bagan's tent.

By the time he entered the tent, the leaders of the Mongol coalition had already gathered.

Qi Gemu looked around and saw that the leaders of the various clans were all sitting in their respective seats, but Su He was kneeling in the center of the tent.

Obviously, Bagan still has not forgiven Su He for the defeat.

Seeing this scene, there was a faint smile in Siegmu's expression, which seemed to be gloating, and it seemed to be meaningful.

On the other side, seeing Siegmu's belated arrival, a trace of displeasure flashed in Bagan's eyes.

Now is the time of military emergency, everyone should act against the clock, even a delay in the time of tea can affect the situation of the war.

When Bagan convened an emergency meeting of the leaders of all ethnic groups this time, he had already deliberately emphasized the importance of this military meeting and the urgency of the situation, and the other leaders had all arrived early, but Siegmu was late, making everyone wait for a long time and wasting a lot of time.

If others do this, even if there is no military law to punish severely, Bagen will inevitably reprimand a few words angrily, but because of several divisions of troops, the troops from the Mongolian right wing now account for nearly half of the Mongolian coalition army, if Bagen still wants to effectively command the Mongolian coalition army to fight, it is inseparable from Sigmu's support, so although Bagen is angry at Sigmu's slackness in his heart, he is still silent on the surface, just nodded to Sigmu and said: "Brother Sigmu, you are finally here, everyone has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

Qi Gemu clasped his fists and saluted to Bagen: "Bagen chief, I'm very sorry, you also know that my sons and daughters are composed of various tribes on the right wing of Mongolia, this time after receiving the news of the appearance of Han reinforcements from Gansu and the defeat of Su He and others, the generals of all ethnic groups under my command were shocked, everyone had different ideas, and I spent a lot of time to appease them. ”

Siegmu's explanation was reasonable, and his attitude was polite, so Bagen also took the opportunity to go down the steps and nodded in acceptance.

After Sigmu was seated, the Mongol coalition military discussion finally began.

I saw Bagen say in a deep voice: "You must have also received the news, just half an hour ago, Tanma found reinforcements from the Han Gansu military town seventy miles away in the west, with about 30,000 troops!" As far as I know, among the several military towns in the northwest frontier of the Han people, the border army of Gansu military town is the most powerful, and it must not be underestimated......"

Speaking of this, Bagen's expression became more and more gloomy, and after glaring at Su He, who was kneeling in front of him, he gritted his teeth and continued: "At the same time, Su He, Amur, and Yasda galloped to the aid of Gugen's 10,000 soldiers and horses, and were ambushed by the Han army near the Xiaochuan River in the north, and finally returned defeated. Considering that Gugen is currently attacking the Zhenning Acropolis, and Xiaochuan River is only more than eighty miles away from the Zhenning Acropolis, maybe Gugen's army is now more than auspicious! ”

As he spoke, Bagan felt his heart dripping blood.

Whether it is the army under the command of Suhe, Amur, Yasda and others, or the army under the command of Gugen, all of them are the descendant army and servant army of the Dzungar Khanate, and the two armies add up to 20,000 soldiers and horses, of which the descendant army of the Dzungar Khanate is also as many as 10,000! If these two armies were wiped out by the Han Chinese, such a loss would definitely be a nerve-wracking loss for the Dzungar Khanate!

In particular, the descendants of the Dzungar Khanate have always been limited in number, with a total size of only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and suddenly inexplicably lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, accounting for more than 20% of the total number of descendants of the Dzungar Khanate, and it will take a long time to recover!

The most important thing is that after this news spreads to southern Xinjiang and Qinghai, the forces of all parties that have been conquered by the Dzungar Khanate over the years will inevitably be ready to move, which may affect the stability of the rear of the Dzungar Khanate, and will also affect the next conquest plan of the Dzungar Khanate.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Bagan thought it was his duty to bring the remaining forces of the Mongol coalition back to the steppe safely, he would have died by now!

The thoughts in his heart turned around, but Bagan was still silent on the surface, but after giving a detailed introduction to the current battle situation, he said to everyone in the tent: "The current situation is already very unfavorable for our army, the southeast and southeast directions of our army are the hinterland of the Han people, and there are 30,000 troops in the west of the Han Gansu military town, and there is also an ambush of the Han army in the north, according to Su He's intelligence, there are at least forty or fifty thousand troops, obviously when we attack Jiezhou City, The cunning Han people have taken the opportunity to arrange a heavy ambush for us, cutting off all the back roads of our army! If our army can't make a decision as soon as possible and just sit back and wait, I'm afraid that the vast majority of us here will stay in Han territory and never return to the grassland! ”

As Bagen's words fell, the expressions of everyone in the tent became extremely solemn.

Bagan continued: "So, we must make changes as soon as possible to reverse the current disadvantage! Considering that our army's action to storm Jiezhou City has not made any progress these days, it would be inappropriate for us to still spend our energy and time on attacking the city under the current situation! Therefore, I think we should give up the siege for the time being, first concentrate our forces to break the Han people's encirclement of us, ensure our back route, and beat the Han people so that they will never dare to resist from now on, and then reconsider the matter of attacking Jiezhou City, what do you think? ”

In fact, at this point in the development of the war, Bagen has completely recognized the reality and understood that it may be difficult for the Mongol coalition army to break through Jiezhou City, and Jiezhou City is likely to be just bait laid by the Han people - therefore, Bagen's "reconsideration of the attack on Jiezhou City after defeating the Han army" is just a pretext!

In fact, the Mongol coalition army completely gave up attacking Jiezhou City, concentrated its forces to break through the encirclement of the Han army, and returned to the grassland as soon as possible is the true idea in Bagen's heart!

It's just that Bagen will not choose to say his true thoughts in public at this time, after all, Jiezhou City is the main strategic target of the Mongol coalition army's invasion of Han territory, if Bagen says his true thoughts, it is tantamount to admitting that the Mongol coalition army's operation this time has completely failed, and at that time, it will not only hit morale, but also greatly damage Bagen's prestige within the Mongol coalition army.

After making his attitude clear, Bargan glanced at Siegwood out of the corner of his eye, secretly observing Sigmu's reaction.

In fact, it wasn't just Bagen who secretly looked at Siegmu, but most of the people in the tent explained that they turned their attention to Siegmu.

Under the current circumstances, if Bagen still wants to command the Mongol coalition forces, he cannot do without the support of Sigmu, and if Sigmu is unwilling to support Bagan, it will be difficult for Bagan to carry out his decision.

But the relationship between Bagen and Zieg has never been harmonious, and Siegmu has never missed any opportunity to hit Bagan's reputation, so everyone thinks that Siegmu is likely to jump out at this time to accuse himself of command mistakes in public, or strongly question his decision - if Siegmu does this, now is indeed a good opportunity, Bagen is the commander of the Mongolian coalition after all, and it is absolutely difficult to escape the blame for the development of the war to this point.

Bagan had prepared a set of rhetoric to convince Sigmu to support him, but Sigmu's reaction was completely unexpected by everyone.

In fact, instead of questioning or blaming Bagan, Siegmu was the first to stand up and support Bagan's decision.

I saw Sigmu get up and say, "I support the decision of the leader of Bagan!" At this point in the development of the war, our top priority is not to hold each other accountable and accuse each other, but to break the encirclement of the Han people as soon as possible, and we must not allow the cunning Han people to continue to calculate us! It's just that how should we act, can the leader of Bagen have a specific method in his heart? ”

Seeing Siegmu's attitude, Bagen couldn't help but be a little surprised, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

In addition to the surprise, Bagen didn't think much about it, and thought that Siegmu had abandoned the past suspicion between the two sides under the crisis, and was willing to work with Bagen to tide over the difficulties, and secretly praised Sigmu in his heart for knowing how to forbear and have a vision of the overall situation.

After casting a kind look at Sigmu, Bagan slowly replied: "At present, there are Han armies in the west and north directions of our army, if you want to break the encirclement of the Han army, you must at least defeat one of the Han armies!" In my opinion, our army should concentrate its forces to attack the Han army in the north next, so that we can not only retaliate for their despicable acts of ambushing Suhe and Gugen, avenge the sons and daughters of our army who died in battle, but also effectively consolidate the rear road of our army...... In addition, according to Su He, the Han Qincha is currently in the Han army, which is located in the north, if we can defeat this Han army, even if we can't capture the Han Qincha alive, we can make the Han Qincha completely frightened, and never dare to compete with our Mongolian tribe again! ”

In fact, Bagen also concealed one point, that is, once the Mongol coalition army opened up the back road, it could withdraw from the territory of the Han people as soon as possible, but under the current situation, Bagen still would not say his true thoughts.

After saying that, Bagen once again turned his gaze to Sigmu's body and asked, "What do Sigmu brothers think?" ”

After hearing Bagen's inquiry, Siegmu pretended to ponder for a moment, looked like he was thinking carefully, and then nodded: "Bagen's idea is very reasonable, I also think that we should first defeat the northern army of the Han people, and then consider the next plan!" The sons and daughters of the tribes of the Mongolian right wing are willing to obey the command of the Bagen chief! ”

Seeing that Siegmu once again expressed his support for himself, Bagen couldn't help but be happy again, only felt that Siegmu's performance today was extraordinary, and stroked his palm and said loudly: "Okay! As long as the warriors of the Dzungar Khanate and the Mongolian right-wing tribes can work together to fight together, where is the Han army our opponent! ”

After receiving Sigmu's support, Bagan casually asked the other leaders in the tent for their opinions.

But because of the joint statement of Bagen and Zigmu, how can the generals of the Dzungar Khanate and the Mongolian right-wing tribes in the tent still have objections? Bagan's inquiry was nothing more than a formality, and it was quickly supported by everyone.

Thus, the next move of the Mongol coalition was decided.

Next, Bagan and the leaders of the tent discussed some details of the march and battle, and because Bagan had already made up his mind, all matters were quickly decided.

When everything was decided, Bagan said, "Chiefs, go back and prepare!" The army of the Han army in Gansu has now approached within a hundred miles of our army, and the Han army in the north is probably also approaching our army, so our army must act as soon as possible, and we must not allow the encirclement of the Han army to be completely formed! Before three o'clock tomorrow, the armies of the tribes will be ready to attack the Han army in the north with me! ”

Hearing this, everyone in the tent got up and received the order.

Then, at the signal of Bagan, all the leaders in the tent left the tent and rushed back to their respective camps to prepare.

But just as everyone was leaving, Sigmu glanced at Su He, who was still kneeling in the center of the tent, but quietly slowed down, and then waited until everyone in the tent left, Sigmu suddenly turned to Bagen and said: "Bagen chief, how should the Suhe leader be dealt with after this defeat, it stands to reason that it is the internal affairs of the Dzungar Khanate, and it should not be talked about by me, an outsider, but now is the time to employ people, and I hope that the leader of Bagen can give the Suhe leader a chance to make meritorious contributions!" ”

After hearing Siegmu's words, Bagen couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, Bagen considered that Sigmu took the initiative to cooperate with him during this military meeting, and he should also repay Qi Gemu with a face, so he bowed his head to Su He and said: "Su He, since Brother Sigmu specially interceded for you, and now it is indeed the time to employ people, I will not hold you responsible for the defeat this time, and give you a chance to make meritorious contributions!" But if you continue to behave badly in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Hearing Bagen's decision, Su He's old face was full of ecstasy and gratitude, and he kowtowed to Bagen again and again: "Thank you, Lord Bagen!" The villain will definitely take the lead and fight bravely in the future to repay Lord Bagen's kindness! ”

Bagan snorted lightly and said, "I hope you can do what you say!" Stand up! ”

After getting Bagen's permission, Su He, who had been kneeling for more than half an hour, finally stood up, turned around and bowed to Zigmu and thanked him: "Su He, thank you Lord Zigmu for your intercession!" If it weren't for your intercession, Lord Zigmu, I'm afraid Lord Bagen wouldn't have forgiven me so quickly! ”

Su He's statement is quite exquisite, as if Bagen would still forgive him without Sigmu's intercession, which not only expresses his gratitude to Sigmu, but also does not mess up the priorities and embarrass Bagen's face.

Hearing Su He's statement, a meaningful smile flashed on Qi Gemu's face, and after nodding at Su He, he turned around and left the tent again.

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But he said that after Sigmu left Bagen's tent, he hurried back to his tent.

When Siegmu stepped into the tent, he saw Wei Song wrapped in gauze, half-lying on a soft bed, holding a letter in his hand and reading it carefully.

After seeing Wei Song, Qi Gemu changed into an affectionate expression, walked quickly to Wei Song's side, and asked with concern, "Brother Wei Song, how is your body?" Do you feel better? It's a pity that the conditions in the Mongolian military camp are poor, and now I need to hide from Bagen's eyes and ears, and I can't provide the best medical conditions for the Wei Song brothers, which really makes me feel guilty! ”

After seeing Sigmu's appearance, Wei Song put down the letter in his hand, and the expression on his face was also extremely affectionate, as if the two were brothers of the opposite sex, and said, "Thank you Sigmu brothers for your concern, my physical condition has improved a lot!" I can bear this injury, it's not a big deal! …… By the way, Bagan's military conference is over? How's it going? ”

Zigmu smiled: "Everything is as Wei Song brothers expected, Bagen saw that the situation was not good, and he was already planning to escape!" At three o'clock in the morning, he will lead his army to the north, intending to defeat the Han army in the north and thus consolidate the Mongol rear...... Of course, on the surface, he said that he would continue to attack Jiezhou City after defeating the encirclement of the Han people, but in my opinion, this is just a rhetoric to stabilize the morale of the army, and he must want to leave the territory of the Han people as soon as possible......"

Speaking of this, Qi Gemu glanced at the letter in Wei Song's hand, and after his eyes flashed slightly, he asked, "This letter in the hand of Brother Wei Song...... But you've already contacted the Han people's Lord Chincha? ”

Wei Huai nodded and said, "Lord Qincha, he has long expected that the Sigmu Brotherhood will choose to cooperate with us, even during the period when I am imprisoned, he will still send someone to hide the secret letter in the agreed place...... With the help of the Sigmu brothers, I was able to get these secret letters and get back in touch with Chincha-sama, so I also knew what Chincha-sama was going to do next! ”

Siegmu's eyes flashed again and he asked, "Oh?" But I don't know what your plans are? ”

Wei Huai handed the letter in his hand to Qi Gemu and said, "It's also our luck, this secret letter happens to be related to the latest plan of Lord Qincha, I'm afraid that Lord Qincha's messenger hid this secret letter not long after, and we picked it up!" ”

The Hetao area, where the Ordos tribe is located, has been adjacent to the territory of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the exchanges with the Han people are also the most frequent, so Qi Gemu also roughly knows some Chinese characters, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the letter to check.

When Siegmu finished reading the letter, he smiled again and said, "Good luck indeed...... I just gave Su He a favor, but now I can use it! ”

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On this night, the Mongol camp was even more chaotic than expected.

Yasda and Amur, who were originally thought to have been killed in battle, fled back to the Mongolian camp in embarrassment, reported in detail to Bagan how they were captured, and also revealed to Bagan that Su He had sacrificed his allies on the battlefield and fled.

Bagen couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent someone to arrest Su He for questioning.

However, what Bagen never expected was that Su He suddenly disappeared without a trace, even if Bagen sent people to search the entire Mongolian camp, he could not find Su He's whereabouts at all, but it greatly affected the rest of the Mongolian coalition soldiers.

It seems that after Su He received the news that Yasda and Amur had returned to the Mongolian camp, he immediately fled.

However, just when Bagen was furious because of Su He's escape, he didn't expect that Su He was hiding in Sigmu's camp at this time.

Listening to the noise outside the tent, Su He's old face was full of bitterness, and he thanked Zigmu: "Thank you Brother Sigmu for your help, if it weren't for Brother Sigmu, you sent someone to take me here secretly, I'm afraid I would have been killed by Bagen now!" Alas! I never expected that he would have the courage to let Yasda and Amr go, just to reveal to Bagan that I was the first to escape on the battlefield! At the same time, the Han Qincha released two captives of Zhuchagatai and informed me of this, probably because they wanted me to lead the Zhuchagatai tribe to engage in internal strife with the Mongol coalition forces......

…… Alas! After the two fools were let go by the Han Chinese, they wanted to kill Yasda and Amur to hide the news, who knew that Yasda and Amur had already prepared to hide their traces, not only did they not kill Yasda and Amur, but they delayed a lot of time in order to find the traces of Yasda and Amur, and finally when they rushed back to the Mongolian camp to report the news to me, I was too late to do anything! It's a pity that my sons and daughters of the Chagatai tribe may never regret southern Xinjiang again! ”

Speaking of this, Su He shook his head again and again, and the bitterness on his face was even heavier.

Now, although he has escaped, he has only saved his own life.

After this incident, the army of the Zhuchagatai tribe is afraid that it will inevitably be used as cannon fodder by Bagan, and maybe it will be wiped out!

Thinking of this, Su He only felt that his heart was dripping blood, he sacrificed his allies on the battlefield of Xiaochuan River to escape, in the final analysis, in order to protect the vitality of the Zhuchagatai tribe, and did not want all the cavalry of Zhuchagatai to die on the battlefield of Xiaochuanhe, who knew that in the end, it would be a bamboo basket to draw water!

On the other side, after hearing Su He's complaints, Qi Gemu smiled and said, "I have indeed learned the clever methods of the Han people...... Don't be discouraged, Leader Suhe, I introduce you to a friend, maybe I can reverse the fate of the Chagatai warriors! ”

Su He was slightly stunned and asked, "Oh?" Who is capable of this? ”

As Su He's words fell, he saw Wei Song walking out of the back tent.

Su He couldn't help but be shocked, pointed at Wei Song and asked, "Are you Wang Ying?" Aren't you already in captivity? ”

Without waiting for Wei Song to explain, Qi Gemu had already preemptively said: "Wang Ying is just his disguised identity, his real name is Wei Song, and he is the confidant and secret envoy of Zhao Junchen of the Han people!" ”

Su Hunai is an old fox, where can't he guess the truth at this point?

I saw Su He's eyes flickering slightly, and he instantly figured out the pros and cons, walked quickly to Wei Song's side, reached out to hold Wei Song's hands, and said affectionately: "It turned out to be Brother Wei Song!" I am willing to cooperate with the Han people's Lord Qincha! Now although I am not tolerated by Bagen, I can still secretly control the army of Zhuchagatai, as long as Zhuchagatai, the right wing of Mongolia and the Han army cooperate with each other, I can definitely easily destroy the army of the Dzungar Khanate! But I don't know what we should do next, do you have a specific plan? ”

Seeing Su He so upright, Wei Song couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, Wei Song smiled and said, "The wisdom and shrewdness of the leader of Suhe is indeed worthy of his reputation!" Our next move, Lord Qincha, naturally has a plan, but before that, I want to ask the leader of Suhe about something on behalf of Lord Qincha. ”

Su He nodded again and again, with a look of active cooperation, and said, "Brother Wei Song, please ask." ”

I saw Wei Song's expression meaningful, and asked slowly: "I heard that the Dzungar Great Khan Geldan was not in the right position and forcibly seized the position of his brother and the Great Khan, and the vain strategy is still recruiting troops and horses to regain the Khan position, but is so?" ”

Su He's eyes flashed, and he nodded: "That's right!" ”

Wei Song smiled again and asked: "Chief Suhe, after what has happened during this period of time, the Chagatai tribe will inevitably be greatly injured, and will inevitably be squeezed out and suspicious by the Dzungar Khanate, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold in southern Xinjiang in the future, but have you considered that you can be put into the account of vain strategy and become the link between my Ming Dynasty and vain strategy?" In this way, you can not only get material assistance from the Ming Dynasty, but also get the protection of vain strategies, and it will be easy for you to gain a firm foothold and restore your strength at that time, isn't it a beautiful thing? ”

Hearing Wei Song's words, Su He's heart was shocked!

He originally thought that the Han Qincha originally just wanted to destroy the Dzungar army that invaded the territory of the Han people, but he didn't expect that the ambition of the Han Qincha was greater than he imagined, and this was completely to solve the hidden dangers of the Dzungar Khanate in one fell swoop!

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