Chapter 533: Tatar Civil War
Liu Juntao united the general soldiers and generals from all over the country to write to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to gather a large army to fight into the desert, and completely defeated the Tatar department in one fell swoop when the Tatar department had not yet fully risen.
But after the crowd's recital was sent out, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was not a single ripple to be seen, and no news was sent back.
Liu Juntao was also anxious, at this time, according to the news from the three intelligence departments of the Ministry of Intelligence, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Inspection, there was an undercurrent surging within the Ministry of Tatars, and it was very likely that something would happen, and this was the best time for the imperial court to assemble an army.
But for some reason, the imperial court and Emperor Tianshun never responded, so Liu Juntao hurriedly sent people to Jingshi, preparing to investigate the situation in the imperial court.
Ten days later, before the people sent by Liu Juntao could send back the news, Liu Juntao received a shocking news from the Ministry of Intelligence: There was civil strife in the Tatar Ministry!
In July of the fifth year of Tianshun, the Tatar tribe of Markogulgis Khan, together with many nobles and ministers in the Khan's court, prepared to reduce the authority of Zuo Taishi's power and strengthen the power of the Khan's court.
Such a move undoubtedly exacerbated the contradiction between Taishi Xiaolai and Makogulghis Khan, and the two sides suddenly became tense.
The forces of the Tatar Ministry also began to gather one after another, and the actions of the right Taishi of the Tatar Ministry, Mao Lihao, openly supported the actions of Markogul Girth Khan, which shocked the forces of the Tatar Ministry.
According to Liu Juntao's conjecture, Marco Gul Ghis Khan must have agreed to some conditions for Mao Li in exchange for his full support for his actions, it seems that this Marco Gurghis Khan is also a character!
At the same time, seeing this, he also began to openly gather troops and horses, accumulate strength, and deploy troops around the Tatar Khanate.
Not to be outdone, Mauri and Marco Gulghis Khan began to gather their troops and horses.
In particular, the Khan of Makgulghis gathered almost all the troops and horses of his tribe loyal to him around the Khan's court, preparing to resist the possible attack of the Hinda.
In addition, Marco Gul Ghis Khan also urgently sent an order to Maori Child, ordering him to gather troops and horses as soon as possible and raid the camp of the Polai Division.
After receiving the order, Mauri also began to mobilize troops and horses, but the speed of the army was not fast, which made Marco Gulghis Khan very dissatisfied.
Liu Juntao has already known all these circumstances, and Liu Juntao also knows the historical situation.
According to the progress of history, Taishi Xiaolai will be defeated by the combined forces of Marco Guerghis Khan and Maolihao, and Xiaolai will be killed by Maolihao!
But at this time, the trend of history has been somewhat deviated, Liu Juntao through the news sent by the Ministry of Intelligence, learned that although Mao Lizi according to the historical situation, on the side of Marco Gulghis Khan, and gathered troops and horses to prepare for war, but did not take the initiative to lead the army to storm the Xiaolai Department as in history, but waved the flag and shouted more.
In this way, the outcome of this civil strife in the Tatar Ministry is still unknown, and at this point in the evolution of history, Liu Juntao also has a feeling of being obscured by the fog, and he can't see the current situation.
Therefore, Liu Juntao mobilized the elite forces of the Intelligence Department, the Inspection Department, and the Military Department to monitor the movements of the Tatar Ministry with all his might, so that when the situation changes, it can take countermeasures as soon as possible.
Moreover, Liu Juntao once again wrote a letter to Emperor Tianshun, suggesting that the imperial court should respond as soon as possible and gather troops and horses to go north to the grassland as soon as possible.
At this time, Emperor Tianshun and a number of ministers in the court also discussed for a long time, the ministers of the court and the central government were very different, some ministers supported the proposal of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, and advocated that the imperial court should mobilize the army as soon as possible, so that the Tiance army under Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi, was the mainstay, and then mobilized the soldiers and horses of the northern provinces to enter the desert as soon as possible.
However, the majority of ministers were opposed to the proposal.
These ministers all believed that although the Tatar ministries had begun to confront each other, they were still far from a full-scale civil war, and that once the imperial court mobilized troops and horses to the north, the Tatar ministries would definitely shake hands and make peace under the threat of the Ming army, and the two sides would definitely join forces and try their best to resist the attack of the Ming army.
After listening to the statements of the ministers of both sides, Emperor Tianshun was also hesitant, swaying back and forth between fighting and not fighting.
In particular, Emperor Tianshun still remembers the tragic lesson in the previous defeat of Tumubao, so he is still a little resistant to mobilizing troops and horses to go north to fight.
"Now the Tatar Ministry and Maori have not yet started a war, the two sides are just mobilizing troops and horses to confront, and it is too early for the imperial court to send troops at this time!"
After listening to the arguments of the courtiers, Emperor Tianshun still made up his mind and came to the conclusion that he would not move his troops for the time being and wait for the Tatar civil war to begin.
However, the courtiers who supported Liu Juntao's proposal still insisted on their own opinions, believing that when a civil war broke out in the Tatar Ministry, if the imperial court sent troops again, they would definitely miss the warplane, and maybe by then the imperial court soldiers and horses had just driven out of the Great Wall, and the civil strife in the Tatar Ministry might have ended!
Therefore, many courtiers believed that the imperial court should take precautions, even if it does not send troops at this time, it must gather troops and horses in advance and be ready to send troops at any time.
Emperor Tianshun frowned and said, "Now that the troops and horses are gathered, who can guarantee that the Tatar Ministry will not receive the news?" ”
No one can guarantee this!
"The internal strife in the Tatar Ministry is coming, this is good news from heaven, even if the imperial court does not send troops, it cannot ruin this great opportunity to weaken the Tatar Ministry!"
Emperor Tianshun said categorically: "So the soldiers and horses of the towns on the nine sides are ordered: according to the soldiers, keep the pass, without my will, no one is allowed to transfer the soldiers and horses without authorization!" ”
At this point, the court finally agreed on a unified opinion.
At the same time, on the steppes, a conflict finally broke out between the Tatar sides.
Taishi Xiaolai took the lead in sending troops, gathered 20,000 elite iron cavalry to raid the Tartar Khan's court, and rushed into the Khan's court in the night.
The more than 40,000 iron horsemen gathered in the Khan's court were suddenly in chaos, and the Khan of Marco Gulgghis was so panicked that he couldn't believe his eyes, and he couldn't understand how he could mobilize an army of iron horsemen to raid him under the pressure of tens of thousands of iron horsemen in Maoli!
"Fight! Against! ”
Makgulghis Khan shouted loudly, commanded the Khan's personal guards to erect the Khan's banner, and did his best to mobilize the Khan's soldiers and horses that were retreating, and prepare to counterattack the raiding army.
However, under the fierce charge of 20,000 elite iron cavalry, the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Khan's court were quickly crushed, and the Khan of Markogulghis had no time to gather the Khan's soldiers and horses.
In the night, the sound of the Tatar Khan's court killing shook the sky, everywhere was scattered and fleeing Khan's soldiers and horses, and everywhere was the iron cavalry of the Badai Department who were excitedly chasing and killing the enemy!
Under the protection of hundreds of guards, Markoghis Khan rushed out of the Khan Court in the night, stopped on a hill, and looked at the chaotic Khan Court in the night, as if his heart was dripping blood.
"Come on!"
Marco Gulghis Khan gritted his teeth, eager to break the corpse into pieces, but his heart was terrified.
At this time, Marco Gul Ghis Khan has come to his senses, since the army of the Badlai can raid his own Khan's court, it means that the Maori child is not a good type, even if he did not secretly collude with the Badlai, at least he was perfunctory to himself, and he had the mind to sit and watch the situation change!
Originally, Marco Gul Ghis Khan still wanted to rush to the camp of the Mao Li Child and use the soldiers and horses of the Mao Li Child to recover the Khan's court, but thinking of this, Ma Ke Gu Erghis Khan was shocked into a cold sweat, and suddenly felt the powerlessness of homelessness!
"Great Khan! Let's get out of here! ”
A thousand household chiefs said anxiously.
But the Khan of Marco Gulghis was at a loss, and he had no idea where else he could go.
At this time, in the vast desert, there is no place for Marco Guerghis Khan, and on the steppe, there is no place for his troops and soldiers and horses!
Suddenly, the iron cavalry roared around the hill, and a group of iron cavalry rushed up from all directions, apparently discovering the traces of the headquarters of the Khan of Markogulghis.
"Khan go away! We're broken! ”
The elder of the thousand households roared, and then commanded several guards to drag Marco Gulghis Khan away, and he himself led a large army of soldiers and horses to meet him.
But where are these guards the opponents of the thousands of iron horsemen? In the blink of an eye, it was all killed.
And Marco Gulghis Khan did not escape after all, and before he could run far, he was intercepted by the iron cavalry of the brigade.
Seeing this, the Khan of Marco Gulghis turned his heart and prepared to reveal his identity, even if he was captured, it was the Great Khan of the Tatar Department, and it was still possible to leave a life.
Who would have thought that when the Khan of Marco Gulghis revealed his identity, a commander of the Iron Cavalry of the Polai Department sneered, and said in a strange manner: "I have seen the Great Khan!" Taishi Zuo asked me to wait until I saw the Great Khan and send the Great Khan on the road earlier! ”
After speaking, under the frightened gaze of Marco Gulghis Khan, the commander raised his sword and killed Marco Gulgghis Khan on the spot.
The next day, the court of the Tatar Khan was reduced to a scorched earth, and he led a follow-up army of 30,000 people, together with the people of the department, and stationed the camp of the army on the court of the Tatar Khan.
When the news spread that the Khan had been killed and that the Khan had been taken possession of the Khan's court, the Maori child was taken aback, and he still wanted to let the Khan's soldiers and horses consume the strength of the Khan's troops first, but it backfired.
Therefore, in the name of avenging the Khan of Markogulghis, the Mauri led tens of thousands of troops to kill, and at the same time, the Mauri gathered a crowd to support the son of the Khan of Makogurghis Khan, that is, Morun Khan.
On the steppe, Lai and Maoli each led tens of thousands of iron cavalry to start a fierce battle, and the Tatar Molun Khan also stood on the side of Maori and led more than 20,000 iron horsemen to participate in the battle, and the battle was very fierce.
The rest of the Tatar tribes were self-respecting, and they watched from the sidelines, waiting for the victory and defeat between the Mauri and the Maori.
At the same time, Liu Juntao also received a reply from the imperial court, and he was resentful in his heart, sighing that the opportunity had passed!