But Baturhun spoke at this time, but not to Baltu, but to his son Sangge: "He is not the only one who has been released!" The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom must have guessed that among the people they caught would be people from our tribe, but he didn't know who they were, and even if they were tortured one by one, they might not be able to get the results he wanted. Therefore, he deliberately exposed a broken account and then released them all. ”

As soon as he heard this, the monk thought that there was really such a possibility. He was a smart man, and he quickly figured it out, and hurriedly asked: "What does Father Khan mean is that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom took the initiative to find us, so he deliberately used this way to lure us out and cut off the grain route of the Ming army?" ”

Baltu on the side listened to their conversation and breathed a sigh of relief, because he didn't say that he must have betrayed the clan.

Baturhui nodded when he heard this, and said with a little relieved smile on his face: "Yes, this is the cunning of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

"Hehe, Father Khan, it seems that the son is right, we can't go out." Zhuot Babatur on the side heard this, and hurriedly said to Baturhun flatteringly, "The fifth brother was almost fooled!" ”

That's because you're too stupid, the Ming Emperor's strategy is to deal with people who are smarter than you. Baturhun thought so in his heart, but he didn't hit this son too much, just ignored him, and continued to the monk: "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom is cunning, no matter how much or less he has grain and grass, at least the strength of the Ming army is not something we can deal with at present. And our advantage is that this is a place we are familiar with, and when to fight with the Ming army, we have the final say. As long as this stalemate continues, even if the price we pay will be high, as long as we win the Ming army, no matter how high the price is, it will be worth it. ”

Hearing this, the monk had already understood what Baturhun meant, so he continued with a look of surprise: "As long as we respond to all changes with the same, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will either withdraw his troops before the arrival of winter, or he will only spend the winter in Luntai. But the Ming army may not be able to adapt to the weather in our Western Regions, and the long-term garrison, grain and grass materials are transported from the Guannei, which is definitely the biggest burden on the Ming Kingdom, and they can't afford to drag it ......"

Seeing that Baturhun was nodding his head when he heard it, his mind became more sharp, and he thought of it a little more, and added: "It is impossible for the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom to be away for a long time, which is also one of his weaknesses. Therefore, on the surface, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom doesn't seem to care much about having fun in Luntai, but in fact, the one who most hopes to finish the game as soon as possible at this time is definitely the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom! ”

"Well, that's a good point!" Baturhun smiled and nodded continuously, making Zhuot Babatur on the side look very jealous, but not for him.

In any case, Batur Hun can be regarded as a generation of heroes, and he made a decision in his heart, so he immediately issued an order: "Chuan Ben Khan's military order, all sentinels are withdrawn, so as not to give the Ming army a chance to investigate our traces." Everyone, stay here and don't go out. If it is found that someone goes out without permission, he will be severely punished according to the Tongming traitor! ”

At this time, he had already learned about the situation of the Ming army, unlike before, although he was hiding, the situation of the Ming army was unknown, so he had to send a sentry to investigate.

Although the issuance of such a military order will cause great losses to the Junggar Department, it is definitely cost-effective to consume the Ming army. He didn't believe it, could the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom really use the power of the whole country to make him die here?

If this is the case, then he has nothing to say, and then he can only flee with his tribe to other places. With the elite of the Ming army, it is impossible for him to send it to the door himself.

After Baturhun finished speaking, his eyes swept over Baltu and he didn't care. Even if Baltuzhen was bought by the Ming State, as long as everyone was not allowed to leave the valley, the Ming army far away in Luntai would not receive his news, and there would be no difference between the mutinous and non-rebellious tribes.

So, the Dzungar tribe quickly moved, and the monks led the people out to give orders, and finally returned to the valley to make sure that no trace remained outside.

After everything was settled, Batur Hun laughed and said, "Let's concentrate on cleaning up those Heshuo Special Divisions, and as for the outside, let the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom have fun!" ”

"Soon the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will be in a hurry!" The monk echoed and said, "If you want us to be subordinated to the Zungar tribe, that's a dream!" ”

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Regardless of whether it is Batur Hun or Sangha, if their strategy is against ordinary people, it is indeed effective. However, Emperor Chongzhen is a man with a golden finger!

Emperor Chongzhen knew about this countermeasure of the Junggar Department through the first-class eavesdropping seed feedback on Baltu's body, although the special nature of the Western Regions made him not know the name of the place, but he knew that the Junggar Department was hiding somewhere in the Tianshan Mountain Range, which was not as strong as before, without a clue, I don't know how many times.

Tianshan, one of the world's seven major mountain systems, is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, across China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan from east to west, with a total length of about 2,500 kilometers, an average width of 250-350 kilometers from north to south, and a maximum width of more than 800 kilometers.

It stands to reason that to find the hiding place of the Dzungar Ministry, it is still a needle in a haystack. However, this is only theoretical, in fact, Emperor Chongzhen still has a lot of clues to locate the hiding place of the Junggar Department.

On this day, Hong Chengchou was watching a polo match with Emperor Chongzhen, and suddenly saw Emperor Chongzhen get up and smile at him and said, "Isn't Hong Qing worried that this war will be protracted?" Let's go, I'm ready to do it, okay? ”

Hong Chengchou was secretly thinking about this, he was not interested in polo, and when he heard it, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly followed the emperor.

Along the way, he was thinking, now he still has no clue, how is the emperor going to start this war?

Could it be that if you can't wait for any changes, you are ready to let yourself lead an army, divide the troops into two routes, march together, and then search the Western Regions?

Curious, after arriving at the Zhongjun tent, his eyes never left the emperor's body.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, he instructed Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch beside him: "Find the map of the Western Regions!" ”

"Slaves obey!" Fang Zhenghua listened, he didn't delay at all, he just took the map of the Western Regions at once, and then listened to Emperor Chongzhen's instructions and spread it out on the table in front of the emperor.

Then, I saw Emperor Chongzhen pick up a ruler, bend down and start drawing on the map, which made Hong Chengchou, who was watching below, extremely curious: What is the emperor doing?

It didn't take long for Emperor Chongzhen to put the ruler down, then stretched out his hand to beckon Hong Chengchou, patted the map with his hand and said, "Hong Qing come and see, the Junggar Department is hiding in this place!" ”

Hong Chengchou listened, and his heart was even more curious, and he hurriedly fixed his eyes.

I saw that on this map of the Western Regions, with Luntai as the center of the circle, a large circle was drawn; In addition, there is a large circle with Hami as the center. And the place where the emperor pointed out that the Zhun Geer Department is hiding is in the common coverage of these two great circles, well, it is still on the Tianshan Mountain Range.

To be honest, although he saw the things on the map clearly, Hong Chengchou still didn't understand, so he had to play to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Weichen is stupid, I don't know how the emperor can find out that the Zhun Geer Department is hiding in this area?" ”

If the Dzungar tribe really had to hide in this area, although it was still a large area, it would be far better than not having a clue now.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this and smiled. He estimated how much Baltu traveled every day, and how many days he would arrive at his destination, although there would be horizontal and vertical directions in between, but regardless of these, he drew the circle according to the farthest distance. In the same way, the Junggar Ministry sentinels who have been released on the Hami side can also get an approximate range. The area of the Tien Shan Mountains, which these two ranges cover together, is the hiding place of the Dzungar tribe.

But of course he couldn't tell Hong Chengchou like this, otherwise, Hong Chengchou would have questions again, and would ask the emperor how he knew that those people were spies from the Junggar Ministry, and how many miles they walked every day.

Emperor Chongzhen could never have told him that I was judging their speed based on the conversations of these spies in the eavesdropping system, as well as the urgency of the horses' hooves.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said to Hong Chengchou: "You don't need to care about anything else, the plan now is to find the locals in the Western Regions and ask if there are large valleys in this Tianshan region, which can accommodate so many tribes in the Junggar Tribe, and of course, it can also be several adjacent large valleys." The valley must be big enough to have a water source, and even more so if there is grass in the valley. ”

By collating this information, you can further narrow down your search.

Listening to Emperor Chongzhen say so surely, the most important thing is that the emperor doesn't want to say, as a courtier, can he still ask again?

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to retreat with a suspicious mood, and took the map to find the soldiers or herdsmen in the Western Regions to be busy with this matter.

About half a day later, Hong Chengchou came to Emperor Chongzhen again in a hurry, spread out the map, and excitedly pointed to a few red circles on the map and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many eligible valleys, Weichen has repeatedly verified, probably these places are eligible!" ”

"Okay, now that it's confirmed, let's start tomorrow!" When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he smiled and made a decree loudly.

Afterwards, it was a military meeting, a deployment mission, and more than 45,000 cavalry troops left the next day.

All the generals have the same doubts as Hong Chengchou, how can the emperor be sure that the Junggar tribe will hide here? After all, the Western Regions are vast, where can't you go? Even if you take a step back and say that if you hide in the Tianshan Mountain, this Tianshan Mountain is so big, why would the Junggar tribe hide here and not somewhere else? Could it be that the emperor has mastered a new hexagram technique, and can calculate the location of the quasi-Geerbu by drawing a picture on the map?

With these questions, whether it is Hong Chengchou or other generals, they are waiting to uncover the mystery and see if there is a quasi-Geer department at the end!

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