Eseku asked a little hurriedly, but did not get an answer from Baire.

In the stunned eyes of everyone, Baire was silent for a while, looked around, then got up close to Eseku's ear, and said softly: "National teacher! ”

Eseku frowned slightly, but his expression immediately changed greatly, and then he glanced at the generals in the tent, suddenly smiled, and said, "Baire stays, and the others retreat!" ”

Everyone stood up a little at a loss, and walked out after giving a salute, Su Rile received the look of Eseku, nodded slightly, and after going out, he stayed at the door of the tent.

"Did the national teacher say anything to you?"

After everyone withdrew, Eseku asked in a hurried tone.

Baire thought for a moment, met the gaze of Eseku, and said in a low voice: "Before the last general left, he once visited the national teacher, and the national teacher was a little worried about this expedition, he thought that compared to the Ming army, the danger of the Great Khan to protect slaves was higher. ”

"So," Baire was also a little nervous, twisted his upper body slightly, and continued: "When the last general said just now that the Ming army was likely to know the news of our army's attack, he suddenly had an idea, maybe the Great Khan had colluded with the Ming army!" ”

"This ...... Is it possible? Eseku muttered, "After all, he is the Great Khan of Mongolia!" ”

"......" Bai Re looked at Eseku's uncertain face, and was a little apprehensive in his heart, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "If it weren't for the words of the national teacher, the last general wouldn't dare to think so, but ...... But it's not like the Golden Family hasn't done this kind of thing! ”

"What do you mean?"

"In the past, when the Tatars were at war with the Jin State, Genghis Khan attacked from behind, which led to the defeat of the Tatars and even their destruction!"

"That, can it be the same as this one?"

Eseku clenched his fist lightly, against his forehead, silent, Bai Re did not dare to speak, he knew that the great leader was making a difficult decision.

After a long time, Eseku raised his head, looked at Bai Re, then leaned back, leaned back in the chair, and said with a smile: "Bai Re, the national teacher once praised your wisdom, and he also strongly recommended you to accompany you in this expedition. ”

"Huh-" Baire breathed a sigh of relief, took the map, and said: "Big leader, don't dare to be, this is Baire's duty, now Baire has three strategies in hand, and please correct the big chief!" ”

"Say it!"

"The best policy is to immediately pull out the camp, return to Tongliao, and then quickly leave the eastern grassland, reconcile with the Ming court, and restart the western expedition on the grounds of the instability of Wara!"

"Well, what else?"

"The middle strategy is to ask for reinforcements from the land security on the grounds that the Ming army is strong, if the reinforcements come to the land security slave's cronies, it means that the land protection slave is credible, then our army can advance and retreat freely; If the reinforcements coming are Gegen or his subordinates, then it means that the land is dissenting, and our army must return west quickly, and there must be no delay. ”

"But staying here, there is a certain danger, in order to confuse the Ming army, so the last general suggested that the city should be attacked immediately, of course, the siege is mainly based on captured road builders and herdsmen collected nearby, but even so, the last general will only be here for two days."

"Now the situation in the northeast is unknown, but Chengde in Rehe of the Ming Kingdom is only more than 1,000 miles away from Tongliao, once the Ming army is day and night, then at most ten days, the cavalry of the Ming army will appear outside the city of Tongliao, if the land is united with the Ming army, then our army faces such a large scale of coalition forces, there is no chance of victory, plus this is the eastern grassland, our army is not familiar with the place, it is likely to be wiped out."

"The next strategy is to attack with all your might, break through Hexi City and Hedong City, and then attack Kaiyuan and even Shenyang, turning the Northeast upside down."

After listening to Bai Re's words, Eseku pondered for a while and said: "The next strategy must be abandoned, it will take at least ten days to break through the two cities of Hexi and Hedong, and the Ming army has already reacted, so I can only consider the middle or upper strategy." ”

"The best policy, a bit too radical, even if there is a problem with the land protection slaves, but we can't come up with evidence, if we leave rashly, and can't say a sufficient reason, then Modong Mongolia, and even our Warat will have opinions about me, if someone adds fuel to the fire, the consequences are unimaginable."

"And Zhongce, I think there is also a problem, we stay here, even if we confuse the Ming army, but it is still too dangerous, the Ming army can not only come from Rehe, but also from the Baicheng side, along the south of the Xing'an Mountains, blocking our way back."

"This ......" Baire thought for a while, and said: "The Baicheng side is indeed worrying, but I think that even if the Dibaonu and the Ming army have a tacit understanding, they must guard against each other, and the Ming army must search the area around Bear Lake to make sure that there is no ambush before daring to go south, which will take time; In the same way, Bao Nu was afraid that the Ming army would eat him together, so he had to leave before the Ming army surrounded him. ”

"By the way, we just need to keep an eye on the slaves, and we can get the best time to retire."

"Having said that, but assuming that Di Baonu was also calculated by the Ming army, wouldn't we be unlucky with him?" Eseku is still a little dissatisfied.

This time it was Baire's turn to be dumbfounded, he really didn't think about this possibility.

Eseku lowered his head and clicked on the map, calculated slightly, and raised his head and said: "In this way, you first write a letter in my name, just say that we have encountered enemy resistance in Shuangliao, suffered heavy casualties, and need reinforcements, if the reinforcements do not arrive within two days, I will withdraw the army, let's see how he reacts first!" ”

"In addition, according to what you said, send cannon fodder to attack the city and paralyze the Ming army, and at the same time be ready to retreat at any time."

"By the way, I also have to send someone to inform Gegen, so that he can be careful and don't go to the ground to protect the slave!"

"Big Leader LinkedIn!"

Eseku was not complacent, the expression on his face was still solemn, and there was always some lingering uneasiness in his heart.

After a while, Esekus gathered the people into the account and gave the order, and the people took the order and left.

......

The city wall of Hexi City is not high, only about three zhang, the circumference is about eight miles, open four gates, each city gate is built with a two-zhang high city gate tower, you can condescendingly observe and strike the enemy.

Looking at the Warat people patrolling back and forth under the city, the Ming troops at the head of the city all clenched their swords and guns, and did not dare to relax at all.

On the west tower facing the Warat camp, there were two generals in armor, slightly shorter and slightly older on the left, Wang Zhong, the capital of Liaodong; The slightly taller on the right, thirty-five or sixteen years old, is Geng Xuan, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region, and the two of them each hold high-powered military binoculars and look at the Warat camp in the distance.

After a while, Wang Zhong put down the binoculars first, glanced to the right, and found that the other party was still observing, so he waited quietly.

Geng Xuan also put down the binoculars, his expression was a little solemn, and said, "General Wang, what do you think?" ”

"Commander-in-chief, the last general can't see it yet, but looking at the appearance of Warat camping, it doesn't look like an immediate siege, and it seems to be a little hesitant."

"Hesitation!" Geng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "I'm really afraid that they will rush over indiscriminately!" ”

"Yes, but if they are allowed to escape, the last general will be a little unwilling!" Wang Zhong said with some regret.

"Well, I thought so too, but the time is really not right!"

"Yes, the corn in the rear is being harvested, the soldiers are difficult to recruit, and the Jurchens have rebelled again, and the last general thinks that it is likely to be related to the Mongols."

"I'm not worried about the Jurchens, General Li has already gone to quell the chaos, maybe he has rushed back now; What I'm most worried about is that Yi Guogong will come too quickly, then we won't even be able to drink the soup. ”

"It can't be helped!" Wang Zhong smiled bitterly.

Wang Zhong looked into the distance suspiciously, then raised the binoculars, looked at it for a while, and said, "Commander-in-chief, it seems that someone over there has been driven over, and the clothes should be the herdsmen nearby!" ”

"I'll take a look," Geng Xuan raised his binoculars and looked at it, and said with some uncertainty: "Could it be that Warat wants to use cannon fodder to attack the city?" ”

"Very likely," Wang Zhong's expression was a little solemn, and he said: "Commander-in-chief, once the cannon fodder attacks the city, the reality of Hexi City will be seen through, should we transfer some of the Dongcheng troops over?" ”

"It's not suitable, it's not suitable, what if the Warat army crosses the river in a big way?"

"That's a problem, but," Wang Zhong suddenly thought of a way, leaned close to Geng Xuan's ear, and muttered a few words.

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said, "This method is good, but you must be careful!" ”

"Yes, I know!"