Chapter 113: Imagination
In the early morning of the next day, Shami Chagan and Ku Da Qingche Jian Cong, escorted by a team of attendants, left Yining City and headed southwest.
"Prime Minister, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Looking at the bloodshot in Kuda's eyes, Sha Michagan asked with concern.
"Alas! I can't sleep! β
Kuda smiled bitterly, and then arched his hand: "Let the Khan King worry, the old minister should die!" β
"What did the Minister of State say?"
Sha Michagan shook his head, then sighed and said, "The widow didn't sleep well last night, there is always a sense of foreboding!" β
"Unknown?"
Kuda sat up straight and said, "King Khan, why do you say that?" β
"The widow thought about it for a long time last night, and he always felt that the envoy Fang Bin was a little abnormal, but he couldn't say what was wrong?"
"Oh,"
Kuda sighed secretly in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, and said: "The old minister thought about it all night, and dared to put forward some ideas for King Khan's reference!" β
"Hehe, the widow knows that the minister of state will definitely do it, say it quickly!"
Sha Micha said with a dry smile.
"Yesterday, the performance of the envoy was very abnormal, and the contrast with the solemnity and seriousness that he has always been too great, it seems frivolous and shallow, but this frivolity is a little excessive, and even a little contrived, and the old minister thinks that there are two possibilities:"
"The first possibility is that the envoy is a straw bale, and the previous seriousness is all fake, so as soon as I heard that His Majesty the Great Emperor reused it, he revealed his true nature."
Speaking of this, Kuda sighed and said, "But this possibility is very small, if His Majesty the Great Emperor is such a shallow and ignorant courtier, it is impossible for the Great Ming to force the Great Khan to such a point." β
"Well, the prime minister's analysis makes sense."
"The second possibility is that the envoy was deliberate and intended to conceal his true purpose."
"Then the question arises, what is the real purpose of the Ming envoy?"
"The old minister thought about it again and again, and had some ideasββ"
As she said this, she suddenly closed her eyes and fell into deep thought.
It stands to reason that in the face of the Khan King Shami Chagan's inquiry, the state minister Ku Gang Da behaved like this, which can be said to be extremely rude, but Sha Mi Chagan didn't care, but looked at Ku Gang Da with a somewhat nervous expression.
The reason is very simple, Kugatai has a great favor to the Chagatai royal family.
More than 40 years ago, Kumada's uncle Cowardly Maruddin rebelled, the Great Khan also Liya Sihuo and his family members were killed, only his younger brother Hei's child fire was secretly hidden by Ku Gangda, this hiding is 12 years, until the 20th year of Hongwu, Cowardly Marudin disappeared in the war with Timur, Kumada seized the opportunity to support the black child fire to ascend the throne, the black child fire person appointed him as the prime minister, ten years later, the black child fire person died, and his son Shami Chagan ascended the throne, which is now the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
Before Timur intended to attack the Ming Dynasty, he once sent someone to inform Shami Chagan to make him more interesting and contribute to the great cause of the holy war. Shami Chagan was very embarrassed between Daming and Timur, he could not provoke Timur, who was close at hand, nor could he provoke Daming, who was becoming stronger and stronger, and then he still gave a solution that was not a solution, that is-drag, and finally Allah forbid, Timur returned to the west with his life, and the so-called holy war naturally ended.
Moreover, Shami Chagan also took the opportunity to ask for some weapons and equipment from the Ming Dynasty, and took the opportunity to fight a few battles with Timur's heir Peel, most of them had the upper hand, and he breathed a big sigh of evil, after all, the Timurid Khanate, once called the Western Chagatai Khanate, was an inseparable part of the Chagatai Khanate.
Since then, Sha Mi Chagan feels that Ku Mi Cha Gan is not only resourceful, but also able to pinch and calculate, so he is more convinced of it, and now facing the oppression of the Ming Dynasty, Sha Mi Cha Gan needs the "demonic energy" of Hu Da even more.
After a long time, Kuda opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was Sha Mi Chagan's slightly nervous face, he couldn't help but smile, and arched his hand: "The old minister thinks that the Mobei Sandu Division that the Ming envoy said may not be true. β
"What?"
Sha Michagan was startled, almost stood up, and touched the roof of the carriage, but Kuda hurriedly grabbed him: "King Khan be careful. β
"You mean to say that there is no Mobei Sandu Division, the envoy is deceiving us, so his purpose?"
"Yes."
Kuda raised his head, met Sha Michagan's eyes, and said in a low voice: "The old minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty is likely to attack my Chagatai Khanate!" β
"How is that possible?" Shami Chagan screamed in shock.
"The old minister is so analyzed, the Ming envoy set off in a hurry after yesterday's luncheon, the old minister thought that he was making meritorious contributions, and he wanted to rush to Jinshan Dusi, but last night he thought about it carefully, and found that there was a problem, the reason is very simple, the Ming envoy Fang Bin official rank is a squire in the military department, and the title is three products, and it is not a high promotion to serve in Jinshan Dusi, and serving in a place like Jinshan can only be said to be derogatory and guilty for the Ming Dynasty, from this point of view, it seems extremely unreasonable for the Ming envoy to leave in a hurry."
"The old minister thinks that there are two reasons, one is that he is afraid that we will detain him; The other is that he is afraid of danger. β
"These two reasons show a possibility, that is, the Ming Court is going to do something to us!"
"Unlikely,"
Sha Michagan said with some doubts: "The Ming Kingdom only defeated Warat and Mongolia by luck last year, and when we gathered the remnants of Mongolia and Warat to go to Luntai, didn't the Ming army withdraw because they were afraid of our army?" β
"This time, that time,"
Kuda shook his head slightly: "According to the news of the old minister, last year's Ming army's attack on Luntai was not planned in advance, but the arbitrary behavior of Zhang Fu, the capital of Gansu in the Ming Dynasty, so there were big problems with grain and grass and armament supply, so when the Ming army attacked Luntai and defeated Warat and Mongolia, it was already the end of the crossbow, so when we rushed over, they had to retreat." β
"However, the Ming army was well-trained, and although it was on the way to retreat, it was orderly and not chaotic at all, so after chasing Huozhou, Lao Chen ordered the army to withdraw, in fact, he was afraid of being ambushed by the Ming army."
"And this year, the Ming army can be said to be prepared, and the food and armament should be sufficient, so there is a question, the Ming army dispatched 50,000 cavalry, is it just to encircle and suppress the remnants of Wara?"
"King Khan, don't forget, when Su Dingfang, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, went on an expedition to Ashina Helu, his headquarters cavalry was less than 20,000!"
Ashina Horu?
Of course, Shami Chagan knew that Ashina Helu's base was in Ili, and he gathered more than 100,000 cavalry to fight a decisive battle with Su Dingfang, and finally suffered a heavy defeat, and he himself died.
"But, the widow is still, and I can't believe it!" Sha Micha muttered dryly, his face pale.
"And the old minister has another idea," Kuda said in a low voice: "It is also possible that the three capital divisions of Mobei are true, but the old minister thinks that it is very likely to be a bluff, and its purpose is only one, that is, to make the Great Khan nervous and lure him back to Mobei, so that the Ming army can make a move on his return journey and kill him, so that Mobei has no owner, and it will really fall into the hands of the Ming court." β
"Then you mean to say that the envoy is deceiving us, scaring the Great Khan through our mouths, so that he will return to Mobei quickly?"
Sha Michagan understood a little, but his face was paler.
"It is very likely that in this way, our Chagatai Khanate will be completely isolated, and the Ming court will be able to take advantage of the opportunity!"
"Ahh
......
As the discussion deepened, the faces of Sha Mi Chagan and Ku Gangda became more and more ugly.
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front, and then it stopped near the carriage, and then a voice came from outside the window: "King Khan, Lord of the Kingdom, Su Zhen is back!" β
"Let him come over!"
After a short time, a knight ran over quickly, knelt down and gave a salute, and then whispered a few times to Ku Da, who pursed his lips and waved his hand: "It's hard work, you go down!" β
In Sha Mi Chagan's gaze, Ku Yida seemed to be a little unstable, and his lips trembled and said: "King Khan, the Ming envoy has been on the road overnight, and he has passed through the North Tianshan Pass this morning, and now, they should have connected with the Ming army's forward!" β
"So fast? Don't...... It's true? β
Shami Chagan was stunned.