Recommended reading: "Four Thousand Taels?" Lin Dan Khan couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, feeling that the money was too little, how to say that he represented the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, if it was changed to 40,000 taels, it would be about the same.

"Great Khan, this official came to travel in a hurry, so he only brought so much silver, hoping that there would be enough military supplies for the Great Khan's army." Li Hongyu knew that Lin Dan Khan was too little, so he said quietly, "When Jiannu is exterminated, the court will have another thank-you gift." ”

According to historical records, in June of the 47th year of Wanli, when Nurhachi attacked Kaiyuan and Tieling of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan took the opportunity to personally lead the five divisions of Chahar and Nekharkha to capture the Guangning City of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, in order to prevent Nurhachi and Lin Dan Khan from uniting with the Ming Dynasty to make the Ming Dynasty suffer enemies in the east and north, the Ming court continued to send people to Chahanhot to try their best to curry favor with Lin Dan Khan, hoping that he would maintain friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Dan Khan knew that he could trade with the Ming Dynasty to obtain economic benefits, and he could also use the Ming Dynasty to contain and weaken the Later Jin, so he formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

This made Nurhachi in the early days of the attack on the Liaodong region, the northern border of the Ming Dynasty was basically safe, and the Mongol tribes did not invade, so the Ming Dynasty gave Lin Dan Khan 4,000 taels of silver every year, which was raised to 40,000 taels the following year.

However, this money was not taken by Lin Dan Khan for a few years, and Nurhachi's expansion rate far exceeded his prediction, and a few years later, Nekhalkha and Korqin were successively annexed by the Later Jin, forcing Lin Dan Khan to move westward and lose the city of Guangning, which traded with the Ming Dynasty.

"Great Khan, the situation in Liaodong is critical, Jiannu is now preparing to attack Kaiyuan and Tieling in Liaodong, and the imperial court hopes that the Great Khan can send troops to help our army defend the city and wait for the arrival of my Ming reinforcements."

Lin Dan Khan saw that Li Hongyu was very happy to take out four thousand taels of silver, knowing that Li Hongyu wanted to form an alliance with him as soon as possible, just when he thought that the lion opened his mouth and took the opportunity to make some more requests, Li Hongyu suddenly opened his mouth and said seriously, "If the Great Khan's reinforcements can't arrive in time, I'm afraid that the imperial court will criticize the alliance with the Great Khan at that time." ”

Hearing this, Lin Dan Khan's brows suddenly frowned slightly, he heard that Li Hongyu had already finished his conditions, so he hoped that the two sides could form an alliance as soon as possible, once the time to support Kaiyuan and Tieling was missed, the alliance between the two sides would be seriously affected.

This means that Li Hongyu doesn't want to be entangled in some interests anymore, otherwise Lin Danhan may have to hit the nail.

"The slave soldiers want to open Yuan and Tieling?"

From the fact that Li Hongyu was going to leave Chahanhot to find the right-wing tribes of Monan Mongolia, Lin Danhan knew that Li Hongyu was a young and vigorous person, and if he really stiffened with him in the matter of forming an alliance, he would definitely leave, so he asked in surprise after a deep sigh.

To be honest, Li Hongyu's conditions are already quite attractive, and every year Lin Danhan can get a lot of income from the mutual market, once Li Hongyu walks away, it really outweighs the loss.

Therefore, Lin Dan Khan was ready to talk to Li Hongyu about forming an alliance, after all, he did not want to see the rise of the Later Jin, which was more dangerous to the Mongol Khanate than the Ming Dynasty.

"Kaiyuan and Tieling are the flanks of Jiannu, and they are the military towns of the Ming Dynasty in northeastern Liaoning, which has played a role in restricting and containing Jiannu, and now our army is empty in Kaiyuan and Tieling, and Jiannu will definitely take advantage of the Ming reinforcements to capture them before they arrive."

Li Hongyu nodded solemnly after hearing this, and then said worriedly, "Once Kaiyuan and Tieling are lost, the Jurchen Yehe Department will also be wiped out, and then Jiannu will have no worries, and he can attack the cities of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty as much as he wants, and at the same time begin to expand to the grassland." ”

"When will the Ming reinforcements arrive?" Lin Danhan's face couldn't help but change when he heard this, and he asked with a serious expression.

Obviously, he did not want to see the Later Jin capture Kaiyuan and Tieling, as well as the elimination of the Yehe tribe, so that the Mongol tribes in the east, such as the Inner Khalkha and Korqin tribes of Mongolia, would be the first to be affected.

Considering that the Inner Khalkha Ministry and the Korqin Ministry have been marrying with them in recent years due to military pressure from the Houjin, and they have a close relationship with each other, if the Houjin increase their efforts to win over them, it is guaranteed that they will join the Houjin camp.

Therefore, Lin Dan Khan thought that the matter was very serious, and he would rather let the Ming win in Liaodong than hope that the Houjin would gain hegemony, at least the Ming would not take the initiative to attack them.

"I have a vast territory, and it will take at least a few months to transfer troops, and I am afraid that I can come to Liaodong in July and August."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and quickly gave an answer, in fact, he didn't know the arrangement of the imperial court's troop transfer, so he could only approximate a time.

"There are still two or three months, the slave chief is cunning, and he will definitely take the opportunity to attack during this time." Lin Dan Khan's brows suddenly furrowed, no wonder Da Ming sent envoys so diligently, it turned out that the two important military towns of Kaiyuan and Tieling were under the coercion of the Houjin soldiers.

"I wonder how many soldiers and horses the Great Khan can mobilize to Liaodong?" Li Hongyu looked at Lin Danhan and asked in a deep voice.

"Our Mongolian people live by grazing cattle on the steppe, and they are scattered over a vast area, so it is difficult to gather together." Lin Dan Khan pondered for a moment, and then said to Li Hongyu, "In a short period of time, 20,000 troops can be gathered. ”

"20,000 troops!" Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, it was obvious that the troops of Lin Dan Khan's faction were too small, as far as he knew, there were more than 70,000 armored soldiers in the Chahar Eight Divisions alone, and there were also 50,000 or 60,000 people in the Fifth Division of Inner Khalkha, so Lin Dan Khan's only 20,000 troops were indeed a bit less.

It is worth mentioning that the strength of the Mongol tribes is basically equal to the number of young and middle-aged men who can go to war.

Obviously, Lin Dan Khan was unwilling to send a large number of Mongol troops to merge with the Houjin army for Kaiyuan and Tieling, so he sent 20,000 troops, so even if Kaiyuan and Tieling were lost, it had nothing to do with him, after all, even the main force of the Ming army was not the opponent of the Houjin army, not to mention the Mongolian army that had fallen behind in the battle with the Ming army.

"Great Khan, I wonder when those 20,000 soldiers and horses will be able to arrive at Kaiyuan and Tieling?" Li Hongyu knew that 20,000 troops was the limit of Lin Dan Khan, and no matter how much he negotiated, it would not be useful, so he no longer dwelled on this matter, and asked in a deep voice after thinking about it.

"It's mid-to-late May now, so we can arrive at the Liaodong battlefield in mid-June." Lin Dan Khan pondered for a moment and replied, after all, the people of the Mongol tribes were scattered, so it would take some time to gather them, unlike the Ming army, which could immediately rush to the battlefield.

"Okay." Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, then bowed to Lin Dan Khan, and said in a deep voice, "Great Khan, now that the war in Liaodong is urgent, it is not appropriate for this official to stay here for a long time, this is the article of the mutual market, if the Great Khan is satisfied, he will send someone to Guangning, and there will be officials from the imperial court to sign a contract with him at that time." ”

As he spoke, Li Hongyu took an official document from Man Gui on the side and handed it to a waiter on the side.

The official document was very thoughtful, written in both Chinese and Mongolian, and stipulated the relevant provisions of the Ming and Mongol empires to trade with each other at an equal price, and the content was very detailed and very fair, so that Lin Dan Khan nodded from time to time.

Lin Danhan was very satisfied with the mutual market clause written by Li Hongyu, which could make them earn at least double the profit, so Lin Danhan held a banquet to entertain Li Hongyu at noon, which was regarded as seeing off Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu planned to return to Liaodong early the next morning, and the affairs of the Jurchen Yehe Department were still waiting for him to do, compared with the alliance with the Mongols, how to rescue the Yehe Department was the most important thing, and the Yehe Department was not only Nurhachi's sworn enemy, but also had a great influence on the Jurchen tribes in the Later Jin.

"Great Khan, isn't 20,000 people too much, we don't need to get involved in the war in Liaodong so deeply, the Ming army will definitely lose if it doesn't reach Kaiyuan and Tieling."

After the banquet, waiting for Li Hongyu to leave, Tie Shan opened his mouth and said to Lin Dan Khan, in his opinion, it would be good for Lin Dan Khan to send 10,000 people over.

"Kaiyuan and Tieling are important towns in the north of Liaodong, once they are captured by the Jurchens, it will have an important impact on the war situation in Liaodong, and the Jurchens will no longer have to worry about the future."

Lin Danhan looked at the mutual market regulations brought by Li Hongyu, and said casually, "For us, the Jurchens are a big trouble, if we can help the Ming army defend it, it's better if we can't defend it, it's nothing, take the opportunity to help us get rid of some disasters!" ”

"Great Khan, do you mean to send people from the Khalkha tribe to Liaodong?" When Tie Shan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Lin Dan Khan and said.

In addition to the Chahar tribe, Lin Dan Khan can now mobilize the troops of the Inner Khalkha tribe, plus some small tribes, it is obvious that Lin Dan Khan is weakening the strength of the Inner Khalkha tribe, and only in this way can the people of the Inner Khalkha tribe be permanently subjugated to his rule.

"Ben Khan has already given an order to Zhuoliktu **** before, let them prepare troops in the Khalkha department, their Khalkha department is the closest to Liaodong, where will they not transfer their troops?"

A smile flashed at the corner of Lin Danhan's mouth, and he replied slowly, it was not the first time he had done this kind of thing to kill people with a knife, so he had already been familiar with it.

"Yes, they are one of the five departments designated by Li Qianhu to exchange markets with the Ming Dynasty, and they will definitely contribute to the battle of Liaodong this time." Tie Shan laughed when he heard this, and nodded again and again.

In recent years, the Inner Khalkha Department has been relatively close to the Korqin Department, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Department, and wants to get rid of the shackles of Lin Dan Khan, and now it seems that Lin Dan Khan is going to take the opportunity to knock the Inner Khalkha Department, so that they will honestly not cause trouble.

After meeting Lin Dan Khan, Li Hongyu also had a matter on his mind, and left Chahanhot the next day and hurried to Yehebu.

Because he had formed an alliance with Lin Dan Khan, and Li Hongyu had become the quasi-concubine of the Inner Khalkha Ministry, he naturally had to go to the grassland and rush from outside the Great Wall to the place where the Yehe Ministry was located, all the way to the territory of the Inner Khalkha Ministry, and the safety could be effectively guaranteed.

When he returned to Alke, Li Hongyu received a message from Zhuolik Tuhong that Lin Dan Khan had given him an order to send 20,000 horses from the five Inner Khalkha tribes closest to Kaiyuan, including the Zalut Division, Hongjirat and Bayute Division, to assist the Ming Dynasty in defending Kaiyuan and Tieling.

Drorik Tuhong could see at a glance that this was Lin Dan Khan's plan to kill people with a knife, but he could do nothing about it, so he could only accept Lin Dan Khan's orders and send troops from the Zalut Division, Hongjirat and Bayat Division, otherwise he would inevitably be blamed by Lin Dan Khan.

"Rest assured that the Khalkha Khan will not let his brothers shed blood and die in vain." Li Hongyu had already guessed this, so he solemnly made a promise to Zhuolik Tuhun that he would still need the Inner Khalkha Ministry in many places in the future.

In order to facilitate Li Hongyu's communication with the people of the Zalut Third Division, Zhuolik Tuhong specially asked Bahat to go to Liaodong with Li Hongyu, so that he would have a good time at that time.

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