In early June, on the banks of the Irtysh River, the Khan Court of the Dulbert Ministry.

"Great Khan, the current situation is already obvious, the Dzungar Department and the Heshute Department are preparing to annex the Moxi Mongol tribes and divide the Moxi region, the Great Khan will undoubtedly form an alliance with the tiger, and will definitely be harmed by it after the war is over."

In the sweat tent, a middle-aged man said with a serious expression to an old man sitting in the seat in front of him, this old man was the Great Khan of Rubat of the Dulbert Ministry.

The middle-aged man who persuaded the Great Khan of Rubat was the envoy Atai sent by Bahat, who had just analyzed the situation to Rubat Khan, and clearly told him that the Dzungar and Heshute tribes would definitely annex the Turghut and Dulbert tribes after the war to replenish the soldiers and population lost in the war.

"Great Khan, the minister thinks that what he said is the truth, this time Baturhun Khan and Gushi Khan formed an alliance to deal with the Khan Court and the Ming army, so he will definitely go all out, so he will lose a lot of soldiers, and he will definitely find a way to replenish his troops."

At this time, a middle-aged nobleman standing at the head of the Great Khan of Lubat couldn't help but speak, looking worried.

After being reminded by Atai, he couldn't help but gasp, and found that if he joined the alliance between the Dzungar Ministry and the Heshute Department, it would be very dangerous.

"What will we get?" Hearing this, Rubat Khan groaned for a moment, and slowly asked Atai.

"As long as you submit to the Khan's court and surrender your military power to accept the Khan's rule, then the Khan's court will guarantee your property and interests."

Hearing this, Atai couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, which could be seen from Rubat Khan's words This was a good sign, so Zhengse said:

"Great Khan, if the Khan's court unifies Moxi, you don't need to support troops to protect yourself, otherwise the unification of the Khan's court will be an empty word."

"However, considering the special status of the Great Khan, a team of hundreds of people can be retained to take care of the family." As he spoke, Atai bowed to Rubat Khan, "Great Khan, this condition is already very rich, and I hope that the Great Khan can agree to it for the sake of his people." ”

"Let me surrender my military power." Rubat Khan's brows suddenly furrowed, didn't this make him a lamb to be slaughtered?

"Great Khan, hundreds of troops are enough to ensure the safety of the Great Khan, and this is also for the long-term peace and stability of the Khanate, so that there will be no more swords in the local area!" Knowing that Rubat Khan was unwilling to surrender his military power, Atai solemnly opened his mouth to persuade him.

"Hmph, if you want to collect the military power of Ben Khan, it's just wishful thinking." Hearing this, Rubat Khan couldn't help but sneer, "Ben Khan still thinks that you really want to form an alliance, but you just want to use Ben Khan, which is really hateful. ”

"Come, lock him up, and no one shall see him without the orders of Ben Khan." Then, Rubat Khan stretched out his hand and shouted loudly.

"Great Khan, think twice, or you'll regret it."

Hearing this, several soldiers immediately rushed in from outside the door and dragged him out with Atai's arm, Atai did not expect Rubat Khan to turn his face with him so quickly, so he admonished in a deep voice when he was dragged away.

"Hmph, I thought Ben Khan was a three-year-old child, where is there such a good deception." Rubat Khan sneered when he heard this, his eyes were full of disdain, Bahat wanted to take his military power bloodlessly, but how was this possible?

Atai was imprisoned in a stone cell, and although he had been prepared for it, he was disappointed when his mission failed, regretting that he had failed to convince Rubat Khan.

Actually, Atai is not to blame for this matter, the reason is in the body of Rubat Khan, Rubat Khan attaches great importance to military power, so no matter who comes, as long as the matter of military power is mentioned, the two sides will collapse.

After nightfall, Atai sat on the ground in a daze looking at the bright moonlight shining in through the window, secretly looking for a way to escape, he didn't want to be trapped here waiting for death.

While Atai was pondering there, there was a sudden sound of unlocking outside the door, and then the locked iron door opened, and a burly man dressed as a nobleman in his twenties walked in, followed by two attendants carrying food boxes, and methodically placing the wine and food in the food boxes on the table in the cell.

After the food and drinks, the two attendants walked away quickly, closed the door and stood outside.

"Your Excellency is ......" Ah Tai glanced at the burly man, a suspicious look appeared on his face, not knowing who the burly man was and why he came to see him in the middle of the night.

"General Ben is the grandson of the Great Khan****** and he has something to ask the envoy today." The burly man sat down at the wine table, then gestured to Atay to take a seat.

"General ****** has something to ask you?" Atay felt as if ****** had not been sent by Rubat Khan, so he sat down across from him quietly, not knowing what ****** wanted to inquire.

"I heard that Lin Dan Khan has formed an alliance with Daming, I don't know if this matter is true or false?" Picking up the flask, he poured himself and Atai a glass of wine, and then asked Masase.

"To be precise, it is our Monan Khalkha Department that has formed an alliance with the Daming Taibao and Zuo Chunfang Li Daxue, and this Khan's western expedition is led by our Khalkha Department, and it has nothing to do with Lin Dan Khan."

Hearing this, Atai groaned for a while, weighed it in his heart and replied, this matter is not a secret in the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army now, the soldiers of the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army are now looking at the Bahat horse, Lin Dan Khan is unable to mobilize them at all, and the outside world has already discovered this fact sooner or later.

Originally, the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army came to the west this time under the banner of the Khan's Court, so it at least occupied a moral height.

However, the situation is special now, Rubat Khan has refused to form an alliance with Bahat, and at this time, ****** suddenly appeared, and he came behind Rubat Khan's back, so there must be an intention to form an alliance, so Atai naturally wants to tell ****** some things that outsiders can't know.

"Is that so?"

Sure enough, ****** was taken aback when he heard this, and he felt strange when Mongolia got so close to the Ming Dynasty, and it turned out that there was such an amazing secret in it.

"Da Ming's Scholar Li really came to White Eagle Mountain?" ****** then stared at Atay and asked a second question.

He may not have heard of Li Hongyu before, but last year's Battle of Dunhuang made Li Hongyu's name spread all over the Western Regions and the Moxi region, and he naturally knew who Li Hongyu was.

In view of Li Hongyu's distinguished status in Daming, ****** couldn't believe for a while that Li Hongyu would take the risk of coming to Moxi, this kind of behavior was too risky.

"This matter is absolutely true, and Scholar Li is bound to win the Moxi region." Hearing this, Atai bowed slightly, and replied with ****** affirmatively.

"Imperative?" Hearing this, he felt a little strange, Moxi didn't seem to have anything to do with Da Ming, he didn't understand why Li Hongyu attached so much importance to it.

"Because after pacifying Moxi, we will help Scholar Li to conquer the Western Regions." Seeing ****** look puzzled, Atai smiled slightly and said.

Not ******to mention this matter, even the scheming Baturhun Khan and Gushi Khan couldn't think of it, because it was impossible for such a bizarre thing to happen with the relationship between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty.

"Attack...... Conquer the Western Regions? ****** thought he had misheard, and looked at Atay with a stunned expression, which was simply an unbelievable thing.

"This matter is absolutely true, you must have heard about the incident in Dunhuang last year, Marshal Bahat and Scholar Li have already formulated a future battle plan, and then not only Moxi, but also the Western Regions will be in the bag."

Atai nodded affirmatively, and then said to ****** proudly, "The Ming Dynasty has strong national strength and abundant soldiers, not to mention that even the countries of the Western Regions can't resist if you are indifferent. ”

Hearing this, he couldn't help but fall into silence, Atai was right, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was really not comparable to the Moxi Mongolian tribes, and once a protracted war was fought, the Moxi Mongols would be dragged down.

You must know that the Mongol Western Expeditionary Army of Bahat and the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty of Mangui have been fighting continuously for many years, which is unimaginable for Moxi Mongolia.

In addition to the problem of logistics and supply, the biggest difference between the Mongolian army and the Ming army is that the Mongolian soldiers have the dual identity of soldiers and civilians, serving as soldiers in wartime and serving the people in peacetime.

If the Mongol army is fighting outside the country all year round, how will the old people, women and children who are left behind at home live? You can't always follow them to migrate, so do you want the original territory?

The Mongol expeditionary army in Bahat was special, not so much that they were westward as westward, so the Khalkha people always followed behind the western expeditionary army.

Once the Khalkha tribe has determined a place to settle, then the people will settle down, and the strength of the western expeditionary army will be reduced, and the reduced number of people will return to their families, otherwise social life will collapse due to the lack of males.

"Why is Marshal Bahat so close to Scholar Lee?" Finally, ****** in silence remembered something, and couldn't help but ask Ah Tai suspiciously, I have to say that the trust between the two is incredible.

"There is one thing you may not know, Scholar Li married the sister of the marshal of Bahat, and she is the concubine of our southern Khalkha department." Hearing this, Atai couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to ****** in a deep voice.

"He's your Khalkha colt?" At this moment, ****** finally understood while being shocked, no wonder Bahat and Li Hongyu would help each other, it turned out that there was still this level of kinship between the two.

Moreover, from Atai's words and deeds****** it was found that he had great respect for Daming's Li Daxue, which was a great surprise to him, and it stands to reason that Atai should not behave so respectfully even if he was not hostile to Daming's officials.

"Our Khalkha princess Naren Toya has been named the 'Lord of Caixia' by the Ming Emperor, many children of the Khalkha Department are now being taught in the Ming Dynasty, and their world will not be limited to horseback and grassland in the future, but will become an eagle with a pair of wings soaring around!"

Ah Tai nodded solemnly, and then said to ****** excitedly that his son was now being taught at the Western Academy of the Customs Department, and he was quite pleased to know that his horizons and heart had been greatly broadened from the several letters from his family.

"You ...... You have taken refuge in Daming? ****** was stunned when he heard this, and then looked tentatively at Atai and asked, he found that Atai was full of good feelings for Daming, which was simply incredible to the people of Moxi Mongolia.

Of course, Monan Mongolia, especially the right-wing tribes of Monan Mongolia, that is, the Khalkha tribe, the Chahar tribe and the Korqin tribe, because of their border with the Ming Dynasty, have close ties with each other, so they have been greatly influenced by the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty is very, very special.

And the Moxi and Mobei tribes are far away from the Ming Dynasty, so there is still a lot of hostility between them, so naturally they will not have a good impression of the Ming Dynasty like Atai.

"No, we just believe in Scholar Lee!"

Hearing this, Atai solemnly shook his head to ******, the link between the Khalkha Ministry and the Ming Dynasty is Li Hongyu, if there is no Li Hongyu, the Khalkha Ministry will not trust the Ming Dynasty, let alone cooperate in the westward expedition.

In fact, it was Li Hongyu who single-handedly facilitated the Khalkha Ministry's westward expedition, and at the same time, he also lived in the process of the Khalkha Ministry's Mongolian Western Expedition, and the Khalkha Ministry's high-level officials knew these things.

Atai belongs to the high-level of the Khalkha Ministry, so he naturally knows the importance of Li Hongyu to the Khalkha Ministry, although the Khalkha Ministry moved west, but some people went south to Daming and began to adapt to the life in the interior of Daming.

It can be said that the fate of the Khalkha Ministry has been linked with Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu has invisibly had a major influence on the Khalkha Ministry.

"I see!"

Hearing this, he couldn't help but nod thoughtfully, he finally understood why the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army and the Ming Western Expeditionary Army could cooperate so closely, it turned out to be the result of Li Hongyu's coordination.

"Have the Turghuts and the Great Khan of Orlek agreed to form an alliance with you?" Afterwards, ****** asked Ah Tai in a deep voice, believing that with Li Hongyu's intelligence, he would not be able to contact their Dulbert Department closely.

Moreover, the contradictions between the Turghut and Dzungar tribes were already very deep, so it was difficult for the Orlek Khan to form an alliance with the Turghut tribes.

"The Great Khan of Orlek has already signed an alliance with us with blood." Hearing this, Atai nodded, and then said with regret, "It's a pity that the Great Khan of Rubart couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly, which is really regrettable. ”

"Atai envoy, General Ben wants to know if I can join your Western Expeditionary Army, and General Ben wants to go to the Western Regions to have a look." He groaned for a moment, then asked Atai.

"Of course you can, we will be brothers after forming an alliance, as long as the general is willing, he can naturally join the Western Expeditionary Army." Ah Tai was slightly stunned when he heard this, ******'s request was really beyond his expectations, and then nodded affirmatively.

"Well, the matter of forming an alliance is entrusted to General Ben, and General Ben will not sit idly by and watch the people of our Dulbert Department go to a dead end."

After receiving Atai's affirmative reply, ****** picked up the wine glass in his hand and said loudly, "Come, Atai envoy, this general toasts you, I am really wronged to let you live here." ”

"General ****** is serious, this is a trivial matter, not enough to worry about." Ah Tai laughed when he heard this, picked up the wine glass and touched it with ****** and drank it all, secretly relieved in his heart.

Judging by ******'s words and deeds, he felt as if he was inclined to ally with the Bahat, which was a good sign.

Two days later, while Atai was pondering a way out, the iron door of his cell was opened, and ****** released him, leading him to the new Khan of the Dulbert tribe, who was Atai's father, and the two sides signed an alliance agreement.

According to the agreement, the Dulbert Ministry will send troops to aid the Mongol Western Expeditionary Army to jointly deal with the Dzungar Department and the Heshute Department.

As for the Great Khan of Rubart, it is said that he went to recuperate in other places after the Zen throne for health reasons, and said that he was recuperating, but Atai knew very well that there was a coup d'état in the Khanate of the Dulbert Ministry, and Atai's father ousted the Khan of Rubat from power, and then became the new Khan of the Dulbert Ministry.

At this point, Li Hongyu's joint tactics were perfectly achieved, and the Turghut and Dulbert divisions had already formed an alliance with Bahat, and the two sides would work with the Mongol and Ming Western Expeditionary Forces to attack the combined forces of the Dzungar and Heshute forces, and a big battle slowly began.

(End of chapter)