At night.

A grand celebration banquet was held at the foot of the White Eagle Mountain, and piles of bonfires were surrounded by soldiers who drank wine and ate meat, including the Ming army and the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army, as well as the Moxi Army.

The Moxi army here is naturally the soldiers of the Turghut Department and the Dulbert Ministry, and the ****** of the Turghut Department and the Orlek Khan and the Dulbert Department are Li Hongyu's guests, and Bahat is accompanying him.

In fact, the battle is not over yet, and Li Zhizhong, Chai Shixiu, and other generals of the Ming army and the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army are now leading their troops to pursue the fleeing army of the Junggar and Heshute divisions.

However, the battle at the Yuma River had ended, and the Ming army and the Mongol Western Expeditionary Army had won a complete victory this time, capturing a large number of prisoners of the Dzungar and Heshute tribes who had no time to escape.

To tell the truth, the battle situation in the Yinmahe River also exceeded Li Hongyu's expectations, and he originally thought that the Zhuggar Department and the Heshuo Special Department would resist desperately and fight to the end.

But I never expected that Baturhun and Gushi Khan would give the order to retreat so quickly, which invisibly affected the troops of the Dzungar and Heshute tribes on the battlefield, and then helped the Ming army and the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army.

Compared with the Great Khan of Orlek, perhaps because of the similar age, ****** get along with Li Hongyu more harmoniously and chat better.

wanted to join the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army to fight in the Western Regions, Li Hongyu had long known that he had this idea, so he agreed very happily.

Now that the situation in Moxi has stabilized, the battle of the Yinmahe River has settled the situation in Moxi, so the next step is to concentrate on solving the affairs of the Western Regions.

To be precise, Li Hongyu's target was Abdullah, who had seized Turpan, and although the two signed a peace agreement, Li Hongyu had a way to march into Turpan.

Just when Li Hongyu led his army to Moxi, the khanate of the Yarkand Khanate took advantage of Tumer's defeat at Dunhuang to send an army to attack Turpan.

Although Abdullah is now fighting with all his might, he has been greatly damaged after losing Kansai and Hami, and it is difficult for him to resist the attack of the Yarkand Khan.

If Li Hongyu guessed correctly, Abdullah would definitely be driven out of Turpan by the army of the Yarkand Khanate within this year, and at that time he would be able to march to Turpan openly.

The atmosphere of the celebration banquet was very warm, but Sarentana's mood was very low, and she sat silently on a small hill and looked at the bright moon in the sky, worried that something would happen to the pursued Baturhun.

"You haven't eaten in a day, eat some." I don't know how long it took, a plate of delicate pastries appeared in front of Sarena, and Li Hongyu sat next to her with the plate.

Only then did Sarentana realize that it was already early morning, and the celebration banquet had already ended.

"Thanks, I'm not hungry." Where does Saren Tana have an appetite now, she shook her head at Li Hongyu and said.

"Tell you one thing, I have ordered the Moxi tribes to be appeased, so there is a chance that your father and brother will be besieged."

Li Hongyu knew Sarentana's thoughts, so he smiled slightly, picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, and said while chewing, "What you have to do now is to take care of your body, I'm afraid you will need to persuade you to surrender at that time." ”

"Persuasion?" Saren Tana was stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu, not understanding what he meant for a while.

"Today I got a message from some prisoners of the Dzungar tribe, saying that before the start of the war, a young man went to the sweat tent of the Dzungar military camp to meet the Great Khan of Baturhun, presumably that young man is you, right?"

While tasting the pastry in his mouth, Li Hongyu looked at Saren Tana slowly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your Abba is Baturhun Khan!" ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Hearing this, Sarentana suddenly showed a look of surprise, she didn't expect that her identity had been seen through by Li Hongyu, but she had nothing to hide after the matter had come to this, and said to Li Hongyu with a wry smile.

"I can understand that I would do the same if it were me."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at Saren Tana and said, "As far as I know, Baturhun Khan is an ambitious person, this kind of person has the best face, so once you are besieged at that time, you will definitely resist to the end, and then you will be the step of Batur Khan." ”

Hearing this, Sarentana's eyes suddenly lit up, and she already understood what Li Hongyu meant, she wanted to give Baturhun a step through her, so that Baturhun could surrender and not give his life in vain.

"This pastry is really good, you can taste it." Seeing this, Li Hongyu knew that Sarentana's heart knot had been opened, so he sent the plate in his hand to her and said with a smile.

"Hmm!" This time Sarentana did not refuse, but nodded and picked up a piece of pastry and took a small sip of it, to be honest, she was indeed hungry now.

"Your Excellency, the capital is eight hundred miles away!" Just as Li Hongyu and Saren Tana were chatting, a guard hurriedly rushed over and delivered an urgent official document in his hand to Li Hongyu.

"Eight hundred miles expedited?"

Li Hongyu's brows couldn't help frowning, he slapped his hands after stuffing the pastry in his hand into his mouth, opened the official document and checked it, and the guards on the side hurriedly brought the torch he was holding in front of him.

Saren Tana looked at Li Hongyu with some curiosity, at this time Li Hongyu received an urgent official document, which seemed to be a very urgent matter.

"Alas!" After reading the content of the official document, Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighed and said, "What should come will always come, and you can't avoid it." ”

"Is it serious?"

Seeing the helplessness on Li Hongyu's face, Sarentana couldn't help but ask with concern, she is a smart girl and she won't ask what happened, after all, this is a secret of the Ming Army.

"It's okay."

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, and then looked up at the starry night sky, looking a little worried.

Seeing that Li Hongyu seemed to have something on his mind, Sa Rentana sat quietly on the side to accompany Li Hongyu, which was definitely a big deal that could make Li Hongyu feel heavy.

It is naturally a big deal to make Li Hongyu do this, Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: As soon as Mao Wenlong dies like this, Houjin will lose his restraint in Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan, why are you so confused, and killed Mao Wenlong, the chief military officer, without authorization!

It turned out that the 800-mile urgent official letter sent by the capital was written on Yuan Chonghuan's unauthorized killing of Mao Wenlong, the commander of the Dongjiang Army, the dignified Zuodu Governor of the Ming Dynasty, and the chief military officer of Pingliao without asking the imperial court for instructions.

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, especially after Wei Zhongxian and other "eunuchs" were eradicated, Yuan Chonghuan, who was born in the Donglin Party, was reused and appointed as the right deputy capital of Yushi, and then supervised Ji Liao and supervised Denglai and Tianjin military affairs, and hung the title of secretary of the military department.

Yuan Chonghuan then returned to the capital to state the military affairs, and told Emperor Chongzhen that he could restore Liao within five years, so that Emperor Chongzhen praised him greatly, and ordered the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to cooperate with Yuan Chonghuan.

Not only that, Emperor Chongzhen also gave Yuan Chonghuan a Shang Fang sword, which made Yuan Chonghuan's authority unmatched for a while.

In order to realize his five-year plan to level Liao, Yuan Chonghuan took a series of military measures, combining Ningyuan and Jinzhou into one town, letting Zu Dashou guard Jinzhou, He Kegang replaced Zhu Mei in Ningyuan, Zhao led the sect to guard the gate, and Yuan Chonghuan was stationed in Ningyuan.

At the same time, Yuan Chonghuan wrote to Emperor Chongzhen, first stating that the reuse of Zu Dashou, He Kegang and Zhao Shujiao was because the three of them were all entrusted fierce generals, and their five-year plan to restore Liao needed three people to assist.

Not only that, Yuan Chonghuan also made an oath to Emperor Chongzhen that if the pacification of Liaodong was not achieved after five years, then he would personally kill the three of Zu Dashou, and then go to the military department to lead the death.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed for this, so he crowned Yuan Chonghuan as the crown prince and gave him a silver coin in python clothes, which made Yuan Chonghuan's power and prestige reach a peak.

Because Yuan Chonghuan supervised Ji Liao, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army became Yuan Chonghuan's subordinate, and it stands to reason that Yuan Chonghuan should reuse Mao Wenlong, who repeatedly caused trouble in the Houjin backyard, if he wanted to pacify Liaodong, but he unexpectedly killed Mao Wenlong.

According to the content of the 800-mile expedited article, Yuan Chonghuan landed on Dongjiang Island under the pretext of a military parade, and then looked for an opportunity for his subordinates to capture the defenseless Mao Wenlong, and after announcing that Mao Wenlong had twelve major crimes, he beheaded him with a Shang Fang sword on the grounds that Emperor Chongzhen issued a royal order.

Although there were tens of thousands of troops on Dongjiang Island, because Yuan Chonghuan claimed to have killed Mao Wenlong by order, although those soldiers were angry, no one dared to act without permission, otherwise it would be a major crime to resist the order and kill the head.

After Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, he first ordered people to bury him in a coffin, and the next day he used meat and wine and other sacrifices to pay tribute, and rewarded the soldiers, and passed on the message to appease the people of the islands, hoping to stabilize the morale of the Dongjiang Army, after all, the Dongjiang Army was a force to be reckoned with in the fight against the Houjin.

"Yuan Chonghuan, why did you kill Mao Wenlong? Is it really because of the twelve deadly sins? ”

Li Hongyu looked up at the twinkling stars in the sky, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't understand Yuan Chonghuan's move, although the twelve major sins were not groundless, they were not as serious as Yuan Chonghuan said.

The things that Mao Wenlong did were not only known to Li Hongyu, but also to Yuan Keli, the former governor of Denglai, but in view of the fact that Dongjiang Island was lonely in the backyard of Houjin, some of Mao Wenlong's actions were not a big crime although they were inappropriate.

After all, the situation of Dongjiang Island is special, and it needs a capable and courageous person to defend it, and not stick to the ordinary decrees, if it is not for Mao Wenlong, who can stick to Dongjiang Island and build the Dongjiang Army that makes Hou Jin a headache?

Besides, Mao Wenlong is not only a big man like the Zuo Du Governor of the Imperial Court, but also holds the Shang Fang Sword given by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, since Emperor Chongzhen did not take back Mao Wenlong's Shang Fang Sword after ascending the throne, it means that Mao Wenlong's Shang Fang Sword is still effective.

But Yuan Chonghuan actually used the Shang Fang sword given by Emperor Chongzhen to behead Mao Wenlong, who also held the Shang Fang sword, which is not in line with etiquette at all, where in the world is there a reason for Shang Fang Sword to kill Shang Fang Sword?

"Alas!" Thinking about it, Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh, although he knew that there must be a secret in this matter, but because he was now in Moxi, he had no power to take care of this matter, so he could only wait until he returned to Beijing in the future.

However, for Yuan Chonghuan's five-year Pingliao Haikou, Li Hongyu was quite disappreciative in his heart, Houjin is now the period of rise, what did Yuan Chonghuan use to defeat it?

A few days later, Li Hongyu received news that Li Zhizhong had besieged Baturhun and other 20,000 or 30,000 Dzungar soldiers in a valley.

At this time, Gushi Khan of Urumqi had been besieged for several days, and the besieging Ming army, Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army and other armies did not attack but firmly surrounded it, making the people in the city worried and panicked.

Gu Shi Khan was uneasy about the actions of the army outside the city, and it was not clear why they did this, and this kind of siege and not fighting was simply a torment for them.

The reason is very simple, Li Hongyu fought psychological warfare with Gushi Khan again, and in the confrontation, he consumed Gushi Khan's will, which also made the soldiers of the Heshuo Special Department in the city more and more confused.

In a valley in the east of Ili, 20,000 or 30,000 Junggar soldiers were crowded in the valley, and the two entrances and exits of the valley had been firmly blocked by Li Zhizhong's people.

In fact, it was not by chance that Baturhun and the others entered this valley, it was Li Zhizhong who deliberately drove them into the valley who had escaped, and then made them turtles in the urn.

Baturhun did not want to be trapped in the valley, so he organized several breakouts, but unfortunately he was soon beaten back by the soldiers of the Ming army and the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army who were besieged at the mouth of the valley, so that his morale was low and his fighting spirit was lost.

In particular, Baturhun was worried that since all the food he had hastily carried with him when he fled had been eaten, people had already begun to kill war horses to satisfy his hunger, and if this continued, the troops would be in chaos.

But Baturhun has no way at all now, and the Ming army and the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army outside the valley are honestly guarding the valley mouth, and they don't engage with them at all, so they can only be trapped here.

Handsome tent.

"Great Khan, now the soldiers have begun to kill the war horses, and when the horses are also eaten, then the situation will not be easy to control."

Baturhun convened a meeting of his senior generals, and one of the generals couldn't help but say worriedly that once the food ran out, the army would be out of control.

"Great Khan, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, why don't we send them down first and get through this pass." Another general tentatively said that if it really reached the point where even the war horses were killed, the matter would be out of control.

"Surrender?" Baturhun's brows suddenly frowned slightly, he didn't expect to get through this level first, but Bahat and Li Hongyu would not let him go easily.

Once surrendered, these high-ranking generals on the scene may be fine, but he will definitely be unlucky, or at least imprisoned, and he does not think that Bahat and Li Hongyu, who aim to unify Moxi, will let the tiger return to the mountain.

But the current situation is extremely unfavorable to Baturhun, and now he is unable to break through and face a shortage of food.

"Great Khan, the Great Ming Li University has sent a messenger to see you." Just when Baturhun was feeling troubled, a soldier came in to report.

"Emissary?" The generals present couldn't help but look at each other, they didn't expect Li Hongyu to send someone, and then their eyes showed excitement, it was obvious that the envoy was here to persuade him to surrender.

(End of chapter)