Chapter 135: Robbery while the fire is on
At this time, the fried flowers looked at Zhang Han carefully, and there was some approval in their eyes.
This young businessman of the Ming Kingdom, no wonder he traveled thousands of miles to the east, all his subordinates are the kind of heroes among the Han people, each with sharp eyes, casual behavior with vigilance, each of them is a capable face, and although the weapon is placed, it is also placed in the most reasonable and convenient place, as long as there is a slight mistake, it is enough to immediately pull out the weapon to resist.
Even if he knew that there were many people on the side of Fried Flowers, and the fate of resistance was unknown, but the small group of Han people in front of him still had such courage, unlike ordinary caravans that trembled and didn't dare to speak when they saw this battle, Zhang Han's response was very decent, even if Fried Flowers had the idea of taking the opportunity to scare and threaten Zhang Han and others, he was embarrassed to pull down his face at this time.
"These soldiers and horses are heading to Quang Ninh." Fried flowers took Zhang Han's hand and said very casually: "Your Ming Kingdom is going to use troops on the side of the Heavenly Mandate Khan, and now the soldiers and horses are gathered, but they are all going to Liaodong, and Guangning is empty, we will send cavalry to Yizhou to station outside the guard, and the camera moves." ”
Zhang Han said: "The camera that Taiji said moves, does it depend on whether I win or lose Daming?" ”
"Haha......" Fried Flower laughed loudly and said: "Talking to smart people is to save worry and effort!" ”
Zhang Han was silent for a while, and he didn't feel proud in his heart, the Mongols' practice was the standard robbery, if it was twenty years ago, they would not dare to think that they could capture the Xiongcheng of Guangning.
This old Taiji has been fighting with the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years, from the early years of Wanli to the end of Wanli, there are records about this person in the history of the Ming Dynasty are very thick, in a certain year and a month, fried flowers led tens of thousands of troops, 100,000 or 200,000 committed borders, invaded Guangning, invaded the Liaohe Hetao, or Shenyang, Liaoyang, in short, in the history of the country in the past few decades, fried flowers, this Mongolian Taiji occupies a very important seat.
"Is this going to meet with the Mandate of Heaven Khan to attack the Ming together?"
This news is somewhat beyond Zhang Han's imagination.
Lin Dan Khan has always regarded himself very highly, looking down on Nurhachi, who has only been known as Khan for a few years, and also on the strength of the Houjin State. The Jianzhou Department has always been a small Jurchen tribe that submitted to the Ming Dynasty, unlike Lin Dan Khan, who was a noble Mongolian Great Khan, his Khan name was Hutuketu Khan, the seventh grandson of Dayan Khan, and Dayan Khan was also the fifteenth grandson of Genghis Khan, they were the noble golden family, the co-masters of the left and right wings of the entire Mongolia, except for the always hostile Oirat and Western Mongolia, in fact, they were the most qualified to inherit the old business of the Mongolian Yuan. In fact, from Dayan Khan to Altan Khan, and then to Lin Dan Khan, the ultimate wish in his heart was to re-enter the capital of the old Yuan Dynasty, which is now the Ming Jingshi, regain control of the territory of the Han people, and continue to dominate China.
This is also the ultimate reason why Mongolia has been hostile to the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, except for a few times when the two sides surrendered to Mongolia, most of the time they were enemies of each other, Lin Dan Khan looked down on Nurhachi, one is based on the blind confidence of the strength of the two sides, and the other is the dispute over the legal system, in the view of the Mongolian Khan like Lin Dan Khan, the homeland of the Ming Dynasty is also its homeland, Nurhachi wants to invade the Ming, and so if it invades Mongolia.
This attitude is very clear to the nobles of the entire grassland, and at present, the nobles and Taiji that Zhang Han came into contact with are more in favor of Lin Dan Khan's views and less opposed.
Right-wing Mongolia has nothing to do with it, only focusing on business, and among the left-wing Mongolian Taiji, there are gradually more hostile to Nurhachi and Houjin, and Zhang Han has begun to be very careful when he acts and speaks.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived in Inner Khalkha, news came that Mongolia was stationing troops in the direction of Quang Ninh.
"Of course it's not to attack!" Fried flowers said: "It's just that if the Ming Dynasty is weak, in the words of your Ming people, it is the sky and not to take it, but to suffer from it, Guangning is an important town, if I Mongolia wins, I can stop the Mandate of Heaven Khan from continuing to expand westward!" ”
He said to Zhang Han again: "You, a Ming countryman, have a good hand in the sky, and you have come all the way here, but I have said it first, the Mandate of Heaven Khan is my Mongolian enemy of life and death, no matter what the other department is, my Inner Khalkha will definitely have a fierce fight with it, if the soldiers are in danger at that time, and the enemy country is in the same situation, I am afraid that your business will not be able to continue!" ”
Zhang Han said: "Of course, the situation that Taiji said at the time of the battle, in fact, Shang Dao has come to Baicheng so far, and his wish has been satisfied. ”
Fried flowers praised: "Zhang Dongzhu dares to forge ahead, and he also knows how to make trade-offs and retreats, which is really good." ”
This old Tartar is a fan of soup, and Zhang Han will not have the truth to tell him.
On the side of Baicheng and Inner Khalkha, it is only known that a big merchant of the Ming Kingdom came in person, received the support of the right-wing Mongolia, and established a trade route along the way.
On the left-wing Mongolian side, which does not have a horse market, Zhang Han must be welcomed.
However, if it is clearly stated that Zhang Han's goal is to establish a smuggling channel with Liaodong, or even to Liaodong as the main thing, I am afraid that these left-wing Taijis will be very disgusted and even fiercely oppose this matter.
Zhang Han knew this well, and the strategy he set before coming here was also very different from each other.
At this time, the cavalry was closer, they copied the shallow part of a small river to cross the river, stirring up a splash, the horses kept snorting, because there were too many horses, these snorting sounds were particularly loud, the knights on horseback were laughing loudly in Mongolian, this time the transfer was not a direct battle, there was no worry about life for the time being, and everyone's mentality was more relaxed.
There are also many herdsmen dressed as knights with a sad face, it is almost winter, although the grass at home is almost beaten, but there are still livestock to take care of, if there is a heavy snowstorm, I don't know if the women and children in the family can take good care of the herd, they are called to fight, only the looted property is their own, of course the Taiji will not give them military salaries, and even in addition to the armor and horses, these herdsmen's bows and arrows and weapons are their own, the Taiji are actually slave owners, every herdsman is their slave, In the steppe, only the most elite armored horsemen can be rewarded by their masters, and if ordinary herdsmen participate in protracted warfare, their families will inevitably be greatly affected.
All these soldiers and horses went to Guangning, and they were stationed not far from the periphery, and they said to Zhang Han: "Yang Hao, the new governor of Liaodong in your Ming Kingdom, has taken office, urging all the crusading armies to gather in Liaodong. ”
Zhang Han was already very interested in these things at this time, and the future generations were just a general look at things, in this life he has come to his current position, a businessman who does not understand militaristic politics, no matter how he can do business, he will not be able to go long, he said to Fried Flowers: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses have been mobilized?" ”
Fried flowers said: "According to your Ming Kingdom, you want to gather 490,000 soldiers, there must be so many." In the direction of the transfer of troops, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, and the three towns each have 10,000 people, a total of 30,000, the four towns of Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, and Guyuan have sent 25,000 troops, 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers from Sichuan and other southern regions, several thousand soldiers from Zhejiang, and several thousand Tusi soldiers, plus the soldiers and horses of the original Liao Town, together with the people who have been requisitioned, according to my estimate, there are only 100,000 people...... I've been fighting with Daming for decades, and these tricks can't be hidden from me. ”
Zhang Han said: "Is there a lot of soldiers and horses in this?" ”
Fried flowers said: "If it was the Ming army border army thirty years ago, 100,000 would not be used!" At that time, the Jizhen soldiers and the Datong soldiers, plus the Liao Zhen soldiers, each gave 20,000 yuan, taught Li Chengliang or Qi Jiguang to lead the fight, Ma Fang was also okay, and the soul of the Quasi-Bao Mandate Khan was scattered, now, it is difficult to say, but according to common sense, it is still the Ming Kingdom that has a greater chance of winning. Juniper who leads the troops has no talent, but he is unstoppable, as long as the soldiers and horses are integrated, the food and salary are sufficient, and then the main force is brought by him, straight into the core place of Houjin, burn and kill, Houjin's eight banners are all obtained by annexing various departments over the years, and there are Yehe tribes as enemies outside, as long as they smash their nests, their people will be scattered, even if they can't wipe out their soldiers, Houjin will definitely no longer be a border trouble for the Ming Kingdom. ”
Stir-fried flowers, the aging face actually exudes a strange brilliance, pointing out the big war that has not yet happened, it is as if he is there in person.
At that time, there were Qi Jiguang in Jizhen, Ma Fang in Datong, and Yu Dayou in the Shenji Battalion of Jingshi, and Li Chengliang in Liaozhen, which was the most glorious moment of the Ming Border Army, the Ming army had completed the great cause of leveling, and the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen alone were Li Chengliang's private soldiers with 8,000 elite cavalry, and the actual number of soldiers was about 80,000. Li Chengliang's ability to lead the troops is first-class, but even so, Fried Flower and others invaded Liaozhen almost every other year, and the Ming army kept fighting, killing and fighting each other, Li Chengliang beheaded nearly 20,000 levels, but I am afraid that there is a lot of Han blood in the hands of the Mongols, at this moment, I am afraid that when Fried Flower remembers Li Chengliang back then, there will also be a feeling of heroic sympathy, although Li Chengliang's military exploits are all obtained by killing the Mongols, in the heart of Fried Flowers, the current war is just a struggle between children!
Liang Xing and the others first showed a happy look on their faces, and then they were a little worried.
Liang Xing knew that Zhang Han's core interests and goal were to establish a smuggling trade route with the Houjin State in Liaodong, and if the Ming army marched in with a drum and wiped out the country, the profits of this smuggling trade would probably be greatly reduced.
Zhang Han shook his head lightly and didn't explain anything.
Fried flowers didn't continue, his things were boring at the moment, the camera moved, waiting for Ming Guo and Hou Jin to make a result. Thirty years ago, he and the rest of the Mongolian nobles were the protagonists of the Liaodong battlefield, at that time they often dispatched 200,000 or even 400,000 people, the entire northern border of the Ming army had to call the police, Jizhen and Liaozhen had to be cautious, now he only mobilized a few thousand people to Guangning, the various departments have complained, many Taiji are unwilling to send troops, even the herdsmen are unwilling to fight, the right wing Mongolia has a horse market, there is a bansheng land, the herdsmen's life is much more moisturized than the left wing, not only ordinary herdsmen do not want to fight with the Ming Kingdom, even the nobles, Including the Great Khan's mind has also changed.
Instead of fighting with the Ming Kingdom, it is better to accept the reward, or exchange markets with the Ming Kingdom.
No matter what the right-wing departments think, Mongolia must always have someone to carry the banner, if everyone accepts the Ming country's edict and reward, it can only make the glory of the ancestors dust.