Chapter 6: The Fog Rises

"Why, you're soft-hearted." Keenly aware that his brother's love was not very stable, Hama immediately frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"No, nothing." Xue Xue has been afraid of her brother since she was a child, and when she heard the latter's unkind tone, she quickly explained in a low voice, "I, I just, I just feel that the price is too great." ”

"Great, in the past, when the dispute between the two capitals and the Tianli incident occurred, which time was not a sea of corpses and blood, even if Tokhtar eradicated Boyan back then, I am afraid that there will be no less than 10,000 people who were implicated and killed, you have the kung fu to pity others, or think more about our brothers, the emperor and Tokhtar are not easy to get along, you pity others today, who will pity us in the future,." (Note 1, Note 2)

"This, this" Xue Xue felt that her heart was getting colder and colder, and the blood in her body was almost congealed into ice.

Seeing that he scared his younger brother like this, Hama thought for a while, and said softly, "In any case, you have already got 20,000 forbidden troops in your hands, which is nothing stronger than our brothers, take advantage of the days before the expedition to prepare well, and insert more of your own people in, and when you get to Totok, you must not let him see the flaws, and when you encounter an opportunity to divide your troops to go out, don't miss it, remember, before the emperor really makes up his mind to do it, the farther away you are, the safer it is." ”

"Yes." Xue Xue hesitated for a moment and nodded suspiciously.

The two brothers discussed in a low voice for a while the next few important things to do, and then each took their own guards back to their homes, and early the next morning, they put themselves into the busy preparations for the expedition.

When Timur heard the news, he first rewarded a number of officials who worked hard, and then personally led the civil and military forces to send the army out of the city.

Xue Xue led all the soldiers to shout long live, turned over on their horses, and went south along the canal, vowing to catch everyone off guard.

There was such a big change in the rear, although Prime Minister Dayuan was out on the expedition, it was impossible not to hear any movement, in fact, without waiting for the snow to come out, there was an eight-hundred-mile urgent secret report, which had been sent to him along the post station, all the way.

Tokhtar is known as a corporal of courtesy, and of course there are a group of descendants who are desperate to serve him, so when Tokhtar handed over the secret letter to everyone to circulate, everyone's faces were instantly clouded.

"The emperor is suspicious of the prime minister." Gong Bosui who joined the army was the most uncontrollable, and without waiting for him to get rid of the question, he preemptively opened his mouth and analyzed, "Everyone knows that the forbidden army has long been decayed, saying that it is a 200,000 army, of which I am afraid that more than half of them have been taken by generals at all levels to eat empty salaries, and the remaining small half, at least forty percent are either old or weak, and they are really pulled into the battlefield, and even a finger of Zhu Butcher can't stop it, the emperor knows that he can't fight, and he also sent Xue Xue with 20,000 forbidden troops to support the prime minister, I'm afraid, the mind is not to let them fight, but to monitor you nearby." ”

"Isn't that nonsense?" Tanma Red Army Wanhu Sharaban has always been at odds with Gong Bosui, glared at each other fiercely, and said stupidly, "The emperor is not a hero in the first place, and our 300,000 army is almost the elite of the country, I am afraid that from that moment on, we will already be suspected."

"I should have cleaned up Hama and Xuexue first, and then waved my army south." Mongolian Wanhu Hara was furious, and said angrily.

"It's not too late to clean them up now, that Xuexue is a waste, and the 20,000 forbidden troops under his command have just gotten their hands, and they haven't had time to support any henchmen, and when he arrives here, the prime minister will immediately find a reason to slaughter him, and his subordinates, with this human head hanging on the gate, I don't believe it, who else dares to come over and talk about it again." The absolute confidant of the detachment, Li Hanqing, the squire of the military department, pursed his lips and added with a sneer.

"Yes, just do it, see who dares to die again." When the civil and military forces of other ethnic groups heard this, they immediately slapped their hands excitedly, worthy of the name of a ghost, Li Hanqing's trick is to be neat, with an army of 300,000 in hand, even if the court is angry, it can only knock out its teeth and swallow it in the stomach, and if his own brother is dead and he is unable to avenge it, Hama's prestige will definitely suffer an unprecedented blow, and the group of people who are usually in the same stream with him will soon be abandoned.

However, no matter how angry and excited everyone was, Totok never said a word, until Li Hanqing urged him in a low voice again, persuading him to make up his mind as soon as possible, and then waved his hand vigorously and said: "Don't mention the words of killing Liwei, after Xuexue arrives, beat him to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to chase and kill that Wang Xuan, and King Yi's side is currently short of manpower." ”

"My lord" Mongolian Wanhu Hara immediately jumped up and loudly dissuaded, "My lord, do you want to find death by yourself, today you let go of Xue Xue, it won't be long before the emperor will definitely send people over one after another, and now all the red turban thieves have been beaten to the ground, where are you going to fight all kinds of reinforcements." ”

"Then let them watch from the side, the old man has a clear conscience." The voice of detachment suddenly turned higher, and there was a dark cyan vein, beating wildly on the forehead, "Since ancient times, all the generals who lead the troops outside, there are a few who are not suspicious, even if Guo Ziyi, the Zhongxing Tang Dynasty back then, there is inevitably a Yu Chaoen by his side, as long as the old man is right, walks straight, and has a few more eyeliners around him, the emperor can feel more at ease." ”

"So Guo Ziyi was under the city of Xiangzhou, and was defeated by Shi Siming." Sha Raban looked at Toto, and there was a basin of cold water on his head, "The bones of countless loyal ministers and good generals have made him Guo Linggong's reputation." ”

This basin of water is indeed cold enough, so that Toto's face turned from red to blue-black in an instant, gritted his teeth and gasped for a long time, before he responded in a low voice, "Benxiang naturally won't go to that Guo Linggong, but if you kill Xue Xue Liwei, you won't have to mention it again, not to mention Hama and Xuexue, who used to be kind to Benxiang back then, that is, Xue Xue came this time, is it just because someone said bad things about the old man in front of the emperor, the old man and Er have been blocked on the bank of the Yellow River for more than two consecutive months, it is not a fact." ”

As soon as the second half of the sentence came out, the four places were suddenly silent, in the past two months, everyone's record was indeed not very good, the reason for this result was that on the one hand, it was because the soldiers were too cautious and refused to give Zhu Butcher any chance to exploit loopholes, and on the other hand, because the tactics adopted by the surname Zhu were too laid, so that the imperial court had more than 300,000 troops, but they could only look at the river and sigh every day, and they couldn't use any strength.

More than two months ago, as soon as Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong and others were rescued from a desperate situation, the surnamed Zhu decisively gave up Xuzhou, and then, he successively gave up Suining, Suqian, Hongxian, Sihong and other places, and fled all the way back to Huai'an before the imperial army was surrounded on all sides.

After arriving in Huai'an, he immediately showed his teeth, first sent a fleet to block the Huai River, and then built a fort at the mouth of the Qingjiang River where the Huai River and the Yellow River converged and placed dozens of artillery pieces as quickly as possible.

So, when the imperial army caught up, the shape shì took a sharp turn, first two reckless guys of Man Buhua and Baiyin Buhua, on Hongze Lake, they were beaten by the Huai thief Chang Haoran, and more than 30 generals from the 10,000 households of the unified army were all captured and captured.

After hearing the news, he was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the generals to strictly prohibit them from acting rashly before they arrived, who expected that they did not wait for the order to be conveyed in place, and just chased to the bank of the Yellow River by the Han army Wanhu Li Dayan, Zhu Tuhu took 20,000 red turban thieves to wrap dumplings in a place called Daqingkou on the north bank, and did not even hold on for half a day, and the whole army was wiped out.

Then, Totoh and Clams, Li Hanqing and others, they encountered the situation they were most unwilling to face, Zhu Butcher had enough of the cheap, Xun led the elite to return to the south bank of the Yellow River, and since then the turtle has not been able to retreat, if the officers and soldiers want to fight with him, either force the Yellow River from the downstream, or fight a large-scale water battle on the Huai River and Hongze Lake, in addition, there is no third way to choose.

And either of these two options, it is difficult for the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to take advantage, the elite of the Mongol, Tanmachi and Han armies from all over the north, after getting on the boat, they are not able to stand steadily, let alone on the deck to operate the cannon and open the bow, and if the Yellow River is forced, after the confluence with the Huaishui, the river surface at the end of the Yellow River is fully five miles wide, under the artillery fire of the Huai'an army, 300,000 officers and soldiers have to die at least two percent before they have a chance to land on the south bank.

Of course, Tokhtok refused to be at the risk of either a big victory or a big defeat, and had a decisive battle on the water with Zhu Butcher, so in the past two months, Clam, Sha Raban, Li Hanqing and others have been full of wisdom, and everyone has tried their best, but no matter how they move, Zhu Butcher has only one way to deal with it, to hold on, to hold the triangle at the confluence of the Huai River and the Yellow River, to hold on to the troops, and not to let the Yuan army on the other side show any flaws, and never respond.

In this way, the war between the two sides has completely reached a stalemate, except for the occasional artillery battle across the Huai River, there is no progress, and in terms of artillery battles, the detachment of this side, still can not get a little cheap, although there is a bronze cannon weighing more than 4,000 catties on his side, both in terms of range and power, it is far more than any artillery in the hands of the other side.

However, this kind of artillery does not have the slightest accuracy, except for the occasional target once or twice, at other times, it is equivalent to holding lead bullets on the other side of the Huai River to scare people and play, and the Huai'an army has a kind of artillery that shoots six-pound projectiles and can also be pulled away by a buffalo, but it hits far and accurately, and concentrates more than 20 guns to fire a salvo unguarded, ensuring that the artillery array on the side of the official army will be blown up in all directions.

What's even more hateful is that on the side of Zhu Butcher, if a cannon is damaged at any time, it can be dragged into the city at any time to be recast and recast, but the official army is one less if one is damaged, and if it continues like this, it is increasingly difficult to kill across the river to ensure that it will not be attacked by Zhu Butcher's gunboats.

Therefore, at this moment, Tokhtar doesn't want to complain that the Great Yuan Emperor Tuhuan Timur is suspicious, nor does he want to complain about Hama and Yuekuo Cha'er and others, at this moment, he just wants to find the reason from himself first, as long as he doesn't have any shortcomings on his side, all the blame encountered at the moment will of course disappear, and after winning the class, he will be held accountable to Hama and others in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and it is naturally more reasonable.

"Actually, what you just said may not be unreasonable." After being silent for a long time, Li Hanqing finally took the lead in compromising with Toto, "As long as we can defeat the Zhu butcher as much as possible, whether it is a snow snow, or seven or eight more hamas, we will not be able to make any crooked moves." ”

"Anyone will say, what about the way, you don't have a clever plan." Tanma Chijun Wanhu Sharaban turned his head and bit Li Hanqing again, "If you want to rely on me, let go of Zhu Butcher this time, he can still go to the sky, just the millions of victims who fled to Huaidong can eat him alive, taking advantage of the opportunity for him to slow down, let's go north, clear the king's side first, and kill all the villains who tell right and wrong, so naturally there will be no worries." ”

"Shut up." I couldn't bear it, and slapped it with a "snap", and the wooden handsome case was instantly scattered on the shelf, and the pen, ink, and paper were rolling all over the ground.

"Fork him out for me, find a tent and shut it up, and think about it behind closed doors." Kicking away the soldiers who rushed in to help clean up the ground, he pointed to the unconvinced general Shalaban, and ordered loudly, "During the period, only water is given, no food is given, when do you learn to control your mouth, when will you come out again to lead the troops." ”

"If adults don't listen to the advice of the ungodly ear, sooner or later they will be killed." Shalaban was not convinced, he saluted at the detachment, turned around and followed the soldiers and strode out, before leaving the Chinese military tent, he turned around and shouted at Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and others, "You Han people, there is no good thing, you know that the adult is stupid, and you push him to be Yue Fei, every day Zhaozhao, every day Zhaozhao, haha, Prime Minister, you just wait to go to the Fengbo Pavilion, see if anyone in the court remembers your benefits after the fall of the Great Yuan Dynasty." ”

Note 1: The dispute between the two capitals, Emperor Taiding of Yuan and his grandson Timur trusted the Hui people to pour Lasha, but after the death of Emperor Taiding, Lasha tried to usurp the throne, and the Privy Council Yan Timur took the lead in action, supporting the second son of Wuzong Haishan, Tutelmu, and in desperation, he supported Abujiba, the son of Emperor Taiding, and the two sides fought fiercely, with countless casualties, and finally fell into Lasha's defeat and was killed, and Yan Timur has been in control of the government since then.

Note 2: Tianli Incident, Yuan Wenzong Tutelmu was not in line with Yan Timur's wishes, so Yan Timur forced Tutelmu to abdicate the throne, and gave the throne to his brother and Shira, but after Yuan Mingzong ascended the throne, he was even more disobedient, so he died violently in just one month, Yan Timur supported Yuan Wenzong to "reset", and killed all the civil and military forces of the Ming sect, these two incidents, most of the people implicated were Mongols, and they all dealt a great blow to the Mengyuan Empire.

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