Because of the hidden nature of the Six Doors and Jinyiwei and their increasing ability to control at home and abroad, Ye Yingwu had no way to weaken or weaken them in a short period of time, so in desperation, Ye Yingwu could only adopt the simplest and rude way to let the President of the Six Doors Ma Tingyou and the President of Jinyiwei Guo Chang exchange positions. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, Guo Chang was not allowed to be in charge of the six doors at the beginning, and it was also because Ye Yingwu didn't know if he could fully trust him, and now it seems that Guo Chang and Ma Tingyou are both qualified leaders of intelligence organizations, so Ye Yingwu is not worried that the two of them will mess things up.

And it turns out that Ma Tingyou and Guo Chang's ability is indeed good enough, after the two exchanged positions, it only took half a month to stabilize the two departments that were a little chaotic due to the transfer of positions, and start work again. Now Guo Chang is in Liaodong, so the only person who can serve as an envoy and sow discord in the Ming Dynasty is Ma Tingyou.

Along the way, Ma Tingyou, who crossed the blockade of Kublai Khan's ministry and endured all the hardships, finally met the Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.

The character of the Eight Men has been collected in great detail, rough and straight, bold personality, like to use violence to solve problems, protect the short······ The character of these typical straightforward men in the grassland determines that Bara may not be a qualified ruler and hero, but it makes him the sharpest spearhead under Haidu.

It's just that this spearhead that is strong and powerful and directly in the hearts of Daming and Kublai Khan will finally obey Haidu's wishes, Ma Tingyou feels that even Haidu himself is not very sure. After all, basically every conflict between the Haidu Ministry and Kublai Khan's Ministry was instigated by Ba Ra's subordinates, which also made Ba Ra the prince who had the biggest contradiction with Kublai Khan.

Otherwise, Da Ming would not have chosen Ba Ra as a breakthrough.

"A certain expedition through wind and frost came to visit the Great Khan, for the peace of the two families and the victory of the war." Ma Tingyou said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Ya Ra said coldly while chewing the mutton: "Two families? If it is for an armistice, then go directly to Haidu to talk, since a certain Chagatai Khanate worships Haidu as the leader of the alliance, it naturally obeys the orders of the leader of the Haidu Alliance. If nothing else, don't blame someone for being inhospitable and sending you out. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the two soldiers standing at the door stepped forward at the same time.

And the translator carefully translated these two sentences. Some curiosity looked at Ma Tingyou. After all, the Great Khan has never been interested in this kind of meeting with envoys, he prefers to take the lead in the front, kill people and set fire to rob women, and often adopt a freewheeling approach in national policy.

Today, the Great Khan actually brought only one of his own interpreters to meet this Han envoy with a somewhat mysterious way, which was already an unexpected thing, and the translator could only speculate that the Great Khan was very interested in the arrival of this envoy and wanted to reach an agreement with the Han people, but just now the Great Khan was so suddenly angry, and it didn't seem to meet the expectations of the translator, after all, if the Great Khan really wanted to talk about cooperation with the Han people, even if he always liked to act rashly, it was impossible to suddenly turn his face.

Could it be that the Great Khan just? The translator subconsciously looked at Bara with a slight sideways face, but before he could figure out what Bara's expression represented, Ma Tingyou had already stood up again, waved his sleeves, and laughed. Bada was clever, obviously not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this Han envoy, but he still looked at him with interest, and raised his hand slightly to let the two attendants who were about to step forward retreat.

After Ma Tingyou laughed, he said loudly: "Great Khan, how confused you are! ”

The translator broke out in a cold sweat and didn't dare to translate this sentence. Fortunately, Ma Tingyou then spoke, giving the translator room to relax: "The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty of China, and the Chagatai Khanate is the Chagatai Khanate, which was the Mongol Khanate canonized by Genghis Khan himself, and the two countries are both countries, so why can't they have direct contact?" If the Chagatai Khanate is the head of the Khan, then dare to ask the Great Khan, is your country still a country? What is the difference between it and a province of the Ming Dynasty? ”

When the translator finished speaking in a calm tone as much as possible, Bara was not as angry as he imagined, but nodded with a smile: "You are an interesting Han person, so you should tell me, what are you here for?" ”

"For the sake of a cowardly Haidu Khan dare not do it, but the Great Khan has the courage to do it and will definitely do it!" Ma Tingyou straightened his waist and said categorically.

After the translation finished speaking, Ba Ra suddenly became interested, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Then you may be wrong, how can Haidu's small almost invisible courage be compared to Ben Khan?" But what the hell is going on? ”

Ma Tingyou breathed a sigh of relief, because the words translated by the entourage standing behind him made him understand that his guess was not too biased, and the Haidu Department seemed to be a united alliance, but in fact, there was even a gap between the vanguard commander and the Haidu, not to mention the rest of the khanates and tribes. It can be seen that in the eyes of Ba Ra, Haidu is too cautious and cautious, otherwise I am afraid that he would have beaten Kublai Khan to the ground.

Looking up at Ba Ra, Ma Tingyou said loudly: "Now Kublai Khan is attacking Dunhuang with all his strength, resulting in a lack of air defense, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Great Khan. If the Great Khan could seize this opportunity to lead his troops to attack Kublai Khan's rear route, I am afraid that Kublai Khan would have completely collapsed. Kublai Khan's last army would have been severely damaged, and the Great Khan would be able to become the true master of the steppe, even without resorting to the power of Haidu. ”

A knife was picked up and stabbed directly into the table, and Bara said coldly: "Although Haidu Khan has some mistakes, but Ben Khan still obeys Haidu Khan's words, what are you talking about betraying Haidu Khan here, aren't you afraid that Ben Khan will tie you up and send you directly to Haidu Khan's seat?!" ”

A smile appeared on Ma Tingyou's face, at this time, Bara was not so much threatening Ma Tingyou, but rather that he was struggling in his own heart, and temporarily covered up the hesitation in his heart: "I just want to say that the Great Khan should not forget, it is true that Haidu Khan is the lord of the alliance elected by the Great Khan and other khanates, but Haidu Khan is the Great Khan of the Ogedai Khanate in the final analysis, not the Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate." Please also ask the Great Khan to think about it, if he really makes a decision, will Haidu Khan favor the Ögedai Khanate and the Kipchak Khanate, which has always been in the same vein as the Kodai Khanate, or will he favor the Great Khan, who is more of a cannon fodder in front of you? ”

Yara was slightly stunned, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

And Ma Tingyou continued: "What's more, now Haidu Khan's refusal to send troops is obviously a tacit agreement or agreement with Kublai Khan in private, and the price is naturally to let the sacrifices made by the Chagatai Khanate in several major wars go in vain, or directly return the land obtained by the Chagatai Khanate to Kublai Khan, so as to exchange for peace and tranquility between the two tribes." There is always blood and sacrifice in war, so no one wants to see war, but is the Great Khan going to endure humiliation to accept peace? ”

"Bang!" Ba Ra slapped the table suddenly, and Huo Ran looked at Ma Tingyou: "Bold!" You are provoking trust between Ben Khan and Haidu Khan! ”

"Is that really what the Great Khan thinks?!" Ma Tingyou didn't back down in the slightest this time, and even took a step forward directly, staring at Ba Ra with a blazing gaze.

In the empty tent of the Great Khan, the eyes of several people fell on Bara at the same time.

After a long silence, Ya Ra finally sat down slowly.

And a smile also appeared at the corner of Ma Tingyou's mouth.

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The yellow sand is long and overwhelming.

"The spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass, this has not yet come out of the Yumen Pass, compared with the Central Plains and Guanzhong, it seems that it is already another world." Standing on the sand dunes, Zhang Jue sighed.

And Gundam, who was standing next to him, let the wind blow his white hair, and didn't say a word, but his face was full of emotion. As a general guarding Sichuan and Shu, not to mention ten years ago, even six or seven years ago, the two of them never even thought that one day they would recover Chengdu and the entire Sichuan and Shu, let alone appreciate the spirit of the thousand-year-old ancient capital of Guanzhong and the Gobi Desert in Hexi that they had only read about in history books.

The smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River are prosperous, and the mountains and mountains of Sichuan and Shu may still be able to find a trace in Guanzhong, but when they reach the west of the river, they have been completely blown away in the wind.

"The two generals of Qiqi, there are still ten miles away from Yumen Pass, there are Mongolian Tartar sentry cavalry in front, and the cavalry on the left flank has been dispatched to drive away." One of them strode up the dunes.

Zhang Jue and Gundam nodded, and it didn't take the two of them to give orders in person to deal with the sentry horse. The appearance of the Mongolian Tartar sentry indicates that this place has entered the range of the Mongolian Tartar exploration, and the next road must be careful. The Tianxiong Army, which was originally marching in a long line, also slowed down, and the front still maintained its original speed, but spread out to the left and right flanks respectively, and the original left and right armies sent a large number of cavalry, crossbowmen and musketeers were already in full array.

The desolate Gobi stretches as far as the eye can see, which is very different from the steep mountain roads of Sichuan and Shu, not to mention that Zhang Jue and Gao Da can also predict that the Mongolian Tatars will definitely wait for the rabbits, so they dare not take it lightly. The speed of the Tianxiong Army's advance in the past two days had already slowed down, and now it was advancing slowly.

After all, although the consequences of the loss of Dunhuang are serious, but it is the loss of the land of Hexi after the Ming Dynasty paid a tragic price last winter, but once the Tianxiong army encounters any accidents, the Ming Dynasty really has no way to organize defense in Hexi and Guanzhong in a short period of time, and when the time comes, Guanzhong will be lost, Heluo and Sichuan Shu will face a threat, not to mention the Northern Expedition, and the tragedy of "Duanping into Luo" will be thankful.

Gao Da and Zhang Jue were both people who had experienced the era of the great rout of the Song army, and naturally understood what kind of consequences one of their negligence might cause, so they were extremely cautious in their march.

"Go ······" Just as Zhang Jue said a word, a sentry had already rushed up the sand dunes in a panic.

"Two generals, Mongolian Tatar cavalry!"

In an instant, Zhang Jue and Gundam glanced at each other, and their faces changed.

The Mongol Tartar cavalry came as soon as they were told, and they came as no one expected. At the end of heaven and earth, the rolling black waves are like nightmares that can never be erased, and black flags dance in the wind, and then seem to occupy the skyline in the four directions of southeast, northwest and north.

"Why are the Shence troops on the side of Yumen Pass and Yangguan ······?" Gundam suddenly held down the saber.

Zhang Jue couldn't help but shake his head: "Yumen Pass and Yangguan actually only have two walls the size of beacons left, and they can actually be defended only because the Mongolian Tatars don't bother to do it, whether it is directly covering or detouring, the number of these Mongolian Tatar cavalry is enough." Since their cavalry has been killed, will they still give the Shence military sentry a chance to report the news? I guess you can see wolf smoke further along. ”

"Order, prepare for war!" Gundam didn't care to say much, Huo Ran turned around and yelled.

The wind blew his white beard and armor, and this veteran who had fought for the Great Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty for many years drew his saber, and the characters "Gao" and "Zhang" hunted and danced on the sand dunes. The cavalry of the Tianxiong Army under the sand dunes has spread out to the surroundings, and the infantry brigade relies on the sand dunes to deploy layers of defense.

The drums of war sounded, and the forward and left and right flanks simultaneously moved closer to the position of the Chinese army. Crossbowmen and musketeers crouch or stand on the periphery under the cover of shieldmen. The baggage procession behind the hall also rushed forward at an astonishing speed, and the huge carriages lined up in a large circle along the sand dunes, and the straw loaded on the carriages was directly removed by the soldiers.

Artillery figures were revealed in the bleak sunlight of the Gobi Desert at the turn of winter and spring, and the dark barrels of the guns were directly aimed at the approaching Mongol cavalry. And a large number of flying thunder cannons were also lined up next to the artillery. Behind the artillery and flying thunder cannons, the Ming army's crossbowmen and firecrackers were in full array.

The Tianxiong army has been in Sichuan for a long time, and compared with the rest of the main army that has more or less had a head-to-head confrontation with the Mongol cavalry, it is obviously inexperienced in infantry against cavalry. In addition, the Tianxiong army is dominated by Sichuan people, as we all know that Sichuan people are thin and small, so they are more suitable for fighting in the mountains, Wang Jian, Yu Jue and Zhang Jue, the three generations of generals who led Sichuan and Shu were able to rely on the mountain city and Mongolia to maneuver, is to rely on the characteristics of the Sichuan people's figure, and give full play to the advantages of the heir's flexible figure and pungent personality.

It stands to reason that the Tianxiong army and the Sichuan people should not be pulled out to face the iron cavalry of the Mongol Tatars on the Gobi Desert, but the main army of the Ming Dynasty has its own goals, and only the Tianxiong army that ended the Sichuan-Shu war has always been in the rear, so Ye Yingwu has to use the Sichuan army even if he doesn't want to use it.

However, it turns out that as the Sichuan and Shu people who were still swearing to resist and even won a lot of victories after the surrender of the Southern Song Dynasty in another time and space, they didn't want to see the rest of the main army fighting in front of them, and they were shrinking turtles in the back.

However, having courage on the battlefield and the spirit of not being afraid of death is one thing, and how to truly defeat the enemy is another important issue. In view of the shortcomings of the Tianxiong Army, which was not good at fighting on the plains, Zhang Jue and Gundam constantly discussed with the army commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders below, and practiced many times on the Guanzhong Plain, and finally honed the tactics suitable for the Tianxiong Army.

This tactic actually borrowed from the "Moon Array" used by Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, during the Northern Expedition, and invited the chariots that had not appeared on the battlefield for a long time. However, there is a difference with the "Moon Array", the "Moon Array" is to use the chariots connected together to launch a collective charge, dealing with the dense cavalry clusters that still maintain the original charging method, and there are still great defects in the face of the Mongolian cavalry that may outflank the two wings at any time, so the Tianxiong Army does not do anything, and simply gives up the chariot impact directly, and changes the chariot to the best fence and the carrier of large firearms.

In response to the requirements of the Tianxiong Army, the Ministry of Industry specially sent elite craftsmen to cooperate with the craftsmen from Sichuan and Shu to transform and even redesign the grain and grass vehicles, using lighter wood bodies and thinner but stronger metal bearings, and even because of the support of Ye Yingwu, some vehicles directly use the latest alloy developed by the Ministry of Industry, which should have been used as an arrow alloy as a chariot parts, although it always gives people the feeling of being violent, but this is indeed the best and only choice.

The modified vehicles are more suitable for movement, and artillery and thunder cannons are fixed on the vehicles, and these vehicles are disguised as baggage convoys in the rear army in peacetime, and once they encounter the enemy, they can move forward at the fastest speed at any time, so as to form a vehicle formation on the periphery of the army.

Ye Yingwu saw the plan of the Tianxiong Army at that time, and although he was a little hesitant, he still agreed.

Historically, this formation has become known to the world because of two wars.

One was the Battle of Changping, and the other was the Battle of Dzungaria. (To be continued.) )