Chapter 274: The Imperial Driver's Expedition
The Mongols were enraged, and Lin Dan Khan also did the same, and wrote a war letter to Zhu Youxiao, and then said to Lin Wence: "This is the war letter that Ben Khan gave to your emperor Xiao'er, you can take it back to him!" ”
Naturally, I can't bear it, the main thing in the grassland is to retreat, isn't the prestige a big blow?
Lin Wence took away this war letter, and the 100,000 silver dollars were not brought back, but left for Lin Dan Khan as a coffin.
Soon after, Lin Dan Khan received the news that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom wanted to drive the imperial expedition in person.
After repeated confirmations, Lin Dan Khan and the others were pleasantly surprised to find, "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom seems to really want to conquer in person." ”
"If you catch the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, then maybe you can exchange a large amount of silver from the Ming Kingdom, and even let the Ming people cut the land."
"It's impossible to cut the land, but the silver is easy to get, and these Ming people are too rich."
The Mongol nobles were so excited that they seemed to see a pile of silver flying around in front of their eyes. Full of fantasies after capturing the Ming Emperor, of course, because there is a reference to the Tumubao Change, they also know that even if the Ming Emperor is captured, it is unlikely that the Ming State will cede the land.
The emperor was just a representative of the ruling class of the Ming Kingdom, a big banner. It seems that there is supreme power, but in fact, it is not easy to deal with it if something happens. It was impossible for those interest classes to cede the city to the Mongols for the sake of a captured emperor.
"If we can capture the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, then the threat of the Ming Kingdom to my Mongolia will be completely eliminated." Lin Dan Khan snorted coldly, and Huang Taiji, who was sitting in the big tent, suddenly lit up, and smiled and complimented: "The Great Khan is wise." The reason why the Ming Kingdom is strong now is that the military is strong. It's mostly because of the emperor of the Ming Kingdom. If the emperor of the Ming Kingdom can be captured, it will indeed be able to make the Mongolian tribes safe and worry-free. ”
Huang Taiji complimented, but did not mention the question of how to capture the Ming Emperor. In fact, in Huang Taiji's heart, he was not very hopeful about capturing the Ming Emperor.
Are people stupid? Will you stupidly run over and let you catch it?
Huang Taiji, who had seen the firearms and cavalry of the Ming army, put a big question mark in his heart about whether Mongolia could defeat the Ming official army.
However, after all, the Mongols claimed to have 400,000 warriors, and if the Ming army did not have many troops, it was possible to win.
Of course, it is best to win, and it is the Mongols who die when they lose. I will never take someone to the front to be cannon fodder, the situation is not right, it's a big deal to run away! Huang Taiji thought of a coping plan very well.
"However, the Ming army is now strong, and it is really difficult to deal with." Lin Dan Khan pondered, he is not a fool, and naturally knows that the Ming army is not easy to deal with. You must know that the previous Jiannu made them suffer in Mongolia, and Mongolia was basically at a disadvantage in the confrontation, but the Ming Dynasty only destroyed the Houjin directly when he conquered Mobei in the west.
"Don't worry, Great Khan, I'm defeated after the Jin. It was all due to a lack of troops. Although the cavalry of the Ming people was fierce, there were only 20,000. The Great Khan, on the other hand, had 400,000 warriors. In addition, although the artillery of the Ming army was sharp. However, the artillery was very cumbersome, and the Great Khan only had to avoid a head-on confrontation with it, and find a way to lure it into the grassland, and then cut off the Ming army's food and grass with cavalry, and the Ming army would be defeated without a fight. Huang Taiji immediately came up with a plan that even he thought was perfect.
"Twenty thousand, four hundred thousand! Ha ha. Lin Dan Khan suddenly laughed, and suddenly felt that this was a war that was undoubtedly won, and what could the 20,000 cavalry of the Ming Kingdom do, even if they could fight again, twice as many Mongolian cavalry would be able to defeat these Ming cavalry!
The Mongols, however, had 400,000 soldiers ready to fight.
As long as you don't get close to the firearms troops of the Ming Kingdom, even if you can't win, you won't be defeated! When the time comes, if the Ming people take the initiative to attack, they will eat their cavalry.
"Chuan Ben Khan's order, summon the young men of the Mongolian tribes to come to the royal city to converge, we will do a big vote, if we capture the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, it will make a lot of money." Lin Dan Khan was in a good mood and directly issued a 'mobilization order'.
On the other hand, Zhu Youxiao was still in the capital and had not yet moved, and the royal expedition had already been hyped up.
The hype behind the scenes is naturally none other than Zhu Youxiao himself.
"Daming Daily" took the lead in starting to hype, and Zhu Youxiao quoted Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's declaration that "those who offend our Han will be punished even if they are far away", claiming that he would avenge the millions of Han people who died tragically in Liaodong, and vowed not to give up if he did not kill Jiannu.
When this edition of "Daming Daily" was distributed all over the country, all provinces in the country immediately became a sensation.
The people of the Ming Dynasty were also extremely indignant at the Mongols' act of shielding Jiannu under the instigation of the newspapers. At the same time, he also applauded the backbone of the emperor.
With the successful elimination of the Later Jin by the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao's reputation among the people has actually risen, and many people of insight have also realized that the current Son of Heaven is a successful emperor from the smear propaganda of those interest classes in Jiangnan.
This time, when Zhu Youxiao stood up and shouted, 'Those who offend my Han will be punished even if they are far away', he immediately gained a large number of supporters.
Under Zhu Youxiao's hype, the news of the royal conquest naturally spread to Mongolia.
This time, Zhu Youxiao wanted to use his own bait to lure Lin Dan Khan to launch a large-scale mobilization, so that as long as the Mongols began to mobilize, as long as the Mongols were defeated, Lin Dan Khan's rule over the Mongols would collapse directly. When the time comes, a group of Mongolian tribes will be co-opted, suppressed, and then isolated, and Mongolia will basically be done.
The question is still how to defeat the Mongols, if the Mongols do not fight the Ming army head-on, then Zhu Youxiao really has no way to take the Mongols.
However, as long as the Ming army did not go too deep into the enemy territory and had a large number of firearms, it was impossible for the Mongols to defeat the Ming army.
There is really no sure victory, it is just a matter of whether the Mongols will make any fatal mistakes. And the Ming side has an advantage, that is, the Mongols have a royal city.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao did not plan to go deep into the enemy territory this time, after all, it was too risky to go deep into the enemy territory, and the requirements for logistics and supplies were too high, and the cost of war would rise sharply, which was very cost-effective.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao has another trump card in his hand, that is, the 50,000 cavalry. At this time, Jiannu and the Mongols estimated that they still thought that the Ming Dynasty only had 20,000 cavalry, and Zhu Youxiao felt that he could make a wave.
After weighing the pros and cons, the royal driving pros and cons are no longer something that anyone can stop.
On the sixth day of the ninth month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao held a simple oath meeting in Beijing, and then took the staff department, everyone rode on war horses, and left the Beijing division under the escort of 20,000 cavalry.
A large number of people came along the way, looking at the emperor's Longqi Mountain and shouting long live.
The emperor only took a group of staff officers from the Supreme Command, none of the other ministers, and there was no heavy and sluggish Luan, and he left the capital like the wind.
It seems to be hasty, but in fact, Zhu Youxiao is the best plan, even if someone rebels against him, he can't turn it into the palm of his hand, because the Central Army is gathering in Liaoxi at this time, with the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty, what do others do to rebel against him?
Even war materials were hoarded in Quang Ninh and other places in advance. (To be continued.) )
PS: Second update