Chapter 238: Punchuck's helplessness
The news brought back by the light cavalry sent to deliver the letter made Punchuk frustrated, and the commander of the Japanese brigade made it clear that the established military plan could not be changed, otherwise it would be a failure, and he had to find a way to stop the Mongol counterattack anyway.
The commander of the Japanese brigade took it for granted that those Chinese should be the remnants of the Beiyang warlords, and he looked down on these Zhina people in his heart, and in his opinion, the Chechen Khan Janissary Guard Brigade newly supported by him was enough to deal with the Zhina, and now the imperial army's main target was Kulen, and capturing Kulen was equivalent to holding the pulse of the entire Zasak Outer Mongolia, so that he could also snow the shame of defeat in Siberia.
After receiving the exact news that the Japanese army would not turn around, Punchuck immediately issued a Khan court order to each banner, and gathered the elite warriors of each flag to go to the Khan court to defend against the enemy.
If the summoning order was before Dorji became Khan, I am afraid that no one would dare to refuse when he gave the order, but now that the shape of the Chechen Khan is changing, Dorji has returned with the power of the Han people, and those Taiji who are loyal to the old Khan have all helped him openly or covertly, and those who have been holding a wait-and-see attitude do not dare to bet lightly, only a few flags that have been closely related to Punchuk and have long been tied together did not hesitate to agree to send troops.
On the last day of the convocation period, the number of soldiers sent by each banner was less than 1,000, and he could not have imagined that his days of being in the limelight had passed, and although he had not yet reached the level of betrayal and separation, he understood that he could no longer say anything in the Chechen Khan.
After discussion, Punchuck accepted the advice of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it was better to take the initiative to attack, so he formed a vanguard regiment of reinforcements from all banners, and took the lead in killing Ben Kundulin, while his Praetorian Brigade followed closely behind, slowly following up, and he personally went out to follow the troops to fight in person, so that the morale could be greatly boosted, and there might not be no strength to fight in front of the Han people.
The change between the Kundurin camp in a few days is very different, from the initial dead silence, but now the envoys of the banners are endless, Amusana inherited his father's Taiji, swore allegiance to the new Khan of the Chechen Khan Dorji, with the growing momentum, expecting Dorji to defeat the Punchuk banners Taiji have sent the most elite warriors, originally Wu Xiaoliang did not plan these Taiji to send troops.
“…… Its warriors were ordered by Taiji to come to Dorzi Khan to serve in front of the horse......"
"I'm waiting...... Under the order, Dorji Khan dispatched ......"
However, the Taiji rushed to send troops, although not much, but it was a clear statement of support, and it was of far-reaching significance for the legitimacy of the Dorji Khan's throne.
However, from a military point of view, in this situation of unclear situation, a large number of people is not necessarily a good thing, because these cavalry come from all directions and do not belong to each other, it is difficult to coordinate on the battlefield, if there is negligence, it is easy to fall short, but those Taiji are really bullied by Punchuk, for fear that if Dorji fails, he will sprinkle his anger on them, who are not his descendants, so there are few people who support this young new khan with a clear banner, Against Punchuk Khan, who was still respectful yesterday.
In this way, Dorji can almost compete with Punchuk in terms of momentum, but he also has his own shortcomings, the reason why he dares to play the banner of crusading against traitors, the reason is that the Suidong Army supports it, otherwise the coalition army composed of cavalry of various banners will definitely not be the opponent of the Punchuk Praetorian Guard Brigade.
Punchuk's negotiators came to the Suidong army before the two armies met, and after showing respect to Wu Xiaoliang, they discussed the treatment of his surrender, originally Wu Xiaoliang was ready to resist to the death, and now these reconciers, such a rapid change of direction, is what he did not expect, despite this, Wu Xiaoliang still advocated being tough on the coup d'état, as a Han should not interfere too much in their internal affairs.
Moreover, the current Chechen Khan is Dorji, in order not to take the lead, Wu Xiaoliang ordered all the officers of the Suidong Army to act in a low-key manner, and any decisions must be made within the established framework of the Mongols, and at the same time, in order to avoid a considerable number of grassroots officers not understanding his policy, he specially convened everyone to hold a briefing meeting, which basically means that from this moment on, the Suidong Army will only be responsible for military tasks, and the rest of the matters will be decided by the Mongolian locals.
Facts have proved that this ventilation meeting is absolutely necessary, due to the successive defeats of the Japanese army and the Russian army on the Mongolian steppe, many people's pride has swelled to a few points unprecedentedly, except for the orders of the commander of the Suidong army, they hardly care about anyone's orders, so there have been several small frictions caused by personal behavior, this situation has made Wu Xiaoliang have to personally intervene to mediate, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings between the two sides.
In addition, the several waves of envoys sent by Punchuk, although under the guise of negotiating surrender, Wu Xiaoliang still judged that this person would not surrender lightly without a fiasco in a battle, otherwise where would it be necessary to engage in the imperial conquest, he would definitely not be an easy role to deal with, at least Dorji could not deal with it alone.
The envoy sent by Punchuck at the beginning to negotiate surrender was just a smokescreen to disturb the vision, and he wanted to send a signal to Dorji and the Han people standing behind him to give support, that is, he Punchuck had not been firm in his quest for war, so that the other party would inevitably relax his vigilance, and when his army suddenly came, the chances of victory would be a little higher, and if the other party believed in the sincerity of his surrender, then when the time came to make a surprise attack, the plan would be implemented perfectly.
Unexpectedly, Tiyì, who surrendered, was forcefully refused, and those Han people even made it clear that the contradiction between him and Dorji had reached a point where it would be difficult to completely resolve it without a war, and the Suidong army hoped that the grassland would return to the calm of the past as soon as possible, and they hoped that the smoke of gunpowder would dissipate, but they would never avoid the war, nor would they give the traitors a chance to survive.
Punchuck listened to Wu Xiaoliang's original words brought back by the envoy, only felt that his face was hot, this traitor to seek glory and scolded him was obviously him, in order to be able to seize the leadership of the Chechen Khan, he did betray the interests of many Mongols, but he always believed that it was a last resort, once the goal was achieved, he would turn his face and deny it, but unfortunately, how could the Japanese give him a meeting, when helping him to form a Praetorian Guard Brigade, a large number of Japanese officers were inserted in units at all levels, On a large scale, it was already possible to influence Punchuk's command of this army.
Wu Xiaoliang once exposed the fact that his troops had completely become lackeys of the Japanese in front of his envoys.
"These Han people are really cunning foxes, and it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable."
Suddenly, Punchuk's mind turned, and a bold plan was born.
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