Chapter 709: Zuo Ruo's Heart (I)
month, no one in the world is more comfortable than Ezhe.
The Tumuts remained in naturalization. Because after Azig recovered Shaanxi, he led the army to storm Yulinwei, and Zuo Ruo, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, simply gave up Yulinwei and entrenched in Junjin Ferry. The Chahar army was stationed in the Monan steppe.
Ten years of revenge, once revenged.
Ten years ago, he was forced to present the jade seal of the Great Yuan to Huang Taiji, but he never forgot to take revenge. When the Manchu Qing invaded the Ming Dynasty and swept the world, he thought that he had no chance in his life.
Heaven has mercy, immortality is open, and the golden family is about to usher in a new glorious era.
The aftertaste of the great victory over the Modong coalition army is still on his lips, and in the past half a month, Ezhe has continuously summoned the envoys of the Mobei tribe. The only thing that made him a little dissatisfied was that although the Mobei people were subservient, they did not want to get involved in the war between the Mongols and the Manchus.
The elite of Modong was lost, and the Chahar light cavalry took a turn in the Horqin grassland, only to find that the tribes that stayed behind had already migrated to the vicinity of Daoguyuan and Shengjing.
Ezhe was not ready to advance eastward, and although the Mongols were financed by the Han Chinese and received thousands of armors and swords, he was not confident in attacking the city. Don't say that a fortified city like Shengjing is the city wall that kills Hukou and Zhangjiakou, and the Chahar people can only sigh at it.
In the past few days, the scouts sent to various places have continued to return, and the Han people have also changed their methods to transmit news from Sene. The Manchus closed all border passes, and the Mongols could no longer get supplies from the passes.
Ezhe's tent was set up not far from the Victory Fort, where there was a simple fortress built by the Tumuthan tribe, and after ten years, there are still some traces of the city of Bansheng.
In the afternoon, a troop of cavalry came from far and near to the tent of the Chahar Khan.
The people who came were Han Chinese decorations, and the Chahar herdsmen were already familiar with them and knew that these people were the distinguished guests of the Great Khan.
Wang Yi wore a white felt hat on his head, which was most commonly used by Shaanxi people, to shield his vicious eyes, and every few days, he would come to Chahar Khan's court. Now the three parties of the grassland are waiting for news from him.
"Amur Anda!" He opened his arms to those who had come out of the Khan court to greet him. Amur is Ezhe's think tank, far more aware of the Han people than Ezhe, Wang Yi has been in the grassland for nearly a year, and knows that this old man is difficult to deal with.
Amur stepped forward quickly and used a very unique title: "Brother Wang! Wang Yi's official position in the Ming court was unknown, so he didn't call him "Lord Wang".
Wang Yi laughed, his demeanor was like a Mongolian. There is no way, in the grassland, you can only follow the customs.
However, Wang Yi enjoyed the day of the envoy to the grassland, where he was like a fish in water. Both the Chahar and the Tumuts worshipped him as a Buddha, lacking nothing in wine, meat, and women. Unlike in Jiangnan, he seems to be an outsider.
Amur said: "Brother Wang, the Great Khan just talked about you, and you came!" ”
The two walked side by side into the Khan Court, and not far away some Chahar herdsmen were milking cows, and the Chahar camp was a peaceful scene. Wang Yi smiled: "I have sent good news to the Great Khan!" ”
Ezhe had nothing to do today, he was hunting nearby for fun, and when he heard that Wang Yi was coming, he hurried back.
When Wang Yi entered the tent, Ezhe was changing his clothes in the tent, and Amur was talking to him. After waiting for a while, he saw Ezhe walk in from outside, and quickly stood up and saluted.
"Great Khan!"
Ezhe went straight to the main seat and sat down, and asked eagerly, "I heard that there is good news!" "He can't wait. After defeating the Mongol coalition in Modong, he now had nothing to do with the Manchus hiding behind the fortified walls.
If you can't break through the walls, you can't get rich, and the eastern tribe of the desert takes all the livestock away. He captured more than 10,000 Mongols, but if they could not loot enough livestock to feed them, they would either flee or starve.
Wang Yi nodded in affirmation and said, "Good news!" The Ming Dynasty has decided to go on the Northern Expedition. ”
He carried a yellow silk scroll and said: "The regent has sent a letter of state, and the Ming Dynasty is willing to conclude an alliance with Mongolia, such as the alliance between the Ming Emperor and Altan Khan. The Ming Dynasty and the Mongols jointly attacked the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty restored its former territory, and the Great Khan was the lord of Mongolia. After the Ming Dynasty recovered the northern border, it would open the east and west ports to trade. ”
Ezhe was overjoyed and ordered Amur to take Wang Yi's letter of state and present it, and couldn't wait to read it.
The national document is written in Mongolian and Chinese, and the content of the treaty is clearly written. This letter of state is not a brotherly alliance as Wang Yi mentioned before, but an alliance concluded with the Mongolian vassal states in the name of the Ming Emperor.
Although Ezhe's heart was a little unhappy, this was in line with the true attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards Mongolia. The Ming Dynasty never put Mongolia on an equal footing with himself, and the original alliance with Altan Khan, the male lord of the Tumut generation, was more like a reward. With Chahar's strength today, he is indeed not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty or even the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
He put down his credentials and was about to be weighed when he heard Amur cough heavily.
Ezhe knew that Amur had something to say, and he did not think there was anything wrong with this credential, but out of respect for Amur, he did not rush to agree. When the words came to his lips, he changed to something he was more concerned about, and asked: "The regent's move is exactly what I want, I don't know when Daming will be soldiers?" How do we cooperate in the grassland? ”
Wang Yi said: "The regent has no specific orders. However, as far as I know, because Nanjing is thousands of miles away from the outside of the Saiwai, the regent was worried about the mistake and ordered the governor of Shaanxi, Lord Zuo, to take charge of the war outside the Saiwai. ”
He speaks very flexibly, with very formal messages and seemingly unintentional messages.
When Ezhe heard this, he glanced at Amur, and his expression was a little tangled.
Shaanxi Governor Zuo Ruo helped him a lot in the Battle of Hetao, but there was some unhappiness between Zuo Ruo and Amur, which made it difficult for Ezhe to deal with.
Last winter, Zuo Ruozeng borrowed 1,500 cavalry from Tumut and Chahar to dredge the Longxi trade route. These 3,000 cavalry were well-equipped under the command of the Han general Li Hu. More than half of the 1,500 cavalry of the Chahar tribe were from the Amur tribe, and those people were familiar with the Chinese language, and the Amur lent them out with the intention of making it easier for the Mongols to act in the Han region.
However, in the Battle of Hetao, Zuo Ruo slaughtered more than 3,000 Eastern Mongols on the banks of the Yellow River, and drove away the commander of the cavalry that Amur had arranged.
When Zuo Ruo killed the Mongols in Modong, the Battle of Hetao had not yet ended, and the two sides had not won or lost, and Ezhe could not blame him. After the Battle of Hetao, Amur proposed to take back the 1,500 Chahar cavalry, but Zuo Ruo said in front of Ezhe that the Ming army lacked cavalry and wanted to borrow this cavalry for a while.
But when Amur proposed to let Gao Yun, the commander of the cavalry, return to the team, Zuo Ruo flatly refused because Gao Yun did not obey the order. Amur's identity couldn't quarrel with Zuo Ruo, but he said a lot of heart-wrenching words to Ezhe behind his back. All in all, if the Shaanxi Governor of the Ming Dynasty has the heart of a jackal, he must be guarded against.
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