Chapter 430: Proxy War
In order to repay their hatred, these people who believe in immortality and miracles desperately hope that there will be a hero who will lead them to vent their resentment. So they supported the fourth son of Hebul Khan, Khutut, to ascend to the throne and gave him the entire army to take charge of the crusade against the Tatars.
Immediately after being ordained, this miraculous hero led the eldest and youngest relatives of the Baba Khan and the people of the Mongol tribe to embark on a journey of revenge, thus opening the prelude to the endless revenge war between the Mongol tribe and the Tatars, and the Jurchens. Since then, hatred has been like a ubiquitous ghost, permeating the plains and highlands of the Mongolian Plateau, filling the air and hearts of the north and south of the desert. Both the strong and the weak are distorted by this seemingly legitimate reason, and together they begin to accept whatever consequences their lives should not bear.
At first, Kutu Thorn was quite sober and knew that there was still a gap between his strength and that of the Jurchens, although the Jurchens were now suppressed by the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty was almost destroyed by it after twenty years of pushing. The persimmon still has to pick up the soft pinch, so Kutu Thorn Khan first led the army to attack the Tatars, the two sides fought many wars, but it is not easy to pinch the drum, the two sides are difficult to solve, each other has a victory. The Mughals did not catch the murderer of the Baba Khan. On the contrary, in one war, the eldest son of Hebul Khan, Hehei, was captured by the Tatars, who in turn sent him to the kingdom of Jin, where he was nailed to a wooden donkey and executed......
"Alas, the young man is still too reckless!" Zhao Ta shook his head and sighed when he saw the war report, Ku Tula's retaliatory attack did not achieve much return, he didn't quite understand that there is a saying called "Taoguang Yanghui", a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late. His nephew Temujin understood this much better than he did!
"陛xià. Shall we give the Mugultures a wake-up call and tell them to remain calm? Shang Hu, the director of the Military Intelligence Department, saw that the emperor was dissatisfied with the new Mughal Great Khan. Hurriedly asked.
"No need, this is an infighting between their Tatar tribes, and it is inconvenient for us to interfere, and if we manage too much, it will cause them to misunderstand!" Zhao Ta waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, if the Mughals lose the war, the Tatars will become more and more arrogant, and they are supported by the Jin State!" Shang Hu was very puzzled by the emperor's attitude today, in the past, he had been supporting the Mugyu tribe with all his might, he couldn't help but remind.
"Huh. I'm not so confused that there is no distinction between black and white. Hearing Shang Hu's kindness, Zhao Ta couldn't help but smile and said, "The Mughure Department is an important chess piece for us to contain the Jurchens, and Hebul also has an oath with us, and after his death, I Ba Ha also sent an envoy to greet us and show respect." However, after the death of the child, the Mughal tribe held a conference of 'Kuriltai', but they did not invite our Great Song Dynasty to attend, and they did not send an envoy to us to report to the succession. What do these signs of a request for recognition indicate? ”
"Yes, yes, if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different. We have formed an alliance with the Mughal tribe, even if it is an ally, and its predecessor Great Khan died, and the new Khan succeeded to the throne and told us about the Great Song. But they didn't ask us for help because the Jurchens killed the child, nor did they show their majesty. I'm afraid that he has already broken away from the Great Song Dynasty in his heart! Shang Hu immediately understood the joints after being prompted by the emperor, which also echoed what the emperor said back then, and he had no friends in front of interests. After the death of the Mughal tribe in Hebu, his successors felt that they were also full of wings and did not need protection, and began to despise the Great Song.
"Well, that's exactly what it is, the Mughal tribe is now blinded by hatred, and they attack everywhere regardless of their own ability, and they have a grudge against the tribes. Kutu Thorn is also more than brave, lack of resourcefulness, do not know how to use the form, sooner or later will be defeated, which will greatly damage the vitality of the Mengwu tribe, and everyone will betray their relatives! Zhao said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is really like a god, and his subordinates have an urgent military situation!" Shang Hu listened to the emperor's assertion and sighed in his heart, but from a battle report, the emperor was able to make an accurate judgment on the development and outcome of the battle.
"Oh, sit down and say!" Zhao Ta put down the teacup he had just picked up, beckoned Xiao Huangmen to bring Shang Hu a round stool for him to sit down and talk, he looked at Shang Hu's nervous expression and relaxed, and there was a flattered expression on his face, and he was still a cronie who had been by his side for a long time, in their opinion, his stool was not only a function of sitting, but also contained too many meanings.
The world where Zhao Ta came can be said to be born with a golden key, born with a chair under his buttocks, and with the continuous improvement of his status, his understanding of the seat has become more and more profound, in fact, this thing is a typical combination of material and spiritual. If there is a chair to sit on to talk or do things, many people have to give face, which is actually material; Sitting on it and watching others stand, you don't have a sense of superiority, and you can refresh your heart, which is naturally spiritual.
And when there are more people sitting in chairs, there must be an order, there will be a hierarchy, and the seat will represent another spirit. Rank is indispensable, such as army command, there is no efficiency without rank. But don't be too strict, too strict will become an obstacle, a psychological obstacle, a work obstacle, so there is a seat to say, so that subordinates have a sense of equality, and thank Boss Dade for giving him a seat, with a sense of distance and proximity.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shang Hu sat down in thanks, and then said, "The subordinates received a report from the garrison and spies of the Dading Suppression Division, saying that the Jin army was using the name of intercepting the fugitives to transfer troops to the west, and the leader was the Sushi Lie Zhining, and his subordinates actually hid the Tiefu map, and the spies felt strange and quickly reported back. ”
"Tell me more!" Zhao Ta said and pointed to the wall on the right hand of the study, and the little yellow door immediately stepped forward to open the curtain, revealing a large map of the northwest roads, he moved over, Shang Hu also quickly left the hot stool and came over, and he didn't dare to sit at this time.
"Your Majesty, this year's drought not only affected the northern part of our Great Song Dynasty, but also the Jin Kingdom was also affected by the drought, and they were unable to deal with it, so that the people had to leave their homes to escape the famine. However, in order to prevent the influx of displaced people into the eastern Liaodong region, the Jurchens arranged troops to block them and force the displaced people to the west, and the victims of the Jin State heard that our Linhuang Mansion had opened a warehouse for disaster relief, so they moved to the territory of our country one after another. Shang Hu pointed to the map and said.
"Jin Guo's output in the harvest year is only barely enough to fill the stomach, in the year of the poor harvest has to use wild vegetables to survive the famine, and now the drought wild vegetables are difficult to find. The people of the Kingdom of Jin are miserable! Zhao Qi nodded.
"What His Majesty said is good, the Jurchens are tyrannical. Not only did it not provide relief, but it caused the soldiers to prevent the victims from moving to the fertile land to eat. The implementation of harsh government will lead to the loss of people's hearts! Shang Hu said, but secretly said in his heart that the Jin Kingdom has fallen to this point is not all thanks to Your Majesty, the economic blockade has made the Jin Kingdom's economy half-dead, a little money in addition to supplying the emperor to drink, but also to raise troops to guard against invasion, the treasury can not be saved, even if you have the heart to rescue the disaster, what can you do to save it!
"Hehe, I've been out there for two years. Sycophants are getting older, in fact, I don't want to see this situation, but we can't be soft-hearted, because they are still our enemies, and they can become a murderer who invades our Great Song Dynasty at any time, but we have to settle those who are willing to come, don't be harsh! Zhao said.
"Your Majesty is wise, everyone expects it, and our great cause of cutting gold will be successful!" The emperor's words were said with a smile. But Shanghu was in a cold sweat, and the emperor could actually guess what he was thinking through his belly, "If the people of the Jin Kingdom want to enter the jurisdiction of our Linhuang Mansion, they must go through a long journey, and only Yu'er Luo can still rest and replenish his body on the way." Therefore, a large number of displaced people from the Jin Kingdom gathered there, and according to the spies, there were tens of thousands of people. It was also a nomadic place for the Tatars, especially when the drought led to the withering of pastures. It was an important settlement for its tribes and an important target for the Mughal attack. ”
"Therefore, you suspect that the Jurchens sent troops here in the name of blocking the passage of displaced people. In fact, it is to be detrimental to the Muguls, not to use troops against my Great Song Dynasty! Zhao said. Yuerluo is only more than 200 miles away from the boundary line demarcated by Song Jin, and the Heishui River on the eastern edge of the safety zone originally demarcated by Zhao Ta is less than 100 miles, but it is already outside the boundary.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates also thought that the Jin State mobilized the army with the intention of sending a large army to plunder my Linhuang Mansion in a disaster year to make up for the shortcomings, but I just heard His Majesty analyze the dispute between the Muguls and the Tatars, and the subordinates thought that this was the Jin State's desire to unite the Tatars to eliminate the Mughurs, otherwise, if it was just to intercept the displaced people, why use Tiefutu, and take Su Shi Lie Zhining as the commander, he is now the leader of the new generation of Jurchen generals, and the son-in-law of the Wushu!"
"Well, there's some truth, you go on!" Zhao Ta looked at the map and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty! The Mughurs have been enemies of the Jurchens since they were united, and the Jin State sent a large army to encircle and suppress it several times, although it was severely damaged, but it was not able to eliminate it, and then it made a comeback under the support of His Majesty, and has always been regarded as a henchman by the Jin State. And they have been supporting the Tatars with the intention of containing the Mughurs and forming a strategic buffer in the hope of weakening their development momentum, so the Tatars and the Mughurs turn against each other is what the Jin State wants to see the most. Shang Hu breathed a sigh of relief and continued.
"The Tatars sacrificed the child to the Jurchens with the intention of killing people with a sword, and also to drag the Jurchens into a dispute between the two tribes, so as to consolidate the alliance between the two people, and to deepen the hatred between the Jin and the Mughu, forcing the Jurchens to help them against the Mughals. And the Jurchens are also not at ease, at the beginning they have been sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, their intention is just not to eliminate the Mughals, the Tatars have grown stronger and become their new enemies, so they deliberately let the two fight to the death, the strength is greatly weakened, they can not only exterminate the Mughals at this time, but also continue to play the Tatars in the palm of their hands! ”
"The analysis is very good, the problem is very thorough, you, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, are doing a good job, so how do you think we should deal with it?" Zhao Ta said approvingly, and at the same time threw him a question, wanting to hear his opinion.
"Your Majesty has won the prize, and your subordinates only thought of these after being reminded by Your Majesty!" Shang Hu received His Majesty's praise and naturally felt good in his heart, and replied modestly, "My subordinates think that since the Jin Kingdom wants to destroy the Mugwu people and relieve the trouble of their henchmen, and they have the heart to betray the alliance, then we will stand by and let the Jin people let go and get rid of them!" ”
"What you say is still one-sided, and you don't see the essence of the matter. We support the Mughals, and the Jin supports the Tatars, but it's just a war between agents. The battle between them is the battle between our Song and Jin countries, both want to use the forces they support to contain each other's forces, once they have the upper hand in it, then we must arrange heavy troops on the front line of Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion to prevent the harassment of the Tatars, and once we send a large army to clear it, it can retreat into the Jin State to hide, but it is limited to the peace negotiation between the two countries, and we cannot enter the pursuit for the time being, so it has become a protracted war! Zhao said.
"That majesty means that we must continue to support the Mughu, at least remind them not to fall for the tricks of the Jurchens!" Shang Hu said.
"No, we're not doing anything now, Kutu Thorn needs a lesson to understand which hot Kang is, we can support him, and we can also find someone to replace him!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said...... (To be continued......)