Chapter 934: The Third Pro-Campaign
Although the name of the descendants of the golden family sounds loud, it is not the time for the Mongol iron cavalry to sweep through Europe and Asia, although Lin Dan Khan is nominally the co-lord of all Mongolian tribes, but in fact he can only control the Chahar Department that dominates the Liaohetao, the Korqin, Nekhalkha, Tumut, and Ordos departments in Monan are in their own affairs, the Mongol Great Khan can only control the Chahar Department in the Liaohetao, and the Transkhalkha in Mobei does not recognize the Mongol Great Khan as the co-master, and Moxi Weirat is still an enemy of the Mongol Empire, A few years ago, he had to guard against the attack of the Jurchens, and his life could be described as extremely miserable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
If there was no Li You's appearance, Lin Dan Khan would have been driven to Qinghai by Huang Taiji, and later died of smallpox in Qinghai Caotan, at the age of forty-three, and his son Ezhe surrendered to Houjin the following year, and the Mongol Empire, which had been feared by countless people, disappeared in the long river of history, but now Lin Dan Khan is still alive and well.
Even more nourishing than in the original history, after the Jurchens were exterminated, Lin Dan Khan had one less old enemy, and the Korqin Department, which had always been close to the Jurchens, also suffered a devastating blow from the Ming army, losing such a powerful faction, and the rest of the Monan tribes such as Inner Khalkha, Tumut, Ordos, etc. also sent envoys, although they were not yet attached to his command, but they were also improved, at least there was no need to send heavy troops to guard against them, and most of the troops could be used to deal with the Oirat Mongols in Moxi, Barely able to preserve the dignity of the Great Khan.
But now the situation has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, and the emperor of the Ming Kingdom actually wants to personally conquer Mongolia, which has not happened for more than 200 years? Since the blue jade penetrated into the desert in the past, the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains has not launched such a huge army to march to the north for a long time, at the beginning Lin Dan Khan thought it was fake news, but when there were rumors from all over the country that the Ming army of the Nine Sides was ready to go north at any time, Lin Dan Khan didn't know how to deal with it.
On the strength of both sides, although Lin Dan Khan is known as the co-master of the Mongols, but the power in his hands is extremely limited, on the other hand, the Ming Dynasty, since the Zunhua War, this empire that seems to have fallen into weakness has regained its vitality, the army has gone out again and again, and the Jiannu has been beaten back step by step, and the first two years are the Jiannu completely pacified, and the emperor Taiji who beat Lin Dan Khan to the point of urine was also beheaded, and the descendants of Nurhachi except for a Yue Tuo still do not know the whereabouts, the rest were cut off by the Ming army. The Houjin established by Jiannu also disappeared.
In the past, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Jin only used 150,000 horses, and now according to the news reported by the spies, the Ming Dynasty actually took out 300,000 to crusade against Mongolia, how can this be stopped!
"Great Khan, if you closely rely on the strength of the Chahar Department this time, I am afraid that you will definitely not be the opponent of the Ming army, and only by gathering all the Mongols under the golden family's great power can you have a slight chance of victory." The wise man in Lin Dan Khan's tent put forward his own opinion, the difference in strength between the two sides is simply too great, if not, the Mongols are afraid that they will follow in the footsteps of Jiannu.
"But can the leaders of the tribes of Inner and Outer Khalkha, Tumut, and Ordos agree?" Lin Dan Khan asked hesitantly, he didn't even mention the name of Oirat Mongol, and in his opinion, this mortal enemy would probably only smile and watch when he saw his demise.
"Now it's different from the past, if these tribes don't unite, it will be their turn after the Ming army defeats the Great Khan, if not, why would the emperor of the Ming Kingdom raise an army of 300,000?" The wise man put forward his own opinion, to be honest, it was more than enough to destroy the Chahar Ministry with an army of 100,000, and it is self-evident what the remaining troops were for.
"Then send someone to meet the leaders of these tribes." Lin Dan Khan had no choice but to follow his advice, so a group of envoys split and rode on fast horses to the Mongol tribes, and these envoys went to the chiefs of the tribes and persuaded the leaders with the allusions of the wife of the ancestor of Temujin, Doben Ergan, Ajan Huoa, who broke arrows.
The envoy first broke an arrow, then took out an arrow but couldn't break it anymore, and then said, "Now my Mongolian tribes are like these arrows, and the Ming is like that hand, if we still fight separately, the Ming will definitely defeat all our tribes without effort, but if we join forces, then we will definitely defeat the Ming Dynasty, maybe there is still hope of marching into the Central Plains." Either from the interests of their own tribes, or moved by the messengers, or under other influences, the inner and outer Khalkha, Tumut, Ordos and other tribes have expressed their support for Lin Dan Khan, at least nominally regained the command of the Golden Family, and sent their elite soldiers to join the ranks of the allied forces of the Mongol tribes.
Even the Oirat Mongols, who were far away in Moxi, temporarily stopped their confrontation with Lin Dan Khan and began to send troops to harass the border towns of the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to relieve some of the pressure on Macau; Looking at the Mongolian cavalry that had regathered under the command of the Golden Family, Lin Dan Khan was full of emotion, as if he saw the hope of restoring the former glory of his ancestors, and Kashgar dispatched troops to prepare for the arrival of the Ming army.
At this time, Li You was also ready to go on the expedition, and the soldiers and horses on the nine sides had taken their positions according to his instructions, and began to leave the border towns, and marched to the north according to the strategy given by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and in the capital, 100,000 troops went out of the city gate under the leadership of Li You and Lu Xiangsheng, and went in the direction of Xuanda Town.
Behind them, countless people will carry food, ordnance and other supplies for them, and these people will receive preferential treatment such as tax exemption, so they can barely do their work, and if someone makes a contribution to this battle, they will also receive rewards from the imperial court, and there will be the opportunity to join the army and become an officer, which is very different from the forced conscription of the people in the past.
According to Li You's arrangement, he and Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao will serve as the main force of the attack, and the east is the soldiers and horses of Man Gui, Chen Jisheng and others, responsible for attacking the right flank of Lin Dan Khan, and in the west, Li Zicheng, Cao Bianjiao and other young generals will be responsible for clearing the harassment of Oirat Mongols, and at the same time responsible for attacking the left flank of Lin Dan Khan.
Under the guidance of the Jinyi Guard's guide, the three-way army swept away the harassment of the Mongolian cavalry all the way, and slowly approached the location of Lin Dan Khan.