Chapter 760: Strategy

Although Song Nan's letterhead did not mention a word of war, the head of Tulu sent was the best war letter, and the bald man who turned around quickly realized this. ―{2}{3}{}{x}]

The head of the eldest son, Tulu, was cut off by the treacherous Mingren, and although his heart was painful, it was actually nothing. In fact, in the harem of Ulaanbaatar, the wise and martial Dayan Khan made the bald and fierce can be as wise and powerful in the matter of giving birth to sons, in addition to the adult eldest son Tulu's second son Urus, he also has five sons, namely Arsuborot, Alchuborot, Uzirborot, and Gleborot.

Therefore, Bald Meng Ke immediately recovered from the pain of losing his son, and he realized that the Ming army was about to attack, and there was no doubt that the target was the Hetao area.

After the defeat, the reason why the bald man was in a hurry to reach a peace agreement with the Ming people was because of the helplessness of the defeat, in order to reach this peace agreement, he even did not hesitate to send Tulu as a hostage to the Ming army to show his sincerity, in addition to being anxious to get out and protect himself, what he was most worried about was actually the shape after the defeat. But anyone with a little vision understands that he has lost most of the main force of soldiers and horses, and he will not be able to form a balance of power in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, he has actually explored a set of ways to suppress the Ming people, one of which is to maintain a strong position in the border town, no matter what the strength is, to maintain a posture of active harassment and active attack. The purpose of this is not only to get any specific gains from the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, but also out of a grand strategic consideration.

To put it bluntly, the bald man wants to strengthen the stability of the Hetao area with this kind of strong attack, for the Tatar state, the Hetao area is already one of the core areas, and the rise of this status and the relatively weak military deployment just formed a contradiction, if you want the Ming people to completely forget the Hetao area, and no longer have the idea of retaking here, the Tatars can only be strong and strong, so that the Ming border towns have been in a state of self-preservation, so that they have no time to think about the recovery of the Hetao, and they don't even dare to think about it, this has achieved the goal.

After this defeat, the biggest fear of the bald man was that the Ming would take the opportunity to seize the Hetao and force the forces of the Tatar State back to the cold land north of Yinshan; During the days when he was trapped south of the Great Wall, he was even ready to abandon the Hetao, and if the Ming asked to return to the Hetao, he would also agree. But the Ming people actually agreed to the peace agreement without mentioning the terms of the peace negotiation, not to mention how happy it was to be bald. But until now, he finally understood that the Ming people had no intention of reaching a peace agreement with him at all, and the reason for not making demands was that the war was far from over, and Song Nan was about to lead the Ming army to come in a big way, and the target was naturally the fertile and vast land of the Hetao region.

"The Ming people are not true to their words, kill Tulu and tear up the peace talks, this is a sign of an imminent attack, needless to say that they want to seize a large area of land south of the Yellow River on which I live, it seems that this war is not over yet, Ben Khan wants to ask you what you mean."

In Dayan Khan's big tent, he sat behind the case with a solemn expression, and a cadre of clan leaders and leading generals stood down, looking at the miserable white head placed on the bald and fierce case, which was the head of the eldest prince Tulu, who was picked up and wiped clean, and after re-braiding, Tulu's head was half wrapped in red cloth, revealing half of his face and looking even more eerie.

This is the first time that the Great Khan has been so low-key, and he actually asked the opinions of the generals and tribal leaders, which is a unique thing, and it seems that after this defeat, the Wise God Wu Dayan Khan does not have much confidence in his heart to deal with this battle.

"Father Khan, do you still need to think about this? Erchen is willing to lead the troops to meet the Ming army, this is the territory of my Tatar country, the Ming people have always cowered behind their high walls, this time they actually dared to probe out to attack, that is absolutely to teach them a lesson. The retainers vowed to defeat Song Nan and make them pay for their inwisdom. The second prince, Urus, stood up and said in a high-pitched voice.

Bald Meng Ke frowned, and wanted to scold Urus with a big speech, but when he saw Tulu's head, he sighed slightly in his heart and swallowed the words. In any case, in the current situation, the only person he can trust is Urus, although this son is very talented, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses can't even defeat the 20,000 Ming troops on the Yanchi Great Wall, but after all, he is still loyal to himself, and the other people under the tent who have different faces and have their own hearts are difficult to ensure that they are not playing any ghost ideas.

"Urus stand aside for now, I want to hear what the other generals and elders have to say." Put the bald can wave your hand.

Urus stepped aside and turned his gaze at Batu, who was his confidant and a loyal general he had relied on since the attack on Jiayuguan, even if he was defeated, he didn't see him complain, and he felt that he could still trust him.

Batu bowed and saluted: "Respected Han, I am afraid that the current situation cannot be chosen by ourselves, our army is now suffering a lot of damage, and is in a position of passive defense, the Ming army wants to fight, so we should not fight." ”

"General Batu, what are we going to do? The total number of Ming troops in the land of Yanchi is as high as 60,000 or 70,000, and we have less than 30,000 soldiers who can fight here. Are these old and weak herdsmen who don't know how to fight at all still being forced to join the war? What does that do? The second prince Urus must have deeply understood this, what help did these people give him? He has the most right to speak. "It was the leader of the Golros tribe who was one of the tribal leaders who was coerced into leading the people of the tribe to participate in the battle of the Great Wall of Yanchi with the second prince Urus.

Urus heard the teasing meaning of his words, and tried to argue with him, but was stopped by his bald but stern gaze.

Batu smiled and said, "Elder Dehuochi, according to your wishes, we should leave without a fight and give up a large area of land south of the Yellow River, right?" Let me remind you and the other elders that most of you have clansmen's lands here, and after the northern pastures are barren, you cry out and beg the Great Khan to divide the fertile pastures here for you, and now if you retreat, then your lands will fall into the hands of the Ming. Then your tribe will have nowhere to live. ”

In addition to the dehuochi of the Gollus tribe, there are also several tribal elders of the Khalkha tribe, the Uliangha tribe, and the Horqin tribe, who did not hesitate to give up the barren pasture north of the Yin Mountain in order to compete for this fertile pasture, and led the tribe to settle on both sides of the Yellow River.

"What General Batu said is, we can't give up, we have to fight; When did we Tatars begin to fear the Ming people? It's unreasonable, even if our strength is greatly reduced, we can't let Akito ride on our necks to and pee. ”

"Yes, Great Khan, we must fight, we must teach the Ming people a lesson, we must avenge the eldest prince, and we cannot let the Ming people bully us."

The elders were shouting and shouting, and behind the righteous indignation was of course worried about the future of their territory and their future status.

Bald Mengke slowly waved his hand and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, your mood can be understood by Ben Khan, and Ben Khan can not tolerate the arrogance of the Ming people. As for Tulu's death, even if he sacrificed his life for my Tatars, the Tatar warriors can die, Tulu is my son, he can also die; To fight, but not for Tulu, for the survival of our Tatars. The land of the Hetao is already the foundation of our Tatar state, and it is absolutely impossible to give it up lightly. ”

"The Great Khan is wise." The generals and tribal leaders shouted.

Bald Mengke hesitated for a moment and continued: "But you all know the current situation, we are indeed not as strong as the Ming army, especially the commander of the Ming army, Song Nan, who is not easy to deal with, and the experience of the past few months also shows that we do not have an advantage." If we want to achieve this victory, we need to plan well, and if you have any strategies to defend against the enemy, you can speak freely at this moment. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, you look at me, I see that you don't want to come out to speak, it is a matter of one sentence to say that fighting, but the difference in strength is huge, how can you win that is not by bragging, the current situation is that the Ming army is full of food, the number is twice as many as their own, and after their own defeat, the army has a floating heart and lack of materials, how can you win this battle?

After waiting for a long time to see that no one came out to speak, he sighed slightly and said: "Since you don't have anything good to build, then Ben Khan will tell me what I have in mind, and you should think about it." ”

"The Great Khan, please command, and we will follow it." Everyone was relieved, it was naturally okay to go into battle and fight, even if the big man who had just lost in the hands of Song Nan was still a hundred times smarter than himself and others, it was safest to listen to his command.

Ben Khan is reluctant to speak of the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, but he also does not want to magnify the disparity. General Batu is right, in the past, we entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty to fight, and that was their territory, but now they are entering our territory, and we have the upper hand in terms of geography. In addition, although the Ming army is menacing, after all, they are still infantry-based soldiers and horses, although I can occupy only 30,000 soldiers, but they are all cavalry strength, and the gap in combat power is not as big as imagined. Moreover, it is also the biggest opportunity for Ben Khan to defeat the Ming army, and that is the weather. ”

The generals were a little puzzled, so they listened to the bald man and said quietly: "The weather is the biggest enemy of the Ming army, and my Tatars will not freeze to death even if they are shirtless in the ice and snow. And the Ming people have to wear thick cotton robes and shiver in winter, how can they compare with me Tatars? ”

Urus cried out, "Father Khan means that it is almost the middle of winter, and the Ming people will not be able to fight us in the bitter cold of winter, which is true." ”

Batu said excitedly: "I see, it's almost October now, and the cold in mid-October will be unbearable, so we just need to delay until the middle of next month, and after a few goose feathers and heavy snowfall, Ming will become a frozen rabbit in the snow, and we will hunt it." Hahaha, the Great Khan saw very clearly, we will win this battle. ”

The bald man said with a smile: "That's right, so in the early battle, we must focus on delay, not afraid to let them take advantage of some small advantages, as long as we delay their footsteps, hold the Yellow River moat and prevent them from crossing the Yellow River to force us to retreat to the north of Yinshan Wolf Mountain, and when the severe cold comes, it will be the time for us to counterattack on a large scale." At that time, unless they withdraw their troops voluntarily, they will be slaughtered like frozen pheasants. ”

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