Although Huichang Bo Sun Zhong does not have specific data on the current grain inventory of the household department, he can probably count that the upper limit will not be 2 million stone through his network. It is impossible for Shen Yichen to release all the rice and grain in Jingshi and Tongzhou Warehouse to suppress grain prices when there is about to be a war in Liaodong, and one million stone is the limit!

Excluding the 500,000 stone rice grain that he and others had already purchased, that is to say, even if Shen Yichen made a desperate bet, the limit of the surplus grain that could be taken out of the warehouse was only 500,000 stones, which was converted into one million taels of silver.

In the early and middle Ming Dynasty, the property of the noble family was not as exaggerated as in the later period, but one person could still grit his teeth and make up hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which was the confidence of Huichang Bo Sun Zhong to continue to buy.

And Shen Yichen continued to sell the surplus grain of the capital division like this, and when the war really broke out in the north, the consequences of the lack of military food would not be able to keep him, and even Zhu Qiyu's own throne would not be stable.

In the eyes of many people, the family and the country are far less important than their own power.

It was here that the grain war officially began, and the Liaodong Metropolitan Division was stationed in Guangning City, and the general Li Da received a request for help from the Tatar Ministry at the same time.

Five thousand Tatars resisted the soldiers and horses, and even the pace of the Tile Thorn army was not blocked for half a day, Li Da knew that Totok Buhua was far from being the opponent of the Taishi and the first, but he never expected that the gap between the two sides would be so big.

If the Tile Thorn army continues to follow this overwhelming offensive, I am afraid that it will not take half a month to wipe out the entire Tatar tribe!

In the face of the critical situation, the Liaodong Army quickly reached a consensus within the army, regardless of whether the top level was willing to go to the battle, whether the low-level officers and men were willing to rush to the aid or not, standing at the strategic height of the fetters policy, it was necessary to help the weak and the strong to help the Tatar troops survive this difficulty.

Fortunately, after learning the news of the change in the soldiers and horses of the Tile Spur Division, the Liaodong Army made some preparations to deal with it, and gathered some of the guards and horses to the border fort near the front line, saving valuable time for rushing to the aid of the Tatar battalion.

Just three days later, Li Da led 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Army to rush to the Horqin grassland to help. It's just that even if he moves fast enough, the speed of the Shingles' march has exceeded the initial expectation, and the 10,000 forward army under the command of the Arazhiyuan has already fought with the main force of the Tatar army.

"The Great Khan, the soldiers and horses of the Ira Zhiyuan of the Tile Spur Division, suddenly launched an attack from the north, and the Governor Agoura has led the headquarters to resist."

"However, the scout reported in the direction of the Xilin Gol grassland, and most of the soldiers and horses of the tile spurs also appeared, and the posture was no less than 10,000 people. In addition, the traitor also led the main battalion of soldiers and horses, but still did not show his whereabouts, I don't know what his plans are! ”

In the sweat tent of the Tatar department, he listened to the report of his subordinates, and his face was extremely blue.

"Is there any news from the Ming army?"

"The messenger of the Ming army has sent news that the galloping soldiers and horses have been dispatched from the border fort, but it will take at least two days to reach the Horqin grassland, and it is only a small part of the vanguard cavalry."

"In last year's battle of Liaodong, the Ming army galloped hundreds of miles from Beijing to help, and now it is slow like this?"

Tokhtambuhua slapped the table angrily, venting the anger in his heart. In fact, he knew very well that in just a few days, the Liaodong Army had completed the assembly and rushed to help, which was already called a god speed.

But under heavy pressure, it didn't take a quick time to vent, so he could only target the Ming army.

Looking at the furious detachment, the Tatar Taiji Tugu Simengke stood up, bowed down and hugged his chest and said: "Great Khan, the soldiers and horses of the tile spurs in the direction of the Xilin Gol grassland cannot be unguarded, and I am willing to lead 10,000 tribal soldiers and horses to defend." ”

"10,000 people, can you stop it?"

At present, the Tatar Ministry counts the herdsmen who have been conscripted, and the number of soldiers is 50,000, and if you add the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Agabarzi, there are no more than 60,000 at most.

Governor Agora has already brought 10,000 soldiers and horses to meet the vanguard army of the tile thorns in the north, and now Taiji Tugu Simeng can ask for another 10,000 soldiers and horses to resist the enemy army of the tile thorns surrounded by the Xilin Gol grassland in the south, and it is bound to weaken the strength of the main camp.

If 10,000 soldiers and horses can block it, then it is completely within an acceptable range, and now the scouts report no less than 10,000 enemy troops in the Tile Spur Division, can they really fight with the same number or even disadvantage?

Instead of dividing the troops and retreating, it is better for the whole army to stick to the camp of the Chinese army and put the hope of breaking the siege on the Liaodong Army of the Ming State, so as to preserve the vital forces of the Tatar Department to the greatest extent.

"Great Khan, the Ming army is the enemy of the world with us, and we can't pin all our hopes on them, I swear to fight to the death with the Tatars!"

Not only did the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army dislike and hostile to the Tatars, but even the Mongols, who were about to be besieged, also did not believe that the Ming army would put aside their previous blood feuds and rush to help. Instead of putting hope on the illusory reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom, it is better to take advantage of the remaining strength to die, otherwise there will be no chance of winning when the siege is completed!

Listening to the words of Tugu Simengke, Totobuhua hesitated in his heart, he was also afraid of the Ming army's treachery in a sense, and finally abandoned the Tatar tribe that had surrendered. After all, this kind of thing has not happened before, Wuliang Ha Sanwei was abandoned by the Ming State, and he united with the Tile Spur Department to suppress the conquest.

Otherwise, it would not have been the case that the Tile Spur Department was dominant.

"Great Khan, what you said is right, we can't rely on Nanban, we must rely on ourselves to break the siege!"

Agabarzi agreed at the right time, of course, he didn't think about it, but he had already received the news of the Tile Spur Department in advance, and the Taishi first led the main force of the headquarters to lurk less than a hundred miles away from the Tatar camp.

Now it is only necessary to use the flanks of troops and horses to attract the Tatar troops to continue to divide their forces to defend, and when the time comes, Aga Barziri should join forces, and he can complete the surprise attack on the Khan Tent with lightning speed.

Under this kind of speed offensive, not to mention that the army has not rushed over yet, even if it arrives at the station, I am afraid that it can only watch.

Seeing that his brothers came forward to second, he was greatly shaken by the firm plan in his heart.

After thinking about the past, he finally nodded and said: "Degu Simengke, you lead 10,000 elite soldiers of the clan to the Xilin Gol grassland to resist the Tile Thorn rebels who are surrounded from the south!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan!"

After receiving the order, he didn't say a word, turned around and walked out of the sweat tent.

The battles in the grassland station were staged from everywhere, and three hours later, in the bottom of a back slope, an astonishing number of soldiers and horses appeared, which was the army of the Tile Spur Headquarters led by Taishi Ye first.

After half a year of rest, Taishi also completely annexed the forces of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and also completed the alliance with the Mongolian tribes in Moxi farther away, and received the support of a group of new forces.

It can be said that the current Tile Spur Department is more powerful than before the Battle of Tumubao, and it has also completed the internal integration, and it is no longer like before that the leaders of the tribes are only superficially subservient to the call of Yexian, and they have their own ideas at critical moments, and they have become a plate of scattered sand.

At this moment, in order to completely exterminate the Tatar tribe and complete the unification between the three Mongolian tribes, the Taishi also sent 100,000 soldiers first, just to make sure that even if there is the intervention of the Ming State, it can still be foolproof.

And in addition to the elite soldiers of the Tile Spur Department, the Taishi also left behind the large-scale intervention of the Ming State, which played a role in turning the tide of the war at a critical moment.

"Taishi, there is news from Agabarzi, the Tatar Taiji Tuogu Simengke divided 10,000 soldiers and horses, and went to the Xilin Gol grassland to defend against the Boluo Maoluohai, and now there are only 40,000 soldiers and horses left behind in the main battalion, of which 10,000 are still the tribal army commanded by Agabarji."

The king of Saikan, who reported the news, showed an excited look on his face, and the whole plan went smoothly and was a little surprising, it seems that the destiny of Tokhtar Buhua has really arrived, and he is no longer qualified to be the Great Khan of all Mongolia!

"What about the movement of the Ming army?"

For the Tatar Department that is not spoiled, the Taishi has long regarded it as a thing in the bag, and no matter how the other party resists, there is a way to deal with it. The only variable in this is the possible intervention of the Ming army.

The setbacks of the two wars between Jingshi and Liaodong suppressed Taishi Yexian's arrogant heart, making him realize that Daming was not as weak as he imagined, it was still the behemoth standing in the Central Plains.

Especially the appearance of Shen Yichen, almost everything can predict the direction of his movements, which makes Mr. Taishi also have an inexplicable sense of threat. You must know that after he succeeded his father Tuhuan as the leader of the Watt Thorn Tribe, he completed the gradual unification of Mongolia step by step, and everything was under control.

Now that he has been suppressed by the champion of the Ming Kingdom, he has to be more cautious first.

"The Liaodong Army reacted quickly and has sent troops and horses to rush to the aid of the Tatar Department, but before they arrive, we are enough to break through the Khan Tent camp of the Tatar Department!"

The king of the journal is full of confidence, with Aga Balji as the internal response, coupled with the multiple advantages of soldiers and horses, when the Ming reinforcements arrive, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold.

"Inform the three guards of Wuliang Ha and the three Jurchen tribes to attack and harass the Liaodong Guard, so that the backyard of the Liaodong Chi reinforcements will be on fire!"

The lion fought the rabbit with all his strength, even if he occupied an absolute advantage in troops, the Taishi was still ready to deal with the intervention of the Ming State before going out to the Tatar department, that is, calling on the Jurchen three departments to rebel at the same time as the three guards of the Uliangha.

I don't believe that in the case of the beacon fire burning in the Liaodong Dusi itself, they will go all out to help the Tatar Department, and he is bound to win this battle of Mongolian unification!

"Taishi, the three guards of Wuliang Ha and the three Jurchen tribes suffered heavy losses last year, and they made a very high asking price for sending troops to the lion's mouth, are we going to be robbed by this group of waste?"

The king of the journal was a little dissatisfied, he didn't want Wuliang Ha Sanwei and Jurchen Sanbu to come over and pick up the bargain. You must know that the victory of this war is in your hands, even if there are Ming reinforcements to stop it, it still can't change the outcome.

Just letting these two forces make a small move in the rear guard will cost a large number of cattle, sheep and even iron weapons, which makes the king of the journal feel unacceptable.

Looking at the scheming appearance of the Saikan King, Taishi couldn't help but smile on his face and said: "How can the things of our Tile Thorn Department be so easy to take, as long as the Tatar Department is annexed, I will declare myself the Great Khan of all Mongolia." At that time, whether it is the three guards of Wuliang Ha or the three Jurchen tribes, they will all belong to the tile spurs! ”

That's right, the three guards of Wuliang Ha and the three Jurchen tribes thought that they could just obey the call of Yexian on the surface as before, and covet the immediate benefits. As everyone knows, this time, the Taishi is also the first, preparing to establish himself as a khan after the annexation of the Tatar tribes, completely erasing the ruling class of the other tribes, and forming a centralized power similar to the Central Plains Dynasty.

If you give it away now, you can get it all back in the future, so why bother?

Hearing Taishi Yexian's words, the expression on the face of the Saikan King became even more excited, and he responded feverishly: "The bloodline of the Golden Family has been inherited for more than two hundred years, and it is our turn to replace the Celestial Clan, brother, you will definitely become the Heavenly Khan who surpasses Genghis Khan!" ”

"Princes and generals, rather have a kind."

Taishi also first came up with this famous saying of the Han people in his mind, if it weren't for the blood of the golden family, he might have already captured the Jingshi of the Ming Kingdom, and once again led the Mongolian sons and daughters to chase the Central Plains!

"Send the order to go down to the whole army to pull out the camp, and I will capture the tent of the Tatar department before the Ming army arrives!"

"Yes, Master!"

The king of Saikan was ordered to go out, and an army of 80,000 thorns was ready to deal a fatal blow to the Tatars.

On the ninth day of March in the first year of Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty, a well-equipped Ming army appeared on the vast Horqin grassland, and they were the Liaodong reinforcements led by Li Da.

With the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, Li Da gradually took control of the command of the Liaodong Army under the support of Shen Yichen, and the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, which had been constantly shrinking the defense line, once again received large-scale supplies from the imperial court, and the food and equipment were upgraded by a grade compared with before.

The military expenditure of the nine frontier defense lines in the early and middle Ming Dynasty has not reached an exaggerated level, because the offense is the best defense. When you don't have to spend the sky-high food and salary on trimming the Great Wall of the border forts, as long as the level of corruption is controlled, then the military expenditure allocated to the nine sides is enough to make every soldier well-equipped.

Instead of being like in the late Ming Dynasty, except for the general's cronies, the other soldiers were no different from beggars on the street.

The Liaodong Army led by Li Da galloped to the aid of the army, after two days and two nights of long-distance attack, was already less than 50 miles away from the Tatar camp, and the scouts sent out completely probed the edge of the camp.

"Zhang Qi, how is the situation in the Tatar camp for scouts?"

"Returning to General Li, the army of the Tile Spur Department has already fought a fierce battle with the Tatar Department, and the situation on the battlefield is chaotic and the scouts cannot find out the specific results."

"The order goes down, and the whole army must speed up, and must arrive at the station within two hours!"

Fifty miles, two hours, under normal circumstances, the cavalry troops can easily do it. But the problem is that after two days and nights of forced marching, the whole army is in a state of fatigue, and it is necessary to consider armor piercing and preparation before arriving at the battlefield, and two hours is far from enough.

"Boss, the brothers are tired from marching for days, isn't it too tight for two hours?"

"This is a military order!"

Li Da did not engage in any bargaining with Zhang Qi, he knew that with the current morale and combat strength of the Tatar Army, he might already be defeated if he delayed for an additional hour. At that time, with 10,000 people in the vanguard of the reinforcement army, it will be impossible to resist the Tile Spur army alone, even if all the subsequent 20,000 people join the station, it is still not the opponent of the Taishi first.

Whether they wanted it or not, the Tatar troops and horses could not be defeated before the arrival of the Ming army, and only if the two sides fought together could they repel the Tile Spur army.

It can only be said that a war of this scale is beyond the limit of the ability of a single Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and it requires a large-scale deployment of troops by the imperial court to influence the situation of the war, and now Li Da can do everything he can to turn the tide!