As night fell, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and it fell from the sky, and the sky and the earth were silent, the snow and fog were boundless, and the snow on the ground had already submerged the instep, and the earth became white.

In the study, Emperor Tianyou stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and stared at the sky, silent for a long time, and before a stick of incense, Jinyiwei sent a secret report, which was transmitted by the secret agent of Nanzhen Fusi lurking in the Mobei grassland at the cost of his life, and the news of the death of the leader of the Wara tribe, A faux rude, shocked him extremely much.

Forty-one years ago, Wara controlled the entire Guanwai land, at its peak had more than 500,000 elite cavalry, Wuzong Dynasty often buckled the border to the south, wantonly plundered Datong, Xuanfu and other places, but also broke through Datong Town, forty years ago, although the Hetao War collapsed the Beijing camp 150,000 elites, but also led to the division of Warat, A's disrespectful father died of illness soon after he returned.

The son inherited his father's business, and after inheriting the throne of Khan, he raised troops to the south, and 300,000 cavalry attacked the Ming Dynasty from Xifengkou, plundering 110,000 people and animals and a large number of materials, that year, Emperor Tianyou had just ascended the throne.

I didn't expect that Ah Shili would die on the bank of the Zabkhan River, at this moment, Emperor Zhu Qinde of God had a kind of joy of revenge in his heart, and there was a kind of melancholy about the death of his opponent.

On the night of November 28, Zhu Houze, the leader of the Yellow Hat Department, led the troops to raid the Khan's garrison, and killed Ah Shili in the king's tent, and then summoned the tribal leaders to the Khan's residence in the name of A's rude, and killed all A's cronies on the spot, washed the entire royal family in blood, and controlled the entire Warat Department by iron-blooded means.

Zhu Houze is the descendant of the child born to Yingzong and his first sister, which made Emperor Tianyou feel the crisis, he is very clear about the various complex and dangerous situations he is facing, which can be described as internal and external troubles, the court situation seems to be calm, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent, and the killing machine is lurking, he knows that the civil officials have always had a big plan to seize the heir, but unfortunately they had to give up because of the battle of Xuanfu, and the Xungui military returned with a big victory, temporarily suppressed them.

However, the civil officials will not give up so easily, which is why he will push some nobles to the camp of the king of Shu, and if there are factions, there will be fights, which will restrain their energy and make them unable to deal with the king of Liang with all their strength, so that there may be a balanced situation in the court.

The grassland people have always dreamed of re-entering the Central Plains and establishing a new dynasty ruled by the grassland people, they stared greedily at the Ming Dynasty, like a vicious wolf hidden in the depths of the grassland, when the Ming fell into weakness, they would not hesitate to send troops, especially the leader of the grassland regime turned out to be Zhu Ming's royal blood.

Now the most worrying thing for Emperor Tianyou is whether Zhu Houze will take advantage of the weakness of the Tatars to attack the Tatar Khan, the Tatars suffered heavy losses in this war, and most of the elite cavalry were all lost in Xuanfu, with the current strength of Zhu Houze, Bayan Khan may really not be able to withstand his surprise attack.

Once Zhu Houze kills Bayan Khan and annexes the Tatar tribes, the steppe will usher in a new overlord, the actions of the various tribes will be uniformly deployed, and Zhu Houze will be able to coordinate the overall situation, which is the most terrifying place.

This is the cruel reality, the unified grassland will make the Ming Dynasty unable to breathe for a moment, at any time to guard against hundreds of thousands of cavalry to the south, as a result, the imperial court has to expand the army, heavy troops to defend the towns on the nine sides, which is financially stretched for the Ming Dynasty, is undoubtedly a disaster, heavy military pay can drag the Ming Dynasty down.

Thinking of this, Emperor Tianyou turned around and asked Dai Quan, "Do you say that the Warat people can kill from the Zabhan River to the loss of temperature in Hulan?" ”

"A snowstorm swept the grasslands, according to the records of recent years, this snowstorm will not stop for ten days and a half months, and sending troops at this time is tantamount to sending troops to death."

Dai Quan thought for a moment and replied cautiously.

Emperor Tianyou nodded, Dai Quan made a lot of sense, but he was still a little worried, pondered for a moment, and said: "Send spies to the grassland immediately to inquire about information, and at a critical moment, you can send the information of the Warat people to the Tatars." ”

Dai Quan was stunned, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"A unified grassland is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, Xuanfu was defeated in one battle, but let this Zhu Houze pick up the cheap, the court will not be able to free up for a while, and I am worried that the Tatars will not be able to withstand Zhu Houze's surprise attack, so I will tell them the news, so that they can be prepared, even if they can't defeat Zhu Houze, they will lose both."

"But will Bayan Khan believe us?"

Emperor Tianyou was silent, Dai Quan saw it in his eyes, he was thoughtful, and cautiously probed: "Duoyan Sanwei has already hid in the mountains in order to avoid the Jizhou cavalry, and the spies have already detected their traces, so they will use troops in the future." ”

Emperor Tianyou woke up from his contemplation, glanced at Dai Quan, and waved his hand: "This is a villain who sees the wind and rudder, and it is not credible." ”

"The old slave understands!"

Dai Quan suddenly understood what Emperor Tianyou meant, and he suggested that Duoyan Sanwei be driven to the territory of the Tatars to enhance the power of the Tatars, but Emperor Tianyou was right, this is a group of villains who see the wind and rudder, once the Tatars and the Warats start a war, they are likely to raid the Tatars at a critical moment, which is very likely.

Emperor Tianyou sighed softly, "Speaking of which, it is still because of the lack of troops in Gyeonggi, if it weren't for this, after the beginning of spring after the year, we could send troops north to attack Warat, but it's a pity that ....."

"Your Majesty don't worry, even if Warat raids the Tatars, the other party will not get a bargain, Bayan Khan is not a simple person, both sides will definitely lose, take a step back, even if Bayan Khan is caught off guard and suffers heavy losses, it will not be annexed by the Warats, so that the contradictions between the two sides can only accumulate deeper and deeper, which is very beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, as long as we take the opportunity to recuperate, as soon as the time comes, we can wave our troops to the north, in one fell swoop, and realize the unrealized ambitions of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty!"

"You're right."

Dai Quan's persuasion made Emperor Tianyou feel a little at ease, and said with a slight smile: "You let people stare at Duoyan to death, I must keep abreast of their movements at any time, the Xuanfu Battle Imperial Court has captured nearly 100,000 war horses, and it is time to form cavalry on a large scale, and when the time comes, I will use them to practice." ”

"Your Majesty, Shousuke is here."

At this time, the sound of the small yellow door came from outside the hall.

"Come in, please!"

.........

Dai Quan was right, another overwhelming snowstorm swept the grassland, starting from the third day of the lunar month, the snowstorm raged for seven days and seven nights before weakening, when the first ray of sunshine appeared on the grassland on the morning of the tenth day of the lunar month in the 40th year of Tianyou, a large army appeared less than five miles southwest of the 30,000 Tatar left wing garrison in the lower reaches of the Aruhun River, and a Varat cavalry of about 50,000 people swooped down towards the unprepared Tatar left wing 30,000 garrison with lightning speed.

The main force of Warat arrived on the bank of the Aruhun River last night, after a night's rest, Zhu Houze personally led the army to the Tatar camp, Zhu Houze is fifty-five years old this year, he received Han culture education since he was a child, deeply affected, when he took over the power of the Yellow Hat Department at the age of fourteen, he sent a messenger to Shenjing to meet Emperor Wuzong, pleaded to be attached, and told Emperor Wuzong that there was a jade seal in the hands of the Warat people, in order to be able to return to the Ming Dynasty smoothly, he let people bribe the Ming cabinet officials at that time with heavy gifts.

However, he never thought that he would become a pawn in the hands of the civil officials and the Warat people, and he only learned about it afterwards, but unfortunately it was too late, with the cooperation of the civilian officials, the main cavalry of Warat raided the Beijing camp heading to the Hetao, and in that battle, the Beijing camp lost more than half of the 150,000 troops, and more than 30 generals were killed.

He also spent a lot of money to learn some inside information, when the old King Zhongshun betrayed Emperor Wuzong, and handed over the secret decree that should have been given to him to Wu Depei, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wu Depei found someone from nowhere to imitate his own handwriting and sent a letter back to the emperor, falsely claiming that he had stolen the jade seal of the country, and would lead the Yellow Hat Department to enter the customs through the Hetao area.

After this incident, Zhu Houze understood one thing, only the power in his hands can not be trusted!

Half a month ago, he got the news that the Ming, Warat, and Tatar were all defeated, which made him see the opportunity, so he immediately raised troops to raid the Abu Li, who had just led the remnants back to the Zabkhan River, and successfully killed him and mastered the entire Warat tribe, and then he overrode the public opinion, and personally led 50,000 elite horsemen to take advantage of the snowstorm to raid 30,000 households on the left wing of the Tatars.

Because he understands that although the Tatars also suffered serious losses in the battle of Xuanfu, the main force is still there, and Warat has injured the foundation, once Bayan Khan comes to his senses, he will definitely attack Warat and try to unify the entire steppe, however, this snowstorm has brought him an opportunity, of course, he will immediately return to the Zabkhan River with the spoils after raiding 30,000 households on the left flank, and he knows very well that his current strength cannot compete with the Tatars.

In the long procession, Zhu Houze took the lead and marched in front of the line, at this time, Bozit, the leader of the 30,000 households on the left wing, whispered: "King Khan, let's wait for the sentinel to come back and march." ”

Zhu Houze glanced at him and said, "There are less than two miles to the Tatar camp, and there is no point in waiting." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a horse suddenly galloped in the distance, and the cavalry immediately shouted loudly, "King Khan, I have just captured a Tatar herdsman, and confirmed that everything is normal in the Tatar camp, and everyone is still sleeping in the big tent. ”

Zhu Houze's heart fell, he looked back at Bozite, the leader of the 30,000 households on the left wing, who was dressed in armor, and said with a smile: "This battle will be handed over to you, your army may be competent?" ”

Bozit's gaze was as cruel as a wolf, staring viciously at the Tatar camp in the distance, slowly pulling out the scimitar at his waist, and replied categorically: "King Khan, don't worry! ”

Zhu Houze nodded, waved his hand coldly, and the low horn suddenly sounded.

"Kill!"

With a wave of his sword, Boziet took the lead in rushing out.

"Kill!"

The overwhelming Varat cavalry roared and launched an assault, and 20,000 left flank and 30,000 elite horsemen launched a fierce assault on the Tatars who were still asleep.

.......

On the 10th day of the 10th lunar month of the 40th year of Tianyou, Zhu Houze, the new leader of Warat, personally led 50,000 Warat Jing cavalry to raid 30,000 households on the left flank of Tatar under the cover of a blizzard, plundering 180,000 people and animals and a large number of supplies.