Chapter 131: Make a Choice
The leaders of the Shunyi tribe of Mongolia are discussing politics.
Wang Mingzhao, the city lord of Shunyi City, was sitting with a solemn expression.
And the representatives of the Mongolian nobility under his command expressed their current choices and opinions.
Blantu said: "Khan, we don't have many options these days. ”
"If we continue to rely on the Ming Dynasty, we will only become Hazir's old enemy."
"That guy Hazir is extremely ambitious, and he has the full support of Jiannu, and now Jiannu Dorgon's army of 50,000 has not moved."
"And we, the sergeants under our command can't even deal with Hazir."
"Coupled with the sudden change in the current situation, the first military town in the north of the Ming Dynasty has completely fallen in half a month, Hazier used troops to show his strength to the whole world, and also revealed the true strength of the Ming Dynasty."
"Now that the Ming Dynasty has become so weak, we don't need to serve them anymore, but turn our heads to support Hazier, so that we can also preserve our influence and power in the grassland!"
Blantu's voice just fell.
Another nobleman also nodded and agreed: "Blantu is right, Khan, it's time for us to draw a line with the Ming Dynasty, and Dolgon still has 50,000 elite iron horsemen who have not been dispatched." ”
"In addition, Huang Taiji has already put forward conditions for us, and now as long as we join forces with Hazier to seek the northwest region of the Ming Dynasty, then Huang Taiji is willing to give us material support, so that we can restore the peak glory of our ancestor Genghis Khan!"
The major nobles in the account expressed their opinions.
The reason was that Huang Taiji sent them a letter.
Now Wang Mingzhao fell into deep thought.
He's really wavering.
In his opinion, Huang Taiji's move is a blank check.
Now not to mention his Shunyi City, even if the entire divided Mongolian tribe is in an obvious weakness in the competition with Jiannu.
Now Huang Taiji is clearly instigating them to meet with the Ming sword soldiers.
In fact, I can't wait for him and Hazir to die in battle.
This is why he will accept the vast northwest grassland without blood.
Wang Mingzhao, the city lord of Shunyi City, does not call this name himself.
His name was given to him by the Ming Dynasty, and he was made the king of Shunyi.
He is also one of the few kings with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty.
In the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the then Mongolian Altan Khan waved his army south to attack the Great Song Dynasty.
The Mongols and the Ming Dynasty negotiated peace in Beijing.
and canonized the king of Shunyi.
Decades have passed since then.
Today's Wang Mingzhao is the grandson of Altan Khan.
From the perspective of friendship, he wants to stand on the same line with Daming.
After all, there is an inseparable hatred between the Khitan people in Mongolia and the Jurchen people in Jiannu.
Whether it is the destruction of the Great Liao in history.
Or the Mongols destroyed Dajin.
They are all national enemies that are not weaker than Jingkang's shame.
It is precisely because of this that tribal leaders like Wang Mingzhao and Gegemu chose to stand as the Ming Dynasty.
However, things are different these days.
Even if you want to be pro-Ming, you have to ensure that you don't lose yourself.
However, this time, the Ming Dynasty, known as the head of the nine sides, Datong Town, was quickly captured.
directly cut off Wang Mingzhao's confidence and courage to continue to be friendly with the Ming Dynasty.
The border army of the Ming Dynasty was beaten like this by Hazier.
directly let Wang Mingzhao's department see the true essence of the Ming Dynasty.
It also made the nobles in the ministry who didn't want to be friends with Daming jump out.
Wang Mingzhao was depressed.
Even if you rely on Datong Fifty or Twenty Fort in the Ming Dynasty to hold out for another three months.
The situation has improved.
In fact, these people all feel that Hazier's trouble with Daming is asking for their own hardships.
He even felt that Hazier's 40,000 people would be wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.
After all, Daming confronted Huang Taiji on the Liaodong side for a month.
Huang Taiji lost an elite army.
However, there are some things that really can't be compared.
Hazir effortlessly occupied fifty-two fortresses in Datong.
Hazier directly looted all Datong's military supplies and property.
Such a windfall has made many Mongolian nobles and bigwigs red-eyed.
For example, a nobleman like Blantu under Wang Mingzhao's command had six or seven thousand soldiers in his own clan.
There are more than 10,000 war horses.
With a casual wave of your arm, you can build six or seven thousand iron horses.
It can be said that his strength is stronger than that of Zarbach under Hazir.
But Balzac was conquering the city one after another, and he was drinking mare's milk wine here.
Such a contrast is naturally difficult for him to accept.
That's why I gave Wang Mingzhao a suggestion.
His words still have a pivotal position in Shunyi City.
As for the nobleman who echoed Brando's suggestion, he was also a big hand.
His name is Tuoba Hengbu, and the leather cavalry under his command can reach more than 10,000 people.
In terms of war strength, he is slightly stronger than Brando.
Tuoba Hengbu found that Wang Mingzhao was undecided, so he continued: "After the fight, I heard that many khans on the grassland plan to support Hazir as the lord of the grassland. ”
"Now many migratory herders say that Hazir is the grace of immortality and the eagle of the steppe people."
From the chaotic ministers and thieves who everyone spurned and everyone shouted and beat before, he has become an eagle!
Hazir would never have dreamed that he would capture the border town of Daming.
The steppe tribes in the rear began to submit to him.
Wang Mingzhao saw through Tuoba Hengbu and Blantu's thoughts, and did not refuse on the surface, but said intriguingly.
"Have you heard? Last month in Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty beheaded 40,000 troops of Ge Yan, a general under the command of Huang Taiji, and the remaining survivors are still crazy, and the Ming army in that battle fought Tianwei. ”
Tuoba Hengbu shook his head and said, "Khan, even if Liaodong wins, what then? The old man heard some gossip that the reason why the Ming army captured 40,000 was because of the sneak attack and the surprise of killing Ge Yan. ”
"When it comes to the field battle, it should be the Ming army that is beheaded."
"Besides, the affairs of Liaodong are not comparable to those in the northwest."
"Let's just say this time, who would have thought that Datong Town, which was praised by the Ming Dynasty as the first in the nine sides, would become Hazier's ranch surrounded by 100,000 defenders, the Northwest Great Wall, and the Fifty-two Forts?"
"After all, the Ming Dynasty has not fallen behind in the defense of the northwest over the years."
"Let's just say that the Ming army is so weak, how can it turn around?"
At this time, Blantu, who was standing on the other side, also said: "In my opinion, the entire northwest border town of the Ming Dynasty is about to fall!" ”
"If we don't make a move at this time, we won't have a chance later."
"On the contrary, if you join Hazier at this time, you will be able to share with him the economic and strategic rights of the Shanxi region of the Ming Dynasty."
"That kind of income is far from what we can get from hiding in the grasslands and migrating back and forth."
"Yes, I'm in favor of it."
"I think what Elder Blantu said to Elder Tuoba makes sense, the Han people have a good saying, people don't kill the heavens and the earth for their own sake."