Lin Danhan was extremely angry at this time. He repeatedly told Tuo Caspian not to act without authorization, but he didn't listen to a word!
Nearly three thousand Mongolian warriors suffered casualties in World War I. That was not a small number. Even he, the Great Khan, felt heartbroken after hearing this!
"What did Ben Khan tell you before sending troops?"
"My servant made a mistake in judgment and underestimated the enemy. Please punish me!"
Lin Danhan said coldly:
"Let's talk about it after this battle. I hope you won't disappoint me again!"
Tuolihai knew that the Great Khan was protecting him, and gave him another chance to atone for his sins, and replied:
"Thank you Khan!"
"But the slave is not without gains. The slave has figured out the routes of the two armies of the Ming army!"
But Lin Danhan said calmly:
"I already know the movements of the Ming army. Your two scouts can't find you and have already reported it to me!"
"Tell me about the Ming army you met in Chengde!"
Next, Tuo Lihai told Lin Danhan the entire story of that battle in detail, including how he was fooled and how he lost. He told Lin Danhan everything without hiding anything.
"Are you saying that the Ming army in Chengde is not a frontier army but a Beijing army?"
Lin Danhan asked with a frown.
"Yes, Khan. The firearms, equipment and tactics they use are all different from those of the frontier army. Their firearms are more terrifying than those of the frontier army, and they also have artillery!"
Lin Danhan was very confused. He knew that the artillery of the Ming army, whether it was the Hongyi cannon or those general cannons, were heavy and difficult to move.
How did the Ming army bring these artillery to the grassland all the way? And it seems that their marching speed is not very slow. What is going on?
Zhu Youxiao's newly developed bronze artillery was kept strictly confidential. Only the people in the arsenal and the sergeants of the Shenji Battalion knew about it. Even Wang Xiangqian didn't know about it. Naturally, Lin Danhan didn't know about the existence of lighter artillery in the Ming army.
According to his past knowledge, weren't the artillery pieces of the Ming army always placed on top of the city to defend the city? Why are they still being used now?
"So how does the combat effectiveness of this Ming army compare to those of the border troops?"
Tuolihai said flatteringly:
"Judging from the slaves, they are very capable, especially the slaves who have never seen before. These people are holding heavy swords and wearing heavy armor. They are very similar to the white-armored soldiers of Jianzhou. In the battle that day, these soldiers clearly
The army is unstoppable!"
Heavy armored soldiers? When did the Ming army have heavy armored soldiers? Jianzhou's white armored soldiers left a great shadow on Lin Dan Khan. The crossbows that their Mongolian warriors were best at were useless and indestructible. If the same was true for these Ming armies
, that would be really troublesome.
Lin Danhan asked again:
"How many people are there in this Ming army?"
Tuo Lihai rolled his eyes and said:
"No less than fifty thousand!"
In fact, he didn't know exactly how many people there were in the Ming army, but there were definitely ten or twenty thousand, but he didn't dare to tell the truth.
The gap between 20,000 and 50,000 is quite big. It can at least prove that he defeated more with less, and it was considered an honor to lose.
But if he was defeated by the same number of Ming troops, then he would be ridiculed by other leaders, and where would he put his face?
More importantly, he must not let the Great Khan underestimate himself.
"Your detective cavalry came to report that Xuanda's troops and horses also numbered 50,000. The young emperor of the Ming Dynasty appointed a cabinet minister as the commander-in-chief. It seems that we have already figured out all the details of the Ming army."
Lin Dan Khan then summoned the leaders of various ministries to come forward and said:
"Now the situation is very clear. The Ming army in Chengde is the elite Beijing army of the young emperor, and the Ming army in Zhangjiakou is the frontier army of Datong, Xuanfu. Each army has 50,000 troops!"
"It's just that I don't know whether the little emperor has escaped from isolation, but I think that if he has escaped from isolation, he must be on the way to Chengde. What do you think?"
One of the leaders looked at the others and said:
"I think so too. The little emperor has such a big battle, and he has personally conquered and pledged his loyalty. I think he will definitely not shrink inside the Great Wall. Such a young and energetic person must want to enjoy commanding thousands of troops.
Felt!"
"Great Khan, send your troops now, I can't wait to see the little emperor!"
The others laughed loudly after hearing this, as if Zhu Youxiao was already in their grasp.
Lin Dan Khan was the Great Khan after all, and his vision and ideas were definitely not comparable to those of these leaders. He said worriedly:
"But the Ming army in Chengde is not weak. They are not weak sheep, but ferocious wolves. Moreover, these wolves have just won a big victory, so they may not be easy to deal with!"
"The Great Khan thinks too much. No matter how ferocious these jackals are, can they still escape from the tigers?"
"That's right, the Great Khan has too high a view of the Ming army. In the past ten years, the Ming army has suffered repeated defeats. They didn't even win a decent victory in Liaodong. Which time did they not suffer heavy losses from Nurhaci?"
"If the little emperor's soldiers were so powerful, why weren't they sent to Liaodong to pacify Nurhaci? Don't let the Great Khan be misled by the incompetence of some people!"
The leader said insinuatingly.
Who among the people present doesn’t know who this certain person is? Isn’t it Tuo Caspian who just returned from a defeated battle?
But Tuo Lihai couldn't help it even if he was so angry that he couldn't refute it at all because this was a fact. On the grassland, it was the jungle of the jungle, and everything had to be based on strength.
"Okay, now is not the time to accuse, let's think about how to defeat the Ming army and capture the Ming Emperor!"
"Khan, I have an idea!"
"Oh? Tell me!"
"Since the Ming army in Chengde is not weak, even if we can defeat them, we will probably suffer heavy losses. Why don't we let them continue to penetrate deeper? They can't always be in Chengde, right?"
"Everyone knows what the Ming Dynasty's border troops are like. Let's not talk about whether they have 50,000 troops. Even if they do, I, the Mongolian cavalry, can defeat them with a single charge!"
"After we defeat this Ming army, isn't the little emperor's army alone? If they continue to go north, they will have no city to rely on. On the plains, I, the Mongolian cavalry, have an absolute advantage!"
Lin Dan Khan and other leaders also thought this was a good idea. Seeing that no one had any objections, Lin Dan Khan immediately adopted this suggestion.
"Okay, then follow your method. This Ming army from Xuanda is not far from us. It should be a hundred or two hundred miles away from here. Send detective cavalry immediately to find their location!"
"yes!"
The reason why Lin Danhan took this suggestion was because he was really worried. He knew the Caspian Sea very well, and his ability to lead troops was definitely not bad.
Moreover, although there was a possibility of exaggerating the Ming army's accusation when he just reported it, at least the strength of this Ming army was not too bad and should be much stronger than the border army.