The news about the "fleeing Han people" was successfully transmitted back to the north bank of the Liaohe River, but it was not early when the news reached Tumen and Chaohua, almost at dawn.
The reason was that Tumen and Chaohua had already arrived near Hanjiawan, which was about a hundred miles north and east of Sanchahe Pier. The messenger sent by the left-behind part of the Mongolian army ran very fast for most of the night before catching up.
Picture them.
After receiving the news, Tumen was overjoyed. He looked up to the sky and laughed three times: "Okay, okay, okay! This is what the Han people often say. If you don't take the road to heaven, there will be no way to hell!"
Gao pragmatism, Gao pragmatism, even if you are as cunning as a fox, you will be captured by me this time, and you will be ripped off by cramps... Eh? Wait a minute, Burihatu, tell me, what will I do if I capture Gao pragmatism?
What is better? Kill this guy to relieve the hatred in my heart, or use him to find Emperor Mingren in exchange for some benefits? "
Burihatu looked hesitant and refused to speak for a long time.
Tumen Khan slowly frowned and asked: "What's wrong? Are there any problems in this battle?"
"That's not the case." Burihatu frowned and said: "As long as the other party has fallen into the trap, our Mongolian army's success in crossing the river should be certain. But even if we successfully cross the river, we will have to pass through the Sancha River from near Hanjiawan.
Dongsheng Fort, although there is not as many generals stationed here as Dongchang Fort, it is still an important part of the Liaodong Great Wall, and it may not be able to be taken down in one go...
Even if it comes down at once, there will still be a lot of time lost in the process. As long as the defenders of Dongsheng Fort are not stupid enough, they will definitely send someone to notify the Sancha River Pier. When the time comes, Gao Pragmatic will be protected by the cavalry under his hands.
Most likely he can escape. Besides, even if he doesn't escape by land and enters the river by boat, we won't be able to catch him. If that doesn't work, we can only look at the river and sigh."
Tumen was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then cursed bitterly: "These damn ships!" Then he sighed: "Originally, Ben Khan wanted to exchange Gao Pragmatic for you and Abu and the others..."
Burihatu was moved in his heart, but he couldn't say he was moved because he knew what Tumen was thinking. He didn't have much affection for the "descendants of Dayan Khan". He wanted to exchange high pragmatism for Xin Ai's only love.
The reason is just that Xin Ai has a lot to live in.
With Xin Ai in hand, Han Naji would have to worry about his "incorrect position", and there would be a crack in the relationship between him and Ming Dynasty.
Speaking of which, why didn't Daming have such thoughts in keeping Xin Ai in his hands? He just regarded Han Naji as a die-hard fan, and he believed that he could not betray Daming, and Daming had no chance to "use" Xin Ai when he was raising her.
On the contrary, if Daming really handed Xin Ai over to him, it would be really difficult - if he killed her, it would appear that he was narrow-minded; if he didn't kill her, he would still be a threat.
Tumen can naturally understand the relationship between this, so if given the opportunity, he would be happy to take Xin Ai and his son into his own hands.
In fact, the main reason why he attaches so much importance to Buri Hatu is that he feels that Buri Hatu's brain is indeed the best among his subordinates, but there is also another reason, that is, Buri Hatu is
Dear son.
Even if Xin Ai's son is not the eldest son, as long as his previous brothers are dead or "treasonous", he will still have the right to inherit Tumut.
But now Burihatu's statement shattered his dream, and he found that he had indeed thought too well.
As for Gao Pragmatic, judging from his performance during the Monan War, he was 100% greedy for life and afraid of death. Except for the fact that during the Battle of Shacheng, he relied on the indestructible Yuanzhongdu Old City to withstand a wave of
Besides, he has always been hiding behind the scenes and commanding, with no warrior spirit at all. It’s simply... Bah!
But they just lack the means to deal with Gao Pragmatic's style of play. To use a not-so-nice Chinese saying, it's like a dog bites a hedgehog and has nowhere to bite.
There was clearly a chance to defeat Gao Jingjing before him, but he was caught off guard, but he actually still had two ways to run, one of which was beyond the reach of Tumen. At this moment, Tumen felt that Gao Jingjing dared to go to Sanchahe Wharf in person to do it.
It's good because that place is more convenient to escape than Gaizhou.
"Forget it, let's let this go first." Seeing that Burihatu didn't speak, Tumen felt bored and said: "Let's cross the river first, break Dongsheng Fort and enter the south of the Great Wall." [Note: The Great Wall here is the Great Wall.
It is the eastern border wall of Ming and Liao Dynasties. However, this Great Wall was built to resist Mongolia. Later, it had basically no positive significance for Nurhachi. Instead, it facilitated the Jianzhou Tatars’ later war against Mongolia.]
Burihatu just nodded silently.
In fact, he felt a little uneasy after hearing that the pragmatic Gao was at the Sancha River dock, but he never figured out where the uneasiness came from, so he acted a little too silent.
Chaohua Taiji was open-minded and said with a smile: "Gao is pragmatic. If you can catch it, catch it. If you can't catch it, it's not a big deal. After all, the Sancha River Pier is close to Dongsheng Fort. As long as we cross the Liao River and break the Dongsheng Fort,
Shengbao, even if he can escape immediately, he will definitely be frightened out of courage, and he may have to retreat when he hears the great Khan's reputation in the future."
After all, Chaohua was someone who had never been severely beaten by Gao Jingjing. He had no personal experience with the kind of things Gao Jingjing showed in the Monan battle, so he said this very easily.
On the other hand, Tumen Great Khan himself felt that his face was not good, because the last time he fought against Gao Pragmatic, it was he, Zasak Tuhan, who escaped in the end.
Tumen casually dealt with it for a few words, and then a Mongolian scouting horse came to report back. In fact, it was not a "horse hunting". They took a newly assembled raft to the river to look at the forms on the other side. Maybe it should be called a exploring raft.
?
"Dahan, there are no Ming warships in the river, but the fog is too heavy and there is a river wind. Our raft is not easy to operate, so we did not go ashore. We came back to report the good news."
In late autumn in Liaodong, fog is common on the river, not to mention it is still the darkest hour before dawn. These Mongolians, who generally have poor water quality, are not willing to stay in the river for a long time, let alone go ashore to investigate. They must have taken a look at the other side.
The boat felt that everything was fine and could come back to announce the good news.
Burihatu felt something was wrong and said, "How could..."
Who knew that Tumen happened to speak at this moment and said with a smile: "It's fine if you don't have a boat. As long as you're not in the water, who will my Mongolian cavalry be afraid of?"
After hearing this, Chaohua nodded repeatedly and said proudly: "That's right, as long as I get to the other side, I hope that the Ming army will come up and die!"
Burihatu frowned, even a little unhappy, and said to himself: I thought that the Great Khan should make some progress by reading some books, but now it seems that it is far from enough. Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are the most important matter of the country, the place of life and death.
, the road to survival must be carefully observed. You don’t know what is going on on the other side, so you are so complacent and think you are invincible in land warfare. How can you be a commander? Speaking of invincibility, who won and who lost in the last battle in Monan
?
He looked solemn and was about to say something to stop him. Unexpectedly, after hearing what Chaohua said, the Tutu people were very satisfied and waved their hands: "Cross the river! This Khan will definitely plunder all Liaonan this time!"
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