Under the seemingly simple but actually sharp-shooting alienation plan, the situation in Ningxia City became very dramatic.
The news of Kuai Chengen's mobilization of troops was immediately known to Tu Wenxiu, who was Kuai Bai's close confidant. Since Tu Wenxiu's mansion was close to Kuai Chengen's, and he also had a good relationship with Kuai Chengen, so
He did not go to Kuai Bai first, but directly went to Kuai Chengen to inquire about the situation.
Wei Cheng'en didn't know that Tu Wenxiu had previously had the idea of forming his own group. When an old friend came to visit, he revealed the plan without saying a word and encouraged Tu Wenxiu to join him.
Just imagine, how could Tu Wenxiu, a person like Tu Wenxiu, who had begun to consider his own options when the situation was still unclear, still have the confidence to continue hanging on this tree when the rebels are trapped in Ningxia?
After hearing that Gao Jingshi not only promised to give Kuai Bai and his son a way out of life, but also promised to stay in Ningxia forever, he couldn't help but agree to work with Kuai Cheng'en on the spot.
The reason why Tu Wenxiu was so happy was not just because Gao Pragmatic had excellent reputation, but because he thought he saw the reason why Gao Pragmatic did what he did. What was the reason? The court was short of money, and it was a big and urgent shortage.
Regarding this point, in fact, he had already figured it out on the way back to Ningxia. The reason is not complicated, and there are many clues to see it.
First of all, the amount of troops Gao pragmatic mobilized when he sent out troops this time was abnormal. Excluding Liaodong, there were nearly 700,000 troops around the capital of the Ming Dynasty. However, facing the critical situation of the chaos in the northwest, Gao pragmatically only brought more than 30,000 troops.
There were less than 40,000 men and horses to go on the expedition. This was not the consistent behavior of the imperial court. The most likely reason was that the imperial court had no money, so it did not dare to mobilize too many troops.
Secondly, Gao Pragmatic's style of play this time is also different from his past style. According to his past style, he is actually a very cautious person, and insists that "a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall", let alone charging into battle.
He will definitely not do anything. Even if there is only a slight danger on the front line, he himself will not show up and will only stay in the rear to coordinate and command.
But this time he actually put himself in danger and led his army to wander around the Hetao to lure Boshu Ketu to the bait. This is very abnormal. Although Boshu Ketu has been defeated now, you must know that fighting in the wilderness
, no one dares to say that they will be able to defeat the Mongols. Even if the fighting power is obviously superior, the Mongols can still run away if they can't fight. This kind of thing always happened to Chengzu when he made the Five Expeditions to Mobei, so although the Five Expeditions of Mobei seemed to swallow up the mountains and rivers,
, in fact, they couldn’t really do anything to the Mongols.
Gao Pangshi's headquarters is also dominated by infantry, and it will definitely not be able to outrun the Mongols. It means that if you win, you may not gain much, and if you lose, you will almost be killed. However, even under such a situation,
He is still willing to use himself as bait to catch the big fish Boshuketu, and the reason is obvious: he is very eager to capture Boshuketu in one fell swoop and force the Ordos Ministry to withdraw from the war.
But there is a more hidden problem here: So what if the high pragmatism ignores Boshu Ketu?
Boshu Ketu's troops are cavalry, and they have no means of siege. Since the Ming Dynasty does not lack troops, as long as Gao Pragmatic has money and food, he can ignore Boshu Ketu and directly mobilize several armies.
When Ningxia was besieged, Boshu Ketu had no good way to deal with it. He could only stare at the more than 100,000 Ming troops under the city.
However, Gao Pragmatic chose the most unnecessary battle. Not only did he personally act as bait, but he even used his personal relationships to mobilize Tuotuo to come (this was Tu Wenxiu's personal judgment, and the reason was that Tu Wenxiu's tribute conditions at that time were too low for Tuo Tuo to come).
Mert did not bear the obligation to help the Ming Dynasty fight). Not satisfied with this, Gao Pragmatic also drew Ilduzi over in order to quickly defeat Boshu Ketu and let the Ordos Department withdraw from the war as soon as possible.
Why do you do this? There may be more than one reason. For example, fear of Tumen Khan's intervention may be one of them. However, Tu Wenxiu believes that the biggest reason why Gao Pragmatic did this is not because he is worried about Tumen Khan, but because he knows that Ming Dynasty cannot afford a war.
The protracted war that besieged Ningxia for a long time.
If Ningxia is regarded as Luoyang, which was besieged by Li Shimin in the late Sui Dynasty, then Boshu Ketu is actually equivalent to Dou Jiande. As long as this "Dou Jiande" is still outside and ready to rescue, "Wang Shichong" in "Luoyang" city will have the confidence to continue
If they stick to it, "Wang Shichong"'s men will not have their own ideas out of despair.
In other words, as long as Boshu Ketu's elite troops are still wandering around, Ningxia City will have the confidence to hold on. However, when Gao Pragmatic came to Ningxia this time, it was obvious that he did not have enough artillery, so he could only choose to besieged for a long time.
Therefore, Gao's pragmatic choice was actually the same as Li Shimin's, treating the Hurihuliang ambush battle as the battle of Hulao Pass, first getting rid of the strong reinforcements, and then forcing surrender with victory!
Judging from the situation in Ningxia City, Tu Wenxiu had to admit that Gao Pragmatic's move was indeed very effective.
A military wizard in later generations of China once proposed in his writings, "Whether you win or lose, just don't make peace with it." This view is very suitable for a country with a vast territory like China, but the Kuaibai rebels in Ningxia obviously cannot do it.
They don't have the conditions to "trade space for time", let alone such a far-sighted strategic vision.
Therefore, when Boshu Ketu, the reinforcement they had placed high hopes on, failed, the Ningxia rebels' courage to fight against the imperial court had actually disappeared long ago under the pressure of the official army and the encirclement from all sides.
However, for Tu Wenxiu at this moment, understanding Gao Pragmatic's hidden worries no longer has much meaning. The only function is to make him believe that Gao Pragmatic's promise should be true: a long-term siege may lead to more troubles, then
Of course, the matter in Ningxia should be settled as soon as possible. Forced surrender is the best option. As for giving such generous conditions to Yu Kuaibai and his son, it is just an accessory.
After all, from Tu Wenxiu's point of view, handing over Ningxia to Yijiayong Town has nothing to do with his high pragmatism. He is a civilian official. As long as he retains the governors of the three sides and the governor of Ningxia, it doesn't matter who becomes the commander-in-chief of Ningxia.
The commander-in-chief has to listen to the governor and governor - unless you rebel again, but that is already someone else's business and cannot be blamed on his pragmatism.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Since it was determined that Gao Pragmatic was sincerely persuading to surrender, Tu Wenxiu was no longer polite. When he returned to the mansion, he began to take active actions, deploying troops and generals to prepare to cooperate with Yi Chengen against Feiqi.
The generals in the direct line of the family took action.
However, Tu Wenxiu was careless this time. He didn't know that when he went to Pinglu City, "Ningxia Commander-in-Chief" Liu Dongyang took the opportunity to quietly install a spy in his house. At this time, Tu Wenxiu's every move, Liu Dongyang only needed half a
You can know it clearly by the hour.
As the first of the "Four Battalions" who rebelled with Kuaibai at that time, Liu Dongyang had a deep foundation in Ningxia, otherwise he would not have been appointed as the "General Soldier of Ningxia" by Kuaibai - you must know that Kuaibai's rebels were originally
He only controlled one Ningxia town. Liu Dongyang's status and strength were second only to Kuaibai among the rebels.
Not only did Liu Dongyang discover the unusual changes in Tu Wenxiu, he also quickly discovered the unusual changes in Chi Chengen. Moreover, Zhou Zhe was right. Gao Pragmatic sent more than one lobbyist, and Liu Dongyang also had one, and Liu Dongyang was also moved by what he said.
Heartbroken.
At this moment, Liu Dongyang discovered that Tu Wenxiu and Tu Wenxiu really did not miss their old friendship, so they would not be polite and immediately mobilized troops to kill Tu Wenxiu's house.
At this time, Tu Wenxiu was still mobilizing troops, and there was not much defense in the house. More than 200 servants and the whole family, including himself, were quickly killed to death, and Tu Wenxiu's head was also cut off by Liu Dongyang.
It's gone, and only the regret of "unfulfilled ambition" will linger forever.
At this time, Cai Chengen also took action, but his "division of labor" was different from that of Tu Wenxiu, so he killed Xu Chao's house first. Xu Chao had just received urgent information from Liu Dongyang at this time, because
He didn't have many soldiers at his residence, so he happened to be on his way to the military camp, and was blocked by Kuai Chengen.
There is nothing to say about the result. Xu Chao was hacked to death on the spot. Kuai Chengen stepped forward and cut off his head, which was so severe that his face could only be vaguely distinguished. He ordered the man to hang it high on the city tower, and at the same time, he went to Liu Dongyang.
Go in the direction you are in.
A fierce fight broke out between Kuai Chengen's troops and Liu Dongyang's troops. They fought back and forth for nearly two hours. In the end, the Cangtou army of the Kuai family was more powerful and defeated Liu Dongyang's troops. Kuai Chengen followed suit and defeated Liu Dongyang's troops.
Liu Dongyang's head was also hung on the tower, and then he sent people out of the city to find Gao Pragmatic to discuss the matter of surrender - of course, the rhetoric was not surrender, but reform.
The negotiations between the two armies will not be discussed for the time being, because on the day when civil strife broke out in the city of Ningxia, there were other major events that happened elsewhere that must be mentioned.
On this day, Tumen sent troops.
However, Tumen's direction of sending troops may have surprised everyone. He neither sent troops to conquer Tumote westward nor took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's financial difficulties to pull out the nail in Daning City.
The Eastern Expedition was launched inexplicably, and the target of the Eastern Expedition was even more strange, it turned out to be the Ye He tribe.
This is so strange. When did the Mongols become interested in the Yehe tribe to which the Haixi Jurchens belonged?
But don't worry, Tumen Khan was not the only one to launch the war on the same day, there was also a Jurchen leader who had been very high-spirited recently - Nurhaci.
On this day, Nurhaci also launched a war, targeting the Hada tribe. The reason he launched the war was that Menggebulu was responsible for the death of his father-in-law, Nurhaci.
Ah, this...didn't you kill your father-in-law yourself? Why is it Meng Gebulu's turn to be responsible?
However, Nurhaci has always been a very reasonable person, and his method of reasoning is mainly to make the other party unable to reason, so this matter is easy to handle: just kill him, dead people cannot be reasoned with.
Tumen and Nurhaci raised troops together. This is obviously not a coincidence. Yes, this incident is part of Burihatu's grand strategy.
According to Burihatu's idea, or what he said to Nurhachi, Ye He had already formed a deadly feud with the Jianzhou Zuowei because of the deaths of Qing Jiali and Yang Jiniao, and they would have to fight each other sooner or later in the future. Now
The reason why there is no movement from Ye He's side is simply that Ye He has not recovered from the last loss. Once they regain their strength, the first target to be operated on will definitely be you, Nurhachi.
The reason is obvious: let Ye He seek revenge against the Ming Dynasty, even if they are ten brave men, they would not dare to do so. The only person they dare to make plans for is you, Nurhaci. As for why he did not seek revenge from Hada, the reason is the same:
Hada was originally a puppet introduced by the Ming Dynasty. What's the difference between beating Hada and beating the Ming Dynasty? If you beat someone's son, his father won't beat you?
But this alone is not enough to convince Nurhachi, because Nurhachi also knows that he has just been warned by Gao Pragmatic. Although he quickly withdrew his troops after receiving the letter, his previous actions may have left a bad impression on Gao Pragmatic.
My impression is that it's best to be nice at this moment and don't jump out and cause trouble.
However, Burihatu's envoy told Nurhachi that Mongolia and Jianzhou joined forces to attack Yehe, and Hada had greater benefits, which were trade routes.
As long as Chahar defeated and annexed Yehe, and Nurhaci defeated and annexed Hada, then the trade routes for Liaodong's specialties would be monopolized by both of them. Without them, the Ming Dynasty would no longer be able to obtain goods from Liaodong.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is short of money, it will definitely not want to cut off the Liaodong trade route. By then, Mongolia and Jianzhou will no longer have to rush to beg the Ming Dynasty to open tribute markets as they did in the past. Instead, it will be the Ming Dynasty's turn to rush to trade with them.
As for how to distribute the benefits of this trade route, Burihatu did not bully others and deliberately treated Nurhaci harshly. He said that in principle, Chahar could monopolize the antler and fur trade, while Jianzhou mainly monopolized the ginseng trade - that is, the Mongolians
The nearby "Beiguan" has a deer antler and fur market, and the "Nanguan" near Jianzhou has a ginseng market.
Under this situation, even if the Mongolians have ginseng, they still have to go to Nanguan to trade, while the Jurchens have deer antlers and furs, and they have to go to Beiguan to trade.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although it seems that the Mongols have mastered the two trades of deer antlers and furs, because deer antlers and furs did not form a complete monopoly on the Ming Dynasty, the profits are no better than the almost complete monopoly.
Ginseng is very high, so this idea is generally fair to Nurhachi, and Nurhachi is completely able to accept it from the bottom of his heart.
But Nurhaci also has other worries, that is, once the Ming Dynasty comes back to his senses, what will happen if Gao Pragmatic comes to crusade?
Nurhaci is really afraid of Gao Jingshi. Whether in terms of intelligence or strength, Nurhachi now has an obvious fear of Gao Jingshi. This was when Gao Jingshi made the original plan to kill Ye He Erbeile.
formed, and this fear is now even worse than his fear of Li Chengliang.
However, Burihatu gave a comfort and promise. His envoy told Nurhachi that the Ming Dynasty was currently in chaos in the northwest, and it would take time to recover even after it was pacified. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's primary enemy was always Mongolia, to be precise, their Mongolian left wing.
Since the Mongolian left wing also launched an attack on Ye He, even if the Ming Dynasty wants to retaliate in the future, it will definitely go to them first, and it will never go to Nurhaci first.
And once that time comes, even if you, Nurhachi, go to the Ming Dynasty to surrender, I, Mongolia, will not blame you. Presumably, at that time, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty not to accept your surrender, so what do you have to worry about?
After hearing this, Nurhaci felt that it was reasonable, and he was really itchy about controlling the trade routes proposed by Burihatu, so he agreed. As for why the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to seek trade with them, he didn't have much hope, and he also knew that even if it really happened
Then one day, it must be that Ming Dynasty found that it could not defeat them and restored Ye He and Hada before they appeared. It is too early to think about that now.
What we should do now is to take advantage of the chaos in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty and conquer Ye He and Hada first!
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