Butashri's "other reason" is not difficult to guess: coach Erdemutu suffered a major blow from the Tumen army, and the loss must have been heavy, which seriously affected the balance of strength between the coach and his deputy after the war.
You know, except for a few people with high prestige, Mongolians have always spoken with strength. You, the coach, suffered a defeat and suffered heavy losses. You lost both your prestige and strength. Isn’t this moment an opportunity for me, the coach?
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However, this is actually just a superficial appearance. The deeper problem lies in the internal power structure of the "Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom" at this moment.
First of all, the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom itself are a "state" with some legal problems. It recognizes that it is part of Mongolia, and has never denied that the Mongolian left-wing Tumen Khan who controls the Chahar tribe is the Great Khan of all Mongolia.
- Pay attention to this "never denied": it is not affirmative, but it is not denied. This is an attitude with "fuzzy treatment".
At the same time, its "head of state" was "King Shunyi" rather than Chechen Khan. This is very important, which means that the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom had a higher-level "ruler" above their own head of state.
", that is, the Ming emperor who has the right to confer the title of "King Shunyi of the Jin Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty".
In other words, the national attribute of the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom should be the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty - we should also pay attention to the wording here: supposedly.
Based on the above two points, the Ming and Jin Kingdom actually had two "suzerain states", one was the Ming Empire and the other was the Mongol Khanate. However, the nature of the two suzerain states itself was also different.
Regarding the suzerainty of the "Mongol Khanate", it was mainly due to a kind of national mentality that made it difficult for the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom to directly deny it. In addition, because of national traditions and other reasons, the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom were enforcing the "Altan Khan Code".
"At the same time, the "Tumen Khan Code" was also implemented - selective implementation.
As for the suzerain state of the "Ming Empire", it was mainly due to economic dependence, and it was a state of "having to submit". Gao Pragmatic's control of the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom was, to a certain extent, the integration of later generations of international relations.
An academic thought in economics is implemented in reverse (referring to the "de-attachment" theory, interested friends can Baidu, I will probably get 404 if I say too much here).
In this case, with the current political level of the rulers or ruling groups of the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, it is obviously impossible to come up with any effective response, let alone have the theoretical level and execution ability of a "soft landing", so they
Can only "attach".
Looking back, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom are now in a distorted state: they cannot deny the "orthodoxy" of the Mongol Khanate in terms of popular thinking and the name of the country, and they cannot break away from the Ming Empire in terms of practical needs, especially economic dependence.
Influence and control can only be a struggle between ideal and reality.
These are considered issues at the "establishment" level, but the issues go far beyond these. For example, there are more complex power distribution issues underneath.
During the period of Anda Khan, because of Anda's personal prestige, Gao Pragmatic was not very able to intervene. However, after Anda passed away and the Monan War broke out, Gao Pragmatic dug a big hole for Tumut without any courtesy. This
The big hole was completely invisible at the time, but it has played a huge role ever since.
What pitfall? The big pitfall of "separation of powers".
This separation of three powers is not the separation of three powers that later generations talked about. What we are talking about here is the ruling system of the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom composed of Han Naji, Zhongjin Hatun and Qataiji. Its really more appropriate analogy is actually Rome.
The "Triumvirate" at the end of the Republic (referring to the "First Three" composed of Caesar, Pompey and Crassus).
This Ming and Jin version of the "Three Giants Alliance" is obviously very stable and has maintained the national policy and political stability of Tumut over the years. Why is it such a big pit?
Because Chatterji is much older than Bhannaji, Zhongjin Hatun and his wife, if there is no accident, he will definitely die first, and Chatterji's death will definitely cause the balance of the "Big Three" to be broken.
Under the original Big Three system, if we want to simply divide the attributes of rights, it should be like this: Han Naji has the decision-making power, Jongjin Hatun has the veto power, and Chatarji has a very magical power of change.
The decision-making power is best understood. He is the King of Shunyi. In theory, all political and military orders must be issued by him. This is the decision-making power;
It is not difficult to understand the veto power, because Zhongjin Hatun has very strong control. Although the territory in her hands is not the largest, the garrison in Guihua City and the surrounding Tumo River essence area is always in her hands, and
The royal army left behind after the death of Anda Khan was elite enough that even Han Naji had to be afraid of her. Therefore, although she may not be able to take the lead in decision-making, if she fully opposes something, she will disrupt it.
Obviously not difficult, this is the veto power.
What is the situation of Qiatarji's magical power of change? Because Qataiji also has a part of the former royal court troops, plus his own headquarters, as well as his personal strong influence and appeal in the Tumut military group
, making the "Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom", which was essentially composed of military aristocrats, need his approval for many things.
The direct power in Chatterji's hands is not comparable to that of Han Naji, and is weaker than that of Zhongjin Hatun, but neither of them can guarantee that once Chatterji stands opposite any of them, the officers (military aristocrats) under their command will
) will listen to who in the end. Therefore, at this time, especially when Hannaji and Jongjin Hatun have different opinions, Chataiji is the biggest variable.
To put it in layman's terms, both of them had to work hard to win Chatterjee's support at that moment in order to change the situation.
But the problem is that Chataiji passed away before them, and today there are only two ruling forces left in the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom. Although the Chinese have a saying with a mocking meaning, "A mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, except one male and one female."
In fact, in the face of the truly huge issue of power distribution, "one male and one female" is no guarantee at all.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In particular, their marriage status does not come from any free love, but a political and military alliance brought together by Gao Pragmatic through political means.
Because of this, as soon as Qataiji died, Gao Pragmatic had to immediately find a way to send Cheng Wen over in the name of the Ming Emperor.
Why were they sent here? Of course it wouldn't be for tourism, but to prevent the two of them from immediately having a power struggle and desperately competing for the political and military legacy after Chatterji's death.
So Cheng Wencai came up with a compromise plan, in which Erdemutu, the legal heir of Hannaji, would nominally take over the military power left by Chatageji (the political status was promised to the fourth son of Chatageji, who would be used as an attraction).
carrot for their advancement), and at the same time gave a beautiful blank check to Butashri, the son of Zhongjinhatun, who had no fiefdom of his own so far - if you play well this time, the court will support you in obtaining the fiefdom.
There is also an "underlying implication" here, that is, "your future fiefdom depends on how much Chahar territory you capture this time" - should he give him the Chahar occupied area on a one-to-one basis? Cheng Wen
It is not stated clearly, but at least this should be a proportional "merit reward". The greater Butashri's merit, the more territory he has conquered, and the more fiefs he can get after the war.
At this point, the purpose of Putashri's proposition is obvious.
The main premise is that Qataiji is dead and has no successor (without full inheritance of prestige). The three-legged confrontation has turned into a two-power struggle for hegemony. No matter what the reason for this battle, in short, the Tumen army is staring at the Erde Mutu.
The Western Sentinel elites at the base pursued and attacked fiercely, resulting in the heaviest losses. Of the 7,000 Western Sentinel elites, only 3,000 were able to be gathered. At least in a short period of time, they directly lost their combat effectiveness.
One and the other waxed and waned. Although Butashri also suffered a loss of about a thousand, this loss was only equivalent to two and a half percent of Erdemutu's loss. The strength of both sides reversed.
Erdemutu originally had 12,000 troops directly under his control, including 7,000 from the Western Post headquarters and 3,000 from the old Qataiji tribe. Now there are only 3,000 troops left from the Western Post headquarters, and the old Qataiji tribe has also lost five to six hundred.
The total strength in hand is only about 5,500, which is far lower than Butashri who still has 9,000 men.
Both of them were officially leading the army for the first time, and their prestige was actually about the same, so the remaining troops that were cobbled together from various ministries had similar opinions. But Butashri still knew in his heart, at least Erdemu
The picture has a "righteous name" - he is the prince of Shunyi!
However, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of the Mongols. Bloodline is important, but the traditional details are different from the Ming Dynasty. Mongolians have a much "simpler" view of bloodline: as long as you are from the Golden Family, in theory you can
Become the Great Khan's choice.
Erdemutu satisfies this simple condition, but Butashri also satisfies this condition. Therefore, in the case of "the order of the foreign emperor will not be accepted", ability and prestige become more important measurement indicators.
Butashri firmly believed that despite the defeat and heavy losses in Erdemutu, as long as he insisted on launching a counterattack and achieved certain results in the counterattack, he would be able to immediately defeat him in terms of ability and prestige.
Erdemutu won the support of the remaining approximately 10,000 tribal coalition forces.
Don’t worry about how this battle will turn out in the future. As long as the current goal is achieved, Eji’s (mother) Zhongjin Hatun’s status will definitely be higher, and she will have more power to win more for her eldest son in the future.
Greater power, more fiefdoms, and even... who dares to say that there won't be more unexpected surprises?
Butashri knew this situation and understood this truth. Could it be that Erdemutu didn't understand? Of course Erdemutu also understood. He even quickly understood why the Tumen army was staring at him to fight - Bu
Rihatu wanted to use this method to intensify the power struggle within Tumut or the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom.
But so what if you understand? Burihatu's actions are almost a conspiracy. The conspiracy usually cannot be counteracted by conspiracy, but can only be forcibly corrected to make the internal factors disappear or weaken. At this time, if the internal driving force and control power are insufficient, then only
Can be forced to introduce external forces.
Who is the external force? It can only be the Ming Dynasty. So Erdemutu insisted on retreating to Daning City in order to borrow the power of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he understand this clearly, but he was also unambiguous in his methods.
Erdemutu told the centurions and individual centurions sent by each tribe that our army unexpectedly encountered an enemy and was ambushed. It was my mistake not to predict it in advance. I will bear all responsibilities. But at this moment, if we
If you don't retreat to Daning to seek shelter in time, you will be in danger anytime and anywhere, because the Tumen army has only temporarily stopped pursuing them, and they will continue to pursue them at any time.
Immediately afterwards, Erdemutu explained why the Tumen army stopped pursuing. The reason is very simple: after suffering such a defeat, his direct subordinates suffered heavy losses, and various voices may appear in the army. Once everyone cannot unite,
If they are unanimous, they may be divided into several weak and isolated armies, each going their own way. At this time, the Tumen army will defeat them one by one, and everyone will inevitably die.
Erdemutu is worthy of being a disciple of high pragmatism. What he said was extremely sincere. He completely took the responsibility for the defeat on himself, shouldered it alone, and used emotion and reason to analyze all internal and external dangers.
It must be clear. Although the status of each general is not high, their tribe is not strong in the first place. It is obvious that they cannot bear the loss here, so they all feel that it is completely feasible to go to Daning City to avoid the limelight first.
Butashli's wishful thinking came to nothing, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not completely fruitless. At least Erdemutu admitted that he should be responsible for the defeat, so even if he temporarily went to Daning to escape,
Even if he returns to Guihua City after the war, he will inevitably be unpunished. If there is a loss, his performance this time is already very good. If there is still a chance to win the battle in the future, at least he will not gain nothing - unless King Shunyi
If you can kill your relatives in a righteous way, you can punish Erdemutu heavily to suppress the overall reward of this battle.
In the end, Tumut's defeated army took advantage of the darkness and headed for Daning City. Burihatu, who learned the news through Tanma, was a little disappointed and lowered his head to figure out what to do next.
Tumen Khan discussed with him and believed that since the expectation of causing the internal division of the Tumote Army had not been achieved, it would be better to pursue them to the end. After all, once they entered Daning City, the battle would never be a tough battle. The gunpowder had already been
For the exhausted Chahar, it is obviously an impossible task to attack the enemy.
Burihatu was also hesitant to make a decision. After all, the original intention of ambushing Tumote's reinforcements was to severely damage Tumute's military strength, and the disintegration of the alliance of interests between Han Naji and Zhongjin Hatun was just a matter of convenience.
For this reason, there should be no confusion about which is more important.
Although the Tumut army looks miserable at the moment, having lost about 30% of its strength, in the final analysis, it is only ten thousand men, and it is not to the extent that Tumut will be injured.
What's more, "losses" do not necessarily mean that they all died in battle. Many of them were actually just fleeing here and there and couldn't get together for a while. If you give up the pursuit at this time and let them go to Daning City to recuperate and gather the remaining soldiers, not only will the subsequent battle situation
It was unpredictable and could not achieve the pre-war purpose.
Although Burihatu thought a lot, he actually did not think about it for a long time. It only took about one-third of the time to burn incense. He expressed to Tumen Khan that he agreed to pursue him all night.
At this time, neither side of the war expected that an accident was about to occur.
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