The army of the Great Khan of Tumen majestically took to the road again and headed west. All the soldiers and civilians in Shacheng felt a sense of sadness for the rest of their lives. "Fifty carts of military rations, 300 sheep, and two carts of wine" are not of much value.
Philippines, but it depends on what it is compared to. Compared to Shacheng, an important node in the middle of the trade line, this loss is not worth mentioning, but at least it is not a serious loss of vitality.
At the very least, the Great Khan didn't even ask for a horse or a cow, or even a tael of silver.
Chahar's army quickly disappeared on the vast grassland. Just when everyone craned their necks to see this scene and cheered, Ba Du'er quickly walked down from the tower with a gloomy face.
The followers behind him only thought that Na Yan was feeling sorry for the loss - time was urgent just now, and all these supplies were provided by Na Yan himself, which was not a big loss for the entire Shacheng if only Na Yan was counted.
On the head, there will be no pain in the flesh.
But it wasn't because of this that Ba Du'er was heartbroken. As soon as he stepped off the tower, he suddenly stopped suddenly, almost causing the restless followers behind him to bump into him.
The entourage hurriedly stood still and heard Ba Du'er's quick instructions: "Agula, please make arrangements immediately and send out five messengers, one person and three horses, overnight to inform Guihua of what happened in Shacheng.
Please remember that the five-way messengers must not only avoid colliding with the Chahar army, but also have to travel through the night. They must deliver the news before the Chahar army arrives and is naturalized... Whether all of us can survive depends on it.
Let’s see if these five messengers can run fast enough.”
He paused and then added: "My stables are open to the warriors this time, and they can ride whatever horses they want!"
The confidant named Agula quickly agreed. He also knew that time was tight, so he hurriedly left Badu'er Nayan and ran all the way to arrange the messenger.
Seeing this, another confidant asked cautiously: "That Yan, if such a big thing happened, the Great Khan will be held accountable in the future..."
"Then what can I do?" Badu'er's voice couldn't help but grow louder: "Sixty thousand troops of the Chahar Khan's court are pressing on the city, and I only have 500 men in hand. Tell me how to fight this battle?"
The confidant hurriedly said: "Of course that's not what Xiao Xiao means. What Xiao Xiao means is that we have to find a noble person who can speak in front of the Great Khan to help resolve this matter. Only in this way can the Great Khan understand what is going on.
Yan's helplessness...oh no, I should say...that Yan has the overall situation in mind."
Turning his anger into happiness, he rolled his eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Look, Yan, His Highness Huang Taiji is a student of Taishi Gao. We have a shopkeeper from Jinghua Trading Company in Shacheng who often comes to Shacheng for business. It just so happened that I heard that shopkeeper Han came to Shacheng two days ago...
...Na Yan, we should contact Shopkeeper Huang immediately and ask him to pass a letter to His Highness Huang Taiji, asking His Highness Huang Taiji to say a few kind words in front of the Great Khan for the soldiers and people of Shacheng."
Baodu'er was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, Mandu Latu, your brain is really good! Then without further ado, you go to shopkeeper Han and tell him that I'll invite him to come over. Tell him, if
If he can handle this important matter for me, Shacheng, I will thank you deeply and I will never break my promise!"
Mandu Ratu bowed and said, "Don't worry, Yan, I will handle this matter properly."
"But..." Ba Du'er suddenly thought of a question and frowned: "Didn't His Highness Huang Taiji accompany the Great Khan on the expedition? He might have all arrived in Helin now. It would be inconvenient or even inappropriate to contact him.
It’s safe... Besides, if there is a mistake in naturalization, will the responsibility be held on our Shacheng team?”
Of course, Mandu Latu was not sure about these things, but he would not say it directly. He just comforted: "Don't worry, then, Guihua City is as strong as a Han city. Zhongjin Hatun not only has the guards of Xian Khan in his hands, but
, there are also some elites left by the Great Khan. Although it may be a bit dangerous to go out of the city to attack, but if you just defend the city, you should be able to hold on for a long time.
As long as the naturalization is not lost, no matter what the purpose of Tumen Khan's coming here is, it will be in vain in the end. Moreover, although Tumen Khan's arrival is quite unexpected, it will be discovered by the Ming army soon. By then, Master Gao will
The army is marching westward... In comparison, the situation of the Tumen Khan is probably even more dangerous.
In this way, no matter what his intentions are for coming to Tumut this time, since he will eventually fail, no one will care about such a trivial matter as Shacheng after the war. After all, as Yan just said, how can 500 people resist 60,000?
The elite of the Khan Court? If you still insist on holding on to this, even the Great Khan will be criticized by others, right?"
Regardless of whether it was for self-explanation or self-comfort, after listening to these words, Duer felt much better and no longer felt as uneasy as before.
He breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "You're right, I think that's the case too." After a pause, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced eastward, murmuring: "Why do people come to Tumo?"
Is Te here? I wonder where Master Gao is now and what he is doing? There is also the Great Khan. He and Master Ma went on an expedition to Helin. I wonder if Helin was captured... If he knew that his naturalization was in danger, who knows?
What’s your reaction?”
Naturalization is of course not in danger yet, but even a three-year-old child knows that danger is inevitable in this situation. Of course, it is hard to say when Han Naji Khan will get the news. Therefore, now thinking about Han Naji Khan
It is not necessary to know what kind of reaction there will be at the auspicious occasion.
On the other hand, there was some movement on the side of "Grand Master Gao", and it was very loud.
After discovering that the Tumen army might have escaped from the encirclement, Gao Pragmatic immediately took action and quickly made some changing arrangements.
First, he used flying pigeons to pass messages and a fast-paced relay race to contact several troops as quickly as possible and issued them the latest military orders. These latest military orders from east to west are roughly as follows:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Rusong gave up the net-drawing patrol near Yuerhai and immediately mobilized south. The goal is to enter the vicinity of the original Quaning Guard and quickly investigate possible patrols in the surrounding area.
The migration team of the people of the Har tribe, or find the route taken by the Chahar army and the migration team of the people, and give the opponent's possible target judgment;
Xiao Ruxun's troops returned to Chahanhot, and his army began to transform from a decisive battle in the field to a state of security warfare, mobilizing his subordinates to search the net to investigate whether there were any scattered Mongolian tribes in the surrounding area that Tumen had not taken away.
If there are any, they must not be harshly mistreated, and they must be treated fairly and fairly in the same way as the Tumut, Yehe, Hada and other tribes. In particular, remind them to pay attention to the Horqin people and never allow the Horqin tribe to bully or annex these people who may not have been taken away by the Tumen.
Mongol tribe.
In a word, these tribes are already "subjects of the Ming Dynasty" from now on, so Xiao Ruxun must do his best to protect them and let them wait for further arrangements from the court with peace of mind;
All members of Ma Chengen's unit were transferred westward and retreated to Xuanfu. To the north of the Datong line, which is the Tumut area, they tried their best to find Chahar's army and the people under its command and pursue them. If Chahar's army was discovered, be sure to
He would fight if he could, and asked for an immediate strategy;
On the premise of continuing to guard the three passes, Ma Gui and Han Naji's troops can divide their troops to capture Helin. In addition, Ma Gui is asked to search and control the tribes belonging to the Outer Kalkha tribe and allow Han Naji to capture them.
Naji temporarily controlled the local area and various tribes in the name of "Tumote Chechen Khan".
Furthermore, the two of them must continue to search for the location of the Mongolian army in Outer Kalkha led by Abadai Saiyin Khan. If they find that they have turned back from the east, they will be ordered to lead the army to defeat them, regardless of life or death, but they are not allowed to massacre.
The specific combat strategies of the Mongolian and coalition forces will be discussed and implemented by the two. In case of disputes, Ma Gui's final opinion shall prevail. The King of Shunyi can reserve the right to directly make representations to the military council, but he cannot violate the final decision of the military council during war;
Finally, a secret order was issued to Qi Jiguang's troops of the Imperial Guard, who may have arrived near Helin, asking them to overcome their fatigue and immediately turn south from the surrounding area of Helin. There were other arrangements for the route.
Speaking of which, Qi Jiguang's department should be the most tired and nervous among the above-mentioned departments. After all, apart from him, only Li Rusong's department has run so far. But even Li Rusong's department at least does not have to be completely stealthy like the Imperial Guard.
The sporadic small tribes found out that they had to be silenced directly, and no one dared to stay.
This kind of battle undoubtedly brings the greatest psychological pressure. Fortunately, this is the Imperial Guard after all, an elite division led by Qi Jiguang. At this moment, Gao Pragmatic can only comfort himself: The Imperial Guard can do it, and Qi Jiguang can do it.
In addition to adjusting the dispatch of the four-pronged army, Gao Pragmatic himself could no longer continue to "enjoy happiness" in Daning City. He ordered Cao Yu and other troops who had always been prepared to "send troops immediately" to lead Hao Hao under his personal leadership.
After leaving Daning City in a mighty manner, they also headed west.
Gao Pragmatic, the manager, suddenly thought. Cao Yan, who had always thought that he would not be able to achieve military success by staying in Daning City, had mixed feelings.
The good news is that with the move of the Jinglue Headquarters, even if Cao Zongrong still can't get any military exploits in the end, at least he can't escape the hard work. He can finally gain something from such a war. It can't be said that he worked in vain.
field;
The worrying thing is that the Jinglue Xingyuan did not dare to go out in full force this time, in case something unexpected happened - for example, Tumen or Burihatu had other concealment methods, and they did not go to Tumote at all but lurked.
Get up, wait for them to leave, but jump out and seize Daning City, then this matter will become a big deal.
Therefore, Gao Jingshi left a full 50,000 people in Daning to continue to hold on this time, while the 50,000 people who were originally west of Daning to cover the northern line of the capital were assigned to the Economic Strategy Headquarters, and they would move west together when Gao Jingshi arrived.
The total number of Gao Pangshi's troops originally amounted to about 200,000, but after the Imperial Guard Qi Jiguang's troops quietly left, the actual number of troops was only more than 130,000. These 130,000 were because 50,000 were left to cover the west of Daning and the north of the capital.
Therefore, the number of troops brought into Daning City by Gao Pangshi was 80,000.
Daning City originally had 20,000 defenders, but now it is 50,000, which means that Gao Pingshi brought out only 50,000. Cao Yu had to be a little worried at this time.
Before the thousands of people gathered together, they were suddenly attacked by the main force of the Chahar Army that appeared out of nowhere. It would be 60,000 against 50,000. The strategic headquarters might even have a decisive victory in a field battle due to its inferior strength.
Although Cao Yu also knew that with the support of the bayonet hollow phalanx, even if he had a decisive battle with Chahar's entire army, his side should have a greater chance of winning. However, as the saying goes, "Consider victory first, consider defeat first." War sometimes happens
We cannot be blindly optimistic. Any accidents that occur on the battlefield are ultimately not unexpected.
If something unexpected happens, especially if Gao Jinglue himself appears, then Cao Cao will really become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he is willing to die to thank the world, it will probably not help. This is really "
"A hundred deaths will never redeem you."
Seeing that Cao Yu was nervous like never before, Gao Pragmatic thought about it and understood his worries. He was angry and funny at the same time. He called Cao Yu over, dismissed everyone around him, and said with a smile: "
You are also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, how can you be so nervous?"
Cao Yu sighed: "Entang has learned a lesson. It's not that the general is timid. It's actually... that the general only now knows what it means to 'walk on thin ice'. The responsibility is really too great, and I feel that there is absolutely no chance of making the slightest mistake."
Gao Pragmatic understood his thoughts, but he still disagreed and said: "It is a good thing to be cautious in combat, but it is not appropriate to lose your vigor because of it."
"Yes, Endang's lesson is that the general will learn from it." Cao Yu naturally did not dare to object to Gao's pragmatic words. No matter what he thought in his heart, he naturally accepted the order humbly.
Gao Jingshi seemed to have not heard anything and continued: "Even if Tumen is still lurking near Daning, I think he would rather attack Daning City than come to confront me."
Cao Yan feels that Jinglue's words are too conceited. Your Jinglue camp has only 50,000 troops and is still in the wild. It is the best target for Tumen's Chahar army to exert its combat effectiveness. Why doesn't he come to you for a decisive battle?
, but want to run to attack Daning Jiancheng?
What's more, although Daning City is important, there are now more than 400,000 troops on the surrounding grasslands with Daning City as the center. Under this kind of war situation, if something happens to Daning City, more than 400,000 troops will be killed.
The army all rushed over and surrounded Daning City. Wouldn't it mean that the Chahar army that succeeded in attacking Daning City would be unable to fly?
So what if they don’t attack Daning City but attack Jinglue Yuan? Don’t Tumen and Burihatu know about your position as Gao Situ in the Ming Dynasty? Once Jinglue Yuan is attacked, if there is any bad news, the surrounding areas will
How could the hundreds of thousands of troops be so frightened that they had to rush over to "rescue" them even if they risked their lives?
To know about this "rescue", all the generals - well, except maybe Li Rusong - must have just wanted to rush here immediately to show their loyalty. Who would care about any of the original plans! And what kind of encirclement network had been deployed before?
It immediately disintegrates on its own, and it’s all in vain!
Therefore, from the perspective of tactical purposes, Cao Yu insisted that if Tumen wanted to pick an opponent, the best opponent at the moment would be the Jinglue Headquarters! As long as he did this, he would be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in a battle.
The exhausting tactical purpose.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Gao pragmatic didn't dwell on this point. Instead, he pursed his lips a little and suddenly said: "Actually... the main department thinks that Tumen can neither attack Daning nor attack the military base, or even attack.
Naturalization is just a bluff."
As expected, Cao Yu was stunned. He thought about it for a while but didn't answer. After a while, he asked unconfidently: "Then what does he want to do? He can't think of breaking through and attacking the capital, right? Now the hollow forts on the front line of the capital have been built.
, his defensive ability is completely different from that of ten years ago, and the final general will feel that he does not have this ability."
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