Zhu Youjian sent a peace mission to Kukuhetun, which was actually a sign of weakness!
Although both the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were a bit weak, and they were both threatened by the powerful Hou Jin Kingdom, and their lives were difficult, there was indeed a need for cooperation to fight against the enemy.
But what is the origin of inserting the Han Dynasty? Direct lineage of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian orthodoxy, descendants of Genghis Khan! In their eyes, the Ming Dynasty is a traitor. Can Hutu Dun Khan be willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and become a vassal? Definitely not! Moreover... it is impossible for Hutu Dunhan to give up his mind of plundering the border of Ming Dynasty.
The Mongolians have never had a rule not to plunder grass and valleys after receiving protection fees... After receiving the money, they will still plunder, but they will plunder less.
In addition, Hutu Dunhan also needed to establish his power by beating up the Ming Dynasty!
He has been quite aggressive against the Mongols in recent years, but against outsiders (Hou Jin), he can run faster than a rabbit. He is a great Khan who is an expert in civil war but an outsider in foreign war. It's hard to convince the public... He can't do the same thing as his ancestors and engage in wheel beheading on the Mongolian grasslands. Regardless of whether he is on the left or right, they are all members of the Golden Family. How can Hutu Dun Khan do this to him? Are they going on a killing spree? The killing was so brutal that they all went to Houjin Kingdom!
Therefore, Hutu Dun Khan must show the results of foreign wars in order to convince the ministries newly attached to the right-wing Mongolia. Houjin in the east could not be defeated, so Hutu Dunhan had no choice but to use the Ming Dynasty to establish his power.
However, he is also afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fight with him endlessly, because he really does not have the capital to fight a protracted war now. Even if the Later Jin Dynasty comes to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, his Han tribe will not be able to fight.
Because the Han had abandoned their home base in the Liaohe Hetao, hundreds of thousands of people moved to the Tumet River to grab the territory... and they also moved westward in a hurry last winter!
In winter, the grasslands are covered with ice and snow, which is not the season for nomadic people to migrate. For this westward migration, the Han tribe also showed their determination to burn all the boats and killed all the cattle and sheep. Moreover, a large number of horses were lost during the migration and subsequent series of battles.
Although the Chahan tribe defeated many tribes belonging to Ulianghawanhu and Tumutewanhu on their way westward, they did not capture many tribes. Because the Han tribe was worried that King Bu Shitu of Shunyi in the Tumote River was ready to hold on for a long time in Kukuhetun, they just pursued speed along the way, without persuading surrender or winning over allies. They just defeated the enemy quickly, and also There was no pursuit, so enough cattle could not be obtained.
The Shunyi King Bu Shitu of Tumotechuan was also a "rabbit", and his ability to escape was not inferior to that of Hutu Dun. After his general Wulu Huanghuang Taiji was killed by the Han tribe, he fled to Ordos with his troops. Wanhu's territory has gone up.
Therefore, although the Western Expedition of the Han tribe was successful, they did not obtain many cattle, sheep, and livestock. The most valuable spoils they obtained were Kuku and Tuncheng and the large agricultural areas around them. However, due to the Mongols' rules of letting go and looting when they were ravaged by war, Kuku and Tuncheng were almost empty cities, and most of the farmers in Tumotechuan also ran away. Without a few years of rest and recuperation, I'm afraid I won't be able to recover.
Under such circumstances, how could the Han tribe have the energy to engage in a protracted war with the Ming Dynasty?
If Zhu Youjian didn't take the initiative to send Li Chengyun and Zukefa envoys, giving Hutu Dunhan the illusion that he could promote talks through a fight, he might have been bluffed by Mangui...
Kukuhetun, glazed golden palace.
"Great Khan, what I want from the emperor is that we, the Ming Dynasty, will join forces with you to intervene in the Han tribe. Peace will benefit both sides, while fighting will hurt both sides. The Jianzhou Jurchens are the biggest enemy of the two families. As the saying goes, if the Jurchens are less than ten thousand, they will be invincible if they are full of ten thousand. Ah! The Great Khan must also know how powerful this gang of Jiannu is. Otherwise, the Great Khan would not have come from the Liaohe Hetao to the Tumote River! So what I mean to the emperor is that the two families have made an agreement to join forces... ....Don’t go head-to-head with Jiannu, just come to an alliance to surround Wei and save Zhao!”
"What is the alliance to besiege Wei and rescue Zhao? Ah, this is an allusion from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period... I won't explain it, but I will talk about it in detail. It means that if the Jiannu sent troops to attack the Tumote territory outside the border wall of Datong, Our Ming Dynasty will attack the Jiannu in western and southern Liaoning and force the Jiannu to return. If the Jiannu sends troops to attack the border walls of Jizhen and Xuanfu, then the Great Khan will send troops to Horqin or Liaohe Hetao to force the Jiannu to return. ..."
"What? Market reward? Don't worry, Khan, my emperor will not do anything in vain... If you invite the Han tribe to send troops to Horqin and Liaohe Hetao, you will definitely give them enough money! And our Ming Dynasty will eat it It’s a bit of a loss, when it’s our turn to send troops to Liaodong, we don’t want you to give us a penny.”
The one who was eloquently showing all his trump cards to Hutu Dunhan was Zhu Youjian's favorite diplomat Zu Kefa. Although he was only a deputy envoy, Li Chengyun was the chief envoy.
But Li Chengyun didn't speak Mongolian, so Zukefa went directly to talk to Hutu Dunhan. And this guy was also a quick talker, and he forgot that there was Eunuch Li next to him when he was talking. This was actually normal. How could Zukfa know anything about diplomatic negotiations when he killed his servants? Just say whatever you have!
Li Chengyun on the other side couldn't understand the words. When he saw Zukefa talking non-stop like pouring beans, he knew something was wrong, so he kept winking at Zukefa, but Zukefa didn't even notice. He said there in a careless manner.
After finishing speaking, he was still waiting stupidly for Hutu Dunhan's reply.
Hutu Dunhan and a group of his important ministers have dealt with envoys from the Ming Dynasty for many years, and this was the first time they met such a real person.
After listening to his words, I felt a little doubtful... Is this really an envoy from the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it Hou Jin's craftsman pretending to be?
Hutu Dunhan and several important ministers glanced at each other, and Guiying opened his mouth about the lion: "If you ask our Yuan Dynasty to send troops tomorrow, of course you should give money! But this has nothing to do with market rewards... The market reward is the big yuan you will give us in the Ming Dynasty, five hundred thousand taels of silver a year, not a penny less!"
"What? Five hundred thousand..." Upon hearing this, Zukefa lost his mind. He turned to Li Chengyun, who was already extremely angry and said, "Father, the Mongols want 500,000 two-year-old coins. You can’t lose a penny, what do you think we should do?”
"What should I do?" Li Chengyun rolled his eyes, "Of course I can't give you a penny... The Ming Dynasty didn't pay money, make marriages, or cede land! Can I give you coins?"
That's right, what the Ming Dynasty gave is called market rewards...the rewards given to the Mongols were not annual coins! Giving Sui coins sounds like Ming Dynasty kneeling down to Bei Yuan. How is this possible?
In fact, the Mongolians don't want to get entangled in the name of silver... As long as the silver is real, what's the difference if it's called New Year coins, market rewards, or lucky money?
Gui Ying just mentioned the new year's coins, which only shows the nature of these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Not in the name of really asking for the coins. But Zu Kefa didn't explain clearly, and Li Chengyun didn't think clearly (it was also his first time on a mission), so he misunderstood.
Zukofa was also a real translator, so he said to Hutu Dunhan: "You don't work and you want to get money? There is no way! We have given you 1 million one after another over the years... You What did you do? I just kept running and never had a good fight with Donglu!"
Is this diplomacy? Is it a scolding array? Hutu Dunhan's face suddenly turned pale. If you speak in Chinese, forget it, if you speak in Mongolian... there are many Mongolians in the hall! Everyone didn't say anything, but in their hearts they had some objections to Hutu Dunhan's "Fleeing in the Wind".
Everyone looked at their profuse sweating and seemed to blame them.
Hutu Dunhan snorted and looked at Zukfa fiercely. This Hutu Dunhan didn't look very fierce, but a little gloomy - giving people a sinister and cunning feeling. Now that his face is dark, it is still a bit scary. of.
Zukofa did not have the character of a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that Hutu Dunhan seemed to be angry, he actually relented and said with a smile: "Khan, please don't be angry. I just said it casually... .”
As soon as he surrendered, Hutu Dunhan became even more aggressive, his face became serious, and he snorted again: "It seems that the talks in Kukuhetun can't produce any results... I, Lindan Batu, You will lead 400,000 Chahar warriors to Datong Mansion to negotiate with the Ming Emperor!"
