Outside Desheng Fort, I answered the Chinese army's main tent.
An old man who also had a Mongolian round face but was quite thin sat on the main seat with an expressionless face, playing with an exquisite agate snuff bottle in his hand.
A snuff bottle is a container for snuff, and snuff is an imported product that was introduced to East Asia in recent years. Because the Mongolian nobles often fought continuously on horseback, it was difficult to use dry smoke to light fires, and this item was used for convenience, so it spread quickly Come on.
The snuff bottle in the hands of this old man is extremely exquisite in workmanship. It is made of clear yellowish agate. The maker used exquisite internal carving techniques to carve a lifelike peony pattern inside the snuff bottle.
Today, when snuff is just beginning to become popular, such a level and materials are absolutely rare, not to mention priceless.
The person who can use such artifacts is naturally not an ordinary person. This old man is the Monan king who has been powerful in the grasslands for decades and once led troops to approach the capital of the Ming Dynasty - Anda Khan.
Different from Ada Khan's indifference, more than ten Mongolian generals in the tent were divided into two groups and were arguing loudly about something. I saw the two sides going back and forth, no one surrendered to the other, look at their increasingly heated scenes, the fault is that the sweat is coming, I am afraid that sooner or later a full-scale martial arts show will have to be performed.
Anda Khan seemed not to have heard of this, and even closed his eyes to rest while playing with the snuff bottle.
I don't know how long it took before he suddenly said: "Shut up."
The voice I spoke was not too loud, but it was just enough for everyone present to hear.
The next moment, the sounds of quarreling in the big tent disappeared together, just like a flock of birds in the forest, singing in unison and silent in unison.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Anda's face.
Anda Khan, who is already over sixty years old, does look old. The wrinkles on his face are as deep and fine as being carved out one by one with a sharp knife.
But when he opened his eyes and glanced casually, the dozen or so rebellious Mongolian generals present subconsciously bowed slightly at the same time, and moved their eyes from the sweat's face down to his feet, as if Otherwise, you cannot show your humility.
An Dahan stood up unhurriedly, walked a few steps, and suddenly said: "Daerhan, Huotun."
"Please give me your instructions, Great Khan." Two generals, Daer Han Ruo Bu Lang and Huo Tun Ruo Bu Lang, immediately came out.
I answered and asked: "Is the imperial envoy flag of the Ming Dynasty emperor still hanging on the side wall of Desheng Fort today?"
"Hui Dahan, he's still hanging." The second general replied immediately.
"Besides the imperial envoy, are there any other high officials?" I asked again.
"There is also the flag of the eunuch guarding Datong."
I nodded: "That means there is really an imperial envoy in Fort Desheng."
A general in his thirties couldn't help but said: "Great Khan, we have received a report that Wang Chonggu is fully entrenched and requires that all generals above the border army are not allowed to leave the border to fight. This news should be true, and now it is clear that Everyone has retreated to the Great Wall. Our previous plan to capture a few high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty and exchange them for Dacheng Taiji will probably fail. However, although this Desheng Fort is strong, since there is an imperial envoy inside, Why don’t we attack this fort? If we capture the imperial envoy of Ming Dynasty, we should be able to get Dacheng Taiji back, right?"
Now that someone took the lead to speak, someone immediately followed up, and then several generals expressed that this suggestion was feasible. Moreover, they had been fighting against the Ming Dynasty all year round, and they were well aware of the actual situation of Fort Desheng. In terms of the size of Fort Desheng, There are only four to five thousand soldiers and horses inside.
But Anda Khan just sneered and refused decisively: "Attack Desheng Fort? Qingbandu, can you use your brain more?"
The general named Qingbadu was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was wrong with his suggestion, but he did not dare to refute the Great Khan, so he could only bow his head and said: "The Great Khan's lesson is correct, but I still don't understand why we can't fight Desheng." The fort...Wang Chonggu is fully defended. If we don't attack one area, spending all day outside the Great Wall is not an option."
Another general who was friends with Qingbang also said: "Yes, Khan, now is the season of clear autumn air, which is a good time for livestock to gain fat. We have gathered more than 100,000 horses, just like this outside the Great Wall." I'm afraid Emperor Mingren won't be afraid of it at all, and everyone has suffered disasters in the past few years, so I'm afraid I can't afford to waste it in vain."
Adahan frowned and said, "Sha Chili, you are still the same as before, only thinking about your own cattle and sheep."
However, two generals in a row did not understand their intentions. Anda decided to explain it and said: "Why don't you think about it? Since the news that Wang Chonggu was fully entrenched was true, how could the high officials of the Ming Dynasty think about it?" Appearing at the border pass? Not to mention the civil servants, even the generals, generals and above have all retracted within the Great Wall. At this time, an imperial envoy unexpectedly appeared at a frontline pass like Desheng Fort. Don't you think it's strange? ?”
However, Qingba didn't think it was strange and replied: "The imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty were either the imperial censors of the capital or officials of the Six Ministries. They are all idiots who don't know the external affairs, but they also have imperial envoys." Wang Chonggu cannot limit their power. Therefore, I think it is very likely that this imperial envoy just wanted to show up at the border and show off in front of the emperor after returning to Beijing, so as to use it as capital for future promotion."
Ida laughed and said: "It seems that you have used your brain, but Qingbangdu, you still underestimate Wang Chonggu. When he was in Shaanxi, Woerdusi didn't ask for anything from him. He has experienced many benefits, but this person is not that simple."
Qingba didn't say anything, but he didn't seem very convinced. Anda continued: "You don't believe it? Even if your assumptions about the imperial envoy of Ming Dynasty just now are all correct, judging from my understanding of Wang Chonggu, he He would not make any preparations and just let the imperial envoy ruin his arrangements. At the very least, if the imperial envoy insisted on coming to Desheng Fort, for the sake of safety, Wang Chonggu should at least increase the number of troops in Desheng Fort to take precautions, right? But, Desheng Are there any additional flags of any army on the side wall of the fort? No, Fort Desheng did not receive any additional troops."
"Now you still think there is no problem here?" Ida glanced at the generals and said with certainty: "I don't know what Wang Chonggu's ultimate goal is yet, but I can guess that he deliberately used this obvious The imperial envoy came to confuse me, hoping that I would storm Desheng Fort in order to rob the imperial envoy and exchange for Han Naji."
Only then did Qing Badu suddenly realize, but he immediately fell into hard thinking and frowned: "But what good will it do to Wang Chonggu if we storm Desheng Fort? We don't know the situation of Desheng Fort. The guard inside is Ma Wei. This guy is Malanxi's adopted son, a cavalry commander who fled south. Moreover, he is a general. According to Wang Chonggu's order, he cannot leave the border to fight with us, but if he is to defend the city... A second-hand man like him What's the use of a sword? It's not as useful as Ma Gui, the defender of Desheng Fort. Although Ma Gui is a bit more troublesome, his Ma family army only has a few hundred people at most. If our departments take turns to attack, it will be tiring. It can exhaust his troops to death."
