Immortal merit?
Defeating Tumen alone may not be considered a great achievement. The Mongols' habitual special attribute of "leaving after a small loss" makes defeat not very meaningful.
In Gao Pragmatic's view, only words such as heavy damage and total annihilation can be regarded as true defeat.
But it's hard.
He deliberately arranged the place where the war broke out in Shacheng, which was indeed his intention, but he was not good at tactics, and it was difficult to judge whether the development of the war situation would follow his ideas.
Luring the enemy deep is always a good tactic, but whether the opponent is willing to go deep is the key to the problem. No matter how good the trap is, it is useless if the opponent is unwilling to come.
In fact, there was also a debate among the Tumen army about the pursuit.
For the cavalry, the two hundred miles on the grassland was only two days' journey. Tumen was indeed very excited when he "defeated" Han Naji at the beginning. Without thinking much, he led his army to pursue him. passed.
But after chasing for a day, Tumen was stopped by Burihatu.
Burihatu was born less than this year, and he was a young Taiji similar to Bhannaji. Under normal circumstances, he would not have been in Tumen Dahan's heart at all.
After all, after Dayan Khan abolished the posts of grand master, prime minister, etc., the whole of Mongolia was filled with Taijis. Although there are superior Taijis and inferior Taijis, how could a Taiji like Burihatu, who was neither his direct descendant nor his elder brother, be admitted? Tumen Khan's discernment?
However, after the last meeting, Tumen Khan realized that Burihatu was extraordinary. At least this man was not like most Mongolian generals who only focused on fighting and robbing. He would think about problems from an overall perspective.
This level is really valuable in the current Mongolia. If it were not for the ancestral system, Tumen Khan would even think that Burihatu was the "talent of the prime minister."
After setting up camp at night, Burihatu hurriedly came to Tumen and expressed his worries.
Burihatu stepped forward to salute and then went straight to the topic, saying: "Great Khan, I feel that there is something wrong with the movements of Han Naji and Totuo. Now that they think about their defeat yesterday, they seem to have some doubts. I ask the Great Khan to be careful. .”
Tumen laughed and said: "Is this what the Han people call heroes the same? I also noticed that something is not right... Sit down and speak slowly."
"Thank you, Khan." Burihatu bowed and sat down respectfully.
This kind of behavior made Tumen Khan very satisfied. Today, there are not many Mongolians, especially the Mongolian Taijis, who know the rules like Burihatu.
Tumen Khan said with a pleasant expression: "Brhatutaiji, you are one of the few young talents in Mongolia. If you have any ideas, just tell me. I will definitely consider your suggestions carefully."
Burihatu thanked him again, and then said with a worried face: "Yesterday, Han Naji and Tuo Tuo fled south after a small defeat. At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong, so the Great Khan decided to pursue them. At the time, I thought there was nothing wrong with it, but as I continued to pursue it, I discovered some problems."
Tumen Khan did not interrupt, he just nodded "Yeah" and signaled Burihatu to continue.
Burihatu then added: "First of all, their escape speed is wrong."
This was slightly beyond Tumen's expectation, because he didn't notice anything wrong with the opponent's speed at first, so he couldn't help but ask: "The speed is wrong?"
"Exactly." Burihatu said calmly: "We came all the way from Chahanhot to Tumote, and after they defeated me, Abu, they repaired it in place. Logically speaking, this is what the Han people call leisure and waiting for work... Even though they were not strong enough to fight against the Great Khan's army, so they suffered a slight defeat, why didn't they flee quickly? In terms of horsepower, our horses at the moment are much more tired than theirs. But when they fled, they couldn't get rid of us at all, why is that?"
Tumen didn't mind that he didn't deliberately look high at Chahar's troops, thinking that the opponent's cavalry was inferior to his own, so it was normal for them to be unable to outrun him. On the contrary, he admired Burihatu's realistic attitude - Tumen himself didn't look down on it. The strength of the Tumote tribe, otherwise, when I was suppressing Mongolia, why did the Chahar tribe, as the headquarters of the Great Khan, not jump out to fight back?
"Your observations are very careful." Tumen nodded and said, "So you think they are deliberately running so neither fast nor slow? Or Benhan said more directly: Do you think they are deliberately luring us into the bait?"
Burihatu first observed Tumen Dahan's expression and saw that he showed no sign of getting angry, then nodded and said: "I do have such suspicions."
Tumen Khan frowned and asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
As the Great Khan and the general decision-maker of this expedition, of course he cannot be rash. What if the other party really only has this speed? If you miss the opportunity to fight with suspicion, won't you be laughed at by future generations in the future?
Burihatu said: "I don't have direct evidence, but if the Great Khan only talks about supporting evidence, then maybe there is some evidence."
Tumen Khan nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about it."
Burihatu then said: "First of all, during the battle yesterday, the opponent's strength was wrong."
"Oh? What's wrong?" Tumenhan frowned slightly.
"According to what I, Abu, said, when he was attacked by Bhannaji and Totuo that day, although they were actually the only two troops sent out, there were other tribes following him at that time."
"Who else?"
Burihatu looked cautious and said: "In addition to Tuotuo's troops, there are other cavalry in the rear carrying the flags of the Great Khan's Guards. Some of them have very mixed flags. Because they are far away, I, Abu, can't He saw it clearly, but he saw the other one clearly, it was the flag of Regent Hatun.”
Regent Hatun? Then there is no one else but Zhongjin Hatun. It seems that she has made it clear to all the ministries that she is temporarily regent - of course, this is the meaning of the title, so it is not surprising.
However, Zhongjin Hatun's soldiers and horses appeared together with Hannaji and Tuotuo. This was very serious for him. In total, it was one of the "worst situations" that Tumen and others knew well.
Jongjin Hatun did not remain neutral, but directly sided with Bahannaji.
In other words, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Ming Dynasty most likely had a hand in this matter, either threatening or wining over Zhongjin Hatun to the pirate ship that took Han Naji away. The opponents that Tumen Great Khan and Xin Ai Huang Taiji are facing now can basically be regarded as the entire Tumut except Xin Ai's troops.
Although he had such bad plans for a long time, after the facts were before his eyes, Tumen Khan couldn't help but cursed Xin Ai incompetently in his heart, "You are a Tumote Huang Taiji, but you haven't been able to win over him after decades." A few allies, are you a fool?
At this time, of course, Tumen Khan subconsciously ignored that the huge benefits of the mutual market were the fundamental reason why Han Naji "had a lot of help" and Xin Ai Huang Taiji "had little help", and it was not just a matter of prestige and means.
But now it is useless to scold Xin Ai for being incompetent. In fact, Xin Ai was able to bring out more than 10,000 subordinates even when he was attacked by superior cavalry. This is already a very good performance in itself. How many famous masters and generals suddenly Faced with this kind of encounter, what is left in the history books is "only a life-saving escape"?
The Great Khan of Tumen forced himself to discuss the matter and was silent for a moment before saying: "Yesterday's battle, only the 6,000 people who took Han Naji's Western Post Headquarters and Tuo Tuo off his hands, and the whole army was only half of me. If what you Abu said is true. , then the opponent’s military strength is indeed wrong.”
Burihatu neither looked proud nor complacent, nor did he appear timid, but calmly said: "In addition to the wrong strength of the troops, the performance of Han Naji and Tuo Tuo yesterday is also very questionable. "
If Tumen's doubts about the battle situation mainly came from the subconscious doubts of a relatively cautious person after the battle situation went too smoothly, then Burihatu's doubts were truly analyzed with his mind.
Tumen couldn't ignore it and immediately asked: "What's wrong with their performance?"
"Tuotuo's performance was too positive, while Bhannaji's performance was too slow." Burihatu replied.
Tumen didn't agree with this statement, and frowned: "Tuotuo is a rare general, what's wrong with being active? But Bhan Naji has never fought in many battles, so it is reasonable for him to be dull and slow in command."
Tumen Khan and Buriha Tutaiji are both descendants of the Golden Family and descendants of Dayan Khan, so there is no need to brag about the deceptive nonsense that the Golden Family's Han Naji is born to be awesome.
"Otherwise, Great Khan, what I am referring to is not the command level of both of them, but..." Burihatu hesitated for a moment, then chose the right words and added: "But the attitude."
"Attitude? What attitude?" Tumen Khan didn't understand.
Burihatu frowned and said: "Logically speaking, if Han Naji can defeat the Great Khan, then no one can shake his status as Tumed Chechen Khan. In this way, his attitude towards this battle is absolutely There shouldn't be any negativity. Not to mention taking the initiative to ask for a fight, at least we should fight with all our strength. But what was his action yesterday? Does the Great Khan still remember it? "
Tumen thought for a while and said: "He stood still. After Tuotuo tried his best to stop Ben Khan and was almost surrounded by Ben Khan's escorts, he was frightened and took the initiative to retreat."
"Yes, that's the problem!" Burihatu's eyes flashed, and he said solemnly: "There must be something wrong with Han Naji's reaction! That day I, Abu, was attacked. Although I was also thinking of Tuotuo at the time. Pioneer, but he followed up Han Naji very quickly, and there was no sign of his being negative at all. So why did he suddenly passively avoid the battle yesterday? Even if he didn't avoid the battle, at least he retreated too simply. Well, does he, 'Chechen Khan', plan to rely on Tuotuo's 6,000 soldiers to support him? Is his own 40,000-strong army at the Western Post just a decoration?"
When Burihatu said this, Tumen Khan understood - yes, it was Hannaji who wanted to be Chechen Khan, and it was not Tuotuo who wanted to be Chechen Khan. What was the use of Tuotuo being so active?
No matter how active he is, the position of the Great Khan will not be his turn, and now that he can no longer be the Grand Master or the Prime Minister, he will not get much benefit at all. Why is he so active?
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