Butashri's "other reason" is not difficult to guess: coach Erdemutu suffered a major blow from the Tumen army, and the losses 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 extremely high prestige, Mongolians have always spoken with strength. You, the coach, suffered a defeat and suffered heavy losses. You have lost both your prestige and strength. Isn’t this moment an opportunity for me, the coach? ?
However, this is actually just a superficial appearance. The deeper problem lies in the internal power structure of the "Ming Dynasty and the Golden Kingdom" at this moment.
First of all, the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom itself are a "country" with some legal problems. Not only does it recognize that it is part of Mongolia, but it has never denied in name that the Mongolian left-wing Tumen Khan who controls the Chahar region is the Great Khan of all Mongolia - pay attention to this "not denying": it is not an affirmation, but it is not a denial. An attitude of "blurring".
At the same time, its "head of state" was "King Shunyi", not Chechen Khan. This is very important, because it means that the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom had a higher-level "ruler" on top of the country's head of state, that is, the Ming Emperor who had the power to confer the title of "King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom".
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 "sovereign states", one was the Ming Empire and the other was the Mongol Khanate. But the nature of the two suzerain states itself is also different.
Regarding the suzerainty of the "Mongol Khanate", it was mainly due to a kind of national mentality, which 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 Dynasty was, to some extent, a reverse implementation of an academic thought in later generations of international relations and economics (referring to the "de-attachment" theory. Friends who are interested can Baidu, I will say here If there are too many, it will probably be 404).
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".
So looking back, it is obvious 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 problems go far beyond these. For example, there are more complex issues of power distribution 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 politeness. This big hole was completely invisible at the time, but it has played a huge role since then.
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 hole?
Because Chatterji is much older than Bhannaji and Zhongjin Hatun, he will definitely die first if there is no accident, and the death of Chatterji will definitely break the balance of the "Big Three".
Under the original Big Three system, if we want to simply divide the attributes of rights, it should be like this: Han Naji has decision-making power, Jongjin Hatun has 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 power. 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 by Anda Khan after his death was so elite that even Han Naji had to fear her. Therefore, although she may not be able to take the lead in decision-making, if she fully opposes something, it is obviously not difficult to disrupt it. This is the power of veto.
What is the situation with Chatterjee’s magical power of change? Because Qataiji also has some former royal troops, coupled with his own headquarters, and his strong personal influence and appeal in the Tumut military group, this "Da Ming Jin" is essentially composed of military aristocrats. "The country" needs 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 them will ) Who will you listen to in the end? Therefore, at this time, especially considering that if Hannaji and Zhongjinhatun 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 Qataiji passed away before them, and now there are only two ruling forces left in the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom. Although the Chinese have a mocking saying, "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, unless there is one male and one female." But in fact, in the face of the truly huge issue of power distribution, "one male and one female" is no guarantee at all.
In particular, their marriage did not come from free love, but from 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 you sent here? Of course it will not be a trip, 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 a magnet for 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 "implication" here, that is, "your future fiefdom depends on how many Chahar territories you capture this time" - should you give him the Chahar occupied areas on a one-to-one basis? Cheng Wen It was not stated clearly, but at least this should be a proportional "merit reward". The greater Butashri's merit and the more territory he conquered, the more fiefs he would be able to obtain after the war.
At this point, the intention behind 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. Regardless of the reason for this battle, in short, the Tumen army is staring at Erdemutu. The Western Sentinel elite at the base pursued and fought 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 goes with the other. Although Butashri also suffered a loss of about a thousand, this loss was only equivalent to 25% of Erdemutu's loss. The strength of both sides reversed.
Erdemutu originally had 12,000 troops under direct control, including 7,000 Western Post headquarters and 3,000 Qataiji old troops. Now there are only 3,000 people left in the West Post headquarters, and Chataiji's old army has also lost 5,000 to 6,000 people. The total strength in hand is only about 5,500, which is far lower than Butashri who still has 9,000 people.
Both of them were officially leading troops for the first time, and their prestige was almost the same, so the rest of the army, which was cobbled together from various ministries, listened to the same thing. But Butashri still knew in his heart that at least Erdemutu had a "righteous name" - he was 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 monarch will not be accepted", ability and prestige become more important 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 and more fiefdoms. Even...who dares to say that there won't be more unexpected surprises?
Butashri knows this situation and understands this truth. Doesn’t Erdemutu understand it? Of course Erdemutu also understood, and he even quickly understood why the Tumen army was staring at him - Burihatu wanted to use this method to intensify the power struggle within Tumut or the Ming Dynasty.
But so what if you understand? Burihatu's actions are almost a conspiracy. Conspiracies 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, they can only be forced to introduce external forces. .
Who is the external force? It can only be the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Erdemutu insisted on retreating to Daning City in order to borrow the power of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he understand this, 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 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 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 doing its own thing. 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. Be clear. Although the status of the generals is not high, their tribes are not strong in the first place. They obviously cannot bear the losses here, so they all feel that it is completely feasible to go to Daning City to avoid the limelight first.
Butashri'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 punished. One goes and the other goes, 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 can kill his relatives and punish Erdemutu heavily to suppress this battle. overall reward.
In the end, Tumut's defeated army took advantage of the night 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, this battle would never be a decisive battle. For Chahar, who had run out of gunpowder, the battle was obviously an impossible task.
Burihatu was also hesitant. After all, the original intention of ambushing Tumote's reinforcements this time 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, the importance cannot be confused.
Although Tumote's 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 Tumute's strength is broken.
What's more, the "losses" don't necessarily mean that they all died in battle. Many of them were actually just running around and couldn't get together for a while. If they 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 be unpredictable, but they will also fail to achieve the pre-war goal.
Although Burihatu thought a lot, he actually didn't 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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