The army of Tumen Khan majestically took to the road again and headed west. All the soldiers and civilians in Shacheng felt a sense of regret after a disaster. "Fifty carts of military rations, 300 sheep, and two carts of wine" are still valuable, but it depends on what they are compared with. Compared with Shacheng, an important node in the middle of the trade line, this loss is not worth it. It's not worth mentioning, but at least it's not a serious injury.
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 Duer 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. In terms of the entire Shacheng, it was not a big loss if only Na Yan was counted. On the head, there will be no pain in the flesh.
But Ba Du'er was not heartbroken because of this. 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 words quickly command: "Agula, please make arrangements immediately and send out five messengers, one person and three horses, overnight to inform Guihua of what happened to me in Shacheng.
Remember, the five-way messengers have to avoid colliding with the Chahar army, and they also have to travel all night. They must deliver the news before the Chahar army arrives... 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 left Badu'er Nayan in a hurry and ran all the way to arrange the messenger.
Seeing this, another close confidant asked cautiously: "That Yan, if such a big thing happens, 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 Chahar Khan's army is 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 turn things around, so that the Great Khan can understand what happened. 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. Coincidentally, I heard that this 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."
Gaodu'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, then, 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 Shacheng?"
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 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 Tumen Khan intends to do here, it will be in vain in the end. Moreover, although Tumen Khan's arrival was quite unexpected, he will surely be discovered by the Ming army soon. By then, Grand Master Gao's army will advance westward... In comparison, Tumen Khan's situation is probably more dangerous.
In this way, no matter what his intention was in coming to Tumut this time, since he will eventually fail, no one will care about such a trivial matter in Shacheng after the war. After all, Na Yan said just now, how can five hundred people resist 60,000 Khan Court elites? If you continue to hold on to this, even if you are sweating profusely, you will be criticized, right? "
Regardless of whether it was for self-explanation or self-comfort, after listening to these words, Duer felt much better and was no longer 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 you let people run 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 don’t know if Helin was captured or not... If he knew that his naturalization was in danger, I don’t know. 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 difficult to say when Han Naji Khan will get the news. Therefore, it is not necessary to think about how Hanna will react when the time comes.
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 horse relay race to contact several troops as quickly as possible and issued the latest military orders to them respectively. These latest military orders are roughly as follows from east to west:
Li Rusong's men gave up the net patrol near Yuerhai and immediately mobilized south. The goal was to reach the area near the old place of Quaning Guard and quickly investigate the possible migration groups of Chahar tribesmen in the surrounding area, or find the Chahar tribe. The route taken by the army and the people's migration team gives 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 treated, and they must be governed fairly and fairly as treated by Tumut, Yehe, Hada and other tribes. In particular, he was reminded to pay attention to the Horqin people and never allow the Horqin tribe to bully or annex these Mongolian tribes that may not have been taken away by Tumen.
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 the north of the Xuanfu and Datong lines, which is the Tumut area, and tried their best to find Chahar's army and the people under his unit and pursue them. If Chahar's army is discovered, he is allowed to fight if he can, and he is asked to conduct a military expedition immediately;
On the premise that the troops of Magui and Bahannaji continue to guard the three passes, they can divide their troops to go to Helin and capture it. In addition, Magui and Bhannaji were required to search and control the tribes belonging to the Outer Khalkha tribe, and allowed Bhannaji to temporarily control the local area and 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 Transkalkha led by Abadai Saiyin Khan. If they find that they have turned back from the east, they will be ordered to lead the army and defeat them. They will not care about life or death, but they are not allowed to massacre. Mongolian army. The specific combat strategy of the coalition will be discussed and implemented by the two. In case of disputes, Ma Gui's final opinion shall prevail. The King of Shunyi could reserve the right to directly appeal to the military council, but he could not violate the final decision of the military council during war;
Finally, a secret order was given to Qi Jiguang's troops of the Imperial Guard, who may have arrived near Helin, asking them to overcome fatigue and immediately turn south from the vicinity of Helin. The route had other arrangements.
Speaking of which, Qi Jiguang's department should be the most tired and nervous among the above 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 and dispatching the four-pronged army, Gao Pragmatic himself can 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 march out of Daning City under his personal leadership and also head 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 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 Jingshi's troops was originally about 200,000, but after the imperial guard Qi Jiguang's department quietly left, the actual strength was only more than 130,000. Because 50,000 of these 130,000 people were left to cover the west of Daning and the north of the capital, the number of troops brought into Daning City by Gao Pangshi was 80,000.
Daning City originally had 20,000 defenders, but now it has 50,000, which means that Gao Pragmatic brought out only 50,000. Cao Yan had to be a little worried at this time. What if the main force of the Chahar army suddenly came out of nowhere and attacked before the 50,000 people west of Daning were reunited? Ten thousand against fifty thousand, the strategic headquarters may even have a decisive victory in a field battle due to its strength disadvantage.
Although Cao Yu also knew that with the support of the bayonet hollow phalanx, even if there was a decisive battle with Chahar's entire army, his side's chances of winning should be greater. However, as the saying goes, "Think about victory before defeat." Sometimes we cannot be blindly optimistic about things like war. 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 the unprecedented nervousness of Cao Yu in the city, 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 a long time. How can you be so nervous?"
Cao Yu sighed: "Entang has learned a lesson. It's not because the general is timid. It's actually...the general only knows what it means to 'walk on thin ice' today. 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 disapproved and said: "It is a good thing to be cautious in combat, but it is not appropriate to lose your energy because of it."
"Yes, Endang's lesson is that the general will learn from it." Cao Yan naturally did not dare to object to Gao's pragmatic words. No matter what he thought in his heart, he naturally accepted it 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 only has 50,000 troops and is still in the wild. It is the best target for Chahar's army in Tumen's hands to exert its combat effectiveness. Why doesn't he come to you for a decisive battle? , but wanted to sneak attack on 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, and more than 400,000 troops rush over and surround Daning City, wouldn't it mean that the Chahar Army that succeeded in attacking Daning City would be unable to fly? What?
So what if they don't attack Daning City but attack Jingluexingyuan? Don't Tumen and Burihatu know about your position as Gao Situ in the Ming Dynasty? Once the military headquarters is attacked, if there is any bad news, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the surrounding area will be scared to death, and they will have to rush over to "rescue" at the risk of their lives?
Knowing this "rescue", all the generals - well, except maybe Li Rusong - must have just wanted to rush here immediately to show their loyalty, and no one could care about any of the original plans! The encirclement network that was deployed before immediately collapsed on its own, and it was all in vain!
Therefore, from the perspective of tactical purposes, Cao Yan insisted that if Tumen wanted to pick an opponent, the best opponent at the moment would be the Jinglue Xingyuan Headquarters! As long as he does this, he can completely achieve the tactical purpose of mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops in World War I.
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 be trying to seize the border and attack 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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