Hami.
Anke Timur's face was full of sorrow and he kept pacing in the hall. Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps outside the palace. Anke Timur turned around and couldn't help but took two steps forward and asked hurriedly: "Is the news accurate?"
The leader, Maha Ma Huo Zhe, nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty, the news is true!"
After Anke Timur heard this, he suddenly felt that all his strength was being drained from his body, he staggered away, sat down in a chair, and said dejectedly: "Is God going to kill me?"
Mahamahuo lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Anke Timur thought of something, and like a drowning man grasping at straw, he stood up and shouted: "With three thousand cavalry, I am going to Jiayuguan to meet Song Sheng!"
Mahamahuo looked at Anke Timur in surprise, and suddenly he wanted to understand: "What does your Majesty mean, is to use the help of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Tatars?"
Ankh Timur clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Yes, it would be fine if Tatar and Wala were just fighting among themselves. Now that the situation has changed, we must also make changes. Damn it, Mahamu defeated Harshiha and killed him. With the loss of Kun Timur, there is now no Great Khan in Oara. In order to gain legitimacy, the Tatars have just elected Guilichi as the Great Khan, Ma'erhaza as the Grand Master Right Prime Minister, and Sun Tai as the Grand Master Left Prime Minister. , Arutai is the Taibao and the Privy Council Magistrate of the Khan’s Cabinet.”
Who is Guilichi?
He is a descendant of Hedan, the concubine of Wokuotai!
Among the big Mongolian families, the Ogedai family has a lower status. During the struggle to transfer the position of the Mongolian Khan from the Ogedai family to the Tuo Lei family, Hedan turned to Meng Ge. Descendants of Hedan in the Yuan Dynasty were named Long Kings and were regarded as representatives of the Wokuotai family. They had always had a harmonious relationship with the Yuan descendants of Kublai Khan.
Arutai really had no one to choose from, so he found Guilichi. After all, the idea of welcoming Benya's loss failed. He sent people to negotiate with Timur several times, but was either stopped by Hasha or Ma on the way. If Hamu is killed, or he will be detained by Timur and will not be released, it will be impossible for Benya to return to the orthodoxy in a short time.
In addition, Kun Timur died suddenly, and Wala would be busy fighting for a while and had no time to find a new Khan. The Tatars took the opportunity to find Guilichi and made him the Khan as a last resort.
For Hami King Anke Timur, Arutai's support of Guilichi was a threat to him, and he directly drew a knife and pointed it at himself. The reason is also very simple, that is, the Hami area has always been the sphere of influence of the Queen of Wokuotai.
In other words, Hami, where Anke Timur currently lives, is actually the hometown of Guilichi. Guilichi is obviously a nostalgic guy. After getting the support of Arutai, Malhaza and others, there is no The Yuan court was set up in the middle of the Mongolian grassland, but moved directly to the outside of Gansu and Hexi.
If this kind of decision is not a brain problem and directly stimulates Daming, then it has other motives. In Anke Timur's view, what Guilichi wanted to plot was the Hami area, his own territory.
What makes Anke Timur feel most nervous is that the nomadic tribe that has lived in the northern mountains of Hami for a long time is the Keli tribe, and this tribe is a subordinate of the Ogedai family. When Chi goes south, he will definitely get in touch with this tribe, and when the time comes, he will be even more powerful in plotting against Hami!
Can't wait any longer.
Anke Timur must tell Song Sheng the news as soon as possible and let him pay attention to the movements of Guilichi and other Tatar tribes. It is best to persuade Song Sheng to send troops to clean up and let Guilichi and Arutai move.
Mahamahuo took the horse, looked at King Hami who was hurriedly on the road, and chased after him, shouting: "If Saiji brings the news of the canonization, will Guilichi stop here?"
Anke Timur waved his horsewhip, turned his head and said: "Once the Ming court canonizes us, Guilichi will be furious and may attack us immediately. We must contact Song Sheng first and let him guarantee our safety!"
Mahamahuo thought about it for a while. If the Ming Dynasty really canonized Anke Timur, it would mean that Hami completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and Guilichi's hometown would be surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. It would be strange for him not to be angry...
But there is still more than a thousand miles to go from Hami to Jiayuguan, and even a quick march will take several days.
While Anke Timur was urging his horse to go on the road, Song Sheng was standing on the earth wall of Jiayuguan Pass and staring outside the pass. The long yellow sand swept across the empty Gobi Desert. Behind the yellow sand was the tall and solemn Qilian Mountains.
Snow peaks, desert, desolate, cold, it seems that the world in front of you is lifeless, except for a majestic pass behind you and eight thousand soldiers!
Song Xuan stepped onto the city wall and saw his father Song Sheng deep in thought, so he stood aside and waited. It was not until Song Sheng came out of his thoughts that he stepped forward to report: "Alutai and others made Guilichi the Great Khan and moved the Khan's Court. To a place thousands of miles outside Gansu."
Song Sheng raised his hand and touched his gray beard, and said seriously: "The ideal Khan for Arutai and others is Benya Shili, but Timur does not intend to let Benya Shili return, for fear of fighting He decided to march eastward, intending to use Benya's loss as a bargaining chip to control the Mongolian tribes after conquering the Ming Dynasty. Now that Guilichi has come to power, although he is not the best candidate, we still need to be vigilant. A united Tatar is not what we want to see. Arrived."
"Father, do you mean to join forces with Mahamu and others to teach Guilichi a lesson?"
Song Xuan asked.
Song Sheng shook his head: "Forget it about Mahamu. He doesn't dare to go south easily now. Hashiha has always been looking for opportunities to take revenge. If Mahamu shows a flaw, Hashiha will probably seize the opportunity. Wala It’s unreliable, and the best chess piece right now is King Anke Timur of Hami.”
Song Xuan was a little confused and said: "But Anke Timur simply does not have the strength to fight against the Tatar headquarters."
Song Sheng was silent for a while and then said: "So, Anke Timur can definitely see the situation clearly and send people for help. This is an excellent opportunity for us to march into Hami and actually control Hami!"
Song Xuan understood that Song Sheng planned to use the opportunity of helping Anke Timur to directly insert his army into Hami and other places to form a de facto military presence, and then force Anke Timur to surrender completely, or to find an opportunity Solving it will also make preparations for assisting the defense.
"It's easy to invite gods but hard to send them away. Ankh Timur should understand this truth."
Song Xuan reminded.
Song Sheng felt helpless towards his somewhat ignorant son: "Compared to wealth and life, everything else is trivial. Anke Timur will definitely send someone to Jiayuguan, just wait."
Although Song Xuan was a little confused, she believed in Song Sheng's judgment.
Song Sheng raised his hand and pressed his chest without leaving a trace. He felt the letter on his chest and felt quite heavy in his heart. Zhu Yunwen has already conveyed the northwest strategy and preliminary calculations in detail. To sum it up simply, it is not about uniting Yili and King Hami to fight Timur's eastern expedition, but in four words:
Drive away wolves and devour tigers.
Those who were positioned as wolves by Zhu Yunwen were Hami's Anke Timur and Yili's Shami Chagan.
As for the tiger, it is naturally Timur.
It's easy to say things, but difficult to implement.
The total military strength in the northwest (Shaanxi Xingdu Division) was initially only more than 70,000 people. In the past two years, the horse farm was built, the imperial court adjusted the guard post, and troops from Peiping were transferred. The total military strength in the northwest increased to more than 90,000.
But it is too difficult to increase the number of troops. You must know that this is the northwest, far away from the capital, and there is a lack of grain-producing areas around it. Although there are some military camps, it is simply impossible to maintain a large number of troops. Even such an important pass as Jiayuguan Pass cannot be maintained on weekdays. There are only eight thousand sergeants.
It's not that Song Sheng doesn't want to deploy tens of thousands of troops, but because the logistics support has reached its limit. Unless there is a large-scale war, under normal circumstances, Jiayuguan can only maintain low troop strength.
With his troops limited and dispersed, Zhu Yunwen also wanted Song Sheng to divide his forces to plot Hami. The "union" also tried its best to make it work, and even wanted to induce the tiger to roar in the mountains. It must be said that this was an extremely dangerous move.
But Song Sheng did not write a letter to refute Zhu Yunwen's strategy. Instead, he was eager to try it, because Zhu Yunwen's ultimate goal was not Hami, Yili, or Timur, but the entire Western Region!
What a glory it is to take back the Western Regions. The prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties were nothing more than this!
I am already sixty, how many years can I live?
While you can still pick up the sword, you can still kill the enemy, and bring the Western Region into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this something that will last forever?
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, these names have been left in the annals of history, but what about your own name?
Take back the Western Regions and shine in the annals of history!
Song Sheng's eyes were a little fanatical. This was the Ming Dynasty's highest-level top-secret plan, and it was something the Ming Dynasty was actively preparing for. In Gansu Town in the northwest, many people didn't know what preparations the court was making for this war, and they didn't know what preparations they were making soon. What was loaded in a car that was transported earlier.
But it doesn't matter, they will have a chance to meet.
"Report!"
Qianhu Chen Mao stepped forward and handed over a document: "Yi Li sent a document from Shami Chagan, requesting that more ironware, salt and tea be prepared for the next horse market."
"Oh, Shami Chagan actually put the iron at the front?"
Song Sheng opened it and read it, with a smile on his lips.
This was an unusual sign that Samichagan was in need of iron. Shamichagan wanted iron so much, naturally not to make pots to cook mutton, but to make weapons for killing people.
In other words, this man is preparing for war.
Song Sheng knew that Shamichagan's preparations were probably not aimed at Timur, but at Wala, but it didn't matter. Shamichagan could do whatever he wanted. As long as he couldn't die, he could die. That's right, the more ambitious he is, the more likely Timur will come over earlier to have a fight with each other.
"Be prepared, give them what they want."
Song Sheng approved.
Chen Mao hesitated for a moment, and his eyes drifted down the city several times. Seeing that Song Sheng made no movement, he had to point it out clearly: "Yu Shi Gao Ning has blocked the horse market and tea market many times, and has repeatedly written letters to impeach the capital. If he is found to be transporting large amounts of salt to the outside world, Iron, I’m afraid there will be a sharper impeachment..."
Song Sheng sneered: "He's just a scholar, what does he know! If he impeaches him, we can just do ours."
