Seeing the appearance of these Mongolian tribal leaders, Jierhalang immediately came back to his senses. When he heard the news about the Ming Emperor, his reaction was a bit excessive. If you do this, it seems to make others more ambitious and destroy your own prestige.
So, he softened his expression a little, returned to his usual expression and said to them: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is going to march in person. Although I am not afraid, I am worried that your tribes will suffer losses. Just now, everyone is talking about it. To be polite, this matter needs to be discussed carefully."
Hearing this, these Mongolian tribe leaders breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be the reason. So, they naturally expressed their gratitude to Jierhalang one by one. However, it was obvious that they couldn't leave and went back to Guihua City to discuss the latest military situation.
When I got to the lobby, I asked more carefully and learned a little more information. It means that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has sent a decree to the important towns of Jiubian, saying that soldiers of the Ming army who have made military exploits in this battle can be selected into the Ming Dynasty's capital camp.
Hearing the news, Jierhalang couldn't help but feel a little heavier.
The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was really powerful. Just such a move could greatly mobilize the morale of the Ming Kingdom's border troops. This battle is really difficult to fight!
With this thought in mind, he said to the people below with a serious face: "At the border of the Ming Dynasty, there are at least five to six million soldiers that can be gathered, which is far more than our army. It is not wise to go head-to-head with the Ming army. However, You don’t need to worry, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is going on a personal expedition, obviously he is here for me.”
The leaders of the Mongolian tribe also looked at each other. Of course they understood how much the Ming Emperor's will would improve the morale of the Ming army. Therefore, while they agreed with Jilharang's words, they were also relieved. With the Qing army attracting the attention of the Ming emperor, they were relatively safer.
However, what they did not expect was that Jierhalang immediately changed the topic and said: "I am sitting in Guihua City, watching whether the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty dares to leave the seclusion. As long as he dares to leave the seclusion, I will have a way. Even if he brings more troops, they will not be able to return to the pass. But the war is about to begin. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. The king has decided that the spoils this time will not be divided, and all will be used for this battle. In addition, , all ministries must dispatch elite personnel to obey orders under the tent."
Upon hearing this, the leaders of the Mongolian tribes couldn't help but be dumbfounded. What? Is the duck that has reached its mouth about to fly? How can this work!
So, almost in unison, they began to complain. Anyway, it's still the same thing, it's just miserable. Talking about their respective tribes, if they don’t bring these supplies back, people in the tribe will really die.
Listening to their chatter, Jierhalang was not angry, and let them talk. He just secretly turned his eyes and glanced at Azig, and found that his face was getting more and more ugly. The Bodhisattva was even more confident in his heart, and he sat there as if thinking about things without saying a word.
Sure enough, Azig's bad temper dictated that he would not have much patience. After waiting for a while, he saw that Jierharang was still thinking about something, so he stood up suddenly, pointed at the Mongolian tribe leaders who were crying and wiping their tears and shouted: "You are so brave, the military order of the Qing Dynasty Do you dare to refuse to listen? Believe it or not, I, the Qing Dynasty, will go back to Liaodong and see how you can resist the Ming Emperor's personal conquest?"
Azig was still good at fighting. After frightening the Mongols, he shouted loudly: "You are all involved in this war. Just now, you all agreed What a credit. Obviously, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty came here for this. He must be the one who wants to exterminate your tribe, otherwise how can he explain to his people?"
At the end of the sentence, he threatened fiercely: "In this world, only I, the Qing Dynasty, can defeat the Ming army. Is it up to you? Do you have the ability to fight? If you dare to disobey the orders of the Qing army, I will kill you first when I am angry." You are destroyed!”
"..." After hearing this, the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes looked extremely ugly. It's so ugly to say it, it's a bit unbearable.
Jierhalang, who was watching all this with cold eyes, saw them like this, and said in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, I will not abandon you and return to Liaodong. However, the supplies must be left behind in case of this time War. Moreover, elites from all ethnic groups must be mobilized to obey orders in Guihua City."
When he said this, he stared at the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, threw out another piece of pie and said: "The Ming army is mostly infantry, and I command the cavalry. As long as the Ming emperor dares to attack the returning army with the strength of their numbers, Huacheng. I am not boasting, in fact I never boast, it will definitely make it difficult for the Ming Emperor to escape back to the pass."
After a pause, Jierhalang's tone became even higher and he said: "Everyone, think about it, as long as we win the next battle, will the Ming army still be able to resist in the colorful world within the pass? Yes. Aren’t you just going to let us go and get it? By then, what else will your tribe be short of?”
To be honest, he actually knew the situation of these Mongolian tribes. Although it is not as exaggerated as these Mongolian leaders complained, the lives of all ethnic groups are indeed very difficult because they have to bear the food and supplies of the Qing Dynasty and have to mobilize people and horses to support them.
But there is no way. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is going to fight personally at this time. This battle must be fought. The grassland is not like Liaodong. This side is really not afraid of the Ming Emperor's personal conquest. The more infantry troops from the Ming Dynasty came, the easier it would be to defeat the Ming army. Jierhalang was very sure of this.
And if the Ming Dynasty only dispatched cavalry troops, how many cavalry troops could there be due to the lack of horses in the Ming army? It's only about 20,000 yuan. As for the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army alone numbered more than 10,000. They would also draw elites from various Mongolian ethnic groups to form a cavalry army of 20,000. It should not be too easy. As long as you are willing, you can summon 50,000 cavalry at will. By then, if the Ming army's food route is cut off, the Ming army will definitely be worn to death in this vast grassland, and there will be no need to fight hard at all.
It was precisely based on this idea that Jilharang had to coerce and lure the Mongolian tribes again to ask them to participate in this battle.
At this time, the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes listened to his words and looked at the future, which seemed very tempting indeed. But, how should we live now? They all rushed back to report that they had won a great victory and that they would be able to bring back a lot of loot immediately. As a result, not only could I not bring back the loot, but I also had to eat it from the mouths of the tribesmen. This was really hard to explain!
Thinking like this, they saw Azig staring at them with a cold face again, and their hearts suddenly felt cold again. When the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was on his own expedition, if he dared not listen to the orders of the Qing Dynasty, this Azige might really destroy his clan and establish his power.
They knew very well that the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were different. Anyone who dared to offend them would be chased and beaten, and the genocide was very likely. On the contrary, the Ming Kingdom will give up immediately if they can't defeat the Ming Kingdom. If they say more nice words to the above table, they can basically cope with it. Maybe they can even be crowned king by the Ming Kingdom and give some rewards or something.
Only this time, it seemed that the beating had hurt the Ming Dynasty, and even the emperor personally went to conquer it. At this time, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was probably also on fire. As Azig said, the Ming Kingdom also wanted revenge.
The leaders of these Mongolian tribes thought about it and found that they actually had no other choice. They communicated with each other with their eyes, then looked at Azig who stared at them coldly, and finally responded to Jierhalang together, expressing their willingness to obey Prince Zheng's orders.
So Jilharang comforted them for a while, and then asked Azig to accompany them to get those things back again.
As soon as they left, Ying Erdai, who was standing next to him, said to Jierhalang with a hint of worry: "Your Highness, since the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty dared to come, he must have some basis. Once he comes out of the border to attack and return, Hua City, Guihua City may not be able to be defended."
"Well, I know." Jierhalang listened, but nodded in agreement and said: "This war, I am afraid, cannot be a head-on confrontation, it can only be to lure the Ming army to exhaust their food and supplies on the grassland and then retreat. This is the right time for a decisive battle."
Having said this, he looked at Ying Erdai and said: "Liaodong is in short supply of supplies, and the emperor must be looking forward to getting supplies from outside. I happen to have some here, so I sent someone back. The Ming army came over, If we can't defend Guihua City, we won't give the Ming army any advantage!"
Hearing this, Ying Erdai was a little surprised and asked quickly: "Your Highness, these were just taken from the hands of the Mongolian tribes. If they knew that Your Highness had sent all these people and materials to Liaodong, they would probably be right. Your Highness, you have very strong opinions on the Qing Dynasty."
As soon as he heard this, he saw Ji'erharang laughing. He seemed to be an honest man, but at this time he smiled a little treacherously. He then heard him reply to Ying'erdai: "It doesn't matter, I will give it to them when the time comes. The reply was that they would use these population supplies to ask the emperor for troops. If the Qing army comes again, it will be even more difficult for the Ming emperor to win. This is something that even a three-year-old child knows. But in fact, there is no need for the emperor to send troops. I believe that the emperor will return. The war in Huacheng will end first."
"..." Upon hearing this, Ying Erdai couldn't help but be speechless. At the same time, she also admired Jierhalang. It’s no wonder that although Jilharang is not the biological son of the first Khan, he has always been one of the Eight Belles of the Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the country, the emperor was granted the title of prince.
This time, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty went on a personal expedition to attack the grassland coalition led by Prince Zheng. This would probably be a replica of the Battle of Chibi.
After deciding on the preliminary plan, Jierhalang sent a large number of detective horses to inquire about the Ming Emperor. Of course, Ying Erdai was not idle either. He was also thinking of ways to go to the border to get information through the relationship with the rebel general Chai Shihua.
In short, the most important thing is to know the movements of the Ming Emperor. This is the first condition for winning the war.
At the same time, all the population and materials stolen from Ningxia were taken back from the hands of the various Mongolian tribes. He also asked them to go back immediately to resettle their tribesmen, and then mobilize their elite troops to return to Hua City to obey orders.
As soon as the Mongols left, Jilhalang selected the strongest slaves and squeezed out as much of the grain and grass supplies accumulated in Liaodong as possible, preparing to transport them to Liaodong.
When everything was ready, Jierhalang summoned Chai Shihua and said to him kindly: "You have made a great contribution this time, and I have also made a promise. Therefore, it is you who will escort the population and supplies to Liaodong this time." Be responsible, follow his arrangements along the way, and go to Liaodong for an audience."
While saying this, Jierhalang pointed at a Jianlu leader standing beside him. This means that the Jianlu leader is in charge of the team escorting the population and materials this time, but Chai Shihua is responsible for the specific matters. In other words, the Jianlu leader is the leader and he is the errand boy.
Chai Shihua was a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty, and he would definitely not want to face the Ming Dynasty emperor's personal conquest. And running to Liaodong to ask for credit and rewards was what he looked forward to most. Therefore, after hearing this, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly humbly asked the Jianlu leader for advice.
This Jianlu leader was Xilinjueluo who came to Guihua City with Ying Erdai.
Ying Erdai came here according to Huang Taiji's order. It is difficult to return to Liaodong without a new order. And there is going to be a big war here, and neither Jilharang nor Azig can get away, even their generals. However, those brought over by Ying Erdai did not have this problem. Xilinjueluo happened to have the highest official position, so he escorted the population and materials back.
After Xilinjueluo and Chai Shihua introduced each other, Jierhalang told them: "Now there is a big war here, and I cannot send too many troops to you. Therefore, the escorting army will be made by General Chai is in charge here. Don’t worry, under the banner of our Qing Dynasty, no tribe on the Mongolian grassland dares to get jealous and take action!"
Today, on the grasslands, at least in the central and western grasslands, the Qing Dynasty's great reputation is not blown out, but beaten out. Therefore, Chai Shihua was very relieved about this.
Then, Jierhalang added: "The only thing to worry about is the Ming Kingdom's border army. Therefore, I have drawn a route for you. If you go farther away from the Ming Kingdom's border, you will be fine."
With that said, he gave Chai Shihua and Xilinjueluo a detailed explanation of their marching route.
This route was the final route that Jirhalang came up with after careful consideration, detailed consideration of the surrounding Mongolian tribes, the possible situation of the Ming army, etc. At least in Jierhalang's view, it was foolproof. Because he even considered the Mongolian tribe and tried to avoid it, lest they would feel upset after seeing it.
After everything was explained, Jilhalang even sent them off personally.
Watching the team go away, he couldn't help but thought to himself: "Your Majesty, although I am incompetent, I can still help you a little. These population materials are just an appetizer. If this war is won, I believe Liaodong's predicament will be solved." It will be solved easily.”
Little did he know that all of his deployments were fed back to Emperor Chongzhen through the Class A eavesdropping seeds on the "gold medal undercover".
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