Through the eavesdropping during these days, Emperor Chongzhen knew that among the many people in custody, this group was the sentinel sent by the Zhungeer tribe. After clarifying this point, there is no need to imprison him any longer. He takes back the Class C eavesdropping seeds, and then replaces Balth with Class A eavesdropping seeds.
Balsi himself naturally didn't know all this. He was a little worried at the beginning when he left the Ming army camp all the way. However, after the Ming army passed by and surrounded them night after night, taking out the so-called "road guide" every time, Quan Meng was able to let them go. As they walked farther and farther, and even if they didn't encounter the Ming army for several days, they knew they were safe.
Under this situation, Balsi could no longer hold back. He led two of his men, abandoned the hundreds of sheep, and immediately galloped back.
After arriving at the original place, no trace of the headquarters was found. After wandering for two more days, they finally bumped into other sentinels of the Jungar Department. After some interrogation and examination, the three of them all gave the same confession, and then they were taken to see Seng Ge.
There were only more than a thousand horses on Sengge's side. He looked at the three people brought by Barsi and interrogated them. He also looked at the "Road Guide" and felt that there was no problem before taking Barsi with him. One person immediately sped away.
After two days, Balsi was taken to the foot of Tianshan Mountain. This made Balsi very surprised. Could it be that the Great Khan was hiding in the mountains with his people?
Although he was thinking in his mind, he didn't say anything. He followed Seng Ge, circling left and right, and entered a large valley.
Sure enough, the valley was surrounded by people from the Jungar tribe. After entering the valley, they saw people from other tribes such as the Heshuote tribe who had been captured before.
It turns out that the reason why Baturhun was able to annex other tribes, not only did he not hide, but went to Hami to raid the Ming army, was because he detained the people of other tribes here. Because of the terrain of the valley, he only needed to leave a small number of men and horses to keep an eye on the people of these tribes.
Balsi dismounted and walked through the valley. He could also see people from other tribes being guarded and doing hard work. He understood that these people must be unwilling to join the Zhungeer tribe, so they would use this method to squeeze out the value from them.
After walking for a long time, Balsi saw Khan. But at this time, he was not qualified to go up to meet him, but he was not worried. He believed that the Great Khan would definitely ask him for questions.
Sure enough, after Sengge reported it, someone came to report it to him.
Balsi walked quickly to Baturhun and bowed to him.
However, before he bowed down, he was stopped by Baturhun who was beaming with joy: "Yes, yes, you have made a great contribution. Please tell me the situation again. Don't miss any details."
Obviously, during the process of transmitting the message, he found something inconsistent with the original content, so he had to ask again in person.
So Balsi hurriedly sent him to the sentinel, and was caught by the Ming army at night. A series of events that happened when he entered the Ming army camp were carefully reported to Baturhui, and he also described them in detail. He learned about the situation of the Ming army's transport camp, and when he left the Ming army's camp, he saw the Ming army playing polo. Even the Ming emperor watched these contents with interest.
Baturhun listened very carefully, and even after Balsi finished his report, he asked some more questions about the content.
The person standing next to him, named Zhuote Babatur, was another son of Baturhun. He was obviously a little excited. When he saw that Baturhun stopped asking, he hurriedly asked Baturhui from the side. Hui said: "Father, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than that. He doesn't even want to look for our traces. Instead, he is having fun over there in Luntai. When it snows heavily, their good days will come to an end."
Baturhun heard this, but he didn't react. He just frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
Seng Ge had already understood the situation, so he had thought a lot when he came here. But when he saw the situation, he put forward different opinions. I heard him say to Batur Hui: "Father Khan, we have seen the elite of the Ming army in Hami. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty marched in person, and the army he led must be more elite. In addition, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can destroy Liaodong Jurchen, the Ming Dynasty has its current territory, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must not be an ordinary person!"
"What do you mean?" After hearing this, Zhuote Babatur suddenly asked with a little dissatisfaction, "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been over there in Luntai all day long. He has not seen any movement and has not sent troops to look for us. How can he fight with us? Haha , and also said that we should surrender unconditionally, I guess he is dreaming of this!"
At this time, they already knew the news that Hami was brought back by those captured by the Ming army. Naturally, they were dismissive of this.
After finishing speaking, Zhuot Babatur turned to look at Baturhun and said loudly: "Father Khan, the fifth brother was frightened by the Ming army. You are a coward. I thought that you don't need to worry about the Ming army. You can’t find us anyway, so we’ll wait until winter arrives!”
There is only one Khan position, so it is strange that brothers can be harmonious. If the original historical development is followed, Sengge will eventually take over Baturhun's position. However, Sengge was eventually murdered by Drote Babatur and his other half-brothers.
At this time, when Sengge heard Zhuote Babatur's words, how could he be slandered by him? He immediately said to Baturhun: "Father, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will not know the situation in winter. Even if he doesn't know, His subordinates will definitely remind him. But he still acts like this, there must be a trick, so you must be on guard against it!"
After hearing this, Zhuote Babatur was naturally unwilling to give up. He started arguing in front of Batur Hu and shouted to Seng Ge: "Then tell me, what is the trick of the Ming Emperor? Should he stay in the wheel all the time?" Taiwan, waiting for us to deliver it to your door in winter, right?"
In the Tianshan Mountains, it is possible to hide for a while, but it is a bit difficult to wait for a year and a half. What will happen to the cattle and sheep then?
There are so many of them, they will starve to death. Especially in winter, they have to move to pastures where they can escape the winter. There was no cat waist to survive the winter last year, and we will definitely not be able to do it again this year.
Hearing his words, Seng Ge seemed to be shocked. He thought of something, and regardless of Zhuote Babatur, he said to Batur Hui: "Father Khan, the Ming army's food, grass and baggage will never be able to support them in Luntai." For the winter. Could it be that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had made up his mind from the beginning to wait for us to show up, so he just stayed in Luntai and waited for food to be sent from the pass? Instead of this..."
At this point, he became a little more excited and said in a more serious tone: "Why don't you lead the troops and see if you can intercept the Ming army's subsequent food, grass and baggage?"
When he thought about it, this possibility was definitely possible.
First, the general situation of the Ming army's grain and grass supply camp has been clearly investigated. With so many things, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army to spend the winter in Luntai.
Second, if the Ming army had no purpose to search for their own tribe, what would be the probability that they would be able to find it in the vast grassland? Whether we can find it before winter comes is definitely a big question!
Third, if the Ming army mobilized in Luntai and controlled so many places in Tacheng, Ili and Jungar Basin, it would make their own tribe very passive. After all, Tsarist Russia is in the west, so it is impossible to go too far west.
Taken together, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not an ordinary person, and he probably adopted the strategy of waiting for the rabbit to come. At least for the Western Regions, it was an effective strategy.
As he thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Even Baltu, who was silent beside him, couldn't help but look at him, feeling that the fifth prince was really powerful.
After hearing this, Zhuote Babatur was a little unconvinced, so he shouted: "I first said that the Ming army would stay in Luntai and not leave. What do you mean by this? Father Khan heard it with his own ears. , this is what I thought of..."
"Haha, do you have the specific situation of the Ming army? Can you analyze the weaknesses of the Ming army..." Naturally, Seng Ge would not show weakness and started to argue with him contemptuously.
Baturhun never spoke. When he heard his two sons quarreling, he suddenly snorted and told them to shut up.
Seeing that he was about to speak, everyone looked at him.
Baturhun looked at them and said decisively in a positive tone: "First, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is definitely not an ordinary person, there is no doubt about this!"
Hearing this, Seng Ge demonstrated with his eyes to Drot Babatur without leaving any trace, which made Drot Babatur feel very aggrieved.
"Second, since the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not a mediocre person, there must be some conspiracy!" When Baturhun said this, he looked at Baltu and said, "It is possible that he deliberately asked Baltu to send him The news about the shortage of food, grass and baggage made us think we had caught his weakness..."
Hearing this, Baltu, who just thought he had nothing to do with him, was startled. He quickly knelt down and said: "Great Khan, I definitely didn't betray the tribe. I really didn't betray the tribe..."
Seeing this, Zhuote Babatur stepped forward and kicked him, gritting his teeth and said: "You traitor..."
"That's enough!" But before he finished speaking, he heard Baturhui yelling and stopped him, and then saw him saying to Baltu, "I didn't say that you betrayed the tribe. As long as It is enough that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty lets you see what he wants you to see!"
Hearing this, Baltu breathed a sigh of relief.
But Seng Ge was puzzled and asked Baturhun: "Father Khan, how did the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty know that he was a person sent by our tribe? My son asked, he should not have exposed his identity, if he did not lie !”
"The villain did not lie. The villain dared to swear to Changshengtian. The villain definitely did not lie!" Upon hearing this, Baltu quickly shouted loudly and raised his hands as if he was about to swear to prove himself. of innocence.
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