stubborn thief

Chapter 376
The army returned victorious, and Liu Chengzong gave the army nine days off.

It was still the same, with three batches of vacations for each part of the war, returning home on three days, and staying in camp on six days.

The guards of the Marshal's Mansion were still carrying the accompanying supplies outside the mansion. Officials from Xining Mansion and Juerwan bureaus lined up outside the mansion, watching the guards come in and out, waiting to report to the mansion.

Military situation is always more important than anything else, Liu Chengzong is very concerned about the battlefield outside Qinghai Lake.

The guard of Nanshan Castle, Zhong Hu, knew that the commander would see him first when he came back, so he didn't dare to neglect him in the slightest. When he received the news of the return of the army, he rushed to Juerwan almost non-stop before Liu Chengzong entered the new city.

For Zhong Hu, it was worth the exhausting journey all the way to meet the Generalissimo.

But in view of the gold content of reporting the situation to the Generalissimo...these things are not worth the [-] miles of sailing and [-] miles of riding in two days and nights.

Zhong Hu reported the battle process between Chahar and the Oirat coalition forces in one sentence: "The national division sent an envoy into the battle, but was killed by Chahan Khan. They were in Xiaotuidan before, but where they are now...the subordinates don't even know."

Liu Chengzong's desire to test the strength of the two Khans from the battle between them was also frustrated.

Faced with Zhong Hu's report, Liu Chengzong did not want to believe that Mongolian Khan was a brainless fool, so he tried to find a reason for Huduntu Khan's killing of envoys.

After all, this behavior cannot be done by a person with a normal mental state.

And Liu Chengzong tried to find a normal way of thinking from the abnormal behavior, and it was clear that he could only seek the sword.

War is a continuation of politics, and killing should be a means rather than an end. Although beheading envoys is itself an answer, Liu Chengzong could not see the benefits of this answer.

Give Chahar firm resolve?The tens of thousands of Chahar soldiers who have no home do not need to be determined. Killing the envoys is at most to embolden Huduntu himself. He tried to show everyone that I am not afraid of Oirat with a stern attitude.

But killing the Oirat envoy, and sending a Chahar deceased to hold his head... What good is this?

Anyone can be brave, Xiao Zhuanfeng will bark non-stop when he sees a dog bigger than him, but his timidity on the battlefield can't fool people after all.

The disadvantages are very obvious. For example, now, Liu Chengzong has made up his mind that he will not send any envoys to Huduntu in the future.

He has already discovered that this Great Khan is very real, and acts like an ordinary person in every move. He thinks about the Great Khan's behavior in the way of a politician, but he can only be in the opposite direction, and he will never understand it.

But according to the thinking of ordinary people, one can understand when one thinks about it: beheading the envoy can bring emotional value... cool.

Being an emperor or a great khan is an enviable job, but when the country is in decline and facing adversity, the minds of ordinary people cannot bear the tremendous pressure brought by this job.

Liu Chengzong shook his head, and flipped through the battle reports of the two armies compiled by Zhong Hu. On the battlefield that Nanshan Baotang soldiers could control, Chahar and Oirat fled and chased each other. Neither of them could organize any battle for such a long time. Always on the move.

He scratched his face, and said to his father sitting beside him: "Father seems to have done Huduntu a big favor."

Liu Xiangyu couldn't help laughing. The reason why Chahar was able to let go of his hands and feet and maneuver in a wide range was because the Marshal's Mansion accepted more than [-] women and children, so that Huduntu had no worries.

The Chahar cavalry, who had no worries about the future, were very scary. They followed Huduntu from Zhangjiakou to Subei, and their experience was the best in the world.

Liu Xiangyu let out a long sigh: "It's useless even if you don't bring your family, Chahar is doomed."

"Oh?" Liu Chengzong raised his eyebrows: "How did father find out?"

Liu Chengzong knew that without the intervention of the Marshal's Office, the outcome of this war would almost be doomed. He was just curious about how his father analyzed it.

After all, when it comes to escaping, Liu Chengzong is also an expert, and he is very aware of the negative impact of this kind of stride retreat on the army.

The Mongolian athletes in Chahar showed excellent maneuverability in a state of exhaustion, which proved that those who could follow Dahan to Qinghai were the best of the best.

But until now, Liu Chengzong has not seen Chahar's intention to counterattack. Any retreat that is not aimed at counterattack is an escape, which in itself means admitting to the soldiers that the enemy is strong and we are weak.

Unless the whole army is very clear about the purpose of the retreat and knows that the commander is showing weakness.

Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that soldiers are deceitful, so they can show that they can't; use them to show they don't.

There is a war where the less wins the more, but the weak never wins the strong. Taking a big step back is to show weakness.

But the important premise of showing weakness is 'capable', if it is 'can't', then it is not showing weakness, but really weak.

To behead an envoy but not be able to beat them is to show off one's strength; to retreat a large army but have no backup is to flee.

Running around, people were exhausted, horses were exhausted, and morale was gone. Liu Chengzong judged that after several days of embarrassing escape, Chahar's [-] troops would completely lose the ability to fight against the Weilat coalition forces.

The remaining choice for Huduntu is to continue running until it can't run and is overtaken by the Oirat coalition forces. If Huduntu is really not prepared to back up, the once orthodox Khan Ting Chahar of all Mongolia will run away from the crowd. The smoke dissipated.

However, Liu Xiangyu's analysis has nothing to do with military experience. He said: "Both Tiger Chief and the National Division have sent letters to the commander-in-chief several times, and the National Division sent them twice. The situation of the marriageable women of the nobles of the Oirat tribes."

Liu Xiangyu spread his hands and said: "On the other hand, Tiger Chief sent letters three times, and the words were more urgent each time, but they all had the same meaning, urging the little king of the Southern Dynasty to come quickly to help."

Sitting next to his father, Nan Chao Xiao Wang rubbed his forehead in pain, leaned over and brushed the smooth black hair of Xiao Zhuanfeng beside his feet: "We still need to save him."

Liu Xiangyu shook his head, but he didn't seem to object to his words, he just held his pipe and said helplessly: "The national teacher has bowed his head to Jin Guohan."

Hearing this sentence, Liu Chengzong frowned fiercely: "When did it happen, how did father know?"

"It's mentioned in the letter of credentials that Jin Guohan gave you."

As he said that, Liu Xiangyu pointed to the documents piled up like a hill on the table, took out the letter of credence from it, pushed it over quietly, and said, "Jin Guohan sent the letter of credence with his eldest son Hauge as an envoy, take a look."

Liu Chengzong looked at the letter, and found that the letter of state was a paper letter, very common lead mountain paper, not long in length, rigorous in format, and written in standard pavilion style, which looked very comfortable.

The letter was written in February of the seventh year of Tiancong, Jin Guohan wrote to the King of Xihai.

The generals in the Northwest raised their troops because of the disorder and agitation of the Ming government, and the same is true for our country.

The two countries are separated by mountains and rivers, but we often hear that the Western Kingdom has won the victory. In the past, Chahar frequently disturbed the side wall and was also the enemy of the Jin Kingdom. Now Chahar has been driven to that place by our country. The king of the Western Sea should not accept him. There must be a big reward every time you return.

The former Heshuote National Teacher has sent envoys to our country to pay tribute. Now the king and I are both enemies of the Ming Dynasty. We should work together and work together to form a good world forever. I have the sincere intention of forming an alliance. Looking forward to the arrival of the king's envoy.

"This letter was written in February."

After reading the letter, Liu Chengzong said with a smile to his father: "Jin Guohan and Guoshi Khan are far more royal than Huduntu."

February of the sixth year of Chongzhen was a very important time node. At that time, Liu Chengzong had just launched his army to march east, and it was impossible for the news to reach Huang Taiji's ears.

The Marshal's Mansion has not yet won the battle with the imperial court in the northwest, so the so-called victory in the letter is nothing more than a congratulations to Huchen or polite remarks.

Just like Liu Chengzong's previous prediction, the envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin this time may not be for him, but the focus is on eliminating the tiger rabbit.

Huang Taiji sent his eldest son here, probably to appease the contempt of this secondary status.

Liu Chengzong put the letter of credence aside, and smiled at his father, "Daddy, you have met Hauge, what do you think of him?"

"Very smart, but I don't know if it's him or Huang Taiji."

Liu Xiangyu said: "When you visit me, you bow down with the etiquette of meeting an elder. You don't talk about the affairs of the two countries. It seems like you are dating. He is one year older than you, but he will always call you elder brother when he mentions you. He respects you very much."

Liu Chengzong laughed secretly, he already knew about this when he returned to his teacher and passed by Xining.

In Xining, he summoned three general soldiers and inquired about the state of Jin. Yang Qi and the others all had experience in serving in Ji Liao, so they knew something about Jianzhou and the state of Jin.

From Jianzhou to the Kingdom of Jin, while Nurhachi's military strength gradually expanded, the means of political marriage were also exceptionally superb. Coupled with the custom of adopting step-marriage, the relationship between relatives was extremely complicated. .

"They kept their stance very low. When he saw me shouting Grandpa, what should I shout when I saw him? I don't want to be brothers with him."

Liu Xiangyu asked, "What are your plans?"

"I?"

Liu Chengzong pointed at himself, and said with a smile, "Save Huduntu, get rid of Guoshi Khan."

"As for the Kingdom of Jin, what Huang Taiji thinks in his heart is the same as mine. They must fight against the imperial court, and I must also fight against the imperial court. Whether to form an alliance or not, this is an unchangeable current situation."

Liu Chengzong said, raising his hand and waving in front of him, saying: "Zhangye has not been harvested and Ili has not been leveled. Daming is a swamp. Before the capital was captured, whoever fought against it would be hugged and sunk. There are none of the six volumes, but I can’t help spending so much.”

Everyone who guesses others will use himself as a blueprint to figure out other people's behavior, and Liu Chengzong is no exception.

In his opinion, what he would like to see the most is that Jin Guo and Daming fought to the death in Liaodong, and Da Ming fought Jin Guo hard to give him time to recuperate.

So the reverse is also true, Huang Taiji will also hope that Daming will pour the main force to the northwest battlefield to ease the pressure on the northeast.

Liu Xiangyu asked: "Then Hauge, let him go back like this?"

"No, no, don't let him go back. We don't want to talk to Huang Taiji, but we try our best to win over Hauge and let him eat and have fun here... It seems that we value them very much, and we are almost able to form an alliance."

Liu Xiangyu sighed, wondering how such a decent person such as himself gave birth to a wicked second child.

As soon as he heard this, he knew that the lion was thinking about whether he could get something from the Kingdom of Jin, and it was probably just to entertain other people's appetites.

This is not the right way.

He said: "Don't form an alliance, but you can send a mission to make friends with the Kingdom of Jin, and explore the road terrain, customs, strength, and character of the generals in Monan and even Liaodong, but the selection of candidates needs to be extra cautious."

Liu Xiangyu then said: "As for Oirat and the capture of Zhangye to pacify Ili, I think that after repeated battles, the commander-in-chief's people are determined, it is not appropriate to make enemies everywhere, and to stabilize Oirat. Its [-] veterans of the army are tired and have the intention of retreating. Take this opportunity to farm and train troops to recuperate."

"Even if the coalition forces are defeated, it will be difficult to capture the Ili River. If you can attack, you can't stay. Without [-] immigrants, you can't hold the Ili River."

Fifty thousand immigrants, Liu Chengzong scratched his head, unable to move.

He has been stuck on the line of food and clothing to support soldiers, and the line of life and death to support the people who have nowhere to go. The immigrant needs surplus food, which is too extravagant for him.

"Great, Ili is too far away, no one has ever been to it, and it's too far away to emigrate to the real side. As for sending envoys to the Kingdom of Jin, I have a choice, but I'll talk about it later. The most urgent thing is to organize six Han military camps first. The Mongolian Khan has to be able to bend and shrink for a while."

In Liu Chengzong's mind, the most suitable candidate for an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin was Gao Xian who ate Han Wang Lumi in Pingliang Mansion.

Gao Xian knew the structure of the Lion Camp very well, but his understanding of the Marshal's Mansion was comparable to that of Huang Taiji, even if he was sent to the Kingdom of Jin to eat in Shenyang for a year or two, Huang Taiji couldn't get anything useful out of him.

What's more, the time is just right, when Gao Xian comes from Pingliang, the problem of the overseas Mongolian army should be resolved, and the name and grade of the official position will be determined at that time, just in time to form a mission to go to the Kingdom of Jin.

"Oh, you can bend and shrink."

Liu Xiangyu said in his heart that you will not let Tiger Chief stick out.

He said: "The tiger chief can run but can't fight, and if he can't hold it, you have to protect him. It's best to use your soldiers quickly. When the national division defeats him, you will get [-] to [-] prisoners. At that time, you will have to deal with four Fifty thousand Mongolian troops."

What Liu Xiangyu didn't say was that maybe the Chahar army couldn't fight against Oirat, but if they surrendered Oirat, their morale might double when they fought against the Marshal's Mansion.

People can charge once for the sweat, but for food rations, people can charge at least five times. If you add mothers and aunts, you can charge ten times if you don't die.

They are holding [-] aunts and aunts.

"Haste makes waste in this battle. The tiger chief's mind cannot be speculated by ordinary people. If the Oirat is over, the tiger chief will fight me again, and he will suffer."

Liu Chengzong shook his head stubbornly: "It is imperative to expand the commander's mansion to ten battalions... As for Huduntu, I will give him a city. If he can't fight in the field, he will squat in the city as a bastard. He can always squat for a few days."

"Which city?"

There are a lot of people in Chahar, and a small fortress like Nanshanbao is obviously not enough. The city needs to be able to hold [-] troops, have certain city defense facilities, and be far away from the Oirat coalition forces so that they can run on the Gobi Desert again. a run.

The terrain should be relatively closed, which can create an opportunity for the annihilation of the Oirat coalition forces, and ensure that the Mongols from the Marshal's Mansion's four guards, the Rats, will not run everywhere.

At the same time, it can't be too far away from the control area of ​​the Marshal's Mansion, otherwise the effect of waiting for work at leisure will not be achieved.

Liu Chengzong happened to have such a city in his hand, he said: "Bajiao City."

　I thought that my writing would be slow after having children, but I didn’t expect it to be so slow. I deleted all the manuscripts I wrote a few days ago last night, and my reading was very difficult. I basically followed the frequency of children’s pooping. She came to a big one. That's another story for me... I'm so sorry for the long wait.

　　
　
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