On the second day, when the first ray of sunshine in the morning hit the earth, the Ming army camp welcomed an uninvited guest.
"Emissary of Wala?"
Zhu Qizhen was planning to make peace with Ye first, so naturally he would not send an envoy to negotiate. Unexpectedly, he sent someone over instead.
"Your Majesty, do you see me?"
Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said: "We're all here, let's meet. People in the province say we are stingy!"
"Yes!"
Not long after, a strong man in his forties walked into the camp.
This person stretched out his right hand, patted his left chest with his palm, bowed and said, "See His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"
"Bold!"
Yuan Bin stood aside and frowned: "Why don't you kneel down when you see the emperor?"
"Humph!"
The man snorted coldly and said with an extremely arrogant expression: "We Mongolians cannot kneel down and worship!"
"Presumptuous!"
Yuan Bin shouted angrily and reached out to draw the knife.
"Yuan Bin, please step back first!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand to stop him, and then asked: "What is your name?"
"The centurion under the Grand Master's tent, Atulu!"
Zhu Qizhen smiled softly and said: "You are still a centurion. Since you are here, let's talk about it. How do you want to talk?"
Atulu looked arrogant and said: "In the name of Grand Master Ye, I order you to give up most of the capital immediately and return to the south of the Yangtze River. I, Dayuan, can promise you to draw the river to rule. Otherwise, five hundred thousand
The cavalry marched south and trampled through the capital. Rivers of blood will flow by then. Don’t blame us for not warning us in advance!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone looked at each other, and then burst into laughter.
Arturu suddenly felt his face dull and said coldly: "You are about to die, and you don't know it yet?"
Li Zhen joked: "Why don't you say five million for half a million?"
Atulu immediately retorted: "We, the four major tribes of Wala, Junggar, Heshuote, Durbot, and Torgut each sent 50,000 troops, and an army of 200,000 is at the foot of Dagushan. I don't believe you."
You can go and see it yourself!"
"Okay, okay, I believe it!"
Li Zhen held back her laughter and continued: "This is only 200,000, how about 300,000 more?"
Aturu smiled confidently and said: "The Tatar Tribe and the Ulliangha Tribe each sent 150,000 troops. I am not afraid to tell you that these 300,000 troops have arrived in Liaodong. If you don't agree now, you will have to do it first."
Conditions, by the time the Eastern Route Army breaks through Shanhaiguan, it will be too late!"
He originally thought that when he broke the news, the other party would be shocked.
If Liaodong is lost, it will only be a matter of time before Shanhaiguan is broken through.
As long as Shanhaiguan is broken through, the capital will be safe.
My hometown is gone, why don’t you beat me up!
At the original Khulletai Conference, Totuo Buhua agreed to send troops together with Ye Xian, but they both had their own thoughts.
Tuotuo Buhua believed that he could first contain the main force of the Ming army, and then he could take the opportunity to attack Liaodong.
However, even if he can think of something, how can he not think of it?
So, a messenger was sent over to reveal the news to the Ming army.
The so-called crossing the river to rule is just a big deal. What he really wants is for the Ming army to turn its main force to Liaodong, so that the pressure he faces will be reduced.
However, Atulu never expected that the Ming army would behave very calmly when they heard the news.
There was no panic at all, it seemed... well prepared?
He thought he had not made it clear, so he repeated: "The Tatars and Uliangha have already sent troops to Liaodong. If you don't believe it, you can send scouting horses there!"
Zhu Qizhen chuckled and said: "Let me tell you when I go back that I don't need to care about Liaodong's affairs."
Aturu was stunned for a moment and asked: "What...what?"
"I want you to tell Ye Xian, what he needs to care about now is how to bear the wrath of me and the 100,000 Ming Dynasty soldiers!"
Atulu really couldn't figure it out. The Tatars really sent troops to Liaodong together with Wu Liangha. Although they lied about the numbers, they really went!
Why don’t you believe me?
What about the most basic trust between people?
"And!"
Zhu Qizhen continued: "The outcome of this battle is only victory and defeat, life and death, there is no reconciliation!"
Seeing this, Atulu could only say: "In that case, when my Dayuan cavalry breaks through the capital, don't blame me..."
"Aren't you nagging? When you're done, get out of here!"
Arturu wanted to say a few words out of sympathy, but Zhu Qizhen was already impatient and sent someone to kick him out.
"Just wait!"
Atulu spat bitterly, then glanced around a few times before leaving the camp.
I galloped all the way back to my home camp and hurried to see Ye Xian.
"Master, Atulu is back!"
"Oh?" Ye Xian's eyes flashed and he waved, "Let him in!"
To be honest, I didn’t have high hopes for Atulu.
Although the two armies do not kill envoys in front of the formation, it is normal for you to be killed with a knife if you go to humiliate others.
As long as the news of Totuo Buhua's attack on Liaodong is revealed to the Ming army before his death, the goal will be achieved.
Now that he learned that the Ming army did not make things difficult for him, he was somewhat surprised.
Aturu came to Yesian and knelt down on one knee to salute.
"No need to be polite, let me ask you, have you brought the news?"
"Go back to Grand Master, I've already brought you here."
"What was the reaction of the Ming army?"
"It seems..." Atulu was a little confused and could only say truthfully, "No reaction..."
"What?"
He also frowned and said to himself: "Could it be...that they knew in advance?"
Atulu thought for a while and said: "Maybe the southerners are blindly arrogant and think I lied to them!"
"It is indeed possible!"
He nodded first and then asked: "Have you seen their firearms?"
"Going back to Taishi, I did see some artillery pieces, but the barrels are very small. If they are strong, one person can carry them on their backs."
"Small artillery?" I was a little confused at first, "What is the Ming army doing?"
In his impression, the larger the cannon, the more powerful it is.
The 5,000 elite cavalry led by Boyan were eliminated in a single encounter. Therefore, he speculated that the Ming army probably had a new type of artillery, which was probably larger than the general's cannon.
It was precisely because of this concern that he did not rush to attack. Instead, he sent people to negotiate terms and went to the Ming army's positions to investigate.
"Are you sure you didn't see the big artillery?"
"When I returned to the Grand Master, I was in a hurry. I only took a few glances and found no large artillery."
I have thought about it for a long time, and now, this battle is inevitable.
Anyway, let’s fight first and then talk about it!
"Send the order, prepare for war!"
Half an hour later, the 150,000-strong Wala army marched out of the camp and headed south.
At the same time, the main force of the Ming army also marched north from the Yumuchuan Camp, and the Shenji Battalion pushed the artillery cart and walked in the middle of the team.
On the grassland, the scouting horses from both sides continued to attack, passing on one piece of information after another.
Finally, when the two armies were less than ten miles apart, they began to prepare for battle.