After discussion with Gushi Khan, Baturhun Khan and others, they felt that attacking Guihua City was the most advantageous for them.
First, if Guihua City is captured, the connection with the Eastern Qing Dynasty and the Japanese country will be opened up. With the exchange of information, the chance of winning the war against the Ming Kingdom will be greater.
Secondly, on the other side of Guihua City, there is no great pass like Jiayuguan to block it. Under a vast plain, you can advance and attack, but if you cannot defeat, you can retreat. It can be said that you can advance and retreat freely, and you will be in an invincible position.
Third, most of the people in Guihua City are original herdsmen, including the Tumut tribe, and the largest number are the Mobei tribe. In addition, there are also the Wasi tribe, including the Dulbert tribe, and
Shuote tribe and some other small tribes.
No matter what the reason was for them to surrender to the Ming Kingdom, less than a year had passed, and they would definitely not be able to integrate with the Han people of the Ming Kingdom.
If the Western Allied Forces kill them, regardless of whether they are close friends or not, some of them will surrender to the Western Allied Forces again. Just like this, the Western Allied Forces' chances of winning will be greatly improved.
And once the war is won, no matter what the herdsmen thought before, they can all be transformed into the strength of the Western Alliance Army.
The last one, I heard that China is vigorously building the Guihua City side. If the Western Allies conquer that side, it will also reduce a lot of logistical pressure.
At this time, Gushi Khan and others estimated that on the Ming side, the eastern front was being restrained by the Manchu and Japanese armies, and the western front was being restrained by the empty troops who had previously invaded the Ming Dynasty. It was time to take action against Guihua City.
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Previously, in order to avoid exposing the combat target, the Western Allies did not send exploration horses to Guihua City at all.
Now that the army has begun to attack Guihua City, Tan Ma will naturally be released.
Gushi Khan and others, leading a main force of 100,000 cavalry, marched eastward from the grassland in a mighty manner, which could also reduce the logistical pressure on such a large cavalry. Among them, Baturhun Khan led Zhungeer
The cavalry army, about 15,000 cavalry, acted as the vanguard and opened the way for the army.
The reason why the Ge'er tribe was chosen to open the way is because there are other tribes from the Waci tribe in Guihua City. If they encounter them, it should be easier to incite rebellion against the Waci tribesmen they encounter.
A few days after the army left, suddenly, Tan Ma from the front came over with a group of knights in Ming army uniforms.
Baturhun looked a little strange, because from a distance, the Ming cavalry were not tied up, and they seemed to be chatting and laughing with his scouts.
At this time, a scout over there broke away from the team and came first to report to Baturhun Khan: "Great Khan, we encountered a Ming army that refused to collect at night, and they happened to be Heshuote and Dulbert.
It is composed of people. After talking about it, I heard that Gushi Khan is the leader of the alliance, and I am very happy to come back and serve!"
When Baturhun Khan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. This was a good sign!
At the same time, he also felt slightly uncomfortable.
Baturhun Khan believed that his ability was definitely very strong. However, in the eyes of other tribes in Waci, he was still not as good as Gushi Khan!
While he was thinking this, he saw that Tan Ma had already brought the Ming army, a total of fifteen horses, in front of him.
Seeing that the leader of the Ming army refused to accept the troops at night, he immediately saluted him with the etiquette of a brick and said: "The villain is the guitar from the Heshuo Special Department. I heard that Gushi Khan has returned and is willing to serve the coalition forces."
Gushi Khan was originally the Great Khan of the Heshuote Tribe and the leader of the entire Wacian Alliance. It was only later that he led his elite to fight against religious enemies in the Qinghai-Tibet region, and Eqirtu became the Great Khan of the Heshuote Tribe.
.In other words, Gushi Khan’s prestige in the Heshuote tribe is very high.
No matter from which point of view, Baturhun Khan felt that his words were reasonable and reasonable.
At this time, I heard this and that Guitar began to introduce his companions. They were either Heshuote tribe or Dulbert tribe, all of whom were Wacians.
When these people greeted Baturhun Khan, they all used the language of the Wasi tribe. No matter which angle you looked at it, there was no doubt that they were people from the Wasi tribe.
As a result, Batur Huihan was relieved and even more happy. He immediately asked with some curiosity: "What is the situation of the Ming army in Guihua City now?"
Hearing this, the leader Gui quickly replied: "The tribes on our grassland, including our Waci tribe and the Khalkha tribe, are all over there in Guihua City, and there are at least more than half a million of them."
People. The Ming army has at least 50,000 troops stationed in Guihua City, looking at us!"
"But don't worry, the Great Khan. Among the 50,000 men in the Ming army, at least 30,000 are like us, and are served by people from various tribes on the grassland. As long as Gushi Khan leads the army to fight, at least we on the grassland will
People will definitely follow Gushi Khan again!"
Hearing what he said, the other Ming soldiers started talking all night long.
"Yes, that's right, we are Mongolians, and Mongolians want to help Mongolians!"
"How is it possible for us to work for the Han people?"
"The great Gushi Khan has returned, and we will be saved!"
"The Great Khan doesn't know that those officials from the Ming Dynasty want us to farm. We are herdsmen. We have been herding herds since we were young. How can we farm? They might as well kill us!"
"The thing is, a lot of grain fields have been cultivated over in Guihua City, and a lot of people are needed to farm them. If there aren't enough Han people, we Mongolians will have to farm too. It's really funny!"
"..."
Logically speaking, it is a bit rude for these people to talk so garrulously in front of Baturhun Khan.
However, at this time, Batur Huihan had a smile on his face and was not unhappy at all. He did not even stop them and just let them talk.
After a while, when he saw that these Ming troops were refusing to stop at night, Baturhun Khan's face suddenly became serious and he shouted to them: "Are you lying to me?"
Hearing this, many Ming soldiers who had not stopped at night changed their expressions. They never expected that the Khan of the Zhungar tribe did not believe what they said.
The leader of the Ming army, the Heshuote tribesman named Nagui, quickly replied to Baturhun Khan aggrievedly: "Great Khan, every word of ours is true, how dare we lie to you, Great Khan!"
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After hearing this, Baturhun Khan just sneered and said: "Don't think that I don't know that your two tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty before because the Ming Dynasty had herds and grain fields for you. Why didn't I talk to you about it?
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When the Dulbert Tribe and the Heshuote Tribe surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, these were all put forward as conditions, and almost everyone knew about them. Later, on the way to surrender, some people from the Heshuote Tribe escaped. Naturally,
This situation was also reported to the Zhungeer tribe.
When the leader Nagui heard this, he quickly said to Baturhun Khan with a sad face: "The Great Khan only knows the first one, but not the second! After the people of the Ming Dynasty deceived us all, the people above got more points.
There are herds and grain fields, and there are also some people who are in favor of the Ming Dynasty, but most of them don’t have any at all. We don’t dare to ask more questions even if we wait until later. After all, if we annoy those Ming Dynasty officials, we will point out
They might kill us and kill the chickens and monkeys."
Hearing his words, the other Ming soldiers nodded their heads and agreed with Gui Gui's words.
"That's right, that's it. We ordinary herders don't get any share at all."
"Yes, the Ming Dynasty didn't have that many herds and grain fields to share!"
"No, they force us to become soldiers and work hard for them!"
"The Great Khan must know that the people of the Central Plains are the most cunning. They say one thing and do another, but I don't know how many people regret it!"
"..."
After hearing these words, Baturhunhan's expression finally softened, his smile appeared again, he nodded and said, "Yes, the people of the Central Plains are the most treacherous. You must not trust them."
When he said this, after a pause, he remembered something and immediately asked for confirmation: "I heard that there is a kind of fire-burning vehicle in China. It is extremely powerful and can pull a lot of things at once. Have you ever seen it?"
Oqiltu specifically mentioned this in his letter to Gushi Khan. Because the matter was so strange, Gushi Khan also mentioned it to other tribal leaders, and Baturhui Khan took it to heart.
Hearing this, Na Gui immediately nodded and said: "Yes, it's called a steam train. Now there is one in Guihua City. It runs from Guannai to Guihua City and has just been repaired!"
"Is it really powerful?" Baturhuhan heard this and immediately asked.
This time, it wasn't just the guitar, all the Ming soldiers were nodding their heads. At the same time, the afterglow of shock also appeared on their faces.
Among them, the guitar also said to Batur Huihan: "The Ming Dynasty also brought a lot of grain and supplies from the pass to Guihua City through this kind of steam train. There was no room for them in the city, and they were piled everywhere even outside the city.
All of them!”
Upon hearing this, Baturhunhan's face immediately showed a hint of greed, but he immediately remembered something and asked immediately: "Isn't the Ming Kingdom at war with the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom? There can be so many more
Transport grain and grass supplies to Guihua City?"
Hearing this, this and that guitar couldn't help but be startled. The other Ming soldiers looked at him all night long, and no one said anything.
Soon, Guitar came back to his senses and quickly explained: "I don't know the situation in the east. Maybe there are too many people here in Guihua City. They are afraid that we will rebel when we are hungry, so we are lucky.
A lot of food and supplies are coming!”
Hearing this, Baturhun Khan thought it made sense, so he no longer struggled with these issues, but asked the question he was most concerned about: "What about the specific deployment, military strength, and armament situation of the Ming army in Guihua City?"
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After hearing this, the guitar immediately answered Baturhunhan without any hesitation.
Anyway, he would answer whatever Baturhun Khan asked. Of course, there were some people who couldn't answer, but Baturhun Khan didn't care.