During the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, the Ming Dynasty relied on the treasure money of the Yunnan War to obtain a stable military salary under the financial predicament, and finally successfully defeated Burma and received a large amount of benefits, including indemnities. When this matter was reported to Tumen by Buzhhatu at that time, Tumen were really surprised for a long time, it turned out that the battle could still be fought like this?

However, Buzhihatu said that this style of play has actually been done by the Mongols all along, but because of the different fighting styles of the two sides, it will be more amazing when it is changed to the Ming Dynasty.

Tumen was surprised and asked when we did the same? Ben Khan never borrowed money from his men, or from horses, or from bows and arrows.

Buri Hatu said calmly: "Every time the Great Khan attacks the Ming Border, doesn't he use the proceeds of the grass valley to motivate his subordinates to make them willing to follow the Great Khan to send troops? ”

Tumen was stunned when he heard this, and only said after a while: "It turns out that he actually learned from us?" ”

Buzhhatu shook his head and said: "It's hard to say whether it's learning from us, but it's roughly the same method." ”

Tumen sighed: "It is not a good thing for me to Mongolia that such a character has appeared among the Ming people." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Burihatu also sighed slightly, but immediately said: "However, his hand is useful for Myanmar, but it is not good for us Mongolia." ”

Tumen heard the song and knew the elegance, laughed, stroked his palms and said: "Yes, there is actually no difference between Burma and the Ming Dynasty, the war is mainly based on infantry, and it also depends on farming to eat, but it is not as good as us Mongolians who live by water and grass." If he tried to use this hand against Ben Khan, it would be of little use, because he could not grab anything. This vast grassland is vast, and it is not something that they can hold on to the Ming Dynasty, and it is useless to take it, who is willing to spend money on it? ”

These conversations took place after the Ming Dynasty won the battle against Myanmar last year, and it is not too long before now, and the Tumen remember it very clearly. It's just that now after Gao Pragmatic took up the post of Seven Towns Strategy and announced that he would set up the strategy in Daning City, he became a little uneasy.

Gao Pragmatic has too many ghost ideas, who knows if he will come up with some crooked ways temporarily?

And the geographical location of Daning City is indeed too fatal, and now there are only 30,000 or 40,000 troops to make themselves dare not move easily, lest the army leave Chahanhot for a little longer, and it will be attacked by the Ming army in Daning City and end the nest - this thing has not happened before, in the 39th year of Jiajing, the Ming army had suddenly come out of the fortress and burned down the Dabansheng City of Tumut, and the current Dabansheng City was newly built in Jiajing 44 years.

If the city of Daban is burned, Chahanhot will not be burned? Although Li Chengliang didn't burn it last time, it was obviously not that it couldn't be burned. Burihatu once analyzed this incident and believed that Li Chengliang did not burn Chahanhot because he was "in a hurry" as he reported to the Ming court, let alone forgotten, but deliberately did not burn it, the reason is the so-called "self-respect" - he was afraid that he would beat Chahar hard, making the court feel that Mongolia was no longer to be afraid, which would affect his status and interests.

Therefore, since Daning was stably controlled by the Ming army, especially since the guards along the line leading to Daning City were re-established, the Tumen felt that their lives were very uncomfortable, as if they were being pointed at the throat with a knife every day, and they could only watch carefully, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so that they didn't even dare to hit the grass valley.

Of course, this taste is very uncomfortable, because Ming Ren not only used Daning's knife to his throat, but also used the forbidden city rope to wrap his neck, making him slowly suffocate.

The only thing to be thankful for is that although the Ming Dynasty has come out with a powerful high pragmatism, the Great Khan of the Tatu finally got a mastermind, Buzhihatu.

Burihatu provided two ways to deal with this, one was to learn from Tumut and start cultivating farmland in areas suitable for cultivation, so that the Mongols would no longer be afraid of white and black disasters, but would be able to obtain some stable food to supplement themselves, at least to survive these natural disasters.

The second is to get the materials of the Ming Dynasty through the two dealers, which of course mainly refers to the Jurchens. Whether it was Hada before, or Yeh He later, or even the Jianzhou Left Guard, who was now thinking about actively contacting Buzhhatu, etc., the Chahar Ministry tried every means to do business with them.

Even if he knows that the materials obtained from the second dealer will definitely lose a lot more than doing business directly with the Ming Dynasty, but as Buzhihatu explained to him: First, it is better than nothing, especially the materials of cloth and silk, which are necessities, although Chahar is also trying to find a way to grow cotton by himself, but the current utilization level is still very poor, and the cloth that can be used still has to be obtained from the Ming Dynasty; Second, it was not terrible for the Jurchens to benefit from this, and even to some extent, it was a good thing for the Mongols.

At that time, the first reason was understood by Tumen at first hearing, but he did not understand the second reason, so he questioned Buzhhatu again.

Burihatu explained: "The ancestor of the Jurchens is Jin, and in the eyes of the Ming people, like my Mongols, they are all a group of people who are 'not of my race, and their hearts must be different', so the Great Khan should not think that most of the Jurchens are really of the same mind as the Ming people, that is just an illusion, the reason is just that the Jurchens are too weak to challenge the Ming Dynasty."

The Great Khan might as well think about it, is the attitude of the Ming people towards the Jurchens one thing in the mouth and one thing in the hands? On the lips, as long as the Jurchen tribes are obedient and obedient, the Ming Dynasty will give all kinds of preferential treatment such as market rewards, but in fact?

Ha, it's nothing more than who has become stronger, Da Ming is trying to find a reason to fight - Gao pragmatic killed Ye He and Erbeile, did those two Baylors do anything wrong that angered people? No, it's just that the strength is strong, and I covet the edict that Da Ming gave to Hada before, but what's the matter with Da Ming? They said they were going to fight Da Ming? ”

This is somewhat exaggerated, because Ye He's two Baylors did not have the same deferential attitude towards Da Ming at that time as before, but they ...... It seems a bit unreasonable to use "deferential" or not to decide whether to fight or not.

However, in fact, the reason for this move, from the standpoint of the Ming Dynasty, or from the position of the Celestial Empire, which has been consistent for thousands of years, is completely sufficient: if you are not disrespectful to the Celestial Empire, of course the Celestial Empire can crusade, and this does not need other reasons, because this kind of war belongs to the "Heavenly War Injustice" in the eyes of the Celestial Empire, and it is a completely righteous act, and it is by no means nameless.

But from the standpoint of the Tumen, the Mongols, and the Jurchens, this kind of behavior of the Ming Dynasty is very domineering: Why am I born to be that "unrighteous", and you will always be righteous?

Interests determine the position, and the position determines the attitude. This has been true throughout the ages.

However, in any case, the Tumen understood what Burzhhatu meant. His meaning is actually very simple, that is, the Jurchens made money in it, which is not a bad thing for the Mongols, because as soon as the Jurchens are strong, they will naturally become a threat in the eyes of the Ming people, and the Ming will definitely have to work hard to crusade.

It doesn't matter to the Mongols who loses or who wins, as long as the war strength of the Ming people can be consumed, it is good news for the Mongols. 520

As a result, because of the vigorous strengthening of agriculture and commercialization, although Chahar has been choked by the neck of the Ming Dynasty, not only has he not been suffocated, but even slowly recovered his vitality little by little.

Perhaps in view of this, or perhaps because Burzhhatu is not satisfied with this, in short, Buzhhatu is still planning new actions day and night.

The Mongols were not afraid of being beaten passively, but in the final analysis they did not like to be beaten passively, so Burihatu devised a plan to disrupt the Ming Dynasty's plans before they could take the initiative to send troops.

The Ming Dynasty's "West Huaidong System" is actually an open national policy because of the relationship between the Di and the newspaper, so the Tumert people have not worried about what the Ming Dynasty thinks of them since the success of the tribute, and similarly, the Chahar people also know that the goal of the Ming Dynasty is always them.

Although the newspaper did not mention when troops would be sent to attack Chahar, according to Buzhhatu's analysis, the only thing that limited this was the issue of military salaries. In other words, when the Ming people finish the major matter of "opening the feudal ban" at hand, it will be enough to make up the military salary for sending troops to conquer Chahar, and it will probably not be far from the official dispatch of troops.

Whether or not Chahar can avoid being conscripted by hundreds of thousands of troops depends on whether his plan can be successfully implemented.

Even if Buri Hatu said that he would go all the way to Qinghai in person, Tumen did not say much, but only told him to ensure his safety and return as soon as possible.

And now, Da Ming suddenly pushed Gao Shishi, the most dangerous enemy in the eyes of the Tumen, to the position of the Seven Towns Jingluo, and he determined that the Jingluo Xingyuan would be set up in Daning, and the Tumen would of course be nervous.

In the Tumen's view, this may mean that there is a deviation in the assumption of Buzhhatu, and the Ming Dynasty is either not short of money, or has thought of another way to make money. All in all, they seem to be able to do it now!

After the Battle of Monan and the Battle of Liaonan, the Tumen were actually a little frightened by Gao Shipra, so after "thinking about" the above truth, he still felt unsafe after thinking about it, and simply issued another urgent order, requiring Buzhihatu to return to Chahanhot immediately after receiving it.

The next day, there was new news coming to Tumen's sweat tent, which was about Gao Shishi's request for the Praetorian Guards and the seven towns of Jiliao and Xuanda to carry out spring exercises.

Tumen Khan, who had been fighting with the Ming army for most of his life, was also very confused when he heard the news, because he understood the style of the Ming army, and he was also clear about the "work and rest time" of the Ming people.

The Han people are an agrarian civilization, and they have always paid the most attention to solar terms, and almost all activities are carried out around the seasons. On the whole, the seasons are divided by the four seasons: spring ploughing, summer ploughing, autumn harvest, and winter storage.

Among them, spring plowing and autumn harvest are the biggest things in the world, and they must not be delayed, because this kind of thing is wrong, and there is basically no way to make up for it. If we miss the agricultural season this year, not only may we not be able to survive this year, but next year will be even worse, and it will be difficult to think of ways to tide over the difficulties.

Therefore, during the spring ploughing and autumn harvest periods, there is usually no large-scale military action, and all major events have to make way for the crops.

During the period of "winter Tibet", the impact in the south may be relatively small, and those who should move troops can still move troops, such as Guangxi or something, so you don't have to think too much about it, and if you want to fight in winter, you can fight.

Not to mention in southern Xinjiang, Huang Zhiting is winter when he fights Cambodia, is there any difference with the other four seasons? Oh, maybe the direction of the monsoon is a little different, the southeast wind is replaced by the northwest wind, but the other difference is almost none.

However, in the north, the difference is very big, especially in the north over the years, there seems to be a tendency to get colder and colder, and even the Mongols are reluctant to run around in winter, not to mention the Ming army, which is ten times more complex and heavy than the Mongols? Therefore, the Ming army will definitely not go out to conquer Saibei in winter, no matter how powerful Gao Shishi is, the Tumen do not believe that he can violate it.

Therefore, in fact, there are only two time periods when the Ming army can send troops: one is the period when spring plowing is over and the autumn harvest has not arrived, and the other is the time when the autumn harvest is over and winter storage has not arrived.

The two periods are separated, and each is not too long, only about two months, and even if it is delayed a little, it will not exceed three months at most.

The implication is that the Ming army's military operations in northern Saibei usually do not last more than three months—it may have been possible in the early Ming Dynasty as in the Yongle period, but that situation is different from the current situation. There are not many military households in the Yongle Dynasty who have fled, and the military households in front of them have gone to war, but there are still people in the family who can do farm work, and there is no shortage of his labor.

Tumen's attitude towards Gao Pragmatic is different from that of the officials and people in the Ming Dynasty, he was really beaten by Gao Pragmatic on the head, so he would rather "look up" at Gao Pragmatic than underestimate him. Therefore, in the Tumen's view, if Gao Pragmatic, the Seven Towns Economic Strategy, wants to send troops, I am afraid that it will not be delayed until after the autumn harvest, but should be sent out immediately after the completion of spring plowing and spring exercises.

As for the reason, Tumen felt that he could see it: Gao Pragmatic did not step down as a servant of Rong Zheng.

Different from the domestic views of the Ming Dynasty, Tumen believes that the reason why Gao Pragmatic did not step down as Rong Zheng's servant is very simple, that is, his Seven Towns Strategy is actually a very temporary assignment, and he has only been temporarily sent for a few months, so he does not need to step down from his own post.

The emperor's use of him should be mainly in the work of Rong Zheng Shilang - the matter of the reform of the Beijing camp cannot be hidden from Bu Rihatu, and the Tumen are of course very clear that this matter has a great impact on the Ming Dynasty.

In this case, Tumen became suspicious of the matter of "spring exercises": Could it be that the spring exercises were just a false shot, and Gao Pragmatic actually used the "spring exercises" to numb himself, but when the time came, he suddenly launched an attack during the spring exercises to catch himself off guard?

In view of the high pragmatism and cunning, the more the Tumen thought about it, the more they felt that this matter was extremely suspicious, and calculated the time, from the messenger detouring to Qinghai, to the time when Buzhihatu received the Khan's order to make a detour and come back, it would take a month or two...... Oops, there's not much time left for him, and there's not much time left for Ben Khan!

The self-proclaimed shrewd and wise Tumen Khan hurriedly took action - without saying a word, he sent another envoy with his third Khan order, asking Buri Hatu to return immediately after receiving the order, without a moment's delay!