Chapter 725: It's hard to choose
The nine sides of the Ming Dynasty were like a dam that could no longer control the sluice water, and the water could not stop penetrating outward.
The border army of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Army, is this water.
Liaodong, with Shenyang as the center, the army of the Ming Dynasty continued to send troops to the north and east, constantly sweeping the remnants of the Tartars on the land of Liaodong, while the main force followed Huangtaiji to the west, constantly oppressing Huangtaiji's living space.
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In Shanxi, with Datong as the base, Lu Xiangsheng also continued to press north and east.
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In the face of the squeeze of the Ming Dynasty, the most obvious feeling is Huang Taiji, he just rested on the grassland for a few days, and the Ming Dynasty immediately chased after him.
This kind of distance is not far away, so that Huang Taiji is difficult to sleep, this distance, the cavalry fights horses, one day, he must spend a lot of energy to guard against the Ming Dynasty's surprise attack, the Ming Dynasty this kind of distant embellished situation, so that Huang Taiji feels extremely tired.
The Ming Dynasty just followed from afar, so he had to beware that the vast pastures in the east could not graze, and this loss made Huang Taiji, who was eager to recover his strength, even more headache.
Huang Taiji's gray hair has increased significantly, and the suffering day and night, the anxiety day and night, makes Huang Taiji look much older.
“…… The Ming Dynasty seems to have sent the border army and the imperial army as well......" Huang Taiji said with a sad face.
During the day, Huang Taiji is the backbone of the entire Dajin, and he will never dare to show a little tiredness and anxiety, he knows that as long as he shows a little uneasiness, Dajin, who is already on the verge of collapse, will immediately disperse, so Huang Taiji has to fight hard every day to deal with things, and at night, he can take off his disguise and talk to his adviser with a true face.
"Hui Great Khan, yes, in the past few days, I have found a lot of new flags, and with these banners, most of them are border troops, as well as the ...... of the Imperial Army, which should be the Ming Dynasty sent the Imperial Association Army...... "Fan Wencheng said.
"Then Xiandou said, is this good or bad for my Dajin?" Huang Taiji asked haggardly, it has become very difficult to communicate with others now, and now Dajin relies on him for support and decision-making, and he can't discuss many things.
“…… This ......" Fan Wencheng wanted to say something, but he didn't know why, but he suddenly felt the scar on his face that seemed to itch very much, and it hurt so much that Fan Wencheng broke off.
"Xiandou might as well say it bluntly, Ben Khan won't blame Xiandou's ......," Huang Taiji said. Huang Taiji tried his best to slow down his emotions and not let his anxiety control him.
Fan Wencheng felt as if he had been pricked by something, and he was so painful that he cut off, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that it was not someone who hit him, nor did someone prick himself, but the scar on his face was growing flesh and healing. Fan Wencheng has not experienced the itchy flesh after the injury, but this time it is a little strange, this itch is not an itch at all, but an itch with pain.
“…… Sweating back, it's good or bad......" Fan Wencheng twitched his face and replied. The scar was growing flesh, although it was unbearable, but Fan Wencheng didn't dare to scratch it with his hands, so he could only endure it, and could only relieve the pain on his face by twitching his face.
"Xiandou can talk about it carefully......" Huang Taiji continued to ask.
"Back to the Great Khan, the advantage is that there are more and more armies in the dynasty, and they must become more and more miscellaneous, if you can catch and destroy one of them, it should have a lot of ...... to improve the morale of my Dajin, but this is a very risky ......, and now there are elites of the Ming Dynasty eyeing the side, if you want to find a gap, it is difficult to ......" Fan Wencheng said.
"Well, Xiandou has a point...... Huang Taiji nodded, encouraging Fan Wencheng to continue his analysis. …,
“…… The disadvantage is that the pressure on our dynasty is even greater, and now the Ming Dynasty is trying to surround my Dajin ......to death from all directions," Fan Wencheng said.
"Well, that makes sense......" Huang Taiji nodded and heard.
“…… Another point, the minion doesn't know whether to say that I am lucky or ......," Fan Wencheng said.
"Xiandou just has to say ......," Huang Taiji encouraged.
“…… Great Khan, judging from the movements of the Ming Dynasty, the heart of the Ming Emperor is not small! ......" Fan Wencheng sorted out his thoughts.
"How so?" Huang Taiji asked.
“…… Great Khan, the Ming Emperor is going to occupy an area, otherwise, he will not send so many soldiers and horses, as far as the slaves know, the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Association Army and the border army go to war, it seems that there is no military salary, all rely on war plunder and reward, I want the Ming Emperor to send the Imperial Association Army to the battlefield this time, obviously to use these free combat power, to occupy the territory to reward those border army Emperor Army, Ming Emperor This is a good calculation......," Fan Wencheng said. The itching on his face intensified, and the itch was so itchy that he wanted to scratch it, but he could only think about it in his heart, his hands would never dare to scratch his face, and this grasp would be accurate. You have to endure this.
"Kendou has a point, it makes sense! ......" Huang Taiji sighed, this question, he may not be able to see through it himself, he also understands people, but he understands people, what else can he do? A big battle with the Ming Dynasty? Now his Dajin's strength has been severely damaged, and he has a lot of fear of the Ming Dynasty, and he has long lost his previous spirit in the war. Now let alone fighting with Qin Liangyu's elite, even the border army of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Army, Huang Taiji did not dare to start a war easily.
“…… Great Khan, the minions also listened to the people who came back from the north said that the border army of the Ming Dynasty and the Imperial Association Army seemed to have entered the territory of Mobei Khalkha Tutaiji, and I heard that there was a conflict...... "Fan Wencheng thought about it and told this clue.
"Oh......, what does Kento think about this?" Fan Wencheng's remarks attracted the attention of Huang Taiji, who had been raiding the local Ming Dynasty recently, but he had neglected a lot of other news, and when he heard Fan Wencheng say this, he immediately became interested.
"Hui Great Khan, in this case, there are no more than two situations, the first is that the Ming Dynasty deliberately sent these imperial troops and border troops to expand the territory, the Ming Emperor probably has the meaning of occupying more plates, it is said that now the Ming Emperor is selling the land in Liaodong, it is said that it is selling very prosperously, in order to verify this, it seems to be very illustrative; If it weren't for the situation inferred by the minions, that is, the Ming Dynasty had no intention of having a bad relationship with Lin Dan Khan, but based on the judgment of the number ......of minions, the minions felt that this must be intentionally connived at by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, from the Ming Emperor to Sun Chengzong to Qin Liangyu, who was not a very strict military ruler, how could this happen if it was not a very strict army? Fan Wenchen made his inference. Although there are only some clues, he can deduce a lot of things through these clues, and now Dajin is surrounded on all sides, and the news is even more closed, and a lot of news has to be guessed.
Huang Taiji listened to Fan Wencheng's words, and his heart was already much more cheerful.
“…… In other words, did the Ming Dynasty intentionally make a move with Lin Dan Khan? Huang Taiji said with some excitement that this news was unintentionally the happiest thing for him in recent days.
Now although he has the heart to find trouble with Lin Dan Khan, but his strength has been greatly damaged, he has to weigh the consequences, if Lin Dan Khan also loses, then this big gold will be completely finished, so, easily, Huang Taiji does not dare to act rashly, and then Huang Taiji still wants to form an alliance with Lin Dan Khan, so as to deal with the Ming Dynasty in a broader space, this is what Huang Taiji's eyes can reach, blindly grabbing something to live, this is not Huang Taiji's style. …,
But all along, Lin Dan Khan also ignored him, if he left immediately, neither sent troops to fight him, nor promised to form an alliance with him, which made him very annoyed, the pressure on the Ming Dynasty behind the ass was too great, he must make a breakthrough as soon as possible, or to clean up Lin Dan Khan, or to form an alliance with Lin Dan Khan, he must get a broader space and the Ming Dynasty to deal around. Now hearing the possibility of Lin Dan Khan's evil in the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji immediately rejoiced, thinking that if Lin Dan Khan knew about this matter, he would definitely be suspicious of the Ming Dynasty, and he would say it on the side, maybe he could say that Lin Dan Khan, thinking that he was about to gain a broad space for maneuver, Huang Taiji was full of excitement, the reason why he fell to the field today is all thanks to the Ming Dynasty, to change the root of all this, and still in the Ming Dynasty, and he has to defeat the Ming Dynasty to solve the problem, Huang Taiji's eyes are always on the Ming Dynasty, I didn't pay much attention to Lin Dan Khan.
“…… Back to the Great Khan, it should be, from the perspective of the slaves, this should be ** not far from ten, the Ming Dynasty is now from top to bottom, the army is very strict, where there may be this kind of unauthorized action without consent? Since he happened, it is enough to say something......" Fan Wencheng said.
“…… God help me, this Ming Emperor is still too tender! This heart is still a little too big! If he seeks stability step by step, Ben Khan will not have any chance, but now he has forced Lin Dan Khan to Ben Khan's side, this Ming Emperor, he has made stinky chess! ......," Huang Taiji said happily. Huang Taiji has always pinned his hopes on using the vast desert to maneuver with the Ming Dynasty, and when the Ming Dynasty is negligent, he will turn back and give the Ming Dynasty a fatal blow to completely reverse the situation. In Huang Taiji's view, to achieve this goal, forming an alliance with Lin Dan Khan is more important than anything else.
"......" Fan Wencheng didn't know what to say, what was in his master's heart, he might not be able to guess that Emperor Ming was really so tender? Did Emperor Ming really make a stinky move? Ming Huang Nen, what about Sun Chengzong? What about Qin Liangyu and the others? Are they all tender? Emperor Ming has always had a reputation for being virtuous, when did you hear that Emperor Ming couldn't listen to other people's advice?
“…… Indeed, if the slave did not guess wrong, the Ming Dynasty and Lin Dan Khan turned against each other, and it would be soon, and the alliance between the Great Khan and Lin Dan Khan was about to come to fruition, and only a person who could speak eloquently went to persuade Lin Dan Khan......" Fan Wencheng said.
"Xiandou is reasonable...... it is indeed necessary to persuade Lin Dan Khan with a competent person, although this Lin Dan Khan did not take it seriously, but now the strength in his hands is still not bad...... Huang Taiji said very confidently, the fatigue of the day seems to have been liberated at this moment. While talking, he looked at Fan Wencheng and kept looking up and down.
Fan Wencheng was looked up and down by Huang Taiji for a long time, and saw Huang Taiji's gaze hesitating. Fan Wencheng sighed secretly, Huang Taiji still didn't want to let him go! At the moment, he said: "Great Khan, if the minion has no scars on his face, he will have to stand up and share his worries for the Great Khan, but now the minion has a wound on his face and a hideous face, it is not suitable to do this, but it disappoints the Great Khan......"
Huang Taiji was very happy to hear it and said, "...... Xiandou doesn't have to be presumptuous, this injury is just a skin trauma, it will be fine after a period of rest, and there will be no scars on the face, Xiandou can rest assured that it is ......" Huang Taiji comforted his strategist, originally, according to Fan Wencheng's ability, the personnel who went to do this negotiation were very good, but Huang Taiji was also worried that this Fan Wencheng would leak his secrets, he had a lot of things in his heart, and he told him in his heart, this person must always be under his own monitoring, at least in this moment of crisis, Huang Taiji cannot let any danger happen.
"Xie Dahan cares about ......" Fan Wencheng immediately thanked, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, he was sinking deeper and deeper in this golden world, and he felt that he was about to suffocate. …,
Just when Huang Taiji was happy, there was a noise outside the tent.
Huang Taiji was very annoyed, it was so late, and it was so noisy, something big must have happened, there was no big thing, who dared to make noise at such a late hour?
"Who's making a noise outside? Go check ......," Huang Taiji shouted unhappily.
"Chirp ......" immediately a minion agreed.
It didn't take long for someone to reciprocate.
"Back to the master, Sangsikin with the white flag ran away with his tribe......" the returning servant whispered, although the voice was small, but in this quiet night, the voice was still very loud.
"What, Santsikin ran away?" Huang Taiji's blood is surging, and the house leak coincides with the overnight rain, and now it is the time for him to employ his gold, but someone runs away from his gold, which is really hateful.
“…… Why is no one chasing after it? After chasing, Ben Khan will definitely break him into pieces......" Huang Taiji roared lowly. His heart burned with rage.
Fan Wencheng listened on the sidelines, shaking his head in his heart, when Dajin won the battle in the past, the Mongols threw it over, and the rules were relatively established, they were also at ease, Dajin was easy to manage, and it didn't take too much energy, but now the Ming Dynasty is powerful, Dajin is defeated again and again, and those Mongolians who have taken refuge are unreliable, and many of them have signs of running away against the water, this problem is enough for Huang Taiji to be a good head agent for a while.
"Back to my master, someone has already gone after you......" the servant immediately agreed.
Huang Taiji, who had just been happy for a while, became irritable again, this end had not yet landed, and the other end was in a situation again, and he was so angry that he circled in the sweat tent.
Fan Wencheng shook his head secretly in his heart, now this big gold, but it's really almost over, and even the Mongolian tribes that have been gathered have run away, I'm afraid that this big gold won't last long, and this situation has occurred, if it can't be recovered in time, this situation can only get worse and worse.
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Lin Dan Khan received a letter from Huang Taiji again, and he still asked for peace.
After getting the letter and reading it, Lin Dan Khan no longer directly said that he would send it to the Ming Dynasty as before, and the content of today's letter, Lin Dan Khan could not ignore it. What was said in this letter, he knew in his heart that he had already received such similar news.
"Huang Taiji's letter, the ...... who wants to form an alliance with Ben Khan" Lin Dan Khan At this time, there was no clamor and arrogance in the past, and there was only worry and resentment.
The national teacher, Sharba Hutuketu, took the lead in taking the letter, and after looking at it slightly, he understood the meaning of the letter.
That day he did not read the letter, but still closed his eyes to recuperate, and it seemed that he knew the contents of the letter without reading it.
“…… Both of them have read what the letter said, what should Ben Khan do now? Lin Dan Khan asked, there are two people here, one is his own national teacher Sharba Hutuktu, and the other is his minister Na Rinai.
This question silenced the people in the sweat tent, this question is really difficult to answer, if it is said that it is an alliance with Huang Taiji, it is an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, which just gave the Ming Dynasty a mouthful; If it is said that it will continue to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, then it is obvious that the elite of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty has exhausted, and if you want to say that they all came out to play soy sauce, who believes it? Now that they are already doing their hands, the meaning of which could not be more obvious.
There is a lot of pressure to make decisions. It used to be able to be delayed, but now it seems that it can't be delayed. This decision is not good, and if one is not good, it will be broken......
There was silence for a long time.
Someone finally spoke up in the sweat tent.
"Great Khan, it's really time to choose where to go...... either completely form an alliance with Huang Taiji, or, do it completely according to the will of the Ming Emperor, what the Ming Emperor wants, how the Great Khan is, don't give the Ming Dynasty a mouth, think the Ming Dynasty has no mouth, and you still have to save a little face......" That day Nai closed his eyes and said a word, this situation has often happened these days, the signal is already obvious, but there is no need to think about it anymore, what can be done now is two ways, and Huang Taiji huddles together for warmth, and completely belongs to the Ming Emperor, Probably there are only two ways to go.
Lin Dan Khan was silent, the strength of the Ming Dynasty, he was very touched, the Ming Dynasty dared to let go of the nine sides, let the border army and the imperial army out of the side wall, if there is no preparation, this is absolutely impossible, the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong Huang Taiji pressed and beaten, Huang Taiji did not even have the strength to fight back, Lin Dan Khan did not want to be beaten by the Ming Dynasty.
Although Lin Dan Khan is conceited, he is not an idiot, he knows that the strength of his subordinates is actually inferior to Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji was defeated in front of the Ming Dynasty, is he stronger than Huang Taiji? If he is really stronger than Huang Taiji, in the past few years, it will not be Huang Taiji who has beaten him, but he has beaten Huang Taiji.
To form an alliance with Huang Taiji or continue to maintain relations with the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan wanted to break his head. This choice, once made, is almost impossible to change. The pressure of this choice is too great.
This decision is very difficult to make, in fact, it is not just a question of who to ally with, but even if he chooses to form an alliance with Huang Taiji, he is also faced with competing with Huang Taiji, plotting against each other, this alliance is beneficial to Huang Taiji, for him, it may not be much of a benefit, even if he and Huang Taiji secretly fight and win, he will have to face the Ming Dynasty in the end.