Chapter 1064: Surprised

Looking at the generals of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty who were whispering about the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty in the hall, Hordu's brows furrowed slightly.

Last night, Wen Du had already told him about the Mongolian political envoys and the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty, and according to Wen Du, it was the Northern Yuan Dynasty's Tuhuan Taishi who asked Gu Chen to tell him this information.

Since this information was very precious, it was impossible for the Timurid Empire, which was far away from the Ming Dynasty, to collect it, so Wendu reported it to Khordu again, so as not to lose the army of the Timurid Empire when fighting against the Ming army.

To be honest, Khordu did not take this information seriously, because he did not believe that the people of the Mongolian political envoy would really give their lives to the Ming Dynasty, and the money allocated by the Ming Dynasty every year was divided among the Mongolian nobles headed by the three princes.

However, judging from Wen Du's current reaction, Hall Du felt as if he had misestimated the situation, Wen Du was calm by nature, and he was definitely not the kind of person who made a fuss, let alone argue with Lou Luo in front of Bei Yuan, since he did so, he showed that he believed the information provided by Bei Yuan.

It is worth mentioning that because of the contempt for those pieces of information and the urgency of time, Hall had not had time to tell them to Lou Luo and other senior generals of the Timurid Empire, so that Lou Luo was "taught" by Wen Du.

"General Fenglei, you know Da Ming best, as far as you are concerned, will those people from the Mongolian Political Envoy Department serve Da Ming?" Wen Du glanced around at the generals who were discussing there, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then his gaze fell on Gu Chen's body.

For some reason, Wen Du felt that he was grateful to Li Yuntian for defeating him in Sunset Valley, which made him truly realize the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Loyal Martial King, so he straightened his mentality and went all out to deal with the battle, otherwise he would definitely suffer a big loss in the battle with Li Yuntian in the future.

"The two ministers, as far as the last general knows, the most important thing for the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty is to win the hearts of the people, and use some small favors to make people work for him, and he used this means to gradually climb to his current position."

Hearing this, Gu Chen stood up and bowed to the Great Khan of Adai and the Great Khan of Hordu, and said with a serious expression, "If the last general is not mistaken, Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty hopes that King Zhongwu can manage the Mongolian political envoy into a barrier in the north of the Ming Dynasty, so he will let the lecture hall spare no effort to invest in the property, with the ability of the King of Zhongwu, those goods should be used on the local people." ”

"It was used on the people!" Hordu's brows suddenly furrowed deeper, this is not good news, the amount of property invested by the Ming Dynasty is directly proportional to the loyalty of the people of the Mongolian political envoys, the more money the Ming Dynasty invests, the more loyal the people of the Mongolian political envoys are to the Ming Dynasty.

Unlike the people of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were born warriors with a single call, armed with scimitars, bows and arrows, and horses.

In other words, the enemy that the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army would face in the Hetao region at that time was likely not the Ming army, but the local Mongols, although they were previously the subjects of the Northern Yuan, but after all, they have now been attached to the Ming Dynasty.

Most importantly, the Ming Dynasty gave them a comfortable and peaceful life, which was incomparable to the Northern Yuan and Timurid empires.

Therefore, it is not so much that the people of the Mongolian political envoys are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and participate in the war, but rather that they are fighting for their own fate.

"Adai Great Khan, the people of the Ming Mongolian political envoy used to be your people of the Great Yuan, do you have the confidence to recruit them?" After a moment of silence, the hall looked at Adai, if Adai Khan could subdue the Mongol envoys, so as not to face each other at that time.

"Those people are all traitors, they have been bought by the Ming Dynasty, and it will be difficult to recruit them easily." A look of embarrassment flashed on the face of Adai Great Khan, and then his face turned cold, and he said murderously, "After the accident of the Western Expeditionary Army, the Mongolian political envoy is the focus of the Ming Dynasty's deployment of troops, and the troops will definitely be exhausted, and the rest of the people are not to be afraid, if they dare to obstruct our affairs, then kill them all." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Gu Chen's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly upward, except for the Taishi of Tuohuan, even the Great Khan of Ah Dai didn't know that the spies of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty had not found any trace of the Xiaowu army and Mongolian soldiers who were reinforcing in the direction of Jiayuguan, which was a major military situation.

After all, the real ruler of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was the Taishi of Dehuan, and the Taishi of Dehuan didn't want Adai Khan to be distracted by this incident, so he didn't tell Adai Khan, who still thought that the reinforced Ming army had rushed to Jiayuguan.

"General Lou Luo, you must be vigilant after entering the Hetao, those traitors in the Hetao are much more difficult to deal with than the people of the Ming Dynasty!" Hall felt that Ah Dai's words were reasonable, so he told Lou Luo in a deep voice that the troops of the entire Mongolian political secretary would definitely be withdrawn a lot, and if it was him, those Mongolian soldiers would be used as cannon fodder for the charge.

"Rest assured, if they dare to obstruct the march of my army, the ministers will use them to sacrifice their swords!" Lou Luo's eyes showed a hint of fierceness, and he said murderously to the Great Khan of Hordu, "The minister will definitely capture the Great Ming Jingshi and dedicate it to the Great Khan." ”

"Okay, Ben Khan is waiting to serve you a wine to celebrate!" Hearing this, Holdu nodded, and said loudly to Lou Luo, in order to seize the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Timurid Empire must pass through the Hetao region, and if the local people do not know what to do, they can only let them taste the taste of blood.

After the discussion, Tuhuan called Ye and Gu Chen to the residence, and the two were going to leave early the next morning, so he had to tell and explain.

"Remember, if you encounter fierce resistance in the Hetao, you must not fight hard and let the people of Western Chagatai go to their deaths." The thing that Tuhuan is most concerned about is naturally to preserve his strength, so after returning home, he solemnly instructed him to talk to Gu Chen first, anyway, Lou Luo is eager to make meritorious contributions, and he will definitely order the troops of the Timurid Empire to eliminate the military forces in the Hetao area that blocked the way.

"Taishi, I haven't found any traces of those Xiaowu army reinforcements yet, and I'm a little worried about what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty is playing." Gu Chen groaned for a moment when he heard this, and said to Tuhuan worriedly.

Although this time the leading commander of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was also first, but Tuhuan handed over the decision-making power to Gu Chen, that is to say, Gu Chen will decide the battle plan of the Northern Yuan army, and Yexian is only responsible for leading the army to fight, it is obvious that Tuhuan believes in Gu Chen's military talent more.

"Will they change their outfits to hide their eyes?" Hearing this, the person sitting on the side couldn't help but ask, as the inheritor who was cultivated by Tuhuan with all his might, he also knew a lot of confidential matters first.

"There is this possibility, King Zhongwu has always been cunning, in order to make the troops attacking Jiayuguan relaxed, it is possible to let the Xiaowu army change into the clothes of the Weisuo army and enter Jiayuguan." Tuohuan nodded, his brows furrowed slightly.

He has also been paying close attention to the movements of the Xiaowu Army reinforcements during this time, but it is a pity that those who have reinforced the Xiaowu Army camps in various parts of Guanxi seem to have disappeared all of a sudden, and the intelligence of the Northern Yuan in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty has not found their traces at all, which makes him feel a little uneasy, after all, this is the most elite force of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Xiaowu army may change its clothes, but the Mongolian soldiers who can be recruited from the Mongolian political envoy department are difficult to hide." Gu Chen looked at Tuhuan expressionlessly, "In this way, there may be two destinations for those troops, one is to secretly go west through the grassland, and the other is to wave the army north." ”

"Wave your army north?" Hearing this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on his face.

He had considered the matter of the reinforced Xiaowu army secretly advancing westward through the grassland, which was nothing more than wanting to attack the rear of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and capture important towns such as Beshi Bali City and Turpan City.

Due to the busy war in Kansai, the armies of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan were basically in Kansai, and only a small number of troops were left to guard the conquered places, mainly relying on those surrendered vassal armies to manage, so they were no match for the Xiaowu army at all.

As for the possibility of the Xiaowu army's reinforcements moving north, he never considered it at first, because this meant that those Xiaowu troops would go on an expedition to Mobei to attack the nest of the Northern Yuan.

Let's not say that the expedition to Mobei itself is an extremely difficult thing, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would definitely have sent troops to Mobei to investigate, the key is that the timing is not right, the situation of the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi is already precarious, how could Li Yuntian send such an important reinforcement to Mobei, instead of the main battlefield of Guanxi?

"If that's the case, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty must be crazy!" Tuhuan's face changed a few times, and he said coldly, to be honest, if it weren't for Gu Chen, he wouldn't have thought of this possibility.

Although it seems a little crazy, if you think about it carefully, Li Yuntian is really likely to let the Xiaowu army and the Mongolian soldiers of the Mongolian political envoy who were regarded as reinforcements of the Ming army in Guanxi go to Mobei to attack the lair of the Northern Yuan in Mobei.

First, the Northern Yuan army was empty in Mobei, and almost all the troops were transferred to Guanxi, and secondly, although the Ming army's battle situation in Guanxi was critical, as long as the Qinglong City and Jiayu Pass could not be released, then the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan could not do anything about them for a while, so those reinforcements could completely take advantage of the situation in the Guanxi war to fall into a confrontation to sweep the Northern Yuan's Mobei lair.

It's just that those who dare to do this must have extraordinary courage and long-term vision, as well as control over the direction of the war, otherwise no one will dare to transfer those reinforcements to other places, and once the situation in the Kansai war situation changes, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"The top priority now is to raid the Hetao, as long as we can hit the Ming Jingshi, then the winner of this war is us." Tuhuan didn't want this kind of ethereal speculation to affect Ye Xian and Gu Chen, so he glanced at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "Master Ben has prepared a celebration wine and is waiting for your triumph." ”

"Master Xie." He also bowed down hurriedly when he heard this, and said in unison, if the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty besieged the Ming Jingshi, then the Ming army in Jiayuguan would definitely come to the rescue, what could be more important than saving the driver? Except for the Ming army in Jiayuguan, there were no reinforcements in the Ming Dynasty to go to the rescue in a short time.

Besides, if the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty took advantage of the situation to attack Jiangnan, it would be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Zheng of Jiayuguan would definitely give up the northwest to rescue and make every effort to ensure the safety of the Jiangnan region.