Chapter 1123: Each Has Its Own Opinion
"Taishi's words are wrong, it is precisely because the Ming army will follow and kill so Ben Khan decided to return directly to Mobei after leaving Guanxi, which will greatly shorten the time on the road, and the Ming army will not be able to stay in Mobei for a long time, and Mobei will still be our world as soon as they leave."
After listening to Tuhuan's defense, Adai Khan couldn't help but sneer in his heart, he naturally knew the intention of Dehuan, so how could he let Dehuan get his wish? Therefore, after a deep groan, he looked at Tuhuan quietly, "Taishi, don't forget, those people in Hetao and Hala and Lin have already followed Da Ming with all their hearts, and if we go that way, we will definitely be attacked by local forces!" ”
Hearing this, Tuohuan's brows suddenly furrowed deeper, he knew that Adai Khan would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to weaken his power, but given the current situation, he was helpless, if he turned his face with Adai Khan now, it would only make the situation worse.
The generals present were privately whispering to each other, Adai Khan's proposal was obviously more in line with everyone's interests, if they made a detour to the Hetao, although they could meet with Yexian and others, the number of Ming troops would also increase, which would undoubtedly be more unfavorable to the Northern Yuan.
The Ming army in Hetao was able to hold back Yexian and others firmly, and its combat effectiveness should naturally not be underestimated, and if it joined the Kansai Ming army that pursued Tuhuan and others, the situation would be even more difficult for the Northern Yuan.
As the war entered a stalemate, the advantages of the Ming Dynasty were gradually revealed, not only the supplies were abundant, but the reinforcements were gathered one after another, and the battle situation became more and more unfavorable for the Northern Yuan.
"Great Khan, in order to disperse the chasing soldiers of the Ming army, this Taishi thinks that we should divide the troops into two roads, one way straight to Mobei, and the other way to Hetao, even if one road is planted in the hands of the Ming army, the other way can continue to rejuvenate my Dayuan." The so-called people have their own aspirations, and Tuhuan didn't want to tear his face with Adai Khan because of the withdrawal route, so he put forward a new proposal after a while.
According to this suggestion, Adai Khan will lead his army to Mobei, and he will lead his army to Hetao, if it can be successfully merged with the Timurid Empire of Hetao and the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty to return to Mobei, then Mobei will become his world.
Although this trip is full of dangers, Tuhuan must take this risk, otherwise even if he escapes the conquest of the Ming army, he will be suppressed by Adai Khan in Mobei in the future.
"That's great!" Hearing this, Adai Khan glanced at Tuhuan, and then nodded quietly, he knew that he had no way to convince Tuhuan, and Tuhuan would not make him change his mind, so it was better to part ways amicably, so that he could better escape the pursuit of the Ming army.
In the opinion of Adai Khan, once he went to the Hetao area, it would inevitably attract the Ming army in Guanxi to concentrate their forces to chase and kill, and the pressure on him would be greatly reduced.
In other words, Adai Khan used Tuhuan as a bait to attract the Ming army in Guanxi, and it was obvious that the Ming army in Guanxi knew that after Tuhuan went to Hetao, he would definitely use heavy troops to pursue, after all, there were still hundreds of thousands of troops from the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan in Hetao, and if the two sides met, it would not be good news for the Ming army.
Hearing this, Tuhuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although he felt some regret in his heart, it was better than Adai Khan forcing him to return to Mobei with the army, so that the troops of Hetao would be abandoned in vain.
Like the Northern Yuan, the Timurid Empire's Khordu Khan also convened important generals to discuss the matter, and now that the Timurid Empire's forces in the northwest had almost completely withdrawn to Jiuquan City, he needed to inform the important generals of the current precarious situation before going to Jiayuguan, otherwise it would inevitably cause chaos in the army.
Since only a few henchmen around Hordu Khan knew about Winton's defeat in Kansai among the Timurid Empire generals in Jiuquan City, the generals privately discussed the fact that Hordu Khan and Adai Khan had suddenly recalled the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty that were confronting the Ming army in the Lanzhou area, and they did not know what had happened.
"The Great Khan has arrived!" While the generals in the room were chattering, a loud voice came from outside the door, and Holduhan walked in expressionlessly, surrounded by the guards.
"I've seen the Great Khan!" Seeing this, the generals stood up and bowed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Khan summoned everyone this time to tell you something!" After taking his seat at the top of the seat, Khorduhan glanced around at the crowd looking at him and said with a serious expression.
Hearing this, except for a very few people in the know, the rest of the generals showed puzzled looks, feeling that Khorduhan was in a very bad mood today.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the 200,000 Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Guanxi not long ago, and attacked General Wendu, who was besieging the Ming Zhongwu King in the ancient city of Dunhuang.
Hordu Khan knew that everyone wanted to know what was going on, so he groaned for a moment and said with a cold expression, "Now, Kansai has become the world of the Ming army, and our army and Dayuan are now in a situation where they are under attack, and the enemy's strength has more than twice that of us, so our army must evacuate now to avoid being flanked by it!" ”
With a bang, as soon as Khorduhan's words fell, there was a commotion on the scene, and no one could have imagined that the originally smooth sailing Kansai battlefield would suddenly change drastically, and Wendu, who obviously had the advantage, would be defeated.
In addition, the generals couldn't understand where the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army came from, after all, they had been guarding Jiayu Pass, and they didn't find the reinforcements of the Ming army out of the pass at all.
"Great Khan, could it be that the reinforcements of the Ming army came from outside the pass?" Soon, a general couldn't help but ask Khordu Khan, his face was full of shock, "But, our people and Dayuan's people are confronting the Ming army in Hetao, did the Ming army put on their wings and flew over?" ”
The "Guanwai" in this general's mouth refers to the north outside the outer city, and the generals of the Timurid Empire have been in Guanxi and the northwest for a long time, coupled with the war in the Hetao area, so they also have a certain understanding of the outer and inner Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.
Obviously, it is impossible for the reinforcements of the Ming army to go through Jiayu Pass to support Li Yuntian, so they can only bypass the area north of the Great Wall, but because the combined forces of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan are in a stalemate with the Ming army in the Hetao, it is difficult for the reinforcements of the Ming army to pass through the Hetao.
Unless the Ming army goes farther, but this also means that they will endure more difficulties, knowing that 200,000 troops marching on the steppe Gobi is a very dangerous thing.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty now has no energy to gather troops to support Li Yuntian, and the reinforcements of the Ming army in the Hetao area even used the troops guarding the Beijing Division, where does the Ming still have the strength to form an army of 200,000 people, if those rookies who are urgently recruited rush into battle, they will only lose their lives in vain.
"The Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty did not lead reinforcements to Guanxi, he let those reinforcements form a northern expeditionary army to attack the royal court of Dayuan in Mobei, and now all the Mongolian tribes in Mobei have been attached to Daming, and Dayuan has now lost its foundation!"
The corners of Holdu Khan's mouth showed a wry smile, and he looked coldly at the generals on the scene, "The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty came from Mobei, and it is the killer weapon that King Zhongwu has been hiding!" ”
"How so?" Hearing this, the generals present were immediately shocked, no one could have imagined that Li Yuntian would have such a powerful back move, directly cutting off the back road of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan.
"Great Khan, the reinforcements of the Ming army did not come to Guanxi, the spies of the Great Yuan should know about this, but why didn't they tell us?" In shock, a general remembered something and couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.
The Northern Yuan is different from the Timurid Empire, because it has been at war with the Ming Dynasty for many years, so it has a better understanding of the domestic situation in the Ming Dynasty, and must have sent people to the Ming Dynasty to collect intelligence, such a major event as Li Yuntian did not bring reinforcements to Guanxi must not be hidden from the Northern Yuan spies, but the Northern Yuan did not tell the Timurid Empire such important information, causing the Timurid Empire to be defenseless about it.
If Khordu Khan knew that the reinforcements who were supposed to follow Li Yuntian to Guanxi were missing, then he would definitely not rush into Jiayu Pass, because Li Yuntian's previous amazing performance had made him jealous and did not dare to act rashly, after all, the reinforcements brought by Li Yuntian were the only remaining elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, which should not be underestimated.
It was precisely because of the concealment of the Northern Yuan that Khordu Khan and Wendu made wrong strategic judgments, which in turn led to the loss of Kansai and plunged the Timurid Empire into an unexpected crisis.
"They don't know about it, otherwise they wouldn't be where they are now." Holdu Khan's brows suddenly furrowed, he had asked Adai Khan and Tuhuan, but the two flatly denied knowing about the Northern Expeditionary Army, otherwise Mobei's lair would not have been swept away.
Although the Northern Yuan suffered huge losses in this incident, Hordu Khan still vaguely felt that this matter was not so simple, and he believed that the Northern Yuan intelligence network in the northwest could not find out some news about the reinforcements led by Li Yuntian? Even if they didn't know the whereabouts of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they should always know that Li Yuntian's reinforcements did not go to Guanxi.
But according to Tuhuan's explanation, because the Ming Dynasty transferred a lot of troops to the northwest, the spies of the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not know that the army in it did not have Li Yuntian's reinforcements.
Because Mobei was swept away by the Northern Expeditionary Army, Khordu Khan had to believe this explanation of Tuhuan, and it was obvious that the Northern Yuan did not want their royal court to be captured by the Ming army.
Hordu Khan's answer made the scene another commotion, and everyone was shocked by Li Yuntian's courage, if it were them, they would never dare to let the Northern Expeditionary Army go to Mobei, if something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Great Khan, what should we do next?" In the midst of the muffled discussion, a general couldn't help but nervously ask, now that Kansai has become the territory of the Ming army, is it necessary to have a decisive battle with the Ming army in Kansai?
With the general's questioning, the scene fell silent in an instant, and all the generals looked at Khordu Khan nervously, they didn't have a trace of confidence in their hearts for facing Li Yuntian, who had defeated Wendu twice.