"The war in Liaodong is urgent, and the emperor sent me to lead the army to Liaodong to aid the Duke of Yiguo." Li Yuntian smiled at Yang Yungui, who looked surprised, and then asked, "Youyuan, I suspect that someone is planning behind the scenes to launch a war against the Ming Dynasty against the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, do you have any news about this in the Tatar Ministry, the Warat Ministry, and the Wuliang Ha Sanwei?" ”

With the help of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, Yang Yungui sent spies to the merchants who went to the Tatar Ministry, the Warat Department and the Wuliang Hasanwei to do business, and quietly developed an intelligence network among the local tribes, so Li Yuntian naturally came to Yang Yungui if he wanted to get information about the enemy.

"Not really." Yang Yungui pondered for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head, frowned and said, "If there is indeed someone who is hidden behind the scenes to command this qiē, then it is really not simple, and it is really not easy to let the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty unite against my Daming." ”

"This person tried his best to provoke a war in Shanxi Xingdu Division and Liaodong Capital Division, and successively defeated Yiguo Gong and An Taihou in Liaodong, Wen Taowu can be seen slightly, when did Beiyuan produce such talents?"

Li Yuntian was quite touched by what Yang Yungui said, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, judging from the current situation, the other party has taken the initiative in Liaodong, and this battle in Liaodong is not easy to fight.

"By the way, I received a message from Jiaozhi today, Chen Guangzong fled with Zijuan, and his whereabouts are unknown!" Yang Yungui knew that the situation was strict, and he thought about what useful information could be provided to Li Yuntian to find out the mastermind behind the Northern Yuan, and after being silent for a moment, he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but say to Li Yuntian.

In early June, Chen Guangzong and Zijuan arrived in Jiaozhi by sea boat with a group of people involved in the Lianghuai Yandao corruption case, and then were assigned to their respective villages and towns.

Who would have thought that only half a month later, that is, in late June, Chen Guangzong and Zijuan suddenly disappeared, and the local government failed to find them, and concluded that the two had fled.

"Forget it, leave early and rest assured, he is not an idle person in the first place." Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head helplessly, he asked Zijuan to warn Chen Guangzong to know himself, but he didn't think that Chen Guangzong still couldn't hold back his loneliness and fled.

Chen Guangzong must have a certain ability to be in charge of the Salt Merchants Association for so many years, not only relying on Chen Wenren's strength, if Li Yuntian did not guess wrong, Chen Guangzong must have left a way back for himself, and secretly purchased an industry outside.

Anyway, Chen Wenren was about to be executed, and all the Chen family's property was confiscated, which can be regarded as punishment, Chen Guangzong ran away and ran away, hoping that he could live the rest of his life in peace.

Moreover, Li Yuntian is now troubled by the war in Liaodong, where is he still in the mood to pay attention to Chen Guangzong's affairs.

"Who is the closest to Daming?" Then, Li Yuntian's mind turned to the war in Liaodong, and after a deep sigh, he asked.

The remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are divided into three parts according to the region, the Mongols west of the Mongolian steppe are called Warat, the Mongols east of the Mongolian steppe are called Tatars, and the Mongols in the northeast of the Tatar region are called Uliangha, which is commonly known as Uliangha Sanwei.

In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, that is, in 1389, in order to settle the Mongols in the east of the Great Khing'an Mountains, Ming Taizu set up Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei.

Duoyanwei is in the upper reaches of the Qu Chuan Er River (referring to the Gui Leli River, a southern tributary of the Taoer River) and the area of Duoyan Mountain; Taining Wei is in the Ta'er River (now Tao'er River) basin, that is, Taining Road in the Yuan Dynasty; Fuyuwei was in the Nenjiang River and Fuyu River (now Wuyuer River) basins.

According to the military system of the Ming army, the head of the three guards of Wuliang Ha was awarded official positions at all levels, and the entrapment and restraint were carried out, and their changes and promotions were decided, and an edict was issued to pay tribute, in which Azashiri was the commander of Tainingwei, and Tabin Timur was the commander of Tongzhi; Hai Sanan replied that he was the commander of Fu Yuwei; Tuolu Kuzar is the commander of Duoyanwei.

The Ming Dynasty demanded that they "lead their own subordinates to secure animal husbandry" ("Ming Shilu?"). Hongwu 22nd year of May 癸巳"), to do the Ming Dynasty's "Yi".

The Mongols called Duoyanwei as Uliangha, Tainingwei as Wengniut, and Fuyuwei as Uqiyet, because Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei were mainly composed of Wuliangha, Wengniute and Uqiyet, so the Ming Dynasty also called Duoyanwei Wulianghawei.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Tainingwei was the most powerful among the three guards of Wuliangha, followed by Fuyuwei and Duoyanwei.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the strength of Duoyanwei grew rapidly and jumped to the top of the three guards, so the Ming Dynasty often called the general place of the three guards as Duoyan Sanwei or Wuliangha Sanwei, and the stations of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei were collectively called "Wuliangha area".

"According to the information I have received, Fu Yuwei and Da Ming are the closest in the three guards of Wuliangha, and at the same time have a bad relationship with the Tatar Ministry." Yang Yungui thought for a while and said to Li Yuntian, "The Tatar Taishi Arutai once sent troops to attack the Mongol tribes of Fuyuwei and occupied part of their territory. ”

At the beginning of the 14th century, when the Mongol Tatar Asut chieftain Arutai was an enemy of the Mongol Waraoirat tribe, he was supported by the Mongol Korqin tribe.

Therefore, the relationship between Arutai and the Korqin tribe was very friendly, and at the same time that Mahamu of the Oirat department supported Delebok as the Great Khan of all Mongolia, Arutai also supported the Ataytaiji of the Korqin tribe, also known as the Great Khan of All Mongolia.

Adai Khan made Arutai his imperial master, but the combined forces of Adai Khan and Arutai ultimately failed to defeat the Oirats and were threatened by the Oirat's eastward advances from time to time.

In addition, Arutai was led by Emperor Yongle to conquer four times, so in the later period of the Yongle Dynasty, Adai Khan and Arutai led a part of the Horqin people to move eastward and arrived in the Nenjiang River valley east of the Great Xing'an Mountains to live as herdsmen.

The reason why Arutai moved to this area was that some Mongolian tribal leaders in the Uruyanha area had a close relationship with Arutai, and some of them even married Arutai as sons and daughters, and a considerable number of soldiers in the Arutai army were recruited from the Uluyanha Sanwei.

When Arutai was requisitioned by the Yongle Emperor, the Uliangha Sanwei gave him assistance many times.

Of course, not all of the Uliangha Mongol tribal chiefs were willing to submit to Arutai's control and dispatch, and some of the Mongol tribal chiefs of Fuyuwei stationed in the Munenjiang valley rebelled when Adai Khan and Arutai entered their garrison.

As a result, the Mongol tribal leaders of Fuyuwei were suppressed by the Arutai Taishi and their people and animals were plundered, which forced some of the Mongol tribal leaders of Fuyuwei to abandon their garrisons and flee to the area where the Jurchens of Haixi were located.

In fact, Wuliang Ha Sanwei has gradually integrated into the Ming Dynasty since he accepted the reward of Ming Taizu.

Ming Taizu stipulates that Wuliang Ha Sanwei pays two tributes every year, each time 500 people, enters and exits from Xifengkou, the tributes have horses, camels and other things, Yongle Emperor Yongle also set up a horse market in Kaidongyuan and Guangning (now Liaoning North Town) and other places in Liaodong in the early years of Yongle, and the horses of Sanwei City are easy to marry, and the exchanges between the two sides gradually increase.

Although the Wuliang Ha Sanwei sometimes plundered the border towns in the Liaodong region of the Ming Dynasty, they were still able to obey the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of customs clearance.

And it is precisely because of the defense of the three guards of Wuliang Ha that in the 1560 years from the establishment of the three guards to the Jiajing period, the Pingluan prefectures were not disturbed by the Mongols.

Therefore, this time the Wuliang Ha Sanwei suddenly attacked Da Ming completely beyond Li Yuntian's expectations, in his opinion, there was no need for the Wuliang Ha Sanwei to take such drastic actions, because the Daning Dusi actually turned a blind eye to their entry into the Hetao area to graze, and the two sides have been peaceful.

This time, the reinforcements that suddenly appeared outside the city of Daning proved that the Mongolian tribes of the Tatar Department must have participated in the war in Liaodong, and there must be something unknown hidden in it, Li Yuntian needs to know who contributed to the alliance between the Tatar Ministry and the Wuliang Ha Sanwei, maybe it also includes the Warat Ministry, this kind of thing seems simple, but in fact it is very difficult.

"Fu Yuwei?" After listening to Yang Yungui's words, Li Yuntian frowned and pondered for a while, and then asked, "What kind of relationship do you have with Fuyuwei?" ”

"I have an agent under my command who has a close relationship with the second son of Commander Tongzhi of Fu Yuwei." Yang Yungui knew what Li Yuntian meant, so he said, "I'll contact him and ask him to use this year's business with Fu Yuwei to find out the news." ”

"Let him be careful, safety first, and don't rush things." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, he urgently needed the enemy's intelligence now, especially the reason why the Wuliang Ha Sanwei and the Tatar Ministry formed an alliance to attack the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't worry, he is already a veteran, and he will definitely not show flaws." Yang Yungui smiled slightly, and was very confident in the secret agents under him.

"Is there anything to eat, we haven't eaten a drop of rice since we entered the capital." Li Yuntian immediately laughed when he saw Yang Yungui's confident appearance, patted his stomach and said, he had no time to eat after a busy day.

"I'll have someone prepare it right away." Yang Yungui smiled when he heard this, and went to inform his subordinates to cook.

"By the way, compile a copy of the information of the North Korean country, and I'll have someone get it tomorrow." After a full meal, Li Yuntian led Lei Ting and the others away, Yang Yungui personally sent him to the door, and when he left, Li Yuntian suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but say to Yang Yungui.

"Master Hou, are you going to Korea?" Yang Yungui was stunned for a moment, Li Yuntian obviously would not ask for information about the Korean Kingdom for no reason, if it was linked to the current war in Liaodong, then Li Yuntian would go to the Korean Kingdom nine times out of ten.

"If the Wuliang Hasanwei blocks the passage into Liaodong, our army will not be able to enter Liaodong by road until next year, so it is better to use the Korean Kingdom as a springboard to gather troops and replenish supplies."

Li Yuntian smiled at Yang Yungui when he heard this, and said in an orderly manner, "The emperor has already issued an order to the king of Joseon to assist our army in conquering the three guards of Wuliangha, and I just took this opportunity to go to the Korean country to have a look and arrange the corresponding matters." ”

Yang Yungui felt that there was a strange look in Li Yuntian's smile, and then nodded thoughtfully, although the Korean State was just a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it was obvious that Li Yuntian had other plans for it.