Chapter 1036: Clever Tongue (Fourth Update)

"Lord Wang, how are you going to break through the blockade of Turpan's Great Yuan army?"

Facing Li Yuntian's domineering answer, Gurrusa's eyes flashed with a look of surprise, just imagine who can crisscross the Western Regions with only 10,000 cavalry? Then he looked at Li Yuntian quietly, wanting to know what this young prince of the Ming Dynasty was capable of.

"General Gurlusa, do you know the composition of the Northern Yuan army this time?" Li Yuntian saw that Guerlusa didn't seem to believe him, so he smiled slightly and asked rhetorically.

Gurlusa was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head at Li Yuntian, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had previously occupied most of the territory by the troops of the Timurid Empire, so Gurrusa had no energy and no ability to collect information on the Northern Yuan army that appeared later.

"The Northern Yuan army has about 300,000 troops, divided into two major parts, one is the army under the command of the Northern Yuan, around 200,000, and the other part is the allies of the Northern Yuan, the army of the Kipchak Khanate who came from the north, about 100,000 people."

Li Yuntian had already guessed that Gurlusa's strength against the Northern Yuan attack was not clear, so he said in an orderly manner, "Although it seems that the Northern Yuan army is outnumbered, if you study it carefully, they are not terrible, but they give the outside world a lot of opportunities to take advantage of!" ”

"What a chance?" Gurlusa didn't understand what Li Yuntian meant, a few months ago, the Northern Yuan army's army had defeated the 150,000 Western Expeditionary Army with the 80,000 Shanbei Military Region Guards as the main force in Heishui City, and he really didn't understand where the "opportunity" Li Yuntian was talking about.

"After the Northern Yuan was defeated by the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, the internal situation became very complicated, in the past, the Northern Yuan was dominated by the Tatar tribe, and the Warat was subordinate, but with the Adai Khan being driven to Mobei, the Northern Yuan is now actually composed of the three major tribes of the Tatars and the Warat."

Li Yuntian glanced at the civil and military officers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate who looked at him with a stunned expression, and then said to Gurusa in a deep voice, "Under the tremendous pressure of the Oirat and Turghut tribes in Warat, the Adai Khan from the Korqin tribe of Tatar is not having a good time, and often conflicts and conflicts break out with the people of the Oirat and Turghut tribes, and the relationship between the two sides is not very good. ”

"The war with the Ming Dynasty a few years ago made the Northern Yuan Dynasty very weak, and then had to follow the example of the Mongol Empire to carry out the westward expedition, although this time gathered 200,000 troops, but half of them came from conquered countries and tribes, these soldiers can fight a good battle, once there is a hard battle will definitely collapse soon."

Saying that, the look on Li Yuntian's face became serious, "This is also the reason why the Northern Yuan Dynasty was defeated and retreated in the face of my Western Expeditionary Army, and finally retreated to Heishui City, it is not that it does not want to fight with our Western Expeditionary Army, but the troops at hand are insufficient, and it has to wait for the arrival of the people and horses of the Kipchak Khanate, and the quality of the Northern Yuan troops has decreased a lot compared with the time when it invaded the Ming Dynasty a few years ago." ”

Everyone present felt that Li Yuntian was reasonable, and nodded subconsciously, they all knew that the Northern Yuan had suffered heavy losses in the elite troops after the fiasco of the Northern Yuan a few years ago, and they had only recovered some vitality in recent years, and they could not compare it with the time when they invaded the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, so it was no wonder that they had to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the Kipchak Khanate in Heishui City.

"As for the Kipchak Khanate, you must be all familiar with it, the Kipchak Khanate captured the Transoxiana region of your Khanate and occupied it for many years, although you are both a member of the Mongol Empire, the relationship between you and you is not good, and in recent years it has gradually become estranged."

Li Yuntian noticed the change in the expressions on the faces of the high-ranking officials and magnates of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate present, and knew that they were touched by what he had just said, and then said in an orderly manner, "As we all know, the Kipchak Khanate has long since lost its former demeanor, and the khanates and tribes in the territory have broken away from the rule and established themselves, while the Kipchak Khanate is helpless and unable to restore its former territory. ”

"King Zhongwu is right, how can the people of the Kipchak Khanate give their lives to Dayuan."

"The reason why the Kipchak Khanate sent troops to come this time must be to plunder, I heard that the north is not only cold but also barren, and very poor."

"In this way, the only soldiers and horses from the headquarters that Beiyuan can really use to fight with us are 100,000, and the rest of the troops will not be honest and die with them!"

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After Li Yuntian's voice lagged behind, the civil and military officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate at the scene became agitated, and whispered in private, after listening to Li Yuntian's analysis, they felt that the Northern Yuan was actually not so terrible.

Gurlusa looked at Li Yuntian with a surprised expression, Li Yuntian only said a few words to make the advantage of having 300,000 troops of the Northern Yuan collapse, he really admired Li Yuntian's eloquence.

Although Gurlusa knew that Li Yuntian was deliberately weakening the power of Beiyuan to rekindle confidence in the hearts of everyone at the scene, he could not find the flaw in Li Yuntian's words.

The reason is very simple, because what Li Yuntian said is the truth, the current situation of the Northern Yuan army is indeed such a situation, but how to tell the current situation of the Northern Yuan army so that people can dispel their fear of it is a very deep knowledge, and there are very few people like Li Yuntian who handle it just right, and after listening to his words, people feel that the Northern Yuan Dynasty has become vulnerable in an instant.

What is particularly important is that the identity of the speaker is also very important, if it is someone else, even if he is clever and clever, it will be difficult to achieve the effect of Li Yuntian, and it will also arouse people's disgust and contempt, thinking that he is deliberately belittling the Northern Yuan army.

But Li Yuntian is different, not only is the prince of the Ming Dynasty with a noble status, but also personally led the army to come to Beishi Bali City, his words are naturally believed by people, no one believes that Li Yuntian will come to Beishi Bali City to die, since Li Yuntian dares to come, he must have relied on it.

Therefore, Li Yuntian's identity invisibly made the people present believe his words, making his words have a very good effect.

"In this war, the greatest threat is not the Northern Yuan but the Western Chagatai, since Timur killed the Great Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate and established himself as Khan, it is now more appropriate to say that it is the Timurid Empire."

Li Yuntian was very satisfied with the reaction of the high-ranking civil and military officials of the Eastern Chagatai, and after a deep sigh, he continued, "You all know better than this king that since Timur became the Great Khan, he has attacked everywhere, conquered a large territory, has millions of armored men, and has become a huge country on a par with the Ming Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, the people who were talking quietly at the scene suddenly quieted down and looked at Li Yuntian in unison, as Li Yuntian said, the Timurid Empire was the biggest threat to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and even the Western Regions.

"However, in the eyes of this king, the Timurid Empire is just a foreign power, and it cannot be compared with my Ming Dynasty, I think you all know that Timur usurped the throne of the Khan and once wrote to my Ming Emperor Taizu as a minister, and then although he conquered a large territory, he was still in awe of my Ming Dynasty."

Li Yuntian saw that his words attracted the attention of those officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, so he raised his voice and said, "It wasn't until I broke out in the Battle of Jingjing in the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers were exhausted after three years of war, that Timur dared to take advantage of the situation to go east and wanted to invade my Ming Dynasty, but it is a pity that he died in Beishi Bali City, otherwise my Ming Emperor Yongle would definitely make him have no return, and there would be no current Timurid Empire." ”

The officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate here nodded again when they heard this, if it wasn't for Timur's sudden illness and death, and his princes and generals rushed back to the country to fight for power, I am afraid that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would have been finished long ago, and with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy for Timur to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

Just when they thought that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was going to be annexed by the Timurid Empire, Timur suddenly died, which caused a huge sensation at the time, and also relieved the Ottoman Empire and other countries that were defeated by him.

Due to the suddenness of Timur's death, there are many rumors about the cause of his death, the most popular of which is that he was assassinated by the dancing concubine of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate at night.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can any of you tell this king what is the greatest disadvantage of the Timurid Empire compared to the Ming Dynasty in this war?" Seeing that the officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate were deeply impressed by what he said, Li Yuntian glanced around the scene and asked quietly in a loud voice.

Hearing this, the East Chagatai officials present could not help but glance at each other, and since Li Yuntian's question involved a key factor affecting the trend of the war, everyone did not know how to answer it for a while.

Because Li Yuntian used the language of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Bai An, Li Zixi and others could not understand it, and there was no interpreter at the scene, so they could only look at the scene in front of them curiously, not knowing what Li Yuntian said, which caused the Eastern Chagatai officials at the scene to have a commotion one after another.

"Lord, although the territory of Xichagatai is vast, just like the Mongol Empire back then, it only captured the local cities, making those people submit and did not establish an effective government to control those places."

Just when the scene was silent, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd, and a young official sitting at the end of the queue of officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate stood up, first bowed to the Great Khan of Monte and Li Yuntian, and then said in a loud voice:

"Therefore, although Xichagatai seems to be powerful, it is actually like a patchwork of loose sand, as long as it can give it a head-on blow, then it will be powerless to mobilize reinforcements like the Ming Dynasty, and a war with a big country like the Ming Dynasty is not something that can be solved in one or two wars and a year or two."

Li Yuntian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and it was obvious that the official of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate saw that the Timurid Empire was inferior to the Ming Dynasty, that is, he was not good at managing those places that were captured by him, and he usually fought and left, which made those captured places Although they were superficially subordinate, they were not really controlled by the court of the Timurid Empire, which made it difficult for the Timurid Empire's army to control those areas that were forced to belong once the Timurid Empire's army encountered setbacks on the battlefield.