Chapter 433

Altan Khan has been "putting the horses on the southern mountains" for more than ten years. Even when the Tumet Khan was defeated in battle after battle, he could firmly withstand Altan Khan's attack. Altan Khan from the 29th year of Jiajing to the 40th year of Jiajing was really strong. No one can deny this. Great Ming could only defend against this military genius, and even finally negotiate peace.

The current Capital Battalion is a force with a fire gun coverage rate of over seventy percent, a one hundred percent armor rate, and the worst are cloth-faced armors (with iron armor under the cloth). It possesses nearly ten thousand fire cannons, carries over five hundred thousand jin of gunpowder, and has a steady stream of gunpowder transported to the front line. It has been sharpening its weapons for ten years, led by Qi Jiguang, who can enter the Martial Temple and even rely on the front, known for training troops. Under his command are Li Rusong, Ma Gui, Wang Rulong, Chen Dacheng, Yang Wen, and a group of fierce generals, and it possesses the military soul of "reporting to the Son of Heaven above, saving the common people below."

This is the strength of the Capital Battalion now, and it is also the biggest ballast stone for Great Ming's New Policies. In this era, no one can defeat this strong army head-on.

Qi Jiguang said he only had a ninety percent win rate.

Where did that remaining ten percent defeat rate come from?

It comes from the temple, from the emperor's imperial decree.

In the tenth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei, who had been training in Ezhou for three years, received the imperial decree from the court, became a Junior Guardian, and began his fourth Northern Expedition.

In this Northern Expedition, Yue Fei's troops won battle after battle, saved Shunchang, moved the army to De'an, conquered Cai Zhou, defeated the Jin people's thousand-household commander in Huaining, recovered Yingchang, conquered Chenzhou again, repelled the six thousand cavalry of the Xieye Bojin who intended to recover the lost territory, and conquered Luoyang again. At the same time, Han Shizhong recovered Haizhou, and Zhang Jun recovered Suzhou and Bozhou.

With such consecutive victories, Yue Fei's troops reached Yancheng, less than three hundred li away from the old capital. Yue Fei chose to be cautious. At this time, he had already penetrated deep into the enemy's rear, and his troops were the sharp knife. If the banner fell, this Northern Expedition might fail completely. The cautious Yue Fei chose to wait for reinforcements in Yancheng.

Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wuzhu) learned that Yue Fei was stationed in Yancheng and immediately mobilized troops. Fifteen thousand elite cavalry—one thousand "Iron Pagodas" elite heavy cavalry and five thousand "Bent Horse" elite light cavalry—came to Yancheng. This was a bloody battle. They fought for dozens of rounds, from the Shen hour in the afternoon until dark, still not stopping.

Yue Fei's twenty-two-year-old eldest son Yue Yun led eight thousand Beiwei troops to meet the enemy. Yue Yun was only twenty-two years old, but he had already been in the army for ten years. Yue Yun started serving in the army at the age of twelve and was almost beaten to death by Yue Fei for violating military discipline. Yue Yun led the Beiwei troops to fight to the death and not retreat, finally repelling Wanyan Zongbi. The myth that the Jin people were invincible with over ten thousand troops was completely shattered.

Two days later, Yue Fei defeated the Jin army again at Wulidian. Four days later, Wanyan Zongbi led one hundred and twenty thousand to attack Yingchang again. This battle at Yingchang was the real decisive battle. The Southern Song side beheaded Wanyan Zongbi's son-in-law, the ten-thousand-household commander Xia Jinwu, beheaded seventy-eight generals, obtained over three thousand horses, captured over two thousand thieves, and over five thousand thief horses died. The Beiwei troops chased and killed over one thousand two hundred heads. The Great Song army won a complete victory!

What Yue Fei was best at was not fighting, but connecting with the Hebei region, which is doing work behind enemy lines. This Northern Expedition's strategy of connecting with the Hebei region had been executed for ten years. Li Bao, Sun Yan, Liang Xing, Dong Rong, Meng Bangjie, Zhao Jun, Qiao Wojian, and other righteous army leaders who left their names in history in Hebei brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers and fought under the "Yue" banner, waiting for the army to cross the river.

Soon, the last line of defense of the old capital Kaifeng, Linying, was broken, and Yue Fei's troops completely surrounded Kaifeng City!

Wanyan Zongbi fled Kaifeng overnight, crossed the Yellow River, and planned to flee back to Liaodong. Under the morale of such a strong army and consecutive victories, plus the fire in his backyard, Wanyan Zongbi really had no way. If he didn't run, his life would be left behind.

At this time, Zhao Gou's "Twelve Golden Medallions" arrived at the front line army from Lin'an with an eight-hundred-li emergency. These twelve golden medallions were not all for Yue Fei, but also for Yue Fei's subordinates. Yue Fei never thought of rebelling, and his troops were not all his direct descendants. Under the high pressure of the court, Yue Fei had to retreat.

Ten years of effort were destroyed in one day.

Looking north at the Central Plains, that was Yue Fei looking at the Central Plains.

Those common people who had fallen into being slaves of a subjugated nation, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who resisted desperately and looked forward to the King's army, the common people who cried and bowed goodbye when the army returned, the civilians who carried incense pots and pulled carts to transport military rations in enemy-occupied areas, those subjugated people who kept kowtowing along the way when the army retreated, those children who were running around telling each other the good news that the King's army was coming south, and Yue Fei's sincere heart that beat for the Northern Expedition and for recovering the homeland all his life.

Those... those... those...

Yue Fei didn't know that this was also his last look at the old capital. Returning to the court, he would face more conspiracies and eventually die from having his ribs pulled.

On the 29th day of the 12th month of the 11th year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei died in the Dali Temple. Yue Fei, whom the Jin people could not defeat no matter what, Yue Fei, who was "harder to shake than the Yue Family Army (Shenwu Rear Army)," died under the imperial decree of Emperor Gaozong of Song. Two ropes pulled his ribs, and the ribs pierced his heart and lungs and he died.

Qiao Biying knelt on the ground, but still spoke with full vigor: "This guilty official knows his crime, but this guilty official is merely the chicken that the Vice Minister Wang killed to warn the monkeys. If it weren't this guilty official, it would be someone else; it just happened to be this guilty official."

Qi Jiguang's ten percent defeat rate comes from the sword in the shadow behind him.

At that time, there were treacherous officials in the court, and today there are treacherous officials in the court. At that time, there was Qin Gui, and at this time, there is the leader of the Jin Party, Wang Chonggu.

The Jin Party, the trade in the northwest border is their foundation. Great Ming's complete civilization of the Northern Barbarians will inevitably shake their foundation, and Wang Chonggu himself is a usurping minister. His nephew Zhang Siwei ordered Wang Jinglong to assassinate the king and kill the driver, and even burned the palace with fire.

Wang Chonggu is indeed vigorously clearing the party, but who knows if Wang Chonggu deliberately broke his arm to deceive the Holy One, so that he can make a move at a critical moment?

Carrying the banner of "respecting the master's power" and doing usurping things has never been a strange thing since ancient times.

At that time, Yue Fei only had eight thousand Beiwei troops as direct descendants, and Qi Jiguang's true direct descendants were only the ten thousand or so people who first built the Capital Battalion. At that time, Yue Fei was suspected of having merit that overshadowed the master, and at this time, Qi Jiguang also had this suspicion. The emperor joked about not adding a duke, but Zhang Juzheng actually seriously thought it couldn't be added.

His Majesty is indeed a wise and heroic monarch, but in the tenth year of Shaoxing, before the twelve golden medallions, who didn't think that Emperor Gaozong of Song, who had several Northern Expeditions, was a wise monarch?!

Qi Jiguang felt that he would be defeated, which was a synthesis of the sudden change in the wind in the court, the Great Ming emperor not trusting the army to be outside and commanding randomly, Altan Khan suddenly exploding with small universe, the ever-changing battlefield situation, the rainy season approaching, etc. Finally, he got a ten percent defeat rate. Under the comprehensive superposition of such disadvantages, there was only a ten percent defeat rate.

The Capital Battalion, armed by Zhu Yijun with nearly ten million silver, is too strong.

Qi Jiguang didn't know that he was fighting on the front line, and he was not clear about the evil wind that had just blown in the capital. Things didn't slide in the direction he imagined.

Wang Chonggu's "Memorial Requesting Equalization of Field Service" completely put himself on the fire rack!

The Jin Party is really big. Wang Chonggu himself didn't have the idea of being Qin Gui, but he couldn't stand the fact that the interests of the people below were too complicated, so Wang Chonggu submitted that memorial, which was to stack armor. In case something went wrong, he hoped the emperor would spare his family's children for the sake of his running around for Great Ming for several years.

Wang Qian is just a dandy, and his grandsons are still young.

Wang Chonggu's current power mainly comes from the emperor's favor, and the sky-high wealth in his family mainly comes from His Majesty's dividends for keeping his word. Wang Chonggu has to a certain extent gotten rid of the push and restraint of the Jin Party on him. If it is simplified, it is that Wang Chonggu is rebelling against the Jin Party.

The collective will of the Jin Party can no longer completely control Wang Chonggu's decision-making.

If Qi Jiguang knew that Wang Chonggu had caused such a big uproar, he would raise the win rate again. The win rate of the Great Ming Capital Battalion would rise to ninety-nine percent. Altan Khan's last chance was the early arrival of the rainy season.

Qi Jiguang had always been worried about changes in the court. He had suffered more grievances in his life than Zhu Yijun had eaten salt. He had long been used to it. If he really ended up like Yue Fei, being urgently ordered to withdraw the army, or even like Yue Fei, being pulled to death, he would have no regrets.

This life is enough, he has already fought outside the Great Wall six times.

Qi Jiguang's method of training troops is actually mostly copied from the Yue Family Army (Shenwu Rear Army) training method. Jianghu rumors say that he, Qi Jiguang, obtained Yue Fei's military book, and it was even spread with nose and eyes. That secret book is called "Wumu Legacy Book," and Yue Fei's posthumous title is Wumu.

Is it blind loyalty? Qi Jiguang doesn't think so.

It's enough. His Majesty really fulfilled his promise. With gold spears and iron horses, he is also slowly getting old, showing his life's ambitions.

When he waited for the army to set off towards Bansheng, he received a handwritten letter from Zhu Yijun, and the flower signature was Zhu Zhongxing.

At the moment of receiving the letter, Qi Jiguang's hands were shaking. He was afraid, afraid that it was a letter asking him to return the army. Concern leads to chaos. If it were really returning the army, it should be an imperial decree, not a letter. This letter is a private letter.

Qi Jiguang opened the letter tremblingly. The content of the letter was mostly about Wang Chonggu's memorial, the verbal and written criticism of Wang Chonggu by the capital's brush-correcting sect, Zhu Yijun's gloating, the noise of the remonstrating officials, etc., trivial matters in the court, Zhu Yiliu and Xiong Tingbi's martial arts training, etc.

In the letter, Zhu Yijun talked at length about how embarrassed Wang Chonggu was when he was scolded. The scholars' scolding was really dirty.

His Majesty is still as fond of watching the excitement as ever.

Qi Jiguang read the letter repeatedly. The letter didn't mention the war situation on the front line at all. As before, Zhu Yijun didn't ask about the war situation in previous letters either.

Zhu Yijun is not uninterested, but worried that Qi Jiguang will be affected by the rookies. Every time Qi Jiguang returns to the court, Zhu Yijun has to let Qi Jiguang talk in detail, and even Wan Shihe will let the brush-correcting sect write it into storybooks and spread it.

Qi Jiguang's "Eastern Expedition Record," the emperor's refined version, is the hottest storybook storytelling in Great Ming's hook-and-tile houses.

"What is General Qi looking for?" Chen Dacheng asked with great doubt. Qi Jiguang's state in the past few days was a bit wrong. Chen Dacheng had followed Qi Jiguang for so many years, when had he ever seen Qi Jiguang's hands shake?

"His Majesty told me in the letter that Wang Chonggu did something that seemed to have no benefit to himself. I have been in the Wenhua Hall for a long time, but I can understand why Wang Chonggu did this. He is really afraid of His Majesty, but not afraid of the Jin Party's counterattack and liquidation; His Majesty said a lot of trivial things, but didn't ask about the situation on the front line. I am looking for His Majesty's... hesitation." Qi Jiguang didn't mean to hide it.

His Majesty's little eunuch companion, the head of the palace, the three ancestors of the palace, the yellow-clothed envoy, the eunuch who writes for the Directorate of Ceremonial, and the internal minister who supervises the Capital Battalion, Li Yougong, heard that Qi Jiguang was looking for His Majesty's hesitation, but raised his hand and said with a full face of smiles: "General Qi, you won't find it."

"His Majesty has always done things this way. Before the imperial decree leaves the Wenhua Hall, it can be discussed. Once it leaves the Wenhua Hall, no matter what, His Majesty will not go back on his word."

"The Master told His Majesty that even if it is wrong, since the emperor has spoken, it must be done to the end."

"General Qi, you know that His Majesty also has this personality."

Li Yougong studied in the internal study, accompanied His Majesty to practice martial arts, traveled everywhere, and even went to Manila. Outside, he is His Majesty's face. Qi Jiguang actually knows His Majesty very well, very well, but this concerns Great Ming's complete civilization war, so naturally there will be worries. Qi Jiguang is indeed a military god, his will is like steel, but he is also a living person, and there will be things to worry about.

Great Ming has also done things like destroying the Great Wall and digging its own grave. The three words "Emperor Yingzong of Ming" are enough to summarize it.

"General Qi, I am at Jining Jining Hai Zi, waiting for General Qi's victory news. Great Ming's military appearance shines with heavenly power! Great Ming's military power is mighty!" Li Yougong raised his teacup, used tea instead of wine, sent Qi Jiguang to Bansheng for the decisive battle, and wished General Qi martial luck.

This time the Capital Battalion army marched towards Bansheng, just to force Altan Khan. Altan Khan either had to go out of the city for a decisive battle, or defend the city, or receive the news and run away quickly. No matter what the result, Altan Khan failed to make a fuss inside Great Ming, then it was a dead end.

"His Majesty is mighty!" Qi Jiguang finished the tea. This sentence was sincere. His Majesty also won in the capital. He walked towards the outside of the central army tent.

Expedition to Bansheng.

Li Yougong stood up to see him off. He no longer followed the army. Jining Jining Hai Zi is extremely important. He has to watch here. Li Yougong found that he had some military talent that His Majesty said. His Majesty didn't have it, but he seemed to have some.

Dare not say anything else, guarding this key node and organizing the retreat of possible defeated troops, Li Yougong felt that he could still do it.

For so many years, Li Yougong had walked nearly fifty thousand li. Reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand li, he still had considerable ability and insight.

Li Yougong never doubted that Qi Jiguang would rebel.

Because the most suitable time for rebellion had passed. Qi Jiguang had played against the emperor countless times in private. At that time, the second year of Wanli, when the Capital Battalion had ten thousand people, His Majesty was still young. When Qi Jiguang could smash the little emperor's head into slag with one punch, it was the best time for rebellion and usurpation.

Now, General Qi's temples are white, and he can no longer beat Li Rusong.

Looking at history, Sima Yi's kind of "old horse in the stable" is a minority among minorities.

Qi Jiguang held the military saber bestowed by His Majesty and showed a sunny smile. He knew he shouldn't be suspicious. It is easy to say but hard to do. As long as it is a person, when things come to an end, they will be worried about gains and losses.

This is the Shangfang sword bestowed by His Majesty himself. It represents eight words: "Execute first, report later, act as appropriate!"

If you ask who the ten-thousand-household commanders under Altan Khan hate the most in this confrontation between Great Ming and Altan Khan? Qi Jiguang can't be ranked. The ten-thousand-household commanders only have admiration and awe for Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang's power has long been known to all. Grassland people actually don't understand that Great Ming people are not afraid of Qi Jiguang! There are still people who dare to spread rumors about Qi Jiguang. Has Qi Jiguang lost since he arrived in the north from the second year of Longqing? He never lost!

Not once!

Before Qi Jiguang arrived, what was the rotten state of Great Ming's northern border? It was pierced as soon as it was hit, and scattered as soon as it was hit. Since Qi Jiguang arrived, there has not been a single invasion!

(Overview of Northern Barbarian invasions before Qi Jiguang guarded the north, from up master: Zhendan Night Scout.)

Is it that the Northern Barbarians don't want to invade? It's that they don't dare.

Actually, the Northern Barbarians don't know that it wasn't until he arrived in the north that Qi Jiguang didn't lose. When he was in the south, since Qi Jiguang had success in training troops, he had never lost once. Qi Jiguang, the hundred-victory general who had fought for so many years, had never lost except for the first three battles when he led the army.

Qi Jiguang is powerful, that is a matter of course. He won openly and honestly, won upright and brightly, and won so that the grassland people sometimes had an advantage, but thought it was Qi Jiguang's feint, and their courage was beaten away.

The grassland ten-thousand-household commanders have extremely complex emotions towards Qi Jiguang, most of which are awe. What the ten-thousand-household commanders hate the most is Li Rusong.

This guy is simply a lunatic. As long as he is bitten by Li Rusong, it is endless.

Li Rusong's madness is manifested as: charging at the front.

You will never see Li Rusong's tooth banner fluttering in the central army. His tooth banner always flutters at the very front of the cavalry charge, and it is the sharpest knife, always able to easily tear open a breakthrough, and then fight bravely in the sword light and shadow. As the eldest son of the Ningyuan Marquis, as the Deputy Regional Commander of the Great Ming Capital Battalion, a second-rank military official, what is it to charge at the front? Whose ten-thousand-household commander charges at the front all day long?

Li Rusong's madness is manifested as: fighting more bravely as the battle goes on.

You will never see Li Rusong tired. The slaughter of the battlefield, broken limbs, and blood drifting will not cause him any discomfort, but will only make him more excited. He will not have any pity for the enemy's life, because he does not pity his own life. Slaughter will only stimulate him to fight more bravely.

Li Rusong's madness is manifested as: fighting again when tired.

Li Rusong is crazy, bumping and crashing, bringing bad style to the cavalry battalion. After continuous fighting, it was clearly very tired. War has always had gaps, for any army, there are gaps. The cavalry battalion does not have them. The cavalry battalion can continue to fight. Minor injuries cannot stop the cavalry battalion's attack, attack, and attack again, but will make them more crazy.

A lunatic, leading ten thousand cavalry, is also a lunatic.

"Li Rusong led six thousand cavalry to arrive at Wuchuan. Before the decisive battle with the Great Ming army, we must eliminate him or drive him away, otherwise it will be a situation of being attacked from both sides!" Dong Huli looked at the simple map and said with a solemn face.

Dong Huli has considerable military talent. The military opinions he provided to Tumet Khan and Altan Khan have always been very constructive.

"Whoever wants to go, go, I won't go!" Chahan Naoer immediately said: "I fought with him at Jining Jining Hai Zi for a full half month. Is that a person? That's not a person at all! Great Ming's cavalry battalion are not people!"

"On the fourth day of the fourth month, I led a thousand-man team and encountered the seventeen scouts he led. He fired a signal arrow and rushed over!"

"My thousand-man team, his seventeen people, he actually rushed over. Who gave him the courage! In less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, Li Rusong changed from seventeen people to three or four hundred people. My thousand-man team actually didn't win!"

"Didn't win!"

Chahan Naoer had already been beaten into psychological shadow. Li Rusong is not fierce, he is crazy. Whose ten-thousand-household commander personally acts as a scout? Whose ten-thousand-household commander's seventeen people charge a thousand-man team? Chahan Naoer was beaten into a daze from the beginning.

The key is that those seventeen people were really fighting more bravely as the battle went on. Not a single one was left behind. Chahan Naoer's thousand-man team was teased and shot by the other seventeen people, killing at least forty people.

This is the characteristic of Great Ming's cavalry battalion after it was formed—rapid response. The reaction speed of cavalry far exceeds that of infantry. Because the vanguard camp was not far away, Li Rusong only dragged it for a quarter of an hour before waiting for reinforcements.

Of course, this is Great Ming's cavalry battalion. Northern Barbarians cannot achieve such response speed. Not all cavalry are Great Ming's cavalry battalion.

"That's all. On the eleventh day of the fourth month, Buyan Taiji led the Baoyate tribe to save me. We fought for two days and two nights. Is he made of iron! His tooth banner rushed for two days and two nights!" Chahan Naoer slapped the table. This was the battle where he retreated from Jining Jining Hai Zi.

Three thousand people fighting ten thousand people didn't win, and the morale was completely beaten away. The front line was forced to retreat. Later, Chahan Naoer was still not convinced and brought people to sneak attack and recover Jining. This time it was not Li Rusong, but Qi Jiguang's central army arrived. This time he was pressed and beaten.

"The envoy I sent to Helin returned. The Oirats plan to conquer the west recently and will not come south to rescue." The old Altan Khan said a worse piece of news with more decadence. The Oirats refused to help.

Since the Battle of Buyur Lake and Emperor Chengzu of Ming's five Northern Expeditions, the grassland was completely divided into three parts: Oirat, Tatar, and Uriankhai. Uriankhai became Great Ming's dog during the Yongle period. After the grassland suzerain Khan moved east to the east of the Great Xianbei Mountain, the Uriankhai tribes relied on the Tumet Khan.

Oirat is one of Altan Khan's reliance. When he conquered Oirat, he married the nine-year-old San Niangzi. As Altan Khan grew old, the Oirat tribes became more and more disobedient. This time, he asked them to come to rescue, but no one took action.

Don't blame the Oirat tribes for going back on their word. The Oirat tribes are used to going back on their word. The grassland is like this. When you are strong, I naturally listen to you. Now that you are weak, why should I listen to you? On the grassland, the big fist is the truth!

The Oirat tribes did not fall into the trap, but were worried about their own situation. Once the Central Plains is strong, the "Yongqing Grassland" is the convention. No general can refuse the temptation of "sealing the wolf's residence and carving stones on Yanran."

Even Emperor Chengzu of Ming, Zhu Di, could not refuse.

Obviously, after Great Ming revitalized the military, it started that cycle again. The Central Plains is strong, wants to go north, the grassland is weak, can't beat it, and is forced to conquer the west. The Oirats thought about it and decided to skip the middle link and conquer the west directly.

Fleeing at the sight of the wind is not a shameful thing. After Emperor Chengzu of Ming's last three Northern Expeditions, he hadn't even left the Great Wall, and the grassland people had already disappeared without a trace.

Altan Khan, an idiot, built a city, so he should bear this price.

Altan Khan didn't say it clearly, but the Oirat people asked the envoy very impolitely: Come south? Come south to be beaten by Great Ming with you?

Rather than having a direct conflict with Great Ming, it is better to go west and bully the weak chickens in Central Asia. This is also a grassland convention.

"The Khalkha tribes in the outer region also refuse to come." Buyan Taiji said with a lonely expression. The Khalkha tribes in the outer region were another rescue force communicated with. Before, it was agreed that they would look at each other and attack. If Great Ming went out of the Great Wall to attack, the Khalkha tribes in the outer region would inevitably rescue.

It sounds good, but when they really fight, you can't see a single person.

The Khalkha tribes in the outer region are seeking wool business and have already sent envoys to the capital to pay tribute. Now supporting Altan Khan, the fast lane of wool business, the Khalkha tribes in the outer region really can't get on the bus.

In the eyes of the Khalkha tribes in the outer region, you Altan Khan sacrificed your wife's beauty to please the Great Ming emperor. You Altan Khan are a traitor to the grassland, the Shunyi King of Great Ming. You are internal contradictions and internal wars. You are internal strife.

The Khalkha tribes in the outer region are outsiders. Participating in it means that even if they win, there is still no wool business to do. Why help?

"San Niangzi's Guihua City refuses to help, so outsiders are even more impossible." Dong Huli sighed. The infighting in Guihua City made Great Ming watch a joke. Everyone under Altan Khan didn't expect that even though San Niangzi was not in Guihua City, that group of cowards in Guihua City dared to disobey Altan Khan's orders.

Guihua City was built by San Niangzi, and Bansheng was built by the Han Zhao Quan ordered by Altan Khan. The name of Guihua City was the plaque personally titled and bestowed by Zhu Yijun in the third year of Wanli. That was San Niangzi begging for it. The name of Bansheng City was taken by Altan Khan himself, meaning the Khan's house.

Guihua City was built by a group of cowards from the root, but the courage of this group of cowards was so big.

When San Niangzi was there, the ten-thousand-household commanders of Guihua City were embarrassed. After all, San Niangzi was Altan Khan's wife. Altan Khan wanted to die hard, and San Niangzi had to follow, otherwise she would become a traitor. San Niangzi ran away, and the ten-thousand-household commanders handled it simply.

Altan Khan's expression could not be said to be disappointed, and even a bit relieved. He actually guessed it long ago.

"The Great Ming emperor is young, nineteen years old, and he doesn't talk about martial arts! Before fighting, for eight years, we did wool business well for eight years. We can't run away now!" Chahan Naoer said in a hurry.

"When the wool business was booming, I didn't see you complaining." Dong Huli said with a yin and yang tone.

Great Ming's wool business was a conspiracy from the beginning. The purpose was very clear: sheep eat horses. If it weren't for San Niangzi controlling the number of sheep over the years, sheep would have eaten people on the grassland long ago. The profit of wool business is really too thick. Great Ming did not owe the grassland in this business.

"Or just surrender. Anyway, Qi Jiguang is the King's army, and he doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately." The one who knows everything, Sonam Gyatso, looked left and right for a long time, and as a lama, he played a mediating role.

Run, can't run away. Fight, can't beat. Might as well surrender.

Anyway, Qi Jiguang doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Counting from the second year of Longqing, the Northern Barbarians have been fighting with Qi Jiguang for fourteen years. Everyone has long figured out each other's character. Qi Jiguang's power is also here. He never kills indiscriminately.

This further reduced the resistance will of the many tribes on the grassland. Therefore, when facing Qi Jiguang's conquest, some tribes calculated and simply surrendered, turned into border people, and compared to the mutual conquest of the grassland, Qi Jiguang leading the army is worthy of the reputation of the King's army.

Don't rob livestock, don't rob food, don't rob women, don't rob children. As long as you are obedient, you can also choose smart and clever people to learn how to treat livestock from the veterinarians who follow the army!

This is a little inquiry. It turns out that the Great Ming emperor gave too much. The Capital Battalion soldiers didn't look at the wealth of the tribe. Casual looting is to eat military sticks, and Qi Jiguang's army management is strict.

If you resist, the Great Ming army will also kill people. The army is a killing machine.

And after killing, they will also confiscate all the wealth of the resisters, divide the wealth into three parts, the soldiers get one part, the Capital Battalion gets one part, and His Majesty gets one part. And the soldiers often sell their part to the merchants who follow the army, and His Majesty often returns his part to the soldiers.

If you don't resist, you won't die, and you can live better.

The great lama Sonam Gyatso just poked the window paper. Altan Khan's camp had already had collapsed camps, and there was no mutiny yet, but it was not far away.

The great lama traveled a long way to Bansheng to preach, and he still had some insight. The collapsed camps and deserters fled in the direction of Guihua City. Except for Guihua City, most of them fled to Dongsheng Guard.

Hetao, Guihua, Bansheng, Jining, these places are all Hu and Han living together. Who doesn't have some relatives and friends in Great Ming? Fleeing to Dongsheng Guard will not be excessively abused. If you have relatives, you can rely on them. If you don't have relatives, you will be resettled after waiting for a period of time.

The resistance will is extremely weak. This battle can't be fought anymore.

"You want to borrow my head to receive a reward from Great Ming?" Altan Khan's eyes were no longer turbid, but carried a bit of the domineering spirit of the past. He said sharply: "I am old, not dead!"

Inside the golden tent, it immediately became quiet.

"Father, what we are facing is Li Rusong. If we don't pull out this nail in our heart, no matter how we fight, we will lose." Buyan Taiji spoke under high pressure.

Since he refused to surrender, he had to fight. No matter how he fought, Li Rusong's two cavalry battalions, these six thousand elites, had to be solved, otherwise in the decisive battle, Li Rusong's back attack would mean losing for sure.

"Why don't you go?" Altan Khan looked at his second son. Buyan Taiji and Tumet Khan's eldest son Buyan both liked Confucianism and didn't like looting. Over the years, they had also been responsible for the tribute market trade and were the reconciliation faction.

Originally, Altan Khan thought that this son would completely rely on San Niangzi. His Altan Khan's ship was about to sink, and everyone was jumping off the ship, so he didn't lack such a son, but Buyan Taiji still returned to Bansheng.

Buyan Taiji pointed to himself and said helplessly: "Me?"

Li Rusong's kind of fierce and evil, he is not an opponent at all. Chahan Naoer, this Batulu, couldn't beat him. He, this Confucian scholar, went to solve Li Rusong?

"Why don't I go." Dong Huli took the initiative to ask for orders.

If he could do it again, Dong Huli would definitely not kill the Regional Commander Tang Kekuan in Miyun.

The Great Ming emperor is very vengeful. After Tang Kekuan died, his nephew Bukha Chu, who had been locked up by Great Ming for more than a year, was beheaded. At the beginning, Great Ming kept Bukha Chu to persuade Dong Huli to surrender. Dong Huli also had an affair with Great Ming and saw the wind and steered the rudder.

As a result, in the Battle of Gubeikou, Dong Huli won. Now looking at it, he lost so thoroughly. After that, Great Ming no longer persuaded him to surrender.

Dong Huli took the initiative to ask for orders, holding a try-it-out attitude. Li Chengliang and Li Rusong, father and son, Dong Huli had fought with them many times. After Liaoning was finished, Daning Guard was fought, and they touched several times in Yingchang. Li Rusong, this kind of battlefield lunatic, is easy to deal with. Setting an ambush to induce him to go deep and encircle and annihilate him is enough. He also likes to scout personally. This only needs to set a trap, kill the opponent's main general, and the opponent will naturally collapse.

Dong Huli was still using old eyes to look at people. At that time, Li Rusong led an infantry battalion. Now Li Rusong leads a cavalry battalion. He is crazy, but not reckless. But that is all based on the cavalry battalion's rapid response. It is all a crazy style of fighting with confidence.

Altan Khan looked at Dong Huli. Actually, he knew what Dong Huli was thinking. Going to Wuchuan to fight Li Rusong, winning is naturally the best. If he can't win, Dong Huli will run away nine times out of ten, running to Helin, and I am afraid he will follow the Oirats to conquer the west later.

Dong Huli left the big tent and ran towards Wuchuan with his headquarters.

He soon set up a trap and waited quietly for Li Rusong to be reckless.

(End of this chapter)