Chapter 760 Strategy

Although Song Nan's letter did not mention a word of war, the head sent to Tulu was the best battle book, and the bald man who woke up immediately realized this.

The head of the eldest son Tulu was cut off by a treacherous wise man. Although his heart was heartbroken, it was actually nothing. As the son of Dayan Khan alone, Tulu is not the only son of Tulu. In fact, in the harem of Ulaanbaatar, the wise martial arts Dayan Khan is as wise as the son of giving birth to a son. In addition to the adult eldest son Tulu's second son Urus, he also has five sons, namely Alsu. Borrot, Alchu Borrot, Ozier Borrot, Grebolrot.

Therefore, he immediately recovered from the pain of losing his son. He realized that the Ming army was about to attack, and there was no doubt that the target was the Hetao area.

After this defeat, the reason why he was eager to reach a peace with the Ming people was certainly because of his helplessness. In order to reach this peace, he even gave Tulu as a hostage to the Ming army to show his sincerity. In addition to being eager to escape and protect himself, what he was most worried about was actually the situation after the defeat. But anyone with a little vision knows that this has lost the vast majority of the main soldiers and will not be powerless to form a balance of power in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty.

For many years, Baldness has actually explored a set of ways to suppress bright people. One of them is to maintain a strong situation in the border town. No matter what your strength is, you must maintain a positive harassing and active attack. In fact, the purpose of doing this is not only to get some specific gains from the border towns of the Ming Dynasty, but also for a big strategic consideration.

To put it bluntly, the baldness wants to strengthen the stability of the Hetao area with such a strong attack. For Tatar, the Hetao area is already one of the core areas, and the rise of this status and the relatively weak military defense have just formed a contradiction. If we want the Ming people to completely forget the Hetao area and no longer take it back The thought here is that the Tatar people can only be strong and strong, so that the Ming people's border town has been in a situation of self-bao, so that they have no time to think about the recovery of Hetao, and they don't even dare to think about it, which has achieved their goal.

After this defeat, the biggest worry about the baldness is that the Ming people will take the opportunity to take the river trap and force the Tatar forces back to the cold place north of the Yinshan. In the days trapped south of the Great Wall, the baldness is even ready to give up the river trap. If the Ming people make a request to return to the river trap, he will also answer. It should come down. However, Mingren actually agreed to the peace without mentioning the terms of peace, not to mention how happy it was to be bald. But until now, he finally understood that the Ming people did not intend to reach a peace deal with him at all. The reason for not raising demands was that the war was far from over. Song Nan was about to lead the Ming army to come, and the target was naturally the fertile and vast land of the Hetao area.

"It is clear that he killed Tulu and tore up the peace. This is a sign of imminent attack. It is needless to say that it is to seize a large area of land south of the Yellow River on which I live. It seems that this war is not over yet. Benhan wants to ask you what you mean."

In Dayan Khan's tent, he sat behind the bald man with a solemn look. A cadre leader and a leading general stood at the head and looked at the pale head on the bald man in horror. That was the head of the eldest prince Tulu. After being picked up and wiped it clean. After the braiding his hair, Tulu's head Half of the face was wrapped in red cloth, and half of his face looked even more gloomy.

This is the first time that the Khan has been so low-key that he actually asked the opinions of the generals and tribal leaders, which is a unique thing. It seems that after this defeat, the wise god Wu Dayanhan did not have much confidence to deal with this battle.

"Father Khan, do you still need to consider this? My ministers are willing to lead the army to attack the Ming army. This is my territory of Tatar. The Ming people have always huddled behind their high walls. This time, they dare to poke their heads out to attack, which is absolutely to teach them a lesson. The minister vowed to defeat Song Nan and let them pay the price for their unwiseness. The second prince Urus stood up and said in a loud voice.

He frowned fiercely and wanted to scold Ulus, but when he saw Tulu's head, he sighed slightly and swallowed his words. In any case, under the current circumstances, only Urus can trust. Although this son is ambitious and talented, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses can't even defeat the 20,000 Ming army on the Great Wall of Yanchi, after all, he is still loyal to himself, and the others with different faces and their own minds under the account are not sure that they are not thinking of any damn ideas. .

"Urus retreats for the time being and wants to hear what other generals and elders have to say." The baldness can wave his hand.

Urus retreated and turned his eyes to Batu. This man was his confidant general. From the beginning of the attack on Jiayuguan, he was a loyal general he relied on. Even if he was defeated, he did not see him complain. He felt that he could still trust him.

Batu bowed and saluted: "Dear man, I'm afraid we can't choose the current situation. Our army has been hit hard and is in a passive defensive position. If the Ming army wants to fight, we can't fight."

"General Batu, what should we take to fight? The total number of Ming troops in the salt pond has reached 70,000, and the number of soldiers we can fight here is less than 30,000. Are you still forcing these old and weak herdsmen who can't fight at all to participate in the war? What role can that play? The second prince Urus must have deeply understood this. How did these people help him? He has the most say." Speaking, he was the leader of the Gorros tribe, who was coerced to lead the tribal people to accompany the second prince Urus to participate in the Battle of the Great Wall of Salt Pond.

Urus heard the ridicing in his words and wanted to argue with him, but he was stopped by his bald but harsh eyes.

Batu smiled and said, "Red Elder, according to your intention, we should leave without fighting and give up a large area of land south of the Yellow River, right? Let me remind you and other elders that most of you lead the tribal and herdsmen's territory here. After the northern pastures are desolate, you cry and beg the Great Khan to divide the fat pastures here. Now if you retreat, your territory will fall into the hands of the Ming people. At that time, your tribe will have nowhere to live.

In addition to the fire of the Gorros tribe, there are also several tribal elders of the Khalkha, Wuliangha and Horqin. In order to compete for this fertile pasture, they did not hesitate to give up the barren grassland north of Yinshan and lead the tribes to settle on both sides of the Yellow River. If they give up the Hetao area, they will also become The little lamb wandering on the grassland has nowhere to live.

"What General Batu said, we can't give up, let's fight; when did we Tattars start to be afraid of the Ming people? It's unreasonable. Even if our strength is greatly reduced, we can't let Ming people ride on our necks and poop and pee.

"Yes, Khan, we must fight. We must teach the wise man a lesson and avenge the great prince. We can't let the wise man bully us."

The elders shouted, and behind the righteous indignation were certainly worried about the future of their territory and their future status.

He waved his hand slowly and said, "Don't be impatient. Your mood can be understood, and he can't tolerate the arrogance of the wise. As for the death of Tulu, it can be regarded as the battlefield where he died for my Tatar people. The Tatar warriors can die. Tulu is my son, and he can also die. To fight, but not for Tulu, but for the survival of our Tatar people. The land of the river is already the foundation of my Tatar country, and it is absolutely impossible to give it easily.

"The Great Khan is wise." The generals and tribal leaders shouted one after another.

He hesitated for a moment and continued: "But now you all know that we are not as powerful as the Ming army, especially Song Nan, the commander of the Ming army, who is not easy to deal with. The experience over the past few months also shows that we do not have an advantage. To win this victory, we need to make a good plan. If you have any way to resist the enemy, you can speak freely at this moment.

Everyone suddenly became dumb. Look at me and you don't want to come out to talk. Although it is a matter of fighting, there is a big difference in strength. How to win can not be blown by bragging. The current situation is that the Ming army has enough food, and the number of people is twice as many as yourself, and after the defeat, it has a military heart. How can we win this battle due to the lack of floating materials?

After waiting for a long time, no one came out to speak. He sighed slightly and said, "Since you don't have any good suggestions, then Benhan will tell me the plan in my heart. You can think about it."

"Dahan, please tell me, and I will follow the execution." If everyone is relieved, it is natural to fight in battle. Even if the man who has just been defeated by Song Nan is still a hundred times better than himself and others, it is safest to listen to his command.

"I don't want to talk about the disparity between the enemy and us, but I don't want to magnify this gap. General Batu is right. In the past, we fought in the Ming Dynasty, which was their territory, but now they have entered our territory, and we have gained the upper hand in terms of land. In addition, although the Ming army is aggressive, they are still mainly infantry. Although I can occupy only 30,000 soldiers, they are all cavalry, and the gap in combat effectiveness is not as big as expected. Moreover, it is also the biggest opportunity for Benhan to defeat the Ming army, which is the weather.

The generals were a little puzzled, so they listened and said quietly, "The weather is the biggest enemy of the Ming army. I, Tatars, will not freeze to death even if they are shirtless in ice and snow. This is the habit and ability that Tatars have developed since childhood; and when winter comes, the Ming people have to wear thick cotton robes and tremble. He How can we compare with my Taters?"

Ulus shouted, "Father Khan means that in the middle of winter, Ming people will not be able to fight against us in the severe winter. That's true."

Batu said excitedly, "I understand that it is almost October, and the severe cold in October will be unbearable, so we only need to delay it until the middle of next month. As long as there are a few heavy snowfalls, the Ming people will become frozen rabbits in the snow and let us hunt them. Hahaha, Khan saw it clearly. We will win this battle.

The bald can smile and said, "That's right, so in the early battle, we should focus on procrastination and not be afraid of letting them take advantage of something. As long as we delay their footsteps and guard the Yellow River to prevent them from crossing the Yellow River and forcing us to return to the north of the Wolf Mountain. When the cold comes, it will be the time for us to counterattack. . At that time, unless they take the initiative to withdraw their troops, they will be slaughtered by us like frozen pheasants.