Chapter 6 The fog rises "Why, you're soft-hearted?"
Sensibly aware that his brother was emotionally unstable, Hama immediately frowned and asked in a deep voice.
"No, it's nothing."
Xuexue has been afraid of her brother since she was a child.
After hearing the latter's unkind tone, she quickly explained in a low voice, "I, I just feel that the price is too high."
"In the past, during the dispute between the two capitals and the Tianli Incident, there was not a single instance where there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Even if Tuotuo eradicated Boyan back then, probably not less than ten thousand people would have been implicated and died.
You have the ability to pity others, It’s better to think more about our brothers.
The emperor and Tuotuo are not easy to get along with.
If you pity others today, who will pity us in the future?"
Note 1 Note 2 "This, this" Xuexue felt her heart getting colder and colder, and the blood all over her body almost turned into ice.
Seeing how scared his brother was, Hama thought for a while and said softly, "No matter what, you have already got 20,000 forbidden troops in your hands, which is better than us brothers having nothing before.
Take advantage of these few days before setting off for the expedition.
God prepares well and arranges more arrangements Go in alone.
Once you get to Tuotuo, don't let him see the flaw.
Don't miss the opportunity to separate your troops.
Remember, you are far away from Tuotuo before the emperor really makes up his mind to take action.
The further away, the safer it is.”
"Yes" Xuexue hesitated for a moment and nodded doubtfully.
The two brothers discussed in low voices for a while the next few important things to do, and then each returned home with their guards.
Early the next morning, we got into busy preparations for the expedition.
Under Tuohuan Timur's personal intervention, Yousi moved very quickly.
It only took about three to five days to prepare all the troops, horses, food, grass and baggage.
Tuohuan Timur was overjoyed when he heard the news, and first rewarded some officials who worked hard.
Then he personally led the civil and military forces and sent the army out of the city.
Xuexue led the soldiers and shouted long live the mountains and got on their horses.
Along the canal, they fought their way southward.
He vowed to catch everyone off guard.
There was such a big change in the rear.
Although Prime Minister Tuotuo of the Yuan Dynasty was away on an expedition, there was no way he could not hear any movement.
In fact, before Xuexue could set out, an eight-hundred-mile urgent message had been delivered to him along the inn.
Tuotuo has a reputation as a polite and virtuous corporal, and of course he has a group of direct descendants around him who are dedicated to serving him.
So, when Tuotuo handed the secret letter to everyone for circulation, everyone's face was instantly clouded.
"Your Majesty is suspicious of the Prime Minister."
Gong Bosui, who joined the army, was the most impatient.
Before he could ask questions, he spoke first and analyzed.
"Everyone knows that the Forbidden Army has long been in decay.
It is said that there are 200,000 troops, and I am afraid that more than half of them have been used by generals at all levels as free pay.
The remaining half, at least 40% are either old or weak.
Really start the fight Even a finger of Butcher Zhu couldn't stop him.
The emperor knew that they couldn't fight, so he sent Xuexue with 20,000 imperial troops to support the prime minister.
I'm afraid his intention was not to let them fight, but to come.
Keep an eye on you nearby" "Isn't this nonsense?"
The Tanma Red Army Ten Thousand Household Sala Ban had always been at odds with Gong Bosui.
He glared at the other party and said angrily, "The emperor is not a hero to begin with.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Our 300,000-strong army is almost the elite of the country. .
I’m afraid I was already under suspicion from the moment I set out.”
"We should have dealt with Hama and Xuexue first, and then sent our troops south."
Mongolian Ten Thousand Households of Hara said in an angry voice.
"It's not too late to deal with them now.
That Xuexue is a waste.
He just got the 20,000 forbidden troops and didn't have time to support any of his confidants.
When he got here, the prime minister immediately found a reason to kill him and merged with his subordinates.
"With this head hanging on the camp gate, I don't believe that anyone would dare to come here again."
Tuotuo's absolute confidant, Li Hanqing, the Minister of War, curled his lips and added with a sneer.
"Yes, let's do it, let's see who dares to come and die again."
Hearing this, the other civil and military tribes immediately clapped their hands in excitement.
Living up to his reputation as a genius, Li Hanqing's moves are crisp and clean.
With an army of 300,000 in hand, even if the imperial court was angry, they could only knock off their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.
And if his own brother dies and is unable to avenge him, Hama's prestige will definitely suffer an unprecedented blow.
The group of people who usually go along with him will soon abandon him.
However, no matter how angry and excited everyone was, Tuotuo never said a word.
Until Li Hanqing urged him in a low voice again, urging him to make up his mind early.
Then he waved his hand vigorously and said with a sigh: "Don't mention killing people to establish power.
After Xuexue arrives, send him to lead the troops to chase and kill Wang Xuan.
King Yi is currently short of manpower."
"Sir," Mongolian Wanhu Hara immediately jumped up and shouted to dissuade, "Sir, do you want to seek death on your own?
Today you let Xuexue go.
It won't be long before the emperor will definitely send people over one after another.
At present, there are all kinds of red scarf thieves.
They were all beaten to the point of losing their wits.
You don’t have such a place to send reinforcements from all walks of life."
"Then just let them watch from the side.
I have a clear conscience."
Tuotuo's voice suddenly became louder, and there was a dark blue blood vessel beating crazily on his forehead.
"Since ancient times, among the generals who lead troops abroad, there are a few who are not under suspicion.
Even Guo Ziyi, who was reviving the Tang Dynasty, inevitably had Yu Chaoen by his side.
As long as I act upright and walk straight, there will be many more people around me.
With an eyeliner, the emperor will feel more at ease."
"So Guo Ziyi was defeated by Shi Siming at the foot of Xiangzhou City."
Sha Laban looked at Tuo Tuo and felt a basin of cold water in his pocket.
"The corpses of countless loyal ministers and good generals have made him famous as Guo Linggong."
This basin of water is indeed cool enough.
Rang Tuotuo's face turned from red to blue-black in an instant.
Gritting his teeth and gasping for a long time, he responded in a low voice, "Naturally, I will not do that Guo Linggong.
But if you kill Xuexue to establish your power, you don't have to mention it again.
Not to mention Hama and Xuexue. , I was kind to the original prime minister back then.
Is it because Xuexue came here just because someone said bad things about me in front of the emperor?
I and you have been blocked on the bank of the Yellow River for more than two consecutive months.
Is it not true?
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
" As soon as the second half of the sentence came out, everything was completely silent.
In the past two months, everyone's performance has indeed been poor.
The reason for this result is that Tuotuo was too cautious in using his troops and refused to give Butcher Zhu any chance to take advantage of the situation.
On the other hand, because the tactics adopted by the man named Zhu were too shameless, the imperial court had more than 300,000 troops, but it could only look at the river and sigh every day, and could not use any strength.
More than two months ago, as soon as Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong and others were rescued from the desperate situation, Zhu decisively gave up on Xuzhou.
Immediately, he abandoned Suining, Suqian, Hongxian, Sihong and other places, and fled all the way back to Huai'an before the imperial army encircled him on all sides.
After arriving in Huai'an, he almost showed his teeth.
First, a fleet was sent to blockade the Huaihe River, and then a fort was built as quickly as possible at the mouth of the Qingjiang River where the Huaihe River and the Yellow River converged, and dozens of artillery pieces were placed.
So, when the imperial army caught up, the situation took a turn for the worse.
First, two reckless guys, Man Buhua and Bai Yinbuhua, were beaten to death by the Huai thief Chang Haoran on Hongze Lake.
More than 30 generals from the commanding army to ten thousand households were all captured and captured.
Tuotuo was shocked after hearing the news.
He quickly issued an order to the generals, strictly forbidding them to act rashly before his arrival.
Unexpectedly, before the order was conveyed in place, Li Dayan, who had just chased the Han army to the bank of the Yellow River, was killed by Zhu Butcher with 20,000 red scarf thieves and made dumplings in a place called Daqingkou on the north bank.
They didn't even hold on for half a day before the entire army was wiped out.
Then, Tuotuo, Ga Gao, Li Hanqing and others encountered the situation they least wanted to face.
Butcher Zhu took advantage of the opportunity and quickly led his elite troops back to the south bank of the Yellow River, where they have never been able to retreat.
If the officers and soldiers wanted to fight him, they would either forcefully cross the Yellow River from the lower reaches, or start a large-scale water battle on the Huaihe River and Hongze Lake.
Apart from that, there is no third way available.
It would be difficult for the court's troops to take advantage of either of these two options.
The elite Mongolian, Tanmacchi and Han troops from all over the north could not stand firm after boarding the ship, let alone firing cannons and bows on the deck.
If the Yellow River is forcibly crossed, the last section of the Yellow River will be five miles wide after it meets the Huai River.
Under the artillery fire of the Huai'an Army, at least 20% of the 300,000 officers and soldiers had to die before they had a chance to land on the south bank.
Of course Tuotuo was not willing to take the risk of either a great victory or a great defeat, and had a decisive battle on the water with Butcher Zhu.
As a result, in the past two months or so, Ga Gao, Sha Laban, Li Hanqing and others have come up with a lot of clever tricks, and everyone has tried their best.
But no matter how they attack, Zhu Tutu has only one way to deal with it, to defend.
Hold on to the triangular area at the intersection of the Huaihe River and the Yellow River and stand still.
No matter what flaws the Yuan army on the other side showed, they would never respond.
As a result, the war between the two sides has completely reached a stalemate.
Apart from the occasional artillery battle across the Huaihe River, there was no progress.
As for the artillery battle, Tuotuo still couldn't get the slightest advantage.
Although he has a bronze cannon weighing more than 4,000 kilograms, its range and power far exceed any artillery in the opponent's hands.
But this kind of artillery is not accurate at all.
Except for occasionally hitting the target once or twice, the rest of the time, it was just like using lead bullets to scare people on the other side of the Huaihe River.
The Huai'an Army has an artillery that fires six kilograms of projectiles and can be pulled away by a buffalo.
However, it can shoot far and accurately.
It can gather more than 20 guns to fire a volley unexpectedly, ensuring that the generals and troops The artillery array on the side was blown to pieces.
What's even more despicable is that if a cannon from Butcher Zhu's side is damaged at any time, it can be dragged into the city and recast at any time.
As for the officers and soldiers, every one of them was damaged and one of them was missing.
If the stalemate continues like this, it will become increasingly difficult not to mention crossing the other side of the river, but also to ensure that Zhu Butcher doesn't send gunboats to sneak attack.
Therefore, at this moment, Tuotuo does not want to complain about Yuan Emperor Tuohuan Timur being suspicious, nor does he want to complain about the short-sightedness of Hama, Yue Kuochaer and others.
At this moment, he just wanted to find the reason from himself first.
As long as no one has any shortcomings on his side, all the blame he is currently facing will of course disappear.
After the victorious class teacher held accountable Hama and others in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he naturally became more confident.
"Actually, what you just said may not be unreasonable."
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
After a long silence, Li Hanqing finally took the lead to compromise with Tuotuo, "As long as we can defeat Butcher Zhu as soon as possible, it doesn't matter if we have one Xuexue or seven or eight Hama, There’s no way you can do anything wrong.”
"Anyone can tell you what to do.
Do you have some tricks up your sleeve?"
Tanma Red Army's Ten Thousand Households Shala Ban turned around and bit Li Hanqing again.
"You have to rely on me and let Butcher Zhu go first this time.
He can still go up to heaven.
The millions of victims who fled to Huaidong alone will eat him up alive.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that he can't breathe, we Send your troops to the north and clear your side first.
Kill all the villains who are making trouble, and you will have nothing to worry about."
"Shut up!"
Tuotuo couldn't bear it anymore and slapped him, instantly smashing the handsome wooden case to pieces, causing pens, inks, papers and inkstones to roll all over the floor.
"Take him out for me, find a tent to lock him up, and shut yourself up to think about your mistakes."
He kicked away the soldiers who rushed in to help clean up the ground.
He pointed at the dissatisfied general Saraban and ordered loudly.
"I was only given water during this period, but no food.
When did you learn to control your mouth, and when did you come out to lead the troops again."
"Sir, if you don't listen to the unfaithful advice, you will be killed sooner or later."
Saraban was not convinced.
He saluted Tuotuo, turned around, and strode out following the soldiers.
Before leaving the Zhongjun tent, he turned back and shouted at Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and others, "None of you Han people are good.
You know that the master is stupid, but you still push him to become Yue Fei.
The sky is clear, the sky is clear, and the sun is shining brightly.
Zhao Zhaohaha, Prime Minister, just wait until you go to Fengbo Pavilion.
Let’s see if anyone in the court remembers your benefits after the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown.”
Note 1: The two capitals are fighting.
Tamerlane, the grandson of Emperor Taiding of the Yuan Dynasty, trusted the Hui people, Dao Lasha, but after Emperor Taiding's death, Dao Lasha tried to usurp the throne.
Privy Councilor Yan Timur took the lead in supporting Tutermu, the second son of Wuzong Haishan.
In desperation, Lasha supported Abu Jiba, the son of Emperor Taiding.
The two sides fought fiercely, resulting in numerous casualties.
In the end, Lasha was defeated and killed, and Yan Timur controlled the government from then on.
Note 2: In the Tianli Incident, Emperor Wenzong Tutermu of the Yuan Dynasty did not agree with Yan Timur's wishes when he became emperor, so Yan Timur forced Tutermu to abdicate and abdicated the throne to his brother He Shila.
But after Yuan Mingzong came to the throne, he became even more disobedient, so he died suddenly in just one month.
Yan Timur supported Yuan Wenzong to "reset" him.
Kill all the civil and military members of Mingzong's faction.
In these two incidents, most of the people involved were Mongolians, and both dealt a huge blow to the Mongolian Yuan Empire
.
: