Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

His bloody smile was creepy.

But Abai next to him did not feel uncomfortable at all. He took out two gold bars from his arms and threw them in front of Manggurtai.

Then he drew out his horsewhip, jumped onto the stage, and beat the injured woman severely.

"You useless thing actually caused me to lose!"

"Look I don't kill you!"

Every whip would leave shocking wounds on the woman's body, but she could only scream miserably and did not dare to resist at all.

The other winning woman was curled up in a corner, covered in wounds, with her head buried between her knees. Every time she heard a whip, her body trembled violently.

"Clap!"

A barely audible sound came from above her head, and her body suddenly stiffened.

It seems that there is someone on the roof!

Chapter 268 Unexpected Visitor

In Shanhaiguan, Zhu Youxiao knew nothing about what was happening in Shenyang.

In fact, even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

At least, there is nothing we can do about it for now.

The travel of an army of more than 100,000 is a very troublesome thing, and it is very difficult to transport food, fodder and supplies on the roads in the north.

They had clearly started out a few days later than the rocket launchers, but now, those powerful weapons had been overtaken and fallen behind.

It will take at least two more days to arrive!

The food from Wei Zhongxian would take at least seven days to reach Shanhaiguan.

Before all these arrived, in order to prevent the Jurchens from becoming desperate, he couldn't even go to Jinzhou!

Now the only thing he could do was to watch Sun Chengzong continuously send out team after team of Nighthawks to spy on the enemy.

Looking at the snow on the distant mountains, he casually asked Sun Chengzong.

"Have you figured out the military strength that Jiannu can bring out?"

Sun Chengzong nodded: "Under Huang Taiji, there are eight banners, each with 7,500 people."

"Adding some Han Chinese and Mongolian surrendered slaves, the number would not exceed 150,000 at most."

"As for the area near Shenyang City, being able to mobilize 100,000 troops is already the limit."

"I heard that they had a very difficult winter last year and they are probably short of food and fodder right now."

"If Your Majesty had not decided to lead the army in person, according to this old minister's estimation, they would have come to us in no more than three months."

Zhu Youxiao was somewhat surprised: "Teacher, why are you so sure?"

Sun Chengzong smiled and said, "Neither the Jurchens nor the Mongolian tribes are good at farming."

"The weather in recent years has had a huge impact on both grazing and fishing and hunting."

"So, at this time of year, not only the people of Ming Dynasty are in a state of hunger, but the people outside the Great Wall are also in a state of hunger."

"Huang Taiji has just succeeded to the Khanate, and now he is running low on food and grass. His only option is to start a war."

"If we win, we can plunder on a large scale to support the needs of the Jiannu. This will open up new sources of income."

"If we lose, we can also eliminate some of the old, weak and disabled soldiers. This is a way to save money."

"Speaking of which, this has been the consistent style of the barbarians outside the Great Wall for thousands of years!"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly realized and was about to say something when he saw Wang Zhichen coming over.

"Your Majesty, there is an envoy from Ligdan Khan outside the Great Wall who wants to see you!"

Ligdan Khan's envoy?

Zhu Youxiao and Sun Chengzong looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Ligdan Khan, whose full name was Borjigin Ligdan Batur, was also known as Hutuktu Khan. He was the 35th and last Great Khan of Mongolia.

Since he succeeded to the throne, the Mongolian Khanate has been in a state of decline.

Many tribes such as Khorchin, Inner Khalkha, Tumed, Ordos, etc. all ruled their own regions. Although Ligdan Khan was nominally the leader of Mongolia, he could only control the Chahar tribe!

Coupled with the rise of the Jurchens, they gradually annexed the Mongolian tribes from east to west. Lin Danhan, who succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, was facing huge internal and external troubles, just like Zhu Youjian in history!

A real pair of brothers in distress!

Therefore, starting from the 47th year of Wanli, in order to seize the "reward silver" of the Ming Dynasty and strengthen his own strength, Lin Danhan began to take actions to ally with the Ming to fight against the Jin Dynasty.

In the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, which was last year, Lin Danhan led a large army to attack the Naiman and Aohan tribes under the Chahar, and eventually the two tribes surrendered to the Jin.

Since then, there has been no buffer between Mongolia and Jurchen.

In order to avoid the Jurchens, who were at the peak of their power, and at the same time take advantage of the weakness of the Mongolian right wing tribes to annex them and restore his true status as the Great Khan, Algdan Khan decided to move westward.

According to current intelligence, Lin Danhan should be active in the Guihua City area, which is Hohhot in later generations, more than a thousand miles away from Shanhaiguan!

In other words, Lindan Khan's envoy set out at least ten days ago!

And at that time......

Zhu Youxiao understood!

He released the news of the Northern Expedition very early. If my guess is correct, Lin Danhan should have received the news!

"Let the messenger in!"

Not long after, a man wrapped in wolfskin walked in, led by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

"Kuchamdang, the envoy of Lindan Khan, pays homage to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

"May your glory be like the eagle in the sky......."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao interrupted him directly and looked at him with a smile on his face.

"The old man on the frontier spreads his wings and flies, with three cups hanging on one arm?"

Kuchamutang was completely confused!

What does this mean?

Sun Chengzong, who was standing next to him, blushed with embarrassment. He had never expected that Zhu Youxiao would suddenly say such a thing.

However, Yu Tong, who was waiting at the door, turned around and ran towards the wing room after hearing this. When he came back, two Jinyiwei followed him.

One of them held a jar of wine in his hand, and the other held a pile of bowls in his arms.

The next moment, six bowls of Shaodaozi were placed in front of Kuchamudang.

Seeing his stupid look, Yutong urged him unhappily.

"What are you standing there for? Your Majesty has given me some wine. Why don't you thank me?"

Kuchamutang:.........

So, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty saw that I was tired from the journey and wanted to give me wine to quench my thirst?

Smelling the aroma of wine coming towards him, he fell headfirst to the ground.

"Thank you for your generosity, Emperor Ming. May the friendship between Mongolia and Ming last forever, just like the changing of the sun and the moon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and poured it into his mouth.

Shaodaozi is a distilled liquor with a very spicy taste. Compared with this, Zhu Youxiao prefers to drink rice wine, especially rice wine that has been scalded in warm water with ginger slices. It has a mellow taste and can also regulate the body and nourish the spleen and stomach.

But for Kuchamutang, the chances to drink Shaodaozi are very rare!

After finishing a bowl, he couldn't help but let out a cry of admiration as he felt the heat bursting from his internal organs.

"Good wine!"

Then, the second bowl, the third bowl...

Six bowls of wine, weighing more than two pounds. When the last empty bowl was put back on the ground, his face was as big as a monkey's butt.

Zhu Youxiao gave Youtong an approving look without leaving a trace, then looked at Kuchamudang and asked.

"Why did Lin Danhan send you here?"

"belch......."

Kuchamutang stretched his neck and burped, then answered in a daze.

"Reply to the question from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

"One is for gratitude!"

"Second is to form an alliance!"

Thanks?

The alliance was easy to talk about, as it was nothing more than joining forces to get rid of the Jiannu, but the thank you made Zhu Youxiao a little confused.

As if seeing his confusion, Sun Chengzong asked from the side.

"Tell me carefully!"

Kuchamutang's body had begun to shake, and he seemed to see countless stars circling in front of his eyes. He forced himself to stay awake and answered stutteringly.

"In reply to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, three months ago, the Jiannu wanted to send troops to attack our Chahar tribe."

"As a result, the news that you were going to march north came from the Ming Dynasty, forcing the Jiannu to give up their plan to send troops."

"So, the first thing the Khan sent his foreign ministers to do was to express his gratitude to the Ming Dynasty!"

"For this purpose, I brought a thousand horses and five hundred cattle, two thousand . . . ."

"boom!"

Before he could finish his words, he simply fell to the ground and fell asleep!

Chapter 269 For the glory of the Mongolian cavalry to reappear!

Kuchamutang slept until noon the next day when he woke up in a daze.

Rubbing his dizzy head, he got out of bed, and after seeing the surroundings, he realized what he was doing here, and he shouted to the outside at the top of his voice.

"Someone! Come quickly!"

Yutong walked in with a smile: "Hey, you're awake, what's wrong? Looking at you like this, do you have a headache?"

Kuchamutang nodded heavily: "It hurts! It feels like being chopped by a knife!"

The distillation process at that time was not as strict as that of later generations. In order to save food and increase the output of alcohol, the head of the wine would not be collected separately.

With all that alcohol in the system, a hangover is inevitable.

Yutong reached out and took off a leather bag from his waist and handed it over: "Here, just let it air in!"

Kuchamu looked at him with a puzzled look on his face: "What do you mean by 'through'?"

"You'll know after drinking it!" Youtong handed the leather bag closer to him.

I took it, unplugged it, and a strange smell hit me.

Kuchamutang's heart skipped a beat...

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, are you going to poison yourself?

After thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely. After all, he came here on behalf of Ligdan Khan to form an alliance, and there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to kill him.

He looked at Yutong nervously and asked weakly.

"What is...in here?"

Yutong walked over to his couch and sat down, casually putting her arm on his shoulder.

"Yellow wine! It's different from what you drank yesterday."

"This is really good stuff. Normally, we wouldn't even drink it!"

Kuchamutang looked at him half-believingly, his dizzy head spinning rapidly.

In the past, people from the tribe would occasionally go on diplomatic missions to the Ming Dynasty, but I have never heard them say that the Ming Dynasty had such a rule!