Chapter 6 Fog rises

"Why, you're soft-hearted." Hama immediately frowned and asked in a deep voice when he noticed that his younger brother was not very stable.

"No, nothing." Xuexue has been afraid of her brother since she was a child. When she heard the latter's tone was not good, she quickly explained in a low voice, "I, I just think the price is too high."

"Big, in the past, when the two capitals were vying for the Tianli Incident, no matter what, it was not a sea of ​​blood. Even if Tutuo eradicated Boyan, there were probably not less than ten thousand people who were implicated and died. If you have the skill of pitying others, think more about our brothers. The emperor and Tutuo are not easy to meet. You have pity on others today, but who will pity on us in the future?" (Note 1 Note 2)

"This, this" Xuexue felt colder and colder in her heart, and her blood almost condensed into ice.

Seeing that his younger brother was scared like this, Hama thought about it and said softly, "No matter what, you have already obtained 20,000 imperial guards in your hands, which is better than our brothers before. Make some preparations in the past few days before going to the expedition, and put more people in. After you arrive at Tutuo, don't let him see the flaws. When you encounter an opportunity to divide your troops out, don't miss it. Remember, before the emperor really makes up his mind to take action, the safer you are from Tutuo."

"Yes." Xuexue hesitated for a moment and nodded suspiciously.

The two brothers whispered to discuss some important things to do for a while, and then they each brought their personal guards back to their homes. Early the next morning, they were busy preparing for the war. With the personal inquiries of Tuhuan Timur, Youshi was very fast and in just about three or five days, they prepared all the troops, horses, food, and supplies.

When Tuhuan Timur heard the news, he first rewarded several officials who were attentive to do things, and then personally led the civil and military officials to send the army out of the city.

Xuexue led all the soldiers to shout long live, rolled over the horse, and rushed south along the canal, swearing to catch everyone off guard.

Such a big change occurred in the rear. Although Prime Minister Tuotuo of the Yuan Dynasty was out of the war, he could not hear any movement. In fact, before Xuexue set out, an 800-mile emergency secret report was delivered to him along the post station.

Tuotuo was known as a polite and polite person, and of course there were a group of direct descendants who were dedicated to serving him. So when Tuotuo handed over the secret letter to everyone for circulating it, everyone's face was instantly covered with clouds.

"The Emperor is suspicious of the Prime Minister." Gong Bosui, the military officer, was the most uneasy. Before he could ask about hair loss, he spoke first and analyzed, "Everyone knows that the imperial guards have long been corrupt. It is said that it is a 200,000 army. Most of them were taken to the generals at all levels to eat empty wages. The remaining half, at least 40% of them are either old or weak. They are really pulled on the battlefield, and even a finger of the Butcher Zhu could not stop them. Even though the emperor knew that he could not fight the war, he sent Xuexue to support the prime minister. I am afraid that his intention was not to let them come to fight, but to monitor you nearby."

"Isn't this nonsense?" The Wanhu Shalaban of the Red Army of the Mass has always been incompatible with Gong Bosui. He glared at each other fiercely and said angrily, "The emperor is not a hero. Our 300,000 army is almost the elite. I'm afraid he will be suspected from the moment he set off."

"I should have cleaned up Hama and Xuexue first, and then rushed south." Wanhuhala, Mongolia, was furious and said in a muffled voice.

"It's not too late to deal with them now. Xuexue is a waste. She has just obtained the 20,000 imperial guards under her. She didn't have time to support any confidants. When he got here, the Prime Minister immediately found an excuse to kill him and merged his subordinates. With this head hanging on the gate, I don't believe it. Who dares to come and talk about it again?" Tuotuo's absolute confidant, Li Hanqing, the Minister of War, curled his lips and added with a sneer.

"Yes, just do it, see who dares to die again." When other civil and military officials of all races heard it, they immediately slapped them in excitement. They deserved the reputation of being a genius. Li Hanqing's trick was to be nimble. With 300,000 troops in his hands, the court could only knock down his teeth and swallow them in his stomach. If his brother was dead, he was unable to avenge him, Hama's prestige would definitely suffer an unprecedented blow. The group of people who were always with him would soon abandon him.

However, no matter how angry or excited everyone was, Tuotuo never said anything. It was not until Li Hanqing urged him again and advised him to make up his mind early, so he waved his hand vigorously and said in a sigh: "Don't mention the words of killing people to establish authority. After Xuexue arrived, send him to lead his troops to chase Wang Xuan, which is the King of Yi, and there is currently a shortage of personnel."

"Sir" Mongolian Wanhuhala immediately jumped up and dissuaded loudly, "Sir, do you want to die by yourself? Today you let Xuexue go. It won't take long. The emperor will definitely send people here one after another. Now all the red scarf thieves have been beaten to death. Where are you going to send reinforcements from all over the place."

"Then let them watch from the side. I have a clear conscience." Tuotuo's voice suddenly turned high, with a dark green blood vessel beating wildly on his forehead. "Since ancient times, there are a few generals who are leading troops outside. Even Guo Ziyi, the Tang Dynasty of Zhongxing, would have a Yu Chaoen beside him. As long as I walk straight and have a few more eyeliners around me, the emperor will be more at ease."

"So Guo Ziyi was defeated by Shi Siming at the city of Xiangzhou." Shalaban looked at Tuotuo, and there was a basin of cold water in his head. "The bones of countless loyal ministers and generals made him famous as Guo Linggong."

This basin of water was indeed cool enough, which made Tuotuo's face instantly turn from red to blue-black. He gritted his teeth and gasped for a while before responding in a low voice, "Original will not be Guo Linggong, but if you kill Xuexue to establish his authority, don't mention it again. Not to mention Hama and Xuexue, you have been kind to me back then, but Xuexue came here this time. Is it just because someone said bad things about me in front of the emperor? Is it true that I and you and I have been blocked on the bank of the Yellow River for more than two consecutive months? Is it not true?"

As soon as the second half of the sentence was released, everything was silent all over the world. In the past two months, everyone's achievements have indeed not been very good. The reason for this result is that Tuotuo was too cautious in using troops and refused to give Zhu butcher any chance to take advantage of loopholes. On the other hand, it is that the tactics adopted by Zhu were too sloppy, which made the court have more than 300,000 troops, but he could only sigh every day, and he could not use any strength.

More than two months ago, just as the generals of Sesame Li, Zhao Junyong and others rescued them from the desperate situation, the Zhu decisively gave up Xuzhou. Then, they gave up Suining, Suqian, Hongxian, Sihong and other places, and fled back to Huai'an before the imperial army surrounded them from all directions.

After arriving in Huai'an, he immediately showed his teeth, first sent a fleet to block the Huai River, and then built a fort at the mouth of Qingjiang where the Huai River and the Yellow River converged, and set up dozens of artillery pieces.

So, when the imperial army caught up, the situation took a sharp turn. First, two rash guys, Manbuhua and Baiyinbuhua, were beaten by Huai thief Chang Haoran on Hongze Lake. More than 30 generals from the commanding army were captured and captured by others.

After hearing the news, Tuotuo was shocked and quickly ordered the generals to be prohibited from acting rashly before they arrived. Unexpectedly, before the order was passed down to the throne, Li Dayan, a Han army ten thousand households who had just chased the bank of the Yellow River, was brought by Zhu Butuhu and 20,000 red scarf thieves and made dumplings in a place called Daqingkou on the north bank. He didn't even hold on for half a day, and his entire army was wiped out.

Then, Tuotuo, Li Hanqing and others encountered the situation that they were most reluctant to face. Zhu Butcher made enough money and quickly led his elite troops back to the south bank of the Yellow River. From then on, he could not hide. If the official army wanted to fight him, they would either cross the Yellow River from the downstream, or fight a large-scale water battle on the Huaihe River and Hongze Lake first. Apart from this, there was no third way to choose.

For any of these two options, the imperial court's troops were difficult to gain advantage. Mongolia from all over the north, the Explosive Ma Chi and the elite Han army were unable to stand firm after boarding the ship, let alone rushing on the deck. If you forcefully cross the Yellow River, after the intersection with the Huai River, the river surface at the end of the Yellow River was five miles wide. Under the attack of the artillery fire of the Huai'an army, at least 20% of the 300,000 official troops would have to die to have a chance to climb to the south bank.

Of course, Tuotuo refused to risk a big victory or a big defeat and had a decisive battle with Zhu Butcher. So, in the past two months, Kama, Shalaban, Li Hanqing and others have made every move, and everyone has tried their best. However, no matter how they make a move, Zhu Butcher has only one way to deal with it, defending to the triangular area at the intersection of the Huai River and the Yellow River, holding on to the troops, and allowing the Yuan army on the other side to reveal any flaws, they will never respond.

As a result, the war between the two sides was completely deadlocked. Apart from the occasional artillery battle between the Huaihe River, there was no progress. In terms of artillery battle, Tuotuo still couldn't get any advantage. Although he had a bronze cannon weighing more than 4,000 kilograms, it far exceeded any artillery in the other party's hands in terms of range and power.

But this kind of artillery was not accurate at all. Except for occasionally hitting the target once or twice, it was like scaring people on the other side of the Huai River with lead bullets. There was a cannon on the Huai'an Army that fired six kilograms of projectiles and could use a buffalo to pull it away, but it was shot far and accurate. More than 20 gates were gathered to fire a volley, ensuring that the artillery array on the official army would be blown up in a mess.

What's even more hateful is that Zhu Tuhuo's side had a cannon that could be dragged into the city to recast at any time, but the official army had one less one. If they were broken, they would be less. If they continued to stalemate, let alone killing across the river, they would not be able to make a sneak attack by Zhu Tuhuo's gunships coming to attack, and it would be increasingly difficult.

Therefore, at this moment, Tuotuo did not want to complain about Emperor Taihuan Timur's suspicion, nor did he complain about Hama, Yuekuochaer and others being short-sighted. At this moment, he just wanted to find the reason from himself first. As long as he had no shortcomings, he was caught in his hands, all the blame he encountered at the moment would disappear. After winning the victory, he would hold Hama and others accountable in front of the civil and military officials of the court, which would naturally be more reasonable.

"Actually, what sir just said may not be unreasonable." After a while of silence, Li Hanqing finally took the lead in compromising with Tuotuo. "As long as we can defeat Zhu Tuohu as soon as possible, whether it is Xuexue or seven or eight more Hama, we can't use any wrong moves."

"Everyone can tell you, what's the solution? Do you have a trick? "The Wanhu Shalaban of the Explosive Mass Army came back and bit Li Hanqing again, "You have to follow me and let Zhu Tuhuo go this time. He can still go to heaven. Just the millions of victims who fled to Huaidong can live to live. Taking advantage of his chance to relieve his anger, we will go north and clear the king's side first. Kill all those villains who are making trouble, and naturally there will be no worries."

"Shut up." Tuotuo couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the wooden handsome case in an instant, rolling around the ground with a pen, ink, paper and ink.

"Fork him out, find a tent to close it, and think about his mistakes in the door." He kicked away the personal soldiers who rushed in to help clean up the ground. He pointed at the dissatisfied general Sharaban and ordered loudly, "During this period, only water is given, no food is given, when will you learn to control your mouth, and when will you come out to lead the troops?"

"Your Majesty doesn't listen to the unpleasant words, and you will be killed sooner or later." Sha Laban was not convinced, and bowed to Tuotuo, turned around and walked out with his personal soldiers. Before leaving the central army tent, he turned around and shouted at Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and others, "You Han people, none of you good people. Even though you know that you are stupid, you still push him to be Yue Fei, Tian Ri Zhao, Tian Ri Zhao, haha, Prime Minister, just wait to go to Fengbo Pavilion, see if anyone in the court remembers your benefits after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty."

Note 1: In the dispute between the two capitals, Emperor Taiding of Yuan, Yesun Timuer trusted the Huihui people. However, after Emperor Taiding died, the Dalasha tried to usurp the throne. Yan Timuer, the Privy Council, took the lead in supporting the second son of Wuzong Haishan. Dalasha had no choice but to support Emperor Taiding's son Abujiba. The two sides fought fiercely, and countless casualties were killed and injured. In the end, the Dalasha was defeated and killed. Yan Timuer controlled the government from then on.

Note 2: In the Tianli Incident, Yuan Wenzong Tutelmu became emperor but did not agree with Yan Temur's wishes. Therefore, Yan Temur forced Tutelmu to abdicate and abdicate the throne to his brother and Shila. However, after Yuan Mingzong ascended the throne, he was even more disobedient, so he died suddenly in just one month. Yan Temur supported Yuan Wenzong to "reset" Yuan Wenzong and killed all the civil and military officials of the Mingzong sect. Most of the people involved in these two incidents were Mongols, which caused a great blow to the Mongol Empire.
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